A big problem I am facing is that I am still in the "artist" phase of LeatherMint. 

My goal was never to be an artist but to run a business offering good products. But here are 2 reasons I know it is not the case yet.

1) I am still having to find my official line of products. Right now I am looking for myself. This means finding the models of products I like to offer as well as the leather types and weight I will use

2) I craft on order. Meaning I do not start to work until I have an order. 2 reasons for that. The first one is that I usually don't have the capital to start a large production. The second is I hesitate to do so as I fear wasting materials I could use on a future order.. which again is a problem of capital.

The problem of that way of doing is that it takes a lot of time before I can fulfill my orders which dosen't appear serious. Again it's more artist like.

Once I have these 2 problems fixed (an official product line and a stock to ship within 2-3 business day) then I believe I will be able to call it a respectable business.

Tl;dr: LeatherMint is an artist but the plan is to build *The* LeatherMint which is a business.

 

 Real potential, minimal stock (lean), but potentially with customisable offerings from prepared component parts (mass customisation). Maximum options, minimal stock commitment to final products (so minimise stock obsolescence risk). Keep the “artist” mentality and produce pieces of art. Apologies for “management speak), but read about this a while back. 🙌🫡 

 Hope I'll be able to help with that one day 👀