It was almost a year ago to the day that I received an email from the buyer I had been pursuing, not quite stalking, at buybuyBaby. The email very simply said, "Im not sure where we left off the last time we spoke. Can you send me samples of your items. I am interested in these covers." Short and sweet! I was thrilled! That started a process of documents going back and forth, photos, samples, getting set up to handle orders via EDI, and so on and so on and so on!
Fast forward a year, and yesterday my Google alert told me that the nomie baby car seat covers had gone live on BedBathandBeyond.com, which is the parent company of buybuyBaby. I was thrilled, and reassured that all the effort and time did pay off. I posted my news on Facebook, and was overwhelmed by the "likes" and well wishes from so many. Then this morning, once again, my Google alert brought good news. The car seat covers are also up on buybuyBaby.com! Not wanting to rest on this good news, I am now hopefully that this will start the snowball of bringing even more accounts carrying the nomie baby line!
Most important, I never could have done any of this alone without the encouragement of so many from my husband, kids, friends and "Collective-E -LY" from other entrepreneurs who have "been there, done that!"
