Shae, you are so inspiring! I've started several etsy stores over the years and always knew they had potential but then lacked the confidence to put real effort into them after launching. I see now it takes dedication and daily effort. Ive just been giving up before even giving my stores a chance. Seeing your videos has inspired me to list several items every day this week. Hopefully I can repeat your success over the long term!
I just came to say that I'm really learning a lot from you and that I really appreciate your videos. I started a digital download Etsy shop in March and I am following along with your timeline and progress just at a couple months behind. So far I'm at 55 listings with what I think is a healthy number of sales. I was just starting to think about how to switch around my ads when this video came out. Perfect timing. Thank you so much for being so candid and clear with everything! Also, it's nice that you are just being you and are not like other obnoxious/aggressive clickbait-y Etsy seller RU-vidrs -- you create such trust and I feel safe listening to your opinions and methods in your videos! Thanks for everything :)
Oh my gosh thank you so much for this comment! Seriously my whole vibe is just being so honest and authentic (something that is definitely lacking among a lot of Etsy RU-vidrs) and I'm so glad that's coming across in the videos! I truly want to help other beginners and be just a few months ahead and lead the way. Your progress is amazing!! 55 listings is great and I'm glad you are getting sales!! Definitely keep going, my thoughts are if you can get 10 sales, why not 1,000, or 10,000!? That's at least what I tell myself hahaha. Anyways keep me posted on your progress, I'd love to hear how your shop continues to grow :)
Hello! Firstly, I'm so glad I found your channel and am really grateful for your content. Your approach is open and honest but without the waffle that some other videos have, ha! My question is about the number of listings you have so I'm really sorry if you've answered this before - can you tell us how many listings you opened your shop with, please? I know you've said you add 3 new ones a day, so have you done that every single day since opening? It would be really great if you could do a video/include your listings in your monthly recaps, like how many you added that month and how many you removed that weren't working etc. I'm in the process of opening (aren't we all!) and was wondering if it's a good idea to prep 5-10 (digital products) listings before 'launching' the store? I remember seeing in one of your other videos or shorts that Etsy doesn't like it when you add a load of new listings at once and they could shut you down, so would you recommend just getting 1 live on there and then adding daily? Soo many questions lol, apologies!! Once again, love your channel and can't wait to see the video saying you've hit 6 figures!
Hi Emily, so sorry I didn’t see your comment until now!! That’s a good point about number of listings… I wish Etsy tracked how much you’ve listed/removed but all I can see is the total active listings! I am around 300 at this point. I added 3 per day nearly every day for my first 3 months, now I am at 1 per day but I think I might try to ramp back up to 3 per day to keep the momentum going. I’ve removed maybe a dozen listings so far? I think listing just 1 on the first day is great! I think I actually did just 1 a day for the first couple of days but then by the end of the week I was up to 3 a day. Building up 10 listings at the beginning is great because you have a backlog of items you can list now and then you’re not scrambling every day to create listings from scratch!
My notes shared with YOU: Prioritize your top listings Put your ads towards the performing listings Slowly increase Ad spending BUT you should feel uncomfortable about how much you spend on Ads (:
😂your smile at the beginning of the video was amazing 🥺😂. It gave out an amazing "yes, I'm seeing the fruits of my labour" vibe, and I must say, I truly envy that🥺. I heard about Etsy a few days ago, and I've been going head over heels on what I could possibly do with it. I've been doing some research, and will probably launch my first Etsy shop today or tomorrow. I'm truly excited to see what the future has in store for me, and will definitely come back to thank you for the help you've given me through your videos🥺💪. Thanks in advance 🙏 PS: I'm a 20 year old African😌🇨🇲. Please pardon my somewhat funny/informal writing style😅.
Hi, I watched your video and started new ads and the first sale appeared after 30 minutes! My shop is new (3 weeks) I tried Etsy ads with a budget of $1-$2 I had 2 sales and turned them off. Today I set a budget of $10 and I hope it will increase the traffic to the store, even if the cost equals the revenue I think it's a good move. Thanks for this inspiration and congratulations on the results!
HI! That's great! Yep as long as you are driving ad money to listings that have already sold, I think you are good. Eventually I will make a video in depth about my ads and how I make decisions around that, but keep a close eye on your ROAs for your advertised listings. Eventually you will notice some items will suck up the ad budget and hardly sell, then eventually you will want to toggle off ads for that item. Also you can go into your ads and toggle off keywords that have nothing to do with your listing so you can better refine the ads
@@whatshaesells Yes, I will. Yesterday, the ad generated two sales for me. I set the ad only for 1 product (previously I tried 3-5). It's definitely better to focus on what sells to us. Especially at the beginning.
I appreciate this video! I’ve been bingewatching all these Etsy videos on RU-vid and ready to take the plunge but wasn’t exactly sure whether to start a POD or Digital shop first. You’ve showed me that it is possible within 3 months to turn a decent profit! THANK YOU SO MUCH, its so encouraging!
You're amazing girl!! Selling digital products is the best isn't it?! I haven't been on Etsy, but I have a 7-figure online course business and I'm completely obsessed with passive income lol!
Oh my gosh thank you so much!! It's so true... the idea that you can make something once and it can sell forever is amazing! I do eventually want to create online courses as well :)
Hi Shae! I do want to say thank you so much for these videos. They have brought so much insight to me on what I have/have not been doing and why I continuously fail every time I start an Esty shop. I have been watching Etsy videos for months trying to figure out what to do and getting discourage but when I stumbled across your videos early last month, I don't know it is like something clicked inside me and I was able to find the motivation to try Etsy again. I've taken many of your advice that you've stated in your videos and OMG I'm literally getting at least 4 sales a day, with just uploading my first listing march 24th. I know a part of it is because I found a really profitable niche but I'm not going to lie I probably wouldn't have done it without watching your videos and finding the motivation to challenge myself. So I want to say thank you so much, and please keep making these videos. I look forward to watching them! Also congrats on your new milestone for your shop. I hope the success keeps rolling in! :)
Also here are some video recommendations you might like! I would love to see a more in depth video on how you plan out your goals for your shop, a video on your favorite Etsy youtubers to suggest for us new Etsy sellers! Also I would love to see a video on how you time manage your workload for Etsy.😊
Thank you SO MUCH for sharing this!! This is absolutely amazing and I am so glad that you are feeling motivated in your shop and making sales!! I will absolutely keep making these videos, and thank you for your vid suggestions! I will definitely talk about those in videos/shorts at some point!
Hey Shae! Your videos are very inspiring!! I set up my store 2 weeks ago and I've taken your advice to upload new listings everyday and I've made 10 sales so far. I am so happy! This video came on time as I was also looking at how I can maximise my ad spend. For the time being I will be still running ads for all listings until I have a clearer picture of what sells and what doesn't, and then narrowing it down further. It hurts that some listings are just eating my ad money and not performing!
I have a shop and im selling also to small business owners ( Digital Download ) , im doing almost 100$ a day in profit , i started the shop 15 days ago , i run ad Wildly on my top 5 products , my daily budget is 100$ a day , but its not spending all of it , and the good thing about big budget is that your listing is going to be the first one , if you ad budget is less than the other bidders you will not be the first . so ad will work for beginners but you have to be willing to lose money for a few days in order to undrestand what products are doing well then you will sell and profit :)
Thank you for the insight! I completely agree- being aggressive is the best strategy with ads! You really should watch Hannah's video if you haven't already (I linked it in the description), but she says that exact thing!! I wish I was as gutsy as you in spending $100/day! I am working up to that :)
Thank you Shae. I watched Hannah's video awhile ago and surprised you mentioned her. It might be a sign for me to start spending more 😊 you inspire me to work harder. Keep it up !
I have an Etsy shop that's 2.5 years old but I've never tried ads because I heard they aren't worth it. May be I should give it a try. Although I'm convinced running ads is so much easier when you sell a digital product; you have no product costs and you spend the same amount of time making your products whether you sell 10 or 1000. My profit margin is 35% so I don't think I'll make any money from ads but maybe the indirect benefits are worth it.
You could start by just running ads to your top products and see how it goes. Sometimes ads are harder on digital products because the price is so low. I don't run ads on any listing that's priced below like $5-$7 for this reason. So I definitely thikk it could be worth it if you have a higher priced product!
@@whatshaesells Etsy uses a bidding system to determine which ads get shown. Your bid is based on the chance of converting for those keywords multiplied by the price of your item (the costs of Etsy fees are deducted from the price of your item as well, if I remember correctly). This means that on average the maximum bid will equal the revenue minus Etsy fees you're expected to make from the ad each time. You won't spend the maximum bid every time so theoretically you're able to make money from ads if the other maximum bids are lower than yours. But this means that for physical products were you also have product costs you'll certainly lose money from ads and it's only really possible to make profit from Etsy ads if you sell digital downloads or have huge profit margins. You can also see this in your ads results. You're making about as much from ads as you're spending on ads. This is also reflected in Hannah Gardner video since she says you should run as much ads as possible up to the point where you become no longer profitable. Or in other words, when you sell physical products the Etsy ads are losing you money and it's the profit you get from organic traffic that means you should overall be slightly profitable. This is a strategy that works for digital products or POD or if you have your products made in a factory. But if you actually handmake your products yourself this strategy is not viable since you'll spend so much time handmaking products for almost no profit. Note that Hannah doesn't handmake the products herself but has them manufactured for her, so I get that this strategy works for her but for handmade sellers this isn't a viable strategy.
Hey Shae! Just wanted any to say I went back through and filtered down my ads so they weren’t as diluted and immediately the next day orders started to come in. Thank you for that advice!
Thanks for your insights! I've watched Hannah's video about the Etsy ads too, but not following it. I'm afraid to increase my ad budget. I'm also advertising my new listings to get them some traction. I guess I need to try out this approach because my monthly revenue is constant at $500-$600 for 2 months, and it's my 5th month now on Etsy. I want to achieve $1k per month too.
Hi! The great thing is you have so much data already about what's selling and what's not selling. What you could do if you are hesitant to raise ad spend, is to cut back dramatically on what items are on ads. So just spend on your top performers and try it out for a few weeks or a month and see if your revenue starts to grow! Then you can increase your budget from there. I basically do my 15 top performers and then I do a few new listings that I think will do well. I don't do every new listing (I am listing so many that this dilutes my ad spend too much). Then once a listing starts performing organically, I will add it to ads
@@whatshaesells Hey Shae, thanks for your advice. I already increased my ad budget and cut back the listings on ads. I noticed a little jump on sales for 2 days, though not that significant. I know it will take some time. And, few of my listings which I listed 1 month ago & are not on ads sold organically. I'm listing everyday too. I wish this month will be good for all of us.
@@moonlightxyz8728 Yes I hope this month is great too! I am interested to see if my sales will fluctuate a lot going into the summertime, we'll see! It looks like you are on the right track though, it definitely takes time
Hi Shae! I love watching your journey with Etsy as I am new to selling digital products on there as well. I was wondering if you could tell me how you plan out your week with your Etsy shop? I’m struggling to stay on top of things simply because I feel like I have to do everything all the time. Do you still do market research, what days do you work on new listings? Things like that
Hi! Good question. I think I'll make a video about this at some point but I batch work. Research, design and drafting are all done in chunks (at least 2 hour chunks but I do take a small break after about an hour). I time everything on my phone so that I can focus on working specifically on that task until the timer goes off! It takes a minute to get to this point because I now have quite a few drafts saved up for days where I don't have time! I still do market research but not as much because I have done a lot in the past and just need to make the products now!
Can you do a video on how you list items, how and where you get keywords for titles, how you write titles, descriptions and where you get keywords for tags
Hi Shae love your videos, I am new to your Chanel and new to Etsy. I am watching all your videos, almost half way through them! When you say posting 3 listings per day, it is listing the same “product” with different variations, but the listing looks like another product? Can you show us how to do it?
Hi! Good question. I list the same exact product but I test out 3 different first photo variations. So it doesn't really look like another product since it's the same product, but the first photo varies slightly. Like I might try a different mockup or styles of first listing photo. For instance if I was selling a bundle of Instagram post templates, I might try a first listing photo with the posts mocked up on a phone, and another listing with the first listing photo with the post templates not mocked up on a phone and just displayed. I definitely can make a video about this at some point!
Hi Shae, these videos have been great! I was wondering how much customer service is involved with the Etsy business? Do you have to answer a lot of emails from people who order from you, with questions such as how to access their download link, how to use their digital item, etc.? Do you have any rough stats on how many orders typically results in you having to answer a customer email/provide customer service? My concern with this business is that it could result in having to invest large amounts of time answering a lot of customer emails. I would only be able to do this part-time so I'm not sure if the amount of customer service involved would become a problem. Any insights you could provide on this topic would be greatly appreciated! Thanks again for sharing your journey with these superb videos on this topic!
Thank you! I was worried about this at the beginning as well. I didn't want to always be answering questions all the time! It's honestly pretty rare that I have a question- maybe just a few times a week? Usually it's a quick answer. To combat this, you could create a tutorial or something on how to access the template, or a robust FAQ section included with your download so that it answers a lot of questions ahead of time.
@@whatshaesells Wow, you're the best! Thank you for answering my question so quickly and for telling me about your first-hand experience with how much time it's taking you to allocate to customer service. That's a great tip to include a tutorial or FAQ section in the PDF, I am definitely going to do that! I now feel really confident to go ahead with this business, thanks to you! Thanks so much for taking the time to answer my question!
Awesome video again Shae! I did create my own store after all, but I am struggling to make the first sale. I'm trying to list two products a day (also digital) but so far, no luck. I'm gonna try asking family members. Would you be able to make a video on how you make your listings? Or talking about SEO Thank you so much for your content❤❤
Hi! Glad this is helpful :) Awesome job creating a store! It definitely takes time. Yes reach out to family and friends that you think would specifically be interested in your products or would just be willing to support ya! Yes I am making a vid on listings specifically and also SEO... it will be later on in the series I'm doing about beginner strategies!
Super Useful. Especially with Digital Artwork like my store. Some pieces just don't convert well. Or haven't been found by the Etsy SEO algo. Doubled my listings within the last month from 60ish to 130 and that $5 a day I was at for ads definitely seemed to be diluted and I stopped getting sales.
Shae, your growth on the platform is very inspiring. I am also a new seller on etsy. I wanted to ask you when you list a new listing, how many views does it get. does it start getting views immediately or it takes time?
Thank you :) It depends on the item. It's all over the place. I still have some items with ZERO views which is just wild! But usually if it's a good item that's going to end up selling pretty well, it will start getting views in the first couple of days (sometimes just 1-3 views a day), and then grow from there as it gets more views, favorites, and sales. Sometimes though, an item will be completely quiet for a week or two and then start getting traction. If you have an item that hasn't gotten views in the first 3-4 weeks, it's time to maybe switch up the SEO or do some other troubleshooting
Shae, I know for sure for sure for sure that you will surpass this figure and I’ll be here to celebrate that with you 😊🎉. The better it gets the better it gets the better it gets . If you believe better said if you know that you want then its a done deal you’ve got 😊
I love following your journey, and these videos are amazing resources as I'm building my own Etsy shop! I'm curious, given that you post 3 listings a day, what is the ratio of products you're posting every week that are completely new vs. the same products that you're just creating new listings for?
Thank you, glad these are helpful! And lately I’d say like 75% of my products are “new”, the rest is a variation of a previous item, usually a larger bundle or different version of an item that’s already selling well!
Loved watching your videos. So helpful with the business side of things. Wondering how you judge if you have a good product? Are you a designer and you just felt confident right away? I am now seeing people selling digital products to white label.
Hi! I am not a designer and a lot of it is experimentation because you can’t be 100% sure without testing it out. I only really know I’ve got a good one ahead of time if I take a previous bestseller of mine and create a different version of it or make it in a larger bundle. Other than that I just try to make as competitive designs as possible (designs that looks just as good, if not better than the competitors and also include more features)
@@whatshaesells the testing part seems like it would take up quite a bit of time be usar making designs is not a simple process. I guess starting with a template would help speed it up. So I had to buy two different social media Google Sheets templates on Etsy and combined them myself to get what I needed. Do you think I could rebrand that and sell it myself?
@@marielisabeth634 yes most of my items are relatively simple designs that can be iterated (think like checklists, branding templates, etc). SO it does depend on your niche for sure. I don't recommend selling anything unless you've made it from scratch or you've bought it with a commercial license that says you can resell
Shae I watched her video and I think she says...run ads on all- THEN see which don't perform, so test ALL, once you are sure you are optimized SEO wise and images etc...PUll those which don't perform ONCE THEY have a good chance to get views. Just saying I think around @9:00 minutes forward...you may state it differently?
Oh are you talking about Hannah's vid? She does allude to that but at the same time she says to not run ads at all on listings that aren't optimized. My personal opinion is that as a beginner, you don't necessarily fully know how to "optimize" listings and a bit is trial and error. So my opinion is to get organic sales/favorites from listings and THEN advertise. But then use Hannah's strategy with pulling the ones that don't do as well. I would not advertise everything just for the sake of testing it... it will dilute the ad spend way too much when you are listing so many items like myself! If you have physical products and less listings, definitely a different story.
Hi Shae! I discovered your channel this morning and couldn't be happier, I am now watching all of your videos to get a better understanding at Etsy since I've been working on my template for almost a week and I'd like to list it soon; however I've read of people saying that Canva is illegal to create digital products to sell, even though I am pretty sure it only concerns premium elements. What program do you use to create your digital products and listings? Thank you for your transparency, you are sooo helpful
Hello!! Glad these are helpful :) I use Canva pro but it’s against their policies to use a pro element in a template you sell. Also you have to create the template completely from scratch, you can’t sell one of their templates
Shae your videos have been very helpful especially for beginners like me❤ One ques:Can we make digital products that include a movie character illustration/a song lyric/ music-band artists inspired/based on famous paintings like Starry Nights etc? Or is that not allowed due to copyright issue?
Hi! So glad my videos have helped :) No you cannot do that legally, unless you have the rights to do so or it is open source/expired copyright. Some older things are open source, so it's worth doing research and checking! Etsy does eventually crack down on shops with copyright issues. You can always check if something has restrictions on www.uspto.gov/trademarks/search or Google searching for open source. Hope this helps!
Thank you for your video! Very inspiring! The main question. How to choose a niche in digital goods? I'm thinking of testing different niches. Then choose.
Hi! I have a vid where I go in depth into niche criteria! I the main thing is a niche that is going to be beginner friendly- I go into ways how to figure that out! I don't know if testing completely different niches will give you enough data to fully decide on one, but you definitely can test out a variety of products and then double down on what's working. Here's the niche vid: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VFAYONYBtjA.html
Thanks for sharing your experiences. I've watched 3 of your videos so far and I'm a new subscriber :) I've been selling physical products on Etsy for several years but my shop hasn't boomed like yours; and you're a new seller. Wow! I'm trying to get into selling digital printables but I'm still trying to narrow down which types to do that will bring in the dough lol. I really don't want to sell $3 items since my shop sells things around $15 average. How do I balance between making something worthwhile and not have to sell it for so cheap?
Hi! I’m totally on board with the idea of getting the highest average sales price as possible. You can search “printables” on Etsy and sort price high to low to get ideas. In general the higher priced things that I’ve found are notion templates, spreadsheets, and larger printable bundles
Hi Shay. your journey is so inspiring. i am TRYING to start a business on Etsy and is so overwhelming and scary really, I'm completely lost. What's the name of your store? Keep inspiring us. God bless!
Hi! I totally understand the overwhelm. I had no idea what I was doing at first! What part are you stuck at? And I don't share my store publicly as I don't want youtube to impact my store :)
@@whatshaesells honestly I think is mostly fear of not succeeding or creating something people will like or they’ll need. You mentioned in one of your videos you post three items everyday? How? That’s a lot especially with everything else in life. Thanks for the reply.
@@mommyfessional2010 Yes that's true! You don't want to spend a ton of time on something that isn't going to go anywhere. I was spending about 4 hours a day on Etsy to hit that 3 listings a day (they weren't always 3 new products, i list different variations of products and get multiple listings out of a single product). I am now down to about 2 hours a day depending on the day. But it was a lot of up front work and i definitely wasted a lot of time on listings that never sold! So it's important to do up front research and take your time choosing a niche and product designs :)
I love the series! I’m starting my store as I’m writing this actually, I’m really excited to get involved. Quick question though, how much time on average do you spend creating listings a day? And where do you find the best keywords for the listing you’re putting out?
That’s awesome, good luck on your new shop! At the beginning I was spending like 4 hours a day 😬 now I am down to 1-3 depending on the day, I’ve built up quite a bit of drafts so some days if I don’t have time I can still get the listings up! And I use erank to find keywords but I also look at what other bestsellers/new items that are selling well are using for keywords!
Hi Shae! Loving these videos, I also started an Etsy store this year. I wanted to ask (and sorry if you’ve mentioned in another video before) but did you quit your job to do this? Was there a “screw it” moment where you wanted to go full in on this? Im currently working a full time job and it’s very hard to upload consistent listings, I’m getting sales and could possibly take this full time to go hard on it but obviously there’s a risk. What’s your personal experience with this, are you currently working and have a back up or are you just living off savings now and going hard on the Etsy store knowing you’ll eventually make a full income? Thanks so much x
Hey!! So I’m fortunate in that my full time job is actually another online biz (eBay store selling physical products) so it’s flexible enough that I can still do that and the Etsy. I will admit there were many days where I am working basically until I fall asleep at night 😬 but I am finally figuring out a work/life balance and actually putting in slightly less time into Etsy each day just because I feel so burnt out otherwise. I did have a “screw it” moment a couple years ago when I quit my 9-5 and went full time with my eBay biz. I was only making about $3000/mo from ebay at the time but I knew that it was super scalable and that I wouldn’t be able to scale without quitting my job. Also I did have a lot of savings so I knew I could survive while I was building up the income! So I totally can understand what you are feeling!! My advice is to make sure you are in a good savings position (like 6-12 months of living expenses in savings), and maybe give Etsy a few more months so you can confirm the consistency of the income. I also am a big fan of having multiple streams of income, you could even transition into a more flexible job that would allow you to spend more time on Etsy as you grow your shop. I’m so excited for you, keep me posted on how things go!!
Hi Shae, Thanks for your amazingly informative videos, I have been binge watching them all and am looking forward to the upcoming ones. A question I have about Canva is related to your previous video where you mentioned that you use Canva pro for your designs. I have understood from other creators that when you do that, customers can only load the pro elements if they have a pro account themselves. Is that your experience as well and how do you handle that? Do you mention that in the description?
Hi! I use Canva pro but I don’t sell templates with Canva pro elements. I make sure I only use free elements for the templates, or better yet I purchase the elements from elsewhere with an extended commercial license.
About how many hours a day do you spend on your shop for this success level? And,what percentage of your time do you have to deal with Etsy customers for complaints, concerns, issues with downloading, etc? Do you need to have technical computer skills to assist customers who have difficulty downloading or receiving their product or does Etsy assist with that? Thank you in advance😊
Hi! I used to be doing 4 hours a day, but now I am down to 2-3 hours a day, some days less than an hour- just depends on the day. I've built up quite a bit of drafts/items waiting to be listed, so some days I can spend less time and still get the listings up. I probably get like 3 questions a week is all. I don't have any major technical skills but I've been able to help anyone that has issues downloading. if I don't know something, I just google it lol! It hasn't been much customer service at all!
@@whatshaesells ok, thanks so much for replying!!! That's great info/insight re: what to anticipate for the workload. I subscribed to your channel a couple of weeks ago and can't wait to see your next progress reports. Keep up the awesome videos! 💯☺️🔥 Also, do you have a video explaining how you decide what products to list?
@@sociallyactive8094 Thank you so much!! Glad the vids are helpful :) Yes have you seen my design vid? or the niche vid? I'll link the playlist because both of those go into niche criteria and then actually how to figure out how to make designs that will sell. ru-vid.com/group/PLvZ-cfQMAxwuSzUZ6Yz1SGAJdVsf0-lJJ
No... unless you have spare money to spend I guess? I was super worried about overspending on ads at the beginning so I did wait until I had a few sales and reviews. I just think your ad money is better spent once your store has a bit more social proof and you have some more data on what listings are selling the best for you
I started late Jan first sale in Feb then March made about 23 sales. Basically, it's a repeat of one main product. And two other random but the product is seasonal eg ramadan anyway a,new product has picked up by 3 sales but nothing since then is it because I don't have a review on the item? My views has dropped alot also
Hi! Yes seasonality might have something to do with it. My first probably 20 sales back in January were mostly for the same product (that product doesn't even hardly sell at all now which is weird). I don't think it has to do with the reviews, but it might just have to do with overall traffic to the product and to your shop. Are you listing new items regularly? And new versions of the products that are selling?
Thank you! I am at around 280 listings at this point. I've been listing basically 3 a day since I started in January! I think it's possible to make this amount with less listings, but I am listing a lot at the beginning just to scale quickly
@@MRRRR96 Yes every day, even weekends, holidays lol. But I build up drafts in Etsy so on a holiday I can just list the drafts and it takes me 10 minutes :)
I have been having pewp luck on etsy. I put so much effort into my products, I spend time creating them, making nice thumbnails, little videos. I have run sales, paid for ads. Nada. So very sad
I'm so sorry! what niche are you in in general? I've found that the niche is one of the most important things. Beginner friendly niche, competitive designs, and listings consistently is the recipe for success. Unfortunately if one of those is missing, it can really hurt your shop!
Hi! Thank you! Yes absolutely, maybe even more so. If you can find a good niche in print on demand (maybe even get creative and do more unique POD products like cutting boards or jewelry), you absolutely can grow a decent store in a few months. And Q4 is going to be amazing for the POD shops!
I don't do planner specifically, but that can be a good niche depending on the type of planner. In my opinion, planners were the first type of digital products sold on Etsy so they are quite saturated. There are types of planners- like aesthetic planners or Notion templates- that are less saturated and can do very well!
ummm it really depends. Early on, I would recommend advertising the top listing and then maybe a couple more that you think will do well or have already got organic views/favorites. then you can ad in more as they start to perform well. I definitely would not be advertising all items though, especially with listing so many per day, you'll dilute your ad spend so quickly!
@@whatshaesells okay I agree and I started this last night just doing ads for my listing that sold but my views have crashed but I guess that’s normal as I’ve stopped making ads for the others as they weren’t getting sales
@@TiredMama97 Yes if your views crash on listings that weren't getting sales anyways, thats okay! That's what you want if it's funneling money and views towards listing that are converting and selling. In the beginning it still is so much trial and error though (as you can see from my videos, I was trying so many different things!). But these days I try to stick to a strategy for at least a few weeks or a month for the ads algorithm to start working
@@whatshaesells yeah I’m focusing ads on listings that sell and those that have been favorited but should I give new listings a few days of ad spend to boost them or nothing at all ?
@@TiredMama97 It's up to you. For me I will occasionally do that with new listings but only if I have a hunch that it will sell well (based on my other sales).
Hello! It's entirely possible, but extremely rare, especially for digital products or print on demand. I've seen some digital planners that have sold that much!
Hello, New Subscribers I’m working on my digital products & I’m using US Letter Size for my digital products. Do I have to use A4 & A5 size as well. I’m new to Etsy & I’m still learning. I hope & pray you respond back 💗
Hi! Thanks for watching! I do most of mine in US letter and A4, but I do think that the US letter gets used a lot more than the A4. You still can make sales with just letter but I do like to offer the other sizes when possible. Do you have Canva pro? I just resize to the A4 in Canva and it’s super quick, but you have to have a pro account to do that.
I have Creative Fabrica paid subscription & Free Canva Free Printful & Etsy. But I don't have a clueHOW to get the digital products in MY ETSY STORE?? Please HELP!!!
Hi I don’t have a tutorial video on this yet but this is the video I watched to learn how to do it: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_ZiMkktWBCs.html
it's unfortunately not 10% in the end. Etsy is 6.5% + 3% + $0.25 processing fee per transaction, then the listing renewal fee is $0.20 so it adds up quick when you're selling low cost digital products! I am listing a lot so the insertion fees of $0.20 add in there as well
Hi there, I want to ask you a question? I started my etsy shop in end of feb and in one month i got very good sales but since last 4 to 5 days seeing suddenly drop in my sales and not getting 1 order also. I want to know why it suddenly drop. Are you seeing same thing drop in sales? And if it is a case how to figure out
Hello! I haven't seen a drop in sales, but I do see fluctuations and usually the weekends are a lot slower than weekdays. Are you listing every day? Sometimes sales can drop off if you aren't listing as much and your original listings start to lose traction
Hi! I actually just started Pinterest this month (the start of my 4th month on Etsy), and it's too soon to say. I haven't gotten any sales from Pinterest yet but a ton of Etsy shop owners talk about how Pinterest actually works but it's a long term game! If you have the time, sharing items on Pinterest definitely isn't going to hurt your store! I'll share my results with Pinterest once I've been doing it for long enough to actually see some results!
Hi Shae! I started my Etsy store a month ago but I'm not seeing any results despite using etsy ads, pinterest and using good keywords. I've also changed the prices of my listings to ensure they're not expensive too. What do you think could be the problem?
After reviewing my listings, my designs are less competitive than my competitors; however, do I make my designs competitive when the design aesthetic that is best selling is dominated by specific sellers?
@@felixoce9559 You can find ways to design in a similar aesthetic but include more features and things that the bigger stores don't include. You could include customizations, or incorporate design elements that are newly trending or popular in other niches!
@@felixoce9559 yeah that's tough. Less competitve designs as a new seller will always be an uphill battle. You can do a similar aesthetic to the bestsellers but just make a better version. add more features and value
Thanks for continuing to share your journey. Since you're niche is digital, I'm assuming you do bundles? Do you advertise only the bundles since they are more expensive, or do you advertise the cheaper individual items as well?
Yes I do a lot of bundles- but I do sell things individually as well. I don't like to sell anything for less than $5 though, so I do try to bundle to get a higher price point
