Photo Editing Tools – Free and Paid Options When producing item photographs for your online store, photo editing tools become essential to ensuring your potential customers accurately size-up your items.  “One of the best ways to market your products on Etsy.com is to have more professional...

Photography Backgrounds – Choosing a Background for Crafts Many artisans selling online will acknowledge item photography is one of the biggest challenges they face. “Great photographs are extremely important to both the buyer and seller of jewelry that is sold online,” photographer Jim...

Macro Photography Tips – Increase Buyer Confidence If you are having trouble photographing crafts for your online shop, HandmadeMarketing.org reader Hilary is back with some great tips.  Previously, Hilary told us why blogging is essential to “creating the scene” of your handmade shop. ...

Photo Tips – Photographs Advertise Your Handmade Shop HandmadeMarketing.org reader Andi Beard, found at ParticlesofStone at Etsy.com and on her blog, recently told usher tips for selling on Etsy.com – including the importance of photographs for jewelry sellers. To start, we asked Andi why...

Tips From A Pro – Photography E-Book HandmadeMarketing.org reader Jim Juris, who recently shared his handmade item photography tips, told us about an e-book he wrote on jewelry and craft photography. The e-book is available for download at Jim’s website. Jim Juris moved to Englewood, Colorado...

Tips From A Pro – Etsy Photography Inspiration After receiving selling tips from Renaissance Austin, an artist with a presence on both MySpace and Etsy.com, our HandmadeMarketing.org team stopped by her shop.  This sellers item photographs were some of the best we had ever seen. We begged Renaissance...

Selling Jewelry Online – Guide to Sales More than half of all beaders are entrepreneurs according to “The State of Beading-2004 Industry Survey” from Interweave Press.  Many of these entrepreneurs turn to the Internet to help grow their business. However, those who come to Etsy or...

Etsy Photoshop Tips – Keep The Color Etsy item photography can be a challenge for many sellers.  The importance of great photography is often underestimated.   We went straight to the Etsy.com forums and our friends on Twitter to ask sellers to point us in the direction of their item photography...

Online Photography – Sell More As many handmade sellers already know, great item photography can make succeeding online much easier.  Because your interaction with potential customers is limited, the way your items appear online in your photos matters a great deal.  Think of it this way: ...

Tips From A Pro – TangoKDesign The Etsy.com forums are filled with sellers on the look out for how to enhance their item photos.  Because competition is everywhere, jewelry is often the items that need the most photography work. We were happy to hear from an HandmadeMarketing.org reader with some...