I am new to owning an Etsy store. I got my first sale 15 days in and it was a sale of 30 of one item! That was awesome! Now I am waiting to get my next sale. I have almost been open for one month so far.
I’m at almost $1.6 million on Etsy but it’s taken me 10 years, not 3!! It’s pretty incredible that she’s grown that much in such a short period of time!!
I love Shawna energy and personality. I also love Cassiy calm personality, always smiling. I wish both of you success and growth. Thank you for making us feel like you want us to succeed as well by providing such helpful content.
Hi, ladies! I’ve been following Shawna’s way of picking a niche, gathering all the best tags etc and doing all the research and the design. Then just scaling out from there as much as I can and combine with other niches as I go. Very efficient way imo, but I don’t have 100 sales in six months nor 1000 designs, but videos like this make me want to just keep going. Thank you xx
This is great advice, I just realize that I’m hopping around between different niches rather than focusing on a few and listing consistently, thanks so much
I adore and appreciate both of you ladies immensely. I have 150 listing and made 5 sales. It doesn't sound like a lot, but it's encouraging to keep going. I learned everything from both of you. Thank you!
Thanks ladies, hearing the listing numbers you guys aimed for eg 500 Christmas listings is inspiring, gives me some concrete goal posts instead of just having a flaky idea of what I need to put in. Also just remembering that it is more of a long game to keep the overwhelm at bay!
Wow fabulous to see you both!!! Oh Shawna you make it sound so easy...you both have heard about me so many times....and here I am 2 yrs later and still only 25 orders...so wish!!! Thank you both dear ones...keep encouraging us...pleeeeez...
Thank you for such an insightful and realistic video. I love how we can see that Shawna speaks with so much honesty and is so genuine in her words of encouragement while still being realistic. I resonated with so much of what she said and it really hit me hard on the topic of being someone who takes no for an answer and stays consistent because one believes it is POSSIBLE to achieve that which one is striving for. Loved this interview ❤. Thank you Cassidy
I need this one today. I appreciate you guys and your advice! I love the useful information, the motivation, and the general life advice tbh. So motivating to keep working!
This was a great interview. I have been following both of you for the past two years. I actually realized a couple of mistakes that I have made through Shawna's interview. Thank you so much.
You two are pure inspiration, congratulations on your success, and continue here to give us your knowledge. I loved this video, it gave me extra strength to keep going.
I love following these 2 ladies and theybare so transparent and positive. You both have a practical and effective way of following a method to things and that sounds easy but its not! I love the extra courage lines from Shawna, motivational!
Biggest takeaway is you have to payoff the ignorance debt! Do more = learn more = become profitable. Business succeeds with the compounding effect. The only time this doesn’t apply is when you don’t have time. In that case, you pay someone to teach you or to do it for you. Awesome content! Thank you.
Such an encouraging video. Actually gave me goosebumps. Y’all are doing wonderful! Thank you for being real encouraging women. You two are inspiring leaders for us Etsy sellers.
Thank you Cass and Shawna! I have been watching you guys since 2022 and what you guys share is really valuable! I can really relate to this video and feeling overwhelmed at times working 16+ hours a day. I can often get overwhelmed by trying to be everything for everyone and then I start to spiral out and end up not actually listing items....lol. I really need to create a schedule from MR-Designing-Listing-AD management-SM....Can you guys do a day in the life of...or how you schedule out your days..I am a little over 200 sales after almost 2 years. I am realizing that my designs are too busy and that I need to spend more time on Etsy and learning what the design aesthetic is. Love learning from you guys!!!
First I love both of you alls openness, transparency and knowledge. I started my store in August chasing the Back to School niche but obviously very late. My question for you all is, I understand the power of a general store, however, how do you not end up with a niche store once you double down on what works in a given niche?
I love both of you guys I watch the both of you and finally got my store open..Yes Shawna it is hard but I love every minute of it..I have no experience with pod but I will not give up..Thank you to both of you.Your channels are so informative and I appreciate you both sharing and being an asset to this platform.Shy…❤😊
Thank you ladies for taking the time to teach us more. As a beginner on Etsy and with the biggest challenge I've had, which is the language, (I think I've passed the test 🤣). And you give me the guidelines and energy to continue on this path that I chose for my retirement. I am looking for a good mentor to help me succeed in this challenge that is not at all easy. Thank you a thousand times for this great video
Oh my god I’m so inspired by watching this video and I’ve watched so many of Cassy videos already, I feel like a part of the team. I want to join the membership but afraid I may not be able to afford it. This entire POD idea is “me”I’m so excited to finally found out about to live and breathe it by watching RUclips videos. My dream is one day to sit and tell my story to Cassy Johnson. It’s only a matter of time. I’m a truck driver and I hate my lifestyle. I and my family deserve better than what I giving them. I can’t wait to tell my story. I’m currently on I 75 heading north bound, Alachua, Florida driving. I need POD it’s my ticket out of Trucking over the road .
I’d love to have you join if it ever makes sense for you in the future but of course wouldn’t want to put you in an uncomfortable position! You can absolutely build a business with just the free RUclips videos on my channel and others so start there, keep grinding and if you need more support once you’ve got some money coming in then hit me up! But you’ve got a super strong why to keep you pushing so just keep learning and growing, you’ve got this 🔥
Love both you ladies and follow you separately. I do feel though that it isn't always just down to time put in, research.. its the financial cost also - keeping up with decent mocks, size charts, ads as well as normal fees.
Hi Cassiy! Thank you so much for such informative content! I learn a lot from you. Just had a question. So when you say 500 Christmas listings, you mean the listings should just be focused on Christmas theme? Or does it mean to have at least about 500 listings in niches that are in demand and not necessarily has Christmas theme or colors? (Excuse my screen name, at some point my son logged into my account and all my content is under here now lol). Thank you, Nonika.
How many listings do you have to have in your shop before opening your POD shop? I'm TOTALLY going to try this, but I work as well part-time. We have two very high tuitions this year, and I am tired of my sleepless nights - I LOVE to design so I'd love to take the leap. You are both so inspiring! 😍
Such inspiration! I'm deterrmined to be where she is. Quick question - can you give some direction on 500 Christmas listings? Is it just finding a few niches and completely swamp them with Christmas designs? I thought we should focus more on evergreen. Can you help, Cassiy? Thank you!
Hello Cassiy, I have been binge-watching your RUclips videos! I tried clicking on your website link because I’m interested in your course, but I couldn’t access it. I am from the Philippines.
thank you so much Cassily for these valuable videos i appreciate you so much and I wanna ask you a question I want to get started on Etsy selling t-shirts and hoddies Do I need to have money on PayPal to fulfill the orders cause i heard that etsy hold the money and i get to pay the printing company
Hi Cassiy - Thank you so much for all of your great content. I'm new to this world of POD. I watched your video on how to upload mock ups to Printify and for some reason when I upload a mock up it has a weird overlay of Pritify's mockups with mine and I've tried everything I can think of but nothing is fixing the problem. I'm wondering if you might be able to help me?
Hi Cassiy, Shawna. we've been seeing etsy seller making more sales after they really getting sales. what if we are still making 0 sale, 0 review/rating? with this condition in mind, is that still possible to get such huge $$$ with that many listings? 2. Did you guys started the etsy store by asking your family or friend to buy and get review at the very beginning? is this important for a new store to get traction? thanks
does anyone have any advice? I started my shop in February, got over 300 listings up and going, over the next 3 months. I only had 3 sales. then life got busy and the shop got put on the back burner. in June I made another sale so now am like ok, maybe i should get back to this. I have 1 five start review as well. But im worried since I havent been active for the past 3 months, should i just start over?
No you shouldn’t just start over, your shop now is totally fine! It took Shawna 9 months to get hers going and then it really took off obviously over the next few years so no need to start a new one. Yours is still pretty new!
Should I start over? It’s been like 8 months since I have posted and a year since I started but got a sale this week and a fave so going to start making products again
I don’t think Shawna does much personalization in her store, mostly group shirts from what I understand but feel free to comment on one of her videos and maybe she’ll get back to you! Thanks for watching!
Good luck, as a new store owner you'll be shut down in a few days regardless you are doing everything to the letter. It escapes me why would anyone put all of their hard work and marketing effort into a corporation like this such as Etsy.
I am new to owning an Etsy store. I got my first sale 15 days in and it was a sale of 30 of one item! That was awesome! Now I am waiting to get my next sale. I have almost been open for one month so far.
That's an awesome start and sounds so similar to Shawna's story! Keep up the good work and who knows where YOU will be in 3.5 years
That’s so awesome. Im new too and can’t wait to get my first sale. lol
That’s awesome! I’m a month in with 0 sales and very little showings lol.
I’m at almost $1.6 million on Etsy but it’s taken me 10 years, not 3!! It’s pretty incredible that she’s grown that much in such a short period of time!!
Wow thats amazing!!! Congratulations🎉
Wow!! Congratulations!!!
@@victoriapena_ thank you ❤️
@@CraftHaven888 thank you
Did I say something wrong? My response has been deleted. I’m new here on this channel. Was I not allowed to mention my shop name?
I love Shawna energy and personality. I also love Cassiy calm personality, always smiling. I wish both of you success and growth. Thank you for making us feel like you want us to succeed as well by providing such helpful content.
Thanks for your super sweet comment, we are wishing you the best of luck on this journey!!
Hi, ladies! I’ve been following Shawna’s way of picking a niche, gathering all the best tags etc and doing all the research and the design. Then just scaling out from there as much as I can and combine with other niches as I go. Very efficient way imo, but I don’t have 100 sales in six months nor 1000 designs, but videos like this make me want to just keep going. Thank you xx
What a loser I am. When Shawna came on I started to cry LOL.. You were both my favorites. Such an inspiration and got me to where I am today❤
I’ve been following Her since November of 2023!!! She’s so inspirational
Aww I love Shawna! Always so inspired by your interviews with her! Congrats on the 1.5M achievement! 💪
This is great advice, I just realize that I’m hopping around between different niches rather than focusing on a few and listing consistently, thanks so much
Love Shawna!! What an inspiration and love that she gives everyone else their flowers/credit. Such a humble spirit... ❤
I adore and appreciate both of you ladies immensely. I have 150 listing and made 5 sales. It doesn't sound like a lot, but it's encouraging to keep going. I learned everything from both of you. Thank you!
Congratulations!! :) Five will turn into ten, which will turn into one hundred. Keep going.
Thanks ladies, hearing the listing numbers you guys aimed for eg 500 Christmas listings is inspiring, gives me some concrete goal posts instead of just having a flaky idea of what I need to put in. Also just remembering that it is more of a long game to keep the overwhelm at bay!
What an inspirational conversation! Thanks Cassiy and Shawna for such a deep and true message!
I discovered Shawna not long after I found your channel. LOVE this episode and interview. You are both so inspiring!
Wow fabulous to see you both!!! Oh Shawna you make it sound so easy...you both have heard about me so many times....and here I am 2 yrs later and still only 25 orders...so wish!!! Thank you both dear ones...keep encouraging us...pleeeeez...
Thank you for such an insightful and realistic video. I love how we can see that Shawna speaks with so much honesty and is so genuine in her words of encouragement while still being realistic. I resonated with so much of what she said and it really hit me hard on the topic of being someone who takes no for an answer and stays consistent because one believes it is POSSIBLE to achieve that which one is striving for. Loved this interview ❤. Thank you Cassidy
So inspiring. I’ve been doing this over a year and need to get myself together and do more consistently. Only three sales!
Two of my favorite ladies on RUclips! Thank you for this very positive and encouraging video!
Thank you Ladies. I adore you both. Cassiy, you are an icon in your calling, an excellent teacher. ❤
Thank you for this super kind comment
I need this one today. I appreciate you guys and your advice! I love the useful information, the motivation, and the general life advice tbh. So motivating to keep working!
This was a great interview. I have been following both of you for the past two years. I actually realized a couple of mistakes that I have made through Shawna's interview. Thank you so much.
So glad you got some value from today’s video ❤️❤️ you’ve got this!!
@CassiyJohnson I sent you an email about the course...very interested.
You two are pure inspiration, congratulations on your success, and continue here to give us your knowledge. I loved this video, it gave me extra strength to keep going.
I love following these 2 ladies and theybare so transparent and positive. You both have a practical and effective way of following a method to things and that sounds easy but its not! I love the extra courage lines from Shawna, motivational!
Biggest takeaway is you have to payoff the ignorance debt! Do more = learn more = become profitable. Business succeeds with the compounding effect. The only time this doesn’t apply is when you don’t have time. In that case, you pay someone to teach you or to do it for you. Awesome content! Thank you.
What a fantastic interview, and so inspiring! Cassiy asked the perfect questions, thanks to you both!
GREAT interview! You both inspire me!
Such an encouraging video. Actually gave me goosebumps. Y’all are doing wonderful! Thank you for being real encouraging women. You two are inspiring leaders for us Etsy sellers.
When you say 500 listings = you mean, 500 christmas theme listings??
Thank you so much for all the insights! I love watching you both!
That is how I took it, 500 Christmas listings, but that is after doing the research and sticking to one or a few niches.
Wondering the same thing. Christmas themed?
Thanks Girls wow so good, and quiet emotional , on my journey now, and thanks for being positive and truthful and inspiring, appreciate your time.
Thank you Cass and Shawna! I have been watching you guys since 2022 and what you guys share is really valuable! I can really relate to this video and feeling overwhelmed at times working 16+ hours a day. I can often get overwhelmed by trying to be everything for everyone and then I start to spiral out and end up not actually listing items....lol. I really need to create a schedule from MR-Designing-Listing-AD management-SM....Can you guys do a day in the life of...or how you schedule out your days..I am a little over 200 sales after almost 2 years. I am realizing that my designs are too busy and that I need to spend more time on Etsy and learning what the design aesthetic is. Love learning from you guys!!!
some of my favorite POD ladies!! SO inspirational, both of you!! Thank you!! :)
First I love both of you alls openness, transparency and knowledge. I started my store in August chasing the Back to School niche but obviously very late. My question for you all is, I understand the power of a general store, however, how do you not end up with a niche store once you double down on what works in a given niche?
I love both of you guys I watch the both of you and finally got my store open..Yes Shawna it is hard but I love every minute of it..I have no experience with pod but I will not give up..Thank you to both of you.Your channels are so informative and I appreciate you both sharing and being an asset to this platform.Shy…❤😊
That was inspiring!!!!! Thank you ladies for the encouragement!
So inspirational! I love hearing Shawna. Thank you Cassiy!
Thank you ladies for taking the time to teach us more. As a beginner on Etsy and with the biggest challenge I've had, which is the language, (I think I've passed the test 🤣). And you give me the guidelines and energy to continue on this path that I chose for my retirement. I am looking for a good mentor to help me succeed in this challenge that is not at all easy. Thank you a thousand times for this great video
So so so so inspiring! As a teacher myself who needs more income, thank you both for this awesome video❣️❣️❣️
Oh my god I’m so inspired by watching this video and I’ve watched so many of Cassy videos already, I feel like a part of the team. I want to join the membership but afraid I may not be able to afford it.
This entire POD idea is “me”I’m so excited to finally found out about to live and breathe it by watching RUclips videos. My dream is one day to sit and tell my story to Cassy Johnson. It’s only a matter of time. I’m a truck driver and I hate my lifestyle. I and my family deserve better than what I giving them. I can’t wait to tell my story. I’m currently on I 75 heading north bound, Alachua, Florida driving. I need POD it’s my ticket out of Trucking over the road .
I’d love to have you join if it ever makes sense for you in the future but of course wouldn’t want to put you in an uncomfortable position!
You can absolutely build a business with just the free RUclips videos on my channel and others so start there, keep grinding and if you need more support once you’ve got some money coming in then hit me up!
But you’ve got a super strong why to keep you pushing so just keep learning and growing, you’ve got this 🔥
MY FAVORITE POD COACH and MY FAVORITE POD TEACHER 🎉😊 ❤️
Can’t believe i missed this one. Thank you Cassiy and Shawna ❤
So glad you found it now, thanks for watching!!
Love both you ladies and follow you separately. I do feel though that it isn't always just down to time put in, research.. its the financial cost also - keeping up with decent mocks, size charts, ads as well as normal fees.
Love this video!! Thank you both!! 💞
This episode was so inspiring
Hi Cassiy! Thank you so much for such informative content! I learn a lot from you. Just had a question. So when you say 500 Christmas listings, you mean the listings should just be focused on Christmas theme? Or does it mean to have at least about 500 listings in niches that are in demand and not necessarily has Christmas theme or colors? (Excuse my screen name, at some point my son logged into my account and all my content is under here now lol). Thank you, Nonika.
Fabius interview and lots of great tidbits included.
Thank you ladies for this video!!! An amazing journey :)
How many listings do you have to have in your shop before opening your POD shop? I'm TOTALLY going to try this, but I work as well part-time. We have two very high tuitions this year, and I am tired of my sleepless nights - I LOVE to design so I'd love to take the leap. You are both so inspiring! 😍
Dewey decimal design system, lmao. Love that! So true!
lol thank you!! I think it gives a good visual for sure
Such inspiration! I'm deterrmined to be where she is. Quick question - can you give some direction on 500 Christmas listings? Is it just finding a few niches and completely swamp them with Christmas designs? I thought we should focus more on evergreen. Can you help, Cassiy? Thank you!
Hello Cassiy, I have been binge-watching your RUclips videos! I tried clicking on your website link because I’m interested in your course, but I couldn’t access it. I am from the Philippines.
Amazing story ❤❤❤
I would love to see more information about the best practices for hiring someone to help!
I love this. Thank you Shawna!
thank you so much Cassily for these valuable videos i appreciate you so much and I wanna ask you a question I want to get started on Etsy selling t-shirts and hoddies Do I need to have money on PayPal to fulfill the orders cause i heard that etsy hold the money and i get to pay the printing company
eso es correcto. hay que tener fondos para cubrir los pedidos ya que etsy no te paga de inmediato. por lo menos no a los nuevos vendedores.
Great video! As a new seller, do I need to purchase both kittl and canva? And also creative fabrica?
Can this be done if you are making items not doing POD?
I have thought of doing print on demand however, I'm going to go with what I know I can do atm...
Im in my 1st year , In the beginning does it make sense to do Etsy ads ? Ive been trying to keep costs down.
Great interview! Ty
Hi Cassiy - Thank you so much for all of your great content. I'm new to this world of POD. I watched your video on how to upload mock ups to Printify and for some reason when I upload a mock up it has a weird overlay of Pritify's mockups with mine and I've tried everything I can think of but nothing is fixing the problem. I'm wondering if you might be able to help me?
You actually will upload your mockups to Etsy after publishing the Printify product to Etsy! So the mockups never go on Printify's website!
@@CassiyJohnson Thank you so much, I appreciate your help.
Hi Cassiy, Shawna. we've been seeing etsy seller making more sales after they really getting sales. what if we are still making 0 sale, 0 review/rating? with this condition in mind, is that still possible to get such huge $$$ with that many listings?
2. Did you guys started the etsy store by asking your family or friend to buy and get review at the very beginning? is this important for a new store to get traction? thanks
I am not near a 100 products having in my shop :( Now I am at 45 products..I am crying :((((
Great advice Shawna!
Thanks for watching!!
Hello cassiye , do you think , is it worth it to sell digital product , and also print on demand, what's your opinion ?!
I’ve sold more in my POD store than my digital download mockup store but I think both are great opportunities!
I have a hard time posting designs that I don’t LOVE. advice?
I have the same issue
Does anyone has a link to her shop , I see it nowhere but i search not a long time, thanks
They do not share their personal shops for privacy reasons.
I hope that one day I will be able to make progress
does anyone have any advice? I started my shop in February, got over 300 listings up and going, over the next 3 months. I only had 3 sales. then life got busy and the shop got put on the back burner. in June I made another sale so now am like ok, maybe i should get back to this. I have 1 five start review as well. But im worried since I havent been active for the past 3 months, should i just start over?
No you shouldn’t just start over, your shop now is totally fine! It took Shawna 9 months to get hers going and then it really took off obviously over the next few years so no need to start a new one. Yours is still pretty new!
Should I start over? It’s been like 8 months since I have posted and a year since I started but got a sale this week and a fave so going to start making products again
where are the timestamps?
Thank you❤
How lovely to see you both together , u both look georgeous girls, lots off xxxx from Turkey.❤❤❤
I wish you would have disclosed how much of you sales are from custom order. Great video, though, so proud for you ladies..
I don’t think Shawna does much personalization in her store, mostly group shirts from what I understand but feel free to comment on one of her videos and maybe she’ll get back to you! Thanks for watching!
I'm 13 months in and still only making like 1.5 sales per day on average 😢
Do you have a video on how you made $20,000 from someone else's Instagram post?
Good luck, as a new store owner you'll be shut down in a few days regardless you are doing everything to the letter. It escapes me why would anyone put all of their hard work and marketing effort into a corporation like this such as Etsy.