Shop Critique!

[#1]

Hi Team!
There was a lot of posts on the Welcome thread about checking out each other's shops and giving advice/suggestions. So I decided to make a separate thread for it. Whoever posts in this thread, their shop is up for critique. Let's give constructive criticism and be honest since this is a critique and the ultimate goal is to improve our shops.

[GardensGateJewelry]

Just mean to look into making or buying one- amazon has them for fairly inexpensive but they are also pretty easy to diy.

[YasArtDesign]

Sorry I’m still not sure I really understand what you mean by researching light boxes?

[Former_Member]

Hi Yasmine,
Light boxes are boxes that have translucent walls, paired with lights to illuminate your objects. It's used a lot in product photography to give you that clean white background. You can find some on Amazon for a pretty good price!

[YasArtDesign]

Ah right yeah thanks! We actually used light boxes in school to trace over a drawing so I was slightly confused. Thanks for clarifying :)

[Former_Member]

Hello ! I would really appreciate it if you check my shop and tell me any advice. I am open about 13 days I have a lot of views and visits but no sales!! www.etsy.com/shop/Zempihandmadebags

Thank you!

[Former_Member]

Could you all take a look at my shop and let me know what you think?

Thanks!

Sandra

www.etsy.com/ca/shop/foxybrand

[Former_Member]

Hello and thank you for ad, I am just one month old, well my shop is.
I would love for someone to critique my shop and help me to make that first sale, explain what if anything can be improved, I am sure it can be.
www.etsy/shop/johnslollipopsnroses
Thanks again.

[Former_Member]

Hi Maira Rafeletou!
Did you get a chance to see Anna’s critique for your shop yet? She has some great suggestions for you. :)

[Former_Member]

Sandra from FoxyBrand,
I love it, very nice touch with the packaging, it makes your products very seamless and distinguishable to you.
You got a good amount of listings up so that’s good.
Maybe just fill out your shop policies, you want those clearly written out so if there’s ever any customer problems you can refer to them.
Honestly, I would totally buy a lip balm, especially the Tea and Lemon one, sounds delicious. Only thing that would stop me is the shipping to US... it’s over $16 to ship. Maybe add in a special offer for free shipping with dollar amount qualifying orders? Hope this helped!

[Former_Member]

John from Johnslollipopsnroses
Welcome to the team and Etsy :)
You’ve got your About and Shop Policies filled out, that’s great work!
I love the Butterflies frame, so creative!
Your products are amazing, they just need to be showcased in a better light. Try to use natural light (make sure it’s diffused) so you don’t get harsh shadows in your pictures (try to find a clean white background). Also, add more pictures, you can do different angles of the products or have them laid out. I like that you have some practical settings shots in some of your listings, that’s great start!

I also noticed that some of your older listings don’t use all of the tags available, try to fill those out as much as you can. If you get stuck, I wrote a thread on how to brainstorm for tag ideas. The more tags you get out there, the better chance of being found.

[Former_Member]

Hello! I just started my shop recently, so there's not much items, but I would be really appreciated if someone took a look at it! Thanks.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/MidnightArtsShop

[Former_Member]

Oh sorry I just saw it !!! Thank you very much ! I hope I will make my first sale soon ! I will definitely do this things ! I just have so many people favoriting me shop but no sale :/

[Former_Member]

MIDNIGHT,
Hello I looked into your shop and I have some suggestions :
1) You need to increase your listings so customers have variety of choices !
2) Your shipping time is too much. Byers prefer shops with brief shipping time.
3)Make sure you are using all 13 tags for every item!
4)Work your SEO in your titles
Your pictures are great !
5) Your shipping is a little high , for example for me to purchase one of your paintings the shipping is about 16€ . Maybe you can adjuste your pricing if you can lower it and put the 6€ into the prefixing and set it up to 10€ Shipping perhaps.
Good luck !

[Former_Member]

MARIA RAFELETOU, thank you!

[ExpressionzBoutique]

I opened my shop last August and haven't had many sales. I use all tags but wondering if im using the wrong ones. I would love your feedback. Www.etsy.com/shop/expressionzboutique

[Former_Member]

Hi Mikayla,
Your tags may be a bit too broad... trying narrowing it down to a more specific target audience. Like instead of just "adults" do "women's hair bow" or instead of just "trendy" do "trendy hair accessories".
Here's a whole thread I wrote on brainstorming tags if you're still stuck
https://www.etsy.com/teams/33301/active-supportive-advice/discuss/18606290/?ref=team_page

[ExpressionzBoutique]

Thank you Lauralily. Will definitely check it out.

[StylishStoneJewelry]

Hi all, do I have to critique others first and then ask for critique for my shop? How does it work? Please advice. Thanks

[Former_Member]

Hi everyone! I am a new shop selling handmade baby blankets, bibs and crochet booties. I would love some honest feedback about pricing, photos, and the items descriptions. TIA!

[StylishStoneJewelry]

Hi Mikayla, I looked at your shop. Look really good. Your items are good. My only suggestions are
You can work on description little bit and your banner. Your current banner may not represent your shop. You can add some photos from your process in you about section. And do not forget shop update option. I hope that helps. Good luck

[StylishStoneJewelry]

Hi Megan, wow! Great work👌. I love it. Every thing looks great. Only u need to work on Title and description. People love to hear the story about your work. Use more descriptive and functional words. Good luck

[StylishStoneJewelry]

Hi everyone, My store nam is StylishStoneJewelry. I make semi precious stone jewelry. I only have 3 sales. I would love to have some honest feedback about my item, price, design, etc.
Thanks, Banasree

[StylishStoneJewelry]

Hi Anna, I looked at your shop. Looks perfect and cute. Your price and products are good. My only suggestion will be you can work on your about section a little. Congrats
Banasree

[Former_Member]

Hi Banasreeb :)
Welcome to the team.
You have everything filled out (shop policies, banner, etc) so that's great!
Only suggestion would be to include some lifestyle shots? People wearing your items.

[StylishStoneJewelry]

Thanks Lauralily, for having me in your team. Thanks for your advise. I will work on that. Thanks, Banasree