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I think I made my first sale within a month or so. That was over 3 years ago. I didn't have much contect and I did absolutely nothing on the pages and very minimal descriptions. It wasn't until I started frequenting the boards here about a year ago that sales started to pick up. Besides adding a lot more designs and changing focus, I learned a bunch about tagging, descriptions, and what to put on pages. My sales still suck. I am on something like page 437 of political designs...even though some things have a single keyword (so don't believe that whole relevance thing). But, I get a check.  Before, I put in a couple of hours to make a few designs and got enough to cover shop fees after a while. Now, I put in 10, 15 hours on a design & I get $0 - $.10 an hour. LOLChin up. You'll make it happen. refuse to settle for less and you'll get what you want out of CP. http://cafepress.com/teawar blog: http://fierydog.com Blog where SKs are free to post links to their shops & designs: http://teawar.com (conservative and apolitical awareness groups) |
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Don't get disappointed after ONLY a week.
It took me a little over 3 months before I made my first sale. It took over a year before I started making regular sales. So my answer to your part 2 question is NO. I had a LOT to learn before my sales were regular. It's not a quick thing and patience is a must! If you've only been doing it a week- that's not even long enough for search engines to find you. When Life Hands You Lemons- Reach For The Tequila |
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Thank you both!
I know patience is a big part of the process. I just seem to be getting lots of hits on the site and no bites yet. Guess I just have to give the customers time. Maybe they bookmarked it and are coming back to the site when they have time/money. Who knows?!? |
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The other questions is: WHY are they coming? Is it curiosity from something you posted? Google? Paid ads? Some may be coming just to window shop. Others to buy. Are you watching your traffic? How did they get there? how long they stayed? that kind of stuff. http://cafepress.com/teawar blog: http://fierydog.com Blog where SKs are free to post links to their shops & designs: http://teawar.com (conservative and apolitical awareness groups) |
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Of course I'm watching the traffic. Some are coming from here at the forums and others from T-ShirtForums.com. Others are coming from facebook and a couple here and there from twitter.
I'm going to be printing up postcards and business cards this week and distributing those locally. How else can I get the word out there to people? How do I reach the next level? How do I go from 100 hits a day to 200 hits? |
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This may be the trick part of the question. Although most would agree that increased traffic can be an improvement and that 100 hits a day might be considered minimal - it still boils down to targeted hits that convert. So, one could say you're better off getting 100 qualified hits from people who are shopping for what you have than 1,000 hits from people just window shopping or clicking your link from this thread. So, the question may be more about what it takes to ensure the time or money spent reaching ANYBODY is well spent on reaching potential customers... not just any old traffic. Have you gotten a bead, yet, on this with your store, your theme, the word you're already spreading - at least enough to get a feel for what you're after? In the beginning, it can be hard to define this part, but it's essential. |
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I think it's just a matter of getting the right customers to your cafepress site. I created my store less than a week ago and just got my first sale today and they bought 5 items! It's such a great feeling making that first sale. I can feel this is going to be an addiction.
 keepcalmstore.com |
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Also want to add that I think the following is also very important:
-High quality artwork that fits each product -Edited line of product offerings -Focus on niche audience -Advertising keepcalmstore.com |
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Amen! http://cafepress.com/teawar blog: http://fierydog.com Blog where SKs are free to post links to their shops & designs: http://teawar.com (conservative and apolitical awareness groups) |
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Still working on getting my first. I worked on the website design as well as the sticker design for the first two months. I am finally getting started working specific forums for traffic.
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I'm in the same boat. I just opened my shop earlier this month and I was confident I could obtain some Halloween sales with my designs. So far the result has been a lot of traffic but no buyers yet. I am chalking it up to the economy. No one wants to spend on a boutique item if Walmart's calling on the cheap. Let's all hope for an economic recovery soon. Please check out my shop. I'd welcome feedback. Good luck all.
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I have found the whole setting up and listing of items a little bit addictive...
I wish you all the very best with your sales... however long they take to come I am a Welsh Newbie to all of this and so it takes me a long time to get up to speed. Anyway, I have just "loaded" a premium specialist shop with print items for training companies, departments or trainers. I think I have managed to take onboard some of the tips in the Forums but I would appeciate any feedback from anyone who reads this. So in 7 days I have created; www.cafepress.co.uk/workafrolic www.cafepress.co.uk/greypride www.cafepress.co.uk/ladygreypride Jason |
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Does anyone think having the cafepress url involved in one's store is detrimental to sales in the minds of consumers? Does it makes sense to get your cafepress store somehow incorporated into your own domain? I've just started looking into this and have come across folks using a cpshop script by someone named Marty to incorporate their cafepress store into their own sites. Unfortunately the link to Marty does not work. The site is down. Anyone have any info?
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I just tried it and like you I get the broken link. I sent marty an email alert.
Yes!!!
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