Critters wanted!

[kavetne]

My shop is about 6 months old, and I would love to have some feedback from this community. Please let me know any and all of your thoughts. Sales have been a bit slow (I'm hoping/assuming/crossing my fingers it's the season) and I'd appreciate any feedback that may help me improve.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/ILIOS

Thank you :)

[AllThatInspires]

Love your shop! Your jewelry is very beautiful and the photos are exceptionally professional (how do you get such good photos?). (: You're shop is awesome- I wish you many more sales. Good luck! Summer

[Former_Member]

Beautiful shop, I really don't have any critiques. Your shop has a clean, fresh look and your pictures are stunning. I think it is a slower time of year and things should pick up in a month or so. Best of luck to you!

[NicoleKuhaJewelry]

Add something to your policies saying that international buyers are responsible for duty fees, customs, import taxes etc. Also, maybe try to use different tags for each item even if they are similar (while still representing the item truthfully of course!). It will widen the range of categories that your item falls into.

I use a website called deviantart.com to post photos of the jewelry that I make. I get quite a few views from that website if you want to try it out. There are different groups you can join such as the Jewelry-Makers-Guild that are great for advertising products.

Your pictures are awesome!

[kavetne]

Thank you all! That's all great advice Nicole. However, sometimes I struggle with thinking of different tags that are still truthful, and seem like keywords people would actually search for.

Summer- I think the secret (for me) has been increasing the brightness of a photo by a LOT. For every picture I take, I increase the brightness until the whites in my picture look white. Otherwise, it seems like a sort of grey cloud is over everything. And, I try to photograph on overcast days- that seems to help colors look true to life.