Etsy Excursions

Well as I said I would be setting up my shop on etsy, that's my excuse for not doing any blogs for so long. Etsy has so far been a great experience for me I'm learning a lot from fellow etsy artists and craftspeople and am very greatful for the assistance. My shop is now linked to my facebook page which makes it very convenient for anyone wishing to take a look at my shop another brilliant idea from the etsy team! I've also signed up on twitter but I'm still getting the hang of that, it takes us older dudes a bit longer to get into the swing of things.

The how to blogs have been very helpful to me with things like meta tags which you are allowed fourteen of. These tags help describe the item you are trying to get people to look at and must be chosen with a lot of thought. My advice is to try and put yourself into the head of a person who is trying to find something and imagine what they might put into the search engine.

There was a great blog on designing a banner for your sight which I have now completed and I don't think it's too bad for a first try, my photoshop skills are minimal. Your banner is one of the first things a prospective client sees when they hit your shop page it should tell the viewer something about what you do. If you are wise when you choose your user name it should give the reader an idea of what it is that you specialize in.

Generally I learn from looking at other sites that sell similar things to my own, that have been around for a while and seem to get a lot of views on their items in a short time. I look at their meta words the descriptions of their products as well as their profiles, all these things are what make for success.

I also feel that the more pieces you add to your shop, the better chance you have of being looked at. My strategy so far is to add items daily or at least as often as I can manage. Another thing I feel might be helpful is to vary the content of the works that are added such as photography, abstract, realism, surrealism etc. The reason I do this is because the more varied your product line the greater amount of search terms put into the search engines will apply to your shop.

As I said at the beginning of this post I'm finding my experience on etsy to be very enjoyable and look forward to many years of displaying and selling my work. Just in case anyone from etsy is reading this post I'd like once again to thank you for all your help. Cheers