Tips, Tutorials & DIYs Blog by Nicole Gibson

Most of us experience a post Christmas slump in selling. It is totally normal!

Most customers have done all their spending during the holiday season and are either in a time of earning and saving or have just got everything they need during the holidays and aren’t looking around as much to buy. Not to fear!

The slower sales season can be a blessing in disguise, to take time to reflect on your shop and... Read more

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Tis the season to make sure everything is ready to go for the incoming influx of holiday sales! Here is a couple iCraft specific tips and tricks to encourage sales and make shopping just that much easier for your customers.

Shot from iCraft seller Gould Style Crochet

Collections:

Make holiday shopping easier for your customers by grouping your products in to collections! Collections appear on the left... Read more

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• Holidays & Occasions

In preparation for the holiday season we compiled a list of this years top holiday trends so if you are looking to expand your holiday product line or need a little more inspiration, look no further than reading on below!

From iCraft seller Hyp Bags

Sustainability

It’s no secret that we need to be more conscious of our effects on the environment so sustainability is not only a trend but something to... Read more

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Looking for a spark of creativity for your growing iCraft store? Or are you just wanting to expand your crafting repertoire? Well, look no further! We have rounded up some of our favourite crafting trends that are blowing up online. All of these projects can be completed with only a few supplies that are sure to not break the bank.

Check out our favourites below!

These Marbled Wine Glasses are tapping... Read more

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Here is a round up of our How to Increase your iCraft Sales Series blog posts below! This post will continue to be updated as we add more articles.

Part 1: How to Increase your iCraft Sales Series: How to get on the Homepage. Click here to read.

Part 2: How to Increase your iCraft Sales Series: Optimize your Listings. Click here to read.

Part 3: How to Increase your iCraft Sales Series: Sales and Coupon... Read more

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For part 5 in our How to Increase your iCraft Sales Series we're looking at blogging and other iCraft tools to help increase traffic and convetsion to your website. Read more on this below!

Blogging:

Blogging is a great way to increase traffic to your iCraft shop! You can blog as much as you want, all the newest blog posts appear on the home page.

It is a great way to promote your product as long as there... Read more

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Promo tools are a section in your iCraft account that can be used to make promoting your iCraft store on your social media fees, and on your website or blog easier and automated. So it is one less thing you need to think about! Below is a break down of what is in the Promo Tools section on your iCraft store and how to use them.

1. Social feeds

Social feeds allow you to post your product updates, store... Read more

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For part 3 of our How to Increase your iCraft Sale Series we’re looking at using sales and coupon codes in different ways to encourage shop sales.

Sales:

A good way to encourage purchases is by having something on sale all times. This is because having at least one product in your shop on sale means it will always appear in iCraft sale section, which is a frequently checked section of the iCraft... Read more

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For part 2 of our iCraft Sale Series we’re focusing on the basics, optimizing your listings! This is where it all begins! Here our are top tips for optimizing your replacement-ability on iCraft and other external replacement engines.

Photo from iCraft sellers shop Country Roads Pyrography

Titles:

Product listings with good descriptive key word terms in the title and product description go in to specific... Read more

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We often get asked how to increase your sales on iCraft so we decided to create a blog series with our best tips! There are a multitude of ways to increase traffic and sales but for this installation of the series we will be focusing on the home page and how to get on it.

For context the homepage is the first page of our website that visitors see when they head to our website: https://icraftgifts.com

Therefore... Read more

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