Am i doing something rong ?????

Hello ,
I open my shop a week ago. I am very excited about it i love my shop and i want to start selling my stuff ( everyone wants that )
I have visitors i have people who admire my creations But not sales yet .Am i doing something wrong?
What do you think about my shop and my creations ? Do you believe that i have to change something

Here you can see my shop :
http://www.etsy.com/shop/feltstories?ref=pr_shop_more

Thank you so much
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If your shop is only a week old the only thing you are doing wrong is worrying! It'll take weeks, maybe months for you to get a sale (believe me I know!).

Just keep creating, listing and promoting... And things'll happen. Apparently.

Or... Maybe I should be asking myself- what am I doing wrong...? Wahhhh

;)
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Hi KatEzat - I know this thread isn't meant to be about you but I just had a quick look at your shop anyway. Your items are lovely, but please change your shop announcement! Maybe English isn't your first language (though it's very good!) but the wording of your announcement won't help you one bit in searches and also, I'm afraid, the "there, there" made me feel patronised and if I were a potential buyer I would have stopped right there.

Sorry to be a pain - I hope this is being at least a bit constructive! Good luck with your shop.
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Sorry to get distracted, Feltstories. Please don't start worrying yet, a week is no time at all on etsy. Maybe brighten up your photos a bit and make sure the titles are self-explanatory. What exactly is "I love my parrot"?

I'm sure you will start selling soon. Good luck!
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i've been on etsy almost 5 years now, and it took me a long long while to start selling........and the site was MUCH MUCH smaller back then. just be patient, keep advertising yourself on & off etsy and keep creating and listing.

and keep asking for help. i wouldn't have the photos, or the sales numbers, i have without a little help from some seasoned successful sellers here giving advice. :)

best of luck to you!
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Feltstories I love your shop and the items you made are beautiful (I want one for myself :-). I am sure you will get sales soon. I have been here since end of Sept. and only have 6 admirers. So hang in there.
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StuckOnSilver
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Your shop is so nice!! Good luck!
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@Isabel and Janet, thanks for the feedback! I've tweaked it. What do you think now? Cheers.
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Cute shop!! I agree with the above...it's only been a week don't stress. My first sale took a few weeks and was very slow at first. Then one day it just took off! I love the banner its very cute and the shop name!
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Thank you all so much for encouraging !!

@Isabel and Janet you asr so right i'll make some changes
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Feltstories - your felted items are wonderful and I love the bunny and teddy bear! A couple things I would suggest is to use spellcheck, you have many spelling and grammatical errors in your profile and you do not list where you are from. Your pictures seem a bit fuzzy for some reason. If you can get some clearer, brighter shots of them, it will help them get into more treasuries. You also have to watch your titles because the first three words are the most important so try to use the most important searchable keywords there. My knitting shop has only been stocked for less than 2 months now so I'm am definitely not an expert but those are a few things I have picked up on that I thought I'd share with you. Hope they help! I think with a few changes and with a little time, you'll see the sales coming in. : )
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@ Wendy thank you for the advices i will definitely make changes :)
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You absolutely have some super-cute items in your shop. There's no question you'll get some sales. But there are two things you can do immediately to help potential buyers:

1.) Brighten up your photos. They are much too dark. This alone will make your store "pop".

2.) Rework your item titles. I know "I Love Parrot" is cute and it's the name of your product, but as I noted in a similar post, the likelihood that someone is going to type that into the Etsy search field is pretty slim. They are more likely to type in "Animal Toy" or "Felt Toy". For the blue parrot, I would say something like "Felt Parrot Children's Decoration". Keep the most important key words at the beginning of the title.

And I urge you to read through the Etsy Seller Handbook.

http://www.etsy.com/blog/en/2011/the-etsy-seller-handbook-all-our-how-tos-about-selling/

There is a LOT of information there and I know it can seem overwhelming, but just read one section at a time and try to improve ONE thing in your shop at a time.

Best of luck with your wonderful shop!
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@Gigi thank you What a wonderful store you have you are so right about the photos I;ve used your suggestion :)
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Hi feltstories. Could I suggest you put in an idea of size.... I adore your bunnies but one of my first thoughts was 'I wonder how big they are'.
Your work is beautiful :)
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Feltstories, your titles are much better now!

KatEzat, great improvement! Just one more suggestion - could you change the name of your category "lavender" to mayabe "lavender sachets" ? - just so that no one will think you're selling plants! You have to be pretty literal around here. (My apologies by the way for assuming English wasn't your native language - I shouldn't jump to conclusions.)

Good luck to both of you!
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Your shop name and items are one of the best. Keep listing and try to use all 5 photos you can post to show your products. It's too early to get stressed about sales. I did my first 2 sales after 2 months of my shop opening and still waiting for the rest...
But I am just enjoying being a part in this community and I hope sales will follow some day.
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I have found that the people who buy my things are those that previously favorited that item like the day before. So if you are getting some admirers, dont fret becuase those could lead to sales.
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Welcome to Etsy!'

It took six weeks to make my first sale in my first shop on Etsy. During that time, I read everything I could to find out how to make sales on Etsy. Your forum visit is a good step in learning.

My specialty is SEO and I can tell by the words you use in your shop and in your listings that you are not using the best words in order to be found on Etsy.

People searching on Etsy or Google or anywhere else on the Internet tend to use the same words over and over again. Google keeps track of these words in a database that we can use to find good keywords: adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal?forceLegacy=true

Checking this database, it is easy to see that there are very few searches for "needle felted rose bear" or any of the other words in the listing titles. But there are a lot of searches for "needle felted aninmals" and "needle felted animal" and even more searches for "stuffed bear."

You would get many more views by using keywords such as, "stuffed bear, needle felted animal" in both the listing title, listing description and in the tags.

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love your banner. very cute. I also like the name of your shop.
I agree that the pictures should be brighter. the picture of alisa looks pretty good. you should always use all five pictures. also brighten up your avatar picture, it's a great picture.
instead of the name "Alisa the needle felted rose bear" you could try "felted bear Alisa". or something.
I think you have some great items and things could possibly pick up for you.
I only have 3 sales and have been changing things since march.
good luck to you!
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KriyaDesign
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I love the romantic, dreamy hues you use in your works. So lovely! My first sale was made on the sixth week of store opening. Give your store some times and, meanwhile, keep learning.

I am straight to the point, literal, search as it is kind of person. I bet a lot of folks are like me. When I search for something it goes like this "felt bunny white", "felt bear" or just "bear toy", "felt purse" "felt brooch" ... you get my drift. So I may not find your store and you'll miss making the sales to me. My mantra is you gotta be found. You have to be visible to the (potential) customers. And that can be achieved through your titles (especially), tags and descriptions.

Keep expanding your stores. Add more of your playful, whimsical felt toys to your store. I know it's quite challenging when you don't have sales to be the base of what to make more, what working and what not. You kinda have to go with your guts and scientifically :-) - your ongoing research.

All the very best
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Thank you all you are so kind and Helpful

@Wendy thank you for helpihng me tp correct my profile

I've changed my photos I think they look better now

:)
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LOVE the new photos feltstories! they look SO much better. just keep working at it and asking advice and you'll do fine. :)
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