Competition is good! Options are good! The dependence on certain platforms can be challenged. This will hopefully lead to development that benefits us designers. Very useful Zen! Thanks!
Thanks! I love Etsy and Creative Market as a customer at least and hadn't heard of the other two yet! Another option for selling classroom, teacher, or homeschool type printables is Teachers Pay Teachers.
Thank you for other options/alternatives. I actually hate Etsy that is not correct at all. After my first sale they close me account without explanation. Horrible.
Thank you so much, for this video and for what you are doing for the arts community. I appreciate the important information you provided, and for the clarity about Etsy, and the other platforms. Thanks for your generosity!
I Etsy store got restricted for 3 times. Like without any explanations. Ya.. Then they permanently closed. Also without any explanations. Just Auto email..... So here I am. Thank you for your info.... :)
This is the 2nd video I have watched of yours. I really love your channel you are full of knowledge and sooooooooooo easy to understand. Thank you for doing these videos
Use to be an auditor for a big accounting firm. So I put together spreadsheets for resellers to track their items and their sales. Can you help me set up on Etsy so I can sell my spreadsheets to help resellers with tracking their sales and taxes? I would like to do a digital file for my buyers to upload my 5 spreadsheets to help resellers track their sales and taxes on each of their sales plus keep track of their inventory and payouts.
My issue is the new etsy payment There are so many countries outside this method and this has led to many stores being suspended or sellers hindered from selling on there
Great video! I’m motivated! What if you only have like 5-7 good pieces of content on your portfolio? Is there a guideline on what they are looking for in a portfolio?
That's a great question - I did about 15 designs total and was accepted no problem to Creative Fabrica, so I can't say for sure if 5-7 would work. It's just my opinion, but I think it would be worth a shot? (Worst case, you would get rejected, add more and apply again)? Good luck, awesome to hear!
Yes Etsy will close accounts if the seller violates community guidelines - so for example, if Etsy receives complaints from rights holders that the seller is listing items that they don't have the rights to. (Example: if you list a Spider-Man digital file, Disney/Marvel could complain and Etsy would pull the listing and either give out a warning or ban the seller).
I think both can be lucrative-I personally use Creative Fabrica more than Design Bundles but they are both so huge in scope that if you find a good niche with some high-quality designs, there is definitely a market of crafters and graphic designers who use them!
Hi Zen, I wanted to open a wedding invitation store (I will sell individual products e.g. invitations, rsvps, menu, table numbers etc and wedding bundles as well) so do you think it is a good idea for me to sell my products on one of the websites you have mentioned in this video, should I set up my own shop or open a store on etsy (p.s. the graphics I will be using to create my own unique products will come from these websites) thank you
It's a good question - really any of the three options you mentioned could work (Etsy, your own website or Creative Fabrica). I would personally vote for Creative Fabrica and Etsy (list on both and have a link on Etsy to your Creative Fabrica shop). That way if Etsy suddenly bans you for whatever reason, you have another shop. Your own website is great but it's a lot of work and/or money to get going so I would recommend starting with the lower-cost options (Etsy and CF).
Yes you can sell your designs on multiple platforms - you basically are the owner of the design (and hold copyright) so you are selling on their platform but you own the design.
Hi and thanks for your video. I have a big concern about selling on CF because of all the 1 dollar promotion they always launch. If I list my product for 10 dollars but then people use the promotion and download for 1 dollar how can I even make a gain?
You have the option as a seller to include your designs as sale items (or not). There are little check boxes when you are listing your design and you can elect to include them (or not) in a few different promotions, freebies, etc.
@@craftystax thank you for the answer but the last 2 digital download i sold where already unchecked and still didnt get any money. Is there a way you can see what you sell and how much is the gain? Because I knew I sold those items only because the buyer left me a review.
I would not recommend that - Creative Fabrica sells digital designs for primarily crafting and print on demand - their license does not allow resale of the designs themselves.
Yes you can use Creative Market, but I would strongly recommend checking out the different licenses to make sure that you pick the right license (that includes digital products). Hope that helps! creativemarket.com/licenses/general
Yes you bet - the trick is to find a niche with demand, and then be the "go to" person in that niche. Build up the customer base - it's basically a home-based business.
