Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Would You Like to Have a Purse Panel?



We’ve had a request from one of our CAB Team members for a Shop Critique feature on our blog. This would be for Etsy newbies and for those who’d just like to make sure their shops are in great shape. I think it’s a great idea. After all, we exist as a team to help each other.

What I’d like to propose is that we form a CAB Team “Purse Panel” made up of some of our most successful members. The panel could be changed up every 6 months so that we keep the ideas fresh and give everyone a chance to help. Critiques would be offered on a request only basis. The Panel would give constructive ideas about all aspects of the shops such as banners and avatars, shop announcements, photos, item descriptions, tags, profiles, policies and shipping.

The way I’d like to see it work is…
1. The team shop owner first requests a critique giving specifics about the aspects of their shop for which they’d like feedback.
2. The Purse Panel is given the specifics and asked to provide constructive criticism and ideas within a 3 day period.
3. Feedback will be compiled by the Purse Panel leader and published on the team blog. (I think publishing feedback would be helpful to the entire team, but if the shop owner specifically requests the feedback to be between them and the panel, the feedback would be emailed to the owner.)

Our first steps would be to see how many people would like to have such a feature. Then we need to form the Purse Panel. So, please leave a comment here if you’d be interested in a critique or being part of the Purse Panel.

11 comments:

RLG1282 said...

I think that this is a wonderful idea! I would love some feedback!

Ally said...

Please sign me up for a critique. Ally - Crooked Smile Creations

Unknown said...

I'd be happy to help with shop critiques. I lead the shop Critiques for the Etteam (Etsy Treasury Team) and am very experienced at the critique process, and would love to be on the Purse Panel. I've been in business online for over 10 years with my own website, then Ebay, now 3 shops on Etsy and 1 on Artfire. I've also got extensive photography, graphics and photoshop experience. Count me in! ~ Sandie/KnitzyBlonde

HM Mills said...

What a fantastic idea. It would be great if our most successful member were the the providers of feedback...

Bagalicious said...

I think that's a great idea! I would love to get a critique on my shop...Thanks for trying to get this going! ~Corinne at Bagalicious, http://bagalicious.etsy.com

Karen said...

It sounds like a great idea to me. One can never stop learning!

Van said...

Excellent idea!! I'm on the list to receive shop critique as well :D Count me in!
Van ~ Kirschbits.etsy.com

Gloria said...

I'd love a panel to critique my shop too! I'm very new to Etsy. Any advice would be appreciated.

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Noramarie said...

I would love feed back on my shop

Kathy said...

I would love some advise on my shop. Please count me it.

Betula said...

I too would love to make use of such a panel once my shop is really up and running properly (still filling it at the moment - it's slow going!), and will be reading what gets posted avidly :-)