{"id":24860,"date":"2016-04-19T14:47:21","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T18:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/?p=24860"},"modified":"2017-04-17T12:26:08","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T16:26:08","slug":"how-to-open-a-shop-tips-for-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/how-to-open-a-shop-tips-for-success","title":{"rendered":"How to Open a Shop + Tips for Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you opened up a shop on Shapeways yet? It&#8217;s incredibly easy, and we&#8217;ve created a new tutorial video to show you how it&#8217;s done. If reading step by step is your thing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/tutorials\/open_shop\" target=\"_blank\">we&#8217;ve got that too<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7aDDYVVk6XQ\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Did you know that by simply adding a banner and a shop logo you will help your sales? And that shops that have descriptions sell more than those that don&#8217;t? We&#8217;ve dug into our data a bit and found three simple things you can make sure you have in your shop we think are most important:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li id=\"logo\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/tutorials\/shops\/merchandising-your-shapeways-shop#branding\" target=\"_blank\">Shop banner and logo<\/a><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y-Ya9srRVSQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"description\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/tutorials\/shops\/merchandising-your-shapeways-shop#descriptions\" target=\"_blank\">Description<\/a><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W8SbVTLWoXU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"analytics\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/tutorials\/shops\/setting-up-google-analytics-for-your-shapeways-shop\" target=\"_blank\">Google Analytics<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.71429; font-size: 1rem;\">Get started <\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.71429; font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/sell\/open-a-shop\" target=\"_blank\">opening your shop<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.71429; font-size: 1rem;\"> today, or update your <\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.71429; font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/shop\/settings\/\" target=\"_blank\">settings<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.71429; font-size: 1rem;\"> to give your shop a nice Spring cleaning!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you opened up a shop on Shapeways yet? 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