That's gorgeous! Looks like you put a lot of time and effort into it. Glad it seems to be working well

These really are beautiful. Great job!!! 

Yes, yes, more pictures...closeups!
On the jewelry pictures, if you're having problems with colors during photography and don't have the luxury of setting up some bright lighting, you might want to try using your scanner to scan some of the jewelry. Sometimes it picks the colors up better. The jewelry is beautiful and deserves some great pictures...and photographing jewelry is difficult, believe me, I know from experience. 

I know this thread has been out there for a while but I'm a craftster newbie.
I use 1&1. They don't charge much. It's about $10 a month but they only charge every three months. I think they have different packages though. You can do everything on there too. They're easy to get along with and have great customer service.
It's at www.1and1.com.

I forgot to mention. There's a site called rock you where you can make slideshows and post them on myspace. It tells you how to do it, gives you the code, the whole nine yards.

Myspace is awesome and easy. I set up a myspace and wound up getting my stuff into a shop because of it.
Just go to myspace.com and click sign up.
You can always check out my page www.myspace.com/let_it_bead
I used a page editor called Thomas myspace layout editor or something like that. The link is on my page. That tool makes editing your page really simple. You can even upload pictures to photobucket or a site like it and use the myspace editor to make that your background!!

I've heard that ebay isn't the best place to sell handmade items. I haven't yet tried it but am curious.
I am hesitant to try ebay because you have to pay to post then if your item doesn't sell you're out a few bucks. And a few bucks may not be a lot if you only post one or two items, but if you're looking to post several it might be better to go elsewhere.
I'd say depening upon what you make you should try to find a specialty auction site (like justbeads.com) or I've heard a lot of good things about etsy.com. That forum seems to be specifically for hand made items. I'm leaning towards posting on etsy before ebay.
I agree that ebay is a lot of people looking for designer items at a bargain, or just for a bargain in general. They are probably not willing to pay the price for a beautiful item that's been hand made with lots of love.

My suggestion is to do some foot work around your hometown or surrounding towns. Go to local boutiques (sp), salons, etc. See what they offer and then maybe check and see if they'd be willing to carry your items.
Also, set up a myspace page for your craft. It's easy and isn't as time consuming as a website, especially if you can't have one or don't want one for whatever reason. That's what I did and a local shop came to me asking how they could carry my items. More and more small local businesses are getting up on myspace because they know that there are millions of eyes looking at it every day.

If I decide to discount something, absolutely, haggling is fine.  If they're buying a few things, and/or are a few dollars shy in cash, I may be willing to haggle too.  However, if someone comes up to me and says, "So, this is $15?  I'll give you $10 for it."  ABSOLUTELY NOT.  It's insulting.  I don't work hard to make quality, handmade, often unique items just so someone can make me feel like I'm just getting rid of some spare junk.  It's only happened to me once or twice though, so I wouldn't worry about it too much.

I agree whole-heartedly. I really dislike when people tell you how much they'll give you for something you've clearly marked a price on.

As mentioned in another post above, I too give discounts when people are purchasing several pieces, and yes, I've been known to give a piece to someone for less when they're a little shy on cash. It lets a customer know that you're there for them, which ultimately as part of the rules of customer service, is true. Without the customer where would we be? I have to say that these practices have paid off for me in a good way. Those people are always repeat customers, and have never taken advantage of the deals or expect is as the "norm".

In reference to friends or loyal customers, I do give discounts or offer them special sales. It keeps your friends happy (usually they want to pay full price anyway because they want to help you) and the customers feeling like they're getting something special for being loyal. You can do a card where if the customer buys a certain dollar amount they receive a discount or 5 pairs of earrings and get the 6th free, you get the idea.

Maybe this is getting a little off topic but I feel if you keep your friends and special customers feeling special it keeps the likelyhood that they'll haggle down. Sometimes people feel if they've known someone long enough or buy enough they can haggle them, but keep them happy and chances are it won't happen.