I've decided to make a change to my business plan. I am going to stop selling my book on Amazon. The sales page will be set to "out of stock".
The book will now be available only on my website, which links to my sales page at Square for the financial paperwork. I hope that folks who come looking to buy on Amazon will now come looking for me as an independent seller.
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Read on if you want to know why I'm making this change. I am much crabbier about this than I sound, believe me, and have decided to put this in the most positive way I can.
1: Selling through Square costs significantly less for
nearly the same list of services.
2: Square provides a
smoother and more flexible seller interface.
3: I
feel much more in charge of my business decisions by selling this way.
4: My sense of morality is not nearly so threatened.
One change to my seller rhythm is that I needed to design my own receipt since Square doesn't provide a pre-formatted one. This was not a hardship. The only thing I've really lost is Amazon's huge marketing reach. And I'm quite happy to trade that in for peace of mind and making my own decisions.
It's definitely the way to go for my small business and for my world view.
I am happy to say that I’ve been getting more and more
orders at my website this calendar year, and am very, very grateful to
those of you who are already shopping from small businesses and independent
producers and artists.
