Thank you soo much for this video. I am new and only sold 2 so far to my mom and only have 1 lusting I did as I followed your tutorial and I realized since my mom bought sizes 3x that I actually would loose money plus I was offering free shipping . I saw all the click bait prices and thought I was pricing to high. I have been watching all your videos and have a notebook full of your tips I have been writing down. I didn’t think I could do this at first because I’m not good with computers and didn’t feel like I was creative enough. Thank you so much for all your videos I’m very new and still learning 😊
Cassiy, I've watched several others who cover creating a POD business and I think your videos are the best! They are so thorough and focused on the right moves to be efficient and you provide great tools to help others be successful. Thanks so much for putting these videos together and sharing your ideas and tips!
Hey Cassiy, I'd love to see a video where you talk about Etsy Ads. Like best practices for strategies, when best to do them, how to do them, what budget to use, how to manage them, when to stop them, etc. Thanks!
Your insight always make so much sense to me. I was always worried about the price, thinking it’s too expensive nobody would buy it. You give me so much more confidence now to really focus on everything else instead, thank you for sharing and encouraging.
But question whe ur putting the price in around 13.15 I don't put in the shipping cost so wouldn't the item be like 8$ more money making the profit super low !
@@MarisaBrooke27 Etsy took like $6 in fees when the person bought the item. It was pretty much all of the profit I was supposed to make so I had to raise the praise by $7 more to make sure I make the correct profit amount.
I am just starting and I am so lost and confused using printing I was trying to keep my overhead very low well whatever you get what I’m saying so you breaking this stuff down really puts me at ease because I literally have nobody to talk to
Thanks so much for this video! I needed this. Can you do a video on the sales part of things? Like how the money flow works from the time someone orders to where you get your profit and factor in taxes, fees, etc.
I'll make a video on this real soon for sure! Here's some info though for you for right now When you first start on Etsy, they put your account "on reserves" to make sure you are a legit seller for the first 90 days. So they keep a portion of your sales until the item ships. They also will only pay you once per week at this point. After 90 days, they will let you take daily payments instead. When you get an order, Etsy takes out the etsy fees and then gives you the difference. Printify then charges YOUR CARD for the cost of the item and shipping, and you get to keep the difference. So you either need a credit card, that way you have time to get the payments from Etsy before having to pay the bill, or you need to start with a few hundred dollars. Because there are a few different things to buy to start like a few nice mockups and design software to make the designs. Then at the end of the year, you just pay taxes on the profit that you made after all expenses. I would set aside about 30% of your profit per month for taxes!
Cassiy I've literally been glued to each of your videos. Really good advice on everything. I'd definitely look you to view my shop once I'm done editing.
I really love these tutorials. You explain step by step in a more precise manner. I have listened to several others because I am stuck... SO thank you for your breakdown with specific information.
I might make a video on this in the future but honestly don't overthink it, just compare to shirts you see that are currently successful with this design and try it out yourself! I've never seen a sample of any of my pocket designs but I've never gotten any complaints either.
Jesus Christ… it’s like you’re in my mind! I am always in awe at the info you put out cus I’m always in need of it. I’ve bought my second course. I actually bought the course you recommend in your bio but, although it’s decent info (it’s a bit outdated), you knock it out of the park every time.
Totally understand! That's why I am going to be creating my own course soon with lifetime access to ongoing additional training included because things with POD are ever changing! I think their course is a great beginners course to get you started but I want to make one that teaches you how to scale your business to 6 figures!
I so appreciate your TH-cam videos, and your spirit of abundance and generosity in sharing your knowledge. I just signed up for your Etsy Startup Guide and am looking forward to the 10 videos. Looking forward to learning from you :). Many thanks :)
Can you do a video about managing your listings? When should we renew them or get rid of it? How many listings per design should I do? How many listings should I have in my shop?
I let my items renew 2-3 times without selling before I change them to manual renewal so they will just expire at the end of that 4 months. As for how many listings per design, I normally do 2-3 for sweatshirts, 2-3 for t-shirts and then if it makes sense, a mug and a tote bag. As for how many listings in your shop, this is kind of a never ending quest to find as many best sellers as you can. The most I've had in my shop is 4k listings! So I'd say just as many as you can lol You constantly have to be finding new trends, new niches and new design styles to stay up to date on what's selling right now.
I love your videos! ❤ Thank you for sharing all your amazing tips and helpful advice! You've really helped me a lot so far, but I'm still having difficulty with pricing some of my items. I'm in Canada, so please bear with me as I try to explain my dilemma. As an example, I'll use the Gilden sweatshirt. They are currently approx. $16 US each. Convert that to Canada and they are $20. Add to that the tax (I'm purchasing from a Canadian provider - Duplium so they charge 13%), and that comes to $22.60. Add to that their shipping charge $13.06 (again, convertered to Canadian - as all of Printify's currency, no matter where the location of the printer is in US $. Add to that Canadian government sales tax 13% = $40.22. Add to that Etsy's fees = (6.5% + 3.5%) = $46.33. Plus - we can't forget my markup - - I'd LIKE to make $25 per shirt, but that would put my sweatshirt at approximately $71.00. Oh, and I still need to add another 13% to the customer to pay for my own taxes. So that sweatshirt is now $80. Of course, I could lower my profit to a measley $10.00 and sell my shirt for $65. But the price for the Gilden sweatshirt is still awfully high. So, I just don't understand how so many shops out there are able to sell their sweatshirts for so little. Maybe they didn't factor in all the hidden costs and are essentially "losing their shirt" over it!! LOL! (I couldn't resist)! But...do you see where I'm coming from?? It's a big struggle to come up with a price, and as much as I would like to think that my designs are worth me asking for $25 profit for me, I don't know...who in their right mind would pay $80 for a sweatshirt?? Do you have any advice - am I missing something here? 🤔
Hey Charlene, I’m in a similar boat to you except I’m in Australia and using Duplium coz Aussie printers don’t rate so well. From my calculations I have to price coffee mugs at $40 or cad$36.00. The average price here in Oz is up to $28. Somethings gotta be wrong somewhere.
@@geoffauckett2330 I'm thinking the best success to profit from POD is for American shops, unfortunately. Maybe in time there will be more local - and dependable - POD shops for us to source from.
@@ForTheGreys Yep, you can. Not sure where you're selling from (Etsy)? But ya, as a Canadian, you can use the American Printers. But it's not going to be profitable if you're selling to Canadians. Because a Canadian would then have to pay the difference of the dollar (exchange rate), plus the shipping/duty. But if you're a Canadian Seller, and you want to target American buyers, by all means, use the American Printers.
@charleneelliottartist6844 ; @geoffauckett2330 ; @ForTheGreys Hey, I came to this video to LITERALLY ANSWER THE SAME QUESTION. If I make 0 PROFIT - hoodies that I make are priced at around 50-60 dollars; And it does not matter whether they are being shipped to [Ireland] (where im from); [Lithuania] (simply tested the price) or [USA]. Price pretty much stays the same. Has anybody figured out a way around this? I've tried 2 different print on demand services, one being [podpartners] and the other - standard [printify]. Is it simply about picking "correct POD service"? @geoffauckett2330 ; @ForTheGreys ;
I’m interested in learning more about Etsy listings. What are the dos and donts when creating listings? What does a good listing look like? Are there any rules that we should follow when creating listings? How should listings differ from product to product? What are some things that we should consider when creating listings? I would appreciate some recommendations, tips & tricks on how to create good listings. Thank you 🙏🏻
Great information as always, thank you. Keep the videos coming! We're learning so much and you're such a pro with the way you present it. Enjoy your weekend!
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Awww congrats on the pup! We actually just got a third golden retriever two weeks ago that’s 8 months old… so it’s safe to say that my house is mostly made of goldy hair at this point 😂
This was a great tutorial to watch. I had to subscribe for what you shared and your presentation. The discouraging part is knowing they will take money from my account for the purchase. And then give me my profit. I was expecting it to be the other way around 😢
It seems scary at first, but you still only spend money after someone purchases! There are other platforms that do more of what you were expecting like Amazon Merch On Demand!
Awesome Video as usual Cassiy! I know you have a video about group listings would love to see more on that (adding adult and toddler sizes for family shirts, etc.)
The video she is referencing on how to do Group orders would show you exactly how to do couples shirts as well! th-cam.com/video/t18osdsmJKM/w-d-xo.html 7:41 Bachelorette/Couples Shirts 14:28 Family Group/Custom Group Here are the time stamps on when I go over each of those things. I might make an updated one soon as well but I do show exactly how to do group family listings and couples shirts in that one!
@@CassiyJohnson Thanks Cassiy, I looked at it again, I guess I’m worried if it synchronizes with Printify ,do I have to put in the sku’s for Printify to synchronize or is it for my own inventory?
Cassiy, I’m wondering about shipping pricing and the price guarantee that ships free at $35+. I’m wavering between the two options and would like to know your thoughts on it, if possible. Thx! Love your vids.
Thank you, Cassiy. I just subscribed. This was helpful. I've lost so much money on my little Etsy shop and it makes my heart sad. My plan was to have it help pay for the publishing of my romance books. So far, I am in the red. I've been trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong. I can't tell if it's the shipping or my prices or something else. I've watched training videos on here and through Etsy and I keep tweaking. I'm going to pop around on your channel and see what else I can learn. Just from this video, I think my prices may have been a little to low. Thanks for trying to help us out here. 🙂
Sure I can likely do a video on this in the future but every website that has graphics is going to have different rules, so just make sure whatever you are using, to check the commercial license that you get with it to understand what you can and cannot do with the graphics.
I believe I was watching one of your videos and you mentioned you allow folks until 10am the next day to cancel their item on Etsy. How do you do that? Through Etsy or printify?
New to the channel and enjoying your videos. Very informative! Do you have a video showing how to do custom items an how that all works? Love Canva and use it for work so trying to decide it all of effort is worth it to make $5/$10, etc... per item. I have the time, but not sure yet so continuing to educate through your videos.
When we publish a listing to etsy, should we choose the “hide from store” option first to fill everything in on etsy and then make it visible when the full listing is ready or should we do everything in printify and publish it visibly right to etsy? Thank you for all of your videos I watch every one 💗
if you're going to work on your etsy listing right after publishing it's fine to publish without hiding - but if you won't get to it for 3+ hours or until the next day, hide from store so it goes to your drafts instead of automatically publishing - "You want to click “Hide in Store to make sure your new product won’t automatically publish to your Etsy storefront - instead, it will be waiting for you to finesse the Etsy listing a bit in your Listing Drafts folder"
I do the title, description and price on Printify and then just publish to visible on Etsy. Then I just right then go change the mockups and add the tags. If you can't get to this point until later, then you could change it to not visible if you wanted. Best of luck!
Hi Cassiy, I have been watching your videos for several months and love the detail you use in all of them! I have learned so much from you, but I am a little confused about the profit margin when people give discounts on t-shirts. I noticed the majority of sellers add a sale in their listings. Your videos I watched didn't mention what to do if a sale is added on and how we fill out the calculator when that is done? Do we up the profit margin or up the price. My research was on Retro Halloween Nurse Shirts. Thank you!
Cassiy, Thank you so much for the videos. I started digging in last weekend, and set up my shop and loaded 15 designs, and working on more. Wondering if your spreadsheet is customizable or locked? Looks like a great way to start tracking everything. Thanks for the info!
You can definitely edit the google doc any way that you like but you will have to redo the formulas if you do that. So if you don't know how to do formulas then I would watch a few TH-cam videos on it because it's pretty simple or you could pay someone on Fiverr to make the changes you want for pretty cheap as well
Thank you so very much for all this information. I am so anxious to get started on my store. For a quick question I was wondering why you do not use other print on demand companies?
Hi Cassiy - your videos are amazing! One question: what is your profit margin, in general? For example, you say you made $500,000 in gross sales in one video - but how much of that is profit? I need to know this to decide if I can do this full time or not. Thank you!
Hi, not sure if you got your answer already, but I’ve been watching several videos (the interviews) and I believe the profit you get is 1/3 the gross, with the other money going to Etsy, the printing partner and the cost of maintaining all the software. So if someone made $100,000 in “sales”, their actual take home pay is $30k. Hope this helps. 💕
Wow this is the first time I come I across videos it's so amazing catch, actually I have no idea 💡 and no interest on online business your videos call my attention, and also I try to sign up but I find that maybe it's not available in my country.
Agreed, your videos are simple but very informative and easy to follow! Not related to the topic of this video, but what the does the costumer service side of the Etsy Print on Demand business looks like (my apologies if you have already covered it)?
Hi Cassiy. Thank you for your wonderful videos. Could you make a video about how to set up listings for ppl in Canada and same listing with a diff provided for those in the usa.i'd love to know how to do that in order to lower the Shipping fées depending on the cou try where its ordered. Thank you
Sorry I have never sold international and wouldn't know the first thing to help you with that. I bet there are some good Etsy forums or Canadian TH-camrs out there somewhere that can help though!
Cassidy, again great video, and I love that you mentioned state sales tax, but you keep failing to mention federal taxes, which start out around 12%. A sweatshirt starting at $32.99, and after calculating federal taxes of 12%, your profit decreases by another $4 more dollars before any type of product sale. Let's be more transparent as an additional $4 is almost a 50% decrease from what your reporting as profit.
I am glad I finally found you, your videos are very informative. I have a question though, if I am not living in the USA, but I do have a bank account in the US for the payments, can I still start with this business (the print on demand with Etsy) ? or are there some restrictions ahead in the process?
So sorry I have never lived outside of the US and sold here but I know that tons of people do it so I am sure it's possible! But sorry I don't know a lot of the specifics
Cassity - I'm a new browser of your videos. I've started watching some of them and begun taking some steps towards freedom. Do you, by chance, have a more consolidated video or series of videos which goes over step by step what we need to do to construct our business?
Hello Cassie, thank you for such an informative video it really helps since I just launched my Etsy store this week(: I have a question, on the selling price is it for how much you priced it on your listing or how much did the customer end up paying for the product plus the shipping? (total cost for the customer) Thank you for help
In one of her videos she mentioned she adds the shipping to the product cost & list it as free shipping. This method boosts her listings further up the page & helps it get found when customers select free shipping in the filters.
Thank you for all these videos, super helpful. I know this video was from 2022 so things may have changed. but WHY does etsy charge 6.5% of the item price, then an additional 6.5% of the shipping label, then a 3% processing fee plus $0.25. It seems like it's better to just purchase shipping directly from USPS (the rates are exactly the same even though etsy makes it sound like you get a special price through them). Crazy?
CASSIY: Purchased your calculator 🤗 If I am charging shipping, do I just leave that figure out of your calculator (since I’ll be adding it to my shipping profile)?
You seem to know just the kind of questions I need answered! Thank you! Is there any reason you don't work with Awkward Styles? I remember that video where you reviewed shirts from different print providers and they were one of the best. Is it to keep cost low since they are a little bit pricier than others?
Yes they do a great print but they are more expensive and have less colors to choose from. I have had great experiences with Monster Digital and Swift Pod and the price difference is really drastic when you multiply it by 1000's of orders. But they are great quality for sure!
If Printify prices are around $15 for a t-shirt and around $5 for shipping, how are other sellers pricing their t-shirt for XL $14? They are not making any profit, right? I'm confused.
If you read about many of these other sellers on their Etsy page info about their shop, sometimes you can figure out if they are also actually printing their own shirts, etc. I have come across this when I looked deeper into some very successful Etsy shops. A few have YT channels, and don't make it very clear that they print their own shirts. They may say something just once in a video (when talking about how much they have sold in dollars or made in profit), and they may slip and say something about their "team", or their "facility" or even "warehouse". Sometimes if you can find their Etsy shop, you can read the info about how they started their shop and they may mention later in the info that their "team" uses a particular way of printing (such a Direct-To-Garment), or some other printing method and they mean that THEY DO THE SHIRT PRINTING IN THEIR OWN SHOP. THEY NOT USE A POD. So they will be able to sell at a lower price on Etsy because they control the whole process and buy their shirts, printing supplies and shipping supplies wholesale and can be then much more competitive on Etsy compared to sellers using POD to fulfill their orders.
Thank you. I have purchased the spreadsheet. A very valuable tool! Well worth the investment and a "software" tax write off. Just one thing that needs clarification please. You mentioned that you like to test your pricing based on size XL, but when demonstrating the spreadsheet, you mentioned that you price all shirt options based "on the most expensive of the variants that I choose" which suggest that you calculate based on 5XL instead? Can you clarify this?
Hey Cassiy! What's your opinion on duplicating a listing and keeping the exact same seo? there's people that say it's bad bc you're competing against yourself, but I thought that's what a lot of successful shops do?
Hi Cassiy, another great video. I always look forward to them. I'm curious if you have a video on how to use Sale Samurai? I'm always confused on what I'm looking at in the keyword section. And Thier video is outdated as in thier screen doesn't look the same as mine. Also, I thought you once had said we need to use an off white when we print on black but I'm not sure if I'm correct on that. Can you point me to that video? Unless I'm 🤪 and remembering it wrong. Thanks so much! Also I will be scheduling a 1 on 1 with you soon
Here is a video I did on using Sale Samurai! th-cam.com/video/xBNJD-yczk8/w-d-xo.html I mainly just use them for the search function within the chrome extension to see how many searches different search terms get per month. I actually just ordered samples for a YT video to show the difference between white, a doubled up design and the three recommend off whites. So I'll post a video about that once I get the samples in. Here are the three off-whites that Printify recommended using #FCFCFC; #FEFEFB and #F5F5F5
Hi Cassie! Thanks so much for the amazing video. I was just wondering how shipping costs on individual etsy items works? For example, if you set the shipping cost as $8, does Etsy provide you with this money on top of the item's cost (minus etsy fees), and therefore the total profit increases by $8? Thanks so much!
Yes you get the full cost of the item plus shipping that the customer paid minus Etsy fees, so wether you include the shipping price within your item or charge for it separate, it is all the same!
You have the BEST videos, thank you so much for this great content! Quick question - if I want to go back and edit my prices, can I do so in Etsy? Do I need to update in Printify too? Thank you! :)
@@CassiyJohnson Hi Cassiy🙂 ahh yes ! It does thank you so much! Currently watching some more of your videos and in the process of getting an Etsy store and connecting printify and Etsy together , just following your videos step by step 🙌🏼 So thank you again for your awesome videos, gives me hope for a better future for my family and I ❤️
Cassiy, thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us! I am just getting started and I am still confused about pricing. Do I add the shipping cost to my total price when doing print on demand items from Printify or does the consumer pay for that separately? I know you touched on it in this video but I am still not clear how to price exactly.
I am wondering the same thing. I have seen several TH-cam videos where they add cost of shipping into their calculations, so I am wondering if they do it so they can offer free shipping.
Hi Cassidy I found you watch long the life hacker couple videos. Congratulations on all your success. Is the whole, Etsy-shirt selling niche still a good online business to start at this point in time in 2022??I’m a few years late getting caught on* thank you💛
You mention doing Esty full-time. I would love to know how many hours a week you work. And what if you want to take a month off, what happens then or is that even possible? What if you travel somewhere where there is no internet connection?
So in the beginning I probably worked 20-25 hours per week on my business, now 2 years in I spend anywhere from 20 minutes - 1.5 hours per day handling customer service or custom orders. I have done almost no new listings this year because I already have a catalog of products available for the whole year. If you wanted to take time off, you would just need to hire someone to do your customer service for you! I know people who have outsourced this to people from the Philippines and had a great experience. But I believe they did it where the person would remote into a computer at their house. Whenever I go on vacay, I just do the 20 minutes of work per day in the morning or night. While not ideal, it's really not so bad but I've also never gone anywhere without wifi for vacation.
Your advice is A+ I would love to have the opportunity to book a consult with you to ask you a few questions. I opened a new shop and need some one on one guidance.
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I'm obsessed with the little etsy calculator you sell! Such a wonderful tool.
Yay I am so glad that you love it!!
Thank you soo much for this video. I am new and only sold 2 so far to my mom and only have 1 lusting I did as I followed your tutorial and I realized since my mom bought sizes 3x that I actually would loose money plus I was offering free shipping . I saw all the click bait prices and thought I was pricing to high. I have been watching all your videos and have a notebook full of your tips I have been writing down. I didn’t think I could do this at first because I’m not good with computers and didn’t feel like I was creative enough. Thank you so much for all your videos I’m very new and still learning 😊
Cassiy, I've watched several others who cover creating a POD business and I think your videos are the best! They are so thorough and focused on the right moves to be efficient and you provide great tools to help others be successful. Thanks so much for putting these videos together and sharing your ideas and tips!
I am so glad that you are getting tons of value from my videos!! Thanks for watching
I love the reminder that the business is value driven!
Hey Cassiy, I'd love to see a video where you talk about Etsy Ads. Like best practices for strategies, when best to do them, how to do them, what budget to use, how to manage them, when to stop them, etc. Thanks!
I will work on an Etsy ads video soon! thanks for watching!
Your TH-cam channel is one of the most reliable informations when in it comes to POD. I watched all of your youtube videos. Thank you.
love your no nonsense approach Cassiy. your videos are def helping
Your insight always make so much sense to me. I was always worried about the price, thinking it’s too expensive nobody would buy it. You give me so much more confidence now to really focus on everything else instead, thank you for sharing and encouraging.
So glad this video was helpful to you ❤️ yes price is important but you have to do the other things right first for it to matter for sure!
But question whe ur putting the price in around 13.15 I don't put in the shipping cost so wouldn't the item be like 8$ more money making the profit super low !
@@MarisaBrooke27 Etsy took like $6 in fees when the person bought the item. It was pretty much all of the profit I was supposed to make so I had to raise the praise by $7 more to make sure I make the correct profit amount.
You guys are such a cute family (and the doggies too!)! 🥰
Aww thank you so much!!
Thank you a lot. I was completely shocked seeing dozens of different prizes. Thanks for including these menaingful final words.
I am just starting and I am so lost and confused using printing I was trying to keep my overhead very low well whatever you get what I’m saying so you breaking this stuff down really puts me at ease because I literally have nobody to talk to
So concise and well organized, thank you!! Love that we can follow along on your screen. Thank you!!
So glad this was valuable for you!! You're very welcome!
Thanks so much for this video! I needed this. Can you do a video on the sales part of things? Like how the money flow works from the time someone orders to where you get your profit and factor in taxes, fees, etc.
I'll make a video on this real soon for sure! Here's some info though for you for right now
When you first start on Etsy, they put your account "on reserves" to make sure you are a legit seller for the first 90 days. So they keep a portion of your sales until the item ships. They also will only pay you once per week at this point. After 90 days, they will let you take daily payments instead.
When you get an order, Etsy takes out the etsy fees and then gives you the difference. Printify then charges YOUR CARD for the cost of the item and shipping, and you get to keep the difference.
So you either need a credit card, that way you have time to get the payments from Etsy before having to pay the bill, or you need to start with a few hundred dollars. Because there are a few different things to buy to start like a few nice mockups and design software to make the designs.
Then at the end of the year, you just pay taxes on the profit that you made after all expenses. I would set aside about 30% of your profit per month for taxes!
@@CassiyJohnson you’re the best, thank you! Can’t wait for the video 😁
Cassiy I've literally been glued to each of your videos. Really good advice on everything. I'd definitely look you to view my shop once I'm done editing.
HI Devin, so glad you are enjoying my videos!! I don't offer shop reviews any longer though but I hope my videos are super helpful for you!
@@CassiyJohnson They really are. I'm glued to all of them. I'm almost at the listing process
I really love these tutorials. You explain step by step in a more precise manner. I have listened to several others because I am stuck... SO thank you for your breakdown with specific information.
Cassiy, can you please do a video on pocket designs?? I want to start doing them but I’m scared I’ll mess the placement up. Please! 🖤🖤🖤
I might make a video on this in the future but honestly don't overthink it, just compare to shirts you see that are currently successful with this design and try it out yourself! I've never seen a sample of any of my pocket designs but I've never gotten any complaints either.
Jesus Christ… it’s like you’re in my mind! I am always in awe at the info you put out cus I’m always in need of it. I’ve bought my second course. I actually bought the course you recommend in your bio but, although it’s decent info (it’s a bit outdated), you knock it out of the park every time.
Totally understand! That's why I am going to be creating my own course soon with lifetime access to ongoing additional training included because things with POD are ever changing! I think their course is a great beginners course to get you started but I want to make one that teaches you how to scale your business to 6 figures!
@@CassiyJohnson omg I can’t wait!! 😱
I so appreciate your TH-cam videos, and your spirit of abundance and generosity in sharing your knowledge. I just signed up for your Etsy Startup Guide and am looking forward to the 10 videos. Looking forward to learning from you :). Many thanks :)
Wow thank you for this tutorial, my prices were too low!! I finally made my 1st print on demand sale!
Congrats on your first sale!!! So glad my pricing video was helpful to you
How is it going today?
You’re absolutely amazing and always so clear in your instructions. Thank You for being amazing!!
Can you do a video about managing your listings? When should we renew them or get rid of it? How many listings per design should I do? How many listings should I have in my shop?
I let my items renew 2-3 times without selling before I change them to manual renewal so they will just expire at the end of that 4 months. As for how many listings per design, I normally do 2-3 for sweatshirts, 2-3 for t-shirts and then if it makes sense, a mug and a tote bag.
As for how many listings in your shop, this is kind of a never ending quest to find as many best sellers as you can. The most I've had in my shop is 4k listings! So I'd say just as many as you can lol You constantly have to be finding new trends, new niches and new design styles to stay up to date on what's selling right now.
I live in the UK but selling the USA etsy with free shipping. I’m
Struggling to make the items a good price. Thank you for this 😊
That last segment really hits the target!
I love your videos! ❤ Thank you for sharing all your amazing tips and helpful advice! You've really helped me a lot so far, but I'm still having difficulty with pricing some of my items. I'm in Canada, so please bear with me as I try to explain my dilemma. As an example, I'll use the Gilden sweatshirt. They are currently approx. $16 US each. Convert that to Canada and they are $20. Add to that the tax (I'm purchasing from a Canadian provider - Duplium so they charge 13%), and that comes to $22.60. Add to that their shipping charge $13.06 (again, convertered to Canadian - as all of Printify's currency, no matter where the location of the printer is in US $. Add to that Canadian government sales tax 13% = $40.22. Add to that Etsy's fees = (6.5% + 3.5%) = $46.33. Plus - we can't forget my markup - - I'd LIKE to make $25 per shirt, but that would put my sweatshirt at approximately $71.00. Oh, and I still need to add another 13% to the customer to pay for my own taxes. So that sweatshirt is now $80. Of course, I could lower my profit to a measley $10.00 and sell my shirt for $65. But the price for the Gilden sweatshirt is still awfully high. So, I just don't understand how so many shops out there are able to sell their sweatshirts for so little. Maybe they didn't factor in all the hidden costs and are essentially "losing their shirt" over it!! LOL! (I couldn't resist)! But...do you see where I'm coming from?? It's a big struggle to come up with a price, and as much as I would like to think that my designs are worth me asking for $25 profit for me, I don't know...who in their right mind would pay $80 for a sweatshirt?? Do you have any advice - am I missing something here? 🤔
Hey Charlene, I’m in a similar boat to you except I’m in Australia and using Duplium coz Aussie printers don’t rate so well. From my calculations I have to price coffee mugs at $40 or cad$36.00. The average price here in Oz is up to $28. Somethings gotta be wrong somewhere.
@@geoffauckett2330 I'm thinking the best success to profit from POD is for American shops, unfortunately. Maybe in time there will be more local - and dependable - POD shops for us to source from.
@@charleneelliottartist6844 So as a Canadian, Can I target the US market? Using american Printers? Is it that easy?
@@ForTheGreys Yep, you can. Not sure where you're selling from (Etsy)? But ya, as a Canadian, you can use the American Printers. But it's not going to be profitable if you're selling to Canadians. Because a Canadian would then have to pay the difference of the dollar (exchange rate), plus the shipping/duty. But if you're a Canadian Seller, and you want to target American buyers, by all means, use the American Printers.
@charleneelliottartist6844 ; @geoffauckett2330 ; @ForTheGreys Hey, I came to this video to LITERALLY ANSWER THE SAME QUESTION. If I make 0 PROFIT - hoodies that I make are priced at around 50-60 dollars; And it does not matter whether they are being shipped to [Ireland] (where im from); [Lithuania] (simply tested the price) or [USA]. Price pretty much stays the same. Has anybody figured out a way around this? I've tried 2 different print on demand services, one being [podpartners] and the other - standard [printify]. Is it simply about picking "correct POD service"? @geoffauckett2330 ; @ForTheGreys ;
I’m interested in learning more about Etsy listings.
What are the dos and donts when creating listings?
What does a good listing look like?
Are there any rules that we should follow when creating listings?
How should listings differ from product to product?
What are some things that we should consider when creating listings?
I would appreciate some recommendations, tips & tricks on how to create good listings.
Thank you 🙏🏻
Love your videos! Doing all the research before opening a store. Thank you! ⭐️
Another great video packed with high-value information. Thanks so much, Cassiy.
Thanks for your continued support John ❤️
Great information as always, thank you. Keep the videos coming! We're learning so much and you're such a pro with the way you present it. Enjoy your weekend!
Really really appreciate that Kathy
You helped me to open my store. Thank you for your great videos 🥰🥰
how is it going?
Thank you Cassiy, appreciate the support
My boyfriend and I are getting an f1b mini golden doodle so it’s 75% poodle and 25% golden retriever. I am so excited because it’s sooo cute and the non shedding is a big plus🎉 sorry for the random info 😂 I love this video
Awww congrats on the pup! We actually just got a third golden retriever two weeks ago that’s 8 months old… so it’s safe to say that my house is mostly made of goldy hair at this point 😂
Thank you so much Cassy, your video and knowledge is really helpful
Thanks for your kind comment and for watching 🎉
Hi Cassiy! I saw your interview on Everbee with Cody. I have subscribed to your channel. Great video with great tips! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks so much for coming over to check out my channel!
This was a great tutorial to watch. I had to subscribe for what you shared and your presentation. The discouraging part is knowing they will take money from my account for the purchase. And then give me my profit. I was expecting it to be the other way around 😢
It seems scary at first, but you still only spend money after someone purchases! There are other platforms that do more of what you were expecting like Amazon Merch On Demand!
Awesome Video as usual Cassiy! I know you have a video about group listings would love to see more on that (adding adult and toddler sizes for family shirts, etc.)
Yes, I would love to see a videos of that as well, and how you do couples shirts too.
The video she is referencing on how to do Group orders would show you exactly how to do couples shirts as well! th-cam.com/video/t18osdsmJKM/w-d-xo.html
7:41 Bachelorette/Couples Shirts
14:28 Family Group/Custom Group
Here are the time stamps on when I go over each of those things. I might make an updated one soon as well but I do show exactly how to do group family listings and couples shirts in that one!
Ok maybe I'll do an updated one but that group listings video does show at the end exactly how to do group listings for family shirts!
@@CassiyJohnson Thanks Cassiy, I looked at it again, I guess I’m worried if it synchronizes with Printify ,do I have to put in the sku’s for Printify to synchronize or is it for my own inventory?
love your vids! just finished your free webinar too! thanks so much!
Cassiy, I’m wondering about shipping pricing and the price guarantee that ships free at $35+. I’m wavering between the two options and would like to know your thoughts on it, if possible. Thx! Love your vids.
Thank you, Cassiy. I just subscribed. This was helpful. I've lost so much money on my little Etsy shop and it makes my heart sad. My plan was to have it help pay for the publishing of my romance books. So far, I am in the red. I've been trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong. I can't tell if it's the shipping or my prices or something else. I've watched training videos on here and through Etsy and I keep tweaking. I'm going to pop around on your channel and see what else I can learn. Just from this video, I think my prices may have been a little to low. Thanks for trying to help us out here. 🙂
Very insightful and inspiring. Thank you 🙏🏽
I hope this video was so helpful for you!!
Thank you so much for your videos Cassiy!
You are so welcome, thanks so much for watching!
Hey can you do a video on how to determine if an image can be used to sell things online/ print on demand ?
Vs when it can’t … 🙏🏼 please and thanks 💓
Sure I can likely do a video on this in the future but every website that has graphics is going to have different rules, so just make sure whatever you are using, to check the commercial license that you get with it to understand what you can and cannot do with the graphics.
I believe I was watching one of your videos and you mentioned you allow folks until 10am the next day to cancel their item on Etsy. How do you do that? Through Etsy or printify?
Can you do a video on what happens and what to do when someone buys your first product on etsy/printify?
Thanks Cassiy! Very helpful!! I will sign up for premium from your link
Woah, great video mate!
Thank you!! I hope this video was super helpful for you!
Thanks a lot Casiy for bringing thia much vlue 💜✨
New to the channel and enjoying your videos. Very informative! Do you have a video showing how to do custom items an how that all works? Love Canva and use it for work so trying to decide it all of effort is worth it to make $5/$10, etc... per item. I have the time, but not sure yet so continuing to educate through your videos.
When we publish a listing to etsy, should we choose the “hide from store” option first to fill everything in on etsy and then make it visible when the full listing is ready or should we do everything in printify and publish it visibly right to etsy? Thank you for all of your videos I watch every one 💗
I've seen one of her videos that states it's best to make changes in printify first then you can bulk edit your prices and push them through to Etsy
I'm wondering the same this as I'm new here
@cassiyjohnson
if you're going to work on your etsy listing right after publishing it's fine to publish without hiding - but if you won't get to it for 3+ hours or until the next day, hide from store so it goes to your drafts instead of automatically publishing - "You want to click “Hide in Store to make sure your new product won’t automatically publish to your Etsy storefront - instead, it will be waiting for you to finesse the Etsy listing a bit in your Listing Drafts folder"
I do the title, description and price on Printify and then just publish to visible on Etsy. Then I just right then go change the mockups and add the tags. If you can't get to this point until later, then you could change it to not visible if you wanted. Best of luck!
Hi Cassiy, I have been watching your videos for several months and love the detail you use in all of them! I have learned so much from you, but I am a little confused about the profit margin when people give discounts on t-shirts. I noticed the majority of sellers add a sale in their listings. Your videos I watched didn't mention what to do if a sale is added on and how we fill out the calculator when that is done? Do we up the profit margin or up the price. My research was on Retro Halloween Nurse Shirts. Thank you!
Thanks, Cassiy!!
You are so welcome, thanks for watching!!
I am curious based on the other sizes how you would price the larger sizes? U R PHENOMENAL:)
Excellent videos, but just an FYI, Germany is in Europe - it isn't a separate entity.
Thank you Cassiy
You are so welcome, thanks for watching!
Cassiy, Thank you so much for the videos. I started digging in last weekend, and set up my shop and loaded 15 designs, and working on more. Wondering if your spreadsheet is customizable or locked? Looks like a great way to start tracking everything. Thanks for the info!
You can definitely edit the google doc any way that you like but you will have to redo the formulas if you do that. So if you don't know how to do formulas then I would watch a few TH-cam videos on it because it's pretty simple or you could pay someone on Fiverr to make the changes you want for pretty cheap as well
Cassiy, I hope to see more videos soon! Xoxo
I've got another one coming out tomorrow
Thank you so very much for all this information. I am so anxious to get started on my store.
For a quick question I was wondering why you do not use other print on demand companies?
Hi Cassiy - your videos are amazing! One question: what is your profit margin, in general? For example, you say you made $500,000 in gross sales in one video - but how much of that is profit? I need to know this to decide if I can do this full time or not. Thank you!
Hi, not sure if you got your answer already, but I’ve been watching several videos (the interviews) and I believe the profit you get is 1/3 the gross, with the other money going to Etsy, the printing partner and the cost of maintaining all the software. So if someone made $100,000 in “sales”, their actual take home pay is $30k. Hope this helps. 💕
Wow this is the first time I come I across videos it's so amazing catch, actually I have no idea 💡 and no interest on online business your videos call my attention, and also I try to sign up but I find that maybe it's not available in my country.
Very helpful! Thank you so much for sharing with us! :)
Agreed, your videos are simple but very informative and easy to follow! Not related to the topic of this video, but what the does the costumer service side of the Etsy Print on Demand business looks like (my apologies if you have already covered it)?
Awesome channel
So glad you're enjoying my videos!!
Love the content! What's your favorite long sleeve T-shirt on Printify?
Thank you Cassiy!
Hi Cassiy. Thank you for your wonderful videos. Could you make a video about how to set up listings for ppl in Canada and same listing with a diff provided for those in the usa.i'd love to know how to do that in order to lower the Shipping fées depending on the cou try where its ordered. Thank you
Sorry I have never sold international and wouldn't know the first thing to help you with that. I bet there are some good Etsy forums or Canadian TH-camrs out there somewhere that can help though!
Cassidy, again great video, and I love that you mentioned state sales tax, but you keep failing to mention federal taxes, which start out around 12%. A sweatshirt starting at $32.99, and after calculating federal taxes of 12%, your profit decreases by another $4 more dollars before any type of product sale. Let's be more transparent as an additional $4 is almost a 50% decrease from what your reporting as profit.
A 10:40, price is the same on tumbler but rating went from 9.5 in your video to 7.3 now!!
Love your help! I’m lost!
appreciate the break down.
I am glad I finally found you, your videos are very informative. I have a question though, if I am not living in the USA, but I do have a bank account in the US for the payments, can I still start with this business (the print on demand with Etsy) ? or are there some restrictions ahead in the process?
So sorry I have never lived outside of the US and sold here but I know that tons of people do it so I am sure it's possible! But sorry I don't know a lot of the specifics
Cassity - I'm a new browser of your videos. I've started watching some of them and begun taking some steps towards freedom. Do you, by chance, have a more consolidated video or series of videos which goes over step by step what we need to do to construct our business?
Great video! Thank you so much.
Hello Cassie, thank you for such an informative video it really helps since I just launched my Etsy store this week(: I have a question, on the selling price is it for how much you priced it on your listing or how much did the customer end up paying for the product plus the shipping? (total cost for the customer)
Thank you for help
In one of her videos she mentioned she adds the shipping to the product cost & list it as free shipping. This method boosts her listings further up the page & helps it get found when customers select free shipping in the filters.
I’ve loved watching all your videos … are you putting anymore on?
Hello, Cassiy. I enjoy your videos and have learned so much from your videos. My question is, how do I sell to bachelorette markets?
EXCELLENT video!
Thanks so much!!
how do u know the trans fee and process fee for each diff item?
Thank you for all these videos, super helpful. I know this video was from 2022 so things may have changed. but WHY does etsy charge 6.5% of the item price, then an additional 6.5% of the shipping label, then a 3% processing fee plus $0.25. It seems like it's better to just purchase shipping directly from USPS (the rates are exactly the same even though etsy makes it sound like you get a special price through them). Crazy?
Great video!
Thanks so much for watching!!
who ships the products to the consumer? Do you have to do it? By the way, your videos are great and realistic. thanks
CASSIY: Purchased your calculator 🤗 If I am charging shipping, do I just leave that figure out of your calculator (since I’ll be adding it to my shipping profile)?
You seem to know just the kind of questions I need answered! Thank you! Is there any reason you don't work with Awkward Styles? I remember that video where you reviewed shirts from different print providers and they were one of the best. Is it to keep cost low since they are a little bit pricier than others?
Yes they do a great print but they are more expensive and have less colors to choose from. I have had great experiences with Monster Digital and Swift Pod and the price difference is really drastic when you multiply it by 1000's of orders. But they are great quality for sure!
Cassiy, is there somewhere to ask you questions that I don't see videos for? I'm terribly sorry if this is said somewhere
Hi Madison! Just in the comments section of my videos is the best place, I try to get to as many of them as I can
great info..thanks for sharing
If Printify
prices are around $15 for a t-shirt and around $5 for shipping, how are other sellers pricing their t-shirt for XL $14? They are not making any profit, right? I'm confused.
If you read about many of these other sellers on their Etsy page info about their shop, sometimes you can figure out if they are also actually printing their own shirts, etc.
I have come across this when I looked deeper into some very successful Etsy shops.
A few have YT channels, and don't make it very clear that they print their own shirts.
They may say something just once in a video (when talking about how much they have sold in dollars or made in profit), and they may slip and say something about their "team", or their "facility" or even "warehouse".
Sometimes if you can find their Etsy shop, you can read the info about how they started their shop and they may mention later in the info that their "team" uses a particular way of printing (such a Direct-To-Garment), or some other printing method and they mean that THEY DO THE SHIRT PRINTING IN THEIR OWN SHOP.
THEY NOT USE A POD.
So they will be able to sell at a lower price on Etsy because they control the whole process and buy their shirts, printing supplies and shipping supplies wholesale and can be then much more competitive on Etsy compared to sellers using POD to fulfill their orders.
Thank you. I have purchased the spreadsheet. A very valuable tool! Well worth the investment and a "software" tax write off. Just one thing that needs clarification please. You mentioned that you like to test your pricing based on size XL, but when demonstrating the spreadsheet, you mentioned that you price all shirt options based "on the most expensive of the variants that I choose" which suggest that you calculate based on 5XL instead? Can you clarify this?
I meant the most expensive of the three variants in size XL. I price Small - XL the same and then raise my prices by $1-$2 more per size above that.
When we want to change prices do we change them on printing or our Etsy listing?
I change my pricing on etsy not Printify!
@@CassiyJohnson thanks Cassiy!
The link to the calculator wasn’t working but I am interested in that please
Here is the link to the income/expense calculator, hope this one works fine for you! www.cassiyjohnson.com/offers/MzHSQtPx
Hey Cassiy! What's your opinion on duplicating a listing and keeping the exact same seo? there's people that say it's bad bc you're competing against yourself, but I thought that's what a lot of successful shops do?
I love duplicating my listings because you never know which mockup/color shirt is going to grab their attention and get them to click!
Hi Cassiy, another great video. I always look forward to them. I'm curious if you have a video on how to use Sale Samurai? I'm always confused on what I'm looking at in the keyword section. And Thier video is outdated as in thier screen doesn't look the same as mine. Also, I thought you once had said we need to use an off white when we print on black but I'm not sure if I'm correct on that. Can you point me to that video? Unless I'm 🤪 and remembering it wrong. Thanks so much! Also I will be scheduling a 1 on 1 with you soon
Here is a video I did on using Sale Samurai! th-cam.com/video/xBNJD-yczk8/w-d-xo.html
I mainly just use them for the search function within the chrome extension to see how many searches different search terms get per month.
I actually just ordered samples for a YT video to show the difference between white, a doubled up design and the three recommend off whites. So I'll post a video about that once I get the samples in. Here are the three off-whites that Printify recommended using #FCFCFC; #FEFEFB and #F5F5F5
@@CassiyJohnson thank you
Hi Cassie! Thanks so much for the amazing video. I was just wondering how shipping costs on individual etsy items works? For example, if you set the shipping cost as $8, does Etsy provide you with this money on top of the item's cost (minus etsy fees), and therefore the total profit increases by $8? Thanks so much!
Yes you get the full cost of the item plus shipping that the customer paid minus Etsy fees, so wether you include the shipping price within your item or charge for it separate, it is all the same!
You have the BEST videos, thank you so much for this great content! Quick question - if I want to go back and edit my prices, can I do so in Etsy? Do I need to update in Printify too? Thank you! :)
EXCELLENT !!! Many thanks ;)
You're so welcome! Glad you liked it!!
DID YOU SAY THAT THE COLORS WHITE, BLACK AND GREY SELL THE LEAST DURING CHRISTMAS?
Hi Kassandra! I said those colors sell OUT the least during the holidays. Referring to them going out of stock. Hope that clears it up!
@@CassiyJohnson Hi Cassiy🙂 ahh yes ! It does thank you so much! Currently watching some more of your videos and in the process of getting an Etsy store and connecting printify and Etsy together , just following your videos step by step 🙌🏼
So thank you again for your awesome videos, gives me hope for a better future for my family and I ❤️
Cassiy, thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us! I am just getting started and I am still confused about pricing. Do I add the shipping cost to my total price when doing print on demand items from Printify or does the consumer pay for that separately? I know you touched on it in this video but I am still not clear how to price exactly.
I am wondering the same thing. I have seen several TH-cam videos where they add cost of shipping into their calculations, so I am wondering if they do it so they can offer free shipping.
Very good!
Thank you very much!
Great content❤
Hi Cassidy I found you watch long the life hacker couple videos. Congratulations on all your success. Is the whole, Etsy-shirt selling niche still a good online business to start at this point in time in 2022??I’m a few years late getting caught on* thank you💛
Welcome to my channel! Yes 2022 is a perfect time to get started, there is still tons of money to be made
@@CassiyJohnson Thank you😊💛
You mention doing Esty full-time. I would love to know how many hours a week you work. And what if you want to take a month off, what happens then or is that even possible? What if you travel somewhere where there is no internet connection?
So in the beginning I probably worked 20-25 hours per week on my business, now 2 years in I spend anywhere from 20 minutes - 1.5 hours per day handling customer service or custom orders. I have done almost no new listings this year because I already have a catalog of products available for the whole year. If you wanted to take time off, you would just need to hire someone to do your customer service for you! I know people who have outsourced this to people from the Philippines and had a great experience. But I believe they did it where the person would remote into a computer at their house.
Whenever I go on vacay, I just do the 20 minutes of work per day in the morning or night. While not ideal, it's really not so bad but I've also never gone anywhere without wifi for vacation.
Your advice is A+ I would love to have the opportunity to book a consult with you to ask you a few questions. I opened a new shop and need some one on one guidance.
Hi Cassiy, can you tell me why some would choose your product over some else when you both have the same quote?