A small update about how we are going to sell things in our Steemshop

First: thank you for all the comment on our first post. We didn't have mana to answer them all, but had to do it from our other profiles :(

We already have the first products we want to sell, a series of collectible figurines based on @katharsisdrill's comic, Phill from GCHQ, made by @evilhippie.

Gwendolyn's Celtic Cult

But first we have had to discuss how to actually go about this. We will write a post tomorrow where the way we handle things will be explained in a clear way so we can link to it on the following posts. But here is a quick overview and some explanations of the term we have agreed on. Comment are of course appreciated.

Only Steem is accepted in the Steemshop

We will only recieve Steem in the Steemshop. As the market right now demonstrates the Steemdollar (SBD) is also prone to fluctuations and as we mainly are interested in investing in the Steem currency and Steemit platform we have chosen to just trade in Steem. This has certain advantages for us:

1. It will be easier for us to make the accounting that will be needed. 1 Steem is after all always 1 Steem.
2. As we plan to power up everything we earn, we will not have any losses or gains when we trade between Steem and SBD.
3. The price will be clear and easy to understand.
4. No need to calculate multible prices that might deviate from each other in the course of the offer.
5. It will strengten Steem both as a brand and if people have to buy steem, also the steem prize.

We have planned to power up all our earnings to support the Steemit platform. This only goes for the things we (@katharsisdrill & @evilhippie) will sell in the Steemshop, and not if we have guest vendors. What they do with their earning is of course up to them.

If you do not have any Steem they can be bought for other crypto-currencies on Blocktrades or other exchanges, and it is of course also possible to ask if a certain object can be reserved for later purchase.

Seven day offers

The selling will be organised in offers that last as long as the post. One week. For that week the Steem prize we have set for the product is going to stand no matter what happens to the prize of Steem. It will of course be possible to buy later if the product is not sold or is a edition or series. But a new prize will then have to be agreed on mainly based on the original prize in fiat.

E-mail korrespondance

Underneath each offer there will be an e-mail where people can order. Comment are more than welcome and highly appreciated, but for the actual ordering a private connection is needed - we will have to receive addresses and other private information anyways.

Offers from other Steemit artists

When we have tried out this model for a while we will be delighted to have other Steemit artists making such one week offers here on Ye Olde Steemshop. The principles we have discussed are these:

1. We ask people if they like to sell in the Steemshop, not the other way around. We are not interested in being a platform like Etsy, but mainly a little shop selling things we like. Don't worry, we are not going to be nose in the sky art curators, but the decision who sells things at our store is ours.
2. We will not ask for any share of the profit! All the Steem will go to the artist. Our share will only be the upvotes on the post itself. The actual trade will then also be a matter between the seller and the buyer with us just setting up the initial terms and the marketing. The reason for this is simply that we mainly do this for fun, and will benefit from the activity on the Steemshop blog. It will also be a nice way to support the people whose art and craft we like.

There is still things we will have to figure out - but for now these are our intentions.

A post with these terms will be made one of the next days, so we can link to it.

Thank you for the interest in this experiment, we are looking forward to getting started. The first offers are already in the pipeline, but we needed to get formalia fixed first.

                                                                                      Yours sincerely

                                                                             @evilhippie & @katharsisdrill