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Even if you use etsy you should use those services to promote your own ecommerce store so you are not constantly paying all the extra fees.

Did it ever blow up again? It might because the original blogger and facebook post used affiliate links so if the sales were good they made money to so they may either bump the old story again or recreate it if your product was a good seller and made them money.

Believe it or not... not all bad reviews or complaints are bad for business. If you have thousands of reviews and never had a complaint a normal person will start to wonder because everbody knows it's not humanly possible to please everyone all the time. The key to "Good" bad reviews or complaints is your followup as the business owner. 9 out of 10 times if you make it right by the customer they will respond and put the positive under the negative and that shows potential customers that although your not perfect you do genuinely care and you are human just like them. Many times the person who was negative will now tell people "they screwed up my order but after i posted they went above and beyond" and will actually recommend your business.

look into joining a bigger affiliate network or local ads on craigslist or something. You can also look for vloggers and bloggers like the other suggestion.

Alot and I mean alot of domain providers use godaddy at the core. Trust me I am a godaddy reseller myself. You can transfer your domain anytime throughout the year by initiating the transfer on the new registrar and confirming it on your old one. You just need to 1. Make sure the registration email is yours that you have access to and 2. make sure the domain is unlocked. (most registrars locked them from transfer by default but you should be able to unlock it from your control panel. Once you transfer your domain its important to find a host that will allow you unlimited email accounts. it costs them nothing for this. If you want a nice site that has a relatively easy learning curve to sell online wordpress and woocommerce are the choice for you. There are many templates and plugins and the overall coding is clean and ranks well with the search engines. If you need any help let me know and I can guide you through the transfer once you decide on anew registrar.