I liked having names up there too, it makes it much easier to chat.
Iām glad I didnāt imagine it, Iāve been a bit distracted lately as a pipe in my lovely new studio sprung a leak :ā( - no permanent damage but a lot of drying out to do. In fact I am going to go down and glare at the dehumidifier now and see if that will make it work faster.
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clever way to do it, adding your name - that will help those who prefer real names. personally I answer to most things but prefer nifty to be honest
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@SianFolksy any update on whatās happening with shop links?
Also is there a reason why our names have disappeared?
It canāt be an anonymity issue because when we click on the profile we can find names there. Iād find it so much easier to chat if we could see names on the forum.
I added them back sorry about it.
Regarding store links, we just need some mockups of where / what you would like.
Now that our names appear across the top of the post I guess the most sensible thing is to put all our identity info in a line there
username name shopname
although mine will be a bit repetitive
ffflowers Helen Smith ffflowers
What do other people think? Should we identify which is the shopname? Maybe
ffflowers Helen Smith ffflowers on Folksy
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Sam is working on a shop owner ābadgeā (title and possibly an icon) which will appear under your avatar on the left hand side, heās just waiting for us to make a decision on the best way to display that. Sorry for the delay!
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Helen I really like the last suggestion of yours, it makes it very clear. Mine will also be repetitive but I canāt see any other way around it.
StephanieGuy Stephanie Guy Stephanie Guy Fine Art on Folksy
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Yes, my other one will be even more repetitive
HelenSmith Helen Smith HelenSmith
so I think what @SianFolksy says about having the shop link with our avatar on the left is probably better!
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We can also use a āglyphā for the shop link, its a bit less obtrusive / repetitive.
Eg, something like this: http://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/icon/shopping-cart/
How important is the shop name?
Well itās not important to me because my shop names are both the same as my usernames. You maybe need to do a quick survey of people with different shop/user names?
sorry - whatās your name again? 
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Iād say itās very important. we want people to remember us as individual shops, not anonymous blobs. I know there have been problems in the past with new buyers not realising we are all individuals, thinking they are buying from āfolksyā as a shop, not from one of us within the overall venue.
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I think shop name is very important Sam, my shop name is my brand and I work hard to make it stick in my customersā minds.
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Shop name is very important for me too - I use Joysofglass all over the place as it both names me and my type of craft.
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If you click on the userās photo, you get to see a bit more about them and find the link to their shops. Maybe that would help?
I also think info repeated at the bottom of every message might be off putting.
I suppose really the thing that is not all that important is our username - either it is the same as our shop name or it is something we would like to change to be the same as our shop name!
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A reminder to those who havenāt done it yet - that it is a good idea to put the link to your shop in the Profile. This was suggested as a good idea in the initial weekās testing.
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yes, thatās what I thought. I have seen several threads fin the past from people who didnāt realise that their username was stuck and not the same as their shop. Iāve not seen anyone saying the opposite (though of course there will be one!)
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