1. Choose A Default Product

When you lot're adding a new work to Redbubble, it'south important to select i product as the default view for that artwork.

When you add work, scroll to the bottom of the page, and choose from a drop downwards carte du jour to select which production you would like to prepare as default. When you choose a default product, you are dictating which product preview prototype will appear on your shop page and in search results on Redbubble.

This is a good idea for a number of reasons; yous gain command over how your work is offset seen past potential buyers, and y'all tin diversify what your default product is beyond different images then your piece of work is seen in different means. Information technology also makes y'all stand out as many artists leave this option equally "image only" and don't utilize the option to take a default production at all. Furthering this signal, choosing a default product adds to a comprehensive and curated portfolio — information technology makes viewers of your artwork and profile see that yous are actively engaged in considering how your art is seen.

You can run into in the case beneath that two artists have made their default products a phone case and a tote bag when I search the word "found" in the Redbubble.com search box.

"Tree of Life" by Rob Price, "The Cognition of The Planets" by Cameron Gray, "Roundscape" by Fil Gouvea, "Tiger Tangle" by micklyn

Plus, when nosotros market place your art throughout the Internet, we oftentimes submit a feed which pulls in production views, and then if you oasis't chosen a product view, you could miss out some not bad exposure.

For more: five Ways to Design with Products in Mind

2. Tag Your Artwork Accurately

Properly tagging your work on Redbubble is one point I have been known to harp on and on nearly. Carefully looking at your artwork and choosing five-10 select fundamental words which describe it a practise to main. Try and brand it equally relevant and specific to your artwork as possible, and always tag while imagining it being used in our comprehensive search engine. Tags tin can aid bring your images to the top of relevant searches, and are a cracking mode to become new eyeballs on your work.

Past selecting an artwork to be a certain production on Redbubble you're allocating information technology that tag, so there'southward no need to add information technology once more. For example, if y'all set your default product as a mug, it will already take this tag, so there's no need to add "mug" once more. Try to stick to descriptives. If you've illustrated an image of a bulldog, tag it with "dog, bulldog, illustration" and the like. Never tag-spam.

Keep your titles, descriptions, and tags unproblematic

3. Create SEO (Search Engine Optimization)-friendly Titles and Descriptions

When you add together new work to Redbubble, y'all accept the option to fill up in a short description. This is very of import to exercise, equally information technology'due south another manner (similar tagging) to get new viewers to look at your piece of work.

Select one-2 keywords that are as well tags that you tin add together into your clarification in a natural fashion. Search engines will and so be able to meet the correlation betwixt your tagging and description, and bump y'all upwards their rankings so it floats college upwardly in searches and gets more attention. This is pretty basic search engine optimization and requires very trivial work to brand use of keywords that accurately describe your work. Remember, customers are frequently searching our site for products related to their interests which means their searches are pretty generic. Endeavour to plug those magic keywords in where you can. Retrieve, similar fizzgig above, if you create and upload an analogy of a zombie puppy, a zombie and/or puppy fanatic might stumble upon your piece later searching for their favorite things from our homepage or search engine.

Exist sure to never abuse SEO descriptions as search engines are known to fissure down and demote results on people they see as spamming or abusing this mechanism, so don't overuse tags or descriptions, and never been deceptive about what might be in your image. Just the facts.

For more: 7 Ways to Effectively Utilise Tags in Your Redbubble Profile

four. Expect Over Your Products

Once you've uploaded your new piece of work, make certain yous take a moment to bank check how your artwork appears on all products. This is especially of import if yous've made them available on a wide range of our products (which is great, considering we do have a really nice broad range!). Take a moment to ensure that your artwork is displaying well, and disable any products where the paradigm is obviously not working on the product before yous come dorsum and set up the images.

Mugs, duvet covers, and leggings are frequent offenders of this, so they're important products to keep an centre on. Check them closely. It only takes a minute and makes a big difference to the overall quality of your shop page. If you're images don't wait as slap-up as they can, consider re-uploading a higher-res version of your work, using our tiling feature, or reworking an image altogether so it'south perfectly situated on every production.

Here'southward an example of a messed upwardly duvet cover from RB Web log Editor Eddie Wright (left) and a corking looking one from the terrific Sophie Corrigan (right).

For more: 4 Reasons Why Y'all Should Upload Unlike Images for Each Production

5. Say Thank You To Customers

Use our custom Cheers message feature. This allows you to customize your message to recent buyers. You can say cheers, explain how much the sale has meant to y'all, and talk nearly ways they might similar to follow yous (past clicking "Follow" on your RB profile page, for example).

To set up a custom thanks, click on your Account Details, and click "Promote" under "Creative person Tools" on the lefthand side. And then, yous'll see the below:

Once you ready a custom thanks, your customers will become a special message in their order confirmation directly from you. Information technology's really important to try and reach out to buyers and remind them that the truly unique thing about Redbubble, is that we are congenital upon a foundation of real people who have the ability to reach out and connect with one another, and that is a wonderful thing.

For more: half-dozen Simple Ways to Make Your Redbubble Portfolio Stand Out

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[Header image: "Pandas paint colorful pictures" by laurxy]