{"id":1157,"date":"2012-01-11T20:34:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-11T20:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/1157-shopowners-prepare-your-shop-for-valentines-day.html"},"modified":"2014-07-03T17:15:12","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T17:15:12","slug":"shopowners-prepare-your-shop-for-valentines-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/shopowners-prepare-your-shop-for-valentines-day","title":{"rendered":"Shopowners: Prepare your shop for Valentine&#8217;s Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.andertoons.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/ValentinesDayCartoon.jpg\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Now that the big holidays are behind us (though our behinds may be larger as a result), it&#8217;s time to prepare your shops and products for Valentine&#8217;s Day. Over the course of the month, we&#8217;ll be featuring gift-worthy products, as well as the designers behind the beautiful creations. <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In order to get your products featured, <strong>please tag all <em>relevant<\/em> products with &#8220;Valentine&#8217;s Day.&#8221;<\/strong> We&#8217;ll be sifting through to find the gems and sharing them as early as next week. In particular, we&#8217;re looking for products with the following attributes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>High quality images, not renders<\/li>\n<li>Default material should match the product image shown<\/li>\n<li>Well-written product descriptions<\/li>\n<li>Part of shops with complete, well-written profiles<\/li>\n<li>On theme &#8212; though model trains might be romantic for some folks, they don&#8217;t really fall in the Valentine&#8217;s Day category. Skulls on the other hand&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can also <a href=\"archives\/1142-How-to-Get-Your-Designs-Promoted-by-Shapeways.html\">read up on past tips and tricks<\/a>. 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