tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67852657354872752812024-03-12T19:31:07.494-04:00You Can Sell ItYou Can Sell It is an Artfire Guild devoted to selling handmade. It is full of tips on SEO, selling, and html. Creations from our guild members are often featured to show off what we can do.Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00591683174393066903noreply@blogger.comBlogger227125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6785265735487275281.post-2472713440274901172012-02-26T22:29:00.002-05:002012-02-26T22:30:01.411-05:00Artfire Revamps Buyer Accounts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This week Artfire revamped its buyers' accounts, renaming them Patron accounts, think Patron of the Arts. As a seller you may be think what does this mean to me. Artfire doesn't require my customers to have an account to buy anyway, is this going to change.<br />
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Nope, no account buying isn't going away but Artfire is making it easier to set up a <strike>Buyer</strike> Patron account.It can be set up using, sign in through Facebook, during check out or the usual way of setting up an account. You can set up an account with a single click or check button.<br />
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Why is Artfire doing this now, they seem to be doing well without requiring an account? Repeat customers and making Artfire a destination site for buyer. However Artfire isn't stopping at making it easier to sign up, they are offering real benefits to those who do, by giving sellers the tools to offer various discounts to Patrons.<br />
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Sellers can optionally choice to offer a discount to Patrons, meaning if you offer a discount, they will see a the regular and the reduced price. Someone who is not logged in won't see this but when they check out, there is a check box to join Artfire for <i>future </i>discounts. That buyer won't get a discount this time but they will next time if they buy from a seller who offers a Patron discount.<br />
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Why would anyone want to offer a discount just because a buyer has a Patron account? Think of those loyalty cards you probably have on your key ring. I bet you actually do tend to favor the stores that actually do get you a discount. It doesn't have to be a big discount, just enough to entice. It could be similar to a repeat customer discount.<br />
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I hear the skepticism in many. You're think why should I bother? Well you don't have to but the more people who regularly come to Artfire and stay connected, the more people who will have a chance to find your shop. Making Artfire a destination site goes both ways. Artfire can make it easier to have people sign up but the sellers need to give them the reason to buy and to stay. Artfire is giving sellers tools, they have to use them.<br />
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Stay tuned for the next post, there is still more!<br />
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Bad news- it doesn't exist and just because you open a store, people won't necessarily come and buy.<br />
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If you are like many people who selling their handmade on line, including myself, you may have started selling without really knowing what you were getting into.<br />
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It's one thing to make things, it's another to make things that will sell. I started making little figures in polymer clay. Eventually friends started to say I should sell them. It sounded so easy, Etsy was still pretty unknown, but listing a few items and getting paid for it seemed like a breeze. Then I needed pictures - I didn't even have a digital camera when I started. I was using a scanner to take pictures.<br />
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We all started somewhere, my beginning was really a mess but I can admit that now because I have spent the last six years trying to figure out what I could be doing better. I have given up on the idea of getting everything right because as soon as you think you have it down, conditions change. Venues, Google, trends, SEO, picture taking, pricing, promoting, and of course there is always the next best web site to use. How do you keep up with it all?<br />
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I'll be honest I've often learned stuff not because I planned to or wanted to but because it got thrown in my face. The real trick is to stay open to learning new stuff, adapting to new sites, listening to customers, other sellers. What sells? What sells in your store, what doesn't?<br />
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All the blog photos are gone!!! Because of an issue with my picassa account, all the pictures on this blog were lost. Bear with me the next few weeks as I try to correct the issuesUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6785265735487275281.post-41295803928935228602012-02-07T08:30:00.000-05:002012-02-20T18:36:16.321-05:00Introducing CaptiveEmbroidery<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hi! I'm De'Anna Hubbard owner, and primary artesan of Captive Embroidery and Crafts. </div>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">ArtFire at</span> <a href="http://captiveembroidery.artfire.com/" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;" target="_BLANK">http://captiveembroidery.artfire.com</a><span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">Facebook at</span> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/CapEmbCrafts" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;" target="_BLANK">http://www.facebook.com/CapEmbCrafts</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">Twitter at</span> <a href="http://twitter.com/Cap_Emb_Crafts" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;" target="_BLANK">http://twitter.com/Cap_Emb_Crafts</a></div>
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My Blog at <a href="http://capemb.blogspot.com/">http://capemb.blogspot.com</a></div>
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Oh such a variety of things. My primary line is machine embroidery,
and I embroider on whatever tickles me. I also do crochet, I have a
cute line of animal purses that I've started making recently. My husband
and I join forces to make PVD marshmallow shooters, and I'm working on a
line of cool hand painted shooters. My son has started making paracord
bracelets and keychains that I'll be listing soon. I do some fun stuff
with Duck brand duct tape. And I'm launching a line of fabric covered
mouse pads.<br />
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That depends on which one. My grandmother, whom I was named after,
taught me to crochet when I was little and I've always loved it. My mom
got me into the machine embroidery, and I find it fascinating. Being
able to take an idea or drawing and turn it into a design, program the
machine and watch it stitch out is so exciting. It's a real kick when it
comes out right the first time, but usually there are 2 or 3 test
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I don't think there is anything I wouldn't be willing to sell, but
there are things I've made that I have never had available for sale.
Besides the custom orders I made a crocheted shawl, with a huge purple
and silver butterfly crocheted right into it. Took me so many hours I
knew I couldn't sell it for anything I'd be happy with, so it went to my
cousin as a graduation present instead. I do a lot of sewing for family
(sweaters for the dogs, fleece pants, baby robes, whatever) and have
never tried to sell any of that stuff.</div>
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The world, my family, my dogs, things I see online, things I wish
existed, just about anything. Sometimes a chain of thought that starts
in one place will end up in an unusual place with a crafty idea. I never
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The variety of crafts I do. When I get into a rut on one thing, I
just do something completely different for a while. Then I can go back
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everything I make is one of a kind. I don't make 10 of 20 of the same
exact thing and list them. I make one, and I make it with care and
attention to detail. Because of the variety of crafts that I'm into, I
have an eclectic mix of things that can appeal to a wide range of
people. It may not all be listed yet, but once it is, there will be
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Getting crisp clear pictures are always key to selling online, a picture is worth a 1000 words. The computer may not see them but your customers do. Keywords and descriptions get you found but once the customer is in your shop, it's all on you. I've talked about ways to get good pictures before but let's go over some of the basics.<br />
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You want an in focus picture that shows off your item to its best. This means using the macro setting on your camera, getting lighting that is soft or diffused.An easy way to do this is using 2 or 3 desk lamps surrounding your items. Then you need to use some photo editing - no matter how good a shot you are, you always going to have to do some editing. For other tutorials on taking pictures, <a href="http://www.youcansellit.co/search/label/good%20pictures" target="_blank">check here</a>.<br />
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My biggest issue was how to fix the white balance. White balance means making sure your whites look white. Once the white is fixed, all the other colors are fixed as well, since your photo editor removes the cast. I liked the idea of wood for this dragon. It finally dawned on me to add a little piece of white paper in the corner as a control. Duh why did this take so long to do.<br />
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Now use the macro setting with the flash off and take lots of pictures - if you are new at this take more and use a tripod. Do different angles, closer, further, move the lights, but take a lot of pictures. After many, many shots I decided on this one. I came in too close for some, not allowing enough cropping or the paper showed. I uploaded pictures, then went back to take more.<br />
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This is the original, it actually doesn't look too bad but after 30 shots, I'd hope something was right. I got a piece of the white in there, actually if you look at it, is is kind of pink. I kept going in too close- I was leaving no room for cropping. As long as you use a large enough image (say 1200x1600) further back isn't a problem, you can always crop.<br />
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Then I brighten up the picture<span id="goog_660114689"></span><span id="goog_660114690"></span> the picture up a bit. It's important to note, even if you pictures turn out dark, they should be evenly dark. I used little from every angle, from sides and below his head. You may need to juggle the lights around a little. I took some pictures with just the light from above and even after all the fixes, it still doesn't looks <br />
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Now it's time to crop and bring this dragon front and center. Of course I cropped out the white paper and where the wood ends but even more importantly I cropped him to a square. On Artfire your thumbnail shots are all squares. The first shot is used in the thumbnail so while other shots don't have to be square, that first does so browsers will see this and want to look at more. Even if your item doesn't fit in a square, like a something tall and narrow. Try adding more background on the sides and if you need to crop even crop a little from the edges. Try to pull back a little to add that space in the original image. </div>
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The biggest mistakes I see when looking at listings are: <br />
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Except for out of focus, all of these can be fixed. Unfortunately buyers don't know often don't know if colors are off until they buy something or if your item has different colors in different pictures. <br />
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Now you give it a try.Even if you don't take new pictures and just fix the color in older pictures.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6785265735487275281.post-41113814724054955632012-02-01T15:12:00.002-05:002014-01-24T22:20:51.414-05:00Meet RMB Designs<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: inherit; -moz-font-language-override: inherit; border-width: 0px; color: #6600cc; font-family: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">Hello there! I'm Rosalind Brinson, Owner/Artist of <a href="http://rmbdesigns.artfire.com/">RMBDesigns</a> on Artfire</span><br />
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<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: inherit; -moz-font-language-override: inherit; border-width: 0px; color: #6600cc; font-family: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>What you make or sell?</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">Beaded jewelry and gifts for men and women. Each piece is one of a kind. My motto is "Fun, Funky, Affordable".</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">It began as a hobby five years ago. I was looking for something fun that didn't break the bank. After flipping through some beading magazines I figured "why not try?" Then came the earrings as gifts for co-workers, then patients began to ask for items, then the business grew from there.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">I'm working on some beaded boxes. Still figuring out the process, so they are not ready for sale yet.</span><br />
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<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: inherit; -moz-font-language-override: inherit; border-width: 0px; color: #6600cc; font-family: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>What inspires you to create?</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">Oh boy good question! My mother's garden is the main source, especially for colors. Patterns on a bridal gown or material will spark an idea. Even broken jewelry prods me to re-purpose them.</span><br />
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<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: inherit; -moz-font-language-override: inherit; border-width: 0px; color: #6600cc; font-family: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="bbc" style="border-width: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i class="bbc" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>What keeps you from getting into a creative rut?</b></i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">Every few days I step away from the beads. The focus shifts to marketing, blogging, and the mundane organizing of the receipts. Then I'm ready to jump back in.</span><br />
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<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: inherit; -moz-font-language-override: inherit; border-width: 0px; color: #6600cc; font-family: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-width: 0px; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I emphasize "funky". Either a color scheme that normally wouldn't work, or a finding used in an non-traditional way. When I shop for focal pieces, the goal is to visit the most eclectic vendors first, then pick up the basics to create the foundations. If I'm not bored making it, then my customer won't be bored wearing/using it.</span></span>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6785265735487275281.post-6069858898710076382012-01-30T16:03:00.003-05:002012-02-16T19:20:40.389-05:00Rosy Red Collection<style>#widgetcont p{ padding:0; margin:0; } .title_brown, .title_brown a, .title_brown a:link, .title_brown a:active, .title_brown a:visited, .title_brown a:hover { color:#dfa754; font-weight:bold; }
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In my <a href="http://www.youcansellit.co/2012/01/stealth-promoting.html" target="_blank">last post</a>, I mentioned <a href="http://pinterest.com/" target="_blank">Pinterest.com</a>. Some people may not be familiar Pinterest yet. It honestly is exploding in the past few months. Pinterest is a virtual cork board, where people share images of items, crafts, designs and ideas that inspire them by "pinning" them to their own board. You can follow other people, like on Twitter or Facebook. People can "repin" items they like from other boards to their own.<br />
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To make pinning faster, you can install the "Pin it" button on your toolbar. You can save pictures from all over the web. Since every image will link page to the original site, everyone benefits. It's great to use as a visual bookmarking tool. <br />
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You do need an invite to join. Sometimes you can just click on request one, but if you need one, message me,FantasyClay with your email and I will send an invite.<br />
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Pinterest is all about pictures. And it seems there is a high version rate on views from Pinterest. You can also create Boards that allow for multiple contributors. I set up a board on Pinterest to show items from You Can Sell It members -<a href="http://pinterest.com/fantasyclay/you-can-sell-it-on-artfire/" target="_blank">You Can Sell It on Artfire</a>. Hmmm not much there yet.<br />
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Well I need your help to contribute to this board. You need to do a few thing, 1. Be on Pinterest. 2. Be a member of the YCSI guild 3. Message or email me your Pinterest username and I will add you as a contributor. 4. Promise to only post good photos<br />
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So join Pinterest if you haven't already and send me your username to be added to be a contributor and have you items shared by at 90 people and that is just to start. Check out the board and join it.<br />
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These seem to be the buzz word of every seller, everywhere. We all want to get the word out we have something to sell and say look at us. You can promote yourself without paying a dime or spamming your friends.<br />
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Often we think of free promoting in terms of posting links to items to Twitter or Facebook or any other of the many social networking sites. But really do your followers really want a constant stream of links. You need to be more subtle.<br />
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Stealth promoting is promoting your item without being obvious about it. Make it about solving others problems, not pushing your goods. Web pages also gain weight in searches when more sites link back to them (namely your store)<br />
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1. <b>Google Images</b>: A picture says a 1000 words, you have have at least a few really good pictures. I've noticed I am getting more and more views coming from Google Images. Artfire labels the photos with your item title so that needs to be descriptive. If your pictures are good people will want to take a look. Ok this one isn't too stealthy but is a different approach to search engines.<br />
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2. <b>Forums</b> get involved with some forums or sites where you target audience will be. Even starting with a forum devoted to your craft, can get you started if you aren't sure where else to start. You can show off your work to other crafters and learn from them. Whenever you post a picture, include a link back to that item in your store so people can find it.<br />
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3. <b>Forums part 2</b> : This is when you go to sites where you items are in demand. If you sell wedding goods, stalking some of the many wedding panning sites. There are sites devoted to almost any interest. If there is a place to include your site, do so. Follow the forums, if someone is wondering where to find what you sell, let them know where they can find it (your store) it can help if you just say, I saw that here and don't mention it's your store.<br />
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4. <b>Pinterest:</b> <a href="http://pinterest.com/" target="_blank">Pinterest.com</a> is a different kind of social network. Basically you can pin or bookmark a picture from anywhere on the web to save it to your collection, called boards. These can get seen and shared by followers. The links back to the original site are preserved so if someone likes your item enough, they can find your shop. Again pics are key. Posting different items as well as your own will peak interest and you can also gauge interest by how many likes or repins you get.<br />
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5. <b>Blogging</b>: This one always seems to come up. Have a focus to your blog and update it regularly. Link back to your shop as often as possible, Again if you show an item, include a direct link to it, You need to mix it up and keep it from just being a gallery of what you just made. Give people a reason to read. Add news, tutorials, different styles within your specialty.<br />
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6. <b>Other links:</b> There are lots of sites to contribute your items, craft ones like <a href="http://craftgawker.com/" target="_blank">CraftGawker</a> , and thousands of others, you need to figure what works for you.<br />
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I hear groans - this is a lot of work. Yes it takes time. Time to build up links over time, time to research what people are looking for. So why bother? Bother because it builds links, adds weight and instead of dragging people into your shop, they will look for you.<br />
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In my own experience, two links have gotten me more links than I ever would have imaged. One was a link on a small specialized forum for board gamers. I posted a link to some board game pieces I make and two years later I still get incoming views from it. Then was a link on <a href="http://oddee.com/" target="_blank">Oddee</a>. They make lists of really odd stuff, stuff why would I add a link there? One day they had a post about unusual cake toppers, my wrestler ones fit right in. Big audience and click still come.<br />
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It's not easy, you need a product that people want, good pictures and a little ingenuity and time to really make a difference. But you know, this doesn't have to be all or nothing. Do the ones you like, make twitter and facebook meaningful, not spammy. Any little bit helps<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">SEO which stands for Search Engine Optimization which basically just means in English how to use search engines the best way you can. That means knowing how how search engines work and using that to the best advantage. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br />No matter what updates come along, some of the basics don't. You want to get found and search engines will use titles and descriptions when it comes to selling. Search engines can't see pictures. So it comes down to what you say about an item. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The title is the first thing a search engine looks at. You want a title that includes words people are going to use when searching for you item. People includes those who don't know about your craft or how it is made.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">This pendant by <a href="http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/studio/jkadesigns" target="_blank">JKADesigns on Artfire</a> is really stunning. I notice the blue and amber stripes and an iridescent quality about it. I am more interested in how a pendant looks more than anything else. Although when I saw the title "Fused Glass Dichroic Pendant", I realized I may never have found this pendant. </span></div>
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A title needs to give as much information as you can in 70 characters and part of the trick is picking words that buyers would find important. As crafters we can get too involved in our craft. Fused glass dichroic may not mean much or anything outside your specialty. My biggest faux was to assume Polymer Clay was a major keyword for my items. For a few items, this is true but for most, it doesn't even get used. It just doesn't cross people's minds. I might use it at the end after a comma or just include it tn the first sentence of my description.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Another big one is "handmade". Except in cases where it
defines a product -like handmade soap- it usually doesn't add value to tem in search. Very often it can come down to trial and error. </span>Your description should do this as well but it starts with your title. If you are unsure, show your item to someone else and listen to how they describe it and what they mention. Do a test by changing the title for a month or so to see if views improve.<br />
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SEO is all about getting found. To do this you need find out what buyers are searching for - beyond what the item is, are they searching colors, style, shape, material. Sometimes material counts- gemstones are a material that can make a difference, as can wool vs, acrylic yarn. As seller you need to figure what the buyer finds important, not what you find important.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6785265735487275281.post-17543904184325751122011-11-10T18:34:00.001-05:002012-02-16T20:06:13.668-05:005 Steps to Shipping<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As the Christmas seasons nears, it is time to take a fresh look at your shipping and get prepared. As the season nears, people want to be sure their gifts will arrive on time and you want to be sure you are prepared before orders come in.<br />
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If you haven't really thought out your shipping too much, now is the time to go double check if you are ready. Here are a couple of steps to go through to be sure you are prepared, starting with the most basic.<br />
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1. <b>Be sure you have packing materials</b>: enough boxes, padded envelopes, bubble wrap and tape are all a must. Try ordering boxes online to get the right sizes and price. Try not to have to rely on running out to buy boxes as you need them.<br />
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2. <b>Pick a shipping method and get pricing</b>. I use Paypal shipping for all shipping these days, using their multi-order option for non-Paypal orders. I use Paypal because it is free, works for all orders, and slightly discounted but find what works for you. If you use Payapl or any online shipping, be sure to get a postal scale to weigh packages.<br />
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3. <b> Set up Shipping Profiles on Artfire. </b>This can be a big time saver.<b> </b>If you have items of different sizes, set up one for different sizes then it becomes a simple matter of choosing from a drop down rather than redoing it each time.<b><br /></b><br />
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4. <b>Review Shipping and Return Policies.</b> Make sure they are clear but positive. Some thing to include are:<br />
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<li>How long it takes for item to be mailed - if items are custom made include this in the listing too</li>
<li>Remember you are responsible for the package until it is delivered and insurance protects you not the buyer. </li>
<li> State which address you will mail to, especially if you will only mail to the Paypal address and not the address on the order.</li>
<li>Return policy. Make sure the policies are clear. How long will you accept returns. What will you accept returns for - not happy, breakage, etc. Try to keep it positive, people will often run if return policies sound too harsh or inflexible. </li>
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5. <b>State a Christmas delivery date</b>, figure out what is the latest day you can guarantee Christmas delivery.If you need time to make items or get it shipped, be sure to factor that in. I would specify this is for US orders only (or what ever country you are in) <br />
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Now good luck with your sales and let me know if there are any questions<br />
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It's that spooky time time of the year and the You Can Sell It guild has chosen it's favorite Halloween items for you to choose in our Halloween challenge. Voting is open to all and votes close on October 15, so be sure to vote to pick your favorite Halloween goodies.<br />
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Click on the Halloween tab to see the contest or <a href="http://www.youcansellit.co/p/halloween-challenge.html">click here to view</a>!<br />
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There are many ways to sell online. There is no one particular way that is perfect for Artisans when it comes to selling handmade products online. Some people like to sell from websites and some use venues such as <a href="http://artfire.com/">Artfire</a> and <a href="http://etsy.com/">Etsy</a> to sell their handmade, vintage and supplies online.<br />
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The drawback that many sellers face when they try to sell online on their own website is that most artisans don't know HTML or have any desire to learn HTML.
Also when you create your own website to sell from you will have to set up a shopping cart. This is not an easy task. There are lots of shopping carts out there and some are better than others.
Paying someone to create a website for you can be very expensive. Finding a good web page designer to work with at price that you can affort is time consuming.<br />
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Because of the above drawbacks Etsy and Artfire where created. Personally I prefer Artfire over Etsy, but not everyone will agree with me.<br />
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There are many advantages to selling on Artfire over Etsy.
Artfire Pro sellers pay a monthly Pro seller membership fee, which is currently US $11.95 per month. That allows you to sell an unlimited number of products in your Artfire studio. If you have five pairs of fresh water pearl earrings that you are selling on Artfire you do not pay extra to list more than one.<br />
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Unlike Etsy, Artfire does not have a final value fee. In addition to the US $0.20 product listing fee, you are charged a 3.5% final value fee by Etsy when your product sells.
Etsy charges their sellers a listing fee, which at the time of this writing is US $0.20 per product listing. That fee allows the seller to sell that one product for a low cost but it is only for a four month period. Every four months you have to pay an additonal US $0.20 to continue to sell that product on Etsy. You must pay US $0.20 to Etsy for every product that you list for sale on Etsy.<br />
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Unlike Etsy, Artfire does not allow renewing except when your product sells. Many sellers on Etsy have to renew several times per day, every day, at US $0.20 each time they renew in order for their products not to be burried in the Etsy internal search results.<br />
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Both Artfire and Etsy allow sellers to accept PayPal. The transaction fee that PayPal charges the seller is an additional expense regardless of the selling venue. Artfire allows their sellers choices for accepting payments. Artfire sellers can accept checks and money orders, PayPal, Amazon Payments, and if they pay a seperate yearly fee directly to ProPay they can also accept payments through ProPay.<br />
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The only payment option that Etsy sellers have to offer their buyers is PayPal. Some people don't like PayPal.
Artfire has terrific seller tools. The seller tools are unmatched by any other online selling venue.
One of the best reasons to sell on Artfire is the terrific customer service that is provided by the Artfire staff. Their customer service is far superior to the customer service on Etsy.<br />
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Another advantage to selling on Artfire over Etsy is the potential buyers coming to your Artfire studio do not have to be a member of Artfire or log in before being able to purchase products from Artfire sellers.
You must join Etsy and log in before you can make any purchases on Etsy.<br />
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Artfire provides all of their sellers with very helpful guides that show Artfire sellers how to perform various tasks as a seller when setting up their Artfire studio. I highly recommend that all Artfire sellers take the time to read the success guides because selling on Artfire is very different than selling on Etsy.
Mastering search engine optimization (SEO) is very important in order to sell successfully on Artfire.<br />
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Artfire sellers receives about 85% of their traffic and sales directly from the search engines such as Google, Bing and Yahoo.
Most of the traffic and sales on Etsy are internal sales rather than from the search engines.<br />
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Those are some of the advantages and disadvantages of selling online on your own website and on venues such as Artfire and Etsy.
I am the author of three ebooks. One of my ebooks is titled <a href="http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/product_view/jimjuris/3579414/seo_for_artfire_artisans_ebook_by_jim_juris__pdf_file/media/e-books/instructional/techcraft">SEO for Artfire Artisans</a>. My three ebooks are available in my <a href="http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/studio/JimJuris">JimJuris Artfire studio</a>.<br />
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<span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Guest blogger,Jim Juris, is well known seller on
Artfire. Jim has been selling online since 2002.
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6785265735487275281.post-59941567054657217522011-09-25T12:30:00.000-04:002012-02-20T17:50:10.563-05:004 Reasons Your Store isn't Full<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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I decided to go over my list of show stopper and ways to work through each becasue honestly, you can't make sales if there is nothing to sell. I found as I worked my way through each step, something got in the way but you can do it.</div>
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Here are some of the common excuses</div>
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1<b>.I have nothing to list</b>- well then getting cracking here. If you honestly have nothing already made, why are you worrying about selling. Get to your craft room and start producing. On the flip side, you may be like me. I have so much stuff but a lot is older or forgotten. If you items are seasonal, who cares. Items on Artfire don't expire anyway and you'll just be ahead of the game.</div>
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2. <b>Pictures are too much work to take</b>- You have items already for sale but they sit there becasue you don't like taking pictures. Especially for a beginner, pictures seem to be that sticking point that blocks the gate but it is crucial if you want to sell on line.</div>
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<i>Part 1</i>: Get a decent point and shot camera. This will help you get much better pictures. Use the Macro setting (you'll see a little tulip when it on). Don't use the flash and set up some good lighting. Be sure to use the 1600x1200 size. It will give you a large enough image to work with.</div>
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<i>Part 2</i>: Expect to do some editing. You'll need to crop at least the first picture to a square for a good thumbnail if you do nothing else but you will quickly find if you play around, editing can make all the difference. There is lots of free editing software availble from web based programs like Picassa and Avairy and downloadables like GIMP, there are plenty of tools to help.If you want to invest a little more, there are programs for under 100, like PhotoShop Elements or PaintShopPro Corel Photo.</div>
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Most of these include one stop tools for enhancing the photo and fixing the white balance (to make the whites white which corrects all the colors), use them. Crop pictures to have your items fill the image. Always have the first picture cropped to a square. This takes some time to get used but after you do, you'll find picture taking less painful becasue you know how to fix the mistakes.</div>
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Here are a couple of <a href="http://www.youcansellit.co/search/label/good%20pictures">posts with some how to for editing your pictures </a></div>
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3. <b>It takes too long</b> - Actually the Artfire listing page is pretty easy to handle. Do some prep work and have shipping profiles set up so you don't need to re-invent the wheel each time. Have sections ready. You can just pick a primary color rather than try to be perfect. If you are selling vintage or supplies have that information handy.</div>
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4. <b>I can't write</b> - This has become my sticking point. The basics: Try to put the keywords at the front of the title. Repeat the title in the first line of the description. I always seem to get stuck but the first paragraph should accurately describe the item in all its glory. Tell me what is, colors, size, basic material, anything else. What would a buyer find important? </div>
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The following paragraphs can then describe the item in further details and then uses or suggestions. One quick tip, if a customer ever contacts you with a question, add that answer to your description.</div>
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Don't take things for granted - like are the beads gem stones, glass or acrylic, do you use wool or a blend? I've come to assume if nothing is mentioned then assume the worst.</div>
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These are some broad reasons, where in particular are you getting stuck? Where do you find you need help. Let me know and I'll try to explore that in another post. </div>
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TBZRUMg-LsI/Tn9MYTrY52I/AAAAAAAABpc/nvGZxfS8qxI/s1600/3702299-shopping-cart-full-of-different-gift-packages-over-white.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6785265735487275281.post-19013991582108721962011-09-23T09:00:00.000-04:002011-09-23T09:00:16.164-04:00Orange for the Fall<style>#widgetcont p{ padding:0; margin:0; } .title_brown, .title_brown a, .title_brown a:link, .title_brown a:active, .title_brown a:visited, .title_brown a:hover { color:#dfa754; font-weight:bold; }
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It's a term that gets thrown around a lot but all it really means is using search engines the best way you can. There are quite a few terms that get thrown around, one really important one is Keywords.
This should really be the first in this series because keywords are what SEO is all based on.
It should be easy easy to define -these are the words that are key/important to your description. One of the easiest ways to understand them is to think about when you search for something. You probably type in 2 to 4 words of what you are looking for. If you are looking for something, say a pair of boots, you know if you type in boots, the search is overwhelming, so you'll narrow, maybe women's brown leather boots . This is still pretty broad, you'll get lots of results but now you have some important details.
So how does this apply to your items? I need to fix some of my titles, let's try one of them. <br />
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This is titled <b>Polymer Clay Christmas Pixie Figurine Sculpture. </b><br />
It doesn't seem to get many views and has been listed in my store for nearly two years. When I listed this, I was making a lot of pixies, which later I realized is really spelled pixy but I like pixie - I guess this is my first mistake. Polymer clay seems important to me, I use it and I figured others care too.<br />
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Now I need to take a second look. When you look at this how would you describe? What are the main words you think of? Now that I look at it, I'm thinking <b>Baby Santa Christmas Decoration</b>.I need to add more but this is a start - I can use miniature, polymer clay, red and more to expand. <br />
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Two things you need to remember are keywords need to define your product and they also need to something people will search for. Use those keywords at the beginning of your title and through out the description but do not forget to add other descriptors for when people have more specific searches. Search engines can only find what you added.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6785265735487275281.post-27379754209459765162011-09-17T19:33:00.000-04:002011-09-17T19:33:32.172-04:00Its popping up pumpkin orange!<style>#widgetcont p{ padding:0; margin:0; } .title_brown, .title_brown a, .title_brown a:link, .title_brown a:active, .title_brown a:visited, .title_brown a:hover { color:#dfa754; font-weight:bold; }
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