Smashing Darling Blog

For awhile now, we’ve been on the subject of taking better photos because it is so critically important to making sales online. Beginning with next week’s post we thought we’d try something new, and we’ll need help from everyone.

Trish and I occasionally receive emails asking “why hasn’t my store been on the homepage yet?” The simple answer is almost always due to the quality of photography.

The long answer is that we want more than anything to give everyone a chance to be on the homepage, but we also have to bear in mind that this is precious real estate. The images we show here represent not only the individual designer, but our community as a whole. No ifs ands or buts about it … they’ve got to be top-notch photos!

SO…

Here’s our plan to help get every store on our homepage at least once.

• What are we going to do:
Critique one store’s images each week.

• What we need from you:
1. Comments and constructive criticism about the store’s photos. Would the images hinder or help you in making a purchasing decision? What could this designer do to improve photo quality (and get on the homepage more often)?
2. Suggestions! Suggest someone’s store (or volunteer your own) to be critiqued by emailing me at: julie[at]smashingdarling[dot]com

Next week we will start this post, so send in your suggestions today to help someone (or yourself) snag that homepage spot ASAP!

Thanks for your help!
-The darlings