The Amiable Leaf

Seeing as we're doing fun stuff like having to re-stain the house, replace a dying dishwasher, replace two patio doors AND help with some college this year, I'm looking for ways to bring in a few more pennies on the side. The result so far has been setting up an Etsy account/'storefront' wherein I can peddle some of my assorted vintage whatnot and maybe dabble in selling some artsy things too, eventually. Somewhere down inside me must be some of those shopkeeper genes from my many merchant forefathers, if I can just rummage some of them up.

It's called 'Amiable Leaf' and so far it's, er... empty. With a pathetic banner at the top that I'll have to work up a replacement for. I'm still scratching my head over how to calculate shipping and other odd bits and am frankly a bit intimidated, like a little kid with a lemonade stand in a mall.

What I'm wondering is if any of you have tried selling anything on Etsy, and how it's going? Has it been worth your time? I'm eyeballing ebay as well, but they're so darn complicated and add fees every time you turn around or breathe - Etsy seems more friendly.