The Coveted Front Page

Where some actors long to see their name in lights on Broadway, many artisans on Etsy yearn for the opportunity to be on the Front Page.

I've put together some tips I have found that might help achieve that goal.

1. Get involved in the forums. Along with promoting your own store, comment in other threads as well. Help others when they ask for advice or critiques. Add to threads in all categories.

2. Create treasuries. Let the people you feature know you admire their work and why. Convo'g like this is now permitted, but don't send all convo's back to back. Spread them out or you may get muted.

3. Join a team. This is not only a way to get your name and store seen, it is also fun. It's a great way to meet new people who have similar interests as you.

4. Comment regularly in the treasuries. Let others know what you think about their collections.

5. Make sure your pictures look good in 'gallery' format. Gallery is what is used in treasuries so if you usually keep your view in 'list' format, switch to gallery and make sure all your pictures look good and are treasury worthy.

6. Speaking of pictures, the most important tip is to make sure your pictures are great. They need to be crisp, clean and clear and really need to show the real beauty of your items.

I have never been on the Front Page myself and I'm using all these tips to try and get there. I had never really looked at my items in gallery view before and was surprised that half of the image in most of my pictures was cut off and they really didn't look good in gallery format at all. I am in the process of changing them all in hopes in will help.

With the Front Page changing frequently it's easy to miss. If you want to know if you were ever featured and missed it you can check on Flickr. Join this group which is updated regularly.

I hope these tips help. Feel free to add any tips you have in the comment box.