What is the best way to market a small custom clothing shop online that sells only a small (~12) catalog of products where the designs are limited runs of an artists work?

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Send your products to style bloggers with readers in your target demographic. Offer a giveaway for their readers. Get your products posted on Pinterest, The Fancy, Polyvore, Svpply Get a flash sale on sites like http://Fab.com or Refinery29 (if they match your target audience)

Step-by-step:1. Take 6-8 excellent photos of one product.2. Create a landing page for it. Make it look really nice.3. Create "Purchase" form on this page.4. Read all the other advices and use them to get traffic on your landing page.5. Convert your visitors into customers. Then manage this like a system (create a landing page for as much products as you can).Good luck!

What i believe is to focus more on Social media etc. but also focus on Guest blogging and promoting your website. Update your social media on regular basis with offers and engage people.There is store also available, you can start using that as well for selling products from their itself and promotion.

Naomi made a very good suggestion. You could also try; 1. Joining Twitter and watching 'searches' for keywords relevant to your products.. If people are discussing them, connect with them. 2. Use Pinterest to promote your products visually. 3. Set up a Facebook page, build a community. 4. Add a blog to your site and update regularly with content your target audience want (ask them what to write about). Basically, what I'm saying here is get creative on social media, all that's needed is your time. Hope that's helped, Lee

Hi there, sounds like you have a good story to get some local P.R. and local press. Write short pieces for local newspapers, try to get on your local news channel (call/email - be persistent). Use that as your starting point. -Divya, with Now In Store

For a mini-store with an artistic bent, it seems like http://Etsy.com is best. Join their community and you will learn about how to gain visibility for your work, since there are many people successfully using Etsy to market hand-made and artistic products. Good luck

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