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Writing your Folksy shop bio – what to write and how to lay it out. (Edited November 2011) This post in our series of Shop Front articles detailed information about using HTML to improve the appearance of your shop profile page. Since the relaunch in November 2011 this is no … Continue reading
Tips on creating an image for a listing What makes you click on a thumbnail to find out more? Should the image be cropped tightly, framed, a close up of an impressive detail or perhaps the leading image should clearly show the entire item? There’s certainly no ‘one size fits all’ answer … Continue reading
Hello Folksy Sellers! Shop Front is a new series of articles from the Folksy Blog that we hope will become a valuable resource for sellers looking to develop their Folksy shops and make the best of this busy handmade market place. Folksy is a thriving community of buyers and sellers … Continue reading
Written by Claire Davenport of Scrubbity We all know that Folksy likes square pictures and that the magic size is 495 x 495 pixels. Unfortunately, cameras like rectangles so what looks good on the screen of your camera will end up chopped and cropped if you upload it straight to … Continue reading
Last week we told why you might want to make yourself a simple Folksy shop advert – also known as a shop button, or blog badge that can be used on your own or other people’s blogs, as a signature in forum posts or with advertising sites such as Project Wonderful. Learning … Continue reading
Last week you may have noticed we all got a bit excited about the Fabulous Folksy Blog Badge competition. Adding a Folksy badge to your blog is a great way of showing your readers that you support our handmade community and bringing new shoppers and sellers to Folksy (thank you for helping … Continue reading