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WHAT AM I DOING WRONG AND NOT RIGHT?

Please be kind and rewind!!
Why am I not getting sales?
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Zuparoo
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First off, I'd say you're actually doing well considering you just opened shop a few months ago, especially in the very crowded jewelry area. It takes a long time to get noticed and established, and you've got a lot of views and a few sales already.

The main thing I noticed about your shop is your thumbnail pictures are often too small to see what they are. If this is the case when a person searches for say, Pendant, they'll likely click on thumbnails that are recognizable rather than yours. Can you show the items closer up? I think that would help.

Good luck and keep working at it!
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Great thought!! I will do! and thankyou so much for the compliments!
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Hi! I don't know that you're necessarily doing anything "wrong" in your shop, but there might be a way to "improve" some of your photos--a solid white/light background for ALL of your items might make them seem a little more "cohesive" or "matchy"--if that makes sense? Plus you might get picked for more treasuries and such which is always good for business!
Good luck! :)
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I agree with Cindy - also watch the shadows in your pictures. See if you can get more light in there.
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Thanks guys!!

I will be definatly working on photos!

Also what do you guys think is more important

1. # of items in shop

2. or quality of photo?
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I think both are equally as important. For your heart pendant, I would:

Add how big the heart is. How many inches wide, long, and deep.
Add what the pendant is made out of.
Add what inspired you to make this.

For tags, I would use:

Heart pendant
Heart necklace
Pink heart
Try to put as many descriptive words in your tags and use the words pendant and necklace as often as you can.

Teen necklace

Hope this helps!
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Hi everyone, Sharmon - you've had 11 sales - many congrats :) Still not one sale for me unfortunately! I think I may need some help! If any of you have time I'd really appreciate a little (gentle!) critique :)
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I love your store!! How gentle is that? I really do!~ You are very talwnted and have great photos.

I also "followed" you on Twitter!

We started our store within a few days of each other!

The sales will come!
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Thanks for the very kind words - very gentle! - thanks!

I do hope I get a sale soon!

Thanks again,

Emily
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Emily, may I comment? I liked your shop - I'm a huge gingham fan!! I think what would hold me back (though not everyone) is your pricing... Obviously your time is valuable, but I wonder if you could start a little lower and raise prices as you become more well-known. Happy sales!
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Emily, you have great photos, and cute products. Love the boot cuffs! I've never seen those before, but maybe I"m just not "with it" enough. :)

Nothing jumps out at me to change in your shop. The only tiny suggestion is to tag and title the boot cuffs as mustard yellow instead of just mustard. It seems you've done a good job of titling other items with synonyms, but you can check all their tags too, to make it more likely you come up in searches.

I don't know what kind of promoting you do, but it's very important. I know I don't do enough myself, but I keep trying new ways, a little at a time. Good luck!
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Hi Cindy and Laura,

Thanks so much for taking the time to suggest some improvements. Much appreciated. I have taken our advice and both reduced prices to see if this helps (makes total sense as you say Laura) and also to add the word yellow to both the title and tags.

Thanks again :)
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Well to echo what others have said, jewelry on etsy is pretty flooded!

But your photos are hit and miss. Avoid crowding the main shots with other stuff. Like on this one, I can't even read the word, it just gets so lost:

http://www.etsy.com/listing/88100457/faith-wire-word-necklace

But this photo is wonderful and really caught my eye:

http://www.etsy.com/listing/87983505/love-word-wire-cursive-necklace?ref=v1_other_2
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Thanks to all!

Lumi - don't loose faith - you will have a sale very soon!
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Zuparoo
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Sharmon, I notice you have a new avatar--very nice! Good change.
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Hang in there...trying to stay positve myself! I plan to tweek my pics this week also.
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I too am wondering why I don't have too many sales? Do I need to be doing something I am not aware of?
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Hello. First off I love your shop!! The colors are awesome. On thing I might consider though is the title.

For Example:

http://www.etsy.com/listing/91200366/flower-in-flower-pendant-necklace-blue

I might change the title to "Flower Pendant." Something that is easily searchable and found quickly. And tags are most definitely helpful. When using tags I always put my shop name in the tags so that I can direct people right to an item that might interest them.

Just some thoughts. Congrats on the 11 sales. It does take to really get going I hear but keep going!!! You have awesome product!!!

AJ
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Sharmon, your shop looks good. I like your header - very professional and eye catching. Some advice I was given was to focus on the first 2-3 words in the title (flower pendant) and then add more descriptive terms afterwards. I've also heard that it helps CEO and search engines to repeat the title phrasing in the description - though I don't know if that is true! So much of this is trial and error.

Emily, your shop is very appealing. The photos are lovely. Getting going is so slow. I've had some sales, but currently my views/sales are pretty low. I wish I had the answer.

Good luck to both of you!
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Wait a minute, I only opened my shop a month before you and I've only gotten 20 more sales (15 of them via custom order), and that's not too many more. Your doing just fine. Your right on track. Etsy is just, slow to start.

You have a lovely shop with particularly nice pictures.
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Cindy - thanks for noticing my avatar! I do like this one better too!

Janice - your shop is adorable and you are really talented! I just think that Etsy is tough like I have heard) to get started!

Amber - Yes I totally argree about titles - that's I am going to fine tune.

Snowfall - thanks
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Victoria - thanks so much for the encouragement!
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http://www.etsy.com/listing/91200366/flower-pendant-necklace-blue-black-and

Amber - whatcha think of this!? I like it better!

Thanks for the tip of putting my shop name as a tag -
Crazy as it is I never thought of that, however it could help with local business too!
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Thats great!! I read somewhere that the first three words of the tittle are most important when people are searching for an item. Looks great!!

Amber
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