Wow I didn’t realize you were a handmade seller before. I am currently a handmade seller with established Etsy shops and I really need to switch to POD because I have a baby now and I just don’t have the time that I used to have, nor do I have the space to hire an employee to help so thank you so much for making these videos!! You are someone that I can relate to and trust because you probably have the same focus on quality that I have which I don’t see emphasized enough on POD content.
Hi Mandy, I was wondering if you can share with us about what percentage of all your listings are personalized? Does that translate into a similar percentage of your revenue/sales?
Thank you Many. This is motivating. I’m preparing now. Can you do video of products we can offer other than T-shirt? I’m trying to offer mugs and ornaments, but I’m not sure how to design for those. If I want to do personalization how do I organized them so when people ordered I’m not trying to find where I put the design. I am all over the place now and I’m afraid to not remember where I put the design and cannot find them to personalize for orders later.
I've started working on fall products and should at least be getting holiday stuff back up that I had last year. My issue continues to be getting eyes on my products. I'll add new listings and have literally zero views (which makes it hard to gather data and see what might be working or not). Before this year this hasn't ever happened so except for using Etsy Ads I'm at a loss of what to do. I just ran a 24 hour sale and no sales. Most days now I'm making one sale here and there and there's no one product that's doing the most. The niche I'm in should be solid, but my yearly stats are down over 30% from last year. I watch you and Shawna and Cassiy and get so much inspiration and information. I know my designs are solid, but getting people to look at them seems to be my biggest issue right now. Any advice would be welcomed :)
@studiomdesignsco Thank You for your help and inspiration! As you told us below You sell mostly sweatshirts and hoodies with price point 35-37USD. We are just about to open up Etsy POD store. We have 3 questions regarding size and color. You say to keep it simple... Here is a challenge to us: 1) Have you still had an experience with Shirts and due to the big price competition, low margins you do not see the point sell Tees? Some sell T shirts in Size range from Toddler to Unisex - the price point they use in store is the lowest. Do you suggest to copy that strategy? 2) Some use very little range of colors some offer all the colors with shirts, comfort color shirts, sweatshirts and hoodies. If we offer to the customers more colors, are there any costs involved? 3) Does it make sense to use Comfort Colours for more loose / easy going / cool topics and topics like profession or books simple Bella+Canvas3001 or Gildan18000/18500?
Thank you so much for this!!! Do you offer any critiques or personalized help on preparing for Q4. Im a new mom and really trying to make this business work so I am very excited for Q4
Just received 3 sales today this is remarkable to me , they didn’t bring in much revenue but does that mean my items are gain traction or am I jumping the gun , I’m at 7 sales in total
Hi Mandy, i have a women's pajama and print provider is in China, do you think the product will be finished in time for Halloween or even Christmas. The customer did not order yet but she seems interested. I am brand new on this platform and would also like and appreciate if you can maybe do a video on how to work out timing especially if its an international move. Thanks in advance ❤❤
Hi Mandy! Would you be able to walk us through with what to do if a particular tshirt/item goes out of stock? Do you make another listing with the same design but with a different print provider? How do you change resources? Thanks in advance.
I just started my store on Etsy using Printify a few days ago. I got about 200 items listed on my Etsy store. Not many visitors yet. How long does it normally take to get noticed on Etsy?
Love your videos Mandy!! I see most t-shirt shops on Etsy price their t-shirts at $21 including shipping… Now at a $21 price point including shipping, May I know how much profit per t-shirt this seller would be making approximately? If I use a POD partner like printify, May I know how should I price my t-shirt so that I get a $5 net profit per t-shirt sold?
Too many variables to know what another seller is making - they could have lower costs for items or they could be a handmade seller. Different tshirts have different costs and you’ll want to factor in being able to run sales, etc. Definitely use a profit calculator like the free one on EtsyHunt - plug in your costs from Printify, any discount you want to offer, and then start trying out different retail numbers. It’ll tell you exactly what your profit will be, so just keep adjusting your selling price in the calculator until you get to the net profit that you want 😊
@@studiomdesignsco thanks Mandy!One last question-- What are your thoughts on offering free shipping rather adding extra shipping costs to the purchase? Since most customers want free shipping, I am not sure if I should factor in shipping in my price of t-shirt as it will definitely make my t-shirt look expensive compared to my competitors.
Hi Mandy, your videos have been so helpful for me in the beginning months of my new shop. ?? What shipping do I choose for printify? On etsy via computer it keeps making me pick before I can submit changes. On the seller app it does not require it. I have been doing priority mail 1-3 days.
You know if I do a sale how do I work out the shipping and cost of good sold so that if I do, do a sale then I’m not at a loss, also let’s say I offered free shipping then I would put the shipping cost in the price of the product, but since the shipping cost is variable , do I assume the highest shipping cost to add to the product and then mark it up for the profit margin? I hope that makes sense, for example shipping costs for the Middle East are like 15 dollars for a sweatshirt and take the price up to 50 dollars even before a sale
Mandy are we allowed to duplicate a listing as far as keeping all SEO but changing thumbnail pic? Secondly, when you say create 5-10 listings a day or week do you mean 5-10 total designs and one list per design with variations in the one list -such as colors, sweatshirt or t-short? Or can we create one design and a few variations with SEO and create 5 listings if we have that many variations available-to try and reach different audience For example -I will use the broad “mom” niche -1 may be optimized a lot for “mom” but I could use same design and optimize it same but more audience such as gift for aunt, sisters, grandma-ect. I know this confuses me and others when ppl say do 5 listings a day. I know right now I can’t design and do SEO x5 in one day-which I try to do all my SEO in a one day and build designs in another day and list the next. But back to my point the only way I can do 5 or more in one day is if it’s a scaleable design that you personalize or just change keyword like “nurse” and then exchange keywords peds, RN, LPN, ect all same design and change profession or speciality if makes sense. Or dog breeds as you have shown. But not everything is a scaleable design. What is your input and clarification. Ty
Hey, Mandy. If we start to build a general store with several different Niches from 0, should we start with a Christmas design or an evergreen niche design at first?
I would build in some evergreen designs first to establish some traffic across your variety of niches to help give your shop some direction, then take those niches and make Christmas variations for them (steer clear of generic Christmas designs as a new shop, they’ll rarely get seen - I made that mistake last year!) 🤓
My skincare side hustle started on Etsy in 2017 and eventually shifted to my own website since I have a full brand with it. I went full-time with that and left HR in 2021 and started POD in 2022 😊
Not really (and the percentage that actually turn into sales is small) - BUT I do use favorites as clues/data as to which listings are actually getting seen in search results and that appear to have some interest.
How many listings do you suggest on average in an Etsy shop? So many different opinions on this. But what you are doing is obviously working so i value your opinion. I am just starting and have 87 listings. No sales yet but I know that is a very small listing amount. Just would like to have an idea so that I can set goals. Thank you so much!
There’s not particularly a magic number, but with volume comes learning, practice, and data so that you can hone in on what works (or doesn’t). For my primary shop, I got to about 700 listings by Q4 in 2022. 🤓
You can absolutely have more than one, just make sure you’re researching each one for competition and demand 😊 Check out this video where I cover different options for shop types: th-cam.com/video/2V-4h-Uhpt4/w-d-xo.html
DTG is very different from other common processes like vinyl and screenprinting. Sometimes there is a quality error (you can always check in with Printify support and send photos). But in general the print is going to be more subdued because it’s absorbing into the fabric vs sitting on top of it. I always describe the style as more vintage-like and/or distressed in my listing to help set customer expectations and I always include care instructions such as washing inside out and drying on low. When possible, use products with higher cotton content (vs polyester) too - the ink takes better on cotton 🤓
Not at all! Just don’t start with Halloween 😉 I highly recommend evergreen (non-seasonal) designs and niches to build off of, and then incorporate some holiday themes as you establish those specific target customers (think: hobbies, professions, travel destinations, etc)
How does one know when to give up...I have over 850 items and spend over $20 month in fees and get one sale maybe every two months and make a dollar if I am lucky. I can't give the stuff away so it must be bad design...bad everything. Been working 12-16 hours 6 days a week since November. Can't give the crap away. So how many months or years before I can even make $500/month...seems like never.
Without knowing anything about your shop, it’s hard to say, but sounds like it might be a low demand niche (or very high competition, in which case even the best designs will still be lost in the crowd). Researching demand and creating designs targeted to specific customers/validated niches plays such a big role 💜
Wow I didn’t realize you were a handmade seller before. I am currently a handmade seller with established Etsy shops and I really need to switch to POD because I have a baby now and I just don’t have the time that I used to have, nor do I have the space to hire an employee to help so thank you so much for making these videos!! You are someone that I can relate to and trust because you probably have the same focus on quality that I have which I don’t see emphasized enough on POD content.
Wonderful content as always, especially appreciated the burnt-in subtitles :)
Hi Mandy, I was wondering if you can share with us about what percentage of all your listings are personalized? Does that translate into a similar percentage of your revenue/sales?
great video Mandy! _ didnt know this about Q4, so this is insightful! :) you are awesome my friend :)
Wow, lots of good info in this little video. I’ll refer to it again and again.
Thank you for your super helpful info!!! Love this inspiration!
Just found your channel today. Great presentation. Thanks! Subscribed.
Thank you Many. This is motivating. I’m preparing now. Can you do video of products we can offer other than T-shirt? I’m trying to offer mugs and ornaments, but I’m not sure how to design for those. If I want to do personalization how do I organized them so when people ordered I’m not trying to find where I put the design. I am all over the place now and I’m afraid to not remember where I put the design and cannot find them to personalize for orders later.
I've started working on fall products and should at least be getting holiday stuff back up that I had last year. My issue continues to be getting eyes on my products. I'll add new listings and have literally zero views (which makes it hard to gather data and see what might be working or not). Before this year this hasn't ever happened so except for using Etsy Ads I'm at a loss of what to do. I just ran a 24 hour sale and no sales. Most days now I'm making one sale here and there and there's no one product that's doing the most. The niche I'm in should be solid, but my yearly stats are down over 30% from last year. I watch you and Shawna and Cassiy and get so much inspiration and information. I know my designs are solid, but getting people to look at them seems to be my biggest issue right now. Any advice would be welcomed :)
You already sold a Christmas sweater? Impressive! Thanks for all of your advice.
Good Morning! I love your positive attitude. Yesterday I was questioning my POD Etsy shop but listening to you I have a bit more hope today.
You’re doing great - keep going, keep learning, and don’t give up! 💜
Your hair looks great today! Thanks for the video as always
Great video! My shop is getting s lot of favorites but no sales on certain items, how can I can leverage favorites to get them to buy instead.TIA!
Thank you so much for your enlightening video🌺
Great video!
According to your sales for three months, your average sale price is 35 - 37 dollars.
How did you manage to sale that high?
Yes! I sell mostly sweatshirts and hoodies so that they are higher ticket items 😊
@studiomdesignsco Thank You for your help and inspiration! As you told us below You sell mostly sweatshirts and hoodies with price point 35-37USD. We are just about to open up Etsy POD store. We have 3 questions regarding size and color. You say to keep it simple... Here is a challenge to us:
1) Have you still had an experience with Shirts and due to the big price competition, low margins you do not see the point sell Tees? Some sell T shirts in Size range from Toddler to Unisex - the price point they use in store is the lowest. Do you suggest to copy that strategy?
2) Some use very little range of colors some offer all the colors with shirts, comfort color shirts, sweatshirts and hoodies. If we offer to the customers more colors, are there any costs involved?
3) Does it make sense to use Comfort Colours for more loose / easy going / cool topics and topics like profession or books simple Bella+Canvas3001 or Gildan18000/18500?
Thank you so much for this!!! Do you offer any critiques or personalized help on preparing for Q4. Im a new mom and really trying to make this business work so I am very excited for Q4
Thanks again for another great video!
Solid info, thanks Mandy
Just received 3 sales today this is remarkable to me , they didn’t bring in much revenue but does that mean my items are gain traction or am I jumping the gun , I’m at 7 sales in total
Thanks so much for this video Mandy! I have a lot of ideas for new products!
Thank you~
Hi Mandy, i have a women's pajama and print provider is in China, do you think the product will be finished in time for Halloween or even Christmas. The customer did not order yet but she seems interested. I am brand new on this platform and would also like and appreciate if you can maybe do a video on how to work out timing especially if its an international move. Thanks in advance ❤❤
Hi Mandy! Would you be able to walk us through with what to do if a particular tshirt/item goes out of stock? Do you make another listing with the same design but with a different print provider? How do you change resources? Thanks in advance.
Same question!
You just change provider on your listing
I just started my store on Etsy using Printify a few days ago. I got about 200 items listed on my Etsy store. Not many visitors yet. How long does it normally take to get noticed on Etsy?
Which do you like best for market research - ERANK or Everbee? Do they both do the same thing?
Great video!!
Love your videos Mandy!! I see most t-shirt shops on Etsy price their t-shirts at $21 including shipping… Now at a $21 price point including shipping, May I know how much profit per t-shirt this seller would be making approximately? If I use a POD partner like printify, May I know how should I price my t-shirt so that I get a $5 net profit per t-shirt sold?
Too many variables to know what another seller is making - they could have lower costs for items or they could be a handmade seller. Different tshirts have different costs and you’ll want to factor in being able to run sales, etc. Definitely use a profit calculator like the free one on EtsyHunt - plug in your costs from Printify, any discount you want to offer, and then start trying out different retail numbers. It’ll tell you exactly what your profit will be, so just keep adjusting your selling price in the calculator until you get to the net profit that you want 😊
@@studiomdesignsco thanks Mandy!One last question-- What are your thoughts on offering free shipping rather adding extra shipping costs to the purchase? Since most customers want free shipping, I am not sure if I should factor in shipping in my price of t-shirt as it will definitely make my t-shirt look expensive compared to my competitors.
Hi Mandy, your videos have been so helpful for me in the beginning months of my new shop. ?? What shipping do I choose for printify? On etsy via computer it keeps making me pick before I can submit changes. On the seller app it does not require it. I have been doing priority mail 1-3 days.
Thank you so much for the video. Question about designs. Should we be using SEO that is christmas related now?
You know if I do a sale how do I work out the shipping and cost of good sold so that if I do, do a sale then I’m not at a loss, also let’s say I offered free shipping then I would put the shipping cost in the price of the product, but since the shipping cost is variable , do I assume the highest shipping cost to add to the product and then mark it up for the profit margin? I hope that makes sense, for example shipping costs for the Middle East are like 15 dollars for a sweatshirt and take the price up to 50 dollars even before a sale
Mandy are we allowed to duplicate a listing as far as keeping all SEO but changing thumbnail pic? Secondly, when you say create 5-10 listings a day or week do you mean 5-10 total designs and one list per design with variations in the one list -such as colors, sweatshirt or t-short? Or can we create one design and a few variations with SEO and create 5 listings if we have that many variations available-to try and reach different audience For example -I will use the broad “mom” niche -1 may be optimized a lot for “mom” but I could use same design and optimize it same but more audience such as gift for aunt, sisters, grandma-ect. I know this confuses me and others when ppl say do 5 listings a day. I know right now I can’t design and do SEO x5 in one day-which I try to do all my SEO in a one day and build designs in another day and list the next. But back to my point the only way I can do 5 or more in one day is if it’s a scaleable design that you personalize or just change keyword like “nurse” and then exchange keywords peds, RN, LPN, ect all same design and change profession or speciality if makes sense. Or dog breeds as you have shown. But not everything is a scaleable design. What is your input and clarification. Ty
Hey, Mandy.
If we start to build a general store with several different Niches from 0, should we start with a Christmas design or an evergreen niche design at first?
I would build in some evergreen designs first to establish some traffic across your variety of niches to help give your shop some direction, then take those niches and make Christmas variations for them (steer clear of generic Christmas designs as a new shop, they’ll rarely get seen - I made that mistake last year!) 🤓
@@studiomdesignsco Hey, Mandy.
Thank you for your reply. Thank you very much for your suggestion. I really like your video content.Thanks again !
Hi Mandy, im just curious did u build ur side hustle in etsy 1st before you resgn as HR Director? Thank you
My skincare side hustle started on Etsy in 2017 and eventually shifted to my own website since I have a full brand with it. I went full-time with that and left HR in 2021 and started POD in 2022 😊
Do favorites change quality scores at all?
Not really (and the percentage that actually turn into sales is small) - BUT I do use favorites as clues/data as to which listings are actually getting seen in search results and that appear to have some interest.
How many listings do you suggest on average in an Etsy shop? So many different opinions on this. But what you are doing is obviously working so i value your opinion. I am just starting and have 87 listings. No sales yet but I know that is a very small listing amount. Just would like to have an idea so that I can set goals. Thank you so much!
There’s not particularly a magic number, but with volume comes learning, practice, and data so that you can hone in on what works (or doesn’t). For my primary shop, I got to about 700 listings by Q4 in 2022. 🤓
Should I have one niche per Etsy shop or can I have more than one niche in one shop?
You can absolutely have more than one, just make sure you’re researching each one for competition and demand 😊 Check out this video where I cover different options for shop types: th-cam.com/video/2V-4h-Uhpt4/w-d-xo.html
I’ve been using swiftpod for t-shirts and I didn’t really like the quality of the printing and it started fading after 3 washes. Any tips?
DTG is very different from other common processes like vinyl and screenprinting. Sometimes there is a quality error (you can always check in with Printify support and send photos). But in general the print is going to be more subdued because it’s absorbing into the fabric vs sitting on top of it. I always describe the style as more vintage-like and/or distressed in my listing to help set customer expectations and I always include care instructions such as washing inside out and drying on low. When possible, use products with higher cotton content (vs polyester) too - the ink takes better on cotton 🤓
@@studiomdesignsco thanks Mandy! I use bella canvas 3001. Is that a good choice? Also do you have a description sample?
Hey, what is Q4?
The 4th quarter of the year where retail sales are highest -October, November, December 😊
Is it too late to start? It is Sept. 30th.
Not at all! Just don’t start with Halloween 😉 I highly recommend evergreen (non-seasonal) designs and niches to build off of, and then incorporate some holiday themes as you establish those specific target customers (think: hobbies, professions, travel destinations, etc)
@@studiomdesignsco thx. I hate pumpkin spice anyway😊
How does one know when to give up...I have over 850 items and spend over $20 month in fees and get one sale maybe every two months and make a dollar if I am lucky. I can't give the stuff away so it must be bad design...bad everything. Been working 12-16 hours 6 days a week since November. Can't give the crap away. So how many months or years before I can even make $500/month...seems like never.
Without knowing anything about your shop, it’s hard to say, but sounds like it might be a low demand niche (or very high competition, in which case even the best designs will still be lost in the crowd). Researching demand and creating designs targeted to specific customers/validated niches plays such a big role 💜
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Hi, I tried using your code STUDIOM on Printify but it says "coupon not valid"
Uh oh! Let me check with them, they may need to add more credits to it!