March 09 2006:https://anitagrant.com

1. When did you start selling your crafts online? I quit my full time job as an IT Analyst and started selling my handmade Goodies, online, in December 2005.

2. Did you design your web site? Yes. Well my fiancé did some pHp coding for me & I did the rest. I used Mambo software, VirtueMart eCommerce, tookpictures of my Goodies & used Fireworks to create the logo & colours for my website. I hope to open up another cyber shop soon.

3. What demographic do you sell the most to? Oddly enough, the majority of my customers are from the United States. I have a "following" in the USA & France. Mostly female, aged between 18 to 65 of Afro Caribbean - Afro American origin.

4. Have you meet any craftys online that you would like to meet in person ? Oh yes - everyone that I have encountered and those that I will encounter in future! I wish there was a country called the "United Craftys" similar to United Kingdom but where only the crafty folk live.

5. Do you buy your supplies online or offline? Well a bit of both. I purchase my Organic Fair Trade Chocolate, & shredded coconut from my grocers. The rest of my ingredients are produced & purchased directly from farming communities and/or partnerships I have with fair trade suppliers throughout the world. It's a way to foster community, economic independence & cultural survival.

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