I’m pretty new to Folksy - I’ve been around for about a month.
Sadly, I can’t report that I’ve made a sale yet. I’ve got a FB page, and an Instagram page but haven’t really had a chance to promote as much as I’d have liked.
I tried linking the store to my FB page, but because I sell download prints, they won’t let me add anything to my catalogue on there because they don’t like downloads.
I’ve noticed that I’m not getting many people checking out my products or page. My stats aren’t showing up many results.
It does make me wonder whether I’m using the right tags and keywords, but I’m hoping that sooner or later I’ll get the hang of it. Or, of course, my efforts may not be that good!
Any suggestions? Thanks for reading.
Congrats on opening!
Having had a (really) quick look at your shop, the listing I’m looking at has no description about the product or why I might want it, it’s all about the fact it’s digital. https://folksy.com/items/7566334-Personalised-railway-sign-poster-Printable-A4-Poster-Wall-Art-Print-Man-Cave- That’s obviously very important info, but I want to know why I need a personalised digital train sign! What event would it be good for? Who might I want to gift it to at Christmas? That info would be useful in tags, too, e.g. ‘personalised gift for dad’, ‘man cave printable sign’, as opposed to ‘man cave’ or ‘personalised’.
I also think £5.99 is too cheap for something personalised, since it will take you time to talk with the seller, send the design and potentially edit it to their specs.
You’ve got a good range of products. Tweak your tags and descriptions and that’ll be a start. Good luck with everything!
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Thank you Francesca , that will give me a good place to start!
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I’m also pretty new to Folksy @WayBackShack and after having a look at the shop, I agree with Francesca there are a good range of items and tweaking the tags would be really helpful for the buyer.
One of the things I noticed was your lack of activity of Instagram- I’m not a fan of social media but since being on here I can see the value placed on it to showcase pieces and engage with others in the same boat. I can’t speak for Facebook (as I don’t actively use it) but I have started to use Instagram, albeit cautiously and have participated in a Folksy Friday that helped me connect with other Folksy sellers and feel like a supportive community. I think Instagram has changed its algorithms making it increasingly difficult to be seen but if you use the the hashtags recommended by Folksy, the online shop may see an increase in numbers, hence they might hang around to look at the items… hope that helps you gauge others’ experience. 
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Thanks Poppy. I’m finding the marketing part of this the hardest - I got started on Instagram, but still haven’t really got into it - I’ll try harder.
Where did you find the hashtags that Folksy recommends?
I know I have loads to learn. So thank you for your advice. Hopefully I’ll start to see more people looking at least.
Ah, bless you @WayBackShack, social media is hard, I find it challenging too but I guess it’s like most things, the more you engage, and be active, the easier it should get (well that’s the theory anyway!) On the social media front, if you are not following Folksy, definitely do that because that’s been helpful in learning how others post, what kinds of things, frequency etc-it will be different for everyone but since we are on Folksy, it’s a good place to start!
If I recall, when you first sign up with Folksy, they send a link to your email- something like, ‘how to make sales on Folksy’ something like that- I will look it up and let you know exactly but on the main site, they also have many useful articles and blog posts to read that could be helpful… I am still getting through them too.
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