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Amazing :) I opened my etsy shop at the end of 2021 but didn't truly get serious and consistent until fall 2022. But 2023 was my best year a lot of growth happened.. So to this date I'm at 271K in revenue and I would say when I made the switch to focus on the research and the customer everything changed... SO don't give up anyone. Show up everyday and do the work.. You gotta chip at it everyday :)
I'm super stoked and just wanted to share - I made my first sale today just over a week from my first posting!! It may be a fluke, lol, but it was very motivating for me today. Thank you, Cassiy for all of the TH-cam help - you have been my guide from day one 😊❤
Ahh congrats Tifani that is super exciting! After the holidays slow down the sales might trickle in but keep putting in the hard work that you have been consistently for the next few months and it will definitely pay off
I’ve been following this channel and started my Etsy store a couple months ago. I was getting a bit frustrated but today I finally made my first sale! Now I feel more motivated to keep at it!
@@KateTheMama sad to say but not good. Shop was gaining steam, put out some Christmas ornaments early November mostly using AI art, had one trending very well and selling. Then with no warning I logged in and I’m suspended. No reason given. I appealed, once again no reason given, just got the generic appeal denied and you’re suspended forever and we’ll never answer any emails about it reply. Still have no idea why, I have nothing copyrighted, all POD products. It was quite heartbreaking, I put a lot of time and money into it and was starting to see results.
great job Cassiy and Noelle as well, good luck for all new sellers, as a new etsy seller im on 87 listing but my bad luck with 0 view and 0 sale, but this video give me more power to keep listing and waiting for my first sale. wish me good luck and have a good Q4 season
Thanks for sharing your experience, Noelle. I've had my shop open for about 14 months now and only have about 350 sales. I have 240 listings and will continue to list, but I'm starting to think it's not going to happen for me. This video will help keep me motivated for a bit longer.
you can definitely do it but you should be uploading more listings per day. 240 in 14 months is pretty bad so you should focus on optimizing your workflow so you can have higher output per unit of time you spend working on your shop. obviously I don't know how busy you are everyday but you should pretty much always be able to put out a minimum of three listings a day. just for reference I see shops put out 10-20 listings a day that are very successful and I myself do 15. I hope this was constructive as I'm only trying help and remember that "I'm starting to think it's not going to happen for me" is only true the day you decide to quit. Also feel free to drop your shop link here so everyone can look and give you constructive feedback.
I hope this interview does give you hope! I know Shawna, another student that I interviewed on my channel, didn't start really making sales until she had 700 listings put up. Hopefully you can start seeing consistent sales well before that but we all come into this with different sets of abilities and strengths, so try not to compare too much! We all are on our own journey but my hope is that with interviews like this, it just reminds you that it's possible and it's working right now for other people!
I have just started my Etsy store recently and am still learning. I follow a few channels here on TH-cam but I have honestly found yours to be the most realistic and helpful. Thanks for your great channel and thanks to Noelle too for this great interview, it was very informative.
Well done Noelle that is amazing. My shop is slow but I'm enjoying the learning and the designing. I'm also realistic about earnings from this, working full time already if I can earn even a few extra hundred pounds a month then I'll be a happy bunny so from my end the profit she has made in a year is fabulous. The comments on here that its a poor figure are unfair, a lot of work has been put in and if we support and empower each other the Etsy world will be a more successful place. ❤❤
I am at sale number 11...... Three months in......still waiting for the chaos of Q4 to kick in, which apparently it does.... Feeling very jaded at the moment - I need this to work.
I am starting to believe that shops like this are rare. I have been doing everything the YT Etsy sellers recommend sales are very slow. I am coming up on my 1 year anniversary and I am nowhere near 100k.
I think in times of doubt like these, it's a really good idea to go find out for sure instead of speculating. Take a break from working on your business for a minute and go do some market research. Take awhile and go find stores that have only been open 1-2 years that have lots of sales. This is a really easy thing to do if you have the Everbee app since you can sort the search results by how old the shop is. $100,000 revenue like she has is probably around 4,000 - 5,000 sales just for reference. Once you find this list then take a real critical eye to what they are doing. Are they offering a loss leader on their products? What mockups are they using? What niches are they designing for? How many listings do they have? What types of fonts and colors are they using in their designs? Are they running a sale? You can learn from people here on TH-cam but I always use the proof on Etsy in the bestselling listings as my guiding light of what actually works! Take a critical eye to your own shop/listings/designs after doing this research and see if you really are doing "everything" or if you still have some things to learn and improve on. All the best!
Thank you Cas for these tips. I will take your advice and do some more homework. I have done some of this research before but maybe I am missing something.@@CassiyJohnson
I bought that excel calculator you made. I am very good at excel and making formulas and things, so I was starting to work on my own, but when I saw you had one to offer, I decided to get it and WOW is it ever amazing!! I mean, I am really good at excel, but you are AMAZING and your calculator is going to save me so much time and guesswork!! I appreciate you so much!! ❤❤❤
Hello Cassiy, I just read an article from CNBC about you. I have often wondered about the honesty of "How to Etsy" teachers. You are definitely the real deal. Thank you for all of the information that you have shared.
Trying to make this etsy work. Establishing now my store, soon I'll be the one to be interviewed. I'm an international seller in Asia ♥️ Love your youtube channel so much. I'm so excited to make this work 🎉
Can’t wait for you interview someday ❤️ I’m running a listing challenge on my channel right now if you want to check out my latest video and join in to boost your store this summer 🎉
Congrats on getting started!! I know it's a lot in the beginning but hopefully this interview motivates you to know what's possible if you just stick with it
I agree. Complicated group listings. Someday I want to learn how to do that too, I have the video saved. I will have to watch it a few times. I am one year this month and I just got my 22nd sale. I am an RN trying not to go back LOL
She really threw me for a loop when she said that she had 400 listings I'm only at listing number for and it seems to take me a day to do each one. Lol I'm assuming I'll get faster overtime thank you so much
One a day is better than none! Try not to focus on the big number you want to get to, but instead, breaking it down and accomplishing little tasks everyday. Those listings will add up before you know it, and you’d be surprised by how much you can accomplish in 1 month, 6 months, 1 year, etc. Not to mention the experience that you gain while building your business. It takes time to build anything, even with all the technology and tools available in 2023, so don’t give up!
@@itskarissss thank you so much for the kind words. I'm hoping that one of my mistakes isn't going to be that I'm spending too much time on my designs. I see people making 100 designs at one time just by changing a word and I don't really know if I believe in doing it that way, I think each design should have some sort of personal touch but again that might be what drags me down or maybe not drag me down but it may take me longer to start making sales. I am a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to my designs and I hope I don't shoot myself in the foot
@@brian8431 take it from me that as a graphic designer prior to starting my Etsy journey, some of my best performing listings haven’t been ones that I spent hours on or particularly aligned with my personal design style, but rather were ones that customers already liked on the platform. Perfectionism can sometimes be a double edged sword and what I’ve learned through this whole process (less than a year in) is that the best thing you can do is just go for it. Should you still do your research and upload quality listings? Absolutely. But ultimately you won’t get the necessary feedback and stats you need from Etsy to then grow your shop if you don’t try different things. I’ve had plenty of listings that looked similar to competitors in my niche and something customers might like, good SEO, images, etc and still haven’t sold. It’s all about trial and error!
I would add something for the shirt colors. I think people should emphasize more on designing for a particular color background. This way your design is actually made to look good in certain colors and now you can just add 2-3 more colors that your design can work well with also (:!
Hi, this is amazing I just started watching your show so I can learn more because I started my etsy shop earlier this year but wasn't getting sales and got frustrated I did illustration drawings and took lots of time. So I want to focus on POD where I can do prints then to clothing. Very soon I want to open my shop again after all that I learned from your channel 😊
Now it’s just a matter of research until I get into automatic pilot. I already have the big picture in my head with this business model. So glad I discovered. Thanks again
@@CassiyJohnson I sent you a question and got a reply from @telegram. Is that you or someone posing as you? Just wanted to know because of so many scammers out!
Thank you so much for inspiring us, helping us provide for our families. I hope one-day I can afford your course 🙂. Keep up the amazing work and congratulations on your CNBC article
that's me! i am awake at 12:19 am listing. i also work full time. I onlly had the store opened sonce June. No sales yet, but i see people favoriting some products. oh my. i only have 52 listings. i got get at least 100. Q4 is here! LOL i hope i sell. i dont hope, i will sell!
Hi cassiy Hope you are well, I visited your youtube channel and your video making is very good,your content ideas are very good. Thank you so much❤️❤️❤️
CASSIY, may you talk more about listing multiple listings of the same design, but with different wordings? How would that look to the customer knowing you have the same design?
With Print On Demand a 25% - 30% profit margin is really normal since you are paying another company to print and ship the items for you and that is the biggest expense! There are some other expenses like design software or research tools as well
@@CassiyJohnson how about paid ads? Do u guys use paid ads? If u dont, would it be better if you did? Or it wont make a difference in this particular biz?
What does she mean cloning the listing in printify? I would love a more in depth tutorial of how to download your images from canva and how to save and upload to printify/etsy
Hey Cassiy, I love your videos, they are always so informative. I was wondering if you could make a video about when people list tshirt/ sweatshirt/ onesie / hoodie in one listing with one design. How do they automate it? How to make a few items listing? Also do you think it’s worth it? The first time I went to Etsy as a consumer, I wanted to purchase a shirt and was so confused why there was a listing of onesie (with the lowest price)/ youth short etc… after a while I got used to it as many sellers do post it this way. But in any case I was wondering if you have any insights on this. Thanks!
To be able to list all of these different products in one listing, it becomes a very manual process. I don't personally think it's worth your time. I just like to list all of the items separate! If you have ever seen my group listings tutorials, it works the same way.
I've been on Etsy for 9 months. I've been watching videos every day for most of that time. I'm researching trying to find good, unsaturated, high demand niches, improving my design skills, using excellent mockups, etc., and I'm still only making about 8 sales per month for the past 5-6 months. I work 3-8 hours a day on my shop. I have over 750 listings. I feel like I'm doing everything right, and yet somehow others are making thousands while I'm in the red. Why??? I'm so passionate about this shop. I feel like I know enough about running a store that I could start my own TH-cam channel and teach how to do it at this point, but I'm still not making sales. Every time I think I've figured out what I can improve, little to nothing changes. It's so frustrating! Calling 1.5 months a slow start is so hard to hear. I know you can't diagnose my shop just from all this, so maybe I just need some encouraging words.
I’m so sorry to hear that your are feeling frustrated Hannah! I know my student Shawna had a really similar start to you if you haven’t seen her interview, I think it would be really helpful! One of the things that started to make a big difference for her was getting into group listings if you haven’t gotten into those! And honestly a lot of my success has come from really “saturated” niches like teachers, nurses, bachelorette shirts etc. I would stop focusing on only unsaturated niches because they are unsaturated because there is less demand. If you can find ways to add your unique value to saturated niches, then you can get a lot of sales!! Usually when I see stores that aren’t getting the sales they want, it’s typically the designs that are the problem. I would spend a little while looking at bestsellers and how you can incorporate similar elements into your designs in new ways. Just do more research on what the bestsellers are doing in general and see if you can reverse engineer it. What are they pricing their items, what mock-ups are they using etc
@@CassiyJohnson thanks! Yes, I follow Shawna. She has a lot of great info, and it's always encouraging to hear her story and the ones she shares from her friends and family as well. Thanks for the encouragement! I can always improve on my designs, so I will try to focus on that and shut out the negativity. :)
I would say to learn more about ads and marketing. you might be watching the wrong info videos on TH-cam your on the next level of learning which is marketing once you learn marketing you’ll start to make sales. hope this info works.
Right on the cusp of Q4, Etsy just removed 3 integrations overnight, including one POD company because they latterly decided (after 2 years of profiting) that some of their products weren't compliant. This happened with no warning, resulting in businesses wiped out and pending orders uncertain. To all POD sellers: be warned. Etsy is ruthless, cynical and you can't trust that they will not de-list you on a whim. Put your plan B in place in case you get caught out. Good luck.
@@janelopez7010 ShineOn (a POD company), CJShip and AutoDS. It's their prerogative to decide which integrations they have, of course - but they could surely have given sellers adequate notice to complete existing orders, download their data and move to alternative platforms. None of which they did.
Etsy removed cheap quality trinkets made in China that didn’t involve any “design work” from the individual, merely copy pasting text on a card. They also removed 2 drop shipping programs that should lower the amount of cheap factory made knock offs being sold on Etsy. As a POD seller who designs all my designs I feel it’s a GOOD change for most of us POD sellers because the marketplace won’t get overrun with hundreds of identical factory made products.
@@RailinX unfortunately it wasn't just those things that they removed (which I agree with you on), they also removed fully compliant POD products made in the USA. With no warning to sellers, thus giving them no time to fulfil orders or make alternative arrangements to shift to another platform.
I have watched a few of these videos and the story is similar... hours and hours of work staying up all night, 400-800 !! listings... 100 listings before a dollar made... just 5k in gross profit per month... before selling, general and admin expenses... it seems it would be far more time effective to work at McDonalds
@@Las645 5k in gross profit... net profit they are making like 10%... after all costs so $500 per month... for the top people who are putting in hours and hours of work. You make much more than that at McDonalds. Be careful with these course sellers - they always talk about Gross Profit and not NET Profit - to deceive you
I still need to understand one thing. In November when 31K comes in, in orders, how are you paying Printify to start production? Do you have a CC with 30K available on it? I get it, spend money to make money, BUT I literally couldn't support 30K in revenue for POD at this point, and I don't know how you'd get there.
I recently watched a video in which they mentioned paying off the credit card regularly to keep the limit and also negotiating for a higher credit limit.
I was wondering the same thing. Do you pay Printify immediately or add a couple days to shipping time and pay with Etsy revenue from the sale? I guess it is a prerequisite to have a high limit credit card?
@diannewingender1440 Printify charges you at the time the order is processed. So if you have them processing as received, the charge will be per order as soon as they receive. If you set it up at processing at a certain time of the day for all orders received until that time, they will charge the full amount for all orders. In simpler words, the charges are linked to the processing of the order and not the final shipping. You need to have a payment method linked to the account for automatic charges.
Hi Cassiy, thanks for another great video, and congratulations to Noelle! 👏🏻😁 I’m going to open my own Etsy shop soon and was just wondering as I’ve heard conflicting advice, does Etsy give a new shop a boost in the search results or each new listing a boost and is it for a specific period of time after the shop has opened as I’m hoping to try and take advantage of it if possible 🤷🏻♀️😁 Thank you so much 😁
Copyright? What can you do for preventing? One of my items was choose as "Etsy’s pick" and the big stores took all my designs with titles, tags. One of them is selling as digital for $1. Now I dont want to design anything because I can't compete with them 😢
@@tll5293in each mockup I have my logo on the corner but some of those stores cropped it, those stores don't care and I noticed it because my tittle has a letter missing and they didn't fix it. I dont post anything else since then because I dont know how to protect myself and my time. I was thinking of watermark or something but Im not sure what to do
Yes, this is a huge issue on Etsy. As soon as a design takes off and becomes hot it gets stolen. The YT Etsy sellers recommend using third party art to many beginners and this is a huge issue bc you cannot claim copyright on those designs and theives know this. I know of others who create designs from scratch who get their designs stolen and they have to put out money to get it copyrighted and hire a lawyer to go after the theives.
@@laurachevrette8060 thats the thing if you buy it already for creative fabrica, you know that others will have the same designs but if you do it from scratch. Etsy should have a report system or something. I sold on Poshmark and when someone took you picture or your post Poshmark delete them right away if you claim it and have proofs.
Ok i know a store big store, someone stole their designs, text based very simple I reached out to owners to tell them. They said "we know" but they just kept moving on they didnt' want to report the person. Here's why I think..they focus on moving and innovating not focus on copycats. Believe it or not I worte to the copycat and they were like ahhh what....then they just stopped. Guys they didnt' even change the font on the design! And it;s just text, they literally copied.... @@laurachevrette8060
Damnit this is what has me stressing. I have an art background and plan on making most of my designs myself but I know they’d just get copied if it takes off since they’d technically be easy to replicate (a lot of great art/designs aren’t nec intricate it’s the inventive idea and setup of it). And god I don’t have time for that shit.
Hey Cassiy, I have a really important question. So I started a shirt shop back in 2018 and have only gone at it SLOWLY. Totally abandon adding anything for a couple years and have just maintained (I have another etsy shop - digital shop). in a nutshell - 70 listings, 455 sales (since 2018). If i wanted to go hard at this shop and run it much differently, is it best to start over with a new shop or just ramp it up now??? I ask because I don't know if Etsy somehow sees this as a failed shop therefore won't push items. ??? Would love your insight or anyone who might know.
I am not sure if this is where I should ask a question like this, but....are you going into Printify and putting in your items, then going into Etsy and making changes to what you put in Printify? I have watched a few of your videos and on one you were updating in Printify and on the others, you were updating in Etsy. Any direction you can give so I make sure I start doing what works, I would appreciate it.
The normal way of listing is starting in Printify, publishing to Etsy, then finalizing the listing in Etsy. The only time you do it opposite is if you are doing something different like a group listing or a personalized listing! Then I have tutorials on how to do those, where you start on Etsy instead!
Anyone struggling with hving too many tabs open 😂. I jumped into everything with my tiny little Chromebook. I did purchase an additional screen. Would love some ideas on the laptop people love working on most with this type of business and anything else that has helped smooth the work. Definitely a comfy chair 😅
If you right click the tabs you are on and “pin” them, then they will get much smaller and stay open on the left so you don’t have to reopen things like Etsy over and over!
In first month on Etsy i have 11 sells, but i really don't know what to do if i get for example 20 orders together....cuz i can not afford to prepay it on Printify. What can i do; A really don't want to put adds on, because i can't handle more people at once.
I was wondering why a lot of creators keep their Etsy show private, can you explain the reason behind that? I was thinking of creating videos of my journey as a beginner but wasn’t sure if I should put my actual shop on there? Thank you!
Yes you can start a store selling only in the US! But just make sure you are honest in setting up your account about where you live as this gets a lot of shops shut down if they lie.
I wish I had found you sooner, I already created 37+ designs but now want to redo everything, should I scrap it all and start from scratch or go into each listing and make the edits you suggest, I used everything from Printify the way it came up
Not happy with esty!!! I did everything you told me to and I used the trademark search, I only used carva to make designs, bought all these mock ups, put hour upon hours to make my T-shirt’s design, I had like 50 designs and still growing, I went to put some new designs up and they banned me as I was putting new designs up! I went to appeal and they wrote back in like 5 min saying they wouldn’t unban me and they wouldn’t even tell me why! It’s not your fault and you have a great guide, but I just don’t know what I did wrong! I didn’t use profanity everything was light hearted. Sucks because I was really enjoying getting in touch with my creative side.
Sorry to hear that! I have two other ideas for you to try to get it back if you’re interested. Here is a link to request a call from etsy help.etsy.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?segment=selling&fbclid=IwAR3XJULkao3ZPR8XcOEf2A7143n87XtjCzbC9f7tMInFw9RW3sHJhOEmif8#issue_sell_manage_listings-callback And if that doesn’t work, you can try filing a complaint on the better business bureau’s website! This had worked for a few other sellers I know recently. Best of luck!
Does anyone know of any videos that just focus on teaching Etsy marketing? I feel like there’s to much motivation but not enough information to get sales
Just set your store currency to USD and make sure to include shipping info for the US. Etsy will charge you currency conversion fee on your sales, so set your prices accordingly. Your POD provider will also charge you 20% VAT on the base cost of your product, another consideration for your pricing. You might want to use American English spelling in your listings. That's about it! It's worth knowing that Etsy personalizes search results for buyers depending on their location, so your UK based store will get lower ranking than a US store when a US buyer searches for products.
Hi Cassiy, I just opened a store on Etsy. So far, I have created a couple of t-shirts, a mug, and an ornament 😊 I’m having trouble saving the graphics in Canva, some of the graphics don’t save as transparent. It might be my computer, but any tips would be appreciated. Thank you!
Sorry that was a scammer that message you on the original comment, please don't message them on Telegram or WhatsApp, it's not me! You've got this though, just keep at it in the time that you have and overtime you will be able to start to make some consistent income with it
I just used your link to set up my etsy shop so I'm totally green. I watched your video where you recommended we start with a general store where we sell lots of different niches but I have a question. I get that with the general store I can do lots of different niches and designs. Do you recommend I only do one type of product eg only mugs or only tshirts or only blankets per store? Or do you recommend making lots of different products in a general store like a mix of all those different products mentioned above?
I am new and only have about 30 listings and no sales but I was getting between 1-6 visits to my shop until Nov. 1/23 and abruptly not a single visit since.....they clearly changed the algorithm to lock out new people? people with no sales? people not running sales? What is going on? Do you know anything about this?
Please please reply. I AM TRYING YO SETUP SHIPPING PROFILE FOR PRINT ON DEMAND. I M CONFUSED ON WHAT I PUT FOR ORIGIN ZIPCODE? DO I PUT MY OWN PLACE ZIP CODE ? OR I PUT ZIP CODE FROM WHERE ITS SHIPPING FROM ?
Hi Cassiy - thank you for your super helpful videos. I'm trying to set up my etsy store but cannot get past the billing set up page... it keeps highlighting the country box - which is UK and correct but it won't let me move on- very frustrating- any tips?!
How do you add say kids clothing on the same lusting as the adult shirts we are making and also how do you choose only 3 colors because you can’t put black text on a black shirt or white text on a white shirt. So how do you add all these things into one listing ???
I'm really motivated but I'm in Ghana Etsy is not eligible i always your video and try try to setup a store on Etsy but always get stuck with the payout section with the taxes please is there a way i can skip that part please help
Hey Cassiy thanks for all these vids you share with us. I have a question. In Etsy's store description section, Etsy itself leaves space for websites and social media accounts, so I shared my own website and other accounts. Is this something that Etsy doesn't want anyway? But customers can follow you and get news in case of a ban. Do you recommend to not share them or not? Thank you
The 100k is Gross, so that's before all of the expenses. After expenses and before taxes, she said she made about 30% so around 30k in profit and then taxes would depend on her other incomes on what tax bracket etc that she's in.
Yes at first, it takes a lot of hard work and a long time to be able to replace an income. It took me about 1.5 years to be able to replace my full time income and I was spending 20+ hours per week on my business. @@euskadi55
So far I’ve only had three sales, two being myself and my mom 😅. I set my prices to where I should be making 40-50% profit. But for some reason, I’ve only made like $6. What am I doing wrong? Does the customer cover the cost of shipping? Or do I need to add more to the price, to account for that? Right now it’s set at $4.95, or whatever the cost of shipping is for a shirt vs a sweatshirt. I have a 20% off sale running on the t-shirts and set prices accordingly to still be able to make a good profit. But I’m just not understanding where I’m going wrong.
Hey Cassiy - I love your videos but wanted to ask - if I'm based in the UK and want to sell my t shirts in both America and the UK - am I ok to use Monster Digital for a supplier on Printify or do I need to select a UK based supplier? If I need to select a UK based supplier which one might be best?
That's exactly my question as well. As I can see, the UK based providers don't have very good reviews. The USA based providers could charge a lot to ship outside of the USA.
Hi Everyone, I would like to share my honest experience and see what your feedback will be. I have until now around 87 listings, and it's been 3 months I only got couple sales from my close friends. I don't know what I am doing wrong, I also update my titles, tags regularly, I do however, see the increase of views on my store. what do you recommend for me to do ?
Thank you for your comment, I appreciate it. Sometimes I just wanna give up because I don't see ay results, but I guess I should just keep going @@sonz4205
I believe you shouldn't update titles and tags regularly as it can affect your listings' placement in the Etsy algorithm. What you should continue doing in the early stages of your business is to keep researching niches and creating new designs so you can upload more listings. If you're one of those who don't believe that uploading consistently and strategically can actually work, then drive your own traffic to your store. From my own experience and observation of other shops, there are no significantly better methods than these two options.
No this sounds like a scam for sure, you should never click a link a buyer sends you and you will never need to leave the platform of Etsy for any reason!
I am still motivated to keep going but almost 2 months in no sales yet. I keep working on better mockups and designs, see etc, next step is better research
I started an Etsy account following your enthusiasm and so well explained steps... the store was open for like 3 days. Etsy suspended my account without telling me the motive :( I am beyond frustrated. Did my own designs, lost time and money. Really sad right now...
That’s messed up! I’m sorry to hear that. How incredibly discouraging. That would be a good topic on here. Try searching in TH-cam for reasons Etsy suspends accounts.
So sorry this happened to you! It's actually really common and usually super easy to get your account back though. Here is a video I made with all the info
@@CassiyJohnson thank you so much Cassiy, you have been a real inspiration to me. I have appealed the second i noticed the suspension. I am now waiting for their reply. But will definitely take a look into this video. 💗
Beware of Scammers! People are pretending to be me in the comments and asking people to message them on WhatsApp. I will never ask you to message me privately and my course/coaching will only ever be for sale on my website Cassiyjohnson.com . Stay safe and thanks for watching
Amazing :) I opened my etsy shop at the end of 2021 but didn't truly get serious and consistent until fall 2022. But 2023 was my best year a lot of growth happened.. So to this date I'm at 271K in revenue and I would say when I made the switch to focus on the research and the customer everything changed... SO don't give up anyone. Show up everyday and do the work.. You gotta chip at it everyday :)
I just started. I have already 8 items for sale. Do you sell clothing? What software do you use for research? Thanks for sharing.
I'm super stoked and just wanted to share - I made my first sale today just over a week from my first posting!! It may be a fluke, lol, but it was very motivating for me today. Thank you, Cassiy for all of the TH-cam help - you have been my guide from day one 😊❤
Ahh congrats Tifani that is super exciting! After the holidays slow down the sales might trickle in but keep putting in the hard work that you have been consistently for the next few months and it will definitely pay off
I’ve been following this channel and started my Etsy store a couple months ago. I was getting a bit frustrated but today I finally made my first sale! Now I feel more motivated to keep at it!
Its now been 3 months since you posted this. How's it going now?
@@KateTheMama sad to say but not good. Shop was gaining steam, put out some Christmas ornaments early November mostly using AI art, had one trending very well and selling. Then with no warning I logged in and I’m suspended. No reason given. I appealed, once again no reason given, just got the generic appeal denied and you’re suspended forever and we’ll never answer any emails about it reply. Still have no idea why, I have nothing copyrighted, all POD products. It was quite heartbreaking, I put a lot of time and money into it and was starting to see results.
So she made about 15k in 3 months to take home.. which is really good.
great job Cassiy and Noelle as well, good luck for all new sellers, as a new etsy seller im on 87 listing but my bad luck with 0 view and 0 sale, but this video give me more power to keep listing and waiting for my first sale. wish me good luck and have a good Q4 season
Thanks for sharing your experience, Noelle. I've had my shop open for about 14 months now and only have about 350 sales. I have 240 listings and will continue to list, but I'm starting to think it's not going to happen for me. This video will help keep me motivated for a bit longer.
you can definitely do it but you should be uploading more listings per day. 240 in 14 months is pretty bad so you should focus on optimizing your workflow so you can have higher output per unit of time you spend working on your shop. obviously I don't know how busy you are everyday but you should pretty much always be able to put out a minimum of three listings a day. just for reference I see shops put out 10-20 listings a day that are very successful and I myself do 15. I hope this was constructive as I'm only trying help and remember that "I'm starting to think it's not going to happen for me" is only true the day you decide to quit. Also feel free to drop your shop link here so everyone can look and give you constructive feedback.
I hope this interview does give you hope! I know Shawna, another student that I interviewed on my channel, didn't start really making sales until she had 700 listings put up. Hopefully you can start seeing consistent sales well before that but we all come into this with different sets of abilities and strengths, so try not to compare too much! We all are on our own journey but my hope is that with interviews like this, it just reminds you that it's possible and it's working right now for other people!
And Shawna is killing it now! @@CassiyJohnson
I have just started my Etsy store recently and am still learning. I follow a few channels here on TH-cam but I have honestly found yours to be the most realistic and helpful. Thanks for your great channel and thanks to Noelle too for this great interview, it was very informative.
I really appreciate your super nice comment, so glad that my videos have been helpful for you
Well done Noelle that is amazing. My shop is slow but I'm enjoying the learning and the designing. I'm also realistic about earnings from this, working full time already if I can earn even a few extra hundred pounds a month then I'll be a happy bunny so from my end the profit she has made in a year is fabulous. The comments on here that its a poor figure are unfair, a lot of work has been put in and if we support and empower each other the Etsy world will be a more successful place. ❤❤
I am at sale number 11...... Three months in......still waiting for the chaos of Q4 to kick in, which apparently it does.... Feeling very jaded at the moment - I need this to work.
How did Q4 turn out for you? (I hope it worked.)
Thanks To both of you!!
I am starting to believe that shops like this are rare. I have been doing everything the YT Etsy sellers recommend sales are very slow. I am coming up on my 1 year anniversary and I am nowhere near 100k.
link your shop here
I think in times of doubt like these, it's a really good idea to go find out for sure instead of speculating. Take a break from working on your business for a minute and go do some market research. Take awhile and go find stores that have only been open 1-2 years that have lots of sales. This is a really easy thing to do if you have the Everbee app since you can sort the search results by how old the shop is.
$100,000 revenue like she has is probably around 4,000 - 5,000 sales just for reference. Once you find this list then take a real critical eye to what they are doing.
Are they offering a loss leader on their products?
What mockups are they using?
What niches are they designing for?
How many listings do they have?
What types of fonts and colors are they using in their designs?
Are they running a sale?
You can learn from people here on TH-cam but I always use the proof on Etsy in the bestselling listings as my guiding light of what actually works! Take a critical eye to your own shop/listings/designs after doing this research and see if you really are doing "everything" or if you still have some things to learn and improve on. All the best!
Thank you Cas for these tips. I will take your advice and do some more homework. I have done some of this research before but maybe I am missing something.@@CassiyJohnson
An honest and thoughtful reply @@CassiyJohnson
Thank you Cassiy, greetings from Casablanca, Morocco! Keep going and good luck everyone
I bought that excel calculator you made. I am very good at excel and making formulas and things, so I was starting to work on my own, but when I saw you had one to offer, I decided to get it and WOW is it ever amazing!! I mean, I am really good at excel, but you are AMAZING and your calculator is going to save me so much time and guesswork!! I appreciate you so much!! ❤❤❤
Hello Cassiy, I just read an article from CNBC about you. I have often wondered about the honesty of "How to Etsy" teachers. You are definitely the real deal. Thank you for all of the information that you have shared.
Trying to make this etsy work. Establishing now my store, soon I'll be the one to be interviewed. I'm an international seller in Asia ♥️ Love your youtube channel so much. I'm so excited to make this work 🎉
Can’t wait for you interview someday ❤️ I’m running a listing challenge on my channel right now if you want to check out my latest video and join in to boost your store this summer 🎉
Thank you for your videos. It really helps and keep me motivated to start my POD, eventhough I still don’t know where to start.
Wow. Thank you again for the valuable information. I did my first listing last night
Congrats on getting started!! I know it's a lot in the beginning but hopefully this interview motivates you to know what's possible if you just stick with it
I agree. Complicated group listings. Someday I want to learn how to do that too, I have the video saved. I will have to watch it a few times. I am one year this month and I just got my 22nd sale. I am an RN trying not to go back LOL
She really threw me for a loop when she said that she had 400 listings I'm only at listing number for and it seems to take me a day to do each one. Lol I'm assuming I'll get faster overtime thank you so much
One a day is better than none! Try not to focus on the big number you want to get to, but instead, breaking it down and accomplishing little tasks everyday. Those listings will add up before you know it, and you’d be surprised by how much you can accomplish in 1 month, 6 months, 1 year, etc. Not to mention the experience that you gain while building your business. It takes time to build anything, even with all the technology and tools available in 2023, so don’t give up!
@@itskarissss thank you so much for the kind words. I'm hoping that one of my mistakes isn't going to be that I'm spending too much time on my designs. I see people making 100 designs at one time just by changing a word and I don't really know if I believe in doing it that way, I think each design should have some sort of personal touch but again that might be what drags me down or maybe not drag me down but it may take me longer to start making sales. I am a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to my designs and I hope I don't shoot myself in the foot
@@brian8431 take it from me that as a graphic designer prior to starting my Etsy journey, some of my best performing listings haven’t been ones that I spent hours on or particularly aligned with my personal design style, but rather were ones that customers already liked on the platform. Perfectionism can sometimes be a double edged sword and what I’ve learned through this whole process (less than a year in) is that the best thing you can do is just go for it. Should you still do your research and upload quality listings? Absolutely. But ultimately you won’t get the necessary feedback and stats you need from Etsy to then grow your shop if you don’t try different things. I’ve had plenty of listings that looked similar to competitors in my niche and something customers might like, good SEO, images, etc and still haven’t sold. It’s all about trial and error!
I would add something for the shirt colors. I think people should emphasize more on designing for a particular color background. This way your design is actually made to look good in certain colors and now you can just add 2-3 more colors that your design can work well with also (:!
Figma seems like another great tool to use for my business. Thank you Cassiy for another great tutorial?
Hi, this is amazing I just started watching your show so I can learn more because I started my etsy shop earlier this year but wasn't getting sales and got frustrated I did illustration drawings and took lots of time. So I want to focus on POD where I can do prints then to clothing. Very soon I want to open my shop again after all that I learned from your channel 😊
I started last month. I am finding that picking Niches I have an interest in helps motivate me. Otherwise, I would get bored fast.
Now it’s just a matter of research until I get into automatic pilot. I already have the big picture in my head with this business model. So glad I discovered. Thanks again
This was very helpful, thank you for sharing this valuable Etsy info.
What a lovely and inspiring interview! I adore these videos❤
Thanks love
@@CassiyJohnson I sent you a question and got a reply from @telegram. Is that you or someone posing as you? Just wanted to know because of so many scammers out!
That is definitely a scammer, I won't ever message anyone on telegram or WhatsApp!! @@LovingLifeDaily-e4s
Thank you so much for inspiring us, helping us provide for our families. I hope one-day I can afford your course 🙂. Keep up the amazing work and congratulations on your CNBC article
I have been following you for a few weeks and I just want to say you are awesome.
Glad you are here, thanks for the support
@@CassiyJohnson ❤️
that's me! i am awake at 12:19 am listing. i also work full time. I onlly had the store opened sonce June. No sales yet, but i see people favoriting some products. oh my. i only have 52 listings. i got get at least 100. Q4 is here! LOL i hope i sell. i dont hope, i will sell!
You can do it 💪🏼
I love your channel.
What is the returned rate after Christmas?
What is the returned rate for t shirts?
Hi cassiy
Hope you are well,
I visited your youtube channel and your video making is very good,your content ideas are very good.
Thank you so much❤️❤️❤️
Thanks for watching, glad you are enjoying my videos
Can I suggest grow your channel?
Thank you for your response!
Thank you Cassiy and Noelle. These videos keep us informed especially as newbys. The strategies help to see this and determination is key!
I would love more tutorials on how to use and understand erank. Thanks ladies!
What an awesome video! I learned so much. Can’t wait to watch the videos that are recommended! Thank you Cassiy and Noelle.
CASSIY, may you talk more about listing multiple listings of the same design, but with different wordings? How would that look to the customer knowing you have the same design?
Great vid‼️🔥 but i wonder what are her expenses? Why oy 30% profit?🤔 That wasnt mentioned. Expenses..
With Print On Demand a 25% - 30% profit margin is really normal since you are paying another company to print and ship the items for you and that is the biggest expense! There are some other expenses like design software or research tools as well
@@CassiyJohnson how about paid ads? Do u guys use paid ads?
If u dont, would it be better if you did? Or it wont make a difference in this particular biz?
@@CassiyJohnson what research tools do u use?
This is an awesome interview thank you so much 🎉
Wow she took off like a rocket out of the gate.
Wonderful story!! Way to go, Noelle!
Hi Cassiy! How do you find niches that are in demand but have low competition?
Sales samurai, erank etc
What does she mean cloning the listing in printify? I would love a more in depth tutorial of how to download your images from canva and how to save and upload to printify/etsy
Hey Cassiy, I love your videos, they are always so informative. I was wondering if you could make a video about when people list tshirt/ sweatshirt/ onesie / hoodie in one listing with one design. How do they automate it? How to make a few items listing? Also do you think it’s worth it? The first time I went to Etsy as a consumer, I wanted to purchase a shirt and was so confused why there was a listing of onesie (with the lowest price)/ youth short etc… after a while I got used to it as many sellers do post it this way. But in any case I was wondering if you have any insights on this. Thanks!
To be able to list all of these different products in one listing, it becomes a very manual process. I don't personally think it's worth your time. I just like to list all of the items separate! If you have ever seen my group listings tutorials, it works the same way.
I've been on Etsy for 9 months. I've been watching videos every day for most of that time. I'm researching trying to find good, unsaturated, high demand niches, improving my design skills, using excellent mockups, etc., and I'm still only making about 8 sales per month for the past 5-6 months. I work 3-8 hours a day on my shop. I have over 750 listings. I feel like I'm doing everything right, and yet somehow others are making thousands while I'm in the red. Why??? I'm so passionate about this shop. I feel like I know enough about running a store that I could start my own TH-cam channel and teach how to do it at this point, but I'm still not making sales. Every time I think I've figured out what I can improve, little to nothing changes. It's so frustrating! Calling 1.5 months a slow start is so hard to hear.
I know you can't diagnose my shop just from all this, so maybe I just need some encouraging words.
I’m so sorry to hear that your are feeling frustrated Hannah! I know my student Shawna had a really similar start to you if you haven’t seen her interview, I think it would be really helpful! One of the things that started to make a big difference for her was getting into group listings if you haven’t gotten into those! And honestly a lot of my success has come from really “saturated” niches like teachers, nurses, bachelorette shirts etc. I would stop focusing on only unsaturated niches because they are unsaturated because there is less demand. If you can find ways to add your unique value to saturated niches, then you can get a lot of sales!! Usually when I see stores that aren’t getting the sales they want, it’s typically the designs that are the problem. I would spend a little while looking at bestsellers and how you can incorporate similar elements into your designs in new ways. Just do more research on what the bestsellers are doing in general and see if you can reverse engineer it. What are they pricing their items, what mock-ups are they using etc
@@CassiyJohnson thanks! Yes, I follow Shawna. She has a lot of great info, and it's always encouraging to hear her story and the ones she shares from her friends and family as well.
Thanks for the encouragement! I can always improve on my designs, so I will try to focus on that and shut out the negativity. :)
I would say to learn more about ads and marketing. you might be watching the wrong info videos on TH-cam your on the next level of learning which is marketing once you learn marketing you’ll start to make sales. hope this info works.
Right on the cusp of Q4, Etsy just removed 3 integrations overnight, including one POD company because they latterly decided (after 2 years of profiting) that some of their products weren't compliant. This happened with no warning, resulting in businesses wiped out and pending orders uncertain. To all POD sellers: be warned. Etsy is ruthless, cynical and you can't trust that they will not de-list you on a whim. Put your plan B in place in case you get caught out. Good luck.
which ones?
@@janelopez7010 ShineOn (a POD company), CJShip and AutoDS. It's their prerogative to decide which integrations they have, of course - but they could surely have given sellers adequate notice to complete existing orders, download their data and move to alternative platforms. None of which they did.
Etsy removed cheap quality trinkets made in China that didn’t involve any “design work” from the individual, merely copy pasting text on a card. They also removed 2 drop shipping programs that should lower the amount of cheap factory made knock offs being sold on Etsy.
As a POD seller who designs all my designs I feel it’s a GOOD change for most of us POD sellers because the marketplace won’t get overrun with hundreds of identical factory made products.
@@RailinX unfortunately it wasn't just those things that they removed (which I agree with you on), they also removed fully compliant POD products made in the USA. With no warning to sellers, thus giving them no time to fulfil orders or make alternative arrangements to shift to another platform.
@AviationEmbassy exactly. I lost all my ornaments and leather journals. So much work 😮💨
Thank you Cassiy! ❤
Great video thank you!! Cassiy , do you know if she is using ads?
I have watched a few of these videos and the story is similar... hours and hours of work staying up all night, 400-800 !! listings... 100 listings before a dollar made... just 5k in gross profit per month... before selling, general and admin expenses... it seems it would be far more time effective to work at McDonalds
Huh? 5k a month is great. You don’t make that working at mcdonalds
@@Las645 5k in gross profit... net profit they are making like 10%... after all costs so $500 per month... for the top people who are putting in hours and hours of work. You make much more than that at McDonalds. Be careful with these course sellers - they always talk about Gross Profit and not NET Profit - to deceive you
You girls are so inspiring!! Thank you for all those golden nuggets ❤
I still need to understand one thing. In November when 31K comes in, in orders, how are you paying Printify to start production? Do you have a CC with 30K available on it? I get it, spend money to make money, BUT I literally couldn't support 30K in revenue for POD at this point, and I don't know how you'd get there.
I have the same thought listening to this. I don’t have credit cards with such a high limit.
I recently watched a video in which they mentioned paying off the credit card regularly to keep the limit and also negotiating for a higher credit limit.
I was wondering the same thing. Do you pay Printify immediately or add a couple days to shipping time and pay with Etsy revenue from the sale? I guess it is a prerequisite to have a high limit credit card?
@diannewingender1440 Printify charges you at the time the order is processed. So if you have them processing as received, the charge will be per order as soon as they receive. If you set it up at processing at a certain time of the day for all orders received until that time, they will charge the full amount for all orders. In simpler words, the charges are linked to the processing of the order and not the final shipping. You need to have a payment method linked to the account for automatic charges.
Hi Cassiy, thanks for another great video, and congratulations to Noelle! 👏🏻😁
I’m going to open my own Etsy shop soon and was just wondering as I’ve heard conflicting advice, does Etsy give a new shop a boost in the search results or each new listing a boost and is it for a specific period of time after the shop has opened as I’m hoping to try and take advantage of it if possible 🤷🏻♀️😁 Thank you so much 😁
Thank you for sharing this helpful information! What platform do you use to conduct your interviews?
I made this one on stream yard!
Copyright? What can you do for preventing? One of my items was choose as "Etsy’s pick" and the big stores took all my designs with titles, tags. One of them is selling as digital for $1. Now I dont want to design anything because I can't compete with them 😢
@@tll5293in each mockup I have my logo on the corner but some of those stores cropped it, those stores don't care and I noticed it because my tittle has a letter missing and they didn't fix it. I dont post anything else since then because I dont know how to protect myself and my time. I was thinking of watermark or something but Im not sure what to do
Yes, this is a huge issue on Etsy. As soon as a design takes off and becomes hot it gets stolen. The YT Etsy sellers recommend using third party art to many beginners and this is a huge issue bc you cannot claim copyright on those designs and theives know this. I know of others who create designs from scratch who get their designs stolen and they have to put out money to get it copyrighted and hire a lawyer to go after the theives.
@@laurachevrette8060 thats the thing if you buy it already for creative fabrica, you know that others will have the same designs but if you do it from scratch. Etsy should have a report system or something. I sold on Poshmark and when someone took you picture or your post Poshmark delete them right away if you claim it and have proofs.
Ok i know a store big store, someone stole their designs, text based very simple I reached out to owners to tell them. They said "we know" but they just kept moving on they didnt' want to report the person. Here's why I think..they focus on moving and innovating not focus on copycats. Believe it or not I worte to the copycat and they were like ahhh what....then they just stopped. Guys they didnt' even change the font on the design! And it;s just text, they literally copied.... @@laurachevrette8060
Damnit this is what has me stressing. I have an art background and plan on making most of my designs myself but I know they’d just get copied if it takes off since they’d technically be easy to replicate (a lot of great art/designs aren’t nec intricate it’s the inventive idea and setup of it). And god I don’t have time for that shit.
Do you disable holiday and special days designs? Just wondering how much work it is to disable everything and enable again the following year?
Hey Cassiy, I have a really important question. So I started a shirt shop back in 2018 and have only gone at it SLOWLY. Totally abandon adding anything for a couple years and have just maintained (I have another etsy shop - digital shop). in a nutshell - 70 listings, 455 sales (since 2018). If i wanted to go hard at this shop and run it much differently, is it best to start over with a new shop or just ramp it up now??? I ask because I don't know if Etsy somehow sees this as a failed shop therefore won't push items. ??? Would love your insight or anyone who might know.
GREAT QUESTION‼️💯💥
I am not sure if this is where I should ask a question like this, but....are you going into Printify and putting in your items, then going into Etsy and making changes to what you put in Printify? I have watched a few of your videos and on one you were updating in Printify and on the others, you were updating in Etsy. Any direction you can give so I make sure I start doing what works, I would appreciate it.
The normal way of listing is starting in Printify, publishing to Etsy, then finalizing the listing in Etsy. The only time you do it opposite is if you are doing something different like a group listing or a personalized listing! Then I have tutorials on how to do those, where you start on Etsy instead!
Can you please make a tutorial how can we make a listing like: 'set of 3' for example posters on etsy with printify?
Anyone struggling with hving too many tabs open 😂. I jumped into everything with my tiny little Chromebook. I did purchase an additional screen. Would love some ideas on the laptop people love working on most with this type of business and anything else that has helped smooth the work. Definitely a comfy chair 😅
If you right click the tabs you are on and “pin” them, then they will get much smaller and stay open on the left so you don’t have to reopen things like Etsy over and over!
In first month on Etsy i have 11 sells, but i really don't know what to do if i get for example 20 orders together....cuz i can not afford to prepay it on Printify.
What can i do;
A really don't want to put adds on, because i can't handle more people at once.
I was wondering why a lot of creators keep their Etsy show private, can you explain the reason behind that? I was thinking of creating videos of my journey as a beginner but wasn’t sure if I should put my actual shop on there? Thank you!
I believe they do this so they don't have people "stealing" their designs and basically copying their shop.
Also because of the traffic. People keep coming to look at your items, but don't buy. It will affect your place in the search for the worse
Yes @@andrearoach248
Hi Cassiy, Great info! I travel around the US. If I log into my Etsy account from different locations will I have issues with my account? Thanks!
Hey! I’m based in the UK but could I do my Etsy shop for the USA?
Yes you can start a store selling only in the US! But just make sure you are honest in setting up your account about where you live as this gets a lot of shops shut down if they lie.
I wish I had found you sooner, I already created 37+ designs but now want to redo everything, should I scrap it all and start from scratch or go into each listing and make the edits you suggest, I used everything from Printify the way it came up
Not happy with esty!!! I did everything you told me to and I used the trademark search, I only used carva to make designs, bought all these mock ups, put hour upon hours to make my T-shirt’s design, I had like 50 designs and still growing, I went to put some new designs up and they banned me as I was putting new designs up! I went to appeal and they wrote back in like 5 min saying they wouldn’t unban me and they wouldn’t even tell me why! It’s not your fault and you have a great guide, but I just don’t know what I did wrong! I didn’t use profanity everything was light hearted. Sucks because I was really enjoying getting in touch with my creative side.
Sorry to hear that! I have two other ideas for you to try to get it back if you’re interested.
Here is a link to request a call from etsy help.etsy.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?segment=selling&fbclid=IwAR3XJULkao3ZPR8XcOEf2A7143n87XtjCzbC9f7tMInFw9RW3sHJhOEmif8#issue_sell_manage_listings-callback
And if that doesn’t work, you can try filing a complaint on the better business bureau’s website! This had worked for a few other sellers I know recently. Best of luck!
Does anyone know of any videos that just focus on teaching Etsy marketing? I feel like there’s to much motivation but not enough information to get sales
Have you done a video on how to sell in the US while being in the UK? 😊 8:05
Great question. I was wondering the same
Can you please 🙏 do a video on that @cassiy johnson
Just set your store currency to USD and make sure to include shipping info for the US. Etsy will charge you currency conversion fee on your sales, so set your prices accordingly. Your POD provider will also charge you 20% VAT on the base cost of your product, another consideration for your pricing. You might want to use American English spelling in your listings. That's about it! It's worth knowing that Etsy personalizes search results for buyers depending on their location, so your UK based store will get lower ranking than a US store when a US buyer searches for products.
Can you sure Noelles store so we can check it out?
Great video and so inspiring, thanks!
So glad you enjoyed the video, thanks for watching!
Hi Cassiy, I just opened a store on Etsy. So far, I have created a couple of t-shirts, a mug, and an ornament 😊
I’m having trouble saving the graphics in Canva, some of the graphics don’t save as transparent. It might be my computer, but any tips would be appreciated.
Thank you!
Google sheets can be downloaded aa CSV and used in excel 😊
I hope someday I can make it to this point!! So inspiring. I know I need to list more as I probably have under 100 listings and I also work full time.
@Official_Cassiy_Johnson. where can I reach you??
@Official_Cassiy_Johnson. @cassiyjohnson is this actually you? Just realized the username is different
Sorry that was a scammer that message you on the original comment, please don't message them on Telegram or WhatsApp, it's not me!
You've got this though, just keep at it in the time that you have and overtime you will be able to start to make some consistent income with it
Do you sell products in Canada though?
How do you clone something ? Like her I’m afraid to even try the group ones because I’m just not good with computers .
I just used your link to set up my etsy shop so I'm totally green. I watched your video where you recommended we start with a general store where we sell lots of different niches but I have a question. I get that with the general store I can do lots of different niches and designs. Do you recommend I only do one type of product eg only mugs or only tshirts or only blankets per store? Or do you recommend making lots of different products in a general store like a mix of all those different products mentioned above?
I am new and only have about 30 listings and no sales but I was getting between 1-6 visits to my shop until Nov. 1/23 and abruptly not a single visit since.....they clearly changed the algorithm to lock out new people? people with no sales? people not running sales? What is going on? Do you know anything about this?
Please please reply. I AM TRYING YO SETUP SHIPPING PROFILE FOR PRINT ON DEMAND.
I M CONFUSED ON WHAT I PUT FOR ORIGIN ZIPCODE?
DO I PUT MY OWN PLACE ZIP CODE ? OR I PUT ZIP CODE FROM WHERE ITS SHIPPING FROM ?
Put the zip code for the print provider that you will be using the most!
@@CassiyJohnson thank you.
Cassiy will u please ask each guess how THEY handle customer service too
Do you do short sleeves all year?
Yes I do! I actually do sweatshirts all year as well for most niches
If you POD, do you start a storefront for each subject (IE: Holidays; Men; Cars, etc....)?
You can make a general store for those listings
TY!!1@@sallycampbell7709
What are group listings?
Hi Cassiy - thank you for your super helpful videos. I'm trying to set up my etsy store but cannot get past the billing set up page... it keeps highlighting the country box - which is UK and correct but it won't let me move on- very frustrating- any tips?!
How do you add say kids clothing on the same lusting as the adult shirts we are making and also how do you choose only 3 colors because you can’t put black text on a black shirt or white text on a white shirt. So how do you add all these things into one listing ???
Do i need an EIN or a tax permit before setting up an Etsy shop?
Does Noelle have a TH-cam channel too?
I'm really motivated but I'm in Ghana Etsy is not eligible i always your video and try try to setup a store on Etsy but always get stuck with the payout section with the taxes please is there a way i can skip that part please help
Wondering what is the net profit?? $100k revenue but how much she really made? Curious. 🙂
I'm pretty sure she said somewhere in the interview that she has made approx 30% profit off of all of those sales
Do you sell tees only?
Hey Cassiy thanks for all these vids you share with us. I have a question. In Etsy's store description section, Etsy itself leaves space for websites and social media accounts, so I shared my own website and other accounts. Is this something that Etsy doesn't want anyway? But customers can follow you and get news in case of a ban. Do you recommend to not share them or not? Thank you
So motivational
Hi Cassidy, when you talk about 100k is that gross or net?
The 100k is Gross, so that's before all of the expenses. After expenses and before taxes, she said she made about 30% so around 30k in profit and then taxes would depend on her other incomes on what tax bracket etc that she's in.
So Etsy would be a supplement income, with that amount would be very hard to pay bills, mortgage etc.
Yes at first, it takes a lot of hard work and a long time to be able to replace an income. It took me about 1.5 years to be able to replace my full time income and I was spending 20+ hours per week on my business. @@euskadi55
Thank you@@CassiyJohnson
So far I’ve only had three sales, two being myself and my mom 😅. I set my prices to where I should be making 40-50% profit. But for some reason, I’ve only made like $6. What am I doing wrong? Does the customer cover the cost of shipping? Or do I need to add more to the price, to account for that? Right now it’s set at $4.95, or whatever the cost of shipping is for a shirt vs a sweatshirt. I have a 20% off sale running on the t-shirts and set prices accordingly to still be able to make a good profit. But I’m just not understanding where I’m going wrong.
Hi. I am from Sri Lanka. Could you please tell me, how I should add my details in taxpayer address. I have difficulty on listing my details.
Hey Cassiy - I love your videos but wanted to ask - if I'm based in the UK and want to sell my t shirts in both America and the UK - am I ok to use Monster Digital for a supplier on Printify or do I need to select a UK based supplier? If I need to select a UK based supplier which one might be best?
That's exactly my question as well. As I can see, the UK based providers don't have very good reviews. The USA based providers could charge a lot to ship outside of the USA.
How do you make temples
Hi Everyone, I would like to share my honest experience and see what your feedback will be. I have until now around 87 listings, and it's been 3 months I only got couple sales from my close friends. I don't know what I am doing wrong, I also update my titles, tags regularly, I do however, see the increase of views on my store. what do you recommend for me to do ?
They say you shouldn’t keep changing listings as it takes a while for etsy to recognise your listings and understand who you are targeting. X
Thank you for your comment, I appreciate it. Sometimes I just wanna give up because I don't see ay results, but I guess I should just keep going @@sonz4205
I believe you shouldn't update titles and tags regularly as it can affect your listings' placement in the Etsy algorithm.
What you should continue doing in the early stages of your business is to keep researching niches and creating new designs so you can upload more listings.
If you're one of those who don't believe that uploading consistently and strategically can actually work, then drive your own traffic to your store.
From my own experience and observation of other shops, there are no significantly better methods than these two options.
Can we cooperating on Etsy?
Hi,
I am a new seller on Etsy and I have a question: Is it necessary to confirm buyers' orders through our Gmail?
No this sounds like a scam for sure, you should never click a link a buyer sends you and you will never need to leave the platform of Etsy for any reason!
@@CassiyJohnson Thank you
A buyer asked for my email and then said to confirm this email until my order is delivered to you.
I am still motivated to keep going but almost 2 months in no sales yet. I keep working on better mockups and designs, see etc, next step is better research
I started an Etsy account following your enthusiasm and so well explained steps... the store was open for like 3 days. Etsy suspended my account without telling me the motive :( I am beyond frustrated. Did my own designs, lost time and money. Really sad right now...
That’s messed up! I’m sorry to hear that. How incredibly discouraging. That would be a good topic on here. Try searching in TH-cam for reasons Etsy suspends accounts.
Did you appeal?
So sorry this happened to you! It's actually really common and usually super easy to get your account back though. Here is a video I made with all the info
@@CassiyJohnson thank you so much Cassiy, you have been a real inspiration to me. I have appealed the second i noticed the suspension. I am now waiting for their reply. But will definitely take a look into this video. 💗
THEY DO THAT TO EVERYONE...build some resilience...they did it to me, then then 3 days later back. New shops they ping to prevent bots and automated.