dpd1
msg:4470311 | 2:00 am on Jun 28, 2012 (gmt 0) |
I think you already know what the deal is. With arts and crafts, as you said... it's a very 'see it in person' type of item. It's a tough nut to crack, but I don't think that means you couldn't sell it online. Personally, with that kind of stuff... I wouldn't even approach it thinking about SEO and all that. That is a word of mouth niche. I would participate in forums and become part of the community involving that. My guess is that you could make more connections and sales that way, then you ever could just waiting for people to find you, or using any sort of SEO techniques. Put a link to your site in your sig on forums and also on lists. maybe do some articles on the subject.
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Mcadieux
msg:4470318 | 2:22 am on Jun 28, 2012 (gmt 0) |
Thanks for the advice we already started planning out the article route. I thought that combined with finding the right blogs.
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lorax
msg:4470406 | 11:16 am on Jun 28, 2012 (gmt 0) |
You can do eCommerce with low numbers like that as long as you don't mind working with the site slowly and figuring out how to earn more with it over time.
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mhansen
msg:4470426 | 11:59 am on Jun 28, 2012 (gmt 0) |
Have you considered testing the market at a place like Etsy? Instead of investing in your own infrastructure, you could minimize your own technology investment up front, and put a handful of products in their marketplace first.
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Mcadieux
msg:4470708 | 10:39 pm on Jun 28, 2012 (gmt 0) |
We did look at Etsy in the beginning but items are posted so quickly you drop off the first page within an hour. I found I still needed to do SEO and traffic generating ideas. If I was going to put that work in I figured I was better off with my own site. Our site is up and running now we just need to add more products and drive traffic. I just go from being excited and really putting the effort in to sometimes feeling like this may be all for nothing due to such a low possible traffic. I figured I would get some reassurance by posting here, which I did.
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