Hi I am Looking for some advice,tips,help!! I am not getting many visitors to my shop and only sold a few paintings. I am doing better on eBay and don’t know how to make more sales on Folksy. X
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Your items are lovely, but where do you promote your Folksy shop?
There are no links to any social media on your page…do you use Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest etc.?
The most successful shops on here promote a lot on Social media and point potential customers to there Folksy shop. How else are people to know you are here?
There are also lots of threads on this forum where you can showcase your work and help promote others, who will promote you in return.
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Thank you, you are right I do need to try social media just not very good at it! I will try this forum too. Thank you for your help.x
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Your shop is lovely… and yet I have never seen it before. Hence the need for promotion. Social media is a must to drive people to your shop but this forum is also useful, as other sellers are also often customers. I’ve favourited your shop so that I can find it again as I really like your work.
You might want to tweak a few of your titles. For example you have a lovely painting of lupins, but the title only says ‘Lupins’ whereas something like ‘Original watercolour painting of lupins’ might be more likely to be found by someone searching for watercolours or original paintings. Similarly with the tags on the listings - try and imagine what you would type in if you were searching for one of your items - original art, original painting, watercolour paintings, etc…
Your items are lovely, you just need to get them out there and found.
Beautiful shop Jackie @MagicalMoments
I’ve noticed your titles aren’t very long or mightn’t be what folks would search for.
All the best
Karen
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Thank you so much! You begin to think your work isn’t up to scratch when you don’t sell. Thank you for favouriting my shop that’s lovely of you.jackiex
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Thank you I will do what you have suggested. Thank you for taking the time to give me some advice.jackiexx
I love your work, it’s colourful and vibrant - and, in my opinon, you might be underpricing! Your handpainted cards especially, that’s an absolute bargain for an original watercolour which would look wonderful framed!
Hi Jackie, nice shop there!
In my humble opinion your prices should be double what you’re asking. People who don’t trust their own judgement don’t think they’re getting a bargain (which they are!!), they think - ‘ooh, that can’t be very good or maybe it’s really a print at that price’. You must have put a few hours into each piece which, along with materials, is certainly worth more than £3.99!
It’s down to marketing your work. I say this as someone with few sales who does very little in the way of self-promotion! I know exactly what I need to do to get my work out there, I just haven’t put in the time and effort. …yet!
…however, I do have confidence in what I like and I do know when I have a bargain so before you take my advice and double your prices, I’ve bought that pretty card of yours, with bees and lavender 
Good luck!
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Make sure you get an Instagram account, this is better than any other social media for me. It also gives you more options of where to send your customers. But, promoting is pretty much the only way people will find you. I have no idea how many organic visitors this platform gets.
love your work but haven’t seen you much on any forums…come and join us on the art chat thread and are you on the folksy fb page?..get your name out there…join in some of the games on the forums as well, so that people start to recognise you and your work…every little bit helps…
I cannot comment on the prices as I also undersell myself…
See you on the Art chat thread !!
I have recently set up a shop on Folksy. I like the helpful way all members chip in to boost your shop. I have no social media accounts but intend to set up on one. I have no idea which would be the best for a woodturner, any advice would be greatly received.
Hi Andy @twistedturner - i have just set mine up as well so welcome 
lovely wood by the way. Must admit i love using Instagram to post pictures and you can then provide a link to your folksy account in the bio/profile part. Doesn’t cost anything either! Ideally keep the account names the same for consistency. I used to be on twitter ages ago but deleted it - just couldnt get on with it. Facebook alot of people have (may need a business page) but fb owns instagram so it can all link up. Perhaps start there? David
Thanks David, thanks for the advice, your shop looks great. I did have an etsy shop but this site is much friendlier and easier to use. Will have a good look at Instagram tomorrow. Good luck with your shop.
Andy T
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Thanks Andy and Good luck too
Hi I’ve had my shop for a couple of years, steadily adding to it. I have twitter, instagram and facebook links but since last autumn, I have had no sales at all and my viewings have dropped dramatically too. I design and make embroidered art, cards and crafts. I’ve had all five star reviews for my sales and add items regularly. Even with a 10% off sale, things haven’t improved. I’d appreciate any coments that might help!
https://folksy.com/shops/DKEmbroideryDesigns
Hi Diane
I love your embroidered pictures, I think they are very distinctive and must look wonderful. To do them justice, I suggest you use all 5 of the images you have for each listing. You could do a close up of a section of the picture, to show just how much detailed work goes into them. And one showing how they are mounted. Show one with some props to give an idea of scale, etc Make sure they are beautifully lit, to show off the colours.
I notice the listings say each one will be created once the order is placed and will take 3 weeks - but under ‘shipping and delivery’ you have the standard ‘3 days from payment’ statement.
Just a thought, did you take the photos yourself? or do you have permission from the photographers to reproduce their work like this? I know you are translating and manipulating the image when you stitch them, but if were you i’d want to be sure about any copyright issues.
Helen
I find sales don’t usually make much difference for me either, so I just save them for really special occasions when it’s easier to promote a lot (I don’t think it’s a good idea to have them too regularly because if people see you normally have multiple sales a year they might just wait until the next one to buy). I think unless you’re already getting regular sales, you don’t have enough demand/traffic that a sale is going to make a big difference.
You only have your Facebook page listed in your shop, you might want to add links to your Instagram and Twitter too. I find Facebook is mostly promoting to people who already like your page (and with the way Facebook algorithms work, it still might only get shown to a few people who like your page, not all). Twitter and Instagram will get seen by your followers, but is probably a bit easier to also get seen by some new people with good use of hashtags or if you’re lucky enough to get retweets. Pinterest seems to work a bit differently so you’re more likely to get seen by new people there. It’s not as immediate, but you can get people seeing your pins for months/years afterwards, where with the other platforms it’s more about the first couple of days.