Everybody says you need perfect product photos. I disagree.

I was stuck for months trying to get studio quality shots for my Etsy shop with this $200 lighting kit. Spent like 40 hours editing and still looked fake. Then I just started taking photos with my phone in natural sunlight on my porch. No filter, no fancy background, just the product sitting on a plain towel. Sales actually went up 30 percent in the first week. Has anyone else found that simpler, more honest photos work better than trying to look like a big company?

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charles_chen934mo ago

Hold on, 30 percent is a big jump from just putting it on a towel. Are you sure it was the photos and not something else like a seasonal bump or better product descriptions? I've seen plenty of folks dump their pro lighting gear because they got one lucky week and then their sales tanked when the weather got cloudy. Sunlight isn't consistent at all, and your porch at 2pm looks totally different than at 5pm. Maybe test both styles for a full month before you toss that $200 kit in the trash.

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gavin_kim34mo ago

Maybe the sunlight adds that natural look buyers actually trust more than studio shots.

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