Your tip about not using up people's ad budgets was sooooo nice!!! I truly believe that the most successful people are the kindest and most generous and you truly exemplify that!
I started to feel really demotivated and anxious about not getting any feedbacks in my new shop, but it’s refreshing to hear that there is still hope for POD in 2022. Thank you, I needed this!
@@weswatsonsuperfan625 I had to pause everything for 2 months because I started a seasonal job, working 10-12 hours/day, 6days. But now I’m back to it and I have again time to dedicate. The beginning is slow, especially when you are a perfectionist and you have to learn everything. I used to spend a lot of time watching these (super helpful) videos or searching for mock-ups/fonts/graphics… building a cohesive brand etc… I also opened an ig page. Just this week I started to post daily, my focus is now on making as many listings as I can. I’ll update you in a month if you want, so far I just sold the same product twice, because I wasn’t really working on it and I had just about 20 listings. Those 2 sales made me really happy though, at least something is moving! I hope this helps
I just opened my Etsy store a few weeks ago with a couple hundred products and discovered you a few days ago.. have basically binged your videos. 😂 Your content is GOLD. I believe that by incorporating your advice as I go, I will finally realize my dream! THANK YOU CASSIY!! ❤
Hi Cassiy! Long time subscriber, first time commenter. I just want to first congratulate you on all your success with your Etsy POD business and this RUclips channel. Thank you for all the great content and value that all of your videos provide. As I said, I’ve been a subscriber to your channel for a while now, and you’ve given me the knowledge, confidence, and motivation to start my own Etsy POD business, which after losing my job last week of 9 years (might turn out to be a blessing in disguise in the long run) has given me the opportunity to now go at this full steam ahead with creating my own business and working for myself. Im setting goals of getting my store completely set up and running in time to have the opportunity to pay for a feedback session with you before your channel blows up and you no longer take coaching sessions. 😀 Thank You Cassiy!
Hello Robert, love the beginning lol I feel like a radio host! Congrats and I'm sorry to hear about you losing your job. I definitely didn't feel like it was a good thing at the time but if you really put in the work, then that will be just the beginning of your success story on how you rose above and made the best of a crappy situation!! Nothing great ever comes easy, just keep at it, keep learning and you will get there
Dear Cassiy, What a bright light you are in this crazy world. Your wonderful energy and knowledge have been such a gift to us all. You are amazing and I can't thank you enough. I am always looking to learn and grow. Thanks to you and your wonderful information I have been able to fine tune my process. I just want to say a special thank you to you for all you share with us. You are a true inspiration. You are beautiful inside and out! I wish you all the peace, health and happiness you deserve. Thank you so very much. One of your many fans, Wendy ❤🙏❤
Thanks, Cassiy!! I got really sick and took a break since you reviewed my shop but I started implementing the changes you suggested and made a 4 sales shortly thereafter. Working on your other suggestions as well so I'm super excited! Thank you for the helpful videos!
You always give such high quality, specific advice. I stead of just airy fairy generalized advice often found in other videos. In this video I really appreciated the info concerning the bestseller filter option in an incognito tab. That is so useful.
So glad you enjoy my no fluff policy! I was worried this video might seem to basic but I think there’s some really solid tips here! Thanks for watching and commenting ❤️
" Like throwing wet spaghetti at a wall" I appreciate your blunt honesty and thats why i follow you. Thank you for all your help and im excited for new videos. No sales yet but its only been 9 days.....so i have hope.
Taking notes on every video! It's been 10 days and my shop is still shut down. Etsy said I would hear back from them in 7 days but that hasn't happened... just using this time to keep designing and learning. Thank you for these invaluable tutorials!
Wouldn’t hurt to reach out again just in case! Sorry that’s happening to you but yet just keep hustling in the meantime! You can even get all the designs uploaded to Printify with the titles and all in the meantime, that way as soon as you get it back, it’ll be ready! Also a lot of times you just never hear back from them and they just reopen it, so just try to login once per day!
I love your content Cassiy!! Seriously, you rock and you have so much wisdom to share. I appreciate your encouragement because yes, we can sit and watch all your videos all day but it's not going to help if we're not actually getting started. So I've started watching your videos and stopping them to do something that you're talking about or at least go and do the researching that you're doing so it's helping me to do the activity to learn it and implement it as I go. I'm trying to avoid analysis paralysis and just take a baby step each and every day and stop overthinking this!
I was feeling really down today, as I haven’t got any sales yet and really no family or friends to purchase. I’m going to focus on your other tips, thank you for the advice!
spaghetti against the wall I love that!!! your the fine-looking young woman who encouraged me to open an Etsy store and made my first sale after about 6-8 weeks I was stoked!! no sales since, maybe too much spaghetti against, the wall😒🤣 excellent!! information as per usual👍👍👍
I started with mugs I put my first design like 2 weeks ago. I got designs from creative fabrika and I couldn't get them on the design for silly reasons lol I had to delete designs because I used designs that I bought but it wasn't POD and finally today I made my first sale. I started to put some Christmas designs. I already have a shop on Etsy but I am not Making good money like before so I'm trying something new. Thanks for all the information you share. I hope I'll be able to make good sales eventually
So glad I could make this at a good time for you, congrats on getting started and making a bunch of listings! Keep going, I know it's slow in the beginning but follow these tips and you should see some traction soon!
Value? This is gold! Clear, concise and thorough. Not to mention inspiring. Thank you for taking your time to teach this life changing opportunity. I am Just now discovering all this and your content is fantastic. Thank you very much.
Hi Cassiy! Thank you so much for the motivation that’s always needed when starting a new business! That’s just what I needed! ☺️ And thank you for another great video for POD-Etsy entrepreneurs. Your channel is THE place where to get great info about it!
I really really appreciate that, thank you so much for your support and kind words ❤️ it really means a lot to me that you all are getting good value from my videos and that these are going to change peoples lives!!
Hi Cassiy. Thank you so much for your videos. They have been helpful so far and you are so amazing for sharing your knowledge. Would you ever consider going over Printify settings when setting up your shop? Thanks.
So glad you are enjoying my videos! I am doing a video where I go over some of the settings, I'll probably release it on the 12th! But here are some of the things so you can have the answers now! I do not do automatic order routing. I have the return label say Printify's address. The only thing the customer see's of yours if you have their address for returns, is your shop name. The "invoice info" is for your invoices that printify sends you each month. I have my orders go through automatically every day at 10am. I put everything from Printify onto a credit card. Hope this helps!
@@CassiyJohnson thank you so much for this and your quick response! This is super helpful. I look forward to that video. I guess my only other question is since Printify is asking for a credit card or PayPal account (from what I recall) do you have to cover the initial cost of the orders initially? Maybe this will be covered in that video. Thanks again.
I have watched many many of your videos, I set up my shop, made my designs and mockups using all your advice. I got my first sale today! Is there something I need to do to complete the sale, or is everything automatic? Thank you for all your wonderful videos
Sorry for the late reply, I am trying to keep up with all the comments on all my videos but they are starting to be a lot! Appreciate your comment though and congrats on your first sale!! I am so happy for you
Thanks for the solid advice and encouragement! I just started my Etsy POD journey and am trying to set realistic goals and expectations for myself. This is super helpful!
Fascinating and informative! I ❤ your videos. Would love to know more about what to do when they temporarily suspend startup stores. Seems like a 9 day wait; what do you recommend we do in between? Loving your course so far. Watching all of your videos.
Hope you got your store back already, usually they are pretty quick! In the meantime I would research to find new niches to design for, make the design, and list them in Printify. Then when your store is ready, all you need to do is publish to Etsy and finalize the listing there! Best of luck!
Hello Cassiy 🤗 been watching your videos for a while and I really appreciate the time you put into your videos and sharing your knowledge with us! I am trying to start a business with POD so that I can get some profit to expand my business! ❤️
Thanks so much for making these videos, such a big help! Do you have a video on creating shipping profiles connected to Printify and simplifying that whole process?
Hi Maria! It's a little more complicated to get started than I thought so I am still working on getting it all together. If you have emailed me interested then I will send you the info as soon as I get it up and going
"You're probably a new seller with less than 100 sales". I have one sale so far :) Maybe even half a sale because it hasn't been delivered yet :p I'm freaking out that there aren't any problems with my very first sale while I try to look forward to how to get the next 99 :D
Very helpful, I'll need to watch this again and take notes. Lots of information. Where can you recommend mock up other than printify? Hopefully free if possible.
I really recommend buying some super nice ones in the future but here is an Etsy shop that sells really decent ones for $1.53 each! Literally if all you can afford is one, then buy it in one color and just post all your designs on just that one mockup until you get some sales and can afford more. It will be 10x better than using Printify mockups. www.etsy.com/shop/SmoothStudioMockups?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=1084612813
Hmm interesting, mine is now coming up in my normal Chrome Browser. I'm not sure why it's showing up sometimes and not others! Maybe try a different browser if you have one!
Hi Cassiy Thanks so much for all of your videos. I’m still working on trying to get my first sale! But I was wondering, have you considered making a video on how the payments work in printify? When I first opened my shop, I was so confused (and still kinda am) on how the payment account works. Thanks!
I actually just made a video about things you need to understand when you start with Printify. The payment account didn't confuse me at all so I'm sorry I'm not sure exactly what you want to know? I guess maybe you are wondering how the money works in general? Here's a quick breakdown, let me know If this answers it 1. Someone buys from you on Etsy (24.99 for example) 2. Printify gets the order automatically and then charges your credit card/debit card, the cost for the t-shirt plus shipping costs. ($12.87 for example) 3. Etsy takes out their Etsy fees ($2.82 would be the Etsy fees on a $24.99 item) 4. Etsy pays you $22.17 5. You keep the difference of what Etsy paid you and you paid Printify. ($9.30 for this example)
@@CassiyJohnson How do you manage the difference? Do you manually separate the funds into dif accounts? Is there a way to automate that? Seems like a lot to calculate and manage.
@@CassiyJohnson thank you for the breakdown. I’m probably making it more confusing than what it is. I guess we are fronting the cost of the shirts and reimbursing ourself once funds are released from Etsy? When you first started, did you just have a set amount to use for the first few orders you received?
@@cherisee1 I have always used a credit card to get the bonus points for spending the money! I have a 2% cash back card and eventually that really starts to add up! In the beginning, Etsy usually puts you on "payment reserves" where they keep part of the Etsy payment until you ship the item. They do this in case you are a scammer and just take peoples money for example. So in the beginning, I'd recommend having a few hundred dollars just to float the cost just those few days or week.
@@SP.Addams I have all of it Automatic. So you can open a new credit card and bank account for your business. Have the funds automatically charged to your credit card from Printify. Then set up automatic payments for your credit card. Then have your Etsy payments automatically debited into your bank account. So then at the end of the month, you can just take out some money to save up for taxes and then take out the rest to keep as the profit. It's not a lot to manage, just wanted to breakdown what's actually happening.
Amazing Video, so detailed i love it 😃 And thank you for the tip with the Bestseller filter, i've been searching for it but couldn't find it anymore 😊 Love your Videos.
You have to have a store first but you could post a listing before filling it out/branding it but watch this video on branding your shop, you could do it in less than 20 minutes and it will make a really big difference! ruclips.net/video/8W6o4RUO9YI/видео.html Don't overthink it, just get started
This video made me realize I've been throwing "spaghetti at a wall" 😂🤣😂🤦🏽♀️ and going down rabbit holes. Thanks for these awesome tips! I'm going to incorporate them and hopefully get my first sale soon!
Do you think it’s a bad idea to use the same design on to different shirts? For example I use the same design on a gildan 5000 and bella canvas but call one fitted and the other over sized.
Hey, thank you for this inspiring video. Could you make it clear how to choose the right tags? what I mean is that I should choose the big shops tags, or most common tags, or least common tags. Thank you...
Don't overthink the tags, see what other best sellers are using for theirs and mix them together to find the right combination for yourself! Use some more specific ones like what would they wear this shirt to, or who would it be a great gift for etc. But most times the most obvious SEO is the best SEO!
Another wonderful insightful vid Cassiy! Thank you so much. Q. As I look at the list of best sellers, I notice many are selling their garments for less than it costs me to buy the item through Printify e.g. lots of sub-$10 sellers. How do you compete with that, without taking a loss? Any guidance much appreciated.
That is all just click bait pricing strategies! Actually click on the listings and go through the options to buy and you'll see usually only 1 item for sale for that price and a high priced delivery. Here is a video where I go in and show you what I'm talking about! ruclips.net/video/DSdBNp2nZuk/видео.html
Thank you for the word of encouragement! I needed them because sometimes feel so overwhelmed. I’m spending every spare minute working on my shop, searching for mock ups, making designs, setting up my LLC and EIN etc. I’m not sure what order to be doing all this? Lol. I’m working hard but feel like I’m not being as productive as I could be? Any suggestions? Thanks!
I read a book that really helped me called "The 4 hour work week" and essentially what it teaches you is that only some of the things you are doing actually make you the money. So for you, I'd recommend buying 3-4 SUPER nice mockups for each product, and then be done with that. You don't need tons, just a few of the right ones. Try to avoid wasting time looking at stats/favorites. The LLC can wait until you get some sales rolling in, no rush. The main thing to focus on is research a best selling listing, research how to make a best selling design in that niche, make the design, list it. Then move on to the next one! If you are feeling overwhelmed then just literally do these one at a time until it starts to feel easier!
Hi Cassiy! I really like your videos they are really helpful for someone that is just starting out. I wanted to ask besides the colors the dark colors what other colors would you suggest in using for t-shirts.....example: Heather Peach, Kelly Green, Mint etc......
It's less about how many listings and more about the quality of the listings. I'd make sure like I said to do your research to ensure you have a super high quality listing. Great design that is in a trending style, the niche is in demand, nice mockups, photo cards, description etc. And once you are done with that one, just move on to the next one... forever. You never know when you'll hit with a listing and it will get a bunch of sales.
Hi Linda! I think you absolutely could. Most people shop on Etsy in the search results and never even come to your shop. I think if you start doing POD and it eventually really takes off, you could always open a second shop if you wanted. I think the real magic is in just literally getting started today and taking action. Don't overthink it, just literally go do some research, open your printify account, make a design and post it today! That's the really fun thing about POD is you could legit make a sale today or this week after starting!
@@LindaKAdney Yess I love Canva, so knowing Canva already and already having an Etsy shop is going to make this process SO MUCH EASIER for you to get started! Don't put any pressure on it, just literally go find a best seller today, make your own version of it and get it listed!! You have got all the tools you need to be successful. Don't let literally any overthinking hold you back! ruclips.net/video/pSs0nMfRqZc/видео.html Here is a good video for you to watch that walks you through the process step by step!
So I recently looked up my Etsy name to see if it was trademarked and it is. Will that be an issue and do I have to change it? Thanks for all these videos they are a life saver!
Scrolled thru but couldn’t find this question. How do you know if your design needs work because it is not good or isn’t getting traffic enough to be noticeable? Can you direct me to a video of yours that would help?
ruclips.net/video/GiM6aN7f_FY/видео.html I recommend using Etsy for niche research! I use Everbee along with it to make it quicker but really I just look through Etsy to see what is selling!
Thank you for your valuable advice. I’ve opened my shop around Christmas ( wish I found you sooner ) I have about 60 items but no sales yet 😢 I am getting views and opened Pinterest. Is it because I don’t have reviews or sales? I wonder if I should keep uploading because I just paid my first Etsy bill already
Thank you for these great tips, Cassiy! I always look forward to your videos. I’ve been comparing different SEO research tools and I noticed they are each showing different data for monthly search volume and competition. Drastic differences, too! Do you have any experience comparing different tools for keyword research? I.e., Erank vs. Sale Samurai. Or any tips to help analyze how accurate the data is? I’m not sure which keyword research tool would be best to use going forward, especially when both say different things.
Hi Nicole! So all of these companies are just trying to analyze Etsy's data and I'm sure none of it could be 100% accurate. I think these tools are good guides but I would still rely heavily on using similar SEO to best selling listings. Because if someone has a best seller badge then their SEO is absolutely working! I actually didn't use any SEO tools for my first 2 years and built my biz literally just on copying best sellers SEO. So don't feel like you need these or have to rely on them. I like Sale Samurai and Everbee because they help me do what I do anyways faster but I don't fully rely on either of them.
Great video, really helpful. One thing I've noticed is there seems to be no correlation between number of listings and success (once you have a certain number of quality listings I guess).
I don’t think there’s a magic number, I just guess it’s more about odds. The more you put out there (so long as researched) the more chance you have of coming up with a winning design and getting clicked on and making sales
Trying to list my first t-shirt on Etsy. Having trouble getting Canva to save designs with transparent background. I have canva pro and have been watching all of your videos -- so helpful! Any ideas? Thank you!
I’m having a hard time figuring out if I need a sellers permit to sell on Etsy and a resale certificate to purchase from printify. Could you please give me some insight on this? Thank you!
Sorry, one more question. I LOVE the idea to list shirts for friend and family to get the ball rolling. If the shirts aren't really something we will sell in the future (ie. because its not a good Niche or they're personalized) do we remove them once they purchase them?
What I'd recommend is making a custom listing. So you start the listing on Etsy instead of Printify and have the shirt mockup say something like "Your custom text here" then each time someone orders it, you make the shirt custom and then add it to Printify. That way you can still have reviews on your item! But you'd be surprised how often someone wants a funny saying that you CAN keep up for sale! Here is a video on how to do personalized orders ruclips.net/video/HWIfZfXGuMI/видео.html
Do most sellers start out by opening up a business account that is separate from their personal banking account and a separate credit card to cover their business purchases?
Hey Cassiy, how do you find out if graphics are copyrighted if they have no words? I just watched you copyrighted video and wanted to find out the right way to look this up?
Thanks for your content. I’m wondering how you sell kids shirts that would need the design sized down? Printify site noted some print shops don’t size down automatically, and MD was one of them. Have you sold children’s sizes?
I sell a few kids shirts but not many, I'm not sure what you mean though on having them size down automatically. I use Swiftpod for all of my kids stuff and have never had any issues with the prints or their sizes!
No, I strongly believe having a general store on Etsy with lots of different niches is the best way to build a consistent income! Here is a video where I go more in depth into this ruclips.net/video/29_CXYFaVa0/видео.html
I am still lost on the BEST SELLER tag. You see the Best Seller and turns out that the shop is best seller and the design your are looking at has only 4 reviews. How to differentiate? Thanks for sharing all your knowledge.
I'd recommend starting and opening with just one design! No need to launch your store with any certain amount of products. The best way to learn is by doing. The sooner you can start getting sales, then the sooner you learn what types of niches and designs sell for you. 99% of customers just search for what they want on Etsy and buy something right from the search results without ever going to your store. So don't be concerned about how many listings you have. Just get started
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Your tip about not using up people's ad budgets was sooooo nice!!! I truly believe that the most successful people are the kindest and most generous and you truly exemplify that!
Aww you are so sweet
Cassiy is a whole VIBE🌺
Well said. I agree 💯 about her wonderful posts.
Not sure what Ad budget means but I hope I don't use someones...SMH...🤓😕🙂
if they aint buying, they shoulnt click lol
I started to feel really demotivated and anxious about not getting any feedbacks in my new shop, but it’s refreshing to hear that there is still hope for POD in 2022. Thank you, I needed this!
So glad I could bring some positivity to you today
@@CassiyJohnson I don’t give up I promise! xx
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@@eleonoragallo403 how is it going after your 3rd month?
@@weswatsonsuperfan625 I had to pause everything for 2 months because I started a seasonal job, working 10-12 hours/day, 6days. But now I’m back to it and I have again time to dedicate. The beginning is slow, especially when you are a perfectionist and you have to learn everything. I used to spend a lot of time watching these (super helpful) videos or searching for mock-ups/fonts/graphics… building a cohesive brand etc… I also opened an ig page. Just this week I started to post daily, my focus is now on making as many listings as I can. I’ll update you in a month if you want, so far I just sold the same product twice, because I wasn’t really working on it and I had just about 20 listings. Those 2 sales made me really happy though, at least something is moving! I hope this helps
I just opened my Etsy store a few weeks ago with a couple hundred products and discovered you a few days ago.. have basically binged your videos. 😂
Your content is GOLD. I believe that by incorporating your advice as I go, I will finally realize my dream!
THANK YOU CASSIY!! ❤
Congrats on opening your shop!! I'm so glad my channel has been helpful for you so far!! Wishing you all the best
Hi Cassiy! Long time subscriber, first time commenter. I just want to first congratulate you on all your success with your Etsy POD business and this RUclips channel. Thank you for all the great content and value that all of your videos provide.
As I said, I’ve been a subscriber to your channel for a while now, and you’ve given me the knowledge, confidence, and motivation to start my own Etsy POD business, which after losing my job last week of 9 years (might turn out to be a blessing in disguise in the long run) has given me the opportunity to now go at this full steam ahead with creating my own business and working for myself.
Im setting goals of getting my store completely set up and running in time to have the opportunity to pay for a feedback session with you before your channel blows up and you no longer take coaching sessions. 😀 Thank You Cassiy!
Hello Robert, love the beginning lol I feel like a radio host! Congrats and I'm sorry to hear about you losing your job. I definitely didn't feel like it was a good thing at the time but if you really put in the work, then that will be just the beginning of your success story on how you rose above and made the best of a crappy situation!!
Nothing great ever comes easy, just keep at it, keep learning and you will get there
Dear Cassiy, What a bright light you are in this crazy world. Your wonderful energy and knowledge have been such a gift to us all. You are amazing and I can't thank you enough. I am always looking to learn and grow. Thanks to you and your wonderful information I have been able to fine tune my process. I just want to say a special thank you to you for all you share with us. You are a true inspiration. You are beautiful inside and out! I wish you all the peace, health and happiness you deserve. Thank you so very much. One of your many fans, Wendy ❤🙏❤
You are so so sweet Wendy
Good morning from Los Angeles everyone! Wishing everyone great success! Thanks Cassiy for being such a great coach. 😘
Thanks for your sweet comments Karla!! Wishing you all of the success in your business ❤️🎉
You're the best youtube educator ever, I've learn a lot from you. Thank you so much Cass
I've had 3 sales so far! I'm adding new listings each day. Thank you so much for the encouragement and clear information!
Congrats on getting your first few sales!!! So happy for you!
Thanks, Cassiy!! I got really sick and took a break since you reviewed my shop but I started implementing the changes you suggested and made a 4 sales shortly thereafter. Working on your other suggestions as well so I'm super excited! Thank you for the helpful videos!
Hope you are feeling so much better Angel!! Congrats on the 4 sales and kudos to you for taking action 🎉
You always give such high quality, specific advice. I stead of just airy fairy generalized advice often found in other videos. In this video I really appreciated the info concerning the bestseller filter option in an incognito tab. That is so useful.
So glad you enjoy my no fluff policy! I was worried this video might seem to basic but I think there’s some really solid tips here! Thanks for watching and commenting ❤️
The best Etsy channel I have found. Good job ❤
You are too sweet, thank you!!
Ugh, this video comes as such timely encouragement. I'm hoping my POD shop takes off to help pay for school 🙏 Thank you!
So glad it’s good timing for you, keep at it ❤️
" Like throwing wet spaghetti at a wall"
I appreciate your blunt honesty and thats why i follow you. Thank you for all your help and im excited for new videos. No sales yet but its only been 9 days.....so i have hope.
Congrats on getting started, Kaila!! So excited for you :) Thank you for watching!
This was really helpful Cassiy, thank you for sharing (I just joined your channel fam).
So glad you are here, thanks for the sub and I am so glad my video was helpful!
Taking notes on every video! It's been 10 days and my shop is still shut down. Etsy said I would hear back from them in 7 days but that hasn't happened... just using this time to keep designing and learning. Thank you for these invaluable tutorials!
Wouldn’t hurt to reach out again just in case! Sorry that’s happening to you but yet just keep hustling in the meantime! You can even get all the designs uploaded to Printify with the titles and all in the meantime, that way as soon as you get it back, it’ll be ready!
Also a lot of times you just never hear back from them and they just reopen it, so just try to login once per day!
Did you got it back or still shut down?
I am starting my business this year and I have been taking notes on all of your videos ! You are inspiring
Congrats on getting started, so glad you are loving my channel!!
I love your content Cassiy!! Seriously, you rock and you have so much wisdom to share. I appreciate your encouragement because yes, we can sit and watch all your videos all day but it's not going to help if we're not actually getting started. So I've started watching your videos and stopping them to do something that you're talking about or at least go and do the researching that you're doing so it's helping me to do the activity to learn it and implement it as I go. I'm trying to avoid analysis paralysis and just take a baby step each and every day and stop overthinking this!
I love that, get it girl 🔥🔥thanks for watching and I’m so glad you are getting value and motivation from my channel!
I was feeling really down today, as I haven’t got any sales yet and really no family or friends to purchase. I’m going to focus on your other tips, thank you for the advice!
I know it can be a slow start for sure, just keeping working at it
This gives me so much excitement. Thank you for this really helpful video!
So glad you enjoyed it
spaghetti against the wall I love that!!! your the fine-looking young woman who encouraged me to open an Etsy store and made my first sale after about 6-8 weeks I was stoked!! no sales since, maybe too much spaghetti against, the wall😒🤣 excellent!! information as per usual👍👍👍
I started with mugs I put my first design like 2 weeks ago. I got designs from creative fabrika and I couldn't get them on the design for silly reasons lol I had to delete designs because I used designs that I bought but it wasn't POD and finally today I made my first sale. I started to put some Christmas designs. I already have a shop on Etsy but I am not Making good money like before so I'm trying something new. Thanks for all the information you share. I hope I'll be able to make good sales eventually
Thanks so much! Informative, encouraging & motivating 💖💗💟
Truly helpful video. Thank you Cassiy!
You are so inspiring Cassiy! Thanks so much for sharing these videos :)
So glad you are getting inspiration from my videos
Thank you so much Cassiy for your inspirational videos. They help so much 🙏
I am so glad my videos are helping you!! Thanks for your support ❤️
Hi Cassiy, Thank you for your great video and for sharing your knowledge. I love learning from you. Have a perfect day!
I'm so glad you liked it! Thanks for watching!!
Thank you Cassiy. Signed up in Etsy and Prtintify.
Great info as always! Thanks Cassiy!
Thank so much for watching! Wishing you all the best!! ❤️
Thank you very much! I have about 40 items now and some views, but no sales. This was great info! Thanks!
So glad I could make this at a good time for you, congrats on getting started and making a bunch of listings! Keep going, I know it's slow in the beginning but follow these tips and you should see some traction soon!
@@CassiyJohnson that's really sweet. Thank you so much. I appreciate the encouragement! 💕
I'm so happy to have found you
I hope this was super helpful!! Thanks for watching!! ❤️
Very helpful, Cassiy. Thanks much.
Value? This is gold! Clear, concise and thorough. Not to mention inspiring. Thank you for taking your time to teach this life changing opportunity. I am
Just now discovering all this and your content is fantastic. Thank you very much.
Another great video 🌸
Thank you so much for the support
Great video, l just created etsy shop with 30 listing items thanks to your video quite helpful. Working on SEO title and tags presently
Hi Cassiy! Thank you so much for the motivation that’s always needed when starting a new business! That’s just what I needed! ☺️ And thank you for another great video for POD-Etsy entrepreneurs. Your channel is THE place where to get great info about it!
I really really appreciate that, thank you so much for your support and kind words ❤️ it really means a lot to me that you all are getting good value from my videos and that these are going to change peoples lives!!
@@CassiyJohnson you should start a Facebook group ! 😍
@@CassiyJohnson I need help plz
Thank you so much for your knowledge! You have been so helpful.
Love these videos, at my age it is confusing but I will get there. Thanks for continuing to post Cassiy.
These videos have been helpful. Hoping to get my shop up soon!
Excellent video!
Thank you so so much
So helpful, thank you so much Cassiy.
Thanks for watching Jessica!!
many thanks. quiet and informative video
Thanks Cassiy! Great video as always! Great important tips!😁
Thanks Nancy, so glad you liked it!!
Please do a video on expenses starting out .
Ok I can do a video on this in the future! Thanks for the suggestion!
Hi Cassiy. Thank you so much for your videos. They have been helpful so far and you are so amazing for sharing your knowledge. Would you ever consider going over Printify settings when setting up your shop? Thanks.
So glad you are enjoying my videos! I am doing a video where I go over some of the settings, I'll probably release it on the 12th! But here are some of the things so you can have the answers now!
I do not do automatic order routing.
I have the return label say Printify's address.
The only thing the customer see's of yours if you have their address for returns, is your shop name. The "invoice info" is for your invoices that printify sends you each month.
I have my orders go through automatically every day at 10am.
I put everything from Printify onto a credit card.
Hope this helps!
@@CassiyJohnson thank you so much for this and your quick response! This is super helpful. I look forward to that video. I guess my only other question is since Printify is asking for a credit card or PayPal account (from what I recall) do you have to cover the initial cost of the orders initially? Maybe this will be covered in that video. Thanks again.
I have watched many many of your videos, I set up my shop, made my designs and mockups using all your advice. I got my first sale today! Is there something I need to do to complete the sale, or is everything automatic?
Thank you for all your wonderful videos
Sorry for the late reply, I am trying to keep up with all the comments on all my videos but they are starting to be a lot! Appreciate your comment though and congrats on your first sale!! I am so happy for you
Thanks for the solid advice and encouragement! I just started my Etsy POD journey and am trying to set realistic goals and expectations for myself. This is super helpful!
So glad you enjoyed it Katherine, thanks for watching!
Fascinating and informative! I ❤ your videos. Would love to know more about what to do when they temporarily suspend startup stores. Seems like a 9 day wait; what do you recommend we do in between? Loving your course so far. Watching all of your videos.
Hope you got your store back already, usually they are pretty quick! In the meantime I would research to find new niches to design for, make the design, and list them in Printify. Then when your store is ready, all you need to do is publish to Etsy and finalize the listing there! Best of luck!
@@CassiyJohnson thank you for the reply and for your advice. It is greatly appreciated!
Thank you so much! You are so kind. Appreciate you.
Thanks for watching!!
Thank great work
I hope this video was super helpful for you!! Thanks for watching!
Hello Cassiy 🤗 been watching your videos for a while and I really appreciate the time you put into your videos and sharing your knowledge with us! I am trying to start a business with POD so that I can get some profit to expand my business! ❤️
Thanks so much for making these videos, such a big help!
Do you have a video on creating shipping profiles connected to Printify and simplifying that whole process?
Thank you for this amazing content Cassiy!
signed up.. tnx for your links
you're welcome!
Love your videos! TY so much for such practical advice!
Thanks so much for watching
@@CassiyJohnson I watch all of them
Thanks Cassiy! Are you still doing the beginners monthly couching?
Hi Maria! It's a little more complicated to get started than I thought so I am still working on getting it all together. If you have emailed me interested then I will send you the info as soon as I get it up and going
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"You're probably a new seller with less than 100 sales". I have one sale so far :) Maybe even half a sale because it hasn't been delivered yet :p I'm freaking out that there aren't any problems with my very first sale while I try to look forward to how to get the next 99 :D
Congrats on your first sale John, I am sure it is the first of many! Don't panic, I'm sure everything will go fine!
Very helpful, I'll need to watch this again and take notes. Lots of information. Where can you recommend mock up other than printify? Hopefully free if possible.
I really recommend buying some super nice ones in the future but here is an Etsy shop that sells really decent ones for $1.53 each! Literally if all you can afford is one, then buy it in one color and just post all your designs on just that one mockup until you get some sales and can afford more. It will be 10x better than using Printify mockups. www.etsy.com/shop/SmoothStudioMockups?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=1084612813
Cassidy how do you use the incognito function to find best sellers ? Tried chrome it’s no different for me , thanks !
Hmm interesting, mine is now coming up in my normal Chrome Browser. I'm not sure why it's showing up sometimes and not others! Maybe try a different browser if you have one!
👏👏👏 thank you !
Thanks for watching, hope these tips help you to grow grow grow!!
Can you make videos on how to use the ads on Etsy?
Hi Cassiy
Thanks so much for all of your videos. I’m still working on trying to get my first sale! But I was wondering, have you considered making a video on how the payments work in printify? When I first opened my shop, I was so confused (and still kinda am) on how the payment account works. Thanks!
I actually just made a video about things you need to understand when you start with Printify. The payment account didn't confuse me at all so I'm sorry I'm not sure exactly what you want to know?
I guess maybe you are wondering how the money works in general? Here's a quick breakdown, let me know If this answers it
1. Someone buys from you on Etsy (24.99 for example)
2. Printify gets the order automatically and then charges your credit card/debit card, the cost for the t-shirt plus shipping costs. ($12.87 for example)
3. Etsy takes out their Etsy fees ($2.82 would be the Etsy fees on a $24.99 item)
4. Etsy pays you $22.17
5. You keep the difference of what Etsy paid you and you paid Printify. ($9.30 for this example)
@@CassiyJohnson How do you manage the difference? Do you manually separate the funds into dif accounts? Is there a way to automate that? Seems like a lot to calculate and manage.
@@CassiyJohnson thank you for the breakdown. I’m probably making it more confusing than what it is. I guess we are fronting the cost of the shirts and reimbursing ourself once funds are released from Etsy? When you first started, did you just have a set amount to use for the first few orders you received?
@@cherisee1 I have always used a credit card to get the bonus points for spending the money! I have a 2% cash back card and eventually that really starts to add up!
In the beginning, Etsy usually puts you on "payment reserves" where they keep part of the Etsy payment until you ship the item. They do this in case you are a scammer and just take peoples money for example. So in the beginning, I'd recommend having a few hundred dollars just to float the cost just those few days or week.
@@SP.Addams I have all of it Automatic. So you can open a new credit card and bank account for your business. Have the funds automatically charged to your credit card from Printify. Then set up automatic payments for your credit card. Then have your Etsy payments automatically debited into your bank account. So then at the end of the month, you can just take out some money to save up for taxes and then take out the rest to keep as the profit. It's not a lot to manage, just wanted to breakdown what's actually happening.
Really loved this video! Thank you so much for these tips! You always come with the most helpful stuff 😊
Amazing Video, so detailed i love it 😃 And thank you for the tip with the Bestseller filter, i've been searching for it but couldn't find it anymore 😊 Love your Videos.
So glad I could make you a valuable video Jessica, so glad you are here
Thank you 🙌🏾 😊
Thanks for watching 🎉
Love yr content
Thanks so much, I appreciate you watching
Can you post a listing without a store or do you build a store first?
You have to have a store first but you could post a listing before filling it out/branding it but watch this video on branding your shop, you could do it in less than 20 minutes and it will make a really big difference! ruclips.net/video/8W6o4RUO9YI/видео.html Don't overthink it, just get started
Do you recommend seperate shops for mugs and bags or put in with the tshirts? I get so giddy when I see you have a new video! 😁
Aww you are so sweet, I am so glad you like my videos!! And I just put it all in the same shop, no need to have multiples!
Thank you so much.
This video made me realize I've been throwing "spaghetti at a wall" 😂🤣😂🤦🏽♀️ and going down rabbit holes. Thanks for these awesome tips! I'm going to incorporate them and hopefully get my first sale soon!
I’m so glad this was helpful for you!! Wishing you all the best!! ❤️
Thanks for the video. When showing EverBee u showed Estimated monthly revenue. Was this revenue just from this specific tshirt or for the entire shop?
Do you think it’s a bad idea to use the same design on to different shirts? For example I use the same design on a gildan 5000 and bella canvas but call one fitted and the other over sized.
No I think that's a great idea to split test it and see what works best!
@@CassiyJohnson thank you so much ❤️
Hey, thank you for this inspiring video. Could you make it clear how to choose the right tags? what I mean is that I should choose the big shops tags, or most common tags, or least common tags. Thank you...
Don't overthink the tags, see what other best sellers are using for theirs and mix them together to find the right combination for yourself! Use some more specific ones like what would they wear this shirt to, or who would it be a great gift for etc. But most times the most obvious SEO is the best SEO!
Amazing Video, so detailed i love it
Really appreciate the comment, so glad you liked it!!
Another wonderful insightful vid Cassiy! Thank you so much. Q. As I look at the list of best sellers, I notice many are selling their garments for less than it costs me to buy the item through Printify e.g. lots of sub-$10 sellers. How do you compete with that, without taking a loss? Any guidance much appreciated.
That is all just click bait pricing strategies! Actually click on the listings and go through the options to buy and you'll see usually only 1 item for sale for that price and a high priced delivery. Here is a video where I go in and show you what I'm talking about! ruclips.net/video/DSdBNp2nZuk/видео.html
Thank you for the word of encouragement! I needed them because sometimes feel so overwhelmed. I’m spending every spare minute working on my shop, searching for mock ups, making designs, setting up my LLC and EIN etc. I’m not sure what order to be doing all this? Lol. I’m working hard but feel like I’m not being as productive as I could be? Any suggestions? Thanks!
I read a book that really helped me called "The 4 hour work week" and essentially what it teaches you is that only some of the things you are doing actually make you the money. So for you, I'd recommend buying 3-4 SUPER nice mockups for each product, and then be done with that. You don't need tons, just a few of the right ones. Try to avoid wasting time looking at stats/favorites. The LLC can wait until you get some sales rolling in, no rush. The main thing to focus on is research a best selling listing, research how to make a best selling design in that niche, make the design, list it. Then move on to the next one! If you are feeling overwhelmed then just literally do these one at a time until it starts to feel easier!
Hi Cassiy! I really like your videos they are really helpful for someone that is just starting out. I wanted to ask besides the colors the dark colors what other colors would you suggest in using for t-shirts.....example: Heather Peach, Kelly Green, Mint etc......
I do White, Athletic Heather, Dark Gray Heather, Black, Heather Peach, Heather Mauve and Maroon!
How many listings should I do while getting started listing mugs?
It's less about how many listings and more about the quality of the listings. I'd make sure like I said to do your research to ensure you have a super high quality listing. Great design that is in a trending style, the niche is in demand, nice mockups, photo cards, description etc. And once you are done with that one, just move on to the next one... forever. You never know when you'll hit with a listing and it will get a bunch of sales.
I currently have a Etsy shop selling vintage and handmade jewelry, can I add POD to my current shop?
Hi Linda! I think you absolutely could. Most people shop on Etsy in the search results and never even come to your shop. I think if you start doing POD and it eventually really takes off, you could always open a second shop if you wanted. I think the real magic is in just literally getting started today and taking action. Don't overthink it, just literally go do some research, open your printify account, make a design and post it today! That's the really fun thing about POD is you could legit make a sale today or this week after starting!
@@CassiyJohnson I already have canva...hope I can figure it out..so glad I found you
@@LindaKAdney Yess I love Canva, so knowing Canva already and already having an Etsy shop is going to make this process SO MUCH EASIER for you to get started! Don't put any pressure on it, just literally go find a best seller today, make your own version of it and get it listed!! You have got all the tools you need to be successful. Don't let literally any overthinking hold you back!
ruclips.net/video/pSs0nMfRqZc/видео.html Here is a good video for you to watch that walks you through the process step by step!
So I recently looked up my Etsy name to see if it was trademarked and it is. Will that be an issue and do I have to change it? Thanks for all these videos they are a life saver!
Is that an extension only for Etsy?
Scrolled thru but couldn’t find this question. How do you know if your design needs work because it is not good or isn’t getting traffic enough to be noticeable? Can you direct me to a video of yours that would help?
Thank you for the informative video! I have a question: for the niche research, which tool are you suggesting Everbee or Sale Samurai? TIA!
ruclips.net/video/GiM6aN7f_FY/видео.html I recommend using Etsy for niche research! I use Everbee along with it to make it quicker but really I just look through Etsy to see what is selling!
Thank you for your reply!
Thank you for your valuable advice. I’ve opened my shop around Christmas ( wish I found you sooner ) I have about 60 items but no sales yet 😢 I am getting views and opened Pinterest. Is it because I don’t have reviews or sales? I wonder if I should keep uploading because I just paid my first Etsy bill already
Thank you for these great tips, Cassiy! I always look forward to your videos.
I’ve been comparing different SEO research tools and I noticed they are each showing different data for monthly search volume and competition. Drastic differences, too! Do you have any experience comparing different tools for keyword research? I.e., Erank vs. Sale Samurai. Or any tips to help analyze how accurate the data is? I’m not sure which keyword research tool would be best to use going forward, especially when both say different things.
Hi Nicole! So all of these companies are just trying to analyze Etsy's data and I'm sure none of it could be 100% accurate. I think these tools are good guides but I would still rely heavily on using similar SEO to best selling listings. Because if someone has a best seller badge then their SEO is absolutely working! I actually didn't use any SEO tools for my first 2 years and built my biz literally just on copying best sellers SEO. So don't feel like you need these or have to rely on them. I like Sale Samurai and Everbee because they help me do what I do anyways faster but I don't fully rely on either of them.
@@CassiyJohnson thank you so much! I will definitely keep those points in mind. Much appreciated! 😊
Great video, really helpful. One thing I've noticed is there seems to be no correlation between number of listings and success (once you have a certain number of quality listings I guess).
I don’t think there’s a magic number, I just guess it’s more about odds. The more you put out there (so long as researched) the more chance you have of coming up with a winning design and getting clicked on and making sales
Trying to list my first t-shirt on Etsy. Having trouble getting Canva to save designs with transparent background. I have canva pro and have been watching all of your videos -- so helpful! Any ideas? Thank you!
I’m having a hard time figuring out if I need a sellers permit to sell on Etsy and a resale certificate to purchase from printify. Could you please give me some insight on this?
Thank you!
Sorry, one more question. I LOVE the idea to list shirts for friend and family to get the ball rolling. If the shirts aren't really something we will sell in the future (ie. because its not a good Niche or they're personalized) do we remove them once they purchase them?
What I'd recommend is making a custom listing. So you start the listing on Etsy instead of Printify and have the shirt mockup say something like "Your custom text here" then each time someone orders it, you make the shirt custom and then add it to Printify. That way you can still have reviews on your item! But you'd be surprised how often someone wants a funny saying that you CAN keep up for sale!
Here is a video on how to do personalized orders ruclips.net/video/HWIfZfXGuMI/видео.html
Good job
Thanks so much!
Do most sellers start out by opening up a business account that is separate from their personal banking account and a separate credit card to cover their business purchases?
Hey Cassiy, how do you find out if graphics are copyrighted if they have no words? I just watched you copyrighted video and wanted to find out the right way to look this up?
TANKYOU !
Thanks for watching!!
Thanks for your content. I’m wondering how you sell kids shirts that would need the design sized down? Printify site noted some print shops don’t size down automatically, and MD was one of them. Have you sold children’s sizes?
I sell a few kids shirts but not many, I'm not sure what you mean though on having them size down automatically. I use Swiftpod for all of my kids stuff and have never had any issues with the prints or their sizes!
@@CassiyJohnson usually the graphic needs to be smaller for kid’s shirts. That’s what I meant by “sized down.” Maybe swiftpod does that automatically.
@@Rebecca-xr6vx When you upload the png, you can drag it to be smaller or larger on the kids shirt on Printify!
I am buying your course. I saw that there was a place for a coupon code. Is there a code available? Thanks!
So glad that you're going to be joining
I have had my shop for about 2 months. I have only had 15 sales and its so frustrating. Any tips?
Once you choose a certain niche should you stay in that same category for all future sales?
No, I strongly believe having a general store on Etsy with lots of different niches is the best way to build a consistent income! Here is a video where I go more in depth into this ruclips.net/video/29_CXYFaVa0/видео.html
@@CassiyJohnson great thank you.
I am still lost on the BEST SELLER tag. You see the Best Seller and turns out that the shop is best seller and the design your are looking at has only 4 reviews. How to differentiate? Thanks for sharing all your knowledge.
I've never seen a shop be a "best seller" if there is a best seller on a listing page then that design is a best seller!
How many skus or products do you recommend having in your store before launch? I thought I should have maybe ten or more??
I'd recommend starting and opening with just one design! No need to launch your store with any certain amount of products. The best way to learn is by doing. The sooner you can start getting sales, then the sooner you learn what types of niches and designs sell for you. 99% of customers just search for what they want on Etsy and buy something right from the search results without ever going to your store. So don't be concerned about how many listings you have. Just get started
Hey, Cassiy.
I wonder if it's too late to make Halloween and autumn/fall or Thanksgiving design now?
No it’s not too late at all! Now is exactly the time to be listing for those!
Hi Cassiy!
Thank you so much for this amazing info.☺️❤️ How do you open an incognito browser ?
So glad you enjoyed it Sharon
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