I'm trying to become self-employed, selling my art online in an Etsy shop. I'm currently on disability and have a meeting on Monday morning with my worker to discuss how to claim income and what sort of benefits I can access to help me with my business. I'm looking forward to it. My shop has been open just over a month and I've had 6 sales online and 3 offline sales from friends who want to buy stuff.

Has anyone else gone this route? I've been reading so much about how to advertise online, and I'm taking an entrepreneurship course on Coursera to help me learn how entrepreneurs think and how to accurately gauge the customer market. Living on disability is hard and I'm hoping this helps a little. I don't see it becoming enough of an income to live off of, but it will hopefully help.