Having an online business can sometimes be a wee bit overwhelming, especially if your business is new or even if you have an established business, new challenges and opportunities crop up all the time.

An online shop most often has you working from home, oh but wait this is where everyone chimes in with, "oh but you get to work from home"! Oh yes, online business owners get to "work" from home. And we really do work. Some people have a different perception of what working from home is. Many people think you get to watch TV, hang out, meet friends for lunch, go shopping and the list goes on and on. But really we work, we have the luxury of setting up our own work schedules which usually means you work many hours so you can add in the house work, making dinner, making appointments, meeting repairmen if something goes wrong, taking the pets to the vet. the children to doctors appointments. Then after all that you must still work. And believe it or not, many people maintain an online business and work at a full time job. I myself love it or I wouldn't do it because it keeps you super busy!

When you work at a conventional work place you can always chat with co-workers or peers about work issues, working from home is different. I have a online website and shop on Etsy. Etsy gives you a great oppurtunity to meet people like yourself who deal with the same issues. Many people find that it is helpful to join teams on Etsy. This is very true but it is important to find a good team and that is sometimes hard.

I have been very fortunate to find an awesome team with the most amazing members. It is called the Potti Team, and this stands for "Pals on Twitter Treasury in Group" – A promotional team on Etsy. The team has amazing leaders who put many hours of their time into managing this team. The team is very active, members do promotional activities and chitchat on a daily basis. If you run into an problem or need to talk about a special situation or have off the wall questions, the team members and leaders have the answer and you don't have to wait for help. Someone always seems to be online and available to offer help and advise. I think most of all my favorite thing about being on this team is we are friends. We have learned about each others families, pets, lives and it feels like we've known each other forever.

One of the great things our team does is feature team members shops weekly. This weeks shops that you should stop by and check out are, CHICKIE VINTAGE LOVE for Vintage Collectibles, Jewelry, Clothing and PAISLEY PURVEYOR TOO for Ponchos, Wraps, Blankets and More.

The team also does daily individual promotions of awesome items in our members shops. To keep up with trendy unique gift items, vintage finds, and so much more follow our team at the following sites:

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Potti Team Members on Etsy

Some of the Unique Gifts in the Potti Team Shops.

Enjoy!

Unique Gifts

New Years Classy Mink Wine Bottle Collar, Champagne Bottle Collar, Wrap, Mink Faux Fur Hostess Gifts Parties, Weddings, Wine & Spirits HandbagsByDyana $8.99	Funky Vintage black seed bead and gold toned plated necklace beadhobby $76.95	Antique Edwardian Green Blue Beaded Purse GrandVintageFinery $62.98	Blue Evil Eye Greek Worry Beads, Komboloi, Silvertone Metal Master Bead & Black Tassel sunnybeadsbythesea $12.00
Vintage 80s Black Gold and Dark Green Wide Leg Jumpsuit Pants Suit PetitChatVintage $50.00	Cat Ears Hat Cat Beaie Chunky Knit Winter Accessories Animals Hat cat ears hat graphite black Ifonka $30.00	Dragons Breath Opal Jewelry Necklace Winter Gothic Jewelry pink80sgirl $28.00	Soviet Watch. Poljot Vintage Russian Men's Mechanical Wristwatch Date Calendar USSR RarityFromAfar $39.50
Black Lace Bow Hair Clip sugarlux $7.00	Autism Necklace - autism jewelry - mother's necklace - statement necklace - resin jewelry - handmade - free shipping. GenevasSky $16.99	Black Wool Cloche with Black Velvet - Velvet Trim Cloche - Black Velvet Wool Cloche IsabellasHatsandBows $44.99	3-Day SALE Vintage Hanging Cast Iron Matchstick Holder familycollectibles4U $16.00
Black crochet doily, lace doily, round doily, 12", Halloween decor EstersDoilies $12.50	1980s Assemblage Brooch Black Flower Pin (7KBX) OodlesofBling $12.00	Black Thermoset Arthur Pepper Silver Tone Necklace imagiLena $35.00	Miniature Top Hats Black and Red With clips ChromaticitySupply $5.50