Please help

Hi First - I would like of offer a few suggestions and observations.

Your shop: I like the color scheme and your logo. You might want to use ALL complete sentences to the right of your logo however. The first thing I noticed was the lack of a gallery pic for EACH item - you need those pictures. The little camera icon just isn't enough to generate immediate buyer interest - you shouldn't have to click on a link to see the item. All of your pictures are way too dark. They need much better lighting and contrast to show your product - this is critical. A more contrasting backround will help your items to stand out as well. Experiment with lighting until you get something that really shows off your great products. Use a tripod and go for bright, clear, sharp, impressive looking images with lots of 'snap'. That's what will sell your items. A simple photo editor will be of great help after you take the pics. You can adjust contrast, sharpness, cropping, etc. Also, do you need to show the hanger? I think the clothing would display much better without it. Maybe include some kind of simple props to increase interest and appeal. Without good pictures you are fighting an uphill battle.

Listings: (Same comments about the pics as above.) I noticed you use a large variety of templates(or no templates)and layouts in your listings. It would work much better if you had a more consistent look, or common elements, from one listing to the next to tie your product line together. You might want to pick one or two favorites and work on improving those. I found the center justified text hard to read, left justified is much easier. All the different fonts, text colors, sizes, and styles on some of the listings were VERY distracting. You want to present your information in a clear, simple, attractive manner. Overdoing the glitz and razzle-dazzle can actually detract from your listing. More distinction between your descriptions and your supplementary info, terms, etc. would be clearer. The bit about reporting non-paying bidders to ebay seemed a little too harsh and unfriendly. Maybe say 'serious bidders only please'. Actually I don't think it helpful to even say that. You really want to keep a friendly,inviting tone and such admonitions, however mild, do not contribute to that impression.

Hopefully my suggestions will be food for thought. You've got a good thing started, stay with it.

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You can adjust contrast, sharpness

Many thanks for your comments, very helpful. Will start making the changes straight away. And hopefully start selling.

I have another hint for you: Take a look at the listings and shops of the successful sellers in your category and see what you can learn from them. Put yourself in the mind of a buyer - what would make YOU want to buy from a particular seller, or what turns you off? Also, pay particular attention to your listing titles and categories to make sure you are using the most effective search terms you can to make your listings come up when people are searching. Again, look at the listings, including titles, of your successful competitors to see what is working for them and make it work for you.

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Is there anything i could do to promote my items further.

You will need to get traffic to your site and the easiest, though the expensive way, is to put up some auctions. Unfortunately, just having a store probably won't get you alot of sales. There's many more ways to get potential buyers to you store for free but that would take a lot of explaining.

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There's many more ways to get potential buyers to you store for free but that would take a lot of explaining.

any ideas would be great. so far, I have emailed everyone i know and asked them to pass the email flyer to everyone they know.

Oh my.....almost forgot what I was going to say after going thru the registration.....good gobbly goo! I just thought I would throw in my 2 cents. I have been selling on Ebay since last fall. I can tell you that this is a really slow time on ebay for alot of sellers, some of the slack may be due to what some sell, but if Walmart and Home Depot are slowing......that is a clear indicator of the economy right now. Alot of people are spending $ on back to school and as someone with no beastie monsters I don't know how in the world the rest of you do it! Good heavens! Hopefully it will pick up soon. I see you have gotten some wonderful advice already, Good Luck!!