How hard can it be? Five words normally said just prior to injuring myself in some random way. However, this time it's in relation to starting an online climbing gear shop.
I love gear shops. Just browsing and banging the hexes together to give that wonderful 'let's go climbing' sound. Imagining being high on a sun kissed crag and finding the perfect placement for your favourite nut (we all have one, admit it!). So I watched a couple of YouTube videos about selling online and those five words came out. Two months on and it's not as easy (at least to a technophobe like me) as YouTube makes it look. There's a lot more to it. Sourcing and purchasing stock. Setting up banking and payment systems. Designing the website. Inputting the product and product data. Hours and hours of frustration. Will it be worth it? Only time will tell, but I'm having fun. And as the saying goes, the best climber is the one having the most fun.
Happy Climbing!