Better product descriptions sell more from the traffic your shop already has. Here are the five questions buyers want answered, and how to write descriptions that answer them without falling into the most common traps.
I get it. It’s tempting to rely on Etsy or your Facebook shop to sell your art. It’s easy to set up and free (apart from the associated fees when you sell your work). But every single artist should also have a website. Even better if you can sell your art from your...
We all know that product photographs are really important for selling online. They are the only way your online customers can know how lovely your handmade thing is. The only way that they can see what they’re going to get. And they’re not only important online. Good photos get us accepted to the best art and craft fairs, they get us published in newspapers and magazines, they create great stand displays and, perhaps most importantly, they create brand recognition.
Nine times out of ten, when someone is frustrated that they aren’t selling as much as they’d like, product photography is the culprit. Online, product photography is absolutely essential. It’s all your customer has got to go on. And it’s not enough to simply SHOW your...
Do you ever feel like you’re working your butt off and just not getting anything to show for it? When your products aren’t selling and the things you’re trying just don’t seem to be working, it can be easy to blame your pricing. Your relationship with your pricing is...