Hello Happy Folks!
https://folksy.com/shops/BCTJEWELLERYKITSCREATIONS
I have been on Folksy a few months now, and not had one sale.
Please would you take a look and let me know what I’m doing wrong?
Its a lovely website, great crafters on here, I don’t understand why I am being totally missed 
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Thanks for your time!
Nicky 
Welcome Nicky.
You are not necessarily doing anything wrong. It took me 3 months to get my first sale and things have been quiet on here. Have sold direct and a few things on here lately.
One thing I would suggest is offer and option to your buyer, say a kit on it’s own or including the tools. By including the tools it puts the price up and limits your options, a customer may want to buy 2 or 3 kits but not 3 lots of tools or may even have them.
Do you use social media as that is invaluable for sales. I am sure some others will be along later to offer their wisdom to help you.
Thank you, that is so good.
I never considered the add tools as an option I was thinking people wdnt see them for sale so great to receive your feedback, thank you for this.
Let’s hope the future is bright for all of us on Folksy.
Thanks again
Nicky
Hi Nicky,
I’ve only recently joined Folksy myself so may not be able to offer the most experienced advice, but one thing I would suggest is making your first photo of the listing a square shape and make sure the item is centred in the middle. Some of the photos you are using now, it cuts off the nicest part of the photo! Such as your Pendulum Rose Quartz, on your homepage I can only see the chain in the photo. The same with the Crackle Quartz Earrings kit I can only see the hoops.
I hope that helps you a bit and good luck 
Caroline
There is a section for craft kits but you’ve not put your items in it (its under supplies) so anyone browsing that section won’t see them. I also think it would be a good idea to set up two collections in your shop - one for kits, the other for finished items. Make sure you have included dimensions (or predicted dimensions in the kits) for the finished items and have included what the metal used is.
Your social media points to your own website so you need to write your descriptions to appeal to the Folksy and google search algorithms so that you get ranked in the search. Both those algorithms put higher priority on the info contained in the title and first 2 paragraphs so you need to make sure you describe what the item is in the first paragraph. For example your sea glass earring kits currently have ‘SPECIAL OFFER - INCLUDES TOOLS Everything included in your Kit3:’ as the opening two paragraphs. A better (more algorithm friendly) opening would be ‘This kit includes everything you need to make your own unique drop sea glass earrings made with frosted aqua sea glass nuggets and sterling silver hooks.’ (this section from the folks blog might help Product Listing Tips Archives | Folksy Blog)
And as Caroline pointed out - Folksy crop the images shown in search and on our shop fronts to square so some of your items look distinctly abstract.
good luck
As a complete Folksy newcomer I have nothing to add to the previous replies except to say how impressed I am that people have taken the time to look at Nicky’s shop and make constructive comments.
I wish Nicky well but also personally feel reassured that asking questions can result in some really helpful answers
Hya Richard its lovely that people care isn’t it, much appreciated.
Thank you so much Sasha sounds like such great advice I will look at this as soon as I can, really appreciate your feedback, thank you.
Hi. Some good tips here, and thanks Sasha @SashaGarrett - I need to go through my titles and first two paragraphs as well.
Good luck @BCTJEWELLERYKITSCREATIONS - by the way I have followed you on Facebook.
SallyAnn
Hya, and thank you… really good advice shared here isn’t there… Great wen we can all benefit from this too!
I’ve had a quick look. First thing I always check for is social media links… you appear to have one to Facebook…but it seems to go to your pinned post… it needs to go to your Facebook page proper … this is the link you should have :
That being the case… I note you have the word PRICE plastered across your Facebook heading… now Facebook doesn’t like you to use commercial words on your page like that… it wants you to spend money with them on promotion so if you use commercial words it will limit the number of people it shows your posts to… just saying because I do think that it is rather in your face to have the title "Where ALL materials are included in price’… ( I personally find that very off-putting).
You are also putting actual prices in your posts… again something not recommended if you want to maximise your reach.
So my next thing to check is where on your social media (and you only link to FB) does it mention your Folksy shop… ??/ I can’t find anything at all about Folksy …just your own website from which you sell.
There are many posts on here which will tell you all the best practices for Facebook posts and also how to get traffic to your shop as you need to promote your shop to your potential customers and I can’t see that you are doing that at all. So best thing I can suggest is that you browse through some of the topics as honestly they really can be very helpful. This is a very friendly forum and we all want all of us to be as successful as possible and that means lots and lots of Folksy sales.
Good luck Joy xx
Hya Joy…I didn’t realise half of the info I’ve been given here, very grateful to you and everyone who has offered such wonderful advice…down to me to take this all on board and act… hope to get on with this next week.
Thanks again everyone.
Nicky
Of course your advice helps, great advice and I think its great that my site can be looked at so objectively with ideas I haven’t thought of, all feedback is good feedback in my mind…I do remember reading about square photos being used I see the importance now thanks Caroline.
I never had a sale from Folksy either, I eventually gave up.
Hya Polly, that’s a shame…so much hard work goes into this doesn’t it, what are you doing now?
I’ve had a lot of great ideas and encouragement from others on Folksy, so I’m putting everything I agree with into practice, I can’t give up yet.
Nicky Gee
Just to say, finally got round to looking at the photos and you are right - hope they look better now - and thank you for suggesting this!
Hya Caroline - I’ve altered the photos, I didn’t realise they were so bad - thank you for taking time out - have a good weekend!
Nicky
Joy, Thankyou so much for your advice, name has been altered on face book, see if this helps, always worth changing to discover, so thank you!
I’ve also added the groups add’s., I am with in my posts so lets see if this makes a difference, thanks for taking time out for me here.
Have a good weekend!
Nicky
Hi Nicky,
Your photos look great now!
And you’re very welcome, I’m glad I could be of help. Hopefully this will help with getting you some sales 
Hope you have a good weekend too.
Caroline
Hya Sasha
A quick thank you for all you suggestions I have just changed the wording on them and will have a look at the section ive missed too, thanks for this!
Nicky