We really like TimeTree as a free calendar with alerts.
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Huh. My reminder app does exactly what you say you want. I set a fairly quiet chime but could turn it off if I wanted. I don’t remember doing anything else to it though, so I’m no real help. I do use it almost exclusively through Siri because I like this living in the future thing.
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I think the baseline problem is that my phone is haunted and hates me. 
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When you are online shopping for a Thing that is purely decorative and does not Do anything (like, say, jewelry, Christmas ornament), does a video of said product make you more likely to buy?
Those of us who sell on Etsy and Amazon are being strongly encouraged to shoot and post videos of our products in our listings. They are telling us this is what customers want to make buying decisions. Is that true?
Context: I HATE video. HATE it. I would never watch a product video unless it is a thing that Does Something and I need to see it in action before buying - and even then it would be under protest because I don’t process info well via video and sound, I like to read the info.
But then, this is the same mindset that makes it really hard for me to market my shops because I personally HATE being marketed to and will flee if someone markets to me, and is why I struggled at a retail job to talk to customers because I personally HATE it when store staff approaches me. So I’m willing to accept that I’m the outlier here and that if I want sales I have to shoot video of my jewelry. (??? Like, just turning it over and over in my hand? Wearing it? While talking about why people should buy it? Dunno.)
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I think people don’t trust photos but trust video, because they don’t understand how easily manipulated it also can be.
Personally, if I was going to film for a store, I think I’d just film it in a white box, just like I’d shoot it for photo, but kind of rotate to multiple angles. And then maybe nicely manicured hands turn it over.
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LOL LOL LOL LOL
None of those exist in this house.
Did I ever tell the story in this forum about getting in trouble at a past job because my hands are not hand-model quality? That might’ve been at The Other Place?
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I like video for things where how it moves or how the light hits it is important. Otherwise, as long as there’s multiple high quality photos, I’m good sans video. Although if your jewelry responds well to the play of light, if it sparkles and shines and what not, video could be really useful in attracting people.
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I generally hate video and only want photos and text descriptions. But i’m not a great one to base plans for genpop on.
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If you told the story, I hadn’t heard it.
Artisans generally don’t have great hands. They work with them.
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This is all I want in a product video. Lets monkey brain know the dimensions better.
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I hate video too but it’s necessary. I do try on videos of all my styles on myself. It’s awkward but I get great feedback. I do watch videos for things that don’t do things if I’m wondering about size or a particular detail that I can’t quite make out in a still. So having jewelry on a body shows it’s size, or an ornament on a tree might show if it is very sparkly or just kinda sparkly, that sort of things. There are tons of ways to get creative with it if you don’t want to be in the video
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Right??
When I have time I’ll post the story in my journal. Poke me if I forget!
Blarghhhhhhhh. You all are probably right.
But I fucking HATE video. And I don’t have good light at this time of year.
I forget what you sell, but if it’s wearable, do you ever get complaints about selling used product? I used to photograph myself wearing jewelry and even if I said “you will get an unworn item, the model has on a display piece”, I’d get people messaging me squicked out that I’d stick earrings in my piercings and then sell them. Because people don’t read.
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I would never watch a product video.
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I sell clothing and have never gotten a complaint about having worn it for a try on or even a photoshoot. No one knows unless you tell them that a specific piece is the same one from a shoot. I think it’s wholly unreasonable to expect an unworn item if that is the definition of unworn. I make sure everything is still in “new” condition that I sell if it’s been in a shoot.
When I did the pop up a few weeks ago I made sure that anything that got tried on hung out in a little quarantine zone for a few days. That’s really all I can do. I’d be out of business if I had to make un-sellable pieces for every Photoshoot or try on video
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Granted, clothing doesn’t actually go into your orifices, unlike pierced earrings… 
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Idk how people expect you to show them off. I modeled for the shop that sells my stuff and I modeled her earrings too. We cleaned everything with alcohol afterward.
In retail people will always complain, they’ll complain that they can’t see it on someone if you don’t do it, they complain about it when you do that. Do what’s right for you and don’t stress over it as much as you’re able
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Also when I used to work in jewelry at Saks people tried on stuff there from the costume to the $$,$$$ estate jewelry. We cleaned it and put it back. When there’s only one pair of giant lapis lazuli earrings, they get tried on. Only difference is that the LP guy had to stand there while they tried them.
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I watch product videos if available. Always on mute, and only for about 15 seconds, but like BJ says, I like to see the dimensions, the colors compared to the lighting, and things like that that the still shots don’t always capture.
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All of my young male coworkers in their 20s are really into Bitcoin, which I had kind of forgotten about. Does anyone here actually have any? (I consider you all educated in investments so that’s why I’m asking.)
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