#handmade
Practical guides for online sellers: product photos, marketplace listings, video ads and growing your store.
Amazon Handmade Image Requirements (2026): Size, Background and Photo Slots
Amazon Handmade uses Amazon's standard image rules: a pure white main image, 1,000+ px for zoom, and lifestyle, scale and process shots in the other slots.
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How to Photograph Knives for Selling (2026): Blades Without Glare
Why blades look black or blown out, the white-card fix, showing Damascus and hamon, the photo set for kitchen, folding and custom knives, and honest edits.
How to Photograph Enamel Pins (2026): Lighting Metal, Glitter and Scale
Backgrounds that suit gold and silver plating, soft light that keeps metal lines bright, glitter and glow shots, scale photos and lifestyle ideas.
Pinterest for Etsy Sellers (2026): Pins, Boards, Keywords and Rich Pins
How Etsy sellers can use Pinterest: account setup, 2:3 pins, boards, keywords, rich pins from Etsy listings and a realistic pinning schedule.
How to Photograph Handmade Soap: Texture, Labels and Sets (2026)
A practical guide to handmade soap photos: lighting for texture and swirls, angles, props, labels, sets and the six to eight images a listing needs.
How to Photograph Resin Art (2026): Gloss, Transparency, Depth and Sets
A resin artist's photo guide: soft side light for gloss, backlight for transparency, edge views for depth, coaster and tray sets, and honest color-shift shots.
How to Photograph Crochet Items and Knitting (2026): Stitches, Light and Drape
A yarn maker's photo guide: blocking, raking light for stitches, flat lay vs on-body, true yarn color, and how pattern listings differ from finished items.
How to Price Handmade Products (2026): Formula, Examples and Etsy Fees
The materials + labor + overhead formula, how to work out each part, wholesale vs retail, a worked example with Etsy-style fees, and what to do when the price feels too high.
How to Photograph Pottery and Ceramics (2026): Glazes, Texture, Sets and Marks
A potter's photo guide: soft light for glossy glazes, raking light for texture, the angles buyers check, group shots for sets, in-use scenes and maker's marks.
How to Use Etsy Tags (2026): 13 Tags, Rules, Examples and Mistakes
Etsy's tag rules, how tags work alongside titles and attributes, a method for writing 13 strong tags, full tag sets for three listings, and the mistakes that waste slots.
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