Etsy Ask Me Anything (AMA) - THE ANSWERS! (Part 2)
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- Finally here is part 2 of my first Etsy AMA (Ask Me Anything), where I answer all your pressing Etsy seller questions!
As always, if something is bothering you about Etsy, feel free to share it with me in my COMMENTS, I answer every single question!
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You had me at me seeing the fat cat on the sofa in the background 😁🥰
Great! I love cats!
Is that a squishmellow on the sofa? Lol 😺
Its a squishy cat!
A wealth of / THE wealth of knowledge when it comes to anything Etsy. Thanks again Nic 🙏
My pleasure!
You are, by far, the BEST teacher concerning Etsy. I would love to see more questions answered. Maybe one on how to handle bad reviews? Thank you so much for the time and effort you put forth.
Excellent idea Lisa, thank you, I will be recording a video this week, in full; on how to handle bad Etsy reviews.
Thank you for these videos 🙏 full of amazing advice for those willing to listen
Hi Betty, great to have you here, thanks for your comment.
Yes the answer etsy questions would love to see more of these
Hi Ramona, thanks for your feedback!
Yea please! Love these videos
Thanks Wendy
Very helpful, as usual. Thanks. -Elizabeth
Hi Elizabeth - thank you!
I just love that cat ❤
Me too Caroline!
Great info, thank you. What I don't see enough of however is people acknowledging that there is A LOT and I mean a lot of direct competitor sabotage going on on Etsy. Why does no one talk about this? Stuff like competitors clicking on your ads to exhaust the budget. Is it only happening to me?? I'm just so surprised that no one addresses this and how Etsy doesn't do anything about it.
Hi Amelie, thanks for your comment, and yes I am aware of it. If I can help you I will be honest with you, feel free to click the 'hire me' button for taylored advice for your store.
Would love to see more of these videos! I love your channel. Thank you for all the amazing Golden Nuggets!
Hi Philly, you're welcome!
I think your videos are spot on. You get to the problem and offer sound advice. Thank you keep the videos coming!
Hi Deborah, great to have you here, thanks for your comment.
Great as always!! Thank you Nick!
Thanks Anna
Please do more AMA. Very helpful, thank you. Much appreciated.
Hi Marisa, thanks for watching, and yes I will be doing more.
Once again Nick, great information straight away. I’m doing my homework like you said to start in January. Thanks from Fort Worth, Texas
Good to hear Paul, you're welcome.
Absolutely love your channel sharp and detail! I would love to ask a question next time for my store about niches
OK, feel free to contact me with your request in case i don't see it here.
I love the AMA's! Thank you
Hello Amanda, you are welcome!
First! I LOVE that adorable pillow!! Q&A is great! Thank you for e v e r y t h i n g Nick!!
Thanks Melodee, you're welcome.
I definitely would love more episodes like these, thank you!
Hi Justyna, awesome! I really appreciate your feedback
Thank you so much for these
You are so welcome!
Thank you SO much!!
You're welcome!
Thank you, very useful advice
Hi Jane, thanks for watching.
I researched the question of copyright a few years back. Old buildings are 'out of copyright' because of their age. But the lighting at night .. for instance on the Eifel Tower will have been designed by someone more recently and is likely to be copyrighted.
Hi Ruth, thanks so much for this.
As always, thank you for posting your responses. Your experience and guidance have been so helpful!
No problem Beth!
More more Nick, please☺️
Great video. Thank you.
I sell a lot of OOAK. Would you suggest reusing my sold listings by uploading my new products in them for quality score? Just don't want people to be upset when their favourites change. Advice please 🙏
Hi Corrine, yes definitely. Don't worry about the favourites changing, this is what you need to do to grow your store.
Thank you for the helpful information. The Etsy algorithm and analytics are insane!!!
My shop is new (1 week) and the majority of my views are Direct. I don’t know how that can be possible because I haven’t shared with anyone that I started an Etsy shop.
64 visits, 38 Direct, 19 Etsy app & other, 7 Etsy search. I started with 3 listings, 1 week in I now have 8 listings. - Zero sales -
? 1- if someone visits / views your item multiple times using the same device does it increase your traffic #’s?
? 2- Does the name of your shop have any relevance to traffic? The name I choose is product related, but eventually I plan to add other categories of product.
Hi there, thanks for your message. One way this could happen if you are looking at your shop from your phone, rather than your PC. No of visits are counted in sessions. Shop name with Etsy doesn't really have any relevance other than by people finding it by typing the name in the search bar.
Great!! Thanks
Thanks Barb, you're welcome.
Nick hi! I am four good months on Etsy selling rolled and stretched canvases (the physical thing)through a POD partner. I have got a total of 16 listings live, all of them visually perfect and with well researched SEO. I have even used Etsy sds.Still no sales.
Is it a lost case?
Thanks a million for your insights and valuable videos!
Tom
Hey Thomas, best thing to do here is book in for a 30 minute consultation with me, there is a lot to go over:
www.upwork.com/services/product/marketing-a-30-minute-etsy-problem-solver-video-call-with-the-world-s-best-consultant-1351219976669429760?ref=project_share
@@etsyconsultant will do, Thanks!
Hi I LOOOOVE your videos...thank u so kindly sir. The supply shops aren't they drop shipping ? The succulent plants for example you said.does etsy allow drop ship with your shop?
Hi there, supplies can be drop shipped.
I find your videos to be a great help and they are helping me understand more as to how ETSY works. My store doesn't seem to fit the different models you talk about. I make unique products & custom made items in wood. I do make the same product more than once but each one is not exactly the same as other pieces. I also offer personalized laser engraving. The price on these items are general $100-$300 per piece. Having a store of 100+ items seems near impossible for me. Because of the higher prices they also do not sell quickly. Is there anything different from your basic plan on how to grow a new store with low volume and higher end prices?
Hi, and thanks for your detailed question. So, your goal here is to find ways to list lower priced items (not lower profit margin), that are easier to make and reproduce faster. This gets you in to higher quality score price bands (sub $100) and you will make more sales. This then feeds your higher priced items with more visibility.
@@etsyconsultant thank you for your feedback. I was thinking the same answer as you have given. I will start designing some lower priced items to build my store up. Glad I found you here on RUclips, your videos have been a great help!
Thank you Etsy Consultant, just found your channel by god’s grace. Your content is truly one of a kind. Anyways I’m a new Etsy seller and I’ve got a question to ask. Is a niche with 20k results with over thousands of sales for Top sellers good to enter into, or is it too competitive?
Hi there, depending on what keyword you put in, ( a single word) than yes, sounds good.
Thank you for improtant advice! Yes I've made a mistake, I am a begginer and I've done big traffic on my etsy store using social media. What should I do now? Is there any way to go back to previous position with my etsy score? Thank you for your answer in advance!
Hi Monika, thanks for your comment, it depends how many sales you have, low long you have been open, if any of those sales were organic.
Feel free to book a call with me if you'd like me to work with you on your store:
www.upwork.com/freelancers/~01ae270fc1d9865dcc
Hi Nick. I will be opening a shop of masculine handmade greeting cards. I have 19 sections and approximately 20 recipients (males) for the cards. To reach the 100 listings and the suggested stock depth of 20 items what would be a good approach?
Hi Angela, simply list 1 item per day, and if you have multiple sections, list evenly across those sections as you grow.
Thank you for your videos! First time after years i understood why it is going so wrong. Hope to see some changes in my etsy shop. I have a question: Should we change the listing title often? Yes or no and if yes how often?
Hey Jewels, no problem, good to have you here. No you do not need to change your listing titles often, that would be completely counter productive.
Hi, Nik. Absolutely fantastic content in all of your videos - thank you! I am in the process of creating designs for what will be a digital download shop specializing in unique wall art. You have said that photography and video are important for conversions. Any advice on what type of videos to create for digital wall art? Already planning to have photography of the art in room mockups. Thanks!
Hi Aaron, thanks for your comment, You can find sites that do this, or pay a 3D designer to do the video mock up for you.
Thank you so much for your advice. It has helped me understand more and more about Etsy and how to function in it. I am a floral designer and design wreaths, table arrangements, floral picture frames, wedding bouquets and other things that include flowers. I notice that the competition is tough in this industry. There are many other shops that provide the same service. Should I be concerned about how much competition there is? I am not wanting to make a living on Etsy as I am retired and just love the craft. I sell about 12 items per year but want to actually sell what I make, not keep it in inventory.
Hi June, thanks for your comment. If you put your inventory as 20 in Etsy you do not need to physically have them on the shelf, just make sure the processing times are accurate.
Love to ask me anything videos, most of the time there questions I would have if I was to ask…
Brilliant
Hi - when you help set up our shops, do you advise on suppliers
Hi Dash, generally no, that is your business process to work out.
Do you think the new esty push around sustainability in attributes section will effect the algorithm?
Etsy states that every field is used for discovery purposes in search.
Hello, is it oke to make a design but applied into multiple products like shirt, posters, etc?? because my niche is evergreen type..
You can, but I wouldn't do this, you will just end up with a store full of items that don't sell.
Hi Nick, really enjoying your quality videos. I’m pretty new here and just opened my Etsy store about a month ago with digital downloads and pod. Am curious about the necessity/advantage or not of having a separate website? Or at what point it’s important to have, if at all? Planning to have a Shopify website, but haven’t set it up yet. Thank you!
Hi there, thanks for watching. Shopify will be where you send your social media traffic if you are planning to promote using this method. That's about it,
Hi Nick,
I do have a question about running sales. I notice alot of Etsy sellers especially those who sell jewelry run the 24 hour sales every single day. All through the year. Even the big sellers are doing this. What do you think about this? I sell jewelry and my prices range from $26 - $42.
Hi there, thanks for your comment. I prefer to focus on brand and building a quality business where occasional sales would be much more effective.
@@etsyconsultant Great. Thank you so much. I will do that.
Which is the video that deals with only 1 of each item?
Hello Linda, it is this video. Hope it will be helpful.
ruclips.net/video/zPzDptXFMoM/видео.html&ab_channel=EtsyConsultant
Hi. Thank you for your videos. 🙂 I have a question. From the viewpoint of a established niche jewelry shop, which is more important, getting quantity of selling items up (we sell out fairly often) or setting up new listings? If you had to, due to time constraints select one to focus on. Shop is called Taitaya.
Hi Marleena thanks for your comment. If there's a time constraint get your quantities up.
About refunding digital downloads: your advice was to refund it and move on, but Etsy doesn't allow refunds for digital products at all any more. I have not run into that issue yet, but is there something else you would suggest? Maybe a coupon or something for a future purchase?
Hi Michelle, thanks for your comment. You can refund digital products on Etsy, I did it myself last week.
I'm just starting with POD. If I have one niche, but have different wording for each, can I list each one as one listing to reach 100?
Hi Pat can you expand, I'm not sure what you mean?
I had a look on etsy for the type of products I would like to sell and I couldn't find them.
Does that mean I could do well with not much competition or is it more likely to mean no one is selling them because they don't sell?
Hi there, thanks for commenting. There are many reasons there is no competition on Etsy for the type of products you'd like to sell. I suggest you book a short 5-minute zoom consultation with me so I can help you make an informed decision.
If this is something you'd like to do, please use the following link: etsy-consultant.com/services/5-minute-zoom-consultation/
I am creating a digital download art store and I have a question on the seller policy. Obviously once they have downloaded it they could be a bad actor and request a refund or an exchange to get the item for free. What is the commercial view here? Is it that only a small percentage of people will do this so offer it anyway or should I turn off returns, for example? Thanks in advance.
Hi there, thanks for your comment. Take any request for a return on case by case basis. Most people are genuine, and if you get a request decide what you think's best.
I'm not sure what is considered to be "selling good". For example, I am drummer, and I want to make Drummers T-Shirts, and I go to Etsy, and I search drumming, drumms and drummer tshirts, and I found 10 shops that sell drumming t-shirts and have somewhere inbetween 700 - 3000 sales in theirs stores. Is that considered good selling niche/item/store, or is expected number 10.000 or 5.000? I'm not sure what number shows that store is actually selling good number of items for that niche?
Hi, based on the information from those stores, the niche is quite small.
@@etsyconsultant Ok, thank you for your reply
you said in general that 1 sale a day can take 6 - 12 months, is this based on just working a few hours a day or full time? thanks.
Hey Alex, this is not based on any hourly time frame. There are too many variables, it is just a guide.
Are there any trends we should adjust for given the current state of the economy? My views are about the same as last year, but it looks like people are window shopping. My orders are down from 2021.
Hi Cindy, thanks for your comment. It's always good to look out for what's trending, you can always do this by searching for items on Etsy, and filtering the results with the Best Seller option.
hi,it is good to make 5 to 10 listing a day on etsy clothes shop? thanks.
Hi there, generally no its too quick.
You did not answer my question on vintage stores, is it a good niche?
Hey Melanie, I am sorry for missing your question. The answer is yes, vintage is an evergreen niche, and it all comes down to your ability to consistently source decent inventory to sell. Location plays a huge part in this.
Should you reply to all customer reviews, positive and negative?
Hi there, thanks for your comment. For negative ones I recommend that you message the customer directly to find out what happened, and see if you can rectify it. if you manage to you can ask them if they would consider revising the review. If they don't/won't and its not always possible for negative reviews you can leave a response such as 'contacted customer directly and resolved' or 'tried to contact customer to resolve' . If you reply to a negative review before you have sorted the problem out the buyer is not able to change the review. For positive ones it's up to you, in the past I have messaged the customer directly to thank them.
In Switzerland you CAN NOT use name of Mounties for example. ex. Mother Horn, it is against by law
Hi there, intersting!
How do I convert views into sales. I’m at 1% conversion , over 1500 views but only 6 sales . New shop only opened 8Th November. In dog related apparel category
Hi Andrea, thanks for your comment. Congratualtions! As a new store you are doing really well. I'd also recommend that you don't get fixated on view and conversion at this stage, it's too early.
I have a question. I want to start this as a " hobby" . Am i still legally able to use a made up store name or does it have to be under my legal name?
Hi there, store name can be anything, its the legal name under the financial information which has to be your 'legal name' and must match with your bank account.
@@etsyconsultant YOU are AMAZING!!! THANK you so much was having a hard time figuring this out:) do i need to make any king of legal claims on the name? Thank you thank you!
How many views is normal when you start out with your store with abou 10 listing?
Hi there Natasa, 0-2 a day.
Bonjour, merci pour votre aide via les vidéos.
J’aimerais éventuellement communiquer avec vous.
Parlez-vous le français?
Une très belle journée!😊
Bonjour! Merci pour votre message. Je ne parle malheureusement pas français, mais j'ai la possibilité de vous proposer une critique vidéo sous-titrée en français.
etsy-consultant.com/services/30-minute-etsy-store-critique-video-with-subtitles/
@@etsyconsultant oui merci Nik, on s’est finalement parlé via courriel et justement, pour l’évaluation de la boutique, je vous ai écris car j’avais des questions à ce sujet, concernant une éventuelle boutique et le nombre de fiche produit requis pour être en mesure de bien l’évaluer,
Merci Nik, au plaisir! 😀
I have Question about Offsite Ads. Whats your opinon on Offsite Ads for digital products? Should I Opt out of Offsite Ads?
Hi there and thanks for your comment. Yes opt out until you reach 10,000 in sales.
Hey Nik, if you have a newish store at a few sales, would you suggest micro influencer marketing, via Instagram etc, if you had the budget for it?
Hi, no, send that traffic to your website, not Etsy.
@@etsyconsultant hmm so I'm thinking if I gave a micro influencer a free product, with between 1k to 20k followers, in the same niche as my shop, and that influencer mentions my shop, the product and a discount code for said product, on their channel. After all that would you still not recommended the influencers followers being sent to my etsy shop?