Hello everyone,
I opened my shop about 6 weeks ago. Still learning on the best way to list. Only just started to look at this forum and great to see how friendly you all are 
No sales yet 
hardly any views
The one thing I haven’t done is offer international postage, is this something I should do? Would it improve the chance of a sale? Is it difficult to work out costs?
I would really appreciate any advice on any improvements that I could make xx
Hello and a warm welcome to Folksy from me. I have just had a quick look at your shop and see some beautiful items. One thing I would mention is your tags, I just looked at them on the first couple of items and saw they were a list of words all joined up under one tag. You need to enter each phrase as a seperate tag. You can have up to 15 tags. Also, looking at tags on another item I see them with hashtags, you dont need hashtags.
I wish you well with your shop, though sadly from my experience I found little interest in my crocheted baby wear and I stopped listing quite a bit of it. I hope you do better!
You are right it is very friendly here, a fun place to be!
Thank you, I will look at those tags 
Hello and welcome from me too 
Regarding the international postage question, anyone who sells to EU & NI needs to have a representative under the new regulations, and to appoint one it comes with a cost. This doesn’t apply for USA, and a lot of people do well there, you would need to have a good look at the paperwork you need (I believe you need to complete a specific form) and also check the prices for that. For both occasions you would need to check with your insurance if they do cover you for selling internationally. I am sure if you do decide to ship internationally other sellers will be able to help you with any questions, I stay quite clear from it 
Another tip - look out for the Themes of the Day ( they can be viewed on your dashboard under the section ‘improve your shop’) For example today’s is Gorgeous Greens, and to be featured in it, all you have to do is add the tag Dark Green to any item that fits the theme. Perfect for the first item I see in your shop! It will then get an occasional spot on Folkys home page, at random, during the day.
Hand knitted and crocheted babywear is incredibly difficult to sell for quite a few reasons.
The market is extremely saturated, there are thousands of sellers both online and offline offering knitted and crocheted baby items. Buyers are also very price-sensitive when it comes to baby clothes because babies outgrow items so quickly. Very few people will pay the true value of the yarn and hours involved in hand knitting or crochet. Handmade baby clothing is also usually seen as an “occasion” or gift purchase rather than an everyday necessity, so demand is much smaller than people expect.
Unfortunately, a lot of people make handmade babywear thinking “everyone loves baby clothes”, but selling it is much tougher than it appears because buyers compare handmade prices against cheap mass-produced babywear from big retailers and won’t buy an expensive handmade item that will only last a couple of months before the baby outgrows it. I stopped making it for this very reason.
With regard to your lack of views, unfortunately that is normal here. Folksy does not advertise, so getting views on your items here requires an enormous amount of your own time and investment doing your own marketing and advertising to generate interest and traffic. You will need to invest heavily to tell potential customers you exist, otherwise unfortunately you will not get any views. With a saturated category like baby items, you will need to do a lot of paid ads to get your items showing up in search engine results.
Your items are lovely, so I wish you the very best of luck with your shop.
Welcome, Catherine. I am new too and still getting to grips with the platform but enjoying it so far. I like the daily themes and Folksy Friday they have already helped me with social media content and increased engagement.
welcome to folksy…it is a lovely place to be.
As @PoppyKayDesigns says, the knitting and crochet markets are over saturated so you have to work hard to get the sales.
I ran a knitwear business in London for many years and did really well, even knitting suits for Harrods.
However, I have given up on it now , in favour of painting, because the sales for knitwear were so low and competition was too high.
Your work looks good and the prices are fair but can I suggest you find a different background as the background looks dull and doesn’t show off your work to its best…
Join in on the forums and chat, so that people get to know you and keep listing…it takes time to get started and get sales but if you persevere, they will soon come x
Thank you all for your input. Will definitely take notes. I haven’t really looked into Folksy enough as only just found these forums. Will have a browse through them x
Hi from a fellow knitter and crocheter. I’ve looked at a few of your items and some don’t state what fibre of yarn is used. Is it acrylic, cotton, wool etc? One I looked at says baby yarn but that doesn’t tell the customer the fibre content.
Some don’t have care instructions. People want to know if they can chuck it in the washing machine and tumble dry or if they have to hand wash.
I would also suggest adding sizes. You have size 3-6 months for example but all babies are different sizes so adding actual sizes help customers know if they if your items would fit.
Good luck with your shop.
I will be spending the day going through and editing my listings, thanks for guidance everyone x
