So far, I think you are the ONLY person (maybe, one of the VERY few) detailing the ENTIRE roadmap to creating a successful Etsy business. Thank you! I'll give far more shout outs if this all goes according to your plan! With my work applied, of course.
I've been watching POD videos for months and not being able to take any action because of overthinking. However, you made it so simple and easy to follow and I think I am finally ready to take actions. Thanks so much for your time!
Wow, this quote at 1:22 really struck a chord with me! 🌟"Try not to compare your journey to other people's and really try and appreciate the small wins that you get along the way" 💪 It's truly inspiring to witness how starting a print on demand business on Etsy has transformed lives and led to incredible success stories I'm eagerly looking forward to the release of your new customization software! 🚀 Keep up the amazing work!
@@HelloCustom who, me? no no. I'm one of your biggest fans I can't express how grateful I am for the inspiration you've given me to start my very own Etsy shop. It feels like a blessing from above that I stumbled upon your incredible channel. Thank you so much 😃👍
I am loving this! I have finished the first 2 episodes. First, you are an angel for setting the goal for charity! Second, what a great friend to boost the InnerCirclePrints! Third, you are making this so easy to follow for someone with no experience. I would love it if you could explain the Everbee a little more. Do you need to use it with Chrome? Very exciting and encouraging. Can't wait to publish my first listing. THANKS STEPHEN
This is exactly what I needed. I don't want to sell the same product every etsy seller on youtube has had success with for the past year...I want to lead the pack and be able to find products myself! Thanks so much! This is exactly what I needed.
I appreciate the patience and thoughtfulness on your videos. I’ve procrastinating on starting a new Etsy store and now that you showed me how…I will start asp…thank you there are so many on you tube with “conflicting” advice it’s very discouraging at times. But, you give good vibes and you’re not interested like many on you tube to make money on us…thank you than you so much..👏👏👏👍👍👍🙏👏👏♥️
The cost of a 20oz skinny tumbler on Printify is $17.34 with Printify premium and the shipping cost is $7.79, for a cost of $25.13. Add in the cost of personalizing the item and13% advertising and the actual cost of the item is around $28.00. This store lists the price of this item as $30.00 each but is currently selling them at a 50% off sale, around $15.00. How are you able to make a profit of $5.00 each? BTW 100 bandanas per month is 1200 units/year, not 10,000.
This is mind-blowing. I have been on Etsy for several years now and I haven't made anywhere NEAR any of these projected numbers. I am following this series closely. Thanks so much for your generosity. I'm so glad I came across your video on Ryan Hogue's channel.
My son is 10 and is following your series! He wants to learn how to start his own Etsy shop like I have. Thank you for making it so easy to follow. I have just applied for Inner Circle Prints. Their prices look really good, thank you!
this is amazing I loved your interview with Ryan Hogue in the past and was starting to implement your methods then! I'm so excited for this step by step process and to learn even more! Thank you for all your work on this and sharing your experiences!
Same here. After watching a ryan episode with you i made the excel sheet, did lots of reseach but after that i just got lost in that process. Plz do guide us how to keep on track n not overwhelmed by lots and lots of designs
This is such an informative video, I will be taking notes as I go along with your journey. I learned a lot about how you do the product research and see if it's profitable to sell using POD. One thing I'm struggling with is the shipping cost - with shipping, no shipping or $35+ free shipping. I use 3 different print providers on printify and offer free shipping on $35+ orders. If they buy a product fulfilled by 3 different print providers, I'll lose money (since they will all be shipped separately). I would love to understand more on how to set shipping costs. Also, I'm struggling with custom orders, I only did 3 of them and already, I'm not looking forward to doing anymore because of the hassle, like when I message a buyer with a question to clarify, they don't respond and I had to send it as is. I'm looking forward to see what you do with you need clarification from a buyer on a custom order and they don't respond? Thank you so much for this video! 😃😄
Very easy to follow. Thank you for breaking it down and explaining the process. Im looking forward to following along. Youre a good teacher. Thank you.
I've watched a lot of Print on Demand Etsy videos, and I believe this is one of the best, especially incorporating Everbee's profit calculator. It really got me down to the nitty gritty of staying with you to see if a product is profitable. I love how we can add customization and make it an even more popular item on listings. As a Etsy store beginner, I will be taking similar action steps as you, following this challenge, learning from you and hopefully help my beginning store head in the right direction sooner than later. Thanks for a great episode!
Hey !!! I have seen tons of videos about Etsy... Just the Intro told me that I did find the right guide to make the next Step to my shop Now I will learn the real approach to this business I will follow you ! I have 2 months on Etsy more than 100 products only 5 sales... I did t many circles and changes as a Designer it was very hard to choose a theme I'm trying to build the entire shop on a theme until now loosing money even when I sell.... As i have paid advertising for all this time every sale I made I have to pay to make it happen Im not loosing any fate I know they are Great !!! ;-) Just to need more exposure and start thinking as a business. Thanks for this !!!!!!
This is great. After watching all these gurus, some of which you have as guess, none of them have ever once, to my knowledge, spoke of product research. My first chore is to go back through my current listings and check my products. Thanks.
Appreciate the training. What most people do not inform on is the fact that you must upfront the money pay for product to be made and delivered. This means you need a credit card up front. Your store will only grow/scale on the financial ability you have to afford ip front costs for production and shipping, all fees associated with Etsy, creative platform fees, and advertising costs. And, advertising sales. I hope you will be touching in this as well in a future module.
@@Chad-Tyrone-Pookey the upfront cost is when a buyer on Etsy buys your product, Printify or other POD providers "charge" you for that item/shipping costs (before you've gotten paid from Etsy). Best way around that from what I can see is just having daily deposits so your upfront cost is a bit less.
@@ChelseaRafferty The deposits are weekly, which means by the time credit card bill is due next month , Etsy already paid you 4 times for the past 4 weeks, which is enough money to cover Printify, the 20 cents for each listing, ads(if you’re running any). Everything rolls smoothly from this month to the next, and unless you are using a debit card, you don’t front anything. Hope this helps.
Thank you much for breaking this down and being extremely transparent!! This is top tier information and a step by step guide to taking actionable steps to see success with an online Etsy business. I started my shop 7 days ago and I’m so grateful to be able to have your content available so I can grow my shop. You’re a gem!! Thank you!!
Well I am just starting out, I am trying to learn and have zero knowledge. Your videos have so much info and have been so helpful thank you. keep help us beginners. I keep coming back to your videos when I have questions and find the answers I need. I think the step by step is very nice and the fact that you don't rush through things again thank you
This is great content! The site for inner circle prints is actually a coaching site with some POD fulfillment. FYI they cost just under $3k to join to get access to those products mentioned in the video.
This is so exciting! Starting a fresh shop and following along! Thank you for taking the time to share and I can’t wait for you to release the new software for customization. 😊
Hi @HelloCustom! Thank you for this! I am going to start along with you too! This is my first time so I am carefully threading every video that you are launching so far and see if I can go along with you step by step in this challenge.
I've been doing my POD research for the last month and just found your videos, WOW! This is going to very helpful and I've seen several people in the first video that I started following to learn how they created their business. Thank you for sharing all of this information.
Hi please answer my question Can I poste a different products on one store on etsy like (wall art, tshirt, mugs....) on one store or I should open a store for every single product ??
This video TOTALLY has me recharged! I have been a new Etsy seller since June/July 2023 and have only sold 13 items. I was considering giving up until I watched this. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Reply
Thank you! Doing this along side you, I feel so much more confident and that there is NO reason not to try! Putting it here so I can look back - I have 1 store wt 4 listings $0 started beginning of June. I'm excited to post my 12 months results after you 💕
Thank you for the videos... Quick question, when you were going through the monthly sales (use the bandanas as the example,) it looked like the top seller was 44 sales. Are you looking at just the top product or the top handful of products? Also, you mentioned that it looks like they were selling 100 units per month which you also mentioned would come out to 10,000 per year. Am I doing the math wrong or calculating the wrong information? I am calculating 100 units per month time 12 months which gives me only 1,200 units per year. I am 8,800 off. Thanks for any clarification. Stuck in the Mud in New Orleans...🙃
Amazing content! I'm fallowing every step you show in the video. I'm joining in the challenge. Waking up at 5am to do this since I work a full time job as a medical interpreter and have a 1yo. Let's do this!
Thank you so much for doing this! I've had an Etsy shop for four months now and sales have been quite slow for me but now that I have an expert to follow, I feel very confident and I know that my shop will grow! I look forward to scaling my business in the next 12 months. Also, the fact that you are going to donate all of the proceeds to a charity, says a lot about you as a person. You are God-sent, and I pray more blessings upon you🙂
Thank you for breaking down the 3 qualifiers for potential products. Super helpful in determining sales using the calculator. I enjoyed watching this video!
I am really enjoying the 1 Million Dollar Challenge videos these episodes are giving me the incentive not to give up. I am so glad that I watch your video with Ryan Hogue I follow all of Ryan's videos. Great job!
Hi! Thank you very much for this content. I would like to ask you to start to sell these four products under one shop or is it better to open an individual shop for every product?
Thank you Stephen!!! You are a genius! What you suggest, choose 1 product to start with? Your process can be used as also for digital prints? I have made already the master list for 3 Pod products!
@@HelloCustom Stephen, does Etsy allow to open 2 similar shops? For instance - if I have apparel shop now, with hundreds of listings, can I start a new one - with a few different products where shirts/sweatshirts/home accessories are included? I am not willing to mess with my current shop :)
Got my first shop all set up and will be following you through this challenge. Thank you for sharing your wisdom and being straight forward! I have greatly enjoyed the content so far.
This is amazing!!! What a generous opportunity you are providing all around! Thank you so much! Excited to implement some of the new things I learned! Also Excited to hear more about your thoughts on shipping costs.
This is very helpful! Noticed you are taking the lowest-cost item in your pricing analysis and your shipping is at $6.99. Assuming your margin is the same across all size variants of that same cost, however are you modifying your prices/margins and shipping costs for plus-size products?
Thank you SO much for this! I've been struggling to sell on Etsy and don't even want to tell you how long I've had my shop. As a designer, the analytics is where I struggle. I also happen to have heard someone suggest free shipping which I've been doing and look forward to hearing about your analysis on shipping. My husband and I are watching this together and are determined to succeed!
Great info. Looking forward to the 3rd podcast/lesson. I didn’t see anything about the Etsy settings for the set up…shop policies, logo, banner, returns, etc. Do you offer any help with those set ups? I didn’t see anything about that in lesson 1 + 2. Thanks.
@HelloCustom awesome content! Can you share more on the 13% etsy ad budget you mentioned? How do you implement it to ensure to stay within 13% and how do you determine which products to allocate more ads to vs which ones to discontinue paying for ads due to low conversions? thanks!
Thanks for this series! I think we're on the right track. We've been selling (trying to) t-shirts and phone cases (amongst other items), and we're now designing for tumblers and Christmas ornaments before seeing this. We've had the shop for a few months with only 7 sales so far, but if we continue down this route and make things personalized, maybe this will work?
This is so informative. My new favorite YT channel! Will be following closely and taking notes. Opened an ETSY store in 2018 but lost interest after posting about 10 listings but will start up again and follow your advice and tips.
This series is an absolute game-changer for so many people. Finally some clear instruction on how to find a path to success. Thank you so much for taking the time to create this content. One question I have Stephen is about your 13% ACoS when running ads. If you're running ads at the maximum allowance that you can, how do you calculate that the ad cost associated with that listing works out to 13% of the sale price?
Please talk about return amd exchange policy and how to handle that. And also hot configure the basic settings on etsy and printfy when we are starting up with you.
Thank's for doing this. We just started with Tee's and Etsy suspended our store lol Apparently that's all part of the journey. So gunna be watching your journey with interest
Thank you for making these videos! Great content and direction! Do you have any other recommendations for POD for tumblers? The tumblers are sites I have found are priced more then a lot of stores are selling a custom design for. What do you do in this instance? I know you are working with inner circle but when I applied they are full and not accepting new customers partners right now.
Great video Stephen, I loved the value you gave on Ryan Hogue's channel, I've been working on an Etsy shop I hope to launch soon and I'm looking forward to having your experience and knowledge help guide me on this journey. Best of luck!
Yay...day 2, this is it! Fully comprehensive, no holds barred information from various perspectives with a great teacher. I’m following along with definite action. Thank you so much Stephen for this challenge❤🎉 🙌🏽
wow ..this is amazing... thank you !!! I have 900 products on my etsy shop, and I am struggling. I will definitely follow your advice. Looking forward to your next video
I’m really excited about this - I tried following along with everything you were doing and my costs are a lot higher than yours at the moment. I see if I join printify premium I can get some lower costs but right now I don’t have that. Also Jesse’s price on tumblers can’t be beat. So if he accepts my application, that’ll be the only way I can sell tumblers at that price point. So I can see I’m going to have a few more obstacles right out the gate. I’m going to try and look for some products I can be profitable with… :) this is great so far, thank you for doing this!!
New subscriber here! Can't thank you enough for this detailed walk through. Looking forward to following your journey - I'm starting a shop soon and I''m super excited.
From 5:40 its really hard to see what your doing on Your screen, I think it's because of the Tumbler Mock-up on the left but overall this was an incredible video , Thank you for sharing your work.
how do you do more than one print provider tried this once and my orders for some reason went to both print providers? excited to learn more thanks for all this great info
Hey, I'm enjoying the guidance, just a bit confused. The ideal amount of sales is 10,000/ year, but when you look at the store selling bandanas their sales don't add up to 10,000, it seemed like they won't even hit 2,000 by the end of the year. I only ask so, I know what to look for when looking at other stores to reference! Thank you!
Amazing! This makes a lot of sense! So glad that you are showing it step by step. Thanks Stephen! 😊 Will be adding these products from Inner Circle Prints. Their prices are so good! Jesse's doing a great job!
These tuts have been great. 🤯 The only issue I have is that I can’t get the comparable lists analytics for the shop unless I get the paid version of EverBee and don’t want to do that at this time. Is there another way…eRank maybe? Thx
Yes… free, for 10 searches a month I couldn’t use the Product Lists comparison with that so I couldn’t follow along with that part. Maybe I did something wrong? If I like using EverBee I will get it through your link, but it is a tad expensive for us Canadians and Aussies. You are certainly inspiring… even to us older folk. Lol❣️🇨🇦
So far, I think you are the ONLY person (maybe, one of the VERY few) detailing the ENTIRE roadmap to creating a successful Etsy business. Thank you! I'll give far more shout outs if this all goes according to your plan! With my work applied, of course.
I've been watching POD videos for months and not being able to take any action because of overthinking. However, you made it so simple and easy to follow and I think I am finally ready to take actions. Thanks so much for your time!
You sound just like me.
Good luck to you both!
@@MissMolly3377 yeah right?
Same way I feel, overthinking..
Did you take action and if so how are you doing?? :) I'm in the same boat you were... absorbing info first :)
Wow, this quote at 1:22 really struck a chord with me! 🌟"Try not to compare your journey to other people's and really try and appreciate the small wins that you get along the way" 💪
It's truly inspiring to witness how starting a print on demand business on Etsy has transformed lives and led to incredible success stories
I'm eagerly looking forward to the release of your new customization software! 🚀 Keep up the amazing work!
@hellocustom___ Why are you pretending to be me?
@@HelloCustom who, me? no no. I'm one of your biggest fans
I can't express how grateful I am for the inspiration you've given me to start my very own Etsy shop.
It feels like a blessing from above that I stumbled upon your incredible channel. Thank you so much 😃👍
I am loving this! I have finished the first 2 episodes. First, you are an angel for setting the goal for charity! Second, what a great friend to boost the InnerCirclePrints! Third, you are making this so easy to follow for someone with no experience. I would love it if you could explain the Everbee a little more. Do you need to use it with Chrome? Very exciting and encouraging. Can't wait to publish my first listing. THANKS STEPHEN
My product research has been absolutely rubbish! Thank you very much for the lesson
Of course, I hope this helps!
I am excited for this! I have seen hundreds of videos about pod, but its so hard putting them together. Thank you
I know the feeling! Thanks for watching!
This is exactly what I needed. I don't want to sell the same product every etsy seller on youtube has had success with for the past year...I want to lead the pack and be able to find products myself! Thanks so much! This is exactly what I needed.
I appreciate the patience and thoughtfulness on your videos. I’ve procrastinating on starting a new Etsy store and now that you showed me how…I will start asp…thank you there are so many on you tube with “conflicting” advice it’s very discouraging at times. But, you give good vibes and you’re not interested like many on you tube to make money on us…thank you than you so much..👏👏👏👍👍👍🙏👏👏♥️
The cost of a 20oz skinny tumbler on Printify is $17.34 with Printify premium and the shipping cost is $7.79, for a cost of $25.13. Add in the cost of personalizing the item and13% advertising and the actual cost of the item is around $28.00. This store lists the price of this item as $30.00 each but is currently selling them at a 50% off sale, around $15.00. How are you able to make a profit of $5.00 each?
BTW 100 bandanas per month is 1200 units/year, not 10,000.
This is mind-blowing. I have been on Etsy for several years now and I haven't made anywhere NEAR any of these projected numbers. I am following this series closely. Thanks so much for your generosity. I'm so glad I came across your video on Ryan Hogue's channel.
This was very helpful! Love how you showed this a your starting point instead of just trying out a lot of different products in the beginning.
BRAVO. I started 3 weeks ago. Valuable information already. Was not sure about shipping to do free or not. Thanks for the valuable information.
Thanks so much! I know Etsy wants you to do Free Shipping, but I personally charge shipping with the $35 free shipping offer.
My son is 10 and is following your series! He wants to learn how to start his own Etsy shop like I have. Thank you for making it so easy to follow. I have just applied for Inner Circle Prints. Their prices look really good, thank you!
P.S. Just to add that if he does it will be under my guidance and name!
this is amazing I loved your interview with Ryan Hogue in the past and was starting to implement your methods then! I'm so excited for this step by step process and to learn even more! Thank you for all your work on this and sharing your experiences!
Thanks so much! If you liked that interview with Ryan, you will love episode 3 as I go over that process with a real example.
Same here. After watching a ryan episode with you i made the excel sheet, did lots of reseach but after that i just got lost in that process. Plz do guide us how to keep on track n not overwhelmed by lots and lots of designs
This is such an informative video, I will be taking notes as I go along with your journey. I learned a lot about how you do the product research and see if it's profitable to sell using POD. One thing I'm struggling with is the shipping cost - with shipping, no shipping or $35+ free shipping. I use 3 different print providers on printify and offer free shipping on $35+ orders. If they buy a product fulfilled by 3 different print providers, I'll lose money (since they will all be shipped separately). I would love to understand more on how to set shipping costs.
Also, I'm struggling with custom orders, I only did 3 of them and already, I'm not looking forward to doing anymore because of the hassle, like when I message a buyer with a question to clarify, they don't respond and I had to send it as is. I'm looking forward to see what you do with you need clarification from a buyer on a custom order and they don't respond?
Thank you so much for this video! 😃😄
Good questions. I hope he answers.
Very easy to follow. Thank you for breaking it down and explaining the process. Im looking forward to following along. Youre a good teacher. Thank you.
Thanks so much!
You are amazing; I was struggling trying to know what product and which designs to do for this first Q4 for me. Thank you so much!!!😊
I've watched a lot of Print on Demand Etsy videos, and I believe this is one of the best, especially incorporating Everbee's profit calculator. It really got me down to the nitty gritty of staying with you to see if a product is profitable. I love how we can add customization and make it an even more popular item on listings. As a Etsy store beginner, I will be taking similar action steps as you, following this challenge, learning from you and hopefully help my beginning store head in the right direction sooner than later. Thanks for a great episode!
@hellocustom___ Why are you pretending to be me?
Thanks so much! You got this!
Hey !!!
I have seen tons of videos about Etsy...
Just the Intro told me that I did find the right guide to make the next Step to my shop
Now I will learn the real approach to this business
I will follow you !
I have 2 months on Etsy more than 100 products only 5 sales...
I did t many circles and changes as a Designer it was very hard to choose a theme I'm trying to build the entire shop on a theme
until now loosing money even when I sell.... As i have paid advertising for all this time every sale I made I have to pay to make it happen
Im not loosing any fate I know they are Great !!! ;-) Just to need more exposure
and start thinking as a business.
Thanks for this !!!!!!
This is great. After watching all these gurus, some of which you have as guess, none of them have ever once, to my knowledge, spoke of product research. My first chore is to go back through my current listings and check my products. Thanks.
Appreciate the training. What most people do not inform on is the fact that you must upfront the money pay for product to be made and delivered. This means you need a credit card up front. Your store will only grow/scale on the financial ability you have to afford ip front costs for production and shipping, all fees associated with Etsy, creative platform fees, and advertising costs. And, advertising sales. I hope you will be touching in this as well in a future module.
Yes exactly! All business have upfront costs, but I would say this is probably the cheapest and most appealing cash flow model.
What upfront cost ? By time the credit card statement is due , Etsy already paid you almost the entire bill. As long as you have a good credit limit.
@@Chad-Tyrone-Pookey the upfront cost is when a buyer on Etsy buys your product, Printify or other POD providers "charge" you for that item/shipping costs (before you've gotten paid from Etsy). Best way around that from what I can see is just having daily deposits so your upfront cost is a bit less.
@@ChelseaRafferty The deposits are weekly, which means by the time credit card bill is due next month , Etsy already paid you 4 times for the past 4 weeks, which is enough money to cover Printify, the 20 cents for each listing, ads(if you’re running any). Everything rolls smoothly from this month to the next, and unless you are using a debit card, you don’t front anything. Hope this helps.
Thank you much for breaking this down and being extremely transparent!! This is top tier information and a step by step guide to taking actionable steps to see success with an online Etsy business. I started my shop 7 days ago and I’m so grateful to be able to have your content available so I can grow my shop. You’re a gem!! Thank you!!
@hellocustom___ Why are you pretending to be me?
Wow this is amazing! Following along & starting my shop!🥳 Super excited! Thank you for the value!🙏🏻🙌👏
Well I am just starting out, I am trying to learn and have zero knowledge. Your videos have so much info and have been so helpful thank you. keep help us beginners. I keep coming back to your videos when I have questions and find the answers I need. I think the step by step is very nice and the fact that you don't rush through things again thank you
I am so so grateful to you! I am super excited to get started on these! Thank you thank you!
This is great content! The site for inner circle prints is actually a coaching site with some POD fulfillment. FYI they cost just under $3k to join to get access to those products mentioned in the video.
This is so exciting! Starting a fresh shop and following along! Thank you for taking the time to share and I can’t wait for you to release the new software for customization. 😊
Thanks so much!
Hi @HelloCustom! Thank you for this! I am going to start along with you too! This is my first time so I am carefully threading every video that you are launching so far and see if I can go along with you step by step in this challenge.
I've been doing my POD research for the last month and just found your videos, WOW! This is going to very helpful and I've seen several people in the first video that I started following to learn how they created their business. Thank you for sharing all of this information.
Hi please answer my question
Can I poste a different products on one store on etsy like (wall art, tshirt, mugs....) on one store or I should open a store for every single product ??
I personally believe in having everything in 1 shop.
This video TOTALLY has me recharged! I have been a new Etsy seller since June/July 2023 and have only sold 13 items. I was considering giving up until I watched this. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
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Thank you! Doing this along side you, I feel so much more confident and that there is NO reason not to try! Putting it here so I can look back - I have 1 store wt 4 listings $0 started beginning of June. I'm excited to post my 12 months results after you 💕
Love this! Let's look back 12 months from now and see where you are!
@@HelloCustom Yes, let's do this!
Thank you for the videos... Quick question, when you were going through the monthly sales (use the bandanas as the example,) it looked like the top seller was 44 sales. Are you looking at just the top product or the top handful of products? Also, you mentioned that it looks like they were selling 100 units per month which you also mentioned would come out to 10,000 per year. Am I doing the math wrong or calculating the wrong information? I am calculating 100 units per month time 12 months which gives me only 1,200 units per year. I am 8,800 off.
Thanks for any clarification.
Stuck in the Mud in New Orleans...🙃
Love your plan and explanations from setting up, selecting products and making a profit - Very well done!
what everybody was waiting for, thanks
Thanks!
Amazing content! I'm fallowing every step you show in the video. I'm joining in the challenge. Waking up at 5am to do this since I work a full time job as a medical interpreter and have a 1yo. Let's do this!
Wow! Thanks for this. Does HelloCustom work with photo images as well as text for customization? That would save me days of time!
Thank you so much for doing this! I've had an Etsy shop for four months now and sales have been quite slow for me but now that I have an expert to follow, I feel very confident and I know that my shop will grow! I look forward to scaling my business in the next 12 months. Also, the fact that you are going to donate all of the proceeds to a charity, says a lot about you as a person. You are God-sent, and I pray more blessings upon you🙂
Thank you so much! The next 12 months are going to be fun, and I'm stoked you will be building right alongside me.
@@HelloCustom I absolutely agree!
Yey! New One!😊 Been Waiting for this!😁😁😁
Thanks! Hope you liked it.
I am new not yet started. VERY encouraging episode Thanks
Thank you for breaking down the 3 qualifiers for potential products. Super helpful in determining sales using the calculator. I enjoyed watching this video!
@hellocustom___ Why are you pretending to be me?
I am really enjoying the 1 Million Dollar Challenge videos these episodes are giving me the incentive not to give up. I am so glad that I watch your video with Ryan Hogue I follow all of Ryan's videos. Great job!
Just started...hope to catch up soon.
Hi! Thank you very much for this content. I would like to ask you to start to sell these four products under one shop or is it better to open an individual shop for every product?
Thank you Stephen!!! You are a genius! What you suggest, choose 1 product to start with? Your process can be used as also for digital prints? I have made already the master list for 3 Pod products!
Thanks so much! I would start with 1 and branch to other, relevant products too. I plan on putting these 4 products on 1 shop.
@@HelloCustom Stephen, does Etsy allow to open 2 similar shops? For instance - if I have apparel shop now, with hundreds of listings, can I start a new one - with a few different products where shirts/sweatshirts/home accessories are included? I am not willing to mess with my current shop :)
@@noidea6512. He’s not a fan of multiple shops.
@@HelloCustomFantastic 🤩 thank you! When you would add second product?
Got my first shop all set up and will be following you through this challenge. Thank you for sharing your wisdom and being straight forward! I have greatly enjoyed the content so far.
Did I miss the explanation for the 13% ad fee you where putting into the calculator?
This is the perfect informational/ instructional video series. It's professional, to the point, the background music is perfect too. Thank you!
This is amazing!!! What a generous opportunity you are providing all around! Thank you so much! Excited to implement some of the new things I learned! Also Excited to hear more about your thoughts on shipping costs.
Thanks so much!
This is so exciting!! Thank you so much. Looking forward to Ep 3!
Thanks so much! Episode 3 will be amazing!
This is very helpful! Noticed you are taking the lowest-cost item in your pricing analysis and your shipping is at $6.99. Assuming your margin is the same across all size variants of that same cost, however are you modifying your prices/margins and shipping costs for plus-size products?
Thank you for breaking down how to figure out what to sell and for what type of profit to aim for. Also, thanks for showing how to use Everbee.
Amazing 😊 thank you so much I'm amped to do this and sharing vids with my friend... greatly appreciated!! ❤
Thank you and yes Printify pricing for beginners does not seem very competitive but I believe the price goes down with volume?
Can't wait.🎉🎉🎉
Thanks for watching!
You are seriously a god send!!!🙏
Wow!! Thank you for this insight!
Thanks!
You break down the math so simply. We are enjoying your episodes. Thank you very much for putting this up for free. We are very appreciative.
Thank you SO much for this! I've been struggling to sell on Etsy and don't even want to tell you how long I've had my shop. As a designer, the analytics is where I struggle. I also happen to have heard someone suggest free shipping which I've been doing and look forward to hearing about your analysis on shipping. My husband and I are watching this together and are determined to succeed!
Great info. Looking forward to the 3rd podcast/lesson. I didn’t see anything about the Etsy settings for the set up…shop policies, logo, banner, returns, etc. Do you offer any help with those set ups? I didn’t see anything about that in lesson 1 + 2. Thanks.
@HelloCustom awesome content! Can you share more on the 13% etsy ad budget you mentioned? How do you implement it to ensure to stay within 13% and how do you determine which products to allocate more ads to vs which ones to discontinue paying for ads due to low conversions? thanks!
Thank you, it was really great watching you do this. Looking forward to the next one!
Thanks so much!
Thanks for this series! I think we're on the right track. We've been selling (trying to) t-shirts and phone cases (amongst other items), and we're now designing for tumblers and Christmas ornaments before seeing this. We've had the shop for a few months with only 7 sales so far, but if we continue down this route and make things personalized, maybe this will work?
I am so excited to watch this series. You are very sweet to give the profit for charities.
This is so informative. My new favorite YT channel! Will be following closely and taking notes. Opened an ETSY store in 2018 but lost interest after posting about 10 listings but will start up again and follow your advice and tips.
Thanks so much! Glad to hear you are giving it another go.
This series is an absolute game-changer for so many people. Finally some clear instruction on how to find a path to success. Thank you so much for taking the time to create this content. One question I have Stephen is about your 13% ACoS when running ads. If you're running ads at the maximum allowance that you can, how do you calculate that the ad cost associated with that listing works out to 13% of the sale price?
Please talk about return amd exchange policy and how to handle that. And also hot configure the basic settings on etsy and printfy when we are starting up with you.
Thank you for this. I’ve been wondering and afraid of doing personalized products for my shop
You're not alone. This is why we build our new software HelloCustom to automate everything for you :)
What a simple and wonderful way to do product research! Can't thank you enough for doing this!🤟
Thank you so much! I love everything you are doing with this challenge. This content is helping me tremendously!
My pleasure, thanks so much!
Absolute banger video.. I have quick question are you selling all these items in a single shop or multiple shops?
Thank's for doing this. We just started with Tee's and Etsy suspended our store lol Apparently that's all part of the journey. So gunna be watching your journey with interest
Yes, our new shop got suspended for 4 weeks... all a apart of the journey 😅
@@HelloCustom Holy moly. What did you do during the 4 weeks? Were you selling other products from a different shop? That is terrible.
Thank you for making these videos! Great content and direction! Do you have any other recommendations for POD for tumblers? The tumblers are sites I have found are priced more then a lot of stores are selling a custom design for. What do you do in this instance? I know you are working with inner circle but when I applied they are full and not accepting new customers partners right now.
Great video Stephen, I loved the value you gave on Ryan Hogue's channel, I've been working on an Etsy shop I hope to launch soon and I'm looking forward to having your experience and knowledge help guide me on this journey. Best of luck!
Thanks so much! If you liked the market research interview with Ryan, you'll love the next episode as I go over that strategy with real examples.
Yay...day 2, this is it!
Fully comprehensive, no holds barred information from various perspectives with a great teacher. I’m following along with definite action. Thank you so much Stephen for this challenge❤🎉
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@hellocustom___ Why are you pretending to be me?
Awesome Thanks 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Thanks!
wow ..this is amazing... thank you !!! I have 900 products on my etsy shop, and I am struggling. I will definitely follow your advice. Looking forward to your next video
Thanks so much!
I’m really excited about this - I tried following along with everything you were doing and my costs are a lot higher than yours at the moment. I see if I join printify premium I can get some lower costs but right now I don’t have that. Also Jesse’s price on tumblers can’t be beat. So if he accepts my application, that’ll be the only way I can sell tumblers at that price point. So I can see I’m going to have a few more obstacles right out the gate. I’m going to try and look for some products I can be profitable with… :) this is great so far, thank you for doing this!!
New subscriber here! Can't thank you enough for this detailed walk through. Looking forward to following your journey - I'm starting a shop soon and I''m super excited.
thank You so much for the info, THANK YOU !!!
At $6.99 shipping for a shirt, what is the cost per additional shirt and do you participate in free shipping over a value?
For apparel, I plan on doing $6.99 shipping + $2.00 additional shirt. I will have free shipping on orders over $35. I hope that helps, thanks!
From 5:40 its really hard to see what your doing on Your screen, I think it's because of the Tumbler Mock-up on the left but overall this was an incredible video , Thank you for sharing your work.
When is episode 3? Will you be having a schedule for when videos release? Thanks Stephen!
Episode 3 is market research, so what designs to put on the products. Episode 3 goes live on Friday. 🙌
Excellent! LOVE watching your proven process!
how do you do more than one print provider tried this once and my orders for some reason went to both print providers? excited to learn more thanks for all this great info
Hey, I'm enjoying the guidance, just a bit confused. The ideal amount of sales is 10,000/ year, but when you look at the store selling bandanas their sales don't add up to 10,000, it seemed like they won't even hit 2,000 by the end of the year. I only ask so, I know what to look for when looking at other stores to reference! Thank you!
That's a real good question... doesn't look right to me.
LOVE seeing your process. Thank you for sharing!
Appreciate you. I have Alure. Will that software be able to produce same results as Everbee? Many Thanks, -Brandon
Yes, they will work too.
I’ve been doing pod Ecom since 2014 & this is arguably the best product research methodology I ever seen.
This was so helpful! Action step: Audit my current shop items to see which are worth keeping. (A little backwards but it’s never too late!)
Loving this! So informative!!
Thanks!
Amazing series! Thank you for sharing! 💜
Thank you!
Hatts off for you man
The best and result oriented vedio among all on youtube for product research
Love you man ❤
Amazing! This makes a lot of sense! So glad that you are showing it step by step. Thanks Stephen! 😊
Will be adding these products from Inner Circle Prints. Their prices are so good! Jesse's doing a great job!
Thank you!! I am so exited to learn more!
These tuts have been great. 🤯
The only issue I have is that I can’t get the comparable lists analytics for the shop unless I get the paid version of EverBee and don’t want to do that at this time. Is there another way…eRank maybe? Thx
Love this thanks so much can’t wait for the next one
Does everbee have a free version?
Thanks so much! Everbee does have a free version 👍
Yes… free, for 10 searches a month I couldn’t use the Product Lists comparison with that so I couldn’t follow along with that part. Maybe I did something wrong?
If I like using EverBee I will get it through your link, but it is a tad expensive for us Canadians and Aussies.
You are certainly inspiring… even to us older folk. Lol❣️🇨🇦
Best breakdown I've seen so far. Great video!
Thanks so much!
Excitedly anticipating!
Thanks! Episode 2 will drop on Monday 🙌