Chances are, if you follow along on social, you are aware of some of the ups and downs that been happening lately with our business and life.
Life in general is great! The kids are happy and healthy, we are looking forward to Christmas. Homeschool is going good, the kids keep us busy with their activities. Life is good.
Business, self employment, and the pressure of financially providing for 5 kiddos in this financial climate has been a rollercoaster. I know so many of you are invested, or at least curious as to how things are going in this sector of our life.
~IT HAS BEEN WILD~
I believe the last update I gave as far as the business goes, was Q2. Sales were on the up tick and we were hopeful. While that was happening, Chris had a strong, pressing feeling to get a job. I was fine with the decision, although did not know how much we would need his job!
He began working for a health insurance company in mid July. He works from home and we are on the LAST day of open enrollment!!! He has basically worked all but 5 days since October, 15th, the last few weeks being 12 hr shifts. So this mama is happy!!!
While he’s been working, we have kept our jewelry business, Iviana & Co. going. Since we began the company in 2016, most of our sales have come through a third party website called Jane. It was an online marketplace for independent retailers. Notice the past tense there.
Sales with them had been down this year, which is what prompted Chris to get a job. But we really thought things would turn around at some point. While we were waiting for this to happen, I hired a business coach!!! I have had a real desire to grow our business and brand. Have a bigger customer base that was ours. I hired her right at the end of October.
During October we also started having trouble getting our payments from Jane. Things went from bad to worse. We discovered that they owed other sellers as well. On November 17th, they closed the business, without any communication to sellers! And that easy, 7 years of work with them was just gone. GONE. They owe us money, and now they don’t even exist.
So Chris and I are picking up the pieces. We are choosing to look at this as a fresh start. A new beginning. I am excited for what is to come. While this has been really stressful, we are okay. We are so grateful Chris had a job when this happened!
So there’s our Q3/Q4 update! You just never quite know where business will take you. Hopefully its onward an upward from here!
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