Pricing is a taboo subject. Few brands want to talk about it. It’s wrapped up in that “commercial in confidence” mystique that we never seem to get through.

I took a few days off over the Christmas break to reflect on the past year.

AfterPay is something many of you have been asking for over the past 12 months. Anyway, after ruling it out well over a year ago, I revisited the idea a few months back after getting more emails from customers. 

There is more to a maker business, though, than just making everything. One of the best parts of my business is connecting with and talking to like-minded people about what I do. I’ve made some great friendships and met so many wonderful folk through this business.

As the business has grown so have the product lines and colour options. It’s got to the point where I can’t keep every colour in stock all the time and managing all these options is painful.

Today I’m sharing my philosophy and thoughts about packaging. Maybe I’m a little too blunt, but I’d really appreciate your feedback, thoughts and suggestions. I’m only at the beginning of my packaging journey.

The 99U Conference is one of – if not the best – gathering of creative entrepreneurial people from around the world. You can see more here. I’m so excited to be going. I’ve never been to the United States and I’ve never really been to a big conference either.

I love discovering how other makers have started and grown their businesses. Surprisingly, there’s not a lot of good information available online.