Open to suggestions

[mswagsandcrafts]

Hey, still waiting for my first sale. I've already sent my url into search engines, and followed other advice from fellow ecraters. What do you think I should do next? How long did it take you guys to make your first sale?

[my-little-e-shop-in-ukraine]

You have 19 items in your store which I assume has a very limited market.

Everyone submits to search engines, but what specific target marketing have you done to get your items in front of potential buyers?

By that I mean if you sold BMW Key Rings you would join lots of BMW realeted groups and forums.

[Felicitations-and-Inspiration]

For a start you need to make a 'signature' which you will use in ALL your email, blog postings, forum postings etc.



Sellers are buyers too. Like all buyers if you don't make it really easy to find you, we will not bother! Human nature. On the plus side it is human nature to click on links and that gives you an opportunity to convert a looker to a buyer.



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[noadi]

I've got a few suggestions.

1: Don't write your title and description in all caps, it's not very professional and it's hard to read.
2: Fill out your descriptions and use longer more descriptive titles.
3: Get active in some communities that fit what you're doing, I'd say search for home decor, country decor, and craft communities.
3: Read all the other promotion threads here on the forums about using blogs, myspace, squidoo, seo, etc. and get working on that stuff.

[zickit]

[Felicitations-and-Inspiration]

Thank you for letting me know.

[lotsofpatterns]

Hi! One thing I notice with your wreaths is that only 3 of the listings say Wreath in the title - the others do not. Just because you list them in your wreath category doesn't mean the search engines will pick that up, you need to put what it is in each title too.

For your baskets, what type of fabric are these lined with? For the baby basket, what are the brand names of the products that are included? As was mentioned before, you need to get a lot more descriptive in your listings.

You might also want to mention some of the information you have on your About page - the part about each item being hand created at the time each order is placed - this would be important for a buyer to know up front since not everyone visits the About/FAQ/Terms pages.

You do have beautiful items!

Linda

[mswagsandcrafts]

Thank you all for the input and advice. I will go into my store and start to fix these odds and ends. I never thought it would be this much hard work having an online store. Again thank you all so very much.