This girl's tips are awesome:
http://www.blog.sugarlotus.com/2009/02/etsy-lessons-learned-hard-way.html
Etsy Lessons Learned The Hard Way - Store Tips
So I've reached a 3 month milestone on Etsy! I've learned so much and didn't realize it until I stopped and tried to write things down. Some of this came from the forums, others from experience, and others from mistakes now corrected. Hope this can help a few people
I originally posted this list on the Etsy forums, but wanted to save it here too.
Photos
* White or gray backgrounds look great with most things. Start simple and try new things from there, but have fun and don't be scared to experiment. You can always upload new photos for a particular item.
* Blurry photos? Buy a tripod! It's the best thing for macro shots.
* Taking photos is time consuming - Making some reproducible items instead of all one of a kind items to saves on photo taking and editing.
* Silver Jewelry looks best in natural light. Avoid flash.
* Partial photos seem to work better as the main (thumbnail) image than an overall photo depending on the item.
* Don't forget the rule of thirds. Imagine a tic-tac-toe grid over your image. If you have something interesting at one of the points where the lines intersect, the photo will look interesting. This works really great for those partial thumbnail photos.
* Photoshop actions will save you photo editing time (I will write a tutorial on this sometime soon!)
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