Why not, you already did the work. From my research on Etsy from pro sellers it seems to take 4 to 6 months before any substantial sales start happening.
yes you should Jenson because I am starting an ETSY store soon and I would love to see how your shop progresses over the next coming months take note that on etsy you need to consider trends and the time of year think of what season it is and what people are buying it can guide you to make products that will sell faster
This is the 1st I saw people reveal the truth, usually they tend to sugarcoated it with unbelievable amount. Thank you so much for the tips by the way.
I was about to comment the same thing. I love how I still enjoyed the video and he put out a good video about an interesting idea that failed and he clearly put a good amount of time into trying too
You're right, because usually the other creators are trying to sell an illusion for AI companies who are already realizing that AI is causing a worse crisis than a lack of Saudi oil. AI cannot make money if there is NOTHING to buy!
Now imagine the artists selling hand drawn original patterns designed from scratch with their own artwork. It's triple the amount of time invested upfront, and almost always a similar outcome. The extreme underpricing on Etsy has been wildly unsustainable lately and is a real shame. Thanks for the honest insight here. Too many people think this is a get-rich-quick process and it's far from it.
@@afreenafzal1696I take my own photos and color and edit them and big 0’s right now too across multiple platforms, and I’ve ran them by pros and consumers, they’re good.
join cara, no ai allowed, focus on selling or getting and agent to design specifically for brands and companies. These images can never be legally owned also for brands, midjourney etc has copyright so you still have work and now some companies are asking for moodboards with proof it was designed properly by a real designer and artist,
Agreed. I've tried selling seamless patterns that I actually drew and it... sucked. I did make 1 or 2 sales, but I put so much time into making the actual patterns that to see it really amount to nothing can be extremely disheartening and make it easy to want to quit.
@@ervhint keep going, I do illustration, painting and digital arts full time, I’m not overly worried about AI include it into some of your business don’t fight it. Ai has so many uses other than making images
This is the most honest content I've ever seen. I'd rather we learn from real failures than many pretentious click baiting videos here on TH-cam, because the reality is that many of us failed over and over again.
I find it so funny how some TH-camrs say it's so easy to make money selling printables on Etsy. But you are one of the few TH-camrs that shows how hard it actually is. You earned a subscriber.
Bro huge respect for revealing the truth about these. Whether it's t-shirt art or patterns, the problem is if it's too easy, most likely a lot of people will do it, leading to a saturated market. Thanks for testing this out and showing your actual and detailed expenses and net income!
Every emotion he showed during the entire process is accurate. You feel ecstatic when making and putting up listings but when you dont hit views and sales you start questioning everything. Then when you check revenue after deducting expenses and see a loss you question everything even more but the idea is to never give up. Good things take time ❤ Loved the honest video. Thousand times better than the other videos with unrealistic thumbnails. Sales pick up after atleast spending good 4 to 5 months with continuous efforts and modifications everyday sometimes even longer, saying with experience. Looking forward to more videos.
there's a book called whispers of manifestation on borlest , and it talks about how using some secret tehniques you can attract almost everything in life it's not some bullshit law of attraction, it's the real deal
This guy is a sobering breath of fresh air, helping us all realize how misleading and dishonest other TH-camrs like “Alek” are. Those clickbait “get rich quick” videos are causing us all a lot of problems and giving false hope, I’m glad Jensen has stepped in to show us the reality of this landscape. Keep up the good work! And shame on people like @Alek
Actually truth is little different. Its not easy to start Etsy digital shop but the thing is that it might take time when it goes up. You have to be very patient and add every day more listings be consistent and it might take up to 3-4 months before you start to earn decent revenue. It took for me 5 months to make decent money. First 2 months i did not earning nothing but I did not give up. Its tough business and if you dont believe and dont put months of effort then you will have disappointment and end of your business. After 4 months my shop skyrocketed and I earned 7000 dollars in month and now after 10 months it scaled back because its gone really saturated but still earning 2000 dollars in month which is good passive income.
I appreciate you spending the time to be realistic about selling Things on Etsy or making money on side hustles. Like the other comment before me this is the first I’ve seen someone actually show the truth!
Tip for Leonardo AI users: You can easily create repeating patterns by choosing 1:1 as the dimension of your image. That means the width and length should be the exact same number, for example 1200 px. And most importantly you need to tick off tiling. When you use tiling it will create patterns that can be repeated endlessly without a visible border. Good luck!
I really appreciate your honesty opposing to the other youtubers who promise we would get rich doing this in no time. I ended up as an Etsy seller because I believed many of those people. I still don't regret it because I found a new hobby that might end up profiting one day, but so far after 2 months of hard work (opposing to the promised easy job) I'm still deep in negative profit. And they make the market more saturated too by convincing other people to jump into the wagon. At least your videos show the truth and honestly the products you showcased in this video, including their thumbnails are very high quality that most new Etsy sellers won't be able to produce unless they have experience in graphic design. Also many people wouldn't have the time to produce such a high number of listings, and having more listings helps with being found. So chances are other people might get their first 2 sales many months later, while initially believing they would get rich in a month.
It sucks you haven't made that much money yet but that's the thing about making money online. Nothing about online is easy and takes literally years to be truly successful. And now with AI, everything is just going to get even more saturated which sucks even harder! The best way to succeed is to focus on what you're truly passionate about. Otherwise you don't have a voice and no one will listen to you or give a shit.
Jensen, your honesty through revealing your real-life experience running an online store business in 30 days, is truly commendable. 99% of other TH-camrs in your shoes as Content Creators will prefer to lie to us the followers or viewers but you stood apart for the truth. God bless you, God bless all your efforts. If I had enough, I could have chosen to sponsor your business.
I'd be interested to see a 90 day or 6 month Etsy challenge. I think these challenges have established that Etsy is way too slow to do a 30 day challenge for, and with the upfront costs you'll end up deep in the hole after 30 days. But it would be interesting to see if long term it turned around.
I’m pretty sure it doesn’t get any better with time it’s just that the market is really saturated and you need to create a really specific pattern for each client which makes it really unprofitable
@@rogerriveroll6324 I'd like to see for sure. There are successful people on Etsy, but these experiments are usually too short and come up empty handed.
@@rogerriveroll6324 It does get a little better but, you're right. It's so saturated. The key to success, from what I've found, is getting reviews on your shop. People tend to buy something from a proven seller or one that appears "trustworthy". So, as time goes on, you MIGHT get some reviews that add credibility to your shop, which COULD translate to more sales. The best advice I've gotten is to have friends/family make a purchase and leave a review for you. Or even trying co-workers. Anyone that knows you on a personal/in-person level can be a great help. What sucks is that this whole platform leads to a kind of feedback loop for successful sellers. If you're successful, then more people will choose you over someone else. Which leads to more sales, more success and more customers. That's how you see the big sellers on there, their success feeds into itself. I personally wish Etsy would make more of a effort to highlight newer sellers rather than spoon feeding customers to sellers that don't need them.
Etsy is terrible to be honest. Even after a year your business is unlikely to make money. Even when you’re in a unique market or product. They have too much control, and will move customers away when you don’t attract enough attention or the opposite too much. They’ve gotten awful with control over customers in terms of unable to email, etc over the year too
Yay!! Your honesty and transparency is refreshing. I never did understand why customers would be buying AI patterns in the first place. I suspect the high competition comes from people trying to mimic the success touted by an early-to-market TH-camr but the new market entrants are all too late to the party and customers have realized they don't need the product.
This is a great video! I'm so tired of clickbait AI videos saying they made thousands with no proof at all. Your video brings a great breath of fresh air. Subscribed. Please keep up the awesome and honest work
love this video for being authentic and showing that any side hustle is not a cash cow and giving true and tested example of whether it works or not as well as the steps taken. thank you !
Not sure if you know but ETSY gives a boost to all new listings so in stead of listing them all so fast keep enough to list at least one or two a day after uploading the majority. so you get a boost everyday. Etsy also loves it when you have outside likes bringing people to the site so just post them on a social media site with link to your products will have ETSY liking your store even more.
Facts! This is the first honest video about selling digital downloads on Etsy. Actual $ revenue after all the fees, etc associated with your product listing. Thanks
Appreciate you putting the hardwork into showing how difficult it is to sell stuff on Etsy. Im contemplating everyday whether to start my page or not. Keep up with the good work. Will definitely check out your future videos
Thank you for your honesty. There's so many Hustles out there that people are selling a false dream on. I'm glad you can benefit from this video by being authentic and honest. People will respect you more for that.
Thank you for the complete honesty. 🙏🏾 Unlike others you didn’t hide any of the costs and expenses involved. I can feel more confident watching your videos.
Great effort man. I'm actually impressed you got the 2 sales that fast! With zero starts its tough to get that first foot in the door. I think you'd see a nice upward trend at the 4-6 month mark. keep at it!
Honestly two sales is a start, and that’s all you need. Keep expectations low at first and improve workflow process so it doesn’t cost all of your time. I bet you’d start making money on this shop eventually
Finally some realistic results from a new shop instead of all those videos showing the huge earnings from the biggest shops promising we can do it too and how easy it is.
So wild how many people respond without watching the video. I appreciate the honesty of this video. It confirms a lot of what I’ve been suspecting about selling ai generated products and Etsy’s business practices.
This video is very sad for us artists that draws everything my hand and has the hard job to be creative and took years on etsy to get reconzied. After AI showed up my sales on etsy went down so much! It makes me so discouraged to continue =(
Just incorporate AI into your workflow. Make rough images, learn prompts abd then use your advanced art knowledge to improve all those pesky AI images to make it more than the sum of its parts. And it will still be you and your own. Then you will see, that it will work out ❤
@@aeternalux9175nah, Ai is dumb. And doesn't even understand Art. Copy patterns. Dumb people who buy Ai fake art literally get scammed. Ai generated image is free and easy to use
Turn your original art into a pattern and see where that takes you the possibilities are endless because no cpu can create something as authentic as your work.
I understand but unfortunately AI will take the designers work, I quote mug models for my business and designers charge me a lot of money then I ask for AI they sent me a free model perfect to my business, so I totally respect the professionals but as a client if I have some product for free why I’m going to pay?
You are hilarious my friend. Every time I watch your videos about Etsy, it's negative profit. LOL Thanks for sharing and being truthful. It's not easy selling digital product on Etsy. I've tried.
I have to say: your results were so comforting😂😂😂 I have a small Etsy store and making sales is way harder than it looks!!! Great video though! I pray your YT ad revenue made you more than the $60!!
Thank you for being honest! I have a 7+ year old Etsy shop, so I'm a little established. I think you are on the right track with unique/niche designs. If you created the store for this challenge, it makes sense that it started slow. The longer your store is up, the more it will be seen. It's just like SEO and websites. Takes time. Add more product categories too. POD is a great idea and I'm curious how that will respond.
Wow! So sad. Now I know that I can't make $100 a day selling patterns. I really appreciate your honesty! I get really tired of people telling me that I could make $100 a day or more doing something like this. Other people are encouraging us to do something that is just going to be a waste of time and money.
I kept saying "ahhh" after every expense was revealed! You put so much work into them too. This is so realistic! I say, keep it up for at least a year and update us monthly to see if we see any changes. Thanks for sharing this was fun to watch.
You actually showed the step-by-step process of how to do all this! No one ever does that! I'm honestly impressed! Whether I do this or not (I'm looking more into stickers and printed journals), you've earned a sub!"
I relate to this video. I still haven't made a sale as of this moment almost a month trying digital products, but the advice is just don't give up, instead improve your products and SEO skills to ensure you will get sales.
Hey Jensen, loved the video. I was wondering if you could do a vid where you try 5 money-making methods from easy (uber, car wash etc.) to hard like dropshipping and, the stock market. Just thought it would be a fun vid.
Love the video❤️ I just started my print-on-demand journey and found Crafted Threads. They have a ton of designs and it saved me so much time. They have something in every niche. And lifetime updates too!!
Hey, as a previous card maker, your papers were gorgeous! You just need the proper exposure. ❤ Also… not a lot of card makers have the proper printing capabilities for these. Am here if you want any help.
I've been reading about generating art with AI and selling it, and I was wondering if people actually buy that art. Thanks for this detailed explainer video on how it's done and whether or not it's worth it.
Such a fun and entertaining video but oh boy.... the negative profit😂Congrats on the 2 sales though, that's actually not bad for such a competitive niche hahaha. Mad respect for spending all that time making 100 listings!
I have a Society6 shop. I'm a graphic designer and artist. I uploaded & sold some of my actual art. The money made still doesn't really cover the amount of time spent. I may still try. I need more art in my shop. Appreciate your honesty
You know what's worse? He is describing all those emotions, especially disappointment over not making sales, but he barely did any work. Sure ti put all of this into place, and make it so aesthetic is work. But I'm thinking about the artists who design and draw their own pattern/stickers. That's even sadder. And now, more of them, the real artists, will feel like this because of these damned Ai.
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Subscribe because you are being honest about it. Some TH-camrs show you the top sellers in the marketplace and sell you the dream that you can be one of them too. The truth is, the marketplace is oversaturated, and there are more sellers than buyers right now.
Always admired the truth.. How we say in my country .. Truth never lies. TH-cam is stuffed with millions of getrich video with no effort at all. .but nobody is talking about the hundreds of hours spent on researching, creating designs, etc.. + all the money you pay for different subscriptions to only hope for a few sales at the end of the month until you eventually get the winning lottery..but that's after hard work
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I really like your channel ! Very honest and also good advice. I think the patterns looked ok, but as you said it would need a more specific niche like a popular fashion trend or aesthetic to make people interested. I think the whole Etsy store should have a niche and very specific branding to make people connect with the store
Other than depressing for real artists that put hours to the work and years of experience on the table, this is one of the most honest videos I've seen these days. Thank you. Question, did you mark your art as AI generated when listing on Etsy? I wonder if people would care more to see artist made things on that platform than AI generated things. Just a thought. Thank you again for the challenge!
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Should I continue selling patterns for 6 months and make an update?
Yes! I’d love to see that! I’m always curious about these and I think it’s helpful to see what is realistic.
Why not, you already did the work. From my research on Etsy from pro sellers it seems to take 4 to 6 months before any substantial sales start happening.
yes you should Jenson because I am starting an ETSY store soon and I would love to see how your shop progresses over the next coming months
take note that on etsy you need to consider trends and the time of year think of what season it is and what people are buying it can guide you to make products that will sell faster
Yeah. Because things need time
Yes
This is the 1st I saw people reveal the truth, usually they tend to sugarcoated it with unbelievable amount. Thank you so much for the tips by the way.
That’s because they only make money once you buy their courses 😊. They always have a course to offer
To be fair the image chosen for the video had like $9k as clickbait. In the end, he's here for your clicks, but at least his somewhat honest.
I also noticed the same. Click bait for the thumbnail 😢
💯🔥
I was about to comment the same thing. I love how I still enjoyed the video and he put out a good video about an interesting idea that failed and he clearly put a good amount of time into trying too
It's so refreshing to see a content creator who's realistic with the results. Big respect to you Jensen.
That’s right! Much respect for the realistic results here! Raw and authentic are so important to me
You're right, because usually the other creators are trying to sell an illusion for AI companies who are already realizing that AI is causing a worse crisis than a lack of Saudi oil. AI cannot make money if there is NOTHING to buy!
Now imagine the artists selling hand drawn original patterns designed from scratch with their own artwork. It's triple the amount of time invested upfront, and almost always a similar outcome. The extreme underpricing on Etsy has been wildly unsustainable lately and is a real shame. Thanks for the honest insight here. Too many people think this is a get-rich-quick process and it's far from it.
my story. I create watercolor artwork from scratch. But people can just use AI for it now.
AI is just stealing those people's art
@@afreenafzal1696I take my own photos and color and edit them and big 0’s right now too across multiple platforms, and I’ve ran them by pros and consumers, they’re good.
Why would you blame real artists for lazy consumers?
join cara, no ai allowed, focus on selling or getting and agent to design specifically for brands and companies. These images can never be legally owned also for brands, midjourney etc has copyright so you still have work and now some companies are asking for moodboards with proof it was designed properly by a real designer and artist,
as an artist, actual graphic designer, this is sad - but I appreciate that he is honest
As a painter this taste bitter.
Agreed. I've tried selling seamless patterns that I actually drew and it... sucked. I did make 1 or 2 sales, but I put so much time into making the actual patterns that to see it really amount to nothing can be extremely disheartening and make it easy to want to quit.
Did you with to the end? He lost money lol.
As someone who just started digital arts, this is depresing, should i just stop, or continue 😢.
@@ervhint keep going, I do illustration, painting and digital arts full time, I’m not overly worried about AI include it into some of your business don’t fight it. Ai has so many uses other than making images
This is the most honest content I've ever seen. I'd rather we learn from real failures than many pretentious click baiting videos here on TH-cam, because the reality is that many of us failed over and over again.
For real!!!!
Love your user name lol
Can we appreciate how he doesn't make everything look all-good but instead shows us the truth!!
Also, would love to see your selling mugs challenge
hes the only i have seen that shows the real truth,
Don't believe everything you hear, and only believe half of what you see.
I find it so funny how some TH-camrs say it's so easy to make money selling printables on Etsy.
But you are one of the few TH-camrs that shows how hard it actually is.
You earned a subscriber.
Bro huge respect for revealing the truth about these. Whether it's t-shirt art or patterns, the problem is if it's too easy, most likely a lot of people will do it, leading to a saturated market. Thanks for testing this out and showing your actual and detailed expenses and net income!
Every emotion he showed during the entire process is accurate. You feel ecstatic when making and putting up listings but when you dont hit views and sales you start questioning everything. Then when you check revenue after deducting expenses and see a loss you question everything even more but the idea is to never give up. Good things take time ❤ Loved the honest video. Thousand times better than the other videos with unrealistic thumbnails. Sales pick up after atleast spending good 4 to 5 months with continuous efforts and modifications everyday sometimes even longer, saying with experience. Looking forward to more videos.
there's a book called whispers of manifestation on borlest , and it talks about how using some secret tehniques you can attract almost everything in life it's not some bullshit law of attraction, it's the real deal
This guy is a sobering breath of fresh air, helping us all realize how misleading and dishonest other TH-camrs like “Alek” are. Those clickbait “get rich quick” videos are causing us all a lot of problems and giving false hope, I’m glad Jensen has stepped in to show us the reality of this landscape. Keep up the good work! And shame on people like @Alek
Actually truth is little different. Its not easy to start Etsy digital shop but the thing is that it might take time when it goes up. You have to be very patient and add every day more listings be consistent and it might take up to 3-4 months before you start to earn decent revenue. It took for me 5 months to make decent money. First 2 months i did not earning nothing but I did not give up. Its tough business and if you dont believe and dont put months of effort then you will have disappointment and end of your business. After 4 months my shop skyrocketed and I earned 7000 dollars in month and now after 10 months it scaled back because its gone really saturated but still earning 2000 dollars in month which is good passive income.
Who is the shitty Alex?
@@GettingGoalwas it by organic marketing? Or you had to use paid ads ?
I appreciate you spending the time to be realistic about selling Things on Etsy or making money on side hustles. Like the other comment before me this is the first I’ve seen someone actually show the truth!
This is one of the first of these types of videos that I have seen that is actually honest on the work that goes into this!
An HONEST content creator !!! It is rare these days... Thank you brotha...
Because you did not do click bait and really gave honest experience, I am subscribing. Thanks!!!
Finally, someone who keeps it real! Thanks for making this, I learned a lot from it.
Jensen you got my respect. No sugarcoating just honest results. Following you 👍
Tip for Leonardo AI users: You can easily create repeating patterns by choosing 1:1 as the dimension of your image. That means the width and length should be the exact same number, for example 1200 px. And most importantly you need to tick off tiling. When you use tiling it will create patterns that can be repeated endlessly without a visible border. Good luck!
Thanks man I've been wondering how to do it for days. The patterns were never repeating when I tried
@@safinaxo5940 You're welcome!
I've tried and it's still off my a smidgen, doesn't line up.
Wow thank you!!! I was about to do research on how the tiling can be done in Leonardo AI. 🙏🏾❤
More like Anne Boelyn.
I really appreciate your honesty opposing to the other youtubers who promise we would get rich doing this in no time. I ended up as an Etsy seller because I believed many of those people. I still don't regret it because I found a new hobby that might end up profiting one day, but so far after 2 months of hard work (opposing to the promised easy job) I'm still deep in negative profit. And they make the market more saturated too by convincing other people to jump into the wagon. At least your videos show the truth and honestly the products you showcased in this video, including their thumbnails are very high quality that most new Etsy sellers won't be able to produce unless they have experience in graphic design. Also many people wouldn't have the time to produce such a high number of listings, and having more listings helps with being found. So chances are other people might get their first 2 sales many months later, while initially believing they would get rich in a month.
It sucks you haven't made that much money yet but that's the thing about making money online. Nothing about online is easy and takes literally years to be truly successful. And now with AI, everything is just going to get even more saturated which sucks even harder! The best way to succeed is to focus on what you're truly passionate about. Otherwise you don't have a voice and no one will listen to you or give a shit.
Honest & straight to the point. We USED to have an etsy shop. No longer. Appreciate you Jensen! I subbed!
Jensen, your honesty through revealing your real-life experience running an online store business in 30 days, is truly commendable. 99% of other TH-camrs in your shoes as Content Creators will prefer to lie to us the followers or viewers but you stood apart for the truth. God bless you, God bless all your efforts. If I had enough, I could have chosen to sponsor your business.
Bro! You just earned yourself a subscriber. Really good content and we appreciate the transparency!
What I love about this channel is the honesty.
I'd be interested to see a 90 day or 6 month Etsy challenge. I think these challenges have established that Etsy is way too slow to do a 30 day challenge for, and with the upfront costs you'll end up deep in the hole after 30 days. But it would be interesting to see if long term it turned around.
I’m pretty sure it doesn’t get any better with time it’s just that the market is really saturated and you need to create a really specific pattern for each client which makes it really unprofitable
@@rogerriveroll6324 I'd like to see for sure. There are successful people on Etsy, but these experiments are usually too short and come up empty handed.
@@rogerriveroll6324 It does get a little better but, you're right. It's so saturated. The key to success, from what I've found, is getting reviews on your shop. People tend to buy something from a proven seller or one that appears "trustworthy". So, as time goes on, you MIGHT get some reviews that add credibility to your shop, which COULD translate to more sales. The best advice I've gotten is to have friends/family make a purchase and leave a review for you. Or even trying co-workers. Anyone that knows you on a personal/in-person level can be a great help.
What sucks is that this whole platform leads to a kind of feedback loop for successful sellers. If you're successful, then more people will choose you over someone else. Which leads to more sales, more success and more customers. That's how you see the big sellers on there, their success feeds into itself. I personally wish Etsy would make more of a effort to highlight newer sellers rather than spoon feeding customers to sellers that don't need them.
@@rogerriveroll6324I think it's worth testing out. 90 day and 6 month challenges are needed.
Etsy is terrible to be honest. Even after a year your business is unlikely to make money. Even when you’re in a unique market or product. They have too much control, and will move customers away when you don’t attract enough attention or the opposite too much. They’ve gotten awful with control over customers in terms of unable to email, etc over the year too
One million thanks to you for your brutal honesty and transparency!
it's kinda crazy how nobody's talking about the forbidden money ebook called ai's black book of profit
never thought a book could help me this much. highly recommend
it's kinda funny to see this exact comment on every AI video on TH-cam.
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Where to find that book?
This is the reason i subscribed. The content wasn't sugarcoated.
Yay!! Your honesty and transparency is refreshing. I never did understand why customers would be buying AI patterns in the first place. I suspect the high competition comes from people trying to mimic the success touted by an early-to-market TH-camr but the new market entrants are all too late to the party and customers have realized they don't need the product.
Love that you kept it real with your audience. Respect!
This is a great video! I'm so tired of clickbait AI videos saying they made thousands with no proof at all. Your video brings a great breath of fresh air. Subscribed. Please keep up the awesome and honest work
love this video for being authentic and showing that any side hustle is not a cash cow and giving true and tested example of whether it works or not as well as the steps taken. thank you !
Not sure if you know but ETSY gives a boost to all new listings so in stead of listing them all so fast keep enough to list at least one or two a day after uploading the majority. so you get a boost everyday. Etsy also loves it when you have outside likes bringing people to the site so just post them on a social media site with link to your products will have ETSY liking your store even more.
Facts! This is the first honest video about selling digital downloads on Etsy. Actual $ revenue after all the fees, etc associated with your product listing. Thanks
Thank you for this video. I just watched the other guy pushing this on his channel. Your honesty earned you a suscriber
This is the best video I've seen so far. So incredibly informative. Good job!
Appreciate you putting the hardwork into showing how difficult it is to sell stuff on Etsy. Im contemplating everyday whether to start my page or not. Keep up with the good work. Will definitely check out your future videos
Thank you for your honesty. There's so many Hustles out there that people are selling a false dream on. I'm glad you can benefit from this video by being authentic and honest. People will respect you more for that.
Wow, respect! First time I see someone doesn't scam people and just shows the real results. Congrats🎉
Thank you for the complete honesty. 🙏🏾 Unlike others you didn’t hide any of the costs and expenses involved. I can feel more confident watching your videos.
Finally someone tell the truth! Stop flooding Etsy with AI art! Dang
Thank you for your honesty in reporting your actual results. So many YT gurus make it sound like we can get rich off many of these side hustles.
Great effort man. I'm actually impressed you got the 2 sales that fast! With zero starts its tough to get that first foot in the door. I think you'd see a nice upward trend at the 4-6 month mark. keep at it!
I agree!
Honestly two sales is a start, and that’s all you need. Keep expectations low at first and improve workflow process so it doesn’t cost all of your time. I bet you’d start making money on this shop eventually
Finally some realistic results from a new shop instead of all those videos showing the huge earnings from the biggest shops promising we can do it too and how easy it is.
So wild how many people respond without watching the video. I appreciate the honesty of this video. It confirms a lot of what I’ve been suspecting about selling ai generated products and Etsy’s business practices.
I like that you were straight about the numbers, no BS scams for clicks. Thumbs up!
Appreciate your honesty. This was a great honest video. You’re a genuine gem!!
This video is very sad for us artists that draws everything my hand and has the hard job to be creative and took years on etsy to get reconzied. After AI showed up my sales on etsy went down so much! It makes me so discouraged to continue =(
Just incorporate AI into your workflow. Make rough images, learn prompts abd then use your advanced art knowledge to improve all those pesky AI images to make it more than the sum of its parts. And it will still be you and your own. Then you will see, that it will work out ❤
@@aeternalux9175nah, Ai is dumb. And doesn't even understand Art. Copy patterns. Dumb people who buy Ai fake art literally get scammed. Ai generated image is free and easy to use
Focus on promoting your art to the right audience.
Turn your original art into a pattern and see where that takes you the possibilities are endless because no cpu can create something as authentic as your work.
I understand but unfortunately AI will take the designers work, I quote mug models for my business and designers charge me a lot of money then I ask for AI they sent me a free model perfect to my business, so I totally respect the professionals but as a client if I have some product for free why I’m going to pay?
Finally! I found someone whose honest and not just some clickbaiters! Will subscribe starting today :)
finally an honest person, love you man ( for your content :D)
Thumbs up for your honesty and realistic results.🙂
This helped me so much, seeing that yes it IS satureted and no, I'm not the only one who failed. Thank you
I love your honest real world challenges of all the most popular side hustles. I’d love to see you sell ai mugs too!
The knowledge you have in this area is priceless
You are hilarious my friend. Every time I watch your videos about Etsy, it's negative profit. LOL Thanks for sharing and being truthful. It's not easy selling digital product on Etsy. I've tried.
Etsy hates me 😭 thanks for watching!
I have to say: your results were so comforting😂😂😂 I have a small Etsy store and making sales is way harder than it looks!!! Great video though! I pray your YT ad revenue made you more than the $60!!
Lmfaooo the ending was not what i was expecting 😭 you're so real for this
I appreciate this transparency. This was worth the watch.
I've also never heard Navajo said like that before
Thank you for being honest! I have a 7+ year old Etsy shop, so I'm a little established. I think you are on the right track with unique/niche designs. If you created the store for this challenge, it makes sense that it started slow. The longer your store is up, the more it will be seen. It's just like SEO and websites. Takes time. Add more product categories too. POD is a great idea and I'm curious how that will respond.
I love how true it is !!!! Thank you!! I was brainwashed and ready to go on Etsy to make a Billion Dollars!!
Wow! So sad. Now I know that I can't make $100 a day selling patterns. I really appreciate your honesty! I get really tired of people telling me that I could make $100 a day or more doing something like this. Other people are encouraging us to do something that is just going to be a waste of time and money.
I kept saying "ahhh" after every expense was revealed! You put so much work into them too. This is so realistic! I say, keep it up for at least a year and update us monthly to see if we see any changes. Thanks for sharing this was fun to watch.
Thanks for your sharing the realistic picture via Etsy…things just never be easy at all. Keep it on 🤗
You actually showed the step-by-step process of how to do all this! No one ever does that! I'm honestly impressed! Whether I do this or not (I'm looking more into stickers and printed journals), you've earned a sub!"
How incredible is this video !!!!
This kind of video is the best I had ever seen in TH-cam !!! How honest you are , thanks 🙏🏻
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Thanks Jensen. As always you are one of the genuine youtuber shows how to do something in it's best way as well as it's realistic side. 😊
I relate to this video. I still haven't made a sale as of this moment almost a month trying digital products, but the advice is just don't give up, instead improve your products and SEO skills to ensure you will get sales.
Hey Jensen, loved the video. I was wondering if you could do a vid where you try 5 money-making methods from easy (uber, car wash etc.) to hard like dropshipping and, the stock market. Just thought it would be a fun vid.
That's a cool idea! I'll see what I can do :)
I hope your channel continues to grow! Almost at 1K subs here - Thank you guys!
This was a fun and informative video. Good content!
Love the video❤️ I just started my print-on-demand journey and found Crafted Threads. They have a ton of designs and it saved me so much time. They have something in every niche. And lifetime updates too!!
You just gained a subscriber for keeping this video REAL
Props to you for showing the harsh reality. Also appreciate the final cost split. Really helps to understand what you're going into.
Hey, as a previous card maker, your papers were gorgeous! You just need the proper exposure. ❤ Also… not a lot of card makers have the proper printing capabilities for these. Am here if you want any help.
as a designer myself, who loves to purchase digital ( hand drawn ) contents I actually know when the designs/illustrations are Ai generated
Feels like ai in the comments. Wouldnt surprise me
I've been reading about generating art with AI and selling it, and I was wondering if people actually buy that art. Thanks for this detailed explainer video on how it's done and whether or not it's worth it.
Such a fun and entertaining video but oh boy.... the negative profit😂Congrats on the 2 sales though, that's actually not bad for such a competitive niche hahaha. Mad respect for spending all that time making 100 listings!
thanks for telling us the truth man. Many people are sugarcoating selling digital products way too much and i got a little suspicious.
You made more money from the Adsense than from the side hustle
I have a Society6 shop. I'm a graphic designer and artist. I uploaded & sold some of my actual art. The money made still doesn't really cover the amount of time spent. I may still try. I need more art in my shop. Appreciate your honesty
You know what's worse? He is describing all those emotions, especially disappointment over not making sales, but he barely did any work. Sure ti put all of this into place, and make it so aesthetic is work. But I'm thinking about the artists who design and draw their own pattern/stickers. That's even sadder. And now, more of them, the real artists, will feel like this because of these damned Ai.
Man was just reviewing it. Stop being sad 💀
Have you thought of being original as an artist?
love how realistic this vid is! no sugarcoating!
I'm favoured, $27K every week! I can now give back to the locals in my community and also support God's work and the church. God bless America.
Yes! I'm celebrating £32K stock portfolio today...
Started this journey with £3K.... I've invested no time and also with the right terms, now I have time for my family an…
Started with 5,000$ and Withdrew profits
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This is scam omg...@JasonBeghe-zm6qs
Subscribe because you are being honest about it. Some TH-camrs show you the top sellers in the marketplace and sell you the dream that you can be one of them too. The truth is, the marketplace is oversaturated, and there are more sellers than buyers right now.
AI patterns are NOT it, don't do it people, seriously, you're better off just using the patterns for your own products
Man it's nice to get a really honest step-by-step review
Wow, this sounds so interesting! I can't wait to see how it went for you over those 30 days. Side hustles are always intriguing, espec
Thanks for being straightforward, to the point and sincerely honest👍🙂
Always admired the truth.. How we say in my country .. Truth never lies. TH-cam is stuffed with millions of getrich video with no effort at all. .but nobody is talking about the hundreds of hours spent on researching, creating designs, etc.. + all the money you pay for different subscriptions to only hope for a few sales at the end of the month until you eventually get the winning lottery..but that's after hard work
*Your income is unlimited... Because its up to you how many people you work with... And how many projects you take on... There really is no cap on your income. Work as little or as much as you like. You decide on your income goals- and use your skills to hit those goals month after month.*
I really like your channel ! Very honest and also good advice. I think the patterns looked ok, but as you said it would need a more specific niche like a popular fashion trend or aesthetic to make people interested. I think the whole Etsy store should have a niche and very specific branding to make people connect with the store
This honesty makes you a winner ! (+1 sub)
Wow! You are the ONLY person showing it like it is on the Internet and that's what everyone needs! You rock! Seriously. Thank you!
thank you for clarifying, revealing the truth and helping several people who listen to those who don't tell everything....
Other than depressing for real artists that put hours to the work and years of experience on the table, this is one of the most honest videos I've seen these days. Thank you. Question, did you mark your art as AI generated when listing on Etsy? I wonder if people would care more to see artist made things on that platform than AI generated things. Just a thought. Thank you again for the challenge!
i loved how honest and informative this video was. but the thumbnail is a clickbait which is very annoying
It was so refreshing to watch you share your experience in all its truth. Subscribed!
Honesty is always the best policy ❤ keep being honest,its very rare nowadays.
That makes you standout to all TH-camr out there!
new subscriber here ❤