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~Shop Critique~
Hi there! My name is Sab and I'm a designer from Philippines. I joined Etsy few months back (around November 2018) and closed it down after a month because of sales but now after few encouragement from friends, I decided to open it again and include NEW products such as button pins, shrink pins and a pre-order to my first ever enamel pin!
I need shop critique to help me improve!
My shop
Thank you :)

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Re: ~Shop Critique~
Nice pins. My suggestion. Sell them in sets of 5 of related designs. Photo a person wearing them like scatter pins. Price accordingly.
Good Luck!

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Re: ~Shop Critique~
Thank you! I will try that :)

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Re: ~Shop Critique~
Congratulations, you have some nice designs!
The first thing about your shop that strikes me is the big banner shop image. It's a lovely photo of your illustration, but I look at this and I think " she is an illustrator" not "she sells badges." And (yes, of course you are an illustrator, and a good one too I think!) but because here you are selling badges, I think you need to be really clear about the product you are selling : the buyers need to look at this and instantly think "I can buy badges here". I think you need to add some photos of the pins/badges into that image, maybe scattered on the left, maybe on a white background, then reset your name and social info around them?
I also agree with RetroDoDa,
photo of them being worn
photo of being held in hand so you can see size easily, are both good.
As far as the pins themselves: are you selling them in the real world- did you try to sell them in shops or markets? This type of real-world feedback - not just from friends, but from people who don't know you- can be really helpful. I understand that is hard to do at first, and puts you outside your confort zone, but it's worth it, and this type of real- world feedback will really teach you what people want, and what they want to see more of, and you will grow and learn faster than you ever expected. Good luck!

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Re: ~Shop Critique~
Thank you for this! I'll take a good photo of my pins / badges and make it as a cover photo. As for the pins, yes I'm selling it also in bazaars / art markets and partner stores and I do receive a lot of feedback from it!

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By the way, it took me 6 weeks to get my first sale: it seemed like my shop was invisible for weeks! So don't be too disheartened if you don't see immediate results!

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Re: ~Shop Critique~
Oh wow! Thank you for the advise, i'll take note of it :)