AUTHOR: ~~ Lisa TITLE: FAB FRIDAY - Etsy Selling Tip #2 DATE: 11/21/2008 12:22:00 PM ----- BODY:

This Friday's selling tip is really two: *Use ALL of your pictures: You need to remember that people, when they buy off of a website like Etsy or ArtFire or SilkFair, etc. are buying items that they may be largely unfamiliar with. They don't know you as a seller (most of the time) and they don't know the quality of materials or workmanship either. Also, they can't touch it, try it on, or use it before they buy it. If you use up all five (in the case of Etsy) of your pictures in each listing, you can give your customer the best chance at seeing your item from different views, in different light, and feeling confident in making a decision to buy from your shop! *Use ALL of your tags: Etsy search tools are only as good as the tags you put in for customers to find your product. You get 14 tags to use on Etsy - use them all to describe what and why. This will give your items the best chance at being found when someone is searching. It's a labor-intensive and time-consuming process to list your items, and it's easy to get lazy and think that only three or four tags will be good enough. It won't. Use them all and give your shop the best chance it can get! Have a great weekend and Happy Saaaaaaales to Youuuuuu, Until We Meet Again!

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