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something to look into you had a few photo's where one or two pieces was perfectly in focus and the others were blury.

Like the others said you need to photograph your pieces in a manner that showcases them properly. A plain white background like posterboard (i think walmart sells it for .33 cents at least where i'm at). I noticed a lot of your photo's showcase that the cuff's have a different shape in front and in back, you should highlight that fact. and showcase the insides or a really upclose shot of some of your complex 3d cuffs. Also you've got some pieces that look like they're just thrown in a heap but they also look like they could be one mega piece.

hiding the knots and proper string color, in photo's you should really make sure the knotted section is hidden either by tucking it into a bead or creative layout. From many years of shopping with my mom *shudder* i know that excess string or visible flaws that aren't even really flaws are a turn off to buyers if only because they look at it as "i cant hide that" because they didn't hide it. Also when you make a piece using black string with clear/translucent beads is a no-no unless your trying to achieve a specific look Most people don't wanna see a sea string.

i'm not sure where you get your beads as ive never ran into those colors (which from photo's look like matt pastels) but there is a possibility that your aesthetic doesn't match with people who are hitting your page. for instance this https://www.etsy.com/listing/247694040/kandi-packa... is something i would make or even consider buying because i like the color selection, style and pattern however this link https://www.etsy.com/listing/247825493/kandi-match... i wouldn't consider because (although kinda hard to tell if blue and orange or green and pink) it doesn't match my style.

Something i'm surprised no one's mentioned in detail yet @VickysKandiShoppe: briefly touched on the issue as a whole but you should list the quantity of your pieces. with the second link i posted i see parts of 3 bracelets however you never outright told the customer they were getting 3. in the photo with the pikachu i see a pikachu, a star and a hoard of singles telling the consumer you get ()singles, 1 star, and 1 pikachu necklace makes them g okay i'm not getting ripped off or that's a fair price.

Wrist sizing much like sizing of wearable goods in general is both an exact science and a fantasy art. Clothing companies do it all the time a Mark Ecko medium might be a dolce and gabana small. or a Mens Mark Ecko (sorry i love his stuff) in medium might be a Large in womens. the best thing i could think of to help fix that problem would be to explain this is a size "32 cuff" meaning it has 32 beads on the starting row and it fits my wrist right after my hand ends and my wrist is 6 inches. saying it's a "small-medium" leads delusional people who claim "my wrist is small" when it's really a large to get mad that it doesn't fit.

I do sell some thing yes but i tend to go with coworkers namely because the people i work with see me making it on lunch and they want something. (not gonna lie i seldom charge for labor, heck even when i get food commissions i generally charge for materials and maybe a few dollars for labor unless i really like you then labors free.) So i undercut myself a lot the best thing for you to do is to evaluate your pricing based on like items from other vendors. possibly offer custom orders or even a loyalty program (not sure if possible)

@georgiasmiles it is because they were selling singles for a couple bucks a piece (and probably stole designs i am not sure on that). We take our "Little plastic jewelry" very seriously.

the buying/selling of kandi is controverical... There was a huge Hot Topic boycott beacause so... maby that is why

I don't mean this to come off as rude, but I'm guessing the reason you aren't getting any customers is because kandi isn't meant to be bought. It's something a person makes to be traded with other kandi at a festival/rave. It's supposed to be personal and all that.