5 Big Updates Etsy Didn't Tell You About
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- Опубликовано: 27 июл 2024
- Etsy is testing several new updates that may make a permanent appearance in your shop. In today’s video, I cover 5 recent Etsy tests that sellers should be aware of before the holiday season.
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▬ Contents of this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
00:00 - What is Etsy's annual test period?
02:28 - Listing video requests
03:52 - AI Review summaries
05:10 - Minimizing of search results
05:50 - The "More like this" button
06:51 - Specializing in
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🚨 NOTE: This video was recorded BEFORE Etsy's 7/9/24 policy updates. We will be breaking down the new policy updates this upcoming Friday, July 12th live on the Friday Bean. Set a reminder for the live stream here: ruclips.net/video/q0x56C5Uh6I/видео.html
What do you think about them? In my opinion, it is still not clear but they are attempting
I'd prefer to wait until the Friday Bean to cover the updates. 😅 I need a few days to go over everything.
If possible, I would appreciate your input on editable templates (e.g., Corjl) since they don't seem to be specifically addressed in the new policy update. Additionally, many of us who sell editable templates create our first listing photo using Canva or Photoshop. However, according to the new Creativity Standards, it appears we may need to print out our downloads and physically photograph them for our first Etsy listing photo. Photographing hundreds of editable templates and digital downloads will be a massive project, especially since these new standards have taken effect immediately. I'd love to hear your thoughts on this. Thanks!
What time? also, can we submit questions? if so, I design my own tshirts. However, I sometimes do buy Pngs already done designs from other etsy shops not Creative Fabrica. Are we not allowed to buy from Etsy/Pngs shops at all? or does this fall into the same category as Creative Fabrica where we would have to alter the design to claim it our own?
Good evening
I am Amr Al-Sayed
From Egypt
And I want a little help from you
I have a product that is a digital PDF product of 275 learning cards for children.
The help I want from you is to display this product in your store on the Etsy website in exchange for 50% of the profits.
I hope you can give me an answer as soon as possible because I need some money in the near future
Thank you
I don’t like other shops being promoted on my listings when it’s through an ad or traffic I drove to a listing outside of Etsy. I’m basically paying for a competitor’s advertising.
This won't be the case for traffic you drive yourself, as the "More like this" button will only appear in organic search pages - not individual listing pages or storefronts.
@@jennykay780 Amazon also does this
Maybe they stopped doing that because I took the screenshot July 2nd. I think I was using the app so maybe that’s why.
They're still doing it
I’m a shopper, don’t have a shop. Yet. It is somewhat scrambled. I watch RUclips, etc, click on links and i do not always get routed to the item, shop/ creator I am looking for! Aggravating. So click on Shop/ Creator, still don’t see All from that creator, but “others like this”, which I would like, as it is in my area of interest, but only After I see everything in that creators shop/ listing.
I know this is a hot take, but to be perfectly honest, I'm pretty indifferent to all of Etsy's updates, the good, the bad, the ugly. Why? Because I've accepted that being on Etsy means I'll always be playing by their rules, so I'm not going to stress about things I can't control. I just listen to the updates to make sure I'm still ACTUALLY playing by their rules so I don't get my shop shut down, and then I move on lol. BUT, it's also important to note that I definitely DO NOT have all my eggs in Etsy's basket because I do know they're a bit problematic lol. At last count, I believe I have 8-9 different revenue streams. But yeah, I'm indifferent.
I'm exactly the same way. While I definitely use my platforms to amplify important messages and best practices, overall, none of Etsy's updates are shocking to me anymore. As I always say, "Control your controllables". Anything outside of your control isn't worth stressing about.
Im with you and just roll with it. I also have more than one stream. Ive had a few shops since 2011. Just opened a POD shop. I can't believe the amount that make so many sales and have no website at all...
Can anyone explain to Etsy that we as craftsmen and artists would love to see the cheap resellers off this platform??
This is actually what today's big Etsy announcement today was about. I'll be covering today's policy update during our live stream this Friday. :)
Been telling them for years. They may be struggling to figure out how to generate as much revenue after kicking them off as they have whilst allowing them on.
Can elaborate on what you mean by cheap resellers.
My sales have dropped tremendously. I can’t even find my jewelry half the time. I canceled my ads and am looking for other alternatives. I really do not like anything AI, because it can be inaccurate. And not a fan of someone clicking on my listing and Etsy trying to promote other stores. Just bad.
SAME!!
We had a drop in sales. We turned off the 35 plus free shipping, that was supposed to be boosting us. Immediately sales picked up 🤦
If the size is clearly stated in the description or as a picture, comments such "smaller/ bigger then EXPECTED" should be banned and I mean it. I can expect nice weather, not somebody's stupid idea of the size if they can literally measure it before buying. I would also like the "Emerging shops" button and "All times loved" shops button, so new shops with new ideas are not buried under 10000 adds of big shops with the same (mostly) designs.
I love that idea!
As a brand new shop, I 100% support a button that boosts us into the algorithm!
@@evilrose412 YES! I'm extremely careful to clearly list item sizes and dimensions in quantifiable terms (inches, feet, ounces, etc) and I'm always surprised when a buyer is like, "I thought it would be bigger..."
Yes but what about items that were not in fact the size stated? A customer has a right to expect the object to be the size in the description. If they get one that is a bit smaller or larger can't they mention that?
It might be a case of the customer still being wrong, such as if you say a top fits size 40-41in chest and the customer expects it to fit them, but did not realise they actually have a 42in chest now. But it could also be a case where the maker made an error when measuring. Etsy can't know who is right.
If only they put all those developer work hours into making the platform friendlier to all users (sellers too, not just shoppers), maybe they'd stop losing customers. As it is, these little changes may or may not affect us (I like the "request a video" and would do well without "AI" interference). But not doing anything about what people are requesting does affect them. For example, the ability to see the description of an item without clicking/tapping twice would be nice, also being able to find the shop name from a listing, like someone else said. Oh, and let's not forget how a few days ago they forced us to use the new listing form that doesn't have all the functionality of the old form. Now you can't crop videos any more. Yay. I am looking forward to your take on yesterday's announcement, though.
The 'request video' is gone for me now - it didn't work! Sellers in the forum tested it with each other and no one got a notification of request, leading to concerns that customers might think they're being ignored. Wouldn't be surprised if it comes back. The 'more like this' I love; it's great for digging down to find those really unique things and pushes away that conversion-based rank and more into personalised curation.
Giving shoppers the ability to click away from your listing definitely has it's downsides. However, a trade off might be to open a new tab to show the shopper "more like this". At least the original listing is still available to the shopper, instead of requiring the shopper to use the 'back' button to get back to where they came from, which could be dozens of pages away, if they got sidetracked and just kept clicking and clicking.
I'm going to assume that most buyers who click it likely haven't found what they were looking for in the original listing, so rather than continuing to scroll, they're basically telling Etsy, "I like the idea of this item but it's not quite wat I was looking for. Show me similar things".
@@StarlaMoore that’s probably true but having a trade off at least makes Etsy look like their aware of the concerns.
It's funny they released the feature to give bigger orders a percentage off, as there are no buyers for anything haha
Yes, there are no buyers!
I loved the "Bad robot" part XD hahaha
Etsy always expects that their changes should work for everyone. I am a professional photographer. If i took the time to somehow make a video for every photo i posted, i would have no time to travel, take, edit and post my photos.
Also, etsy has fundamental changes ive requested over and over and they have not addressed. Fir example, if a customer requested a shipping address change, I cannot change it until I'm actually ready to ship it. I wish I could change it immediately when they make the request or that they could change it themselves before I actually ship it. This has been going on for years when does aggravating when I am busy at Christmas with many orders.
The most important and, above all, easiest to install is: A button on every item page to the item seller's shop. Newbies come to your item through advertising and, as an Etsy newcomer, can't even find your shop. German customers in particular are used to navigating using buttons and not using shop names that are not marked as links
It's rather easy to navigate to a shop from the listing. Seller's name in the listing is the link to their shop.
@@halflinkYou see my desire with your usage culture. But Germans don’t use online shops like that. Take a look at the shop design of Amazon USA and that of Germany. a difference like night and day. Users behave differently depending on the region and expect surfaces that are tailored to them.
@@OldGermanShepard Huh, interesting... I'm in the UK, not US. UK's Etsy interface has a link
@@halflink Hello, thank you for your answer. Yes Etsy has a link. But this is not recognizable as such (no underscore) and it is written in bold. In such a case, many websites either put text in front of the link. For example, "Visit the shop: " or leave the shop name visibly underlined. The way it looks now, it's just a bold word and a new (!) customer doesn't even know that it's a shop name and won't even try to click on it. It's not clear in the "Made by" section under Highlights either. If you want to retain new customers, you can't think and be blind to the company. Oh, the customer will already know what that means and works. No, many new customers don't even know the shop principle behind Etsy. They couldn't even begin to explain it. And if I don't understand a principle, then I'm exhausted and leave again.
@@halflink I would also like to give an often observed example.
There is a request text under the “add to cart” button. "Add to collection" and that works. I promote a few items and notice something significant. If a user only favorites one (!) article, then it is always an article that I am promoting. This raises the suspicion that new customers come from search engines, find the item great, favorite it and then either abandon it or cannot find the shop. But why should a customer cancel if they think the item is great? I suspect it simply gets lost due to links and references that are difficult to recognize.
Good stuff as always! Haven't seen any of these updates firsthand in my shop or searches yet, but very interesting to see what Etsy thinks is necessary to work on this summer lol.
Great video. On point and concise. No extra words. That's how I like it.
All I’ve noticed and loved are the video reviews from customers! ❤️❤️
have you setup your store your store well now
What I hate is the fact that they removed the shop name from the search results. Some shops I might want to weed out or I might want to skip to ones I like.
"More Like this" sucks for a seller. Takes you to a competitor or copycat and rarely shows any of your own similar items. Thanks for driving traffic away from my stuff
My thoughts exactly.
100% , so frustrating when it’s a copycat design at a lower price
As a buyer I like the "more like this" button as so often I'm looking for something but don't know how to describe it and this helps me narrow down and find what sellers are calling it to find more options.
Thank. you, Starla!
Thank you so much! and I love your t-shirt!!!
have you setup your shop your store well now
You're always very articulate. Thank you.
Here's something strange-- I got my first one star review and it included what Etsy calls Video Reviews with a disclaimer that said "Your shop has video reviews! We're testing video reviews where buyers can show off your item in action. Since we're still fine-tuning this feature, video reviews will only be visible to you for the time being." So I was relieved because it was a customer who ordered the wrong size and didn't realize it. But I told a friend about it who pulled up my shop AND RIGHT THERE AT THE TOP OF THE REVIEWS WAS A BOX THAT SAID "VIDEO REVIEWS 1" and the video review was visible to her and I assume anyone else who went on my shop.
Hmmm. This is interesting. Were they using desktop or mobile? As of right now, I'm not noticing the option on my end.
I actually received a video review earlier this week as well.
Thank you for your content! I'm vegetarian and really need to stick to a budget. I just made red lentil pasta from Walmart, mixed in a small tub of roasted garlic Hummus that i got half off, and a few handfuls of spinach! It came out so great and was really filling. I feel so inspired to keep cooking!❤
Fantastic analysis, and so useful and helpful as usual. Thanks for your amazing videos!
have you setup your store your store well now
Love your videos, Starla
Thank you so much!
Thank you 😊
I like the middle three. Once again this summer, my business is up.
Did I just get called Pookie? I've been pookied.... 😮😆
I just know I went from pod to all digital products because Etsy kept my money held hostage for far too long, and I couldn't afford production fees without my profits to help. Then after switching to digital, my store went completely dead. No traffic I don't bring in myself from my socials. No sales. Nothing. And I feel punished for not using AI because I can't churn out a "1000 pack seamless pattern bundle" like a stupid computer can.
I feel that the human/consumer element is being lost a bit here. Remember. It's not just about listing an item. It's about listing an in-demand item that is unique and doesn't fall within an overly saturated category. Digital products are highly competitive so you've transitioned into a challenging industry. This isn't a case of "being punished." Success on Etsy takes an immense amount of time and research, contrary to what many Etsy RUclipsrs are passing off as "passive income" these days. Etsy isn't passive and never has been.
Oh it may not be the product that you are now selling. I have a glitch in my shop so every time they update a new idea, I go from selling 5+ items a day to 0. Now they have an AI for help desk and it not helpful. Before I would contact them, and they would send it to tech and I would be back to normal sales. Now I need to find a different way of contacting them.
Yet nothing, not one single thing, said about IP violations galore. Disney, Marvel, Barbie... the list goes on, and all this crap is still being sold on there while Etsy looks the other way and hides behind its rules. Get rid of all that crap and Etsy might actually be searchable.
I've actually covered exactly why they cannot legally enforce IP take downs. I even recieved direct clarification from an IP lawyer. You can watch the exact timestamp for the explanation here: ruclips.net/video/qURYeZYhHM8/видео.htmlsi=lzIfiiTTd-UcPHKi&t=729
@@StarlaMoore Thanks.
I am really fed up of so many changes, regulations and impediments!!
My sales have been up lately and now that you mentioned the more like this , I think that’s how I’m getting them from other More established shops
What about the Make Offer Button - I just started noticing that and i personally do not like the concept.
I HATE minimizing search results as that is very useful when doing research. I love the AI review summaries. Think the listing video not available pic is tacky.
I saw in search results they not showing the name of the shops or if it is an ad or genuine result.. It is clearing up the page but still I think it’s something they should keep showing
As much as I also dislike the AI summary, at least until it gets better, I feel like it would reflect how the search engines “see” that shop too. It may be a little clue to the shop owner of what their shop is being identified as by search engines, and that could be a very valuable piece of information
Yes, I was thinking the same thing. I'd need to see more examples in order to deep dive this theory.
Bad Robot Bad. Look what you did! (Rubs circuits in the mess) now go to Place and stay there while I clean up your mess. Stay.... STAY.... Don't make me take out the smart vacuum!
As a buyer, I like the 'more like this' button a lot. As a seller, it can be both good and bad. A buyer can be directed to a competitor, but could also be directed to me from a competitor's listing. I haven't seen the video request thing yet. The AI definitely needs to learn, but I appreciate Etsy doing it now rather than the holiday season. I just focus on improving my shop before the fall, so I hope they figure it out before September so I still have time to edit things if needed.
As a buyer, I loved the button. I'm going to assume that most buyers who click it likely haven't found what they were looking for in the original listing, so rather than continuing to scroll, they're basically telling Etsy, "I like the idea of this item but it's not quite wat I was looking for. Show me similar things".
Not a user but really noticing how the ads for Etsy are getting that same panicy vibe as Temu
Anyone Interested To Work In Partnership ? I have handmade products no investment required
have you setup your store your store well now
I’m too new as a seller to say much, but as a customer I have always found it confusing to shop on Etsy. When I try to see what else a seller has, it’s very hard to distinguish between related listing and theirs - I tend to look at the pictures not read all the stuff under them. It has always felt to me like Etsy is trying to overcomplicate everything! And at the end, there are still separate checkouts for each shop which is truly the part I find most tedious. Why don’t they fix that?
Thank you!! Yes, shopping on Etsy is way over complicated. My elder mom recently had a melt down trying to shop there and won’t go back. Visual clutter doesn’t encourage sales!
Not sure if you saw it or not, but there has been a problem with searches defaulting to filtering to physical products only, thereby meaning that digital products were not being shown. I spoke with Etsy support and they were kind of unhelpful and stated that maybe as a buyer you should add digital to your search. Well, not every buyer is going to add digital to their search term which therefore means that they won’t be getting exposed to digital items. I’m not sure whether this is another test that’s going on or a glitch but it’s very unfortunate for digital sellers.
I believe this. As a digital seller for 14 years, I haven’t made a sale in 2 months straight on Etsy! I’ve NEVER had this happen - ever! Something is very wrong with whatever they are doing. I get more shoppers on my personal website and that shouldn’t be the case with Etsy’s offsite “advertising”. What can we do about it. The proof is in the numbers! Etsy sucks big giant 🏀🏀!!!
"More like this" is a crappy idea for sellers. first ETSY was shop forward then moved to product/item forward & now they want to drag buisness away with this new feature. NO!!!! I hate it....who is not gonna click the button & go down a rabbit hole?? Its a guarentee that they will not be buying the first item they clicked on.
I don't think the AI shop description thing will make it, since issues with that are too hard to fix this quickly. AI review summary might stay up
It seems like that digital sellers can add videos fairly easily. For my artwork I upload part of the time lapse video of me creating it (which people love because they know it wasn't made by AI) or for my digital planners, etc. I just make my listing photos into a video with Canva. If you make it a part of the process of listing something then it becomes habit, and you get faster at it.
I completely agree! And it adds a human element to your listings.
I would like the "more like this" feature if it was actually working: I create jewelry and when I try it on my shop, it shows listings where the pictures could be similar in some way (the way the hand is holding the creation, the kind of background) but the products aren't.
For me the button more like this is shown on the bottom part of the photo, it's easy to click on this button when you want to actually click on the photo to go to the listing. And it's opening in the same tab. Kinda hate this feature the most lately. Also the search is strange, the categories are not working like it used to be, so looks like they push more into search bar to tell what someone want to see, and not to just browse around for ideas
Bit off topic but I hate the new listing page for sellers. I found that I had entered a wrong price for one of my items, went to correct it under edit listing, and then refreshed everything, the price in my shop, displayed to customers, was still displaying incorrectly, even though the edit was correct. I had to check and re check a dozen times, and still it didn't update in my shop. I then went in cicrcles for hours ! Then, switching back to "old form" (after pulling out my hair to find it), and editing there, it finally changed in my shop. You'd think if they're going to force you to a new listing page/method, they'd make sure it works correctly first. What a pain.
644 I love that
After producing 3D figures (no copyright) that I buy and download from the internet on a 3D printer, I turn them into tabletop metal objects by applying various craftsmanship (casting, welding, cleaning, polishing, oxidizing, personalization text engraving). I do not design the 3D figures. I buy them as 3D data from the designer. Which option should I choose in this case? "It's made from scratch" or "it's assembled from purchased parts" or "it's an item that my shop alters"?
I added the independent artist from whom I bought the 3D data as a "Production partner". Is this correct? Or is it because I define a Production partner that Etsy puts my products in the "Design by ShopName" category automatically? But I didn't design them... This is not correct for my products.
I noticed a banner stating that Etsy will be humanized or something. Maybe the seller’s complaints are being heard?
Left etsy , too many new charges and fees left me without any margin of profit. They lost the plot
Anyone Interested To Work In Partnership ? I have handmade products no investment required
The only update I checked out was the "More like this". As a seller, I'm not a fan. It immediately give buyers the option to just move along from your listing. In regards to the video requests, I sell digital products and tend to make videos for them in Canva. My question is though, is that button a request to add a video to the listing or is a request for the seller to send a video to the buyer who requested it? I was just wondering about that one. I absolutely hate the minimizing search results. I like seeing the numbers for when I do my keyword research. However, months ago, when I was researching why they changed the search results, I found out that if you use Etsy app, you can still see the actual search results. Hopefully, they won't bother to change that.
I'm actually not sure what happens after the "request a video" button is clicked. Unfortunately I never had the option on my own devices, otherwise I would have tried it out just to see what happens.
What's up with the "everything searching as physical" and having hard times moving it to digital listings?
I opened my 1st Etsy shop last week. Not one sale yet. How is anyone supposed to find my shop with no ad spending. Sorry, but I refuse to place ads right now when I am broke as it is. I have nice photos and videos, SEO-checked titles and descriptions, linked to my social media, etc. The only messages I've gotten are from scammers (I reported to Etsy). I know I need to have patience, but even on Ebay I sold SOME merch within a week.
The review thing where it gives a summary of a listing I don’t think I like. I had a new listing get a one star review before as its first review. It later got a five star review like months later but that one star really defeated the listing so anything with reviews I think they should leave alone.
i feel like the only way you could know all of this is if you work for Etsy or one of the advertisers
I'm notbsure if you mean in general or if you're questioning how I personally know this information. 😅 To clarify, I absolutely do not work for Etsy. I run a massive Etsy group so any time a seller experiences one of these updates, they tend to post a screenshot in my group so I can cover it in a video. Etsy would never hire me. I'm not very nice to them. 😂
I am having better visabukity but I worked on my seo. I don;t know how I feel about some of these.
I do not like the square icon now, it I just updated some photos and it cut off parts of the product
The new badges are so odd. “1 buyer bought a gift from this shop”… really? 1 buyer?
@@JJ-cl5wv it could be a newer shop? 🤷🏻♀️ There was a time when everyone was at “one buyer.” I’m so new I’m still hoping to get there!
@@kimarnold1669 this was for my shop last month. I've been on etsy for 6 years. it said "top shop for gifts: 1 buyer bought a gift from this shop and gave it a 5 star review!"
So let me understand this etsy sellers, sell artwork to be sold "as is" on the platform, some have POD commercial license and if I use it, and sell it that is not allowed, I need to change the artwork which I think or thought that was not allowed due to artist infringement or changing there artwork. Then if I use etsy model or mockups that is sold on the platform, that is also not good, they have to be the real item for first image which I was told to do by many youtube influencers huge sellers for etsy, now I spent all this money and have hundreds of listing this is not good. I think I am done, I was going to go do personalization too but they have changed that also.
Whats your take on an item being 'Sourced by Seller" is it just Etsy allowing Ai-art?
Not sure if this has been covered in previous videos but a few weeks ago a lot of my crochet prices were rounded up to the nearest dollar amount. I am partial to $5.98 rather than $6.00. Weird,....?
They rounded by themselves? I wouldn't think that should happen. Definitely weird...
I was scrolling in Etsy and my other shop appeared showing I was hosting a 10% sale but I wasnt....wasn't..... I clicked the link and couldn't find any listings showing a sale from the customer view either
Hey starla
Are you looking for video editor?
Nope. I'm good. Thanks!
That "no video yet" experience is tragic
Etsy was tilling me to sell cheap wholesale (larger quantities) they gave examples of the benefits but its too much work id rather sell ooak (does anybody ever uses this word still)
I just watched the announcement he made,
I had to click through the copy below the video to read abt ai policy (which I personally agree with, although I realize this may be unpopular with your followers), that it should be ok to use it as a tool as long as it’s disclosed. Thing is, so much of the stock art now on etsy and creative fabrica is Ai generated and I’m sure people won’t add it into their listing info. Overall I think etsy is Trying to do the right thing with all the changes they are making, but at the end of the day it still alienates the original core users and their original mission.
I personally have found no benefit or uptick in sales with video so I may just stop doing it, I just include the same video on all my items that shows my process and that’s it.
We'll be talking more about today's update during the Friday Bean. This video was recorded and edited before Josh's update posted today so I need a few additional days to review and process everything.
How can one know good unique niches now that we can't see our competition in numbers? 1000+ Can be a million for all we know. It's real frustrating.
eRank will still show the number of competitors who share exact match keywords for specific queries in order to check competition levels.
Hi! I am unable to upload videos in the new listing template. I checked to make sure they are the correct length and format (downloaded as mp4 in canva). Anyone else have this issue and have a work around? Thanks!
I have experienced the same issue. Try uploading them using the Etsy Seller app!
Video reviews seem to be something else they're working on as well. Got a video review the other day, but it says it's only visible to me at the moment.
I'm curious to see how these pan out. Amazon has been including them for years.
@StarlaMoore I like the idea of having video reviews on Etsy - I think it would give a little more context to the items being sold.
Echoing what others have said about “more like this” on my listings. I work hard to drive traffic to my listings and Etsy pulls them to other sellers.
Pushing the buyer to ask for a video on the listing? That’s just a cringe position to put your customers and sellers in.
We know videos get more engagement, but videos are not proof that it is a handmade item. give your buyers and sellers a more authentic experience and get rid of the drop shipping. You’re not Amazon or alibaba
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I’m a POD designer and up until Etsy said we could only use thumbnails from our distributor, I was creating videos in Placeit. I feel like I’m damned if I do and damned if I don’t with the Video request! Help!
As I mentioned in the video, there is no algorithmic benefit to adding listing videos. Some sellers will find videos to be more relevant to their products than others. So if you can't add them, don't stress about it. They are an option, not a requirement. 🙂
This may help, I use Canva to make my Etsy videos and I also do POD. You could just make a generic short video about your shop, or welcoming people to your shop, and also show a variety of items that you offer in a quick slide show, or something like that, and then post that same video in all of your listings. The video of course has to be 15 seconds or less and Etsy doesn't allow audio, so Canva, or other websites, could make it easier for you to put something together that would work for you with your own spin on it for your shop and the items you sell.😊
Starla, could I hire you for my new Etsy shop?
Nope. 😅 With an audience of almost 90,000 people, this is not something I could ever offer. But I do have a self paced Etsy coaching program where you have direct access to support from me. It will be opening again on December 1st! Here's more info about it: handmadealphaacademy.lpages.co/haa-testimonials-page/
@@StarlaMoore ok I got it! Where is the class offered, virtual or in person. Also, I cannot find the cost anywhere?😊
I just responded to your email. 😀
Only handmade products should be accepted
Hey community im Mohamed from morocco if anyone can tell me more information to start and if u can help ill be thankful ❤🤝
I usually do really well in July but not this year. My shop where I sell supplies usually does the best in January, February and July. January and February was really good but I wonder if any of these affect my July sales. For the first one, I have nearly 450 listings so taking a video of every one would take a really long time. The more like this button, I saw it on listing photos actually. I was shopping and saw it as the last photo on a listing. That I don’t really like because it’s actually in someone’s listing photos but underneath a listing I don’t mind.
Are there any generic videos you could record of yourself making an item that could be repurposed across all listing videos? This could be a good alternative in the meantime!
@@StarlaMoore that is a good idea because I do have a lot of listings that are the same shape just a different color so I could make a video with all the colors together and upload that one video to all the listings. Thank you!