After importing your items from ArtFire, you need to edit your listings a bit. You’ll need to select a main category and at least one subcategory for each item and double check your shipping information. You’ll want to select up to four colors for each item and possibly reorder your images. If the same item is listed on another venue, you’ll need to edit the title and description for SEO purposes. (more…)

This is about doing all that you can do to maximize the appeal of your items for search engines and shoppers. There are four components in each listing that sellers have complete control over and that must be optimized in order to convert a shopper to a buyer.

From an organic search results perspective, item titles, descriptions and tags are of primary importance. (more…)

I recently had conversation with a cousin who is becoming a professional photographer. It didn’t take us long to agree that the way we have both learned a lot about taking good photos is the fact that we first took a lot of really bad ones! In June, Kay of A Crafty Arab, shared some great tips on how we can improve our Zibbet item photographs. This week, I would like to share (more…)

Images are normally created by taking a photograph using a digital camera. Another useful tool for generating item images is a flatbed scanner. Although not suitable for all items, a scanner is a great tool for capturing images of a variety of small and somewhat flat items. Showing the details of fabrics, knitted and crocheted textures, jewelry, book covers, and greeting cards are just a few examples. Depending on the size and shape of an item, (more…)

Taking good photographs of your work is unquestionably the best way to improve your Zibbet shop and increase sales. If you do everything else right, but fail to take professional looking photographs of your work, you have wasted your time.

You are able to upload 4 different photos of the one item to display on the detail page.  We encourage you to utilize all 4 photos and show (more…)