Policies Help!

[Former_Member]

Would a couple of ladies be willing to look over my store policies and let me know what you think? I want to make sure they make sense, that there's nothing really unusual on there, and that there's not too much. I've looked around a little bit at other shops for some guidelines but wanted a little direct input.

[Former_Member]

Hi Heidi,
I have a tip for you-not policy related if I may. I just recently figured this out from lots of reading on Etsy, and it's helped me a bunch. I was looking at your titles. They're very short and not very descriptive. You have 140 characters I believe available in the titles. Try to use all of them. Think about what a buyer would type into the search if they were looking for items like yours: colors, what it's for, style, who it's for, materials, etc. Put the most important descriptive words first like "Crocheted Blanket for Babies, Infants in White, Ivory Afghan Crib bedding Hand stitched Newborn Gift" etc. Something like that. Go through your description in the listing and pull out your key words and put them in your title. You should notice your shop stats go up when you adjust your titles because the more words you have, the better chance of being found.

[Former_Member]

Thanks Lori! This is really helpful...I'll work on that. :)

[Former_Member]

no problem! It doesn't matter how great your items or pictures or policies are if no one sees it right? I think that's one of the hardest things on Etsy- getting found.

[Former_Member]

Yep, it appears to be. Plus there's my silly desire for everything to just "sound pretty". :)

[Former_Member]

not silly Heidi. I was doing the same thing until I started reading up on how to get found in search engines. You can also google SEO and that might help.