The fact that he already showed how much he sold in the first 10 seconds in addition to the great editing of the video made me realise when I finished that I was watching this at 1x speed (ultimate compliment lol)
His take is so refreshing, no BS, no "make $10k in a day!" or "get rich in a month!" he's genuine and he's speaking about the good and the bad while keeping expectations realistic, i really feel inspired to start my own etsy shop, i've been thinking about it for some time and this just inspires me more!
Very Refreshing! I felt the same way watching it. He discussed realist expectations and didn't try to oversell himself or his results for clicks and views!
That’s not underwhelming at all, It’s Inspiring because when you come to think about It, In those 3 months you could’ve just been laying around and not being productive at all! So knowing that you actually made a useful use of your time and got something back out of It Is AMAZING!!! Great job man!
I agree with selling something you'd want for yourself. Not only does it make the process more FUN. Odds are, if you like/want it, someone else might want it too.
It depends on what you compare it with, completely okay for a small side project or as a start, but if you are still making more than minimum wage in your country per hour, it would be better to learn a skill or get a job. Not bad for a start though.
@@analogueapples It's also revenue, not profit, so it's meaningless. He could be spending 95% of the revenue on ads and making 5% profit. Why does he not talk about the real business metrics?
00:01 Started Etsy shop, sold digital products for 90 days 01:58 Digital products are infinitely more scalable than physical products. 03:35 Selling digital products offers higher profit margins and more flexibility. 05:18 Digital product niches are saturated compared to physical products 07:04 Challenges of selling digital products 08:40 Transitioning from digital to physical products for more profit. 10:17 Managing a physical location and a small team doesn't seem fun or suitable for an introvert. 11:55 Stick to the basics for successful selling in a Marketplace Really cool video tho ! Fresh and cool !
I just started a month ago selling digital and I’m so glad you made this video. Everything is on point in this video. Thank you for sharing the pros and cons.
You continuously motivate me to continue with Etsy and sell the prints that I do! Thank you for always keeping the energy positive and bless you and your family! I appreciate you
I appreciate that you actually showed evidence of the sales you made. Lots of course sellers love to talk about how their business made $50K a month but wont show any proof and/or they’re not being honest about their costs. You also had some good info here and you seem to be authentic about it!
I was going to only watch the end of the video to see the results because I didnt have time but after seeing you put the results at the start I just muted the video and let it play in the background while I worked. I appreciated that ungreediness.
Awesome success! As someone with a fairly large POD shop and a tiny digital shop I’ll say that POD is a lot more work due to so much customer service needed. In my digital shop I have about 350 sales and have gotten ONE message from a customer … in the POD shop it’s never ending. Questions, custom requests, “where’s my package?! - it’s been in your mailbox since yesterday…”
You’re doing something wrong if you’re getting that many messages! Look at setting better customer expectations. Look at giving the info you get asked about, more preemptively. Make the answers to your questions as obvious as possible. You got this!
@@jayswayworks haha often they just need to go look in their mailbox. Not sure how to make them do that :D Or questions about where are the rest of their items, when I have already told them “for orders with more than 1 item they may arrive separately”.
Ohhh gotcha- I don’t list items that can’t be fulfilled by a single printer (for the most part anyway).. Gave up that headache 5 years ago. Friggin nightmare at xmas 😂 Never again.
The honesty from this video and the selflessness to provide this information without a major personal game (ignoring that TH-cam is obviously a source of income) is what drove me to deep dive into your channel! Great content!
Just recently found you, and I absolutely love and appreciate your videos. Your content is some of the most authentic and genuine out there, not just propaganda to sell a course. Your videos inspire me and let me know this is something I can actually start. Thank you so much for sharing.
This is the reason why I'm changing from selling physical products to digital products. I haven't got the storage space for physical product. I remember watching a video that said 'Whatever you do today - it will take 90 days to see the results'...Thank you for sharing x
Another - THANK YOU for everything you're sharing! I recently found your content and you've motivated me to go back to my 2019 etsy shopn with just 3 listings and give it another go. It has been a dream for me to make this happen for more years than I'd like to admit. You've really helped me decide to try again and see what happens! ❤ Have an amazing & inspired day!
Thank you so much for sharing this new journey with everyone! I'm a graphic designer and just venturing out into the printables business, seeing your figures and progress was incredibly inspiring!
You are one of the only people I’ve ever seen with a large audience, get it out, the mud and purposely be able to store with no visibility. Subscribing based on that, the honest results are very appreciated.
New subscriber here, this video is so insightfully transparent. I appreciate the integrity and gentleness and accepting that I may not be successful selling digital products, most tubers make it seem like you're going to end up a billionaire off a digital store. This keeps me from being obsessed with trying to sell sell sell with the products and or the store potentially losing it's value and forgetting the fact of why i started in the first place. Thank you so much, I'll be watching more of you're videos.
Great video! I really admire the way you've organized it and your calm presentation style. I found it insightful to see the results upfront, but I struggled a bit with clarity. For instance, I was curious about the number of digital products you've created and the time it took to develop them. Looking forward to more of your content!
A fabulous, inspirational video & the sharing of your personal experience. I run a small ETSY shop and really enjoying watching these types of videos. Thank you Tim from Colorado!
Totally agree with you, its very amazing to get that 3 months! I kept meaning to try figital products, but you have helped me give that push to do it. Thank you for doing such great videos!
This video is super helpful! I started freelancing about a year ago and had dreams to create a full on agency and then realised that my introverted self barely liked dealing with clients so now I'm pivoting to help other designers with digital products and videos. It's always fun to learn that your "dreams" may just be stepping stones to guide you to what you actually want
Marketing and getting customers and understanding SEO is the hardest part. I have physical products that sell a little here and there. I want to upgrade my covers and add digital copies of them. Will be looking for future videos. Your delivery is great.
Maybe I missed it, but how much are you spending on marketing? How are you getting visitors/buyers to your shop? Is your new shop connected in some way to your established shop (brand equity)? What is the subject of your digital product selling?
This is really good content. The authenticity is refreshing in a world of "guru" videos that is secretly selling you their affiliate marketing products in a sales video disguised as a guide.
i never comment but this was such a good video. i'm just starting with my etsy shop with physical products and it's not going all that well so i was looking into switching to digital. i subscribed and plan on watching the rest of your videos because you have such a calming delivery and direct way of speaking. thank you for motivating me!
Subscribed! Thank you! I really appreciate what feels like an authentic approach to explaining Etsy. I’m in my 3rd month at 5 sales but I’m definitely seeing improvements in the style and quality of my work. Hopefully it will pay off soon!
Awesome video.. I’m toying with the idea of starting a digital download shop too. The freedom of location is definitely underrated and undervalued! Looking forward to following along!
This is my first time watching you but I've already subscribed! You are one of the people that I need right now to inspire me.... as I think that's one big step for me to finally take action. I'm already planning to sell digital products since last year, but couldn't make it as a priority, sadly. But thank you!!! I hope I can push through now.
You're a huge inspiration Tim, I've been following your progress for a few years now and I'm looking forward to hearing more about your new shop, even if it just ends up being an experiment. The fact that you've replicated your success means you're definitely doing something right. Your numbers for the first 3 months are very impressive, I don't think anyone would say no to an extra few hundred a month. I'm an artist and I've been struggling for years to turn art into my fulltime income. I finally did it through building up my clients and getting some larger jobs, but I realise now that I really want to be financially independent. Making my own products has always been in the back of my mind, but my priorities were elsewhere. I'm sure you hear this a million times a day, but I really struggle with coming up with ideas. You say to find inspiration in the things you know and I know art, but I just can't think of a problem to solve within that space.
I am a coach in the field of self-esteem and find the purpose of your life since 1997. I sold my first seminar ticket in 2000 online, started selling audio books in 2012 and so on. Your video helps me very much, becoming aware of the advantages of my business and that of the future coaches I will teach. It's the first time I see a video of you. I subbed immediately. Great job! Thank you. 🙂
Thank you for giving an honest presentation. I'm not even sure who you are or what you do, but I am subscribing and liking every new video you release just based on the fact that you are keeping it real. I hate all of these dishonest unrealistic goals being set and promoting that everyone can expect it to happen for them. It's just click bait. You are keeping it real. I cannot thank you enough. You are the real deal. or as my sons would say.... you're the GOAT
This is amazing! Thanks for sharing. I've been thinking about selling digital products and I don't expect to really sell much because I as an etsy shopper myself I noticed that the niches are saturated. Because I am located in Latin America, shipping physical products is a nightmare, so yes digital products is a good option I believe, I have no income at the moment so seeing this experience is motivating, and technically I have nothing to loose.
Im repeating what most comments have said but your authenticity and showing what we wanted to see in the first 10 seconds are amazing and please dont stop
Woow!! you amazed me!! How honest and transparent, this is exactly what we need.. I have been thinking for a while about starting an online business but I always feel overwhelmed because I don't have anyone to guide me on this path and every time I try to get advices I end up watching or reading content of people that is only desperate for getting views or selling courses!! you are so honest, so pure, so woow! Please share more content like this, you have something great comming with this channel
ngl before clicking this video I expected it to be some kind of “why you shouldn’t try selling digital products” video but I’m glad I was wrong. I want to start my own Etsy shop now. And btw, you have a great narrating voice, these 13 minutes passed very quickly. thank you for this great content!
This video was very soothing and informative, thank you. I was actually looking for a video relating to e-commerce and using CMS and I got interested with this title that I thought this was also helpful with my search. I’ll be watching more of your videos!
love it!! love how honest and direct this experience is. Thanks a lot for giving the details on how to start doing this and have real expectations, this still seems great!!!💞
Loved your video. Thank you very much for sharing it and for the encouragement to the new Etsy sellers. I've just started a new Etsy store myself, selling digital products (Canva templates), and I am really looking forward to my first sale ;)
Thank you for this video. You have given me some things to think about. I think I might do a “bundle” with my digital products to help put it in that $10-15 dollar price range.
Great video! I felt compelled to compliment you on disclosing your numbers up front, that's so refreshing. Seems from the other comments that I'm not alone. Thanks for sharing your experience!
Just wanted to say, keep the video format and editing this minimalistic. After watching awful videos, I found yours looking for a nice and simple thumbnail. I was not disappointed. Keep it up! If I would change anything, that would be lowering background music a little bit, it is somewhat distracting, but maybe that is only me. Good luck!
For just starting an Etsy shop and getting those results and a really competitive arena....that is fantastic I think, and if you keep going it is only going to scale up. Very well done video! when you showed...this is me fulfilling orders in my digital shop, was hilarious. lol This video was very inspiring. New subscriber.
Thanks Tim! I have just started with my digital product for a month now, all you have said purely realistic and since then I dont feel alone in this anymore…❤
Thank you for including your perceived optimal pricing and for clarifying you aren't yet doing print on demand. I was curious about that earlier in your video. I tried to create a digital shop several months ago selling tileable textures, but got deflated feeling like I had to sell a set of textures for just a few dollars each in order to make a sale. After several months and after creating about 30+ sets of textures, I made a little over $150 and just kinda lost steam, since it took so long to clean up the files out of midjourney, to digitally create the display images and figure out the seo. The little profit I made just didn't seem worth all the hours of effort I was doing, and despite my efforts, it seemed like a long road ahead to even hit the eventual 1k profit mark. With all that said, your video makes me curious to try again and either revisit my past shop and adjust some things, or simply start a new one. I respect you not wanting to reveal your new shop just yet, but I was wondering if you would be willing to share how many total products you had listed on your shop for sale by the end of those 3 months? The reason being is because I've heard it's hard to make money on a digital only store if you have less than 100 or so products on your store page, and since my products were texture bundles, to create over 100 sets of textures seemed admittedly overwhelming.
@@Metal-Spark Why are you being rude? I thought this was a place where we could learn together and uplift each other. Not tear each other down. But to address your sarcasm, it actually was lots more work than I initially thought. Tileable textures aren't as easy as just asking for a random photo from midjourney and calling it done. I had to photoshop a lot of the textures I generated to correct issues with the patterns and remove odd artifacts so they would match up correctly without any distortion to the imaging in the patterns. Then each texture had to be upscaled in a separate program, and then converted to a DPI of 300 for printing quality. Add to that all the time spent in photoshop creating custom mock ups to feature & display the created patterns, especially since each item sold was actually a bundle collection of textures (often between 6 to 12 individual textures). Then there was time spent creating a custom video for each product display as well, and finally researching SEO to use when publishing each item. In total it was easy to spend 5+ hours on each bundled product. Add that to the fact I also work a full time job and have a wife and kids. It's not as easy as you might assume and if you doubt me, give it a try yourself and let me know how it goes.
@@Old_and_Wise I'm not going to feign nicities to protect the feelings of someone using plagiarism as the foundation of their business. AI doesn't work without stealing mass amounts of data from real artists and you're directly competing with actual artists who are attempting to create businesses within the same sector. Thieves dont deserve common courtesy and I'm not going to pretend otherwise.
@@_My_TH-camNo, I don't think I will. As in my response to OP, AI doesn't work without stealing mass amounts of data from real artists and he's using that plagiarism machine to create a business that competes directly with the artists who've been stolen from working in the same sector. Why exactly is my rudeness considered worse than his plagiarism? I'm not going to be nice to someone who builds their business on theft. And anyone who thinks rudeness is somehow a more important issue than data laundering and plagiarism that directly affects the livelihoods of hardworking people needs to seriously rethink their priorities.
Thank you for sharing this. I am planning of creating an etsy shop that’s why am watching videos about it. All the best and congratulations to your new shop.
Your honesty, introvert also I had to subscribe! Im studying all the possibilties around e-commerce and whats better, risks, how to use tools all is so advance right now from when i learned programming at school. Ill be checking your sticker store as well! Wish you all the best 😃
I really love your videos, Tim! I think your results were great, personally. I am currently trying to grow my printables Etsy shop with new products and hoping for the best. Thank you so much for sharing your insights! 🤗
How did you prepare for your online business before launching it? Do you have a separate bank account for each store front? No one ever talks about how they structure their PoD businesses. Do you have everything owned under one company name/LLC or do you split business ownership with the whole Brand company, Holding Company and Trust company model? If you do split them, do you have a different bank for each? What kind of impact does even trying this, have on your taxes?
Thanks for sharing. I'm about to start my digital products selling journey. Still doing more research and exploring things. You earned another sub here. ❤
First time viewer, and WOW. Awesome information. I especially appreciate your approach for people to stick to subjects they know. Wise words, Young Man. Thank you!
Hi Tim! First of all thank you for your effort to bring people real useful information. By the way you didn't mentioned what kind of digital product you are selling.?
As someone getting over CPTSD and generalized anxiety, honestly, id just like an extra income doing something I love, dont need riches, dont need stress. This was interesting, to the point, useful and inspiring, ty.
So happy to watch your channel grow! I also have a sticker shop and started doing digitals over at Patreon as well, it's been so nice to not have to make and ship stickers 👍
I've just opened a store. Nothing in it yet but i think what you are making is pretty good. I hope i can start like that and ramp up over time. After a year its extra money that could pay for a trip or somewhat extravagant purchase.
Hi! I definitely want to learn more about your digital product journey. Thank you for your honesty about the process. I want to create digital products but I need help with ideas and product creation.
The fact that he already showed how much he sold in the first 10 seconds in addition to the great editing of the video made me realise when I finished that I was watching this at 1x speed (ultimate compliment lol)
Yes I loved this too! Well done Tim :)
I was going to say the same!
His take is so refreshing, no BS, no "make $10k in a day!" or "get rich in a month!" he's genuine and he's speaking about the good and the bad while keeping expectations realistic, i really feel inspired to start my own etsy shop, i've been thinking about it for some time and this just inspires me more!
I love how direct and authentic his presentation is. Not nearly enough creators out there him. Refreshing af.
Agreed! And he's showing his numbers instead of "Check out what this other shop did" - Love the authenticity
@@iMakeThatHi maybe you can explain me, how it works, because he has the same number of orders each month, but income increase. How it is possible?
@@biurowytrenerexcelaoh lol I didn’t even notice that. Must’ve sold either a higher price item or had larger orders in general 🤷
@@iMakeThat Tim Koa replied in one of comments here that he sold product for 12-15$ each so it does not match...
Very Refreshing! I felt the same way watching it. He discussed realist expectations and didn't try to oversell himself or his results for clicks and views!
Man.. you have no idea just how much you're helping and inspiring me..
You got this!
Yeah, same here
I felt the same, helped and inspired
You guys will get the biggest reality checks of your lives.
Me too. Thank you so much. It was exactly what i needed right now
Got my first digital sale yesterday, been a very busy 2 weeks so haven’t been thinking about my shop even. So that was a nice feeling!
Hi, how is it going? And how do you market and promote your digital products?
Where are you selling your digital assets?
Congratulations!
Congratulations!!!!
That’s not underwhelming at all, It’s Inspiring because when you come to think about It, In those 3 months you could’ve just been laying around and not being productive at all! So knowing that you actually made a useful use of your time and got something back out of It Is AMAZING!!! Great job man!
I agree with selling something you'd want for yourself.
Not only does it make the process more FUN.
Odds are, if you like/want it, someone else might want it too.
Best advice I've come across today
Well said.
Underwhelming? Bro! What are you talking about? That's so much money, I'm Proud of you Tim❤
It depends on what you compare it with, completely okay for a small side project or as a start, but if you are still making more than minimum wage in your country per hour, it would be better to learn a skill or get a job. Not bad for a start though.
@@analogueapples It's also revenue, not profit, so it's meaningless. He could be spending 95% of the revenue on ads and making 5% profit. Why does he not talk about the real business metrics?
I love that you just put the results at the beginning. None of the "stick around for the results at the end". Quality content - subscribed.
00:01 Started Etsy shop, sold digital products for 90 days
01:58 Digital products are infinitely more scalable than physical products.
03:35 Selling digital products offers higher profit margins and more flexibility.
05:18 Digital product niches are saturated compared to physical products
07:04 Challenges of selling digital products
08:40 Transitioning from digital to physical products for more profit.
10:17 Managing a physical location and a small team doesn't seem fun or suitable for an introvert.
11:55 Stick to the basics for successful selling in a Marketplace
Really cool video tho !
Fresh and cool !
I just started a month ago selling digital and I’m so glad you made this video. Everything is on point in this video. Thank you for sharing the pros and cons.
Are you making sales?
How’s it going
@MrsRia79 how's it going please reply i really wanted to start is it worth ??
@@jxxxxx44 yes I am. It’s been consistent. I have three main files that are best sellers at the moment.
@@feluvlogs it’s slow but consistent at the same time. I think adding files consistently matters.
You continuously motivate me to continue with Etsy and sell the prints that I do! Thank you for always keeping the energy positive and bless you and your family! I appreciate you
I hope it’s doing well!
I appreciate that you actually showed evidence of the sales you made. Lots of course sellers love to talk about how their business made $50K a month but wont show any proof and/or they’re not being honest about their costs. You also had some good info here and you seem to be authentic about it!
I was going to only watch the end of the video to see the results because I didnt have time but after seeing you put the results at the start I just muted the video and let it play in the background while I worked. I appreciated that ungreediness.
Awesome success!
As someone with a fairly large POD shop and a tiny digital shop I’ll say that POD is a lot more work due to so much customer service needed.
In my digital shop I have about 350 sales and have gotten ONE message from a customer … in the POD shop it’s never ending. Questions, custom requests, “where’s my package?! - it’s been in your mailbox since yesterday…”
You’re doing something wrong if you’re getting that many messages!
Look at setting better customer expectations.
Look at giving the info you get asked about, more preemptively.
Make the answers to your questions as obvious as possible.
You got this!
@@jayswayworks haha often they just need to go look in their mailbox. Not sure how to make them do that :D
Or questions about where are the rest of their items, when I have already told them “for orders with more than 1 item they may arrive separately”.
Ohhh gotcha- I don’t list items that can’t be fulfilled by a single printer (for the most part anyway).. Gave up that headache 5 years ago. Friggin nightmare at xmas 😂
Never again.
Could you teach me how to acquire customers?
The honesty from this video and the selflessness to provide this information without a major personal game (ignoring that TH-cam is obviously a source of income) is what drove me to deep dive into your channel! Great content!
I really like your realistic approach to things. Specially your attention to not sharing the new shop so you can get as close as you can to a beginner
Just recently found you, and I absolutely love and appreciate your videos. Your content is some of the most authentic and genuine out there, not just propaganda to sell a course. Your videos inspire me and let me know this is something I can actually start. Thank you so much for sharing.
This is the reason why I'm changing from selling physical products to digital products. I haven't got the storage space for physical product. I remember watching a video that said 'Whatever you do today - it will take 90 days to see the results'...Thank you for sharing x
Another - THANK YOU for everything you're sharing! I recently found your content and you've motivated me to go back to my 2019 etsy shopn with just 3 listings and give it another go. It has been a dream for me to make this happen for more years than I'd like to admit. You've really helped me decide to try again and see what happens! ❤ Have an amazing & inspired day!
Thank you so much for sharing this new journey with everyone! I'm a graphic designer and just venturing out into the printables business, seeing your figures and progress was incredibly inspiring!
You are one of the only people I’ve ever seen with a large audience, get it out, the mud and purposely be able to store with no visibility. Subscribing based on that, the honest results are very appreciated.
New subscriber here, this video is so insightfully transparent. I appreciate the integrity and gentleness and accepting that I may not be successful selling digital products, most tubers make it seem like you're going to end up a billionaire off a digital store. This keeps me from being obsessed with trying to sell sell sell with the products and or the store potentially losing it's value and forgetting the fact of why i started in the first place. Thank you so much, I'll be watching more of you're videos.
Could you share more on how you marketed the digital product you sell in the beginning?
I agree, I'd love to know as well
Yes and how many followers on your platforms
pleasee
I'm joining on the please show us bandwagon haha
Prolly just promote or ads on etsy
Great video! I really admire the way you've organized it and your calm presentation style. I found it insightful to see the results upfront, but I struggled a bit with clarity. For instance, I was curious about the number of digital products you've created and the time it took to develop them. Looking forward to more of your content!
I second this
A fabulous, inspirational video & the sharing of your personal experience. I run a small ETSY shop and really enjoying watching these types of videos. Thank you Tim from Colorado!
Totally agree with you, its very amazing to get that 3 months! I kept meaning to try figital products, but you have helped me give that push to do it. Thank you for doing such great videos!
This video is super helpful! I started freelancing about a year ago and had dreams to create a full on agency and then realised that my introverted self barely liked dealing with clients so now I'm pivoting to help other designers with digital products and videos. It's always fun to learn that your "dreams" may just be stepping stones to guide you to what you actually want
This is awesome Tim! I think what matters most is that upward growth. You results are all positive news!
Marketing and getting customers and understanding SEO is the hardest part. I have physical products that sell a little here and there. I want to upgrade my covers and add digital copies of them. Will be looking for future videos. Your delivery is great.
I love your videos. Really inspiring and also calming at the same time. Thank you for sharing and enjoy hearing about your successes.
This is the most valuable staff for beginners! Don't forget to take notes guys and most importantly take action!
Okay but your shop and product is actually incredibly unique and clever, less than 1% will have your level of clever marketing and design. Well done
The effortless, well-structured, and direct narration made me clicked the subscribed button. Plus, the knowledge this video imparts is gold 😊😊
I think this is amazing results especially for a new shop in a competitive environment. Great video!
Maybe I missed it, but how much are you spending on marketing? How are you getting visitors/buyers to your shop? Is your new shop connected in some way to your established shop (brand equity)? What is the subject of your digital product selling?
Translation: id like to steal your idea.
Bro he didn't say for this reason 😂
This is really good content. The authenticity is refreshing in a world of "guru" videos that is secretly selling you their affiliate marketing products in a sales video disguised as a guide.
Thanks for this. I'm so glad to find Canadian content creators.
i never comment but this was such a good video. i'm just starting with my etsy shop with physical products and it's not going all that well so i was looking into switching to digital. i subscribed and plan on watching the rest of your videos because you have such a calming delivery and direct way of speaking. thank you for motivating me!
My 1st time stumbling across your video - probably the most authentic and genuine video Etsy video I’ve seen. Clicked subscribe immediately!
Subscribed! Thank you! I really appreciate what feels like an authentic approach to explaining Etsy. I’m in my 3rd month at 5 sales but I’m definitely seeing improvements in the style and quality of my work. Hopefully it will pay off soon!
Awesome video.. I’m toying with the idea of starting a digital download shop too.
The freedom of location is definitely underrated and undervalued!
Looking forward to following along!
This is my first time watching you but I've already subscribed! You are one of the people that I need right now to inspire me.... as I think that's one big step for me to finally take action. I'm already planning to sell digital products since last year, but couldn't make it as a priority, sadly. But thank you!!! I hope I can push through now.
Your tone of voice is so calming, and the content is thought provoking and inspiring. Thank you for sharing! I’m subscribing 😊
I love authentic content and the creators behind such quality output!❤
Finally a creator who speaks truth
Thank you
Please keep doing the same 👏
I wish more creators are like you, down to earth, honest and don't waste time, perfect video even though its 13min long I enjoyed every minute!
Thank you for being transparent and not beating around the bush. I found this video very helpful.
You're a huge inspiration Tim, I've been following your progress for a few years now and I'm looking forward to hearing more about your new shop, even if it just ends up being an experiment. The fact that you've replicated your success means you're definitely doing something right. Your numbers for the first 3 months are very impressive, I don't think anyone would say no to an extra few hundred a month.
I'm an artist and I've been struggling for years to turn art into my fulltime income. I finally did it through building up my clients and getting some larger jobs, but I realise now that I really want to be financially independent. Making my own products has always been in the back of my mind, but my priorities were elsewhere.
I'm sure you hear this a million times a day, but I really struggle with coming up with ideas. You say to find inspiration in the things you know and I know art, but I just can't think of a problem to solve within that space.
think of something that is of interest and that you'd love dwelving into, perhaps to frame it that way helps inspire you.
I am a coach in the field of self-esteem and find the purpose of your life since 1997. I sold my first seminar ticket in 2000 online, started selling audio books in 2012 and so on. Your video helps me very much, becoming aware of the advantages of my business and that of the future coaches I will teach.
It's the first time I see a video of you. I subbed immediately. Great job! Thank you. 🙂
Thank you for giving an honest presentation. I'm not even sure who you are or what you do, but I am subscribing and liking every new video you release just based on the fact that you are keeping it real. I hate all of these dishonest unrealistic goals being set and promoting that everyone can expect it to happen for them. It's just click bait. You are keeping it real. I cannot thank you enough. You are the real deal. or as my sons would say.... you're the GOAT
This is amazing! Thanks for sharing. I've been thinking about selling digital products and I don't expect to really sell much because I as an etsy shopper myself I noticed that the niches are saturated.
Because I am located in Latin America, shipping physical products is a nightmare, so yes digital products is a good option I believe, I have no income at the moment so seeing this experience is motivating, and technically I have nothing to loose.
Im repeating what most comments have said but your authenticity and showing what we wanted to see in the first 10 seconds are amazing and please dont stop
Woow!! you amazed me!! How honest and transparent, this is exactly what we need.. I have been thinking for a while about starting an online business but I always feel overwhelmed because I don't have anyone to guide me on this path and every time I try to get advices I end up watching or reading content of people that is only desperate for getting views or selling courses!! you are so honest, so pure, so woow! Please share more content like this, you have something great comming with this channel
I really love how sincere and honest this video is.
I love that he’s not sharing it to test out realistic growth for someone with no audience! This gives me hope because I literally just started today
ngl before clicking this video I expected it to be some kind of “why you shouldn’t try selling digital products” video but I’m glad I was wrong. I want to start my own Etsy shop now. And btw, you have a great narrating voice, these 13 minutes passed very quickly. thank you for this great content!
Watching your video feels like i'm listening to a friend. You are so calm, natural and inspiring. I wish you success in everything you do❤
This video was very soothing and informative, thank you. I was actually looking for a video relating to e-commerce and using CMS and I got interested with this title that I thought this was also helpful with my search. I’ll be watching more of your videos!
love it!! love how honest and direct this experience is. Thanks a lot for giving the details on how to start doing this and have real expectations, this still seems great!!!💞
Love the digital product ideas! It is pretty surprising how well these products actually do😱
Thank you for being so transparent and always sharing so much value in your video!
Today I have watched so many videos on digital product and this video is the winner, simple and authentic, no extra word
Loved your video. Thank you very much for sharing it and for the encouragement to the new Etsy sellers. I've just started a new Etsy store myself, selling digital products (Canva templates), and I am really looking forward to my first sale ;)
Thank you for this video. You have given me some things to think about. I think I might do a “bundle” with my digital products to help put it in that $10-15 dollar price range.
Great video! I felt compelled to compliment you on disclosing your numbers up front, that's so refreshing. Seems from the other comments that I'm not alone. Thanks for sharing your experience!
It's amusing to see some people attempting to provoke you into revealing your shop. Keep your second shop private until you are ready to share it.
I agree. None of the TH-camrs tell the details about their shop names or anything. I don’t tell mine and don’t plan to.
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It's nice he's doing it this way as numbers will be unbiased for anyone else trying to see similar results.
So awesome. I've been heavily considering starting a digital product store! This was so inspiring :)
Go for it Sean!
This was easily the most informative and helpful video I've seen on any kind of Etsy product, thank you!
Just wanted to say, keep the video format and editing this minimalistic. After watching awful videos, I found yours looking for a nice and simple thumbnail.
I was not disappointed. Keep it up!
If I would change anything, that would be lowering background music a little bit, it is somewhat distracting, but maybe that is only me.
Good luck!
For just starting an Etsy shop and getting those results and a really competitive arena....that is fantastic I think, and if you keep going it is only going to scale up. Very well done video! when you showed...this is me fulfilling orders in my digital shop, was hilarious. lol This video was very inspiring. New subscriber.
Thanks Tim! I have just started with my digital product for a month now, all you have said purely realistic and since then I dont feel alone in this anymore…❤
Thank you for including your perceived optimal pricing and for clarifying you aren't yet doing print on demand. I was curious about that earlier in your video.
I tried to create a digital shop several months ago selling tileable textures, but got deflated feeling like I had to sell a set of textures for just a few dollars each in order to make a sale.
After several months and after creating about 30+ sets of textures, I made a little over $150 and just kinda lost steam, since it took so long to clean up the files out of midjourney, to digitally create the display images and figure out the seo. The little profit I made just didn't seem worth all the hours of effort I was doing, and despite my efforts, it seemed like a long road ahead to even hit the eventual 1k profit mark.
With all that said, your video makes me curious to try again and either revisit my past shop and adjust some things, or simply start a new one.
I respect you not wanting to reveal your new shop just yet, but I was wondering if you would be willing to share how many total products you had listed on your shop for sale by the end of those 3 months? The reason being is because I've heard it's hard to make money on a digital only store if you have less than 100 or so products on your store page, and since my products were texture bundles, to create over 100 sets of textures seemed admittedly overwhelming.
I bet it was really hard work using AI to create things for you to sell :'( poor guy
@@Metal-Spark Why are you being rude? I thought this was a place where we could learn together and uplift each other. Not tear each other down.
But to address your sarcasm, it actually was lots more work than I initially thought. Tileable textures aren't as easy as just asking for a random photo from midjourney and calling it done. I had to photoshop a lot of the textures I generated to correct issues with the patterns and remove odd artifacts so they would match up correctly without any distortion to the imaging in the patterns. Then each texture had to be upscaled in a separate program, and then converted to a DPI of 300 for printing quality. Add to that all the time spent in photoshop creating custom mock ups to feature & display the created patterns, especially since each item sold was actually a bundle collection of textures (often between 6 to 12 individual textures). Then there was time spent creating a custom video for each product display as well, and finally researching SEO to use when publishing each item. In total it was easy to spend 5+ hours on each bundled product. Add that to the fact I also work a full time job and have a wife and kids. It's not as easy as you might assume and if you doubt me, give it a try yourself and let me know how it goes.
@@Metal-SparkGet out of here with that nasty attitude.
@@Old_and_Wise I'm not going to feign nicities to protect the feelings of someone using plagiarism as the foundation of their business. AI doesn't work without stealing mass amounts of data from real artists and you're directly competing with actual artists who are attempting to create businesses within the same sector. Thieves dont deserve common courtesy and I'm not going to pretend otherwise.
@@_My_TH-camNo, I don't think I will. As in my response to OP, AI doesn't work without stealing mass amounts of data from real artists and he's using that plagiarism machine to create a business that competes directly with the artists who've been stolen from working in the same sector. Why exactly is my rudeness considered worse than his plagiarism? I'm not going to be nice to someone who builds their business on theft. And anyone who thinks rudeness is somehow a more important issue than data laundering and plagiarism that directly affects the livelihoods of hardworking people needs to seriously rethink their priorities.
Thank you for sharing this. I am planning of creating an etsy shop that’s why am watching videos about it. All the best and congratulations to your new shop.
Your honesty, introvert also I had to subscribe! Im studying all the possibilties around e-commerce and whats better, risks, how to use tools all is so advance right now from when i learned programming at school. Ill be checking your sticker store as well! Wish you all the best 😃
Love your zen energy 😊
Thank you for sharing your experience and advice! 👍
thanks dude, super helpful, keep creating such content, we love it
Liked and Subscribed!
You have a very warm delivery. And the background music helped.
This is the first video I’ve watched on your channel.
And more successful shops are copying less successful shops! That happens more than the other way around! Excellent Video!
I really love your videos, Tim! I think your results were great, personally. I am currently trying to grow my printables Etsy shop with new products and hoping for the best. Thank you so much for sharing your insights! 🤗
This was so helpful. I’m diving into selling handmade products but I’m also working on doing digital products.
Thank you! I’m researching in order to start creating digital products so this was helpful. 🙏🏻🤩
Very informative. And like many others here are saying, you seem like a really authentic, wise person. Thanks for this vid.
Great content, I’m about to start a business in this area, your vid was straight forward, no overblown claims and engaging. Thanks👍
How did you prepare for your online business before launching it? Do you have a separate bank account for each store front? No one ever talks about how they structure their PoD businesses. Do you have everything owned under one company name/LLC or do you split business ownership with the whole Brand company, Holding Company and Trust company model? If you do split them, do you have a different bank for each? What kind of impact does even trying this, have on your taxes?
you are full of positivity, thank you for all the wonderful advice!
Thanks for sharing. I'm about to start my digital products selling journey. Still doing more research and exploring things. You earned another sub here. ❤
Great job on delivering information in a cool and chill way. It's nice to listen to you.
First time viewer, and WOW. Awesome information. I especially appreciate your approach for people to stick to subjects they know. Wise words, Young Man. Thank you!
Great video! Refreshing to hear a TH-camr being honest about the reality of what it’s like starting online business appreciate it 👍🏼
Just following because of your authenticity and transparency
Wow.. that genuinely real story makes me really want to know more. Thanks for these real experiences and examples
Hi Tim! First of all thank you for your effort to bring people real useful information. By the way you didn't mentioned what kind of digital product you are selling.?
As someone getting over CPTSD and generalized anxiety, honestly, id just like an extra income doing something I love, dont need riches, dont need stress. This was interesting, to the point, useful and inspiring, ty.
This is incredible - I would love to see how you market this!
Aka the SEO!
So happy to watch your channel grow! I also have a sticker shop and started doing digitals over at Patreon as well, it's been so nice to not have to make and ship stickers 👍
I've just opened a store. Nothing in it yet but i think what you are making is pretty good. I hope i can start like that and ramp up over time. After a year its extra money that could pay for a trip or somewhat extravagant purchase.
Definitely a good way to approach it! Wish you the best
how is your store doing???
such an amazing video! super direct and to the point, thank you for making me feel like i can start my own business!
Love the take and knowledge share. I’m in the same boat as a designer 30 days in to a new store with new designs. Gotta keep pushing!
Hi! I definitely want to learn more about your digital product journey. Thank you for your honesty about the process. I want to create digital products but I need help with ideas and product creation.