Critique Please :-)

[Former_Member]

Hi everyone! WWC is boutique for baby and mom. My main clientelle is baby shower shoppers and photograhers looking for props. I am looking for a critique to bring my shop to the best level possible. Any feedback you can provide is appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Jessica

[Former_Member]

some of your pictures of your hats and purses are too close, some of the item is cut off.

I see that you are on a ton of teams but only have 29 followers.... that's not necessarily a shop critique, but it makes me wonder if you promote yourself much or do you rely on teams to promote your shop.

Your prices make me feel like you charge tax on your items, personally I would just round them up a penny or two.

[Former_Member]

Hi Jessica,

This listing (http://www.etsy.com/listing/79198404/custom-hat-tie-sets-for-children?) in particular stood out to me as being a really good standard for your store. the image is clear, the lighting is perfect, you have a handsome little guy modeling and you know right away without reading the description what is being sold. Some of the other pictures are a little too dark or are not fully visible in the thumbnail. I know it's hard to take pictures with the perfect lighting inside, I'm still trying to figure it out.
Your tags seem good to me, but I think you need to work on your titles a bit. For the listing "Custom Hat & Tie Sets for Children" you could put in "accessories for babies and kids" "accessories for boys" "formal accessories for boys" ...or something like that and make sure you repeat what ever words there are in your description to your tags.
Also make sure you have a refund policy in place.

[KaydonCreatives]

Hi Jessica!

I love your items. I know that I was worried about my pics, and wanted some feed back. I had gotten some advice from a professional photographer friend of mine, but I couldn't apply everything that was suggested due to money and area constraints.

I found, like Charles, that some of the pictures, mostly of the bags, were to close..you couldn't see the whole item. I also noticed that the lighting in some pictures was a bit dark. When you process your photo's are they the original or do you tweak them a little? I use Photoshop or gimp, just as a lighting enhancement using the levels and a little bit of cropping.

I see you have made some sales, but to gain more traffic and sales, you may want to promote more within etsy via the teams. I spend a good 2 hours a day minimum (I have a lot of time on my hands lol) going thru my teams and posting, replying etc to discussions and other members. It is also good to use other avenues such as Facebook, twitter, pinterest, rebelmouse, StumbleUpon, wanelo, and craftori. And you can do all those for free.

If there is anything else I can help with please let me know. I am always willing to help others :).

I know lots of people having babies, so I will pass on your shop info to them!

Take care,
Dana

[Former_Member]

Thank you all for your feedback. I will get to work on your suggestions asap - I truly appreciate it!

[Former_Member]

The pictures for all of the listings for "Newsboy Hat, tie, hairbow" are all cut off. It's hard to tell what you are selling.

"Newsboy hats for children" great pic, just tighten up a bit maybe

"Neckties for children" too close in, cant tell what it is

"You design a custom hat" & "girl crochet hats pink or teal" and "quilted cross body purse" all quite nice.

"patchwork diaper bag" competes with the window

"cuddle and kick blanket"- let me start this by saying I'm not good with tags and seo, but... do use all 13 tag spaces, and shouldn't one of your tags for this be "baby blanket"?

Good luck! You have some adorable stuff in your shop!