Looking for someone to help me with writing.

[TheThriftyTrinket]

I'm not a new seller but I'm getting back into my shop again and I want to rewrite most of my shop. If anyone is willing to help with any part of this it would be much appreciated.

[Former_Member]

Hi Arik,

Your little plushies are soooo cute! I read the descriptions and I think they are fine and work well. The only thing I might add is to clarify in the listing description that the listing is for 1 plushie only (as opposed to the number of plushies shown in the photos) - just to avoid any misunderstandings and to cover yourself.

I also read through your policies and they seem pretty good as well; one thing you might want to include is that you are not responsible for any costs associated with customs charges and the like. If you want to you can copy and paste what I've included in my polices:

Please note that all postage/shipping costs, any duties, taxes and customs charges are the responsibility of the buyer and are not refundable.

-- This again is just to cover yourself.

Wishing you lots of sales and all the best :)

[PrairiePrimitives]

Arik, be sure to read up on SEO. Without good SEO, you'll never be found in Etsy search, and that means you will probably sell much less than if you had better SEO. Your Shop Title, Shop Announcement, and Section Names are all part of the SEO equation, as well as your item titles, descriptions and tags.

Is Takochu really 5 feet in diameter? Sometimes it's the tiniest things that make the biggest difference ...

[weekendjewelry1]

Arik, your shop title is cute but doesn't tell people what you sell - so you want to be sure that your shop announcement, and the text just below your title, does include good keywords. "Handmade plushies" or whatever else you want to feature. And as mentioned above, SEO is important. The text I've just mentioned is searched by Google - and "welcome" doesn't tell anybody anything useful, nor does "I'm always looking to improve" etc. The sentiment is good - but you're wasting valuable real estate there.

And of course add more items as you can - but you knew that. Good luck and welcome back to selling!

[tomoandedie]

Stay at this team while you add at least 100 items.
Baby steps everyday to do this and that by learning every aspect of selling at Etsy....
I bet the sales will come as you go...just never stop improving, there is no magic one thing to do....do everything, every day little by little....:D

Good luck!

Love your super kawaii stuff!

[weddingbridaldecor]

Hello Arik, your little plushies are so cute. You really need to work on your title and tags so you will be found. Are these knitted or croched? You need to put either one in your title.

Example:

Knitted Stuffed Ocean Animal:Jelly Fish

Tags you could use would b:
knitted
knitted toys
marine animals
knitted ocean
hand knitted toys

Good luck to you and Happy Holidays

[maydaylabels]

does anyone ever search "knitted ocean"? Ever?

You don't have to have knitted or crocheted in your titles, though it might be a good idea, at least for some of them. Many people think of knitted and crocheted as more or less the same thing and don't care one way or another (and thus won't search for one or the other).

keyword research is important. don't just guess.

[TheThriftyTrinket]

Oh my gosh! Thank you everyone for the responses and compliments!

Tana, good catch! That would definitely be some very thick yarn!
Kimie, thank you for the ecouragement, it's greatly appreciated.
Megan, thank you for the policy ideas, I know that's been needing work too.
Tana, Jen and Ida, I never realized SEO was so important, thank you all for your suggestions!
Laura and Matthew, here are my current keywords, would it make a big difference to have crochet in the title if it's already a keyword?
× crochet
× jellyfish
× yarn
× cute
× little
× kawaii
× small
× jelly fish
× jelly
× sea
× soft
× ocean
× amigurumi

[maydaylabels]

You need to do some basic research about how Etsy's relevancy search works, and best practices to get quality views. The pinned threads in this team: https://www.etsy.com/teams/10713/etsy-relevancy-seo-and-stats explain it pretty well.