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Why no sales?? Critique please?

I opened my shop in November 2012, but I haven't gotten any sales. I had my pictures taken professionally, I think my tags are okay, I think my prices are fair, and I'm pretty sure my descriptions are okay..if somebody could take a look at my shop and let me know what I can do to improve that would be great! Its just disappointing putting so much effort into a shop that isn't showing any sort of progress. Its not that I haven't gotten views, because I have, it just that I'm not getting any SALES. Thanks in advance to anyone that can help!
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Re: Why no sales?? Critique please?

Hi Kasey,

I've taken a look at your shop, and your pictures are absolutely adorable! They really made me laugh. :-) So definately no problem there! Your items are great as well!
I see that your shop hasn't been open that long. Maybe all it needs is a little patience. It takes time for people to get to know your shop. And the more items you have in your shop, the more views, favorites and sales you get.
The more people favorite your items, the more they get around on Etsy, and it helps you showing up in search results.

Having products that are a niche market is always harder. I have two shops, one with vintage jewelry and the one I am posting under now. This one is going really slow, the one with the jewelry is booming. I guess people tend to buy jewelry faster than home decoration.

Things that I noticed really helped are: add as much people to your circle as possible. Most of the time those people will add you back, and it gives you more views.
Try creating a Twitter and Facebook account for your shop. Add as much people as you can, they will add you back. If you post every new item on there, it will give you more views as well.
Use Pinterest to promote your items, and join teams on Etsy. Lots of teams do promotional games that give you extra favorites and views.

I hope this helps! I will add you to my circle, and will favorite your shop and some items.
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Oh I forgot two more tips: if you know people with their own website or blog, ask them if they can do an article on your shop. In return you can propose a give away that they can put on their blog, or you can give them a little present or a discount.

And The Craftori Team on Etsy have a website on which you can post pictures of your items to get more traffic to your shop for free.
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Re: Why no sales?? Critique please?

Ok thank you! I will add more people to my circle for sure...It just annoys me having the little red numbers up there all the time :P Haha. I do have a Facebook for my shop but not a Twitter..I'll work on that (:
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Re: Why no sales?? Critique please?

In case you didn't know: you can link your Twitter and Facebook account to your Etsy shop. That way, a little button will appear above your listed items for shoppers to see. If people click on this, they can automatically follow you there. It helps getting more followers.
Good luck! :-)
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Re: Why no sales?? Critique please?

You can join our team. We take baby steps to get shops in shape for more views and sales. You would have to be committed to a minimum of 1 hour per week of working on your shop to join.
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Tearee that sounds interesting. Excuse me for being ignorant if there's a simple way...which team is your team, I might like to join. Many thanks! Good luck Kasey!
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You are not ignorant...LOL Here is our team information.

Active Sales Increasing & Promoting. Be The Best
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