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That’s a good thing, because when customers search they can’t only filter best sellers. Opening up way more opportunities for newbies. I’m glad they removed it!
Wow! I never knew that about the 3 or 4 TM designation. I’ve seen the words and logo but just assumed you had to stay clear no matter what. What a game changer! So just to confirm it’s only 4 that we have to stay clear? I have deactivated a lot of listings in the past and now I’m going to recheck!! Thank you so much!!
This was such a great video -complete newbie here- way more info than I expected- I so appreciate when you show how to do things on canva etc I struggle with the how’s like the uploading png to canva then having to figure out how to edit 🤦🏻♀️it’s a steep learning curve for me but I’m just happy plugging along until the motions get easier! Thank you for all the information you share, it’s sincerely appreciated! ❤
Going through all of your videos! You're the greatest. Easy to listen to and understand. Thank you. I have my store all set up and now I'm working on designs. A little nervous to upload my first tee shirt but I'm getting there! Carol
Thank you again! You are my go to channel!! I started watching your videos and have been able to complete the whole process from beginning to end from your videos and you have even taken the time to answer a personal email. You always add more and I always learn something new. Also Love your insights you give on canva! I'm always more motivated when I watch your videos, so THANK YOU!
I am so glad I found you last month. Thank you so much for being straightforward no nonsense. You do make it seem a bit easier than it is but once I’ve done it enough I hope to be as speedy as well. I am all in because my family needs the change a POD business can provide. I put up my first two listings on Etsy last week. Designs are ready for 45 more as soon as I can get the listings prepared. So excited and always looking forward to your next video!
Hey Cassiy. I love your videos. They have been so helpful, as I started my own Etsy store in January 2023. Would you make a short video of how you do your sections? I am all about the small details, so here are some questions: Do you organize them alphabetically or change them after each season? Does it matter if you use big or small letters? What do you recommend? Do you sort after holidays or other nitches? Do you have more than one niche in one section, and how do you organize? Can you have a listing in several sections? (ex; "Irish mom" could work in both of these sections: Mothers day section and St. Patricks Day section) How does the name of the sections affect the SEO? Other relatable questions: How do you show several listings from one section as a group on your front page? And how do you make featured items in your store? Hope you see this message, and if not, I'll still be your fan all the way from Norway :) Wish you a great day!
I'm just soaking all this in...I'm just getting SO pumped the more I watch. I do have a question though...in one of your videos you mentioned you had a design that really took off and then not long after, there were many others copying that. Have you personally trademarked any of your designs? And what about if it becomes trademarked, let's say a year after you made a shirt with that quote, do you then have to take that down from your shop?
This was one of your best videos so far! So dang helpful! Thank you, you beautiful woman! Hey, you should start a FB group! I would love to be in your group!
I have a design background, I'm trying to watch all your videos before going into this business, to try and generate a little bit of income for my family, your tutorials are clear and easy to follow. THANK YOU!
Hey I totally get you wanting to do research but I’d really recommend just getting started today! Just open your shop, make some mistake, learn, get better then repeat! I started with no knowledge and just one design at a time. Don’t overthink it 🎉 also my free mini course gets you 10,000% more prepared than I was when I started 😂😂 best of luck! Hope you take my advice and just start today. What if you got your first sale next week?? Would that be so motivating!!
@@CassiyJohnson My situation is very complicated here in the middle east, I'm going into this project with an American friend of mine, because this type of online business will not work here, and to be honest, I'm hanging a lot of faith in this, it NEEDS to work for the sake of everyone!
Oh my gosh, this was so helpful to better understand how to sort through relevant trademarks. I had not been checking that a trademark may not be a problem if it's only registered for another product category! Thank you!
Hey Cassiy thank you, you are a gem 💛 I have two questions. 1. When I made my first listing with printify on Etsy. I noticed it duplicated the listing with Printifys mockups(if that makes sense) is that normal? I deactivated the listing with the printifys mockups.... 2. Would you be able to do a video on showing how to do pocket and sleeve designs and how to use those with printify? Those are hot sellers too. Thank you💛
I’m not sure exactly what you mean with your first question. Just to be clear, you should be doing the following 1. Add your design to the item you want to sell on Printify then publish to Etsy 2. Delete Printifys mock-ups and add your own 3. Finalize the listing by filling the title/tags/description out Hope that helps but I do have my full 9 module mini course for free in the description of this video if you want to follow along all the beginning steps to make sure it all makes sense! I don’t think they really have any items you can offer sleeve prints with but I will consider doing a pocket design shirt video but I’d compare to where other shirts have them online and try to line yours up to the same spot on the shirt.
@Cassiy Johnson I did follow your mini course. But I must've messed something up lol. I do have the listing active with my mockup on Etsy so I hope I'm ok. Ok thank you I'll look at others for pockets. And thank you for responding sweetie💛
Thank you Cassiy for all the great videos. Have been following you for over a month and indeed great videos! Just wondering how long did it take for you to pick up sales and how many hours a day you spent on your store while starting up and now?
HI. Love your videos. When researching I see a lot of sellers selling their t shirts as low as $9.99. I cant figure out how they can make a profit at this price. Just wondering if you had a clue.
They aren't making a profit at that price point. It's called a loss leader. At best they might break even, but are probably taking a loss just to get you into their shop. Most people will see that price and will be at the very least curious enough to click on that listing to take a peek rather than scroll past it. Once you are in their shop they at least have a chance to make a sale, but if you had kept scrolling it would be as if they don't exist. It's the same reason Costco gives out food samples. Those samples cost money, but they are willing to take the risk of a small loss in order to get a big win. Now don't get me wrong there could also be another factor at work here that has nothing to do with all of what I just wrote. There are also some people who are just not confident enough to price their shirts appropriately based on the value of their effort. There is no way to know for certain just exactly what is going on with that listing unless you outright ask the shop owner. If you do ask them there is no guarantee that they will answer you and even if they answer you there is no guarantee that they are telling you the truth. Either way I don't let it concern me unless ALL of the listings are priced like that (then that really would be a problem) That's why I stay focused and don't worry about what we cannot control. Happy selling!
THANK YOU so much for your videos Cassiy! They're very valuable for Etsy beginners like me :) I have a question about specific holiday designs. preparing for them months before makes total sense but how many designs would you say make sense for one holiday? I'm preparing for St Patricks day and am wondering if the amount of designs should be somewhere between 20 and 50 or more between 50 to 200? It's hard to find the balance between doing enough to get sales and doing way too much and it's a time waste.. Thank you so much! greetings form germany
Another helpful video - as usual Also, loved the tip about the canvas size for monster. Any tip for how to figure out the sizes for the other print providers like Swift pod and Gilden? Thanks for all you do :)
You will see the file size requirements on the page that you add your design to the shirt on Printify, it’ll be on the bottom right! Hope that helps ❤️
Cassiy what about seo? Can u do ALLLLLLL the same tags and keywords the same for multiple LISTINGS in the SAME niche (with tiny tweaks of course for each design) .example if you made here 20 lake themed shirts can u use the exact same tags, keywords and description? Mostly can u have those 20 shirts with the EXACT "TITLE"..minus tweak for that particular design?...or does etsy not allow this. If ur making 20 shirts and have to come up with 20 completely DIFFERENT titles that would take u forever...this is a really big roadblock for me...maybe others too.
As long as you're not copying someone else's thumbnail, seo, title, description etc.. word for word then your can do what you want with your own products. If you want you could even take those same 20 products and copy them again and tweak the title, seo, or thumbnail and see if that version works better.
I literally LOL here...boy did you hit it on the head...I didn't know you could do this..that etsy would say each title (especially) had to be completely different as to not looking like a robot putting up tons of listings..THIS PART..the SEO and doing individually completely was KILLLLLLING me. I'm so very very grateful Cassiy. You've been my teacher from the start..I'm so very grateful to u. God bless u and your business. Thank u from the heart..Hey HAPPY VALENTINES DAY TOO! Get some good 🍫
Hi Cassiy! Thank you for all this information ☺ Super helpful. Question, I already have an Etsy shop that’s up and running selling physical items and I want to expand to doing print on demand. Would you recommend opening a new shop? Since I make personalized tangible items that I myself make and ship, should my POD items be in a separate shop? I hope my question makes sense. Thank you!
I would really like to know how you make mockups work when they have wrinkles or the person is standing kind of lopsided so the shirt isn't straight in the picture therefore the design doesn't look straight. I've spent a lot of money on mockups I can't use because they're not straight or the fabric is wrinkled slightly so the design doesn't look like it's really on the shirt.
Love your videos! I’m looking for the hack where you alter the URL to insert bestseller. I thought you made a video on that but I can’t find it. Thanks!
great info, about the trademark the phrase i'm looking at "Goods and Services (CANCELLED)" and "Live/Dead Indicator DEAD" and there is a Cancellation Date for 1995.......... does that mean I can use it?
Hi Cassiy, love this vid!! Are those canva created color palettes?? Or one that you've made yourself? If canva provides these, where do I find them? I followed your instructions but can only see the default palette
Sorry you can't find it, here are the hex codes so you can copy and paste each one into a custom color palette for yourself! Thwarted Summer Shower Color Palette #F2BBAD #FBDCCE #ECEAE5 #AFDFDB #75C9CC
Hey Cassiy! Thanks so much for this awesome information. I was wondering if you have advice on handling custom requests when you are doing POD. Do customers ask you to add anything to your design? How do you respond?
Hi!! I have a listing for custom designs that is a mock up that says “your custom design,” so when someone messages me to modify or remake a design I already have, I send them my custom listing. I have personalization turned on so they have to type in exactly what they’d like it to say with what font. Then I make the design and I send them a proof to make sure they love it before I send it to production. Then I make a new listing in Printify and fulfill their order in my “other orders” tab. Hope that makes sense! Wishing you all the best!
Great videos as always! I did have a question though. If you do all the research and something's not trademarked, you're good to go ahead and create designs. But what happens if someone goes ahead in the future and trademarks it? Would you then need to take it down? How would it work because you could have thousands of designs that were all perfectly outside trademarks to start with? Do you have to check all your past designs every so often? Thanks in advance.
Great video,Cassiy! I recently saw a video by another creator on RUclips wherein they said that any Etsy seller you see selling tees on Etsy for less than $20 like the ones seen in the video are actually losing money even before running Ads and going into 2023 as we can see almost all POD platforms are raising prices many times a year. In this case, what is the price per t-shirt do you suggest we have to be profitable and competitive such that we get at least $5 profit per item? May I know the price range you sell your t-shirts in? Thanks!
Hi Cassiy, Thank you so much for your content! - always helpful and give me clear direction!! I have a question. Is that okay to change the title and tag for the listings that used to be bestsellers? These listings became bestsellers during last mothers day and Christmas but now the bestseller signs were taken off; Some titles and tags are not strong enough so I want to make changes but I am not sure if this is a good idea...
Hi and thank you, Cassiy. I'm opening my shop but it requires banking information. If I'm understanding correctly, we can use a rewards credit card. How do I add that instead of banking?
You won't be using your rewards card with Etsy so just add your bank account info on there. You will add your rewards card to Printify since Printify is the one that will be charging you the price of the items and the price of the shipping. So essentially here is how it works $24.99 shirt for sale on Etsy Customers buys it and Etsy takes their fees out of the sale (typically 10%-12%) You Pay Printify the cost of the shirt + cost of the shipping Then Etsy pays you what the customer paid, minus their Etsy fees. Then you get to keep the difference! This makes you the middle man for payments. Hope that helps!
Hi Cassey and thank you for all your great videos. Sometime could you address Etsy POD shipping, specifically USA only vs. international. I recently changed my Etsy store to USA only because of a terrible problem with a shipping delay to a customer in Germany. I was not able to reach the print partner and it took 3 weeks to remedy the problem that ended with my issuing a refund. Printify was a big help to me. It would be so helpful if you could give us some guidance on this. Thanks so much.
@@marianneriscoee8937 I tried this myself and I think I have it figured out!! I will make a video about it as well. Go to your search results that you want to find bestsellers for. Sort by Star Seller. Then in the URL, change the word "star" out for the word "best" and I got it to work!!
Hey I’m wondering when you have someone that orders a shirt, and wants to add the name of their favorite lake, how would you make the change before the shirt gets printed?
Hey I have a whole tutorial on my channel for personalized orders, it’s far back on my channel towards the beginning if you want to go find it. Essentially though you start the listing in Etsy instead of Printify so it’s not connected and there is no design pre uploaded to Printify. Then when someone orders it, their order would show up in the “other orders” tab and you would need to manually fulfill each order as they come in!
@@CassiyJohnson I did find it, I believe it was under the group order video you did. Thanks so much for the reply. Got my first listings up this weekend. Now I gotta, delete them and get them set up properly. 😂
Hey Cassiy! I have the pro version of Canva and I don’t have preset color palettes show up for me like you show here unless I already have another element on the design for Canva to pull from. How did you get that feature?
Some other people have had trouble finding them too so I added that exact color palette hex codes to the description of this video if you want to grab them. But I think you go to the design tab on the left, then click on styles to find the color palettes!
I downloaded it from Creative Fabrica's website! Here is a link www.creativefabrica.com/product/retro-hungry/ and if you don't pay for it yet, here is a link to my free trial link, you get 10 free downloads! www.creativefabrica.com/promo/6999/0p650/ABFGHIJKLMNO/ref/695697
Hi Cassiy! I’m wanting to get started with POD but I keep putting it off because I am worried about the money flow at the beginning. How much money do you recommend starting with to account for the cost of the shirts (before you start getting paid by Etsy for the orders)? Is it a bad idea to get started before you have this money? Thanks in advance 😊
I personally have a credit card attached to my Printify account so it will charge that card when I fulfill the order, and then once I have the funds from Etsy added to my bank account, I will then pay off the credit card. So technically, you don't really need a lot of money to start when it comes to making sales with POD, because the funds you receive should cover the costs of the shirt itself if you price your items right! You will have to invest some money though for Mockups, Size Charts, and subscriptions for your research tools and design software. For me, I invested about $200 for those things to start, which is not a whole lot when it comes to starting a business. And of course as you get more experience you will eventually reinvest in more mockups!
Cassiy, as a new Etsy store and printify user, how am I supposed to compete with shirts that are $9 like in your video above? I see it all the time since opening my store. I’m not trying to hit high margins but there is know way at those prices to stay in the black financially.
Hey totally get this but you need to click on listings, go into their variations and actually see how they are pricing their items. They usually only have one item at that lower price and charge $5-$7 for shipping. So they are usually charging a lot closer to you than you think. It’s called a low display price. Check out my video titled “how to compete” and it will explain it in more details and give examples!
Hi Cassiy, I just bought your POD Calendar and I have a question: You don´t name when you think the due is for Easter? And it starts relatively late compared to other niches.
Cassiy, do you still recommend only having a couple color options per listing? It seems like all the top listings I see have ALL the colors and styles (sweatshirts, tanks, tee, v neck etc) all in one listing.
I don’t think either option is a bad one but adding all the colors/options is a MUCH more manual process and easier to mess things up. So you just have to decide which way makes more sense for you!
do you have superpowers lol ? i was just saying that i wish you put out a video addressing this very topic. you really are amazing. one day when i my shop makes it maybe we can do a live stream lol but for now im struggling since im new and im totally lost. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO...
Someone else said they couldn’t find them so I added the hex codes for each color into the description of this video for you! You just go to add a new color palette and then copy and paste each of the colors into the spots! Hope that helps
Can you duplicate a POD listing tied to a production partner like printify? (Just selecting copy) or should you only duplicate listings that you create completely?
Hello, can you advise me please with 1 thing? I started my etsy page posting only t shirts on one niche. Then i tried to upload the same niche but on mugs, and now out of first 10 places on my most searched items, there are only mugs, should i go with mugs only for now or post shirt products also along them?
My trademark is a saying for writing clever sayings - and even if I don’t have clothing code as to using it, the saying is a registered trademark. Someone even tried to use it as a movie title, but I had it stopped. I think, maybe it depends if the person who has something trademark really cares? Sometimes its not worth it.
Hello Cynthia, good to hear from you! So sorry but I am no longer offering any 1:1 coaching at this time but I will post if I ever decide to offer it again! I am working on my course currently though and will be announcing that sometime in the next month or so hopefully once it's completed!
It depends on a lot of factors like what shirt you are using, what are other people selling that shirt for and what is your cost. I’d recommend going through my videos and finding my “how to price your print on demand items” video. I think it will be really helpful for you!
Hello! Sorry that last comment was from a scammer. I am not currently offering any coaching but I am working on creating my course. I am about half way done with it and will hopefully be announcing the release date sometime soon!
Aww you are so fun to ask! It’s winter where I live so I haven’t played much recently. We just play for fun but if I get better this year then maybe I will do a tournament! We just started playing last year
@@CassiyJohnson Cool, with your determination I’m sure you will! Yeah, I recall hearing that you play pickleball in the interview you did with Brenon. I started playing in September of last year. My girlfriend and I come from a tennis background and she started playing last month. She’s not quite hooked on it as I am but I think she’s getting there. Like you, we hope to someday play whenever we want.
No I didn’t order samples for a long time, they do a great job! And sometimes you’ll mess stuff up and have to fix it after the first person buys it but no big deal. It’s easier to fix things here and there than to order a sample of every single one even if it never sells!
I have a feeling the bestseller field has been removed completely from results. I just typed Women's Shirts, went through the first 8 pages and not one "Bestseller". Is that possible?
Sometimes the bestseller badge only shows up when you click a listing because they listing is on sale. The sale percentage replaces the bestseller badge in the search results a lot of times. I also found a way to still sort by bestsellers for now, here is the video where I show how to do it! ruclips.net/video/hKlnbJgTnnQ/видео.html
I cannot get my first sale . I have 24hour 40% off sales running with free shipping and unique designs Im not sure what else to do. Ive gotten almost 200 views since Ive opened a month ago but no sales
I know my first 100 designs weren’t actually very good so it could be that you just need to keep making new designs in niches like this that are currently trending! And it’s not enough for it to just be unique, it should also be based a little on what people like design wise, like a popular font, color palette or layout! You want to take what’s trendy and then make that unique if that makes sense. It gets easier with time and practice. I’d set a goal of getting to 500 listings. I know that sounds like a lot but that will give you enough time to test, learn repeat so you can understand what people actually like better and then make more of that! Don’t give up, it’s worth it and you can do this!
@@CassiyJohnson wow thank you so much for the helpful and encouraging response Cassiy! I think its also because I compare to people who have had sales their first week 🥴 thanks again I’ll just continue to work on designs and try to figure out what people like. Thank you for taking the time to do all these videos 🤍
Cassiy i have another question, it is normal if i am from Romania and I sell in USA, when I put a price for exemple 20 euro after i publish it etsy raise it to 23.70 euro ( vat included ) ? So what price will se americans ?
Does cancelling or issuing a refund hurt the store? Just started out.🤔💭 My customer made a payment through klarna, but klarna billed the full amount for some reason. The customer wants a refund so they can try again? 🤔
They just have lop display pricing where one item in the listing costs less and then they charge for shipping as well, here's a video to explain it! ruclips.net/video/DSdBNp2nZuk/видео.html
hello Cassiy, can you help us with our etsy shop? we created one but we got banned for no reason. we did appeal and still they didnt give us a reason? if u can help us limme know pls thank you
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That’s a good thing, because when customers search they can’t only filter best sellers. Opening up way more opportunities for newbies. I’m glad they removed it!
Wow! I never knew that about the 3 or 4 TM designation. I’ve seen the words and logo but just assumed you had to stay clear no matter what. What a game changer! So just to confirm it’s only 4 that we have to stay clear? I have deactivated a lot of listings in the past and now I’m going to recheck!! Thank you so much!!
I am not a legal or trademark professional but from my own googling, I think that is how it works! But obviously do your own research to make sure
@@CassiyJohnson I completely understand and I will check into further ! Thank you.
This was such a great video -complete newbie here- way more info than I expected- I so appreciate when you show how to do things on canva etc I struggle with the how’s like the uploading png to canva then having to figure out how to edit 🤦🏻♀️it’s a steep learning curve for me but I’m just happy plugging along until the motions get easier! Thank you for all the information you share, it’s sincerely appreciated! ❤
Going through all of your videos! You're the greatest. Easy to listen to and understand. Thank you. I have my store all set up and now I'm working on designs. A little nervous to upload my first tee shirt but I'm getting there! Carol
Thank you again! You are my go to channel!! I started watching your videos and have been able to complete the whole process from beginning to end from your videos and you have even taken the time to answer a personal email. You always add more and I always learn something new. Also Love your insights you give on canva! I'm always more motivated when I watch your videos, so THANK YOU!
Yay!! I'm so glad to hear that, Jana!! I'm so happy my content has been helpful for you!!
I am so glad I found you last month. Thank you so much for being straightforward no nonsense. You do make it seem a bit easier than it is but once I’ve done it enough I hope to be as speedy as well. I am all in because my family needs the change a POD business can provide. I put up my first two listings on Etsy last week. Designs are ready for 45 more as soon as I can get the listings prepared. So excited and always looking forward to your next video!
Thank you so much for all your tutorials. I greatly appreciate it. Have a blessed day.❤️
You are so welcome, thank you for watching and commenting, it means a lot to me
Hey Cassiy. I love your videos. They have been so helpful, as I started my own Etsy store in January 2023. Would you make a short video of how you do your sections? I am all about the small details, so here are some questions:
Do you organize them alphabetically or change them after each season?
Does it matter if you use big or small letters? What do you recommend?
Do you sort after holidays or other nitches?
Do you have more than one niche in one section, and how do you organize?
Can you have a listing in several sections? (ex; "Irish mom" could work in both of these sections: Mothers day section and St. Patricks Day section)
How does the name of the sections affect the SEO?
Other relatable questions:
How do you show several listings from one section as a group on your front page?
And how do you make featured items in your store?
Hope you see this message, and if not, I'll still be your fan all the way from Norway :) Wish you a great day!
Another great video Cassiy!! You are my 'go to' channel for all of my POD / Etsy knowledge! Appreciate you so much!
Aww you are so sweet!!
So glad they did this. Copiers are NOT creators, not designers, just thieves. If you don't have any original ideas, stealing other's is bad karma.
I'm just soaking all this in...I'm just getting SO pumped the more I watch. I do have a question though...in one of your videos you mentioned you had a design that really took off and then not long after, there were many others copying that. Have you personally trademarked any of your designs? And what about if it becomes trademarked, let's say a year after you made a shirt with that quote, do you then have to take that down from your shop?
This was one of your best videos so far! So dang helpful! Thank you, you beautiful woman!
Hey, you should start a FB group! I would love to be in your group!
You are so sweet, I am so glad you enjoyed the video
I have a design background, I'm trying to watch all your videos before going into this business, to try and generate a little bit of income for my family, your tutorials are clear and easy to follow. THANK YOU!
Hey I totally get you wanting to do research but I’d really recommend just getting started today! Just open your shop, make some mistake, learn, get better then repeat! I started with no knowledge and just one design at a time. Don’t overthink it 🎉 also my free mini course gets you 10,000% more prepared than I was when I started 😂😂 best of luck! Hope you take my advice and just start today. What if you got your first sale next week?? Would that be so motivating!!
@@CassiyJohnson My situation is very complicated here in the middle east, I'm going into this project with an American friend of mine, because this type of online business will not work here, and to be honest, I'm hanging a lot of faith in this, it NEEDS to work for the sake of everyone!
Thanks so much Cassie! This is great info and very helpful.
Thanks for the comment Jessica and for watching!
Thanks Cassiy, I enjoyed this tutorial and it came at just the right time. I really appreciate you addressing this Etsy change.
This video rocks! I made my own design, along with you. Thank you for your easy to follow, straight forward advice.
Thank you so much for yet another amazing video! I am just starting on this journey and am so glad I found your videos!
Oh my gosh, this was so helpful to better understand how to sort through relevant trademarks. I had not been checking that a trademark may not be a problem if it's only registered for another product category! Thank you!
So glad I threw that part in there about the trademarks then, glad it helped!!
Thank you Cassiy, your videos give us the confidence that WE CAN MAKE THIS HAPPEN! You're a true inspiration. ❤
Aww you are so sweet, I am so glad my video inspired you
@@CassiyJohnson Cassiy. I think someone pretending to be you replied to my comment up above. Is that a scam??
Another great video with easy to understand steps, thanks!
As always a great video, thank you Cassiy
Thanks for watching and commenting
This was super, super helpful. Thank you so much.
I always look forward to your posts
Thank you so much for the nice comment
oh wow - I thought I was doing something wrong by not finding it lol --- So good to have this as a reality check... Thanks Cassiy :)
Glad I could help, thanks for watching!
This was GREAT! Thank you!
Another wonderful video! Always so helpful, thank you!! 🥰
So glad you enjoyed it ❤️ thanks for watching!
I absolutely love your tutorials!! Thank you so much! 🤗🤗🌺
Hey Cassiy thank you, you are a gem 💛 I have two questions.
1. When I made my first listing with printify on Etsy. I noticed it duplicated the listing with Printifys mockups(if that makes sense) is that normal? I deactivated the listing with the printifys mockups....
2. Would you be able to do a video on showing how to do pocket and sleeve designs and how to use those with printify? Those are hot sellers too.
Thank you💛
I’m not sure exactly what you mean with your first question. Just to be clear, you should be doing the following
1. Add your design to the item you want to sell on Printify then publish to Etsy
2. Delete Printifys mock-ups and add your own
3. Finalize the listing by filling the title/tags/description out
Hope that helps but I do have my full 9 module mini course for free in the description of this video if you want to follow along all the beginning steps to make sure it all makes sense!
I don’t think they really have any items you can offer sleeve prints with but I will consider doing a pocket design shirt video but I’d compare to where other shirts have them online and try to line yours up to the same spot on the shirt.
@Cassiy Johnson I did follow your mini course. But I must've messed something up lol. I do have the listing active with my mockup on Etsy so I hope I'm ok. Ok thank you I'll look at others for pockets. And thank you for responding sweetie💛
Thank you Cassiy for all the great videos. Have been following you for over a month and indeed great videos! Just wondering how long did it take for you to pick up sales and how many hours a day you spent on your store while starting up and now?
HI. Love your videos. When researching I see a lot of sellers selling their t shirts as low as $9.99. I cant figure out how they can make a profit at this price. Just wondering if you had a clue.
They aren't making a profit at that price point. It's called a loss leader. At best they might break even, but are probably taking a loss just to get you into their shop. Most people will see that price and will be at the very least curious enough to click on that listing to take a peek rather than scroll past it. Once you are in their shop they at least have a chance to make a sale, but if you had kept scrolling it would be as if they don't exist.
It's the same reason Costco gives out food samples. Those samples cost money, but they are willing to take the risk of a small loss in order to get a big win.
Now don't get me wrong there could also be another factor at work here that has nothing to do with all of what I just wrote. There are also some people who are just not confident enough to price their shirts appropriately based on the value of their effort. There is no way to know for certain just exactly what is going on with that listing unless you outright ask the shop owner. If you do ask them there is no guarantee that they will answer you and even if they answer you there is no guarantee that they are telling you the truth. Either way I don't let it concern me unless ALL of the listings are priced like that (then that really would be a problem) That's why I stay focused and don't worry about what we cannot control. Happy selling!
I have the exact video for you, here is the link! ruclips.net/video/DSdBNp2nZuk/видео.html
Sooooo good, as always! Thank you!
You are so sweet, thanks for watching and commenting!!
THANK YOU so much for your videos Cassiy! They're very valuable for Etsy beginners like me :) I have a question about specific holiday designs. preparing for them months before makes total sense but how many designs would you say make sense for one holiday? I'm preparing for St Patricks day and am wondering if the amount of designs should be somewhere between 20 and 50 or more between 50 to 200? It's hard to find the balance between doing enough to get sales and doing way too much and it's a time waste.. Thank you so much! greetings form germany
thank you for this, answered one of my questions on trademarks
Another helpful video - as usual Also, loved the tip about the canvas size for monster. Any tip for how to figure out the sizes for the other print providers like Swift pod and Gilden? Thanks for all you do :)
You will see the file size requirements on the page that you add your design to the shirt on Printify, it’ll be on the bottom right! Hope that helps ❤️
@@CassiyJohnson It does - thanks!
Thanks for posting this. I thought I was loosing my mind trying to find the best seller filter
Cassiy what about seo? Can u do ALLLLLLL the same tags and keywords the same for multiple LISTINGS in the SAME niche (with tiny tweaks of course for each design) .example if you made here 20 lake themed shirts can u use the exact same tags, keywords and description? Mostly can u have those 20 shirts with the EXACT "TITLE"..minus tweak for that particular design?...or does etsy not allow this. If ur making 20 shirts and have to come up with 20 completely DIFFERENT titles that would take u forever...this is a really big roadblock for me...maybe others too.
As long as you're not copying someone else's thumbnail, seo, title, description etc.. word for word then your can do what you want with your own products. If you want you could even take those same 20 products and copy them again and tweak the title, seo, or thumbnail and see if that version works better.
You don’t have to make them different but yes would customize per design if it makes sense! Don’t overthink it ❤️❤️
I literally LOL here...boy did you hit it on the head...I didn't know you could do this..that etsy would say each title (especially) had to be completely different as to not looking like a robot putting up tons of listings..THIS PART..the SEO and doing individually completely was KILLLLLLING me. I'm so very very grateful Cassiy. You've been my teacher from the start..I'm so very grateful to u. God bless u and your business. Thank u from the heart..Hey HAPPY VALENTINES DAY TOO! Get some good 🍫
@ChArG3d_It thank thank you so very very much! I'm so grateful.
@@Lambchop59 So glad I could help
Hi Cassiy! Thank you for all this information ☺ Super helpful.
Question, I already have an Etsy shop that’s up and running selling physical items and I want to expand to doing print on demand. Would you recommend opening a new shop? Since I make personalized tangible items that I myself make and ship, should my POD items be in a separate shop? I hope my question makes sense. Thank you!
Hi cassiy, love your tutorials. But i dint find the canva default color palettes like thawrted summer. Where can i find these n others
Cassiy, How much time would you say you invest in this business? Has that amount of time changed over time from start up to now?
I would really like to know how you make mockups work when they have wrinkles or the person is standing kind of lopsided so the shirt isn't straight in the picture therefore the design doesn't look straight. I've spent a lot of money on mockups I can't use because they're not straight or the fabric is wrinkled slightly so the design doesn't look like it's really on the shirt.
Hey there! I ❤ your videos and have learned sooo much from you. Thank you so much! Can you show us how to add a charity donation to our Etsy shop?
Love your videos! I’m looking for the hack where you alter the URL to insert bestseller. I thought you made a video on that but I can’t find it. Thanks!
I found it! It’s in your “Second Christmas is Coming” video. Filter on Star Seller and replace “star” with “best” in the url. Thanks for sharing that!
Glad you found it!! Best of luck
great info, about the trademark the phrase i'm looking at "Goods and Services (CANCELLED)" and "Live/Dead Indicator DEAD" and there is a Cancellation Date for 1995.......... does that mean I can use it?
Hi Cassiy, love this vid!! Are those canva created color palettes?? Or one that you've made yourself? If canva provides these, where do I find them? I followed your instructions but can only see the default palette
Sorry you can't find it, here are the hex codes so you can copy and paste each one into a custom color palette for yourself!
Thwarted Summer Shower Color Palette
#F2BBAD
#FBDCCE
#ECEAE5
#AFDFDB
#75C9CC
@@CassiyJohnson you are too sweet! ❤️🙏😊❤️
Hey Cassiy! Thanks so much for this awesome information. I was wondering if you have advice on handling custom requests when you are doing POD. Do customers ask you to add anything to your design? How do you respond?
Hi!! I have a listing for custom designs that is a mock up that says “your custom design,” so when someone messages me to modify or remake a design I already have, I send them my custom listing. I have personalization turned on so they have to type in exactly what they’d like it to say with what font. Then I make the design and I send them a proof to make sure they love it before I send it to production. Then I make a new listing in Printify and fulfill their order in my “other orders” tab. Hope that makes sense! Wishing you all the best!
Cassiy, hi! Thanks for all your help. I signed up for your free tutorial and lost my password. What can I do? Thanks!!
Wonderful info!
Thank you Cassiy!!
Thanks for watching and commenting, you are so welcome!!
Great videos as always! I did have a question though. If you do all the research and something's not trademarked, you're good to go ahead and create designs. But what happens if someone goes ahead in the future and trademarks it? Would you then need to take it down? How would it work because you could have thousands of designs that were all perfectly outside trademarks to start with? Do you have to check all your past designs every so often? Thanks in advance.
Great video,Cassiy! I recently saw a video by another creator on RUclips wherein they said that any Etsy seller you see selling tees on Etsy for less than $20 like the ones seen in the video are actually losing money even before running Ads and going into 2023 as we can see almost all POD platforms are raising prices many times a year. In this case, what is the price per t-shirt do you suggest we have to be profitable and competitive such that we get at least $5 profit per item? May I know the price range you sell your t-shirts in? Thanks!
Hi Cassiy, Thank you so much for your content! - always helpful and give me clear direction!!
I have a question. Is that okay to change the title and tag for the listings that used to be bestsellers? These listings became bestsellers during last mothers day and Christmas but now the bestseller signs were taken off; Some titles and tags are not strong enough so I want to make changes but I am not sure if this is a good idea...
Hi and thank you, Cassiy. I'm opening my shop but it requires banking information. If I'm understanding correctly, we can use a rewards credit card. How do I add that instead of banking?
You won't be using your rewards card with Etsy so just add your bank account info on there. You will add your rewards card to Printify since Printify is the one that will be charging you the price of the items and the price of the shipping.
So essentially here is how it works
$24.99 shirt for sale on Etsy
Customers buys it and Etsy takes their fees out of the sale (typically 10%-12%)
You Pay Printify the cost of the shirt + cost of the shipping
Then Etsy pays you what the customer paid, minus their Etsy fees.
Then you get to keep the difference! This makes you the middle man for payments. Hope that helps!
@@CassiyJohnson very much so, thank you for responding
Hi Cassey and thank you for all your great videos. Sometime could you address Etsy POD shipping, specifically USA only vs. international. I recently changed my Etsy store to USA only because of a terrible problem with a shipping delay to a customer in Germany. I was not able to reach the print partner and it took 3 weeks to remedy the problem that ended with my issuing a refund. Printify was a big help to me. It would be so helpful if you could give us some guidance on this. Thanks so much.
Thank you for all information.
You are so welcome, thanks for watching!!
You actually still can apply the filter if you add it into the URL
What?? You are so sneaky I love that! Can you email me where you add it into the url? My email is shirtifiedhustler@gmail.com
I would also like to know how to do this. Can you please explain?
@@marianneriscoee8937 I tried this myself and I think I have it figured out!! I will make a video about it as well.
Go to your search results that you want to find bestsellers for. Sort by Star Seller. Then in the URL, change the word "star" out for the word "best" and I got it to work!!
Hey I’m wondering when you have someone that orders a shirt, and wants to add the name of their favorite lake, how would you make the change before the shirt gets printed?
Hey I have a whole tutorial on my channel for personalized orders, it’s far back on my channel towards the beginning if you want to go find it.
Essentially though you start the listing in Etsy instead of Printify so it’s not connected and there is no design pre uploaded to Printify. Then when someone orders it, their order would show up in the “other orders” tab and you would need to manually fulfill each order as they come in!
@@CassiyJohnson I did find it, I believe it was under the group order video you did. Thanks so much for the reply. Got my first listings up this weekend. Now I gotta, delete them and get them set up properly. 😂
Hey Cassiy! I have the pro version of Canva and I don’t have preset color palettes show up for me like you show here unless I already have another element on the design for Canva to pull from. How did you get that feature?
Some other people have had trouble finding them too so I added that exact color palette hex codes to the description of this video if you want to grab them. But I think you go to the design tab on the left, then click on styles to find the color palettes!
I have Canva Pro, but the color palettes don’t pop up there for me. Did Canva change this feature?
ive been following for a few weeks now , do you have an idea on how to make print on demand on collar and sleeve options?
Very helpful - thank you :) In Printify, is the shipping origin zip supposed to be Monster Digital's zip?
I do the zip code as Monster Digital so that is fine!!
@@CassiyJohnson You rock! Thx :)
How do you get that retro hungry font? I could never find it. Great video nonetheless!
I downloaded it from Creative Fabrica's website! Here is a link
www.creativefabrica.com/product/retro-hungry/
and if you don't pay for it yet, here is a link to my free trial link, you get 10 free downloads! www.creativefabrica.com/promo/6999/0p650/ABFGHIJKLMNO/ref/695697
Hi Cassiy! I’m wanting to get started with POD but I keep putting it off because I am worried about the money flow at the beginning. How much money do you recommend starting with to account for the cost of the shirts (before you start getting paid by Etsy for the orders)? Is it a bad idea to get started before you have this money? Thanks in advance 😊
I personally have a credit card attached to my Printify account so it will charge that card when I fulfill the order, and then once I have the funds from Etsy added to my bank account, I will then pay off the credit card. So technically, you don't really need a lot of money to start when it comes to making sales with POD, because the funds you receive should cover the costs of the shirt itself if you price your items right! You will have to invest some money though for Mockups, Size Charts, and subscriptions for your research tools and design software. For me, I invested about $200 for those things to start, which is not a whole lot when it comes to starting a business. And of course as you get more experience you will eventually reinvest in more mockups!
@@Redrover14 thank you for this info! :)
Hi Cassiy
Thank you for this great video
I have a question. Could I sign up for Everbee acc without connecting my Etsy shop?
Yes you don’t have to connect to your shop if you don’t want to!
@@CassiyJohnson But it doesn't let me skip this step
Cassiy, as a new Etsy store and printify user, how am I supposed to compete with shirts that are $9 like in your video above? I see it all the time since opening my store. I’m not trying to hit high margins but there is know way at those prices to stay in the black financially.
Hey totally get this but you need to click on listings, go into their variations and actually see how they are pricing their items. They usually only have one item at that lower price and charge $5-$7 for shipping. So they are usually charging a lot closer to you than you think. It’s called a low display price. Check out my video titled “how to compete” and it will explain it in more details and give examples!
Hi Cassiy, I just bought your POD Calendar and I have a question: You don´t name when you think the due is for Easter? And it starts relatively late compared to other niches.
Cassiy, do you still recommend only having a couple color options per listing? It seems like all the top listings I see have ALL the colors and styles (sweatshirts, tanks, tee, v neck etc) all in one listing.
I don’t think either option is a bad one but adding all the colors/options is a MUCH more manual process and easier to mess things up. So you just have to decide which way makes more sense for you!
@@CassiyJohnson thank you! Yes, more simple definitely seems to be easier for me to handle at this stage.
What kind if laptop do you recommend for designing t shirts?
Hello, I want to register the store, but I can't find your link，thank
Can you do a video on how to add multiple designs to one Etsy listing.
Thanks
This is great information! I saved it!
Thank you
Is this just trademarks in the US? What if you ship elsewhere?
THANK YOU!!!
Thanks for watching!!
do you have superpowers lol ? i was just saying that i wish you put out a video addressing this very topic. you really are amazing. one day when i my shop makes it maybe we can do a live stream lol but for now im struggling since im new and im totally lost. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO...
Embrace being new and lost, just keep at it a little everyday and that feeling will be gone before you know it
I dont seem to have those canva colour palettes??? (I have paid version). If there a trick to finding them?
Someone else said they couldn’t find them so I added the hex codes for each color into the description of this video for you! You just go to add a new color palette and then copy and paste each of the colors into the spots! Hope that helps
Can you duplicate a POD listing tied to a production partner like printify? (Just selecting copy) or should you only duplicate listings that you create completely?
Hello, can you advise me please with 1 thing? I started my etsy page posting only t shirts on one niche. Then i tried to upload the same niche but on mugs, and now out of first 10 places on my most searched items, there are only mugs, should i go with mugs only for now or post shirt products also along them?
My trademark is a saying for writing clever sayings - and even if I don’t have clothing code as to using it, the saying is a registered trademark. Someone even tried to use it as a movie title, but I had it stopped. I think, maybe it depends if the person who has something trademark really cares? Sometimes its not worth it.
Love your great advice, but It doesn't show best seller symbols on Etsy for me. What browser and version are you using? And do u use Mac or pc?
I use Chrome on an Apple computer but even I can't see them in the search results anymore. They keep making so many changes, it's hard to keep up!
Cassiy are you still doing 1 on 1 consultations? Definitely need another one. Hope you still are. Please kindly advise.
Hello Cynthia, good to hear from you! So sorry but I am no longer offering any 1:1 coaching at this time but I will post if I ever decide to offer it again! I am working on my course currently though and will be announcing that sometime in the next month or so hopefully once it's completed!
@@CassiyJohnson thank you for letting me know
Hi, selling shirts for 21$ its a Good price? Without shipping (shipping cost 4$)
It depends on a lot of factors like what shirt you are using, what are other people selling that shirt for and what is your cost. I’d recommend going through my videos and finding my “how to price your print on demand items” video. I think it will be really helpful for you!
Are you offering coaching again or courses?
Hello! Sorry that last comment was from a scammer. I am not currently offering any coaching but I am working on creating my course. I am about half way done with it and will hopefully be announcing the release date sometime soon!
Hi there Cassiy. Off topic.. how’s pickleball going, lol. I was wondering do you and your husband play for fun or in tournaments?
Aww you are so fun to ask! It’s winter where I live so I haven’t played much recently. We just play for fun but if I get better this year then maybe I will do a tournament! We just started playing last year
@@CassiyJohnson Cool, with your determination I’m sure you will! Yeah, I recall hearing that you play pickleball in the interview you did with Brenon. I started playing in September of last year. My girlfriend and I come from a tennis background and she started playing last month. She’s not quite hooked on it as I am but I think she’s getting there. Like you, we hope to someday play whenever we want.
@@brianm5798 I love that! Hopefully she gets more into and you can do competitions some day together lol
So what if customers want a different color for lake life other than mauve, can they change that since the lake wife is in white
You can add the lake life design and to any color shirt you want on Printify! You would just add another color when you go to list it
Good Morning ☀️
Do you do consultation?
Do you order samples of your shirts with your design on them before you list them in your store ?
No I didn’t order samples for a long time, they do a great job! And sometimes you’ll mess stuff up and have to fix it after the first person buys it but no big deal. It’s easier to fix things here and there than to order a sample of every single one even if it never sells!
I have a feeling the bestseller field has been removed completely from results. I just typed Women's Shirts, went through the first 8 pages and not one "Bestseller". Is that possible?
Sometimes the bestseller badge only shows up when you click a listing because they listing is on sale. The sale percentage replaces the bestseller badge in the search results a lot of times. I also found a way to still sort by bestsellers for now, here is the video where I show how to do it! ruclips.net/video/hKlnbJgTnnQ/видео.html
You are amazing !! Love from Pakistan
Thanks so much for watching!!
Hello maam Casiy. I just want to ask if the debit cards from philippines is no longer accepted in etsy payment system?
I cannot get my first sale . I have 24hour 40% off sales running with free shipping and unique designs Im not sure what else to do. Ive gotten almost 200 views since Ive opened a month ago but no sales
I know my first 100 designs weren’t actually very good so it could be that you just need to keep making new designs in niches like this that are currently trending! And it’s not enough for it to just be unique, it should also be based a little on what people like design wise, like a popular font, color palette or layout! You want to take what’s trendy and then make that unique if that makes sense. It gets easier with time and practice. I’d set a goal of getting to 500 listings. I know that sounds like a lot but that will give you enough time to test, learn repeat so you can understand what people actually like better and then make more of that! Don’t give up, it’s worth it and you can do this!
@@CassiyJohnson wow thank you so much for the helpful and encouraging response Cassiy! I think its also because I compare to people who have had sales their first week 🥴 thanks again I’ll just continue to work on designs and try to figure out what people like. Thank you for taking the time to do all these videos 🤍
Cassiy i have another question, it is normal if i am from Romania and I sell in USA, when I put a price for exemple 20 euro after i publish it etsy raise it to 23.70 euro ( vat included ) ? So what price will se americans ?
Hey cassiy, can you tell me a site where i can verify trademarks for europe please ?
Sorry I only sell in the US so I have no idea, I’d just google it, I’m sure it’s a pretty obvious website!
Does cancelling or issuing a refund hurt the store? Just started out.🤔💭
My customer made a payment through klarna, but klarna billed the full amount for some reason. The customer wants a refund so they can try again? 🤔
I have never heard of it negatively impacting a store, you should be fine!
The lake life t shirt is less than 10.00? How does the seller make any profit?
They just have lop display pricing where one item in the listing costs less and then they charge for shipping as well, here's a video to explain it!
ruclips.net/video/DSdBNp2nZuk/видео.html
I'm still starting to figure out what happened to my account... I didn't start nothing... I registered and my account is blocked
Awesome, content. So very helpful!! My store is open!!! :)
hello Cassiy, can you help us with our etsy shop? we created one but we got banned for no reason. we did appeal and still they didnt give us a reason? if u can help us limme know pls
thank you
you still givine one on one classes
No so sorry I am not offering 1:1 coaching anymore! I am working on creating a course though so I’ll announce that when it’s ready!