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Keywords for photography ?

I have a few of my photo cards listed and am working on listing more but i am having no luck with keywords. I use google keyword tool but I am not getting many suggestions. Anyone have any tips ?
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Same issue! Would love some help...
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Looks like we all need help.
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I'm using photo, print, picture, image, art, home decor, wall art, it seems to help because I think often people are looking for something to put on their wall but are not really set on painting/print/photography, so hope this helps :)
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I also use sizes , I get ribs of views based on simple size searches
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I wonder if it would help if we took turns posting a photo and having others make a list of keywords for it. Might be interesting to see what others come up with.
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This is good stuff. I struggle with the same thing—views based on sizes is interesting. I'll have to try that.

In general i haven't had much luck (in terms of purchases) with etsy's paid ads, how about you guys?
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lets try what Pat said, post a photo of one listing then a bunch of us post tag suggestions, after a few posts then folks are allowed to take a turn next. I will start.

I would love to get one sale on this photo, any ideas on tags

https://www.etsy.com/listing/107709152/seattle-art-seattle-needle-fine-art?
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I meant keywords not tags :)
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OK, here goes:
Seattle Needle by MaxplanationPhotos

Black, White, Circular, Travel, Tourist, Needle, Seattle, Sky, Clouds, Spokes, Wheel, Observatory, Northwest, Washington, Geometric. Tower, Space, Pacific Coast
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Sorry, I didn't mean to jump in. Please continue with Seattle Needle but I think we can just keep putting images up and responding to each other. Just make sure you indicate what print you are keywording for.
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thanks great ones ! Pat do you have a pic for us to look at ?
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sorry I see it now, here are my keywords for pat's photo:

grass fan, grass, nature photo, grass fan photo, fan print, photography, art, and also include the tag as a size
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MaxplanationPhotos: thought of a few more: iconic, icon, cityscape, skyline
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Thanks Pat
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Pat did you try architecture (or the name of the architect), landmark, or street photography? Curious what luck you might have had with any of the suggestions made.

jc
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Juan Carlos: the space needle photo is from MaxplanationPhotos. But those are good suggestions. Mine is the grass fan. That is the one image I have had the most trouble coming up with keywords on. Shot in Vietnam, so I applied all those words to it: "vietnam" "travel" "Asian".
Any suggestions?
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Asia along with Asian

Asia art , nature
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Great idea for helping people come up with keywords! It's definitely nice to get another perspective on what potential buyers might search for.

I thought I would let you guys know that I read into the Etsy keyword relevancy handbook from handmadeology, and it's actually not necessary to put Asia and Asian. The Etsy search actually only looks at base words. So it's only really necessary to do that if the adjective version is way different than the base.

here's one of my listings:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/127222727/travel-photography-causeway-hotel-12x18?ref=shop_home_active

looking forward to seeing your suggestions!
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BTW, this doesn't apply to anyone's specific listing, but I think if you have a dominant color in the image then it would be worth using it as a keyword.
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you are right, I get the word grey as a search often
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Casey here's what I came up with

beach, ocean, ocean side, cliff, vacation home
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and clouds
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Hedge Sea Ireland Chimneys Causeway UK Clouds Stormy Travel Adventure Seaview Quaint Lodging
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