Folksy shop

[RichL]

Hello All,
Recently opened a Folksy shop .It,s been really slow (no sales up to now) . please take a look any critique/ advice would be most welcome.
Thanks,
Richard.
https://folksy.com/shops/longhotsummer

[Caro]

Folksy doesn't advertise and doesn't get a lot of traffic so you have to do all the work yourself, unfortunately. People won't just find you so you need to promote yourself hard and wherever you can.

I gave up on them after a year. It wasn't worth the effort and I'd rather push my customers to a site that I have complete control over and doesn't take an arm and leg in commission.

[RichL]

Hi Caro,
Thanks for you reply, do you use an alternative platform?

[Caro]

Etsy is the only one that seems to generate any independent traffic but I was swamped in the deluge of drop shippers and mass produced jewellery.

If I'm going to put the work into finding and driving traffic to my sales outlet I decided that it should at least be one under my control and not subject to the whims of a third party who can change the rules and hike the costs. I now use my own site.

I've looked at the GOJD Odissa platform but that seems very quiet too

[RichL]

O.k. Thanks for your replies, That's useful info , Thanks.

[Dennis]

I've seen Not On The High Street mentioned here over the years, but I believe they are very controlling about who they accept.

[Caro]

I wasn't happy with their terms and conditions and they take I believe 25%+Vat on top of the signing up fee.