Thank you Nick for your advices. I have created 2 Shops on Etsy, the one who is successful, is the one I have created without SEO tools, the other one was created following the Etsy Gurus on RUclips and I failed, I put months of work and about 700 euros in ads, money in tools…I will close this shop at the end of the month and continue my first one. Thank you for telling the truth❤
Thanks again for saving me time!!! I have to admit I was tempted by Pinterest, but having heard you I can see how it’s another way to waste a ton of time!
@@etsyconsultanthello Nick, I am so glad that I came across your channel. I just got done watching loads of RUclips videos and every single one of them had at least one of these topics in it I'm totally going to be going through all your videos this weekend. I do have a question though I literally just opened my shop about two weeks ago and I only have about eight designs up right now but my specific niche that I have I wonder should I be pumping out standard designs in my niche or because we're near the holidays should I just start with Halloween than Thanksgiving then Christmas and then in January after the holidays I can start with my actual niche I mean of course the holiday designs are going to be around my nieces well I'm just not sure how I should balance it. Any thoughts
This is me I have one shop that I focus so hard on with SEO ads everything and I do get some sales but it's like random sale a month or something but the shop that I've never used ads on or anything seem to have been getting sales right away and I neglected that one and have been focusing so hard on the other one that's barely doing anything even though I followed all the Etsy gurus now I'm thinking I need to put my attention on the other shop for a while and just let this one do its thing long-term & see which one does better long-term The one I'm using the SEO or the one I'm just listing in not doing anything else
You know how many hours & how much money you just saved for me? I should be forever grateful you made this video! Yes, I was heading for all Etsy SEO videos after this video, but you stopped me from getting trapped in the rabbit hole and spending money. You are a breath of fresh air and national treasure! Thank you a million :)
Same here. I’ve just watched a video about Etsy SEO and was about to do some changes to my shop to match this advice. So thank you Nick for this great advice.
Thank you for the truth, breath of fresh air. I knew that my feelings on a lot of the "advice" was right but i dont have the experience yet to either confirm or debunk. You have really helped so thank you. I am going to go through your other videos as i am right at the beginning of my journey and am just about to open an Etsy store.
I have to say I agree with you on these! I'm just focusing on building my store with things that will sell all year around. I started out listening to these things and kind of thought I needed to throw out all these fall/Halloween and NONE of them have sold. I found my niche, it's small, it's something I know a lot about, and it's fun. I list a few things a night and sometimes a lot but I'd rather have quality over pushing out crap quickly. My store is growing slowly but consistently and that is my goal.
Christina that sounds like it's working for you pretty well, I am focusing on the same thing that you are because I'm seeing all these videos about popping out 100 designs in one day and I'm like how good can these designs be if I can put 122 designs out every time I'm in front of my computer and actually make them my own I figured that would probably be the best way to do it I'm glad you posted this thank you for confirming the direction that I'm heading. Good luck with your store as well
@@Listen_Quran.0 I don't know a whole lot about digital products but it's probably the same for researching t-shirt designs which is usually best to use ever be or e-rank and Google trends all together to research what's actually selling. There's so many different ways to research designs and what's selling I still haven't exactly pinpointed my exact way of using those tools but I'm working on it and I would suggest just do what I'm doing and research lots of RUclips videos on how to use those tools the best. The better you know those tools the easier it will be to find winning designs. Do you have a specific niche chosen that you're going to be selling in? That's usually the starting point is researching your niche.
Thank you so much for your advices! I planned to purchase a few courses on promoting an Etsy store via Pinterest, I copied AI art (no sales), I change tag words every couple of days, I did all other mistakes you mention in this video and more! Thank you so much for opening my eyes!
You are so right. Rubbish and more rubbish. I have experienced all of the above and you are 💯 % right. I didn't spend a whole lot of money. It's when I started listening to you, I closed my 2 shops with under 20 sales and now I have a shop doing 70 sales in a couple of months and getting better. Thank-you. People laugh as much as you want with this video or cry looking at the garbage videos. Follow the Etsy consultant and you will be following your dreams. Spend your money here. It will be worth it.
You've always got the most sensible advice out there. There are some helpful RUclips videos out there that are still worth watching, but for the parameters within which to build my store, you've got the most helpful, sensible, and believable content out there! Thank you once again for your valuable videos.
Pretty much have done all of those things... but since our call I've really been focusing on making my store less of a general store and more of a specialty store. Thank you.
I need to stop watching all of those videos. I can’t tell you how many times I wanted to change the theme of my store because of them and now I can’t decide what I want my store identity to be. I might just sign up and be a client because I love your videos and need to make my Etsy income a full time business. Thanks Nick, you are the only voice of reason when it comes to Etsy
Hi there, I would love to work with you! One of my mentoring sessions would benefit you on deciding on store identity/branding. Link below to book: etsy-consultant.com/services/30-minute-etsy-store-critique/
Thank you so much for the advice, especially about social media, that has been a big thing I look at as a drawback, I dislike social media in general I can't imagine trying to make it a constant part of my business life along with making items, and running a business in general.
Thank you Nick, such insightful knowledge you have imparted here. Much much appreciated. Really separates the "wheat from the chaff" as they say. Absolutely golden 🙂
Ok i agree with everything. I do wonder when you are talking about tools does that include ones that show you the search volume on tags? There is one that i use and i only use it because it will tell me words i have misspelled and missing pictures. I can see if the tags I use are valid. Can you elaborate on that?
I'm so so glad I found your channel Nick. A LOT of what you've said in this video (and others you've done) I've tried and then sat and wondered if its even worth it? The answer: No. No! It's not! Lol. And I'd rather be given the bare facts as they are, then waste my time creating things and putting them on products that are just never going to sell. I do POD. I watched your video on POD sellers and I appreciated your honesty in it. - I'm still going to try and give everything I can to my Etsy business as a POD seller because I know I can do it. And with your insights and helpful content on youtube, it makes it much much easier to wade through what is legitimate in other peoples videos and what is not. From here on out I'm not going to stress about SEO anymore. I'm just going to do it the way you taught us, as... it really does make a lot of sense? WHY jump through a billion hoops and use all these tools for SEO when you literally can come up with your titles and tags all on your own, and from it sounds like from you, we'll be better for it in terms of how Etsy reacts to our listings. One question I do have is: Do you suggest we double back on products we've already listed months earlier (or even weeks) and try to fix our SEO the way you do it? Or should we wait until their renewal time comes up and just focus here on out on listing products? Thanks again for all your help! ♥
Hi Sammie, thanks for your detailed comment. SEO does not need to keep being changed, as long as it is "good enough", Etsy will surface your item for the buyers. If the SEO on those listings is very poor, AND the item has not sold, sure, improve it.
You are the best! Bye bye e-rank! Actually I've been trying to get rid of them and they keep charging me but anyway . . . my favorite advice is no social media!!! I freaking hate social media!
Thank you for doing this. You covered most areas that totally make since. A lot of the other RUclipsrs act like it is so easy and you will start making 1000s in no time and little work.
You give the best reality checks! I watch these videos and then think I need to change what I'm doing instead of going with whats been selling in my shop, and then come here and it snaps me back to reality. I cant be everything to everyone lol
Love how straight forward you are. Just in the process of opening my Etsy store and I have to say with all you tubers out there I trust you and am following your advice. I am going to post 1 product then give it several days to make sure everything is cool and then add one product per day. Thank you again.
Yes I wasted time on social media which has always scared me anyway .. then I took your advice I really does not work all my followers were friends or dodgy guys asking if I was having a good day !!!!! Done with all that now. Just concentrating on making beautiful handmade clothing which is my passion and it’s working. Thanks for all you do 😊
@@Shopgirl2000 Sports Extreme sports Hiking Camping Professions Pets Quirky/weird Nerds and geeks Anime Vintage aesthetic Medical Astrology That will do for now.
I’m just getting started on Etsy and I found your channel and so far it’s been a gold mine of information and I’ve only watched 2 videos! I’m a 3D hard surface artist/sculptor and I just got a 3D printer so I thought I’d try my hand and selling some ‘hand made’ stuff. It’s a bit tough to get a lot of listings up quickly as I can only model and test print 1 product every day or 2. If it fails or doesn’t meet my quality standards it takes me another day to fix it between my real job and this. But once the model is set it’s fairly passive to mass produce more of the same item very quickly. Hoping to have at least 50 unique items up by next Christmas. I’m thinking of using color variations as separate listings of each item to pump up the quantity of listings I have for now until I can get a solid base of uniques, then I’ll merge the colors into singles listings. I’ve heard mixed reviews of using this method to inflate my number of listings but I don’t see any other way for me to produce more that quickly unless I were to invest a more printers (which are not that cheap). Look forward to watching more of your stuff!
Hey Fabio, thanks for being here, and good going with your ideas so far. Don't worry about speed, it is not the answer. Just list slowly and steadily, and then adapt as your business grows. Just try to prepare for Xmas 2024.
So helpful, thank you! I think a big question for many people is, what is the best way to build a store that creates a good full-time income on Etsy? How do we correctly research the market. I have tried to do this through looking at the stores doing well on Etsy, but it certainly hasn't helped me! That is how the gurus appeal showing the six figure Etsy stores they use as examples. I suspect most people starting Etsy stores want or need a decent income to make putting many hours, 20-50 hours a week, of work worthwhile. What you said about wasting time is so important. Any chance you could do a video on realistic figures for a good quality new Etsy store? Also, I see six figure mug stores on Etsy itself. I see Christmas ornaments as bestsellers. Could you possibly give any more advice on what we need to consider or remember when looking at these best selling stores. I see so many with 15k or 30k or 50k sales, not just mugs, but from notebooks to shirts, how do we best estimate what is now likely to work best for a new store in 2023? In terms of POD I have no idea if it's okay to add multiple different product types or not. But it seems Etsy needs to define you as a specific type of store, before you are likely to make sales? Thank you very much!
Thanks. I did try to use one of those SEO tools at first, but realized it was inaccurate. Dropped it quickly. Tried and dropped Pinterest too. Waste of time. However, years ago when I published a book on college scholarships, I built a following on Twitter. It’s over 17k people now. I do post my Etsy listings there, and have sold to these followers. It takes me very little time, since I have a routine for posting and engaging. -Elizabeth
Thank you so much for taking the time to help us who are new and need sound good advice. I have white board with your notes in my office and you have been a Godsend. Thank you :)
Great video @etsyconsultant, I did hate the sound of spending hours posting on social media so pleased you said this, but do you have a video of 10 things we should concentrate on, love to see that if you do and what tools if any you recommend.
Hi there, thanks for your comment. I recommend that you watch my video about your first 3 months on Etsy: ruclips.net/video/4GrTnCReu2c/видео.htmlsi=7KyFuNq9hsZRTd6W
I started my shop almost a year ago and have watched all the videos you talk about and do most of it. I have almost 1,000 listings, 74 sales but I have managed to be a Star Seller with good reviews and favorited items. Unfortunately I get very little traffic and I’m about ready to throw in the towel. I really want this to work but I’m pretty discouraged. Thank you for your channel.
If you want a random person to look at it and give you a generic customer impression, reply with the name of your store and I'll look at it and see if anything stands out at me as off-putting or missing critical information or not on theme. BTW, I think 74 sales in not quite a year is decent. It's a slow train to get started, but once it hits a certain point, it develops a critical mass and takes off on its own. You may be close to a breakthrough. (And it's entering the Christmas season, so definitely not a good time to quit; the party is just getting started.)
Hi there, thanks for your comment. I recommend that you book in for a 30 minute consultation so I can give you in depth advice and create a road map for success. etsy-consultant.com/services/
I sell a fair amount of designs using AI art but each design required lots of editing and learning how to prompt to get better results. It’s definitely not just slapping an Ai image on a shirt. Regarding social media: I keep telling every new seller to not waste time with untargeted social media spam and use this time to make more good designs instead. If you fill your store with quality listings with good SEO, Etsy will drive far more traffic of people who are actually looking to buy, not just curious. Really the most important point to tell every new seller is: spend more time designing and learning how to make better designs, stop wasting time on all the nonessential things.
I loved how practical your video is. I’m about to open an Etsy shop and will be using Printify as my POD. Why no mugs? Is it breakage or something else? I was going to have a mix of apparel and mugs with inspirational quotes on them.
Really interesting to hear your thoughts about 'mugs'... That was what got me first setting up my Etsy store. I designed loads (which I enjoyed) though I only listed a few before getting side-tracked with another shiny object(!) Anyway, sold a couple which wasn't bad considering the few I'd listed and the lack of attention I'd given my store. What I did learn through the process though, was that it would seem the mug has to be quite highly-priced to see any return (my first sale lost me a couple of dollars, and through my second sale I made a couple). So I got disheartened with that because I didn't really want to price the mugs any or much higher than I had (seemed ridiculous to do so). I'd be interested to learn what items you do give the thumbs up to sell in the POD world... In the meantime, I'm on to learning about printables / digital products (I've just watched your video - "How to Really Make $10000 in Your First Year on Etsy - All The Details") Now, just on to considering what are the best digital products to start creating in that niche you suggested... 🤔Onwards and upwards 😃
Yes, you are so right. I have watched a few of those videos but never quite believed them. My store is all handmade and makes regular consistent sales. Nothing crazy a few items a day and truly that is all I can handle and still have a life. I also don't do social media or pinterest or mugs or ornaments😅. Thanks for your honest advice. You are so far the only Etsy real deal on RUclips!😊
Honestly it's a breath of fresh air watching your video's and I wish I'd have seen them when I was first setting my Etsy shop up. Hopefully I can take your advice & get it functioning as a shop! The low stock thing is a real problem for me because I tend to make unique one off pieces and don't buy in bulk. I'll buy a gemstone strand (like raw diamonds) and then make a chain, bracelet & earrings but then run out of beads to make anything else 😂. Hopefully, I can put your advice into practice and at least put improvements in place. Thankyou for being a genius & for being straight forward in your approach x
Hi there, thanks for your comment. Even for OOAK items I recommend that you put the stock depth to at least 20, its explained here in the video link below. ruclips.net/video/zPzDptXFMoM/видео.htmlsi=R9EZifC0Ulad6dxh
Thoughts on RUclips folks saying to max out your etsy ad budget 1,000k a day? I watched your recent etsy ad video.....super appreciate your channel. I am a 15 year Etsy seller!!
Hi, it's bad advice, the reason they suggest to do this is because they think by giving the ads algorithm a huge amount of money to work with, you will quickly see what products work, and what keywords are used to get them to work. This won't work though because all Etsy will do is push your listings hard for partial match and single word keywords, and you will eat up way more daily budget doing it. AVOID this advice.
Great Video as usual Nik. And you are such a hoot. You make me laugh. But your advice is golden. I've listed 30 products so far and following your guidance. No sales yet, but I know that will come. I did get a bee in my bonnet and pushed out a couple Valentine's Mugs. Don't shoot me.
I fell for 😂 Most of the top 10, but have learned that it is crap advice! Thank you for putting it out there, hopefully new Etsy sellers will see this! I have had some sales since opening, not as many as I’d like, but it is a work in progress.
This one is my favorite of yours, not least because you reinforce my desire to ignore social media :). Seriously it jives with my opinions and what I've observed looking around on esty at what's selling etc. Maybe address that one of those other youtubers you mention is saying that the advice of listing one thing a day is wrong. I think maybe people are not understanding the logic behind that. (I do).
Thanks for the no-bullshit videos! Just what I needed. 😉 question: in one of your videos you tell to work on your shop for at least an hour a day when you open your shop. What if I opened my shop two months ago. Will that still work? Or do I need to open a new one. 🤔
Hi there, thanks for your comment. Follow my advice in this video here: ruclips.net/video/4GrTnCReu2c/видео.htmlsi=QXBbxYEuu3ugAA_X As long as you haven't bulk listed lots of inventory you should be fine.
Thank you so much, Nick for providing this information! We are bombarded with crap on You Tube guaranteeing to catapult new Etsy sellers into financial freedom, if you follow their advice, buy their courses and like, hit and share their garbage!! It's exhausting!
Thanks for this video I needed this one of course I need everyone of yours to get my store to selling. But I'm still trying thanks again you are the only one I'm listening too anymore. Kelli
Hi there Kelli, thanks for sharing. Feel free to get in touch to book a call with me if you'd like one to one advice, link below: etsy-consultant.com/services/
Your advice against Christmas tree ornaments breaks my heart! I haven't started the line yet so I can easily change course. But my niche is personalized gifts for new babies and families, and these ornaments will follow that. "Our first Christmas as a family of 3" or "Baby's First Christmas". Cute illustration, personalized with names and date of birth. Please tell me I'm an exception to this advice??!! Serious question, but following the fun tone of your video. :)
@@etsyconsultant This is an interesting post. I created my store in early September and committed one of the sins you mention in the video making my entire store a "mug" store. My sales were very infrequent the first few months; however after watching one of those youtube videos about ornaments I actually started putting some of my mug designs on my ornaments,and have reached almost 200 ornament sales in the month of November alone. I might sell a mug a day, but the ornaments are selling at least 8-9/day with 30 being the high. Now I face the reality that Christmas will end and I will be back to relying on mug sales, unless the ornaments still manage to sell a bit year round. This etsy journey has sure made my head spin at times.
Thank you, really appreciative of all the info you put out there! Only part I feel hesistant about is not listing a lot, if I look at stores with most sales started in 2023, the majority of them seem to have somewhere around 5x the number listings compared to the nubmber of day's they've been open. I've heard you recommend 1 item a day in the past, so not quite sure how to think about that?
It probably works if it's a hot selling thing. Conversion rate is the main thing so if you have garbage listings just for the volume it'll drag down the conversion rate. Figure out what reliably sells first and one a day is a good way to do that.
Bless you brava you save people money ,time and love the honesty I'm just beginning and wish I had the funds to place you in my corner! You are a rarity thank you!
Hi there, thanks for your comment. There are many ways that you can work with me, please see link below to my services prices start at $25. etsy-consultant.com/services/
Re low stock - all my listings have low stock as I often only make one of each product. It’s only a hobby business and mainly seasonal, but surely part of the attraction is there is often only one item that isn’t replicated 🤔 variants on one listing.
Hi there, thanks for your comment, I understand your thinking but within Etsy that doesn't make your items sell. Even if you don't have the items available you need to list your inventory with at least 20. If you get too many orders you can extend processing times/ increase prices. And worst case is that you refund your customer if you can't make the item in time.
Hi there, thanks for your comment. There is plenty of free advice on my channel , I have a social media series, and POD video, links below: ruclips.net/p/PLu6hxyqlfJIr8kA5rGzvd_Cmfx1xnanIQ&si=XwlgqZKT26kofsdC ruclips.net/video/6yLaLqIJU0U/видео.htmlsi=z54VG79u4NT5UD5n
Thank you for this video! Regarding the low number of items available. I run a vintage store, where most of the items are unique ones and I already have noticed how listings with more available items perform better, but I can't make it work with most of the unique items 🥺 Do you think the algorithm takes into account that a shop is a vintage one and the parameters could somehow be adjusted? Wishful thinking..but..thank you!
Hi there, thanks for your comment, you can make Vintage/OOAK items work on Etsy, these videos explain how: ruclips.net/video/vkAR0L0Dzlc/видео.htmlsi=1-hwIpNdHx-odLRO ruclips.net/video/zPzDptXFMoM/видео.htmlsi=KJnQB5PAdTp1QXy6
you made me laugh a lot 😂 Thanks Nick you are the best !!! no I did not apply the advice of these youtubers because universe put you on my path and I knew that you had good advice intuitively so I followed you and thank God I did well 🙏
I understand that Etsy ads sales and organic sales have different algorithms when it come to ranking and won’t help each other but will the ad sales help overall conversion rate there for helping your quality score.
No one knows exactly how Etsy treats ad conversion rate against overall store conversion rate. From my experience, it all depends on how big a % of your traffic comes from ads, the bigger the % from ads, the more influence it has.
I agree that most tools are rubbish but one I do use is by Dave Guindon craft inspector and another one he does. I love your honest videos and this is a particularly good point. I’ve been an online entrepreneur Phone nearly 2 decades now selling mainly digital products and downloadable books I was around before Kindle started and there are very few tools I use but I do like Daves because they are actually using the Search function on websites to gauge interest and how people are looking for solutions or products in their own lingo. I do find that useful because it gives me the full picture about how people might use what I’m selling, rather than how I think they’re going to use it. being aware of your own bias marketing anything is so important, figuring out how your product or service fits what they are looking looking for. I like what Nick says in all his videos because there's no hype just real advice I find myself nodding in agreement to.
Wow I upload like 6 items a day... usually my inventory totally evens out and stays at a certain number {about 450 items}. Lately my inventory is building and I'm not getting views or sales in December. When is it time to pull down listings that are not doing well? Should I just keep the auto relist on? I only get traffic when I list it seems... that's why I'm always listing... Everything I sell is unique and one of a kind so there are no multiples.
I normally sell digital knit and sew patterns - but I have a few kits. Uploaded a new knit yesterday and got very entangled with the question of Tariff numbers for sales to the EU (and elsewhere) and also the packaging nightmare ( to Germany and Poland etc) not to mention the price hike from royal mail... Can you do a video on this stuff?
I’m a store owner and i’m one of those who spends at least 15 hours every week for seo and i’m using the seo tools. I was succesful with my old stores with those tools but now it doesn’t seem to be working. What should I do? Do you have any advices to shorten the time I spend every week and what should I use instead?
You fail to tell people that if you have more than one in stock it costs you more money. I am so glad I watched this. I just added mugs to my shop so now I guess I have to find something else. What do you suggest for a candle business? and the mugs are so fun to make. Its such a disappointment.
Omg! This is sooooooo GOOD! Guilty of low stock (will improve this, even though I often have 10+ items in physical stock, I’ll still put there 3😂) and almost the social media thing/Pinterest (so boring btw, such a waste of time) and also almost the SEO eRank etc. tools too😅 “Almost” because luckily I never felt comfy or intuitively I didn’t see it as a thing building a giant TikTok or IG page (I do have both with just some of my own customers where I occasionally post updates and 1-2 per year a giveaway (speaking of that, giveaway just gotten me people who were fishing for free stuff as a habit, attending EVERY giveaway possible and never purchasing anything after so I guess I won’t be doing them that much- it was mainly for the fun of it but not really growing my page. So yeah thanks so much!!! I’m enjoying it thoroughly- very valuable!!! ❤
I agree about the AI art. I admit I do use AI art but I spend a lot of time creating a final graphic using AI generated images because I often have to generate 3 or 4 AI images just to composite into one graphic. I'll need to fix hands or take a head from one image and comp into another image or I'll create an AI image then have to use AI again to remove certain elements or add elements to the image. I have never just generated an AI image and said, well, that's perfect! Next! Using AI still takes time and talent to end up with usable images. It also helps that I've been a computer graphic artist for 30 years so I know what looks good and what looks lazy.
On that note, I would like to say using AI causes people to really think critically about the designs they want to create esp if you have a gift of creativity, and that’s a lot of work because you are visualizing what you personally want to create. I will keep using AI because I don’t particularly don’t care for their TEXT AND PICS…thanks for letting me share my thoughts here. Be blessed
So I have a question, Etsy closed my shop after I opened it within two days. I filed an appeal and they told me it was permanently suspended, wouldn’t tell me why and did not respond to my emails after, like what the hell did I do?
Hi there, thanks for your comment, and I am very sorry to hear that. Please see video below: ruclips.net/video/afr6dckNhQI/видео.htmlsi=4bX-D7sVE0tAGZ_o
Hi Nick! Your videos are really helpful to understand how Etsy works! I have been following you since a few months. I opened my shop a month and a half ago selling digital wall art. I know it is a very saturated market but I love making digital illustrations and have always wanted to start selling my prints. I watched your videos, started listing every day. I have listed 50 prints so far. No sales yet. I am at the stage where I am really confused what I am doing right or wrong. I also having trouble figuring how Etsy seo works for such digital products. Can you make a video in the future regarding digital wall art? Or any other way you can help me with this?
Thanks for the video, but what should I do if I am selling the one of a kind product, for every item, I only make one, I thought Etsy encourages those original hand-made artwork. Am I getting trouble for only have 1 in stock? I spend time make various things not the same thing for 100 times. Another question is I got the "rare find" label for many of the items in my shop. And I have no idea why there are some items got the label but some didn't. Thank you!
Hi there, thanks for your comment. The link below is for one of my videos I made for sellers just like you! ruclips.net/video/zPzDptXFMoM/видео.htmlsi=cfYDdLtMhWjDp80f
Great Videos and thank you. The problem with RUclips is that there is so much conflicting information. What twenty people advise you, another twenty people don't advise you. All very confusing.
@theflossingfisherman7925 No problem, thanks for watching. Yes, this is true, pick someone that makes sense and stick with them. What fish do you go after?
@@etsyconsultant I live just outside Southport in a semi-rural area called Scarisbrick. I am lucky that on one side I have the Leeds/Liverpool canal and on the other the River Ribble and the Rufford canal. I like to fish both of these, you never know what you are going to pull out, Bream, Tench, Carp, Roach, Perch. I also fish some local farm pits, for Carp. In the winter I will go after Pike.
@theflossingfisherman7925 Amazing, a real variety of fish. I am a carp fisherman, although I live in Cyprus now so I mainly fish for barracuda. Tight lines!
Great Video! especially on youtube when theres so much misleading video. What are your thoughts on high ticket etsy stores? Could you possibly do a video on how to approach this?
Thanks, great video! I have a couple of questions - regarding your point on Etsy SEO tools, if the data doesn't come from Etsy, do you know where it does come from? To your point about not adding loads of listings in one go, assuming they are quality products, why does it not work? I don't get how people have the time to add hundreds a day anyway, I've been adding a few a day and I'm up to 40 now in just under a month. Lastly, if social media is a waste of time, do you have any off-Etsy ways to boost organic traffic?
Hi, yes it comes from Google. Adding loads of listings, even if they are high quality will just tank your store conversion rate. There is no way to boost organic traffic off of Etsy because the traffic will not be organic. If you mean ways to boost traffic to your website, then there are a ton of ways to do this. Social media, advertizing being the 2 main sources.
Question, I have an idea, and I am pretty sure it will do good, because the few others, who I have seen, doing something similar, have sold quite a few of them, and their designs weren’t that good. However, as I am doing research, as you told us to do, by finding 50 stores who are making money doing what we want to do. The problem is, there aren’t a whole lot of people doing exactly what I want to do, so what should I do for the research? Should I find something that is similar but not exactly what I want to do. My listing would be a bundle type listing, with two to three different products, per listing, so could I find similar listings, even if they are only selling one item? Also, what is good to do with “those tools?” That would be an interesting video, you said they are useful in other ways, just not for research/SEO, so I was just curious what those things are that the tools are useful for. You’re sure right about the AI, it all looks the same, and it looks lifeless and soulless, to me, as an artist. I am not one of the artists who hates AI art, though, I have embraced it, because it isn’t going anywhere, the trick is to use it for ideas, or to change it and add a human touch to it, to bring it to life, which does take time. As far as POD, there are so many products, out there, yet, most of these other channels are only mentioning t-shirts, mugs, sweatshirts, ornaments, etc, you know, the ones that are very over saturated, and very hard to break into. There are a few people out there telling you to stop selling those type of products, and to open your own website, rather than working for anyone else.
Hey Molly, just find what similar competitors you can and look in to what they do and how you are different (and hopefully better). The main usefulness of these tools is tracking competitors sales, checking if you have filled out all your tags, seeing how much title space you have used (not all do that), basic things like that.
Thanks Nick, your advice really resonates with my own experience, particularly the effectiveness (or lack of) of Pinterest and Insta, where I have wasted too much time already. Your last point of not listing many products too soon was interesting - as a fairly new store should we aim for just 1-2 new listings and do this everyday, or what number should we be targeting?
Hi, yes, most people waste a mountain of time on Social Media with little to no reward. 1 listing a day, 1 per day just stick to that until you start to gain traction.
So what are the SEO tools good for? You said they’re good for something. I’ve used them to find keywords and check niches but is that wrong and a waste of time? I know that the Etsy API is open to use but not sure how much information you can actually get out, apart from guessing by doing some number-crunching.
They are great for: Making sure you use all title space Checking for missing keywords Keeping a general eye on competition Checking photos slots have been used Basic stuff like that. Ignore the search and click data, it does not come from Etsy, and they do not like to tell you this, for good reason.
Hmmm …. no pinterest & IG ?? I knew it in my gut but I’ve been doing those so haaaaard !!! 🤬🤬 But I am doing “one listing a day challenge “ as your advice. I will let you know how it goes after a month ! Thank you ❤
Hey Nick, do you know what is going on whit all the stores being closed by Etsy because something about mockups? I can see people panicking left and right on Facebook and Reddit about it, and I saw a few of shops that I was following closed down by Etsy. Any insight is welcomed, thank you in advance.
Hi nick😊 I had so much fun during watching and feel so lucky to find someone genious like you in my etsy journey!! My question is you often say that a growing store must add one item a day. What about 2 .i have so much ideas to design actually:) so can we add at least 2 listings a day? Thank you very much for being honest and helping us🥰
Hi, and thanks for being here and watching, I appreciate it. OK 1 item is good because you are lowering the chances of over listing and tanking your conversion rate. Slow is best.
Thanks for all your advice, love your honesty, unlike most just wanting to monotise on youtube whit lies, so i see you talking about ai generated art won't sell, what about digital hand made wall art does that sell well on etsy.
H, just go to the Etsy marketplace and pick 20 to 50 stores in your product space and then manually look at their sales and reviews and it becomes clear very quickly what is selling. Right now for example, halloween crossed with vintage style is selling a LOT.
these are awesome and funny!! xD. Glad you made these. I thinking of doin that pintrest one cuz they said but then thought a bout it...just too much work. Might as well put my time doing designs and focusing on My shop. Also I think I made a mistake of opening an online store (after etsy suspended my 1st new shop and took 4ever for them to reopen it)
If those strategies are so bad, why they say they have worked for them? Are they lying? At the end of the day, how do we know who is a successful etsy seller?
They are not testing any of them, they do not know. I know because it is my full time job for the last 10 years, and I have tested and seen all of them over and over again!
I have watched several of your videos and they are great, I do have a question about the stock topic. I plan on making one-of-a-kind wood turnings with a wood lathe, with that said i will not have more than one of each item to sell. some will be similar but not the same and I want the picture to be accurate to the item being sold. Your thoughts? Thanks
No mugs at all??? My whole shop is mugs for 2 years. Should I start adding other products with the same art or start over? With which products? It's POD. 😣😣😣
I sold 15 in the last two years. I also had printable stationery up that was selling pretty well, but another RUclipsr said to niche down to all the same type of product, and since they only made me a few dollars a piece, I took them off. Should I be trying all different types of products?@@etsyconsultant
Can you do a vid on how to make links to other items/listings in your store? I saw a listing in Etsy and I was looking at all the pics and the last pic was a pic which said: see 10+ items of this shop and when you clicked on that last pic you got indeed 10 more items of that shop. Is it possible to do this with just your iPhone?
Hi Nick, I'm just curious about listing the items. Since you mentioned don't list 10-20 items a day, what would be the best strategy to do the listing? Between consistently list 1 listing everyday and 10 listing every weekends, which one is better?
Hi there Andie, thanks for your comment. List one a day is what I recommend until you get to 100 listings. 1 listing a day better than 10 at the weekend.
Thank you Nick for your advices. I have created 2 Shops on Etsy, the one who is successful, is the one I have created without SEO tools, the other one was created following the Etsy Gurus on RUclips and I failed, I put months of work and about 700 euros in ads, money in tools…I will close this shop at the end of the month and continue my first one. Thank you for telling the truth❤
Hi there, thanks for sharing.
Thanks again for saving me time!!! I have to admit I was tempted by Pinterest, but having heard you I can see how it’s another way to waste a ton of time!
@@etsyconsultanthello Nick, I am so glad that I came across your channel. I just got done watching loads of RUclips videos and every single one of them had at least one of these topics in it I'm totally going to be going through all your videos this weekend. I do have a question though I literally just opened my shop about two weeks ago and I only have about eight designs up right now but my specific niche that I have I wonder should I be pumping out standard designs in my niche or because we're near the holidays should I just start with Halloween than Thanksgiving then Christmas and then in January after the holidays I can start with my actual niche I mean of course the holiday designs are going to be around my nieces well I'm just not sure how I should balance it. Any thoughts
This is me I have one shop that I focus so hard on with SEO ads everything and I do get some sales but it's like random sale a month or something but the shop that I've never used ads on or anything seem to have been getting sales right away and I neglected that one and have been focusing so hard on the other one that's barely doing anything even though I followed all the Etsy gurus now I'm thinking I need to put my attention on the other shop for a while and just let this one do its thing long-term & see which one does better long-term The one I'm using the SEO or the one I'm just listing in not doing anything else
You know how many hours & how much money you just saved for me? I should be forever grateful you made this video! Yes, I was heading for all Etsy SEO videos after this video, but you stopped me from getting trapped in the rabbit hole and spending money. You are a breath of fresh air and national treasure! Thank you a million :)
Great to hear and thanks for your support!
Same here. I’ve just watched a video about Etsy SEO and was about to do some changes to my shop to match this advice. So thank you Nick for this great advice.
Thank you for the truth, breath of fresh air. I knew that my feelings on a lot of the "advice" was right but i dont have the experience yet to either confirm or debunk. You have really helped so thank you. I am going to go through your other videos as i am right at the beginning of my journey and am just about to open an Etsy store.
Hi Amanda, I am glad you find my videos helpful. Keep me updated on your progress and good luck with your store!
@@etsyconsultant I will do and thank you 😊
I have to say I agree with you on these! I'm just focusing on building my store with things that will sell all year around. I started out listening to these things and kind of thought I needed to throw out all these fall/Halloween and NONE of them have sold. I found my niche, it's small, it's something I know a lot about, and it's fun. I list a few things a night and sometimes a lot but I'd rather have quality over pushing out crap quickly. My store is growing slowly but consistently and that is my goal.
Brilliant Christina, I am happy for you!
Great job!
Christina that sounds like it's working for you pretty well, I am focusing on the same thing that you are because I'm seeing all these videos about popping out 100 designs in one day and I'm like how good can these designs be if I can put 122 designs out every time I'm in front of my computer and actually make them my own I figured that would probably be the best way to do it I'm glad you posted this thank you for confirming the direction that I'm heading. Good luck with your store as well
Please share the method how you are researching trending products. How can I find best product for my store especially digital product.
@@Listen_Quran.0 I don't know a whole lot about digital products but it's probably the same for researching t-shirt designs which is usually best to use ever be or e-rank and Google trends all together to research what's actually selling. There's so many different ways to research designs and what's selling I still haven't exactly pinpointed my exact way of using those tools but I'm working on it and I would suggest just do what I'm doing and research lots of RUclips videos on how to use those tools the best. The better you know those tools the easier it will be to find winning designs. Do you have a specific niche chosen that you're going to be selling in? That's usually the starting point is researching your niche.
Thank you so much for your advices! I planned to purchase a few courses on promoting an Etsy store via Pinterest, I copied AI art (no sales), I change tag words every couple of days, I did all other mistakes you mention in this video and more! Thank you so much for opening my eyes!
@@La_Goetia No problem, I am glad I helped you!
You are so right. Rubbish and more rubbish. I have experienced all of the above and you are 💯 % right. I didn't spend a whole lot of money. It's when I started listening to you, I closed my 2 shops with under 20 sales and now I have a shop doing 70 sales in a couple of months and getting better. Thank-you. People laugh as much as you want with this video or cry looking at the garbage videos. Follow the Etsy consultant and you will be following your dreams. Spend your money here. It will be worth it.
Thanks for letting me know your story, good to have you here.
You've always got the most sensible advice out there. There are some helpful RUclips videos out there that are still worth watching, but for the parameters within which to build my store, you've got the most helpful, sensible, and believable content out there! Thank you once again for your valuable videos.
Hi there, thank you so much for the feedback. Good luck!
Pretty much have done all of those things... but since our call I've really been focusing on making my store less of a general store and more of a specialty store. Thank you.
No problem Tracy!
I need to stop watching all of those videos. I can’t tell you how many times I wanted to change the theme of my store because of them and now I can’t decide what I want my store identity to be. I might just sign up and be a client because I love your videos and need to make my Etsy income a full time business. Thanks Nick, you are the only voice of reason when it comes to Etsy
And the next video in my queue is a full tutorial on how to make $20,679/month selling iPhone cases on Etsy. SMH
Hi there, I would love to work with you! One of my mentoring sessions would benefit you on deciding on store identity/branding.
Link below to book:
etsy-consultant.com/services/30-minute-etsy-store-critique/
Thank you so much for the advice, especially about social media, that has been a big thing I look at as a drawback, I dislike social media in general I can't imagine trying to make it a constant part of my business life along with making items, and running a business in general.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you Nick, such insightful knowledge you have imparted here. Much much appreciated. Really separates the "wheat from the chaff" as they say. Absolutely golden 🙂
My pleasure!
Ok i agree with everything. I do wonder when you are talking about tools does that include ones that show you the search volume on tags? There is one that i use and i only use it because it will tell me words i have misspelled and missing pictures. I can see if the tags I use are valid. Can you elaborate on that?
Hi. yes of course, the search volume and click data that all these tools use, for any keywords, does not come from Etsy.
I'm so so glad I found your channel Nick. A LOT of what you've said in this video (and others you've done) I've tried and then sat and wondered if its even worth it? The answer: No. No! It's not! Lol. And I'd rather be given the bare facts as they are, then waste my time creating things and putting them on products that are just never going to sell.
I do POD. I watched your video on POD sellers and I appreciated your honesty in it. - I'm still going to try and give everything I can to my Etsy business as a POD seller because I know I can do it. And with your insights and helpful content on youtube, it makes it much much easier to wade through what is legitimate in other peoples videos and what is not. From here on out I'm not going to stress about SEO anymore. I'm just going to do it the way you taught us, as... it really does make a lot of sense? WHY jump through a billion hoops and use all these tools for SEO when you literally can come up with your titles and tags all on your own, and from it sounds like from you, we'll be better for it in terms of how Etsy reacts to our listings.
One question I do have is: Do you suggest we double back on products we've already listed months earlier (or even weeks) and try to fix our SEO the way you do it? Or should we wait until their renewal time comes up and just focus here on out on listing products?
Thanks again for all your help! ♥
Hi Sammie, thanks for your detailed comment.
SEO does not need to keep being changed, as long as it is "good enough", Etsy will surface your item for the buyers.
If the SEO on those listings is very poor, AND the item has not sold, sure, improve it.
You are the best! Bye bye e-rank! Actually I've been trying to get rid of them and they keep charging me but anyway . . . my favorite advice is no social media!!! I freaking hate social media!
Hey, thank you very much for your support!
Thank you for doing this. You covered most areas that totally make since. A lot of the other RUclipsrs act like it is so easy and you will start making 1000s in no time and little work.
You are very welcome!
You give the best reality checks! I watch these videos and then think I need to change what I'm doing instead of going with whats been selling in my shop, and then come here and it snaps me back to reality. I cant be everything to everyone lol
Hi there, thanks for taking the time to comment, exactly!
Very Happy to have found you. Thank you Nick
My pleasure!
Love how straight forward you are. Just in the process of opening my Etsy store and I have to say with all you tubers out there I trust you and am following your advice. I am going to post 1 product then give it several days to make sure everything is cool and then add one product per day. Thank you again.
Hi Austin, good luck and let me know how you get on.
Thankyou for making this video Nic. I am now very discerning as to whom I listen to on RUclips and have learned not to believe everything.
Hi there, thanks for your comment, stay tuned!
Yes I wasted time on social media which has always scared me anyway .. then I took your advice I really does not work all my followers were friends or dodgy guys asking if I was having a good day !!!!! Done with all that now. Just concentrating on making beautiful handmade clothing which is my passion and it’s working. Thanks for all you do 😊
Fantastic! Thanks for sharing.
So what does work for a POD business? I’m a retired nurse at 67 and I need this to work desperately!
This ^^ 🥺🙏🏼🙏🏼
Sports
Extreme sports
Hiking
Camping
Professions
Pets
Quirky/weird
Nerds and geeks
Anime
Vintage aesthetic
Medical
Astrology
That will do for now.
@@Shopgirl2000
Sports
Extreme sports
Hiking
Camping
Professions
Pets
Quirky/weird
Nerds and geeks
Anime
Vintage aesthetic
Medical
Astrology
That will do for now.
Wow, thank you!
Thank you so much ❣️❣️
I’m just getting started on Etsy and I found your channel and so far it’s been a gold mine of information and I’ve only watched 2 videos! I’m a 3D hard surface artist/sculptor and I just got a 3D printer so I thought I’d try my hand and selling some ‘hand made’ stuff. It’s a bit tough to get a lot of listings up quickly as I can only model and test print 1 product every day or 2. If it fails or doesn’t meet my quality standards it takes me another day to fix it between my real job and this. But once the model is set it’s fairly passive to mass produce more of the same item very quickly. Hoping to have at least 50 unique items up by next Christmas. I’m thinking of using color variations as separate listings of each item to pump up the quantity of listings I have for now until I can get a solid base of uniques, then I’ll merge the colors into singles listings. I’ve heard mixed reviews of using this method to inflate my number of listings but I don’t see any other way for me to produce more that quickly unless I were to invest a more printers (which are not that cheap). Look forward to watching more of your stuff!
Hey Fabio, thanks for being here, and good going with your ideas so far. Don't worry about speed, it is not the answer. Just list slowly and steadily, and then adapt as your business grows. Just try to prepare for Xmas 2024.
This is one of your best videos yet! Thank you
Thank you!
You're ALWAYS spot on! Loved this!
Thanks for watching, I appreciate it.
So helpful, thank you! I think a big question for many people is, what is the best way to build a store that creates a good full-time income on Etsy? How do we correctly research the market. I have tried to do this through looking at the stores doing well on Etsy, but it certainly hasn't helped me! That is how the gurus appeal showing the six figure Etsy stores they use as examples. I suspect most people starting Etsy stores want or need a decent income to make putting many hours, 20-50 hours a week, of work worthwhile. What you said about wasting time is so important. Any chance you could do a video on realistic figures for a good quality new Etsy store? Also, I see six figure mug stores on Etsy itself. I see Christmas ornaments as bestsellers. Could you possibly give any more advice on what we need to consider or remember when looking at these best selling stores. I see so many with 15k or 30k or 50k sales, not just mugs, but from notebooks to shirts, how do we best estimate what is now likely to work best for a new store in 2023? In terms of POD I have no idea if it's okay to add multiple different product types or not. But it seems Etsy needs to define you as a specific type of store, before you are likely to make sales? Thank you very much!
Its so confusing how etsy is set-up. You search a cottage core mug, and etsy show u a blanket. 😂 what are we doing
I’m interested in your Etsy consultation! Thank you!
Hi there, thanks please contact me via my website, link to book below:
etsy-consultant.com/services/
Thanks. I did try to use one of those SEO tools at first, but realized it was inaccurate. Dropped it quickly. Tried and dropped Pinterest too. Waste of time. However, years ago when I published a book on college scholarships, I built a following on Twitter. It’s over 17k people now. I do post my Etsy listings there, and have sold to these followers. It takes me very little time, since I have a routine for posting and engaging. -Elizabeth
Hi there, thanks for your comment Elizabeth. Great to hear that you have that following, and it's not taking too much time.
Many many thanks for the wisdom, the sharing, and... for the humor... great video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you so much for taking the time to help us who are new and need sound good advice. I have white board with your notes in my office and you have been a Godsend. Thank you :)
You are so welcome!
Great video @etsyconsultant, I did hate the sound of spending hours posting on social media so pleased you said this, but do you have a video of 10 things we should concentrate on, love to see that if you do and what tools if any you recommend.
Hi there, thanks for your comment. I recommend that you watch my video about your first 3 months on Etsy:
ruclips.net/video/4GrTnCReu2c/видео.htmlsi=7KyFuNq9hsZRTd6W
Thank you Nick. I watched your10 minute SEO 2024 video last night and it was a game changer. I'm very grateful
Hey Douglas, happy to help!
I started my shop almost a year ago and have watched all the videos you talk about and do most of it. I have almost 1,000 listings, 74 sales but I have managed to be a Star Seller with good reviews and favorited items. Unfortunately I get very little traffic and I’m about ready to throw in the towel. I really want this to work but I’m pretty discouraged. Thank you for your channel.
If you want a random person to look at it and give you a generic customer impression, reply with the name of your store and I'll look at it and see if anything stands out at me as off-putting or missing critical information or not on theme.
BTW, I think 74 sales in not quite a year is decent. It's a slow train to get started, but once it hits a certain point, it develops a critical mass and takes off on its own. You may be close to a breakthrough. (And it's entering the Christmas season, so definitely not a good time to quit; the party is just getting started.)
@@kerim.peardon5551 Thanks so much. I’d love that. That’s very kind of you to offer.
kissthecalm.etsy.com
Hi there, thanks for your comment. I recommend that you book in for a 30 minute consultation so I can give you in depth advice and create a road map for success.
etsy-consultant.com/services/
Im sooo glad I watched this before placing an order for a bunch of sublimation mugs and xmas tree decorations 😂 thanks for the advice 👍
No problem!
I sell a fair amount of designs using AI art but each design required lots of editing and learning how to prompt to get better results. It’s definitely not just slapping an Ai image on a shirt.
Regarding social media: I keep telling every new seller to not waste time with untargeted social media spam and use this time to make more good designs instead. If you fill your store with quality listings with good SEO, Etsy will drive far more traffic of people who are actually looking to buy, not just curious.
Really the most important point to tell every new seller is: spend more time designing and learning how to make better designs, stop wasting time on all the nonessential things.
Thanks for sharing, so true!
I loved how practical your video is. I’m about to open an Etsy shop and will be using Printify as my POD. Why no mugs? Is it breakage or something else? I was going to have a mix of apparel and mugs with inspirational quotes on them.
Only because mugs are so difficult to become successful with.
Really interesting to hear your thoughts about 'mugs'... That was what got me first setting up my Etsy store. I designed loads (which I enjoyed) though I only listed a few before getting side-tracked with another shiny object(!) Anyway, sold a couple which wasn't bad considering the few I'd listed and the lack of attention I'd given my store.
What I did learn through the process though, was that it would seem the mug has to be quite highly-priced to see any return (my first sale lost me a couple of dollars, and through my second sale I made a couple). So I got disheartened with that because I didn't really want to price the mugs any or much higher than I had (seemed ridiculous to do so).
I'd be interested to learn what items you do give the thumbs up to sell in the POD world... In the meantime, I'm on to learning about printables / digital products (I've just watched your video - "How to Really Make $10000 in Your First Year on Etsy - All The Details") Now, just on to considering what are the best digital products to start creating in that niche you suggested... 🤔Onwards and upwards 😃
Just answered this in your other comment Lesley.
@@etsyconsultant 👍
Yes, you are so right. I have watched a few of those videos but never quite believed them. My store is all handmade and makes regular consistent sales. Nothing crazy a few items a day and truly that is all I can handle and still have a life. I also don't do social media or pinterest or mugs or ornaments😅. Thanks for your honest advice. You are so far the only Etsy real deal on RUclips!😊
Thanks for sharing and good luck with your store!
Honestly it's a breath of fresh air watching your video's and I wish I'd have seen them when I was first setting my Etsy shop up. Hopefully I can take your advice & get it functioning as a shop! The low stock thing is a real problem for me because I tend to make unique one off pieces and don't buy in bulk. I'll buy a gemstone strand (like raw diamonds) and then make a chain, bracelet & earrings but then run out of beads to make anything else 😂. Hopefully, I can put your advice into practice and at least put improvements in place. Thankyou for being a genius & for being straight forward in your approach x
Hi there, thanks for your comment. Even for OOAK items I recommend that you put the stock depth to at least 20, its explained here in the video link below.
ruclips.net/video/zPzDptXFMoM/видео.htmlsi=R9EZifC0Ulad6dxh
Really interest as always! Although also so intrigued about what they are selling!
Thanks for your comment!
Thoughts on RUclips folks saying to max out your etsy ad budget 1,000k a day? I watched your recent etsy ad video.....super appreciate your channel. I am a 15 year Etsy seller!!
Hi, it's bad advice, the reason they suggest to do this is because they think by giving the ads algorithm a huge amount of money to work with, you will quickly see what products work, and what keywords are used to get them to work.
This won't work though because all Etsy will do is push your listings hard for partial match and single word keywords, and you will eat up way more daily budget doing it.
AVOID this advice.
Great Video as usual Nik. And you are such a hoot. You make me laugh. But your advice is golden. I've listed 30 products so far and following your guidance. No sales yet, but I know that will come. I did get a bee in my bonnet and pushed out a couple Valentine's Mugs. Don't shoot me.
Hi there, thanks for you feedback! Ok I won't shoot you :)
I fell for 😂 Most of the top 10, but have learned that it is crap advice! Thank you for putting it out there, hopefully new Etsy sellers will see this! I have had some sales since opening, not as many as I’d like, but it is a work in progress.
Hi Michelle, no problem, keep going with your store.
Great video 🎉
What should we follow as etsy seller - make video on this please
Hi, I don't understand your question here.
Hahaha as soon as you said mugs and Christmas tree ornament I new you were right! 😂
Happy holidays!
Love your videos 😃😃 good vibes! ❤
Glad you like them!
This one is my favorite of yours, not least because you reinforce my desire to ignore social media :). Seriously it jives with my opinions and what I've observed looking around on esty at what's selling etc.
Maybe address that one of those other youtubers you mention is saying that the advice of listing one thing a day is wrong. I think maybe people are not understanding the logic behind that. (I do).
Hi there thanks for your comment. Happy that you understand the logic!
Thanks for the no-bullshit videos! Just what I needed. 😉 question: in one of your videos you tell to work on your shop for at least an hour a day when you open your shop. What if I opened my shop two months ago. Will that still work? Or do I need to open a new one. 🤔
Hi there, thanks for your comment. Follow my advice in this video here:
ruclips.net/video/4GrTnCReu2c/видео.htmlsi=QXBbxYEuu3ugAA_X
As long as you haven't bulk listed lots of inventory you should be fine.
i’m sick of the gurus. really. none of it is working.
That's because they're all full of bs.
Hi there, thanks for your comment. Feel free to book in for a store audit:
etsy-consultant.com/services/30-minute-etsy-store-critique/
Thank you so much, Nick for providing this information! We are bombarded with crap on You Tube guaranteeing to catapult new Etsy sellers into financial freedom, if you follow their advice, buy their courses and like, hit and share their garbage!! It's exhausting!
It IS exhausting Pat, I totally agree!
Thanks for this video I needed this one of course I need everyone of yours to get my store to selling. But I'm still trying thanks again you are the only one I'm listening too anymore. Kelli
Hi there Kelli, thanks for sharing. Feel free to get in touch to book a call with me if you'd like one to one advice, link below:
etsy-consultant.com/services/
Your advice against Christmas tree ornaments breaks my heart! I haven't started the line yet so I can easily change course. But my niche is personalized gifts for new babies and families, and these ornaments will follow that. "Our first Christmas as a family of 3" or "Baby's First Christmas". Cute illustration, personalized with names and date of birth. Please tell me I'm an exception to this advice??!! Serious question, but following the fun tone of your video. :)
If you actually make the ornaments then you will have a much better chance of selling. Try it.
@@etsyconsultant This is an interesting post. I created my store in early September and committed one of the sins you mention in the video making my entire store a "mug" store. My sales were very infrequent the first few months; however after watching one of those youtube videos about ornaments I actually started putting some of my mug designs on my ornaments,and have reached almost 200 ornament sales in the month of November alone. I might sell a mug a day, but the ornaments are selling at least 8-9/day with 30 being the high. Now I face the reality that Christmas will end and I will be back to relying on mug sales, unless the ornaments still manage to sell a bit year round. This etsy journey has sure made my head spin at times.
Thank you, really appreciative of all the info you put out there! Only part I feel hesistant about is not listing a lot, if I look at stores with most sales started in 2023, the majority of them seem to have somewhere around 5x the number listings compared to the nubmber of day's they've been open. I've heard you recommend 1 item a day in the past, so not quite sure how to think about that?
It probably works if it's a hot selling thing. Conversion rate is the main thing so if you have garbage listings just for the volume it'll drag down the conversion rate. Figure out what reliably sells first and one a day is a good way to do that.
Hi there, thanks for your comment. I am here to guide you with all my experience. Do what you think is correct, and let me know how you get on.
Bless you brava you save people money ,time and love the honesty I'm just beginning and wish I had the funds to place you in my corner! You are a rarity thank you!
Hi there, thanks for your comment. There are many ways that you can work with me, please see link below to my services prices start at $25.
etsy-consultant.com/services/
Re low stock - all my listings have low stock as I often only make one of each product. It’s only a hobby business and mainly seasonal, but surely part of the attraction is there is often only one item that isn’t replicated 🤔 variants on one listing.
Hi there, thanks for your comment, I understand your thinking but within Etsy that doesn't make your items sell. Even if you don't have the items available you need to list your inventory with at least 20. If you get too many orders you can extend processing times/ increase prices. And worst case is that you refund your customer if you can't make the item in time.
love your channel. Can you expand on why you advise against Pinterest? AND- Do you have a top 10 best pieces of advice (I do POD)??? Thanks!
Hi there, thanks for your comment. There is plenty of free advice on my channel , I have a social media series, and POD video, links below:
ruclips.net/p/PLu6hxyqlfJIr8kA5rGzvd_Cmfx1xnanIQ&si=XwlgqZKT26kofsdC
ruclips.net/video/6yLaLqIJU0U/видео.htmlsi=z54VG79u4NT5UD5n
Great video Thank You!…Don’t get me started on “steal my strategy “ advice and mean while they have paid thousands for ads😢
Exactly!
Thank you for this video!
Regarding the low number of items available. I run a vintage store, where most of the items are unique ones and I already have noticed how listings with more available items perform better, but I can't make it work with most of the unique items 🥺
Do you think the algorithm takes into account that a shop is a vintage one and the parameters could somehow be adjusted? Wishful thinking..but..thank you!
Hi there, thanks for your comment, you can make Vintage/OOAK items work on Etsy, these videos explain how:
ruclips.net/video/vkAR0L0Dzlc/видео.htmlsi=1-hwIpNdHx-odLRO
ruclips.net/video/zPzDptXFMoM/видео.htmlsi=KJnQB5PAdTp1QXy6
One item a day is perfect and works. Yes, there is a bunch of crap on RUclips! You are RIGHT RIGHT RIGHT!!
Thank you!
you made me laugh a lot 😂 Thanks Nick you are the best !!!
no I did not apply the advice of these youtubers because universe put you on my path and I knew that you had good advice intuitively so I followed you and thank God I did well 🙏
Brilliant! Thanks for being here.
Just want to thank you for sharing your knowledge. I am starting on etsy and your advice is very welcome
You are so welcome!
I understand that Etsy ads sales and organic sales have different algorithms when it come to ranking and won’t help each other but will the ad sales help overall conversion rate there for helping your quality score.
No one knows exactly how Etsy treats ad conversion rate against overall store conversion rate.
From my experience, it all depends on how big a % of your traffic comes from ads, the bigger the % from ads, the more influence it has.
I agree that most tools are rubbish but one I do use is by Dave Guindon craft inspector and another one he does. I love your honest videos and this is a particularly good point. I’ve been an online entrepreneur Phone nearly 2 decades now selling mainly digital products and downloadable books I was around before Kindle started and there are very few tools I use but I do like Daves because they are actually using the Search function on websites to gauge interest and how people are looking for solutions or products in their own lingo. I do find that useful because it gives me the full picture about how people might use what I’m selling, rather than how I think they’re going to use it. being aware of your own bias marketing anything is so important, figuring out how your product or service fits what they are looking looking for. I like what Nick says in all his videos because there's no hype just real advice I find myself nodding in agreement to.
Hi Mia, thanks for your comment.
Wow I upload like 6 items a day... usually my inventory totally evens out and stays at a certain number {about 450 items}. Lately my inventory is building and I'm not getting views or sales in December. When is it time to pull down listings that are not doing well? Should I just keep the auto relist on? I only get traffic when I list it seems... that's why I'm always listing... Everything I sell is unique and one of a kind so there are no multiples.
Keep them up for a year, if they don't sell, swap them out.
Whats your advice on duplicating listings with different SEO or changing the thumbnail?
A/B testing?
I have a shop. That's what I do and it works for me. Some things you just have to try for yourself.
Yep, do it, as Molly said, that's A/B testing, try it!
Indeed.
Yes you do, for sure.
I normally sell digital knit and sew patterns - but I have a few kits. Uploaded a new knit yesterday and got very entangled with the question of Tariff numbers for sales to the EU (and elsewhere) and also the packaging nightmare ( to Germany and Poland etc) not to mention the price hike from royal mail... Can you do a video on this stuff?
Hi Ruth, I have noted your suggestion.
I’m a store owner and i’m one of those who spends at least 15 hours every week for seo and i’m using the seo tools. I was succesful with my old stores with those tools but now it doesn’t seem to be working. What should I do? Do you have any advices to shorten the time I spend every week and what should I use instead?
Hi, just watch this video and follow along, simple & straight forward:
ruclips.net/video/OPElFduVPf4/видео.html
the best advices ever 🎉
Thank you, really Thank you for your sincerely and help 🙏
You're so welcome!
You fail to tell people that if you have more than one in stock it costs you more money. I am so glad I watched this. I just added mugs to my shop so now I guess I have to find something else. What do you suggest for a candle business? and the mugs are so fun to make. Its such a disappointment.
Hi there, thanks for your comment. It doesn't cost more money to have more than one item in your inventory.
Omg! This is sooooooo GOOD! Guilty of low stock (will improve this, even though I often have 10+ items in physical stock, I’ll still put there 3😂) and almost the social media thing/Pinterest (so boring btw, such a waste of time) and also almost the SEO eRank etc. tools too😅 “Almost” because luckily I never felt comfy or intuitively I didn’t see it as a thing building a giant TikTok or IG page (I do have both with just some of my own customers where I occasionally post updates and 1-2 per year a giveaway (speaking of that, giveaway just gotten me people who were fishing for free stuff as a habit, attending EVERY giveaway possible and never purchasing anything after so I guess I won’t be doing them that much- it was mainly for the fun of it but not really growing my page.
So yeah thanks so much!!! I’m enjoying it thoroughly- very valuable!!! ❤
Thanks Nicole!
As a fellow Etsy RUclipsr, this is a beneficial video. I agree with all apart from the SEO tools tip. Keep it up bro 😎
Thanks Alfie!
I agree about the AI art. I admit I do use AI art but I spend a lot of time creating a final graphic using AI generated images because I often have to generate 3 or 4 AI images just to composite into one graphic. I'll need to fix hands or take a head from one image and comp into another image or I'll create an AI image then have to use AI again to remove certain elements or add elements to the image. I have never just generated an AI image and said, well, that's perfect! Next! Using AI still takes time and talent to end up with usable images. It also helps that I've been a computer graphic artist for 30 years so I know what looks good and what looks lazy.
Hi there, thanks for sharing!
On that note, I would like to say using AI causes people to really think critically about the designs they want to create esp if you have a gift of creativity, and that’s a lot of work because you are visualizing what you personally want to create. I will keep using AI because I don’t particularly don’t care for their TEXT AND PICS…thanks for letting me share my thoughts here. Be blessed
So I have a question, Etsy closed my shop after I opened it within two days. I filed an appeal and they told me it was permanently suspended, wouldn’t tell me why and did not respond to my emails after, like what the hell did I do?
Hi there, thanks for your comment, and I am very sorry to hear that. Please see video below:
ruclips.net/video/afr6dckNhQI/видео.htmlsi=4bX-D7sVE0tAGZ_o
Well! This just saved me some $ and a lot of time! You are GOLD ❤
That are great news, I am happy for that!
I have a store with 172000 sales in 10 years, jewelry, there are some real gems in this list … happy I done fall for any of those.
Indeed, hopefully I will be working with you soon!
Hi Nick! Your videos are really helpful to understand how Etsy works! I have been following you since a few months. I opened my shop a month and a half ago selling digital wall art. I know it is a very saturated market but I love making digital illustrations and have always wanted to start selling my prints. I watched your videos, started listing every day. I have listed 50 prints so far. No sales yet. I am at the stage where I am really confused what I am doing right or wrong. I also having trouble figuring how Etsy seo works for such digital products. Can you make a video in the future regarding digital wall art? Or any other way you can help me with this?
Hi there, thanks for you comment. Please contact me to book in for a consultation, link below:
etsy-consultant.com/services/
Great, thank you! @@etsyconsultant
Thanks for the video, but what should I do if I am selling the one of a kind product, for every item, I only make one, I thought Etsy encourages those original hand-made artwork. Am I getting trouble for only have 1 in stock? I spend time make various things not the same thing for 100 times. Another question is I got the "rare find" label for many of the items in my shop. And I have no idea why there are some items got the label but some didn't. Thank you!
Hi there, thanks for your comment. The link below is for one of my videos I made for sellers just like you!
ruclips.net/video/zPzDptXFMoM/видео.htmlsi=cfYDdLtMhWjDp80f
Great Videos and thank you. The problem with RUclips is that there is so much conflicting information. What twenty people advise you, another twenty people don't advise you. All very confusing.
@theflossingfisherman7925 No problem, thanks for watching. Yes, this is true, pick someone that makes sense and stick with them. What fish do you go after?
@@etsyconsultant I live just outside Southport in a semi-rural area called Scarisbrick. I am lucky that on one side I have the Leeds/Liverpool canal and on the other the River Ribble and the Rufford canal. I like to fish both of these, you never know what you are going to pull out, Bream, Tench, Carp, Roach, Perch. I also fish some local farm pits, for Carp. In the winter I will go after Pike.
@theflossingfisherman7925 Amazing, a real variety of fish. I am a carp fisherman, although I live in Cyprus now so I mainly fish for barracuda. Tight lines!
Great Video! especially on youtube when theres so much misleading video. What are your thoughts on high ticket etsy stores? Could you possibly do a video on how to approach this?
Thanks, good suggestion, I have the answers, but most people simply won't be interested in the content, because most do not sell high ticket items.
Thanks, great video! I have a couple of questions - regarding your point on Etsy SEO tools, if the data doesn't come from Etsy, do you know where it does come from? To your point about not adding loads of listings in one go, assuming they are quality products, why does it not work? I don't get how people have the time to add hundreds a day anyway, I've been adding a few a day and I'm up to 40 now in just under a month. Lastly, if social media is a waste of time, do you have any off-Etsy ways to boost organic traffic?
Hi, yes it comes from Google.
Adding loads of listings, even if they are high quality will just tank your store conversion rate.
There is no way to boost organic traffic off of Etsy because the traffic will not be organic. If you mean ways to boost traffic to your website, then there are a ton of ways to do this. Social media, advertizing being the 2 main sources.
Question, I have an idea, and I am pretty sure it will do good, because the few others, who I have seen, doing something similar, have sold quite a few of them, and their designs weren’t that good. However, as I am doing research, as you told us to do, by finding 50 stores who are making money doing what we want to do. The problem is, there aren’t a whole lot of people doing exactly what I want to do, so what should I do for the research? Should I find something that is similar but not exactly what I want to do. My listing would be a bundle type listing, with two to three different products, per listing, so could I find similar listings, even if they are only selling one item? Also, what is good to do with “those tools?” That would be an interesting video, you said they are useful in other ways, just not for research/SEO, so I was just curious what those things are that the tools are useful for.
You’re sure right about the AI, it all looks the same, and it looks lifeless and soulless, to me, as an artist. I am not one of the artists who hates AI art, though, I have embraced it, because it isn’t going anywhere, the trick is to use it for ideas, or to change it and add a human touch to it, to bring it to life, which does take time. As far as POD, there are so many products, out there, yet, most of these other channels are only mentioning t-shirts, mugs, sweatshirts, ornaments, etc, you know, the ones that are very over saturated, and very hard to break into. There are a few people out there telling you to stop selling those type of products, and to open your own website, rather than working for anyone else.
Hey Molly, just find what similar competitors you can and look in to what they do and how you are different (and hopefully better).
The main usefulness of these tools is tracking competitors sales, checking if you have filled out all your tags, seeing how much title space you have used (not all do that), basic things like that.
Thanks Nick, your advice really resonates with my own experience, particularly the effectiveness (or lack of) of Pinterest and Insta, where I have wasted too much time already. Your last point of not listing many products too soon was interesting - as a fairly new store should we aim for just 1-2 new listings and do this everyday, or what number should we be targeting?
Hi, yes, most people waste a mountain of time on Social Media with little to no reward.
1 listing a day, 1 per day just stick to that until you start to gain traction.
So what are the SEO tools good for? You said they’re good for something. I’ve used them to find keywords and check niches but is that wrong and a waste of time? I know that the Etsy API is open to use but not sure how much information you can actually get out, apart from guessing by doing some number-crunching.
They are great for:
Making sure you use all title space
Checking for missing keywords
Keeping a general eye on competition
Checking photos slots have been used
Basic stuff like that.
Ignore the search and click data, it does not come from Etsy, and they do not like to tell you this, for good reason.
Hmmm …. no pinterest & IG ??
I knew it in my gut but I’ve been doing those so haaaaard !!! 🤬🤬
But I am doing “one listing a day challenge “ as your advice. I will let you know how it goes after a month ! Thank you ❤
Go for it!
Hey Nick, do you know what is going on whit all the stores being closed by Etsy because something about mockups? I can see people panicking left and right on Facebook and Reddit about it, and I saw a few of shops that I was following closed down by Etsy. Any insight is welcomed, thank you in advance.
Hi, I am looking in to it and will post a video when I know what is going on, thanks!
Hi nick😊 I had so much fun during watching and feel so lucky to find someone genious like you in my etsy journey!! My question is you often say that a growing store must add one item a day. What about 2 .i have so much ideas to design actually:) so can we add at least 2 listings a day? Thank you very much for being honest and helping us🥰
Hi, and thanks for being here and watching, I appreciate it. OK 1 item is good because you are lowering the chances of over listing and tanking your conversion rate. Slow is best.
Thanks for all your advice, love your honesty, unlike most just wanting to monotise on youtube whit lies, so i see you talking about ai generated art won't sell, what about digital hand made wall art does that sell well on etsy.
Hi Ronald, it does sell, but it is VERY hard to break into, there are so many sellers doing it.
Great video, but where do we start with your videos to grow a shop?
Hello Paula, I have just released a video about it. Here you are:
ruclips.net/video/JCJjk4xkhB4/видео.html
How will i know what shirt is trending on etsy without using tools?
H, just go to the Etsy marketplace and pick 20 to 50 stores in your product space and then manually look at their sales and reviews and it becomes clear very quickly what is selling.
Right now for example, halloween crossed with vintage style is selling a LOT.
Thanks for that. Makes absolute sense and cuts straight through the BS.
You're very welcome Gary.
these are awesome and funny!! xD. Glad you made these. I thinking of doin that pintrest one cuz they said but then thought a bout it...just too much work. Might as well put my time doing designs and focusing on My shop. Also I think I made a mistake of opening an online store (after etsy suspended my 1st new shop and took 4ever for them to reopen it)
Thanks for your comment!
You're 💯💯❤❤❤Appreciate.. I always find social media is bad for business..
Hey, thank you for your comment and yes, I totally agree with you!
Finally some one addresses the reality.
A painful reality!
What about doing POD apparel? Because RUclipsrs are asking people to do it too. 😢
It;s VERY tough, and most do not succeed due to lack of design skill and competition.
If those strategies are so bad, why they say they have worked for them? Are they lying? At the end of the day, how do we know who is a successful etsy seller?
They are not testing any of them, they do not know. I know because it is my full time job for the last 10 years, and I have tested and seen all of them over and over again!
I have watched several of your videos and they are great, I do have a question about the stock topic. I plan on making one-of-a-kind wood turnings with a wood lathe, with that said i will not have more than one of each item to sell. some will be similar but not the same and I want the picture to be accurate to the item being sold. Your thoughts? Thanks
Hi, just list your items, when they sell, they sell, and list more. Not ideal, but you should still make sales if people like the items.
No mugs at all??? My whole shop is mugs for 2 years. Should I start adding other products with the same art or start over?
With which products? It's POD. 😣😣😣
Hi there, thanks for your comment. How are your sales going?
I sold 15 in the last two years. I also had printable stationery up that was selling pretty well, but another RUclipsr said to niche down to all the same type of product, and since they only made me a few dollars a piece, I took them off. Should I be trying all different types of products?@@etsyconsultant
Can you do a vid on how to make links to other items/listings in your store? I saw a listing in Etsy and I was looking at all the pics and the last pic was a pic which said: see 10+ items of this shop and when you clicked on that last pic you got indeed 10 more items of that shop. Is it possible to do this with just your iPhone?
That is a feature added by Etsy.
Hi Nick, I'm just curious about listing the items. Since you mentioned don't list 10-20 items a day, what would be the best strategy to do the listing? Between consistently list 1 listing everyday and 10 listing every weekends, which one is better?
Hi there Andie, thanks for your comment. List one a day is what I recommend until you get to 100 listings. 1 listing a day better than 10 at the weekend.
@@etsyconsultant Thanks for your advice. Ill do that.
I love your advices and videos. To comment for #1. How many items do you suggest we should start with when opening a store?
Hi there, you start with 1, and list 1 item a day until you get to 100, (where possible). It's important not to list more than 1 a day.
Great video. How many items would you list when you start?
Hey, this video might give you the right answers:
ruclips.net/video/wMw8pyRnhnU/видео.html
Thank you your advice will save me a lot of time!
No problem!