Im just lookin' for some critique

I am about a month into my Etsy and I LOVE everything about being apart of this new world. I am doing my best to post new things every day or so, i have a facebook page and have been pying close attention to keywords and trends. Plus, I REALLY love making my items and I would love some more attention. I asked my friends and family to give me advice on ways to improve my shop, but i didn't get the tough love. Can anyone give me some ideas on getting my shop noticed. Is there anything that isn't clear or too wordy.What do you see that could use improvement. I'd love some new ideas.
Thank you
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GreenOrchidDS
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I don't really know enough to give a full critique, but here it goes,...your pictures are really good and I LOVE your rings, but I think your messing up your seo's with putting free shipping 1st.
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thank you very much...i didnt know that
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Hi Sierra,

I agree that you may want to focus on your SEO. I found this guide to be so helpful!

http://www.etsy.com/storque/media/bunker/2009/09/Etsy_Sellers_Guide_to_SEO_Version_1.0_.pdf

Best of luck to you!

~Amy
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You are off to a great start, but need to dive into SEO. The guide Amy gave you is great! Take your time and go through your shop perfecting it for SEO. Good luck!
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thank you so much, this is so helpful
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Sierra- my first impression was that the photos have great light, but that the different backgrounds are distracting, and don't give your shop a cohesive brand. If you haven't watched the Online Labs or read the Sellers' Handbook, those can really be helpful!
:) Athena
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Thanks Athena, I will focus more on building a cohesive look to my photos.
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So when I am doing my SEO, which is kind of confusing, should I make each ring say something different or since I sell the same KIND of ring just different stones, should I say the same thing just with one or two different words? I am trying to understand the keyword search tool on Google through tutorials.
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It helps to have slightly different titles for similar items, in case someone searches for one thing, instead of another. For instance, I'm not much of a jewelry-wearer, and these two rings look really similar to me. So, I'm using them as examples of "similar rings."

You could rearrange some of your title terms so that the first one is called, "cockail ring, etc..." and the second one is called, "chunky turquoise ring, etc..." Doing this will help bring in people who search for chunky rings AND cocktail rings, rather than just one or the other. Apparently, the Etsy search algorithm considers the first few words to be most important.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/110173736/turquoise-ring-seed-beaded-cocktail-ring

http://www.etsy.com/listing/108025399/turquoise-fire-statement-ring-semi

Be sure to have lots of similar phrases in your tags too. For instance, with the second ring, you could add "chunky ring," "turquoise ring," and "stone ring." I read that using capitalization doesn't matter, so you could get rid of either "Jewelry" or "jewelry."

Most of this is in the Online Labs videos, where I learned it myself. Here's one that talks a lot about titles and tags and such:
-click on "Online Labs" from the "Community" drop-down at the top of every page on Etsy
-look at the scroll bar under the video window and click on the first group of videos, called "Etsy Success"
- Scoll to the right and click on the video showing the title, "Not getting views on your shop..." it's in the first half of the list.
-I had two windows open while I watched this, one with the video, and one with my own shop so I could pause the video and make changes as I learned about them.

Hope that's helpful!
:) Athena
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Hi Sierra,
I find your backgrounds distracting. I would choose 1 to 3 plain colours, preferrably pale. Maybe white, cream and light brown as they are neutral and easily complement various colours of the products.
If you have a darker colour on an item, use pale background. If the item is pale, use darker background.
Just my opinion.
Good luck :)
S.
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Thank you all so much. I appreciate all your help!
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Sierra,
Good tips in previous posts. I'd like to add this link co-authored by Cindy who is SEO expert and well respected on Etsy.

http://etsymentors.blogspot.com/p/critique-your-own-shop.html
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