Unexpected benefit of revamping my listings

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I sell original artwork, prints, and greetings cards. Last month I put a significant amount of work into my listings for Originals and Prints. I re-took photos, especially the ones from my first weeks on Folksy, which didn’t do my work any justice. I took on board all the excellent advice here on the forums about how to write descriptions, and got my creative writing hat on. And I checked I was using all my tags.

The result - a sudden rush of sales of greetings cards, none of which I had touched!

I’m guessing that improving my other listings has brought more visitors to the shop and though they didn’t want to spend money on a larger purchase, they still liked my sort of work enough to buy a card. Hopefully they will all be back later in the year to buy original art for Christmas presents.

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#2

Well done - I really like your new outdoor styling too :slight_smile:
I must revamp some of mine - they are so dark!

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#3

Your shop is looking fab

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#4

Well done! :blush:

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#5

I love the way you use props, @thedotterypotter, it shows off your pieces beautifully.

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#6

Thank you Carol - I think your shop looks great with the mixture of black and white backgrounds. Really makes your items stand out.

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#7

Thank you Martine - your dolls are so cute and all their accessories and clothes. And I do enjoy your Stories too!

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#8

Thank you. I’m never really happy with my photos but with a lot of my items being white of pastels, i think i need the darker background.

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#9

Well done…great news to see all the hard work does pay off.
I re-took all of my photos a couple of months back and my shop does look a lot better, they were all on a brick wall background and altough I loved it some of the items didn’t stand out, I now have them against white and it does look much neater.
I try with tags and descriptions and think they are ok!

#10

That’s great! Well done.

#11

It’s clearly working for you, Debby! Just looking at the best sellers list and it’s true they all have really great photos.

#12

Thank you Helen for taking a look for me, pleased you think they look ok as well x

#13

Your our outdoor photos really make your cards stand out. I would like to take more of my photos outside but I don’t really have anywhere at home. I may have to think outside the box (house) :grin:.

#14

It’s difficult, isn’t it? I don’t have anywhere suitable indoors in my tiny house, but this is a good spot outside, provided the weather is right!

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