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It's my turn to ask for help

I love this place. I love my shop. I'm trying so hard to not get discouraged at my lack of sales. I need feedback, but please be gentle. Thank you! :)
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Anybody?

I decided to try etsyonsale. I've posted an End of Summer Sale on all my sundress outfits starting tomorrow morning. Wish me luck!
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Well, I had high hopes, but so far, I'm not getting any interest at all. I've put things on wanelo and ownza, also. All summer I kept thinking it was the summer slump, but unfortunately, most of my items are baby sundress sets, so the season is about gone.

I've put some fleece sleepers and two fall outfits, but they've not generated much interest, either. I've spent countless hours rearranging my shop, tweaking my tags, etc. I can get my things seen pretty high up in the search engines. I hesitate to keep making outfits because I'm afraid I'm going to be stuck with all of them, and I can't afford to waste a dime.

It's hard not to look at what other people are actually selling and not compare. I feel I have nice things for sale, too. I've put my heart and soul into everything for many months, and I'm just feeling really low now.

Any feedback would be appreciated. :)
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Hi Laurie,
I've been watching this discussion for a couple of weeks and have found some info that I think has helped me. I just looked at your store and your items are so creative and cute! You are quite talented.
I have been working on getting more traffic and these suggestions helped me. When I put together an item to list I list the tags first, then develop the title. I was very wordy before and found that if my title repeats my tags and description repeats my tags I am getting more interest from Google (that is my goal) I also started to offer taking all credit cards and most of my sales lately have come from them rather than PayPal. (I still take PayPal of course)
Maybe this will help. Don't give up! We can figure this out together!
cindy
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Cindy, thank you so much for your response. I'm most interested in your comment about taking all credit cards through etsy. I'll definitely go research that a little more.

I must say that yesterday I read an encouraging post that really helped cheer me up, and I have a renewed determination to get going with this. I will not give up! (Thanks, in part, to people like you who care about others here.)

I'm going to go after holidays sales with vigor. I've already gotten some new, creative ideas for things to add to the shop soon.
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That is great to hear! We need to keep moving forward. I went from having my own cleaning business for 12 years to selling on Etsy. Quite a bit of a learning curve but working with items I love makes it easier.
Have a great day,
cindy
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Thanks, Cindy!
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