🙏 Just a quick New Zealand accent translation for those of you who are new here 🗣 Itsy = Etsy Disines = Designs Tist = Test What other words did I miss? 😉
Pricing in the Middle - reminds me of one of my favorite stories in one of my favorite books Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini. A brick and mortar store owner had trouble with one line of jewelry. Frustrated she told her employee to put it all at 50% off then went on vacation. Upon her return she was surprised and pleased to learn the jewelry had sold out. Even more surprising was she found the employee misunderstood her instructions and doubled the prices instead of halving them. It seems customers bought when they perceived the items were priced higher they became more desirable.
Etsy will demote you if you let your store go idle. I went idle last summer and my view and sales both decreased going into Christmas last year. When I started working in my store almost every day again (uploading products, tweaking titles and pics, etc.), my view count (and sales) started going up again after a few weeks. The absolute worst thing you can do is throw up a huge number of products, then sit back and do nothing while you wait for everyone to beat a path to your door. It's MUCH better to upload one or two products a day and slow-roll the process. Etsy rewards that.
It's a good point and it also is just logical from their perspective to have this rule in place. If you're an idle store, then from their perspective, you might not be around to assist your customers if they actually need help.
Exactly what I needed to hear! I recently posted my 20th listing on Etsy and I was thinking of giving up, but after watching this I’m ready to keep going. Thank you Sarah!
You are a very simple, humble, kind, decent yet very sweet person I have ever seen on RUclips. Your my favourite youtuber I love you gal keep growing and keep giving teaching us. ❤
I just wanted to comment after binging some of your videos along with this one, and I wanted to thank you! I genuinely feel that your channel has had the most useful information when it comes to running a shop. I have gotten information and insights from your channel I haven't gotten anywhere else. And I have ADHD and get hyperfixated on binging etsy business videos so I don't mean that lightly haha. I sometimes feel like I'm just consuming the same info over and over so your channel was a breath of fresh air! I hope you have the best day ^-^
Thank you - I hope you have a lovely day too. I don't have ADHD and everything that comes along with it (time management is literally one of my biggest strengths!) but I do have a personality that is prone to hyperfixating, so I understand how easy it is to go on a big video binge, LOL!
Sarah, as a marketing graduate with nearly 4 decades of experience, I found your video very informative and useful. Especially your part about price anchoring. For those not doing well on Etsy, I would love to see their products, titles and descriptions, to determine if they failed due to product saturation, poor designs/titles/descriptions, or poor marketing. Signed up to your newsletter too. What else would you do to get more traffic to an Etsy store? Social media and website backlinks, more SEO, and/or advertising (free and paid)?
Finding a gap in an existing market is so important. You have to start from square 1 - what do people actually want/need. From here you can refine products and designs to fit that want/need better instead of spending time designing products nobody wants in the first place. Great content!
You are absolutely right about that! Discovering that market gap is like finding the treasure map for entrepreneurs. That is the compass that leads us to our goal of finding solutions that are truly meaningful for people.
This is so true! Finding a gap in the market can give you some insight into what your competitors aren't doing right and give you the chance to do it better. Focusing on a market gap also helps you make sure you avoid diving into a market that is already oversaturated. After all, a saturated market is often a dead-end for new businesses.
Absolutely, understanding the true needs of the market is the foundation for creating valuable and relevant products. Starting from that point ensures efficient product development and customer satisfaction.
Thank you Sarah, for this excellent video! ❤ I learn so much each time, and take notes that I keep in a note app in my phone, and in a physical lined notebook w/ sketches, (which I think everyone should consider doing if they can't hold all of your POD and Etsy video notes in their head at once. ) Your videos are of the highest quality, and get straight to the point. I know you must get tired of making some of the top most important points over-and-over again (alongside the new points in your current videos). People seem to either not hear the important points you make in your videos, so miss out, do not take notes so they forget them, do not ever apply them FULLY to their store, or just don't assess their store by at least comparing it to top stores that are similar to what they want to achieve with theirs. Nothing is easy, and I think people also "throw in the towel" too soon because they expect to make money immediately and consistently without putting an appropriate amount of effort in (minimal effort will not cut it, because there is so much competition). As a side note; as far as t-shirt Etsy shop RUclips channels go, I think people who look at those other RUclipsrs channel's shops (if they give their shop's name), and see their more reasonable t-shirts prices and high sales, and wonder why we sellers cannot match those prices because we would make no profit, it is because those other RUclipsr's Etsy shops that I found PRINT THEIR OWN T-SHIRTS! Yes, after watching some of their content over again (and also interviews of the shop owners with other RUclipsrs), they sometimes may briefly mention that they have a "team", and they PRINT THEIR OWN SHIRTS! So they end end with more profit, a faster turn-around time, and can sell at a LOWER PRICE point than the rest of us who strictly rely on P.O.D. To make and ship for us!
Hi Sarah, Thanks again for your videos, based on your videos I have created an Etsy store. I can say your videos have gotten much better over the years. i do rely on them so thank you.
I am glad you brought up quality of design, and if you wouldn't buy it yourself, don't post it. None of the other get rich quick videos ever mention good design.
I started an Etsy T-shirt shop some 6 months ago and have yet to make a sale, On average, I'm getting 5 or 6 views a week, and I know I have to get it set up so that the page pulls for people doing searches. I'm going to try to get everything I need from your book. It was your videos that got me thinking this was the way to go anyway. So thank you for all you do!
I use to have a friend who's favorite saying about pricing was "If you compete on price, you die on price". Which fits your plan of sell quality for the right price, not a cheap price. Love your videos. Will be launching EOM Jan 24.
Absolutely! And even if it did increase sales (which is not what studies or statistics show), what would the point be anyway in making 100 sales if you're making 50 cents profit per sale, whereas you could have made just 20 sales, but made $5 per sale. One is a lot less stressful and nicer than the other, lol!
Being persistent. One of more important things. As a person who also has quite a lot in common with web dev and SEO, and also running YT channel for couple years I can clearly say in normal situation it needs time. Yes, you can have luck. But basically that's how all algorithms works. And to remember. Good titles and descriptions are feed for search engines. They work in your favour more if you're more regular on what you do and longer you exist. And there's more of you in web. Of course considering if what you do is interested to anybody :) So. Giving up fast is worst what one can do. Because in normal situation algorithms needs time to push you up. A lot of time. And there's no workaround except luck or patience :D
Hey! thanks for the videos! in your opinion. If you are making tshirts in one niche but also have many other designs to bring out. Would you use the same etsy store or open another one particular to that niche?
Hi Sarah, I have a question!! First of all, thank you so much for all the helpful, informative resources you share! So, I have t-shirt design ideas that fall under different niches. Should I open different Etsy stores for each niche or one store for all?
Kia Ora Sarah, thanks for all you stellar advise. I am a kiwi also, so it's super helpful to me. I do have a question around mockups. My understanding is that Etsy has now changed it so that all clothing for example cannot use mockups/lifestyle, only an image of the item by itself, does that sound right? If so this means to follow the rules we can't use pretty attention grabbing pics anymore. Do you have any tips to still stand out?
I'm hoping much of this applies to making and selling machine embroidery designs. I'm still climbing up the learning curve to the level of quality I want to put out in the world. Embroidery designs often start from SVG files and many look suitable to offer in sticker form. Should I try putting them side by side?
I did like 3 designs and wanted to test the waters, after a week I sold one and turned off my listings. Sold it low at $10 shirt and free shipping cuz everyone was doing free shipping. I lost I think a few dollars because of the free shipping cost. I got busy with work and stuff so I stopped, here I am 2 years later to try again.
Hi! Thanks for your videos. I pay monthly for Canva. Can I use the templates that are are already pre done on Canva and sell shirts with those Canva templates? Will that be copyrighted since the Canva templates are already been created by someone else?
You want your description to be very descriptive about what your item is (describing it's niche, describing it's materials, etc) while also being written in a way that presents you as a brand. So no copy/pasting the description Printify gives you!
@@WholesaleTed Thank you so much for answering me! I think that might be my problem. I put a couple of sentences in the description that have some of my keywords, but the rest is copy and paste from Printify.
Hi , everything sound amazing , but when i try to upload to etsy store it's says the image is more then 10.000 pixels , so how i can actually upload it ? Thanks in advance for answer
Hi Sarah I have a quick question can you please tell me are their still 40 free listing available if so where can I found your free listing link as I am going to open my Etsy store. I will be really glad if you reply ... thanks
Hi Wholesale Ted! I've been a fan of your informative videos on print on demand and Etsy. Your insights are incredibly valuable! I'd love to see you explore topics like affiliate marketing too. Your teaching style is fantastic, and I believe your audience could benefit from your expertise in that area as well. Keep up the great work!
Thank you! I will put that on my video idea list. I have made some videos about affiliate marketing in the past, but I could certainly make some new updated ones!
Hi Sarah, thanks for your videos which i watching for a while. I have a store at Etsy with physicle goods, but i want to open a second store with digital downloads. I have heard that Etsy will not allow but people do it anyway, with a second Name, another credicard and another adress. Is that really necessary or is there a legal way to open a second store?
Could I please ask you a question about attributes. I haven't used them because they are almost always not a good match for my products. You are in NZ, I am in Australia, so I expect you understand. Sometimes the attributes are culturally biased (e.g., for events we don't celebrate in Australia) or other times they are just not a match for my content. In your experience, is it worse to not choose an attribute or to choose the closest one that you know isn't right? thanks for any advice you can spare.
Newbie question. I live in Australia and starting Etsy store using Printify print on demand. The factories are almost 100% in the US. Can I choose and is it more beneficial if select US as my location at the begining of the store setup instead of Australia? Hoping US would be ok as well as more consumers there.
Etsy keeps suspending accounts with no reason. I had my suspended and they said it was error. Today it happened again. No email. No reason. This is unacceptable !
Are these new stores, or established stores? Etsy bans new stores that are just opened a lot, because they have an enormous amount of scammers on the site. They ban new stores as a precaution a lot. But they reinstate them quickly upon appeal.
@@WholesaleTed yes mine is fairly new. But suspended TWICE? That’s ridiculous. They already verified me first time. They need to have better systems in place
I do agree that they ban accounts far too easily. I feel a lot of sympathy for them in-regards to how many scammers they deal with. But I am not truly convinced that they can't find another way to manage it.
I got about 500 designs on spread shirt, only made $20. in about 2 years. But I also don't advertise. All of that is organic. I know that's my fault, not anyone's else. I know I just have to start working on advertising. Then I'll know I'll start selling more.
If you watch this video though, you'll see the issue isn't not advertising. It's about creating clickable products. Platforms provide you with Test Impressions. The question is whether users actually click on your products, during that time. If they do, you'll keep being shown to others. Rather than upload 500 designs, it is better to spend more time producing less designs that are clickable 🙏
Fair enough! I highly recommend it, because it will help the platforms pair your products with the right customers. That is what their algorithm is trying to do, and the more information they have to work with, the easier it is for them to do it.
Hey sarah if u dont mind, can u answer my question .Do u open or make different stores for different niches or r u selling in one store. And should i sell in different store, for printable planners, sticker, and pod tshirts, and some wall art??😢
It would be nice to hear that from Sarah. But from what I know and can tell you based on my research - it seems it's just 2 different approaches needing completely different strategy, both having some advantages and disadvantages.
Hi , love your content been watching you for yrs now. I own an Etsy store from Canada , its a POD t-shirts ,hoodies store, but the POD is done in the states. When a Canadian buyer buys a t-shirts I was making $3 after Esty fees and other costs, I had free shipping but added $7 shipping so now I am making about $10 profit, but I have to sell my t-shirts for $42( with shipping included in that price). Does that sound like its too high of a price ?
When you split photos/posters on Etsy to sell, do you just sell the digital item or can you split the posters on Printify/Printful and send both together? Thanks for all the value you provide!
Thank you! So in that case, what you'd do is: 1) Create each poster as a Draft Product within Printify. 2) Create a listing manually with Etsy, don't connect it with Printify. 3) Each time you get an order, just hop into Printify and select to "Manual Order" and then just add in your posters that you've saved as draft products, and then add in the customers address & order it that way.
I can't see your store, so I can't say why exactly it is, but users are not clicking on your products when they get Test Impressions. So the question I'd recommend people ask themselves in this situation is: 1) Could it be that my products aren't clickable. Are they not good enough or interesting looking enough to get a click? 2) Could it be that I haven't given Etsy's algorithm enough information about my products to put them in front of the right customer? 3) If you are getting some clicks, could it be that you haven't filled out your store details, and your store looks unprofessional and unbranded? 4) Or maybe, is it a combination of multiple of these - or even all of them?
how do i use placeit mockups, on printify, in using their mockups instead of printifies, like if just designed a mug, how would i use that on placeit mockups, and get it uploaded to etsy?
You just add it in afterwards. Create your product with Printify, add it into the store, and then add your mockups to the listing once it is in your store.
I create products that I would want to buy and try to keep in mind what I would be willing to pay for that product, as well as what quality I would expect to be getting for the price.
👍 all well! but tricky part is, that not everyone has same taste...if You doing something You find nice, there are people who'll have different opinion... 🤔
Sarah, the links you send me all get flagged by my security and stopped from navigation, they contain some $ @ code from a service you employ to forward responses. Please explain or send a clean link.
My websites are clean though. Unfortunately this appears to be a glitch with your website browser, I haven't had anyone else say this, and all website scanners show my websites as clean: sitecheck.sucuri.net/results/wholesaleted.com sitecheck.sucuri.net/results/theecommclubhouse.com
What a great video! I have niche blog and a large pinterest account but I am struggling to make money. What should I do to change that? I know this is a broad question with limited details but a quick word of direction would be appreciated.
That is a good question. Honestly, list-style content tends to convert really well for that business style. Working on creating great list blogs that either promote your own products, or affiliate products. Those sorts of blog posts work well with Pinterest too.
That's all great for people selling repeat products, but how does it work for vintage selling continuously adding one off pieces from varying categories? E.g. a brooch, a figurine, a bracelet, a Sindy doll, a Disney pin, a cruet set, a vintage eye bath....? You can't un-niche them, you have to be very specific in your description. So where do vintage sellers fit into the algorithm? Thank you in advance for any advice 👍🏻
That is a good question! I'll be upfront with you: selling one-off designs isn't my specialty. However, a lot of the same principles apply. If you do niche down into specific types of item sourcing, it will become much easier for Etsy to build a customer profile for you. So if you niched down into say, sourcing vintage toys, then overtime Etsy's algorithm can gather more data on what customers match well with your store, and then show your store to them.
Thank you for the honest reply Sarah. Trouble is we have thousands of items of stock in multiple categories, niche-ing down is just not an option. Side question Etsy seemed to be flooded with stores reselling tat from places like Temu claiming its handmade and or vintage. How does the algorithm not pick up on these resellers? I feel so bad for buyers being told it's a "vintage moon brooch" selling it for $70 when it's mass made and sells on Temu for $3. It's so disheartening for genuine vintage and handmade sellers especially when the customers are being ripped off. Any thoughts?
@@wonderousgiftsIf it wasn't important, then Etsy would not make all those spaces available to fill out AND it would probably therefore not be as time-consuming, because you would not have to research and think about it!
Sarah, I am also in NZ. Scared to use Etsy again, in the past I did not have to give all my details and now I have to give - credit card no., drivers licence with signature, or passport, bank a/c number and full name. That means they have all of my identity (including signature) - this is scary - did you have to do all of this? For this reason I have not gone forward.
Yes, I did have to prove my identity, however it is an important legal requirement that Etsy collects this, because if they didn't and you were to scam people, then Etsy needs to know who you are to then report you to authorities. Etsy has their own payment processor, and any payment processor is at risk at being used for crime, and so they therefore have to collect this information. Because I do understand the reason why it is required, I therefore personally don't mind it, as I have witnessed first hand just how many scammers are thieves there are online, so I do support anything that minimizes innocent people having their money stolen 🙏
I do but only video store reviews. If someone leaves a comment with their store, I might do a video review on it, but it would be in a video posted to the channel 🙏
Videos from Etsy ‘experts’ keep saying that what I like as a creator is irrelevant and only what the customers like matters. But how can I effectively design stuff that doesn’t make sense to me. And these video makers all have 1000 plus listings. I get views, but haven’t gotten conversions yet. I do know I need to keep working on designs and uploading products.
@@WholesaleTed oh I didn’t mean you said that! I meant other videos from Etsy sellers. They all admit to having hundreds of listings across multiple niches. But I feel I’m not going to be as an effective designer in areas I have little knowledge or zero passion. I research and research but if I hate coffee for instance how will I ever truly ‘click’ into the mindset of a coffee lover the same way as someone who genuinely enjoys coffee would. I much prefer the idea of quality over quantity but don’t think I’ve reached the right level or skills yet.
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So you're saying the only way to succeed on Esty is if you're a graphic artist? So I might as well not start a Esty store, becomes as with plants I have a brown thumb when it comes to art. Saying that one guys 500 designs were of poor quality I thought was kinda a low shot. I would have recommended that you had reached out to him and analyzed his store first, then made recommendations to how he could improve.
I am surprised you got that as your takeaway because I say the direct opposite! I say at 0:40 I say that I created my designs with Canva & Midjourney. And at 8:00 I show an example of a great design that is simply a free photo that they downloaded online. I directly talked about beginner-friendly ways to turn design ideas into reality, without being a graphic designer. That is why I am curious why you took away from this video that you need to be a graphic designer, I would like to know why if you would share it with me, so I won't confuse anyone in the future. 🙏 In terms of my critique of him, I understand your perspective, even if I disagree it was wrong to say it. It was harsh but it is honest and I think it is an important skill to be able to honestly step back and look bluntly at our stores/products if we want to improve! 🙏
I can't see your store, so I can't say why exactly it is, but users are not clicking on your products when they get Test Impressions. So the question I'd recommend people ask themselves in this situation is: 1) Could it be that my products aren't clickable. Are they not good enough or interesting looking enough to get a click? 2) Could it be that I haven't given Etsy's algorithm enough information about my products to put them in front of the right customer? 3) Have I only uploaded a handful of products, and have I not given Etsy enough chances to pair me with the right customers yet? 4) Or maybe, is it a combination of multiple of these - or even all of them?
@@WholesaleTed Im sure it is a mixture of all of the above. The store is OnlineByMichael (I didn't think of a good name) and it is for chiropractors since that was a really niche area. But I probably need to put more time in to it
Thank you for sharing your store, that was very helpful. I took a quick look and I'll be honest, there is a lot about this store that would turn someone off and it would be surprising if someone did purchase from your store - I know that is harsh, but it is true. 1) You don't really use mockups in a lifestyle context. Your mockups look generic and are just from Printify on a white background. These are not aesthetically pleasing to the customer. 2) Because you just used the standard mockups included in Printify, you didn't even include images of t-shirts of different colors. Etsy allows a maximum of 10 photos. This looks unprofessional and a customer is not going to buy t-shirts that they can't see. 3) You use standard descriptions and don't create your own unique ones. These look generic and obviously copied and pasted from a POD service. 4) You don't even have a thumbnail picture for your store. 5) You have zero store description or branding! Take a look at a top-selling store, and at least match the level of content they provide in their descriptions/images/storefront 🙏
@@WholesaleTed This is why you're the best! Thank you for the feedback and I figured that I wasn't putting in enough effort! I will have to track back and get this up to date like you said and figure out the picture situation. I thought I was adding in more, but I guess that wasn't the case. Thank you again for the feedback and all the videos!!!
I don’t know how people struggle so much. I got 10 sales in my first couple weeks. With reviews. Designs, pricing, and value add ons are huge if you want conversion.
Haha, I should confirm... the store has reviews now! But when I filmed this, it didn't have any reviews yet. But I absolutely understand why people struggle. Their products aren't clickable, and then their storefronts have little to no branding. That is the honest 2 answers.
ETSY ? NEVER AGAIN! I lost 5 euros in less than 24 hours: Etsy refused to work with my mastercard 'cos the system doesn't work with my bank in Europe...
🙏 Just a quick New Zealand accent translation for those of you who are new here 🗣
Itsy = Etsy
Disines = Designs
Tist = Test
What other words did I miss? 😉
Raid = Read 😂
Your BEAUTIFUL Sarah 💗
Your accent is awesome :)
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Icccent = Accent
Pricing in the Middle - reminds me of one of my favorite stories in one of my favorite books Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini. A brick and mortar store owner had trouble with one line of jewelry. Frustrated she told her employee to put it all at 50% off then went on vacation. Upon her return she was surprised and pleased to learn the jewelry had sold out. Even more surprising was she found the employee misunderstood her instructions and doubled the prices instead of halving them. It seems customers bought when they perceived the items were priced higher they became more desirable.
Etsy will demote you if you let your store go idle. I went idle last summer and my view and sales both decreased going into Christmas last year. When I started working in my store almost every day again (uploading products, tweaking titles and pics, etc.), my view count (and sales) started going up again after a few weeks.
The absolute worst thing you can do is throw up a huge number of products, then sit back and do nothing while you wait for everyone to beat a path to your door. It's MUCH better to upload one or two products a day and slow-roll the process. Etsy rewards that.
It's a good point and it also is just logical from their perspective to have this rule in place. If you're an idle store, then from their perspective, you might not be around to assist your customers if they actually need help.
I've always admired Sarah's ability to mock negative commenters but also remain adorable at the same time, LOL
👍Yeah❗Why spreading more negativity then it already is around ...🤷
I dont think they are being negative. I think theyre reasonably frustrated about not getting sales despite their efforts
I just came on midway to say, “Oh Sarah…” makes me laugh every time.
Exactly what I needed to hear! I recently posted my 20th listing on Etsy and I was thinking of giving up, but after watching this I’m ready to keep going. Thank you Sarah!
I must say "SUPERB". You are more than perfect. A real honest and passionate trainer willing to educate everyone!
This video is POWERFUL as so many of us share the same issues on Etsy
I just opened my Etsy store and haven't started uploading as yet, so glad I found you 🎉
Thank you Sara, I like how you approach things pragmatically, just speaking with a smile on your face gives hope, also the videos editing are great
You are a very simple, humble, kind, decent yet very sweet person I have ever seen on RUclips. Your my favourite youtuber I love you gal keep growing and keep giving teaching us. ❤
I just wanted to comment after binging some of your videos along with this one, and I wanted to thank you! I genuinely feel that your channel has had the most useful information when it comes to running a shop. I have gotten information and insights from your channel I haven't gotten anywhere else. And I have ADHD and get hyperfixated on binging etsy business videos so I don't mean that lightly haha. I sometimes feel like I'm just consuming the same info over and over so your channel was a breath of fresh air! I hope you have the best day ^-^
Thank you - I hope you have a lovely day too. I don't have ADHD and everything that comes along with it (time management is literally one of my biggest strengths!) but I do have a personality that is prone to hyperfixating, so I understand how easy it is to go on a big video binge, LOL!
Definitely learned something new seerah :D as everytime, you somehow deliver, keep growing 💯
Sarah, as a marketing graduate with nearly 4 decades of experience, I found your video very informative and useful. Especially your part about price anchoring. For those not doing well on Etsy, I would love to see their products, titles and descriptions, to determine if they failed due to product saturation, poor designs/titles/descriptions, or poor marketing. Signed up to your newsletter too. What else would you do to get more traffic to an Etsy store? Social media and website backlinks, more SEO, and/or advertising (free and paid)?
Finding a gap in an existing market is so important. You have to start from square 1 - what do people actually want/need. From here you can refine products and designs to fit that want/need better instead of spending time designing products nobody wants in the first place.
Great content!
Absolutely, you've hit the nail on the head! Finding a gap in an existing market is a fundamental key to success in entrepreneurship.
You are absolutely right about that! Discovering that market gap is like finding the treasure map for entrepreneurs. That is the compass that leads us to our goal of finding solutions that are truly meaningful for people.
You're absolutely correct! Identifying a market gap is akin to stumbling upon a treasure map in the world of entrepreneurship.
This is so true! Finding a gap in the market can give you some insight into what your competitors aren't doing right and give you the chance to do it better. Focusing on a market gap also helps you make sure you avoid diving into a market that is already oversaturated. After all, a saturated market is often a dead-end for new businesses.
Absolutely, understanding the true needs of the market is the foundation for creating valuable and relevant products. Starting from that point ensures efficient product development and customer satisfaction.
Thank you Sarah, for this excellent video! ❤
I learn so much each time, and take notes that I keep in a note app in my phone, and in a physical lined notebook w/ sketches, (which I think everyone should consider doing if they can't hold all of your POD and Etsy video notes in their head at once. )
Your videos are of the highest quality, and get straight to the point.
I know you must get tired of making some of the top most important points over-and-over again (alongside the new points in your current videos).
People seem to either not hear the important points you make in your videos, so miss out,
do not take notes so they forget them, do not ever apply them FULLY to their store,
or just don't assess their store by at least comparing it to top stores that are similar to what they want to achieve with theirs.
Nothing is easy, and I think people also "throw in the towel" too soon because they expect to make money immediately and consistently without putting an appropriate amount of effort in (minimal effort will not cut it, because there is so much competition).
As a side note; as far as t-shirt Etsy shop RUclips channels go, I think people who look at those other RUclipsrs channel's shops (if they give their shop's name), and see their more reasonable t-shirts prices and high sales,
and wonder why we sellers cannot match those prices because we would make no profit, it is because those other RUclipsr's Etsy shops that I found PRINT THEIR OWN T-SHIRTS!
Yes, after watching some of their content over again (and also interviews of the shop owners with other RUclipsrs), they sometimes may briefly mention that they have a "team", and they PRINT THEIR OWN SHIRTS!
So they end end with more profit, a faster turn-around time, and can sell at a LOWER PRICE point than the rest of us who strictly rely on P.O.D. To make and ship for us!
Hi Sarah, Thanks again for your videos, based on your videos I have created an Etsy store. I can say your videos have gotten much better over the years. i do rely on them so thank you.
Thanks so much Sarah! I have a great niche idea! 😍 Gona start soon 💖 wish me luck 🤞🤞🤞
THANKS FOR THE INFO SARAH!!
Thank you, Wholesale Ted. You have been a huge help.❤❤❤
One of the best Etsy POD videos I have seen. Thank you very much!
I am glad you brought up quality of design, and if you wouldn't buy it yourself, don't post it. None of the other get rich quick videos ever mention good design.
I started an Etsy T-shirt shop some 6 months ago and have yet to make a sale, On average, I'm getting 5 or 6 views a week, and I know I have to get it set up so that the page pulls for people doing searches. I'm going to try to get everything I need from your book. It was your videos that got me thinking this was the way to go anyway. So thank you for all you do!
I use to have a friend who's favorite saying about pricing was "If you compete on price, you die on price". Which fits your plan of sell quality for the right price, not a cheap price.
Love your videos. Will be launching EOM Jan 24.
I really liked the pricing as having a premium price to make it affordable but also at the same time you get what you worked hard for.
Absolutely! And even if it did increase sales (which is not what studies or statistics show), what would the point be anyway in making 100 sales if you're making 50 cents profit per sale, whereas you could have made just 20 sales, but made $5 per sale. One is a lot less stressful and nicer than the other, lol!
Thank you for teaching us this stuff
Thank you Sarah for the inspiration!
Great information!!! 🙂
Thank you madam for your great guidance and training
Very helpful video thank you!
Is there any start up cost with Etsy?
Another doubt clear.. Thanks a ton.. mam.. 🙏
Being persistent. One of more important things. As a person who also has quite a lot in common with web dev and SEO, and also running YT channel for couple years I can clearly say in normal situation it needs time. Yes, you can have luck. But basically that's how all algorithms works. And to remember. Good titles and descriptions are feed for search engines. They work in your favour more if you're more regular on what you do and longer you exist. And there's more of you in web. Of course considering if what you do is interested to anybody :) So. Giving up fast is worst what one can do. Because in normal situation algorithms needs time to push you up. A lot of time. And there's no workaround except luck or patience :D
Hey! thanks for the videos! in your opinion. If you are making tshirts in one niche but also have many other designs to bring out. Would you use the same etsy store or open another one particular to that niche?
Thanks legend
Hi Sarah, I have a question!! First of all, thank you so much for all the helpful, informative resources you share! So, I have t-shirt design ideas that fall under different niches. Should I open different Etsy stores for each niche or one store for all?
Great video, what big alternative stores are there to Etsy and Amazon?
Kia Ora Sarah, thanks for all you stellar advise. I am a kiwi also, so it's super helpful to me. I do have a question around mockups. My understanding is that Etsy has now changed it so that all clothing for example cannot use mockups/lifestyle, only an image of the item by itself, does that sound right? If so this means to follow the rules we can't use pretty attention grabbing pics anymore. Do you have any tips to still stand out?
I'm hoping much of this applies to making and selling machine embroidery designs. I'm still climbing up the learning curve to the level of quality I want to put out in the world. Embroidery designs often start from SVG files and many look suitable to offer in sticker form. Should I try putting them side by side?
I did like 3 designs and wanted to test the waters, after a week I sold one and turned off my listings. Sold it low at $10 shirt and free shipping cuz everyone was doing free shipping. I lost I think a few dollars because of the free shipping cost. I got busy with work and stuff so I stopped, here I am 2 years later to try again.
Hi Sarah, how do you decide which niche to serve? how do u know the "gap" in the market?
THANK YOU ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ I never listen to naysayers, I do have some pretty good shops BUT NONE like you and my POD 😢
Hi! Thanks for your videos. I pay monthly for Canva. Can I use the templates that are are already pre done on Canva and sell shirts with those Canva templates? Will that be copyrighted since the Canva templates are already been created by someone else?
That’s awesome. I have watched your videos and they are very helpful so thank you for that. What are we actually supposed to have in our descriptions?
You want your description to be very descriptive about what your item is (describing it's niche, describing it's materials, etc) while also being written in a way that presents you as a brand. So no copy/pasting the description Printify gives you!
@@WholesaleTed Thank you so much for answering me! I think that might be my problem. I put a couple of sentences in the description that have some of my keywords, but the rest is copy and paste from Printify.
Hi , everything sound amazing , but when i try to upload to etsy store it's says the image is more then 10.000 pixels , so how i can actually upload it ? Thanks in advance for answer
Hi Sarah I have a quick question can you please tell me are their still 40 free listing available if so where can I found your free listing link as I am going to open my Etsy store. I will be really glad if you reply ... thanks
do you have a video on promoting print on demand or even digital products on Pinterest?
Your great.
I wish I could watch the whole vid now but it is bed time in South Africa. Just started watching it so google can remind me tomorrow.
I do that too, haha. I'll see you in the morning 👋
Hi Wholesale Ted! I've been a fan of your informative videos on print on demand and Etsy. Your insights are incredibly valuable! I'd love to see you explore topics like affiliate marketing too. Your teaching style is fantastic, and I believe your audience could benefit from your expertise in that area as well. Keep up the great work!
Thank you! I will put that on my video idea list. I have made some videos about affiliate marketing in the past, but I could certainly make some new updated ones!
@@WholesaleTed I second that. I would love to see some affiliate marketing tutorials. Maybe Clickbank digital products etc.
Hi Sarah, thanks for your videos which i watching for a while. I have a store at Etsy with physicle goods, but i want to open a second store with digital downloads. I have heard that Etsy will not allow but people do it anyway, with a second Name, another credicard and another adress. Is that really necessary or is there a legal way to open a second store?
Could I please ask you a question about attributes. I haven't used them because they are almost always not a good match for my products. You are in NZ, I am in Australia, so I expect you understand. Sometimes the attributes are culturally biased (e.g., for events we don't celebrate in Australia) or other times they are just not a match for my content. In your experience, is it worse to not choose an attribute or to choose the closest one that you know isn't right? thanks for any advice you can spare.
Is printify a good print on demand site to use?
..... Woweeeeeeee!!!!!! Go Sara Go! Bravo.
Thx
What item are you selling. And did you run ads.
Hey since your a New Zealander like me, have you ever managed to get a Merch by Amazon account?
Nice!
Newbie question. I live in Australia and starting Etsy store using Printify print on demand. The factories are almost 100% in the US. Can I choose and is it more beneficial if select US as my location at the begining of the store setup instead of Australia? Hoping US would be ok as well as more consumers there.
Thanks
Thank you! This just made my day 🌞
I opened an Etsy store, and the only responses i got, were scammers..lol. can't wait to try it your way..
Etsy keeps suspending accounts with no reason. I had my suspended and they said it was error. Today it happened again. No email. No reason. This is unacceptable !
Are these new stores, or established stores? Etsy bans new stores that are just opened a lot, because they have an enormous amount of scammers on the site. They ban new stores as a precaution a lot. But they reinstate them quickly upon appeal.
@@WholesaleTed yes mine is fairly new. But suspended TWICE? That’s ridiculous. They already verified me first time. They need to have better systems in place
I do agree that they ban accounts far too easily. I feel a lot of sympathy for them in-regards to how many scammers they deal with. But I am not truly convinced that they can't find another way to manage it.
I got about 500 designs on spread shirt, only made $20. in about 2 years. But I also don't advertise. All of that is organic. I know that's my fault, not anyone's else.
I know I just have to start working on advertising. Then I'll know I'll start selling more.
If you watch this video though, you'll see the issue isn't not advertising. It's about creating clickable products. Platforms provide you with Test Impressions. The question is whether users actually click on your products, during that time. If they do, you'll keep being shown to others. Rather than upload 500 designs, it is better to spend more time producing less designs that are clickable 🙏
@@WholesaleTed I'm also including keywords, titles, and descriptions when I'm talking about advertising. Which I am bad at that.
Fair enough! I highly recommend it, because it will help the platforms pair your products with the right customers. That is what their algorithm is trying to do, and the more information they have to work with, the easier it is for them to do it.
Thankyou
Hey sarah if u dont mind, can u answer my question
.Do u open or make different stores for different niches or r u selling in one store.
And should i sell in different store, for printable planners, sticker, and pod tshirts, and some wall art??😢
It would be nice to hear that from Sarah. But from what I know and can tell you based on my research - it seems it's just 2 different approaches needing completely different strategy, both having some advantages and disadvantages.
Where did you buy that t-shirt 😅
Hi , love your content been watching you for yrs now. I own an Etsy store from Canada , its a POD t-shirts ,hoodies store, but the POD is done in the states. When a Canadian buyer buys a t-shirts I was making $3 after Esty fees and other costs, I had free shipping but added $7 shipping so now I am making about $10 profit, but I have to sell my t-shirts for $42( with shipping included in that price). Does that sound like its too high of a price ?
Follow up , should I lower that price and make a smaller profit but maybe more sales
When you split photos/posters on Etsy to sell, do you just sell the digital item or can you split the posters on Printify/Printful and send both together? Thanks for all the value you provide!
Thank you! So in that case, what you'd do is:
1) Create each poster as a Draft Product within Printify.
2) Create a listing manually with Etsy, don't connect it with Printify.
3) Each time you get an order, just hop into Printify and select to "Manual Order" and then just add in your posters that you've saved as draft products, and then add in the customers address & order it that way.
Or of course if it's a digital product, you just upload your files and they'll get sent to the customer automatically
I dont get it bc i have about 80 listings and almost a year and no sales, very confusing!
I can't see your store, so I can't say why exactly it is, but users are not clicking on your products when they get Test Impressions. So the question I'd recommend people ask themselves in this situation is:
1) Could it be that my products aren't clickable. Are they not good enough or interesting looking enough to get a click?
2) Could it be that I haven't given Etsy's algorithm enough information about my products to put them in front of the right customer?
3) If you are getting some clicks, could it be that you haven't filled out your store details, and your store looks unprofessional and unbranded?
4) Or maybe, is it a combination of multiple of these - or even all of them?
Do you offer some kind of coaching as an option of your membership site ?
I don't offer any coaching services, I am sorry!
how do i use placeit mockups, on printify, in using their mockups instead of printifies, like if just designed a mug, how would i use that on placeit mockups, and get it uploaded to etsy?
You just add it in afterwards. Create your product with Printify, add it into the store, and then add your mockups to the listing once it is in your store.
@@WholesaleTed okay thanks 😊
Sarah, I'm trying to write a comment but it keeps getting deleted. I wonder why?
I'm from India. I can only use rupees as payment. I tried VPN. How can I use US dollars to list my products?
Greetings from Brazil!
Is there an alternative to Etsy? They don't allow Brazilian residents to sell... =/
Why cant I find the link to see if your course is right for me in thr description?
I am not sure sorry. It is one of the very first links in the description: theecommclubhouse.com
That low cost is only the lowest cost out of many in that listing. I consider it clickbait as most of them are done on purpose.
Besttttt
Etsy is not allowing Indian sellers to register. What should I do ?
I create products that I would want to buy and try to keep in mind what I would be willing to pay for that product, as well as what quality I would expect to be getting for the price.
👍 all well! but tricky part is, that not everyone has same taste...if You doing something You find nice, there are people who'll have different opinion... 🤔
Why is your username “wholesale Ted”
You’d make a great Joker 😂
Sarah, the links you send me all get flagged by my security and stopped from navigation, they contain some $ @ code from a service you employ to forward responses. Please explain or send a clean link.
My websites are clean though. Unfortunately this appears to be a glitch with your website browser, I haven't had anyone else say this, and all website scanners show my websites as clean:
sitecheck.sucuri.net/results/wholesaleted.com
sitecheck.sucuri.net/results/theecommclubhouse.com
What a great video! I have niche blog and a large pinterest account but I am struggling to make money. What should I do to change that? I know this is a broad question with limited details but a quick word of direction would be appreciated.
That is a good question. Honestly, list-style content tends to convert really well for that business style. Working on creating great list blogs that either promote your own products, or affiliate products. Those sorts of blog posts work well with Pinterest too.
@@WholesaleTed Thanks Sarah, I have not created any list based posts. I will give it a try.
Can anyone please tell me how I can get free listing on etsy?
That's all great for people selling repeat products, but how does it work for vintage selling continuously adding one off pieces from varying categories? E.g. a brooch, a figurine, a bracelet, a Sindy doll, a Disney pin, a cruet set, a vintage eye bath....?
You can't un-niche them, you have to be very specific in your description. So where do vintage sellers fit into the algorithm? Thank you in advance for any advice 👍🏻
That is a good question! I'll be upfront with you: selling one-off designs isn't my specialty. However, a lot of the same principles apply. If you do niche down into specific types of item sourcing, it will become much easier for Etsy to build a customer profile for you. So if you niched down into say, sourcing vintage toys, then overtime Etsy's algorithm can gather more data on what customers match well with your store, and then show your store to them.
Thank you for the honest reply Sarah. Trouble is we have thousands of items of stock in multiple categories, niche-ing down is just not an option.
Side question Etsy seemed to be flooded with stores reselling tat from places like Temu claiming its handmade and or vintage. How does the algorithm not pick up on these resellers? I feel so bad for buyers being told it's a "vintage moon brooch" selling it for $70 when it's mass made and sells on Temu for $3. It's so disheartening for genuine vintage and handmade sellers especially when the customers are being ripped off. Any thoughts?
How many Etsy stores do you have?
Learn the platform's algorithm and use it to your advantage!
So many people can't even fill out the product description with basic details.
It's true. I'd say that at least 95% of new stores I see, don't fill out all of the details!
@WholesaleTed do you feel this cis important? It is often time consuming, wondering if width the effort?
@@wonderousgiftsIf it wasn't important, then Etsy would not make all those spaces available to fill out AND it would probably therefore not be as time-consuming, because you would not have to research and think about it!
how can I be persistent?
Do u do workshops in new zealand?
No I don't do any coaching, sorry!
Sarah, I am also in NZ. Scared to use Etsy again, in the past I did not have to give all my details and now I have to give - credit card no., drivers licence with signature, or passport, bank a/c number and full name. That means they have all of my identity (including signature) - this is scary - did you have to do all of this? For this reason I have not gone forward.
Yes, I did have to prove my identity, however it is an important legal requirement that Etsy collects this, because if they didn't and you were to scam people, then Etsy needs to know who you are to then report you to authorities. Etsy has their own payment processor, and any payment processor is at risk at being used for crime, and so they therefore have to collect this information. Because I do understand the reason why it is required, I therefore personally don't mind it, as I have witnessed first hand just how many scammers are thieves there are online, so I do support anything that minimizes innocent people having their money stolen 🙏
thank you so much, I really appreciate your detailed explanation - so helpful as everyone is in the same boat so to speak.@@WholesaleTed
Do you do store reviews?
I do but only video store reviews. If someone leaves a comment with their store, I might do a video review on it, but it would be in a video posted to the channel 🙏
Videos from Etsy ‘experts’ keep saying that what I like as a creator is irrelevant and only what the customers like matters. But how can I effectively design stuff that doesn’t make sense to me.
And these video makers all have 1000 plus listings.
I get views, but haven’t gotten conversions yet. I do know I need to keep working on designs and uploading products.
But I don't have 1,000 listings, and I never said in this video you need 1,000 listings. In fact, I had just 25 when I made my first sale!
@@WholesaleTed oh I didn’t mean you said that! I meant other videos from Etsy sellers. They all admit to having hundreds of listings across multiple niches. But I feel I’m not going to be as an effective designer in areas I have little knowledge or zero passion. I research and research but if I hate coffee for instance how will I ever truly ‘click’ into the mindset of a coffee lover the same way as someone who genuinely enjoys coffee would. I much prefer the idea of quality over quantity but don’t think I’ve reached the right level or skills yet.
If buyers are not initially looking for items that are of intrest to them, Etsy will not know which items to reccomend.
2:44 someone smarter than me please link me this puppy video, I can’t find it under that tittle 😢
I tried to get the ebook, but it does not come to my email. And it is not in trash files either....
On the ebook thank-you page, there is a short little video that I recommend everyone watch. In that video it has a 30-second tutorial at the start that:
1) Shows how to find the ebook if it landed in a different folder
2) It shows the support email to contact if the ebook has still not landed in your email - ted@wholesaleted.com
If you send a message to that email, you'll get a personal copy of the ebook emailed to you by one of my team members! :)
Thanks Sarah! The book is not in any folders in my email. I missed the support email.@@WholesaleTed
I really like your channel but I can't do any of your content because I'm from Argentina
I'm sorry about that! A lot of this same advice applies to eBay Print On Demand stores, which I believe is a website available in Argentina 🙏
When you would be given something to me is it a real
So you're saying the only way to succeed on Esty is if you're a graphic artist? So I might as well not start a Esty store, becomes as with plants I have a brown thumb when it comes to art. Saying that one guys 500 designs were of poor quality I thought was kinda a low shot. I would have recommended that you had reached out to him and analyzed his store first, then made recommendations to how he could improve.
I am surprised you got that as your takeaway because I say the direct opposite! I say at 0:40 I say that I created my designs with Canva & Midjourney. And at 8:00 I show an example of a great design that is simply a free photo that they downloaded online. I directly talked about beginner-friendly ways to turn design ideas into reality, without being a graphic designer. That is why I am curious why you took away from this video that you need to be a graphic designer, I would like to know why if you would share it with me, so I won't confuse anyone in the future. 🙏
In terms of my critique of him, I understand your perspective, even if I disagree it was wrong to say it. It was harsh but it is honest and I think it is an important skill to be able to honestly step back and look bluntly at our stores/products if we want to improve! 🙏
Bore off
@@WholesaleTed You are certainly a class act. I love how you are both direct and fair in your replies to criticism.
I get a handful of views, but no sales…been at it for 3 months though
I can't see your store, so I can't say why exactly it is, but users are not clicking on your products when they get Test Impressions. So the question I'd recommend people ask themselves in this situation is:
1) Could it be that my products aren't clickable. Are they not good enough or interesting looking enough to get a click?
2) Could it be that I haven't given Etsy's algorithm enough information about my products to put them in front of the right customer?
3) Have I only uploaded a handful of products, and have I not given Etsy enough chances to pair me with the right customers yet?
4) Or maybe, is it a combination of multiple of these - or even all of them?
@@WholesaleTed Im sure it is a mixture of all of the above. The store is OnlineByMichael (I didn't think of a good name) and it is for chiropractors since that was a really niche area. But I probably need to put more time in to it
Thank you for sharing your store, that was very helpful. I took a quick look and I'll be honest, there is a lot about this store that would turn someone off and it would be surprising if someone did purchase from your store - I know that is harsh, but it is true.
1) You don't really use mockups in a lifestyle context. Your mockups look generic and are just from Printify on a white background. These are not aesthetically pleasing to the customer.
2) Because you just used the standard mockups included in Printify, you didn't even include images of t-shirts of different colors. Etsy allows a maximum of 10 photos. This looks unprofessional and a customer is not going to buy t-shirts that they can't see.
3) You use standard descriptions and don't create your own unique ones. These look generic and obviously copied and pasted from a POD service.
4) You don't even have a thumbnail picture for your store.
5) You have zero store description or branding!
Take a look at a top-selling store, and at least match the level of content they provide in their descriptions/images/storefront 🙏
@@WholesaleTed This is why you're the best! Thank you for the feedback and I figured that I wasn't putting in enough effort!
I will have to track back and get this up to date like you said and figure out the picture situation. I thought I was adding in more, but I guess that wasn't the case.
Thank you again for the feedback and all the videos!!!
How do you get around the 2 store limit?
There is no 2 store limit? You can have as many Etsy stores as you like, as long as they are legitimate.
@@WholesaleTedand you have to disclose all of your shops in your about page!
Oh weird. I made one for my Dad a couple years back and it said I could only have 2 stores. Maybe I misunderstood, or they changed something.
I don’t know how people struggle so much. I got 10 sales in my first couple weeks. With reviews.
Designs, pricing, and value add ons are huge if you want conversion.
Haha, I should confirm... the store has reviews now! But when I filmed this, it didn't have any reviews yet. But I absolutely understand why people struggle. Their products aren't clickable, and then their storefronts have little to no branding. That is the honest 2 answers.
ETSY ? NEVER AGAIN! I lost 5 euros in less than 24 hours: Etsy refused to work with my mastercard 'cos the system doesn't work with my bank in Europe...