Hi how can I improve my shop to get more views please .
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Hi, and a warm welcome to Folksy. I just had a very quick look at your shop and had a few immediate thoughts! Firstly, there wasnāt an āaboutā page, and I always like to read more about the maker, what inspires them and how they make their items.
Secondly and probably more important when it comes to views, was your titles. They need to say exactly what the item is. So ālets go fly a kiteā does not say what the item is, and wont get picked up on a relevant search.
Thirdly, and again very important, is tags. I only looked at 2 items and saw the Kite man had no tags, and the Music man only had one. Use all 15 tags, this will give you much better chance of being found in searches.
Wishing you every success. And sorry this is rather rushed!
Hi thankyou I will edit the titles .
As for about me I did write one but it didnāt seem to have been added. The tags I keep doing tags and they disappear no idea why .
I have some more items to add made from wood and more wool items .
Thankyou for your help x
Hi Barbara. I second what Liz has said, especially with regards to tags.
Iāve had a look at a few of your listings and the lack of tags will mean itās hard for your products to show up in search results (unless they match your unique titles), and so your āviewā numbers may continue to struggle.
I really liked your āparent and childā sculpture and if I may be so bold as to suggest some tags, you could try any of the following:
parent and child figurine | aluminium wire figurine | wire figure sculpture | mother and child art | parent child gift | handmade wire art | minimalist figurine | modern metal figurine | wire wrapped art | sentimental gift | motherhood figurine | family keepsake | Fatherās day gift | Motherās day gift | abstract figurines
(of course youāll need to separate each ātagā with a comma)
Best of luck with your shop. Kim
Hi thankyou I will do what you suggest .once again thankyou .x
Hi Barbara,
May I also suggest you change your first image on each listing. The first one is better if it is square. If you look at your shop front, you will see your products are getting chopped off. All other photos in the listing can be portrait or landscape, itās just the first one.
Also, if youāre on social media, add your links so we can find you.
Good luck with your shop 
Hi Barbara. Iāve just had a quick look at your shop - the first thing that really stood out was that whilst most of your photos were clear, they didnāt really tell me anything like size and what to do with your figures etc. A first photo showing them clearly in a real life setting with something for size reference. Maybe a nice shelf or table. As others have mentioned, make sure the first photo is square so that it appears clearly when someone first looks at your shop.
I also noticed that your descriptions are very short. Most of them donāt have sizes/measurements, donāt tell the reader what it is (trust me, folks need to be told everything!) and lack keywords etc.
I wonder if your gloves would look nicer on a human hand - the wooden hand is quite distracting from the glove itself. Again the description was really vague and left me wondering what it was made of, size, washing instructions etc.
Make use of tags, colour and materials areas - if youāre struggling to work out how to save them etc, just let us know.
Maybe choose one or two of your items at a time to make the changes as it takes time and having to do them all in one go might feel daunting. The Folksy blogs give loads of useful advice for listings and photos.
I hope this helps and good luck with your shop. Alison x
Iāve also had a look at your shop. Iām on my laptop, and whilst I only looked at the photos of two items in your shop, I did notice that in terms of photo clarity they didnāt look too bad as a thumbnail, but as soon as I clicked on the photos to see them full scale, they were fairly fuzzy.
The images of the gloves were the fuzziest, IMHO, definitely canāt see the stitch definition, which means you canāt see the beauty and hard work that has gone into the crocodile stitch. Photos need to draw the eye to the product, not the hand model. When taking photos, adjust the camera (or phone camera) apperature to 1:1 if possible, this will take a square photo and you can ensure everything is in frame without having to guess as to whether when you crop the photo, if you will be chopping out part of the product.
You need good descriptions, sizes, what itās made of, how it will be presented (wrapped in bubble wrap/tissue paper/boxed). Make use of tags, think about them carefully, so the thinking man sculpture: who would buy it, would it be bought as a gift, if so, for who, what tags might be relevant for that? Student? Philosphy? Mindfulness? Contemplation? Meditation? Fine Art? Art History?