The good, the bad, and the hideous

So the other thing that gets you noticed on Etsy is your pictures. Since people can't pick up your items to see them, they have to be very detailed. This also saves you from getting a charge back for a claim that the items was not as described or represented. Or so I've heard. I only have the one sale, so every bit of this is a learning experience for me. But I do see the point about good pictures. When I first opened my shop, I took a few pictures with my phone, posted them to my shop, and sat back waiting for the sales to roll in. Every so often, someone would walk by and brush the cobwebs off the top of my head. It was that bad. For example, here is the first picture posted of one of my items...

 

I thought it was vibrant, and totally eye catching. I felt like a nonconformist, leading the charge away from the dull white background.





Turns out a dull white background is what just about everyone wants to see. And not just ANY dull white background. I was using drapes of material as a background. Ok, drapes is a bit of a stretch. I was using uniform shirts from my brother's old job with a disreputable car dealer. But I thought it was working out pretty well.  Right? Right? OR not so much, actually.

The amended picture looks like this...

https://www.etsy.com/listing/181976176/gilded-accent-bottles?ref=shop_home_active_6

 

Huge difference, right? A little redneck ingenuity goes a long way. But the tales of the lightbox pictures are for tomorrow. I have work to do, and you have some shopping, don't you? Yes, I thought so! Happy spending!