I can 100% agree that vacation mode kills your shop! I was moving, I put it on vacation mode while moving. I went from 8-15 sales a week, to 1 sale a month. I have STRUGGLED to get my shop back! Do NOT use vacation mode. Change your shipping times and make a shop announcement explaining why! Vacation mode is a killer!
I just extend the processing time and slowly lower it as the days pass till I get back. I do quite well. Of course I get stressed out knowing I’ve got a lot of work waiting for me when I get home.
Absolutely, I have a video about this on my channel . Feel free to book a call if you would like me to help repair the damaged caused by vacation mode: etsy-consultant.com/services/discovery-call/
Hey Nik I'm plugging away Implementing your strategies from our recent call. Question re this video, what about the advice as to not use collage style format for primary thumbnail listing as it ' confuses sellers what is actually for sale'? Surely this cannot be beneficial to anyone as sellers use collages to sell bundle offerings and this is clearly stated as such on their main listing.
I’m in Canada and I’m literally turning my sticker shop into a digital pattern shop because shipping time and money is killing my business. I can’t deal with it anymore. The US is constantly getting upgrades and perks and it makes all of us outside of the US take major hits. So I’m just not playing anymore. Digital is the only way from here on out.
Thanks for this important info! I can completely understand how the new shipping rule will be a problem for many shops. For me, it's actually an advantage. I sell jewelry, and my shipping cost is usually not more than $4. It's not right to penalize shops for charging what the post office charges for shipping.
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Hi, I just wanted to say I`m so glad I have found your channel. You have lots of useful information. I opened my Etsy shop this year around June, July(can`t remember exactly when)and started with about 5 items and only had about 10 for a long time. Since I listened to your advice I have been trying to add 1 listing every day and now I have 31 so far. I still have days when I have zero views which is very upsetting but I carry on trying to add listings every day. I only made 6 sales so far but I guess it is not so bad considering how little views I get. By the way I`m in the UK. I make crystal trees which are all different and unique. I will do my first ever craft fair (3 in total) from mid November and I wanted to take some of my stock from my Etsy shop. My idea was to put my Etsy store in holiday mode on those days just in case I would sell a tree which would sell at the craft fair too. Now finding out that would make my listings fall back is eye opening. How about if I just put them in inactive mode for the day. Would that have the same effect on the listing score? Any advice on this? Thank you,
Hi! Just wanted to give you some cred! I started a store in july. Now have 145 items, loads of views and visits with 5 sales. Been following your advice and yesterday i copied some of the listings i first published and renovated them before deleting the original one. Took about 2 hours and one of them sold. I sell tshirts and mugs and only have unique designs. If it isnt working I can "copy" existing items but prefer to be a leader even if its more difficult. Thank you som much! Br Andreas
Nic, totally miss your old intro❣️ I always knew it was your video by the clacking keys of the typewriter :) Plzzzz bring it back!! 😂 Of course it doesn't take away from your excellent information and presentations. ❤
On the shipping costs, I did my own test with sweatshirts. Actual cost to ship is over $8, but I found that $6.99 worked best for charging shipping to the customer. I'm annoyed by Etsy trying to control cost of shipping when it's really out of our control. Yes, you can increase your price, but still. It's worse on items that have high shipping costs due to size or weight and trying to add that to the cost of the item. You may not be competitive in price for that item any longer. Thanks for all the information that you provide.
I think that Etsy did something to digital sellers in March 2023 because that is when my business took a nose dive. It was literally overnight on March 30th 2023.
I look at the $6 or under shipping prices in two ways: (1)As a consumer, it's a way for Etsy to bring in more customers and have them want to spend more without having to worry about the high shipping prices. (2) As a seller, I can also see where this may be a problem because some sellers don't offer free shipping because either they can't afford to or it takes away from their profits. Plus, being a newer Print On Demand seller, it can limit the kind of products you may want to sell in your shop.
Hi there thanks for sharing. It's important that shipping costs are accounted for when calculating your selling price, whether you add free shipping or not.
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I am so glad I subscribed to your channel about a year ago.
Thank you, Nick. This less than $6.00 shipping/postage thung, just for US Etsy stores?!!.. "Not fair!", cry from Western Australia 😂 I followed your advice from mid-May up to end of July to add 1x listing/day to my store to reach a 100 listings and all your other advices like leave social media platforms alone for 30 days and see what happens..... Previously I abandoned my store for over 18 months due to pressing life issues.... I left just 9x listings there to keep my shop open. Now have over 120 lisings and am very pleased to report that I have made 2 sales✨ My views and visits have increased heaps! Anyone reading this on visiting Nick and his Etsy Consultant TH-cam Channel and wondering if his stuff works? A resounding, YES, it does!! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Thank you 💗xo
I'm in the U.S. and I already offer free shipping. It's built into the cost of my products, so getting a boost for that would be a good thing for me. That being said, I can definitely see the frustration for those of us who charge. If I were to offer something that wouldn't be cost effective for me to ship free, this would definitely feel like a slap in the face.
Thank you for your videos, they are very helpful for a new store! I would love to see a more specific video for European based stores, with ad hoc advises, it is mostly spoken about USA, although many of us are based Europe, we have very high shippings costs towards towards USa, example: a hard envelope a4 < 500 gr towards USA- NY costs around 23/27 euro.. Please discuss more on this 🙏
This video was helpful, and true, ultimately these changes likely won't make a huge difference just another way for etsy to dangle a carrot in front of us. It would be nice if they gave actual data that impacts our visibility. So many of us have experienced random drops in sales after having a long period of consistent sales and when this happens it can be jarring but what sucks worst is usually not being able to find any information on why it happened to begin with. The data they provide needs to be able to address that, so that we may understand what is happening. Even if the change is a change with their algorithm, they need to be forth coming and share that information with us.
@etsyconsultant alot of legit handmade sellers are dealing with etsy taking down their best seller listings. Without any option to appeal. On the Etsy forums I'm seeing hundreds of sellers coming on, more every single day who are having their posts deleted or closed out by mods without resolution. The sellers affected have thousands of orders and have been selling on etsy for years with star seller status. We really need as many people as possible to talk about this issue because it is unfair. Etsy is messing with people's livelihood.
Nic I always knew it was your video by the clacking keys of the typewriter :) Plzzzz bring it back!! 😂 Of course it doesn't take away from your excellent presentations. ❤ I just can't get my head around etsy's constant changes. :(
@@phil.gallery i did some research and I found this on etsy "How does my region affect my shop visibility on Etsy? If you sell on Etsy, your account region doesn't determine in what region or countries your shop can be seen." This confuses me more. Basing on what they sat here the location doesnt matter
thanks for all your information do you think etsy looks at your store's overall conversion rate (or conversion rate averages?) as a factor for ranking or increasing visibility? to clairfy i'm not talking about individually listing, but the overall store conversion rate for longer time periods (maybe 1 year or past 30 days etc) would be interested to know your opinion one of the reason I'm asking is because when I turn on ads I feel like there's a dip in organic sales - also what is your thoughts about etsy looking at views/ to click ratio? the reason i ask this question is because when i turn ads on, i feel as though i get less organic sales - after some thinking - i figured when turning ON etsy ads - my views increase dramatically - and this may leads to a lower "VIEW / TO CLICK ratio " hope that all makes sense
I'm glad you've brought this up because Etsy emailed me about changing my shipping rates. sigh. So I reduced to 6.89 for higher priced items. AND they sent me an entire list to redescribe. Response to messages? ya when they're not spam :-( ! I already got caught up in it. Anyway it's done.
I agree Etsy is trying again the same BS with the shipping. I don’t have time for this at the beginning of Q4 no less? And.. we can’t see what our shipping totals are!! When will they get that fixed? It’s been too long. Stop trying to come up with new stuff when you haven’t fixed the old stuff! Prioritize for goodness sake! I don’t believe for a second that a shop will rank better with $6 shipping. I have many customers who don’t care how much it costs to ship. Thank you for reminding me that it won’t make a difference!
Speaking of Vacation Mode, I never planned on using it, but I do have a vacation coming up and have questions. And all of this is hinging on whether I can find someone I trust to stay on top of my shop. If I have “Custom or Personalized” listings, should I just hide or deactivate those listings while I’m away? Does the “Auto-Reply” feature work in this case to keep my Message response score at my current 100%? And lastly, should I set my (PoD) store to automatically send orders to production and hope that there are no issues? Where I’m going I will have no internet service and these are some pretty big concerns I have.
Hi there, thanks for your comment. For POD items there shouldn't be any issues, however you can set up an automatic message to let customers know you are in a remote location and there may be a delay in contacting them for any questions/issues. I wouldn't hide any listings either. I have to say I am intrigued as to where you will be without any internet service 🤔 Have a great time!
@@etsyconsultant Thank you. I am going to be on a cruise and it’s insanely expensive to get the internet package, so we’re likely not going to be getting it
Love your advice and fresh ideas as usual! I do have a question though, if all Etsy cares is money, why are they prioritizing on US stores, since there are many stores outside of US that are making them a lot of money?
US is probably has the majority of buyers. So promoting US sellers will help cause the buyers will get their items much faster and cheaper keeping the buyer happy. But, that’s just a guess
quicker shipping / less chance for things to go wrong = happier customers = more money. I think it's very short-sighted personally. Not everyone wants their item yesterday
I have put my store on Vacation Mode for almost 6 months, as I was working my up to open my store. Since Aug 2024 just a month ago I have been in full swing, listing 1 item every single day following your advise. Do you think the vacation mode had already caused permanent damage to my store and I can't recover any more? I appreciate your honest opinion Nick and everyone
Hi there, thanks for your comment. Vacation mode does harm your store, however it doesn't have to be permanent. Feel free to book a call if you'd like me to create a road map to success: etsy-consultant.com/services/discovery-call/
I updated almost all of my listings (I'm at 110 as of now following your advice all summer of listing one or two a day) and adjusted my prices accordingly. I'm a vintage seller and shipping kills me almost every time Shipping across country can double the shipping fees on some items and it's impossible to build that into the price of small, giftable items. I constantly look at what other stores that sell similar items to mine are charging and while some offer free or low shipping and have tons of sales, others offer crazy shipping amounts yet still have the sales. I've come to the conclusion that nothing about Etsy makes sense - I'm basically in this now because I started it ( I have been on Etsy since 2009 but for many years didn't really push my items) and at this point have accumulated a large inventory and I need to keep going but doing this day after day to make only a couple sales a week is becoming a soul sucking experience. I'm interested to see now if changing my shipping as Esty suggests increases my sales to where I go up in visibility and eventually, I can adjust shipping back to where I'm not losing money on it.
Hi there, thanks for your comment Barbara. If you are selling vintage items on Etsy then I recommend that you watch the video I created for sellers like you. If you ever find that shipping is costing more than you had factored into your price you can ask the customer to pay more, explain the situation. In my experience most customers are happy to pay. I'd love to work with you to make your store work better for you, please check out my link below to book a call! th-cam.com/video/vkAR0L0Dzlc/w-d-xo.htmlsi=IstGvIzLOv9cBBWA etsy-consultant.com/services/discovery-call/
Hello hello… just wanted to say and ask a quick question. You mentioned in your Etsy shipping guarantee was a failure and it started in 2019. Then you said they removed it, but I still see it in my shop. is something that I should turn off? I don’t offer free shipping, but my prices are very reasonable. I sell prints and make about 30 to 35 sales per week. But of course I do have free shipping guarantee and I’m wondering if it’s necessary.
I read the new $6.00 shipping or below this morning and just laughed! I tried this business of raising my prices to include shipping last year and the pressure is on in the "race to the bottom" for wreath sellers. My costs vary from $25.00 to $50.00 to ship a single item. I'm not going to eat this on my slim profit margin!
Yeah, you would think they wouldn't apply that rule to people who sell bulky items, like furniture or framed art. Why not just apply it to small items like t-shirts, personal care products, and jewelry? It's as broad as it is long. I bake my shipping prices into the price just for the psychological effect of "free shipping." Even when I go to buy stuff for myself, I get turned off if the S&H is too high. And I never buy if the shipping is more expensive than the product. It's just disheartening to go to checkout and watch the price jump because of taxes and shipping. Suddenly it no longer looks like a deal. But I'd probably pay the same amount if it had "free" shipping. Lol. I guess it's because I have already come to terms with the price before putting it in my cart. It's the surprise at the end that hits. But I think people are more forgiving to craftspeople than Amazon. You'll eat more charges when it's something unique or a special gift.
Hi, I remember him saying that if the listing never sold you can do new one (or duplicate it then list improved version and deactivate the original) If the listing is selling you should never mess with it and leave it as it is. Hope this helps. Please Nick correct me if I'm wrong.
@@etsyconsultant makes sense! however if I am improving an already listing that is selling shall I do that or create a totally new listing!? Also wanted to say we had a call last year and since then my shop has been doing great! Just hit 5k sales!
I would like to see a video about reviews and how they affect ranking. I haven't seen one on your channel. Im a new seller and still don't have my first review.
Do you offer any freebies? Not sure what you sell, but I sell stationary and I always throw free stickers in the order. The more they buy the more stickers I throw in. Majority of my feedback is them thanking me for the freebies.
I have been adding listings, best photos i can possibly do, best SEO, best description, etc, best product ideas I can throw out, best titles. I got 3 sales this past month....but it feels like everyone is GONE. Struggling to get views and visits. And now Etsy tells me my shipping is "too high" at $6.99. WTF???
Hi there, thanks for your comment. Congratulations on the sales, it can be frustrating seeing those messages, and they are just guides, as they can't see the 'context' of what you are selling. If you sell stickers $6.99 might be considered a high price for shipping, whereas if you are selling a piece of jewelry many buyers wouldn't see this as an issue.
US seller here. Along with essentially all of corporate America, Etsy has lost not only its soul, but also its mind. The $6 shipping thing is just the latest detritus it leaves along its enshittification journey.
I would like to ask if you know what happens when we change our pictures in a listings: to make them better or because we didn't sell that product so we decided to change it (for example I had a garnet bracelet but I now made a necklace out of it and so I need to updating listing and picture) is that even ok to do?
I've converted many listings in the past. I simply follow the rules and guidelines for the changed listings. If it's a complicated change, I believe we would benefit by making a whole new listing.
With saying not to get fixated on “Renewing” a listing because of the “tiny” boost we get, if we haven’t gotten much interaction or sales from an expired listing, would we benefit in that case by making a COPY and presenting it as a “New Listing” for that initial boost, or is it not worth it?
@@KetoFitChef After "gift mode" everything went downhill. Sales, visibility... you name it. Nothing I did on existing listings worked. SEO, smooth description, titles. I watched countless videos which ended not working. Many listings were the selling ones so I was hesitant to make drastical changes. After hitting literal rock bottom I started making new listings and I started changing every aspect of the existing ones. (Though I still do not touch the ones that sold well in the past) Right now visibility is ok and I could make 3 sales in appr. 2 weeks but that's far from satisfying. I don't know what to do except new listings and that's HORRIBLE. But hey at least it works.
Hi, book in for a discovery call with me and I will tell you what's wrong, and if you want to work with me on your store in a paid consultation or mentoring, you can, link is below: etsy-consultant.com/services/discovery-call/
ok has any noticed any difference in their traffic since the changes I was really worried as I sell a lot to USA. well my traffic has shrunk to 7 a day...... less than this time last year and this year has been 4 times better than last year.
There are times when Etsy creates its own bad press, which often shows that it doesn't care about its customers and just cares about making money. I get that to a point, but they can't preach good customer care and then fall below standards themselves. Free shipping or shipping under $6 is laughable and impossible unless it is by carrier pigeon. I am not worried and not going to make any dramatic changes.
Nick, I got an email from Etsy that they removed a listing because they don’t allow the sale of mystery boxes. I was confused because I don’t sell those. I looked at the listing in question and it’s a digital download. And there’s no way to appeal it. Not sure what to do?
I sell light items that cost about $5 to ship. Do you suggest free shipping or lowering my prices a little and charging flat rate shipping in my shop? I always thought the flat rate shipping encouraged customers to add more to their cart.
Hi there, thanks for your comment. Feel free to book a free call to see if you would like me to work with you on your Shopify Store, its a completely different ball game to Etsy. etsy-consultant.com/services/discovery-call/
Hi Nick, could you or someone else here give me their opinion on this shipping nightmare. I just don't feel right about being coerced into this $6 shipping. I tried the free shipping back in the day and it did nothing for me. One of the things I've heard is that it does not apply to those using calculated shipping. So should I just switch all my listing to calculated? And what happened to flat rate shipping??? Flat rate worked perfect for me, I could use usps provided flat rate envelopes and everything I sold would fit into one of the sized of flat rate envelopes and I never had to worry. It was always the cheapest for me. I guess you may not be aware of this being in Australia but the shipping has turned into a nightmare for me. My saved flat rate profile changed to the new usps ground advantage so I now need to buy shipping packaging, and ground advantage is slower than flat rate. However when I change my save profile to priority, it does not give me the option to use usps priority shipping envelopes, but when I click on purchase shipping label and use the saved profile is shows flat rate envelopes, but I can't use priority label on a flat rate envelope. Can you see me puling my hair out?
Hi there, thanks for sharing. I'm sorry I don't know how the Australian shipping labels work, please rest assured the $6 shipping is only for US sellers, and US buyers. If you are in Oz nothing changes for you.
@@etsyconsultant so after the panic passed I looked into the shipping Etsy is pushing and it turns out it can work for me. So I switched my shipping process and so far it is working good.
@@etsyconsultantDoes sales through ads don't work? It's 100 percent true that sales velocity increases ranking BUT how to get more sales that is the matter.
It’s doesn’t matter if your 100% on everything, zero Cases, on time everything, regular new listings…. If your a botty account pumping out stuff and using £1000 ads per day - you’re at the top. No question. Pay ads. Get seen. But you’ll be banging out double amounts of product for same amount of income. It doesn’t work.
Etsy still states under the free shipping guarantee that you will be most visible in search. I just went to turn it off since they said it wasn’t a factor.😕
Yes, they have been saying this for 4 years, it is long gone. Please be aware the "new" version of this, the $6 US domestic visibility boost is starting October 1st, but as always, my advice is don't jump in, just observe and see what, if anything happens.
Hi .i have a question about the manual auto renewal. If you leave it on auto , then they renewal 5 or 6 listings aday whixh can cost money if your not making everyday sales. If you leave it on manual ,then at least u can control when to renew it . Does that make sense
It does Phil, but this isn't the right mindset to be in, we have to be expansive in our approach, and yes, I get it, expanding costs money. However business does cost money, and manual renewal is a store killer because it breaks sales history and sales velocity. Auto renewal encourages us to work harder, be more creative and try to make our store work. Of course the final decision is yours though!
Setting up a good shop is really not the rocket science that so many make it out to be. Much of it is just common sense, a bit of basic logic and tweaking. Good photos and tags and run of the mill descriptions are necessary. Where many people fail, is to simply not read and follow Etsy's suggestions.
Etsy has no clue how much shipping costs. I sell stickers and decals, which are lightweight...but still come in at 4 ounces per package. Each package averages about $4.30 in the USA to ship with required tracking. I cannot ship stickers in a plain stamped paper envelope without tracking.
Same. Sometimes my account will get charged extra cause some post offices think I should pay priority. I do the free shipping over $35. If they spend over $100 I do free priority and signature confirmation.
I do "free" shipping on my POD items, but after the USPS went up on their rates, I stopped selling the largest size throw pillow because with shipping baked in, it was over $40, I think. And I just couldn't see someone paying that for a pillow. I think shipping alone is over $10. The printer needs to figure out how to vacuum pack it like one of those memory foam mattresses. You get a little box, open it up, and boing! a big pillow pops out.
Honestly Suzanne, don't worry about it, this new Etsy idea is going to cause more problems, so just sit and watch what happens, no need to bite on this.
The shipping idea that Etsy says they are implementing is no different than when they said we would get visibility if we offered free shipping last time. That didn’t work because not everyone that offers low shipping or free shipping can make on to the first few pages because there are too many stores that offer free shipping so how are they going to guarantee we have boosted visibility? Plus it’s not even legal to add the shipping cost into the cost of the item even though sellers do. This will be a complete fail just like last time. The customer service thing is just like the rules for star seller and that was a mess because half the time I would get a message that I hadn’t answered a customer but I had so they would take my badge away. So that whole thing is stupid. I had all 5 star reviews prior to the star seller program so that program is a joke.
I will do it, but I think the shipping thing is bulls***. I just raises the prices of the items in your shop instead of being honest that shipping is expensive especially for heavier items.
The "remember what I'm going to say at the end of the video" said at least 20 times during the video was a little unnecessary. You only needed to say this once.
Jesus I’m struggling with Etsy so much at the moment. I’m in the Netherlands and I have a vintage Etsy shop. I’ve recently tried to switch to free shipping but because I had to add around 40-50 eur to each listing to cover shipping to the US, my shop stats dropped too much and 3 sales in a month, when I used to do 13-15 or more. It was just too expensive for people to see, comparing to seeing the item and agreeing with the shipping cost at checkout. Somehow, psychologically, that made a huge difference. It also messed up the algorithm and I returned the paid shipping and dropped the prices to how it was before. Waiting for it to come back to life, but because for 2 months I had so little sales, I’m afraid I won’t rank at all now. This was my main income.. I’m having to pay the Etsy ads bill cause my sales didn’t even cover it.
Hi there, thanks for sharing. It's important to make sure that all costs, including shipping are included in your selling price whether you charge free shipping or not.
Hi there, thanks for your comment. It's true that the majority of sellers and buyers are in the US, however it doesn't mean you can't be successful on Etsy.
They keep hiring these 80'000 dollar consultants that are straight out of school,young an excited. They think they can change the way etsy runs for the better. But they dont have a lick of life XP. And they harm Etsy. Never help.
I keep thinking... How do they get these jobs? Old CEO... Young graduate... ... Hmmm.... I'm not saying that's what's actually happening. That's just where my mind goes from my Life. XP
Jesus Christ Mate! How many times are you going to tell us to watch until the end of the video? Pissed me right off. Really distracting. Personally, as a consultant on all things 'Etsy' I think you're great; a very useful fountain of knowledge and information. Thank you for that. I owe you at least a pint. I do realise it's whoever gets new Etsy info onto the screen quickest and retains their audience the longest is cash in the till. But maybe just monitor yourself a bit. I didn't make it to the end of the video. Maybe I'll give it a try another day because you are one of my go too's for sensible no BS Etsy info.
Hi Chris, I hear you and I never normally say it as much, but this time was with good reason, get to the end and you will see why, thanks for your feedback though and I agree with the sentiment!
I can 100% agree that vacation mode kills your shop! I was moving, I put it on vacation mode while moving. I went from 8-15 sales a week, to 1 sale a month. I have STRUGGLED to get my shop back! Do NOT use vacation mode. Change your shipping times and make a shop announcement explaining why! Vacation mode is a killer!
yep its taken me two months to recover from one week vacation mode
I just extend the processing time and slowly lower it as the days pass till I get back. I do quite well. Of course I get stressed out knowing I’ve got a lot of work waiting for me when I get home.
Absolutely, I have a video about this on my channel . Feel free to book a call if you would like me to help repair the damaged caused by vacation mode:
etsy-consultant.com/services/discovery-call/
Hey Nik
I'm plugging away Implementing your strategies from our recent call.
Question re this video, what about the advice as to not use collage style format for primary thumbnail listing as it ' confuses sellers what is actually for sale'?
Surely this cannot be beneficial to anyone as sellers use collages to sell bundle offerings and this is clearly stated as such on their main listing.
Thanks for your video , you have helped me a lot rebuilding my store and getting more knowledge on what really goes on in etsy. Thank you Thank you !
No problem!
Thanks Nick! Always the voice of reason.
Thank you!
I’m in Canada and I’m literally turning my sticker shop into a digital pattern shop because shipping time and money is killing my business. I can’t deal with it anymore. The US is constantly getting upgrades and perks and it makes all of us outside of the US take major hits. So I’m just not playing anymore. Digital is the only way from here on out.
Hi there, thanks for sharing, and I have heard similar stories from other clients in Canada, how frustrating!
Thanks for this important info! I can completely understand how the new shipping rule will be a problem for many shops. For me, it's actually an advantage. I sell jewelry, and my shipping cost is usually not more than $4. It's not right to penalize shops for charging what the post office charges for shipping.
Thanks for sharing!
Nice one Nick. Thanks for the BS free advice as usual. Total Legend. 👍
Any time!
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Hi, I just wanted to say I`m so glad I have found your channel. You have lots of useful information. I opened my Etsy shop this year around June, July(can`t remember exactly when)and started with about 5 items and only had about 10 for a long time. Since I listened to your advice I have been trying to add 1 listing every day and now I have 31 so far. I still have days when I have zero views which is very upsetting but I carry on trying to add listings every day. I only made 6 sales so far but I guess it is not so bad considering how little views I get. By the way I`m in the UK. I make crystal trees which are all different and unique. I will do my first ever craft fair (3 in total) from mid November and I wanted to take some of my stock from my Etsy shop. My idea was to put my Etsy store in holiday mode on those days just in case I would sell a tree which would sell at the craft fair too. Now finding out that would make my listings fall back is eye opening. How about if I just put them in inactive mode for the day. Would that have the same effect on the listing score? Any advice on this? Thank you,
Thank you for making these videos. It’s very helpful!
Hey Amy, thank you for your kind words!
Hi! Just wanted to give you some cred! I started a store in july. Now have 145 items, loads of views and visits with 5 sales. Been following your advice and yesterday i copied some of the listings i first published and renovated them before deleting the original one. Took about 2 hours and one of them sold. I sell tshirts and mugs and only have unique designs. If it isnt working I can "copy" existing items but prefer to be a leader even if its more difficult. Thank you som much! Br Andreas
Mr Andreas, thanks for sharing, keep going!!
Awesome video, Nik! Thank you!! ❤️
Any time!
Cool new intro, though I do miss the typewriter
Nic, totally miss your old intro❣️
I always knew it was your video by the clacking keys of the typewriter :)
Plzzzz bring it back!! 😂
Of course it doesn't take away from your excellent information and presentations. ❤
Hi there, thanks for your comment, many seem to be missing the typewriter!
Yes me too. Typewriter was cool 🥰
On the shipping costs, I did my own test with sweatshirts. Actual cost to ship is over $8, but I found that $6.99 worked best for charging shipping to the customer. I'm annoyed by Etsy trying to control cost of shipping when it's really out of our control. Yes, you can increase your price, but still. It's worse on items that have high shipping costs due to size or weight and trying to add that to the cost of the item. You may not be competitive in price for that item any longer. Thanks for all the information that you provide.
Hi there, thanks for your comment. Yes, I hear you.
Mmm very nice .love the new intro.i noticed this morning that the icons looked abit different and then some tips on how to increase visablity.
Cool, thanks
Love your videos! Great advice! Thank you for breaking the changes down.
Thank you!
I think that Etsy did something to digital sellers in March 2023 because that is when my business took a nose dive. It was literally overnight on March 30th 2023.
That sounds strange, I sell digital and didn't have anything happen then.
I agree 💯
I look at the $6 or under shipping prices in two ways: (1)As a consumer, it's a way for Etsy to bring in more customers and have them want to spend more without having to worry about the high shipping prices. (2) As a seller, I can also see where this may be a problem because some sellers don't offer free shipping because either they can't afford to or it takes away from their profits. Plus, being a newer Print On Demand seller, it can limit the kind of products you may want to sell in your shop.
Hi there thanks for sharing. It's important that shipping costs are accounted for when calculating your selling price, whether you add free shipping or not.
I am so glad I subscribed to your channel about a year ago.
Welcome aboard!
Nice new intro, Nick! So as a lone handmade seller, how do you take time off if you don’t use vacation mode?
He said in another video to lengthen your delivery times for the period you are unavailable instead of vacation mode.
Thanks! Extend your processing times would be a good idea.
Thank you, Nick. This less than $6.00 shipping/postage thung, just for US Etsy stores?!!.. "Not fair!", cry from Western Australia 😂
I followed your advice from mid-May up to end of July to add 1x listing/day to my store to reach a 100 listings and all your other advices like leave social media platforms alone for 30 days and see what happens..... Previously I abandoned my store for over 18 months due to pressing life issues.... I left just 9x listings there to keep my shop open. Now have over 120 lisings and am very pleased to report that I have made 2 sales✨ My views and visits have increased heaps!
Anyone reading this on visiting Nick and his Etsy Consultant TH-cam Channel and wondering if his stuff works?
A resounding, YES, it does!! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Thank you 💗xo
Thanks Jane, and good luck for this Q4!
I'm in the U.S. and I already offer free shipping. It's built into the cost of my products, so getting a boost for that would be a good thing for me. That being said, I can definitely see the frustration for those of us who charge. If I were to offer something that wouldn't be cost effective for me to ship free, this would definitely feel like a slap in the face.
Hi there, exactly!
Thank you for your videos, they are very helpful for a new store! I would love to see a more specific video for European based stores, with ad hoc advises, it is mostly spoken about USA, although many of us are based Europe, we have very high shippings costs towards towards USa, example: a hard envelope a4 < 500 gr towards USA- NY costs around 23/27 euro..
Please discuss more on this 🙏
Hi there, thanks for your comment. I am in Europe! I don't know which country you are from, but I know that Cyprus Post is not that expensive.
This video was helpful, and true, ultimately these changes likely won't make a huge difference just another way for etsy to dangle a carrot in front of us. It would be nice if they gave actual data that impacts our visibility. So many of us have experienced random drops in sales after having a long period of consistent sales and when this happens it can be jarring but what sucks worst is usually not being able to find any information on why it happened to begin with. The data they provide needs to be able to address that, so that we may understand what is happening. Even if the change is a change with their algorithm, they need to be forth coming and share that information with us.
Agreed. When it comes to data, Etsy is a master of giving without giving.
@etsyconsultant alot of legit handmade sellers are dealing with etsy taking down their best seller listings. Without any option to appeal. On the Etsy forums I'm seeing hundreds of sellers coming on, more every single day who are having their posts deleted or closed out by mods without resolution. The sellers affected have thousands of orders and have been selling on etsy for years with star seller status. We really need as many people as possible to talk about this issue because it is unfair. Etsy is messing with people's livelihood.
Great stuff 🙏🏼👍🏼
Thank you 🙌
Nic I always knew it was your video by the clacking keys of the typewriter :)
Plzzzz bring it back!! 😂
Of course it doesn't take away from your excellent presentations. ❤
I just can't get my head around etsy's constant changes. :(
Hi there, thanks for your comment, I know! PS I miss the typewriter too!
Poor us who are outside the US 😥. We are currently barely visible to US buyers due to our location, and this announcement is terrible 😩
I m also outside USA and always thought that my visibility is low because of this. U think will be worst now?😢
@@zeiladellarte I do 😔 Nick mentioned this before, that location affects search results in different regions.
@@phil.gallery i did some research and I found this on etsy "How does my region affect my shop visibility on Etsy? If you sell on Etsy, your account region doesn't determine in what region or countries your shop can be seen." This confuses me more. Basing on what they sat here the location doesnt matter
Hi there, thanks for sharing. I hear you, however lets see how this plays out.
@@zeiladellarte maybe it matters in the beginning, but in the end ,if you have good convertion rate you will be showed more, thats what matters
I notice a lot of recent changes have favoured US shops.
Interesting...
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Yea I dont normally say it as much, but the end really does need to be heard lol.
@etsyconsultant lol happy weekend ☺️
thanks for all your information
do you think etsy looks at your store's overall conversion rate (or conversion rate averages?)
as a factor for ranking or increasing visibility?
to clairfy i'm not talking about individually listing, but the overall store conversion rate for longer time periods (maybe 1 year or past 30 days etc)
would be interested to know your opinion
one of the reason I'm asking is because when I turn on ads I feel like there's a dip in organic sales -
also what is your thoughts about etsy looking at views/ to click ratio? the reason i ask this question is because when i turn ads on, i feel
as though i get less organic sales - after some thinking - i figured when turning ON etsy ads - my views increase dramatically - and this may leads to a lower "VIEW / TO CLICK ratio "
hope that all makes sense
I'm glad you've brought this up because Etsy emailed me about changing my shipping rates. sigh. So I reduced to 6.89 for higher priced items. AND they sent me an entire list to redescribe. Response to messages? ya when they're not spam :-( ! I already got caught up in it. Anyway it's done.
Well done!
I agree Etsy is trying again the same BS with the shipping. I don’t have time for this at the beginning of Q4 no less? And.. we can’t see what our shipping totals are!! When will they get that fixed? It’s been too long. Stop trying to come up with new stuff when you haven’t fixed the old stuff! Prioritize for goodness sake! I don’t believe for a second that a shop will rank better with $6 shipping. I have many customers who don’t care how much it costs to ship. Thank you for reminding me that it won’t make a difference!
Hi there, thanks for sharing your comments.
Thank you very much
No problem.
Speaking of Vacation Mode, I never planned on using it, but I do have a vacation coming up and have questions. And all of this is hinging on whether I can find someone I trust to stay on top of my shop.
If I have “Custom or Personalized” listings, should I just hide or deactivate those listings while I’m away?
Does the “Auto-Reply” feature work in this case to keep my Message response score at my current 100%?
And lastly, should I set my (PoD) store to automatically send orders to production and hope that there are no issues?
Where I’m going I will have no internet service and these are some pretty big concerns I have.
Hi there, thanks for your comment. For POD items there shouldn't be any issues, however you can set up an automatic message to let customers know you are in a remote location and there may be a delay in contacting them for any questions/issues. I wouldn't hide any listings either. I have to say I am intrigued as to where you will be without any internet service 🤔 Have a great time!
@@etsyconsultant Thank you. I am going to be on a cruise and it’s insanely expensive to get the internet package, so we’re likely not going to be getting it
Could you make a video about "how to find the right keywords for t-shirts"?
Hi there, thanks for your comment and suggestion. I recommend that you book a call with me:
etsy-consultant.com/services/discovery-call/
Love your advice and fresh ideas as usual! I do have a question though, if all Etsy cares is money, why are they prioritizing on US stores, since there are many stores outside of US that are making them a lot of money?
US is probably has the majority of buyers. So promoting US sellers will help cause the buyers will get their items much faster and cheaper keeping the buyer happy. But, that’s just a guess
quicker shipping / less chance for things to go wrong = happier customers = more money.
I think it's very short-sighted personally. Not everyone wants their item yesterday
Hi there, good point. The majority of Etsy buyers are in the US
I have put my store on Vacation Mode for almost 6 months, as I was working my up to open my store. Since Aug 2024 just a month ago I have been in full swing, listing 1 item every single day following your advise. Do you think the vacation mode had already caused permanent damage to my store and I can't recover any more? I appreciate your honest opinion Nick and everyone
Hi there, thanks for your comment. Vacation mode does harm your store, however it doesn't have to be permanent. Feel free to book a call if you'd like me to create a road map to success:
etsy-consultant.com/services/discovery-call/
I updated almost all of my listings (I'm at 110 as of now following your advice all summer of listing one or two a day) and adjusted my prices accordingly. I'm a vintage seller and shipping kills me almost every time Shipping across country can double the shipping fees on some items and it's impossible to build that into the price of small, giftable items. I constantly look at what other stores that sell similar items to mine are charging and while some offer free or low shipping and have tons of sales, others offer crazy shipping amounts yet still have the sales. I've come to the conclusion that nothing about Etsy makes sense - I'm basically in this now because I started it ( I have been on Etsy since 2009 but for many years didn't really push my items) and at this point have accumulated a large inventory and I need to keep going but doing this day after day to make only a couple sales a week is becoming a soul sucking experience. I'm interested to see now if changing my shipping as Esty suggests increases my sales to where I go up in visibility and eventually, I can adjust shipping back to where I'm not losing money on it.
Hi there, thanks for your comment Barbara. If you are selling vintage items on Etsy then I recommend that you watch the video I created for sellers like you. If you ever find that shipping is costing more than you had factored into your price you can ask the customer to pay more, explain the situation. In my experience most customers are happy to pay. I'd love to work with you to make your store work better for you, please check out my link below to book a call!
th-cam.com/video/vkAR0L0Dzlc/w-d-xo.htmlsi=IstGvIzLOv9cBBWA
etsy-consultant.com/services/discovery-call/
Hello hello… just wanted to say and ask a quick question. You mentioned in your Etsy shipping guarantee was a failure and it started in 2019. Then you said they removed it, but I still see it in my shop. is something that I should turn off? I don’t offer free shipping, but my prices are very reasonable. I sell prints and make about 30 to 35 sales per week. But of course I do have free shipping guarantee and I’m wondering if it’s necessary.
I read the new $6.00 shipping or below this morning and just laughed! I tried this business of raising my prices to include shipping last year and the pressure is on in the "race to the bottom" for wreath sellers. My costs vary from $25.00 to $50.00 to ship a single item. I'm not going to eat this on my slim profit margin!
Yeah, you would think they wouldn't apply that rule to people who sell bulky items, like furniture or framed art. Why not just apply it to small items like t-shirts, personal care products, and jewelry?
It's as broad as it is long. I bake my shipping prices into the price just for the psychological effect of "free shipping." Even when I go to buy stuff for myself, I get turned off if the S&H is too high. And I never buy if the shipping is more expensive than the product. It's just disheartening to go to checkout and watch the price jump because of taxes and shipping. Suddenly it no longer looks like a deal.
But I'd probably pay the same amount if it had "free" shipping. Lol. I guess it's because I have already come to terms with the price before putting it in my cart. It's the surprise at the end that hits.
But I think people are more forgiving to craftspeople than Amazon. You'll eat more charges when it's something unique or a special gift.
Hi there, thanks for your comment. Free shipping does not suit all products, and absolutely you have to make a profit!
I was wondering what those new pages are, let's see!
Yes, have fun! 😉
If you are improving a listing do you suggest changing the old listing or creating a new one?
Hi, I remember him saying that if the listing never sold you can do new one (or duplicate it then list improved version and deactivate the original) If the listing is selling you should never mess with it and leave it as it is. Hope this helps. Please Nick correct me if I'm wrong.
Correct!
If it has never sold, duplicate, make the improvements, publish, and delete the old one.
@@etsyconsultant makes sense! however if I am improving an already listing that is selling shall I do that or create a totally new listing!? Also wanted to say we had a call last year and since then my shop has been doing great! Just hit 5k sales!
What’s best for thumbnails? Square or rectangle? I would think square, but Im seeing mixed opinions.
I would like to see a video about reviews and how they affect ranking. I haven't seen one on your channel. Im a new seller and still don't have my first review.
Do you offer any freebies? Not sure what you sell, but I sell stationary and I always throw free stickers in the order. The more they buy the more stickers I throw in. Majority of my feedback is them thanking me for the freebies.
@@jennykay780 I haven't sell anything yet. Just 2 items to a friends but sure looks a good advise. Thanks.
@@jennykay780 I'm thinking booking a Free consultation but still on my 25 listing so not sure what to do here.
@@SilverShineRD what do you sell?
@@jennykay780 POD jewelry
I have been adding listings, best photos i can possibly do, best SEO, best description, etc, best product ideas I can throw out, best titles.
I got 3 sales this past month....but it feels like everyone is GONE. Struggling to get views and visits. And now Etsy tells me my shipping is "too high" at $6.99. WTF???
Hi there, thanks for your comment. Congratulations on the sales, it can be frustrating seeing those messages, and they are just guides, as they can't see the 'context' of what you are selling. If you sell stickers $6.99 might be considered a high price for shipping, whereas if you are selling a piece of jewelry many buyers wouldn't see this as an issue.
Great video! Have a couple questions. If I have calculated shipping currently will I have to turn that off
In october?
Hi, no, just wait and see what happens with Etsy's latest shipping/visibility move.
US seller here. Along with essentially all of corporate America, Etsy has lost not only its soul, but also its mind. The $6 shipping thing is just the latest detritus it leaves along its enshittification journey.
Hi yes, I hear you. Lets see how this plays out!
I would like to ask if you know what happens when we change our pictures in a listings: to make them better or because we didn't sell that product so we decided to change it (for example I had a garnet bracelet but I now made a necklace out of it and so I need to updating listing and picture) is that even ok to do?
I've converted many listings in the past. I simply follow the rules and guidelines for the changed listings. If it's a complicated change, I believe we would benefit by making a whole new listing.
@herbertlaurence944 thank you so much, I believe that too
Exactly what is sales velocity?
Hi, it is how fast a listing sells.
Thank you!
You're welcome!
With saying not to get fixated on “Renewing” a listing because of the “tiny” boost we get, if we haven’t gotten much interaction or sales from an expired listing, would we benefit in that case by making a COPY and presenting it as a “New Listing” for that initial boost, or is it not worth it?
That is simply what I do. Though I make a few changes on the listing beforehand.
@@vezirmertcan I’ve been doing that too, but I’m wondering if it’s helping hot hurting my shop (and the listing) by doing it that way.
@@KetoFitChef After "gift mode" everything went downhill. Sales, visibility... you name it.
Nothing I did on existing listings worked. SEO, smooth description, titles. I watched countless videos which ended not working. Many listings were the selling ones so I was hesitant to make drastical changes.
After hitting literal rock bottom I started making new listings and I started changing every aspect of the existing ones. (Though I still do not touch the ones that sold well in the past)
Right now visibility is ok and I could make 3 sales in appr. 2 weeks but that's far from satisfying.
I don't know what to do except new listings and that's HORRIBLE. But hey at least it works.
@@vezirmertcan same. I go awhile with no sales, then last week I had 5 sales in 2 Days. Drives me crazy how this works sometimes
Hi, book in for a discovery call with me and I will tell you what's wrong, and if you want to work with me on your store in a paid consultation or mentoring, you can, link is below:
etsy-consultant.com/services/discovery-call/
Whenever you post a listing, should we keep the listing renewal automatic or manual ?
He’s said automatic
Automatic, yes!
Thanks!
ok has any noticed any difference in their traffic since the changes I was really worried as I sell a lot to USA. well my traffic has shrunk to 7 a day...... less than this time last year and this year has been 4 times better than last year.
Thanks for sharing
There are times when Etsy creates its own bad press, which often shows that it doesn't care about its customers and just cares about making money. I get that to a point, but they can't preach good customer care and then fall below standards themselves. Free shipping or shipping under $6 is laughable and impossible unless it is by carrier pigeon. I am not worried and not going to make any dramatic changes.
Thanks for sharing!
Nick, I got an email from Etsy that they removed a listing because they don’t allow the sale of mystery boxes. I was confused because I don’t sell those. I looked at the listing in question and it’s a digital download. And there’s no way to appeal it. Not sure what to do?
Hi there, thanks for your comment. Try and contact Etsy support via chat, unfortunately bots are used to delist and sometimes a human is needed.
I sell light items that cost about $5 to ship. Do you suggest free shipping or lowering my prices a little and charging flat rate shipping in my shop?
I always thought the flat rate shipping encouraged customers to add more to their cart.
Maybe look at what your competitors are doing?
Hi there, it depends on your product, and to be honest its not an exact science. Try out both ways, see what works best.
At this stage im over etsy. Currently building a Shopify website and will give that a go instead
Hi there, thanks for your comment. Feel free to book a free call to see if you would like me to work with you on your Shopify Store, its a completely different ball game to Etsy.
etsy-consultant.com/services/discovery-call/
So offer 5.99 shipping to get the “boost?”
Basically yes. But don't expect much in terms of results, they tried this before and it didn't work.
I agree with you
Thanks for listening!
Hi Nick, could you or someone else here give me their opinion on this shipping nightmare. I just don't feel right about being coerced into this $6 shipping. I tried the free shipping back in the day and it did nothing for me. One of the things I've heard is that it does not apply to those using calculated shipping. So should I just switch all my listing to calculated?
And what happened to flat rate shipping??? Flat rate worked perfect for me, I could use usps provided flat rate envelopes and everything I sold would fit into one of the sized of flat rate envelopes and I never had to worry. It was always the cheapest for me. I guess you may not be aware of this being in Australia but the shipping has turned into a nightmare for me. My saved flat rate profile changed to the new usps ground advantage so I now need to buy shipping packaging, and ground advantage is slower than flat rate. However when I change my save profile to priority, it does not give me the option to use usps priority shipping envelopes, but when I click on purchase shipping label and use the saved profile is shows flat rate envelopes, but I can't use priority label on a flat rate envelope. Can you see me puling my hair out?
Hi there, thanks for sharing. I'm sorry I don't know how the Australian shipping labels work, please rest assured the $6 shipping is only for US sellers, and US buyers. If you are in Oz nothing changes for you.
@@etsyconsultant so after the panic passed I looked into the shipping Etsy is pushing and it turns out it can work for me. So I switched my shipping process and so far it is working good.
It seems like the running a sale or promotion or Etsy ads would improve velocity of sale
Sales can improve organic visibility, Etsy ads won't.
@@etsyconsultantDoes sales through ads don't work?
It's 100 percent true that sales velocity increases ranking BUT how to get more sales that is the matter.
I’ll put some items up with a small mark up. Then after it starts getting sales I’ll increase the price.
It’s doesn’t matter if your 100% on everything, zero Cases, on time everything, regular new listings…. If your a botty account pumping out stuff and using £1000 ads per day - you’re at the top.
No question.
Pay ads.
Get seen.
But you’ll be banging out double amounts of product for same amount of income.
It doesn’t work.
Thanks for sharing
Etsy still states under the free shipping guarantee that you will be most visible in search. I just went to turn it off since they said it wasn’t a factor.😕
Yes, they have been saying this for 4 years, it is long gone. Please be aware the "new" version of this, the $6 US domestic visibility boost is starting October 1st, but as always, my advice is don't jump in, just observe and see what, if anything happens.
so is it US & CANADA?
According to Etsy its US domestic shipping only from US sellers only.
@@etsyconsultantI’m in Australia and it’s still popping up for some of my items to change my US shipping price? Why is that?
Arrh under 6.00 gets more visability . Sure just add the diff to the net price ..
Exactly!
Hi .i have a question about the manual auto renewal. If you leave it on auto , then they renewal 5 or 6 listings aday whixh can cost money if your not making everyday sales. If you leave it on manual ,then at least u can control when to renew it .
Does that make sense
According to him, if the product is not sold for more than a year, you can consider not renewing it.
It does Phil, but this isn't the right mindset to be in, we have to be expansive in our approach, and yes, I get it, expanding costs money. However business does cost money, and manual renewal is a store killer because it breaks sales history and sales velocity. Auto renewal encourages us to work harder, be more creative and try to make our store work. Of course the final decision is yours though!
Correct.
Setting up a good shop is really not the rocket science that so many make it out to be. Much of it is just common sense, a bit of basic logic and tweaking. Good photos and tags and run of the mill descriptions are necessary. Where many people fail, is to simply not read and follow Etsy's suggestions.
Hi there Michael, absolutely!
Etsy has no clue how much shipping costs. I sell stickers and decals, which are lightweight...but still come in at 4 ounces per package. Each package averages about $4.30 in the USA to ship with required tracking. I cannot ship stickers in a plain stamped paper envelope without tracking.
Same. Sometimes my account will get charged extra cause some post offices think I should pay priority. I do the free shipping over $35. If they spend over $100 I do free priority and signature confirmation.
I do "free" shipping on my POD items, but after the USPS went up on their rates, I stopped selling the largest size throw pillow because with shipping baked in, it was over $40, I think. And I just couldn't see someone paying that for a pillow. I think shipping alone is over $10.
The printer needs to figure out how to vacuum pack it like one of those memory foam mattresses. You get a little box, open it up, and boing! a big pillow pops out.
@@kerim.peardon5551 ups and FedEx economy are very cheap, but I don’t know if that’s an option with POD
Honestly Suzanne, don't worry about it, this new Etsy idea is going to cause more problems, so just sit and watch what happens, no need to bite on this.
Its another ill thought out Etsy plan that I am highly confident will get retracted or changed into something that actually makes sense.
Kemmer Prairie
Thanks
Not in the US. I sell a high proportion overseas so I guess this is going to decimate my business.
Hi there, - that's unlikely.
The shipping idea that Etsy says they are implementing is no different than when they said we would get visibility if we offered free shipping last time. That didn’t work because not everyone that offers low shipping or free shipping can make on to the first few pages because there are too many stores that offer free shipping so how are they going to guarantee we have boosted visibility? Plus it’s not even legal to add the shipping cost into the cost of the item even though sellers do. This will be a complete fail just like last time. The customer service thing is just like the rules for star seller and that was a mess because half the time I would get a message that I hadn’t answered a customer but I had so they would take my badge away. So that whole thing is stupid. I had all 5 star reviews prior to the star seller program so that program is a joke.
Hi there Linda thanks for sharing, I hear your frustration.
If they are still doing localization, US sellers are going to show more to US buyers anyway, just cuz they are closer.
Hi there, correct.
I will do it, but I think the shipping thing is bulls***. I just raises the prices of the items in your shop instead of being honest that shipping is expensive especially for heavier items.
Exactly, it's just a play on $ numbers!
So let me make sure I've understood, there's no benefit to non-US sellers for offering shipping under $6?
Hi Hannah, no there isn't.
@etsyconsultant Got it. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't worried. Last October doesn't take much beating though 😐
@@etsyconsultantWhy is it popping up for my store, as an Australian seller for me to change my shipping prices for US orders?
Under $6 dollar free shipping? 😢😢😢
Thanks for commenting.
The "remember what I'm going to say at the end of the video" said at least 20 times during the video was a little unnecessary. You only needed to say this once.
Thanks, point taken!
Jesus I’m struggling with Etsy so much at the moment. I’m in the Netherlands and I have a vintage Etsy shop. I’ve recently tried to switch to free shipping but because I had to add around 40-50 eur to each listing to cover shipping to the US, my shop stats dropped too much and 3 sales in a month, when I used to do 13-15 or more. It was just too expensive for people to see, comparing to seeing the item and agreeing with the shipping cost at checkout. Somehow, psychologically, that made a huge difference. It also messed up the algorithm and I returned the paid shipping and dropped the prices to how it was before. Waiting for it to come back to life, but because for 2 months I had so little sales, I’m afraid I won’t rank at all now. This was my main income.. I’m having to pay the Etsy ads bill cause my sales didn’t even cover it.
Hi there, thanks for sharing. Please book a call with me so that I can help increase your sales:
etsy-consultant.com/services/discovery-call/
For me its in theory good, if they will boost me as u describe here
Yes, theory and practice, two different things, it won't make much difference.
I don’t never do free shipping. When customer return you lose $6 and time.
If they return. 😢
Hi there, thanks for sharing. It's important to make sure that all costs, including shipping are included in your selling price whether you charge free shipping or not.
Etsy is make for US people .. :(
Hi there, thanks for your comment. It's true that the majority of sellers and buyers are in the US, however it doesn't mean you can't be successful on Etsy.
You can sell to us from outside, and you have more margin, considering than most or the world is cheaper than the us
They keep hiring these 80'000 dollar consultants that are straight out of school,young an excited. They think they can change the way etsy runs for the better.
But they dont have a lick of life XP. And they harm Etsy. Never help.
I keep thinking... How do they get these jobs? Old CEO... Young graduate...
... Hmmm....
I'm not saying that's what's actually happening. That's just where my mind goes from my Life. XP
Hi there, thanks for sharing!
Jesus Christ Mate! How many times are you going to tell us to watch until the end of the video? Pissed me right off. Really distracting. Personally, as a consultant on all things 'Etsy' I think you're great; a very useful fountain of knowledge and information. Thank you for that. I owe you at least a pint. I do realise it's whoever gets new Etsy info onto the screen quickest and retains their audience the longest is cash in the till. But maybe just monitor yourself a bit. I didn't make it to the end of the video. Maybe I'll give it a try another day because you are one of my go too's for sensible no BS Etsy info.
Hi Chris, I hear you and I never normally say it as much, but this time was with good reason, get to the end and you will see why, thanks for your feedback though and I agree with the sentiment!