10 Mistakes Etsy Sellers Make | Etsy Tips for Beginners
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- Running an Etsy shop can be tricky are you making these Top 10 Etsy Mistakes? Here are my tips for Etsy Beginners
1. Complete your entire Etsy shop, including shop Policies.
2. Make sure you have clickable and cohesive looking shop and product images.
3.Use all or most of the Etsy shop photos with 7 different styles of photos.
4.Do your keyword research. Keywords are the only way you can get found.
5.Use keywords in your shop title, first paragraph of your shop description, product title, first paragraph of product description, and product tags.
6.Pick keywords with some competition but not a lot so that you can get seen, not lost in all of the noise.
7.Put the most important keyword first in your title.
8.Tap into buyers emotions in your descriptions and product descriptions should be approximately 300 words. Think how can I improve the life of my customer with this product.
9.Once a day add products to your Etsy shop increasing daily to a minimum of 100-200 products in your shop.
10.Make products where you can sell multiple quantities of the same thing. Etsy algorithm likes to see sales and then renewals.
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What are your Etsy selling questions?
Should a seller use different key words? Example: Double Mirror Compact, Pocket Mirror,Fox Mirror Compact?
Southern Charm Wreaths when it comes to key words, is every so got word you put used or do I need to repeat the word if used in a phrase? Like if I say "door wreath" and "spring wreath". Would I need them both or could I just say "spring door wreath"?
Every single word you put*
Thx in advance!
Southern Charm Wreaths Hello , I am seller etsy account, I shipped my order and add tracking number, but it’s wrong tracking number how to re- Update?
Please help me
Thanks so much!
To the busy ones:
1. Completely fill out your ETSY shop
2. Ensure good pictures (light, quality) of your products
3. Use as many ETSY picture slots as possible
4. Do keyword research (narrow it down)
5. Add keywords to title, 1st paragraph and tags
6. Use low-frequent keywords (less competition)
7. Most important keywords should go first
8. Use at least 300 words in the description (use emotions)
9. Post ~1 product every day (dynamic shop) and increase options (~50 items)
10. Use multiple items (e.g. make multiple bracelets)
@Southern Charm Wreaths: If you do not appreciate this comment pls just delete it! I definitely do not want to interfere with your wonderful content in the video! :) It's amazingly helpful to listen to all your explanations.
Thank you for making this list 👍🌸
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Thank you so much for the list💗
Alex W I watched the video and then forgot a couple of these and wanted to make note of these! Thank you :)
Alex W this is amazing
I forgot "must have/affordable/ I forgot those two words. ..im not quite ready for etsy. ..but I write in my binder all items with description. ..I had to put my little dreams on hold for surgeries and cancer. ..but im cancer free now. ..and I'm working on product. ..thanks for your advice ...bless you
RAREBREED398 congrats on your recovery 💞💞
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Hope your recovery is going well!!! 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼
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Blessings!
Thank you so much for taking the time to make such a detailed video. I think I can speak for everyone that is new on Etsy, videos like this one are very valuable to us! Take care!
I love when women are not competitive and are helpful to one another! Etsy is helping many women become more economically independant and entrepreneurs!
I was thinking the same thing while watching this!
You made an awesome point about not wanting to shop in a store with only 5 pairs of shoes! Also didn't realize that each time I add a product to my shop it shows up in my faves' feeds.
I truly can't believe the difference following your advice is making in my Etsy shop! Really, how can I thank you enough? I WANT TO THANK YOU soooooo
I'm going to be sharing this wonderful video A LOT!
God bless you.
Brand new pen turner on etsy. I haven't opened my shop yet, but I feel much more comfortable with getting started now. Thank you so much!
Thank you for this video. I changed my titles, descriptions, and added new keywords on a handful of products and got a notification saying someone favorited my store about two hours later .
Fantastic advice, people would pay for these kind of tips, bravo, many thanks ☺️
Yes,I use the same keywords other bigger sellers are using but the problem with that sometimes they will still choose the other seller because they still have a bigger ranking and have bigger feedback on the same item.So sometimes it works,sometimes it does not.
Queen Kristal, I am curious as to how you go about knowing that you are using the SAME keywords that successful Etsy sellers are using?
That is the struggle when you are new to the game. It is logical that people are going to go with the better ranking seller because of perceived bigger experience and better feedback but you keep going at it and you will too be a big seller someday too.
Scroll down until you see the tags that they are using. Ps you won’t see them if you’re using mobile app
Wow, such great information. I don't have a Etsy shop but if I decide to do that in the future I will definitely come back to this video. Thanks
What's great is that my item is digital nature photography. Makes it easy for me. :)
I have not been able to get myself to work on my etsy store for some time. I became very discouraged after a non existing holiday season and a hard look at my profits. I take terrible pictures and became very frustrated also with my health I cant do any of the crafting jewelry making I started the Etsy shop for. It takes me hours to complete a listing. And for this reason I gave up but I still have small sales each week. But after this video I feel you have given me some good advice to help improve and bring my shop to a more profession level. Thank you I am going back to work.
Thank you so much for this very helpful video. I am about to start an etsy shop selling my Christmas items and I am so glad I saw this before I start listing. I am going to use all your fabulous tips and hope that I will find the buyers I am hoping for. Bless You.
Glad I could help!
I make needle felted animals, and these tips definitely gave me some ideas for my Etsy shop, thanks!
Wow! Just found this awesome video. Thank you, so much for sharing it. So easy to understand and such great tips. I feel so confident about opening a shop now. You do a great job and have a great presence. I’ve tried watching a ton of videos and you are not the best video hosts! Thanks again!
Hello etsy friend in Columbia, we just drove through on our way home from Charleston. Got home and found you on youTube. Superb tips! Thank you. New to Etsy and clueless. Thank you so much! Roz from Abbeville, SC
Thankyou from an Etsy noob! Generous, thoughtful and very, very helpful. You are are creative with your hands, your ideas and your words. You are a storyteller, telling great stories, stories that count. Thankyou and bless you! I’m working on the idea that my creativity with my words will match that with my hands, hammers and fire 🐺
Awesome insight on how Etsy works. Thanks!
Such a good video!!! Thid was so helpful thank yoU!
Hi, thankyou for this video it has been very helpful!
However, I only have 1 product which I have spent 6 months developing.
I can't make any more products, so I'm stuck with the single listing.
I'm only getting 2 or 3 views per day.
What could I do to get around this?
MAKE DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THE SAME THING.
Oh my gosh I'm new and clicked here to get maybe a few tips and stuff and I get an amazingly well done video instead!!! I fricken love how informative you are!!!
Thank you so much - I learnt a lot.
I’m new to Etsy thank you soooooooo much for this video
28:00 well ther's my problem I guess. One perosn backed out after I quoted them the market average for custom artwork that is very labour intensive. I then thought I was being arrogant and immediately slashed my prices by half. Then another client said (after they paid me) shouldn't I be charging more? I was perplexed. It's because I have never been above the poverty line myself and always look for the cheapest thing. online. I guess normal people don't think that way especially when trating themselve sor gifting someone a luxury item such as bespoke artwork. I have always denied myself these things because I couldn't afford them, and I never will unless I can price high enough to earn at least the minimum wage.
Art is the one product people feel should be very inexpensive to them.. odd.
I had a guy look at my ad with three dolls in it.. him thinking they were all available for one price.. when the ad clearly stated these were examples and each doll was the price advertised. He cancels his order and accused ME of tricking him..
@@rachell.661 I hear you. With some customers you never win.They rather die than accept that they were wrong.
Not everyone is your target market. Those that are not can keep moving.
GRAMMER IS EVERYTHING! SPELL CORRECTLY! KNOW YOUR KEYBOARD LOL!!
Anyone else feels the need in buying a wreath right now? 😅
Maybe some shoes too...
Me!!
Julie, thanks for such an informative video and love your cold-shoulder top! The visuals from your shared screen helped so much. A picture...
Thank you for taken the time to helping us.
I've learned a lot in 30 minutes, thanks for sharing this video ❤️
Very useful for people like me who want to start on etsy. Thanks a lot
You're welcome
Hi Julie- I just wanted to say thank you for this video. I opened up my Etsy Shop in 2016 and made 3 sales the entire year. Three. My biggest mistake was not using the description box to its maximum potential. I decided to start selling in March, and started implementing your suggestions. Since March, I have made 85 sales. Thank you so very much!
That’s awesome. This made my day! Thanks for letting me know! Now to make 85 sales per month!! If you need help with social media or email marketing your Etsy shop I would love to have you in our business group! southerncharmwreaths.com/success-circle
@@southerncharmwreaths thank you! You made my year! Sure, I will definitely join!
Excellent! This really helped me look at my shop differently
. Thanks so much!
This video has been so helpful!I plan to do some revamping to my shop.
Thanks so much for the helpful tips. I've made many of those mistakes already & now will go back to fix them. I find it difficult to come up with a lot of words to put in my descriptions. I'm going to try the emotional wants idea for sure. Looking forward to hearing more of your ideas.
Thanks for this video, I've been struggling to get my listings seen on etsy for a while now
I’m trying to get more sales on Etsy. It’s been almost a year and I’ve had 10 sales. Although on eBay I do much much better. But I really am trying on Etsy. I can’t afford ads so I will work on those keywords!! I also check the stats of each listing to see how many views I have. And Etsy also shows you what your customers are searching for.
Thank you for giving me some valuable tips. Your the best. It's no wonder in my past that I didn't get any sales I didn't used keyword that explain my product good. And I didn't have enough items in my shop
This is a very very informative video. Thank you!
Can you do a video on how to properly measure you’re finished wreaths? I never know how to measure certain styles, like from the tip to leave tip??? I’m confused
Tip 9 you mention renew a product. If you use auto renew is it necessary (or even possible) to renew? Great tips by the way :)
Yes but the video was film a while ago. Since then Etsy changed some algorithms and it’s not really helpful like it used to be.
Great tips! Thanks!
GREAT TUTORIAL.
This is so detailed and extremely helpful! Thank you :)
Awesome tutorial...the Best! Thank you!
Great video! Thank you for helping us newbies!!!!
So grateful to have found you!
Yep I made lots of mistakes and still learning. My biggest first was having one listing only lol 😄😅 but some how I sold it that gave me the biggest confidence boost lol don't give up!!! ❤
How did it take?❤️
@@moonstargal_xox7887 it actually worked out fine. Im not making an enormous amount of money but fine with me cause its more of a hobby plus i sell things i crochet so takes a while to make items. So far 20 sales but made over 1,000 last year so i say it was worth it lol.
Stephanie S. Wow!! That’s amazing congrats 😃👍
Stephanie S. Did your first sale take a while?
@@moonstargal_xox7887 yes i believe it took me around 4 months or a little more. I know others sellers make there 1st sale in less or even longer. It varies for everyone
Thank you so much! This was so helpful and so encouraging. Very practical and engaging!
You can have the most sophisticated SEO and still not sell on Etsy. There are too many factors besides SEO.
cOULD you comment on that? -of course a good product is the number one
Okay like what? The fuck you gonna say that for and not tell anyone what it is lmao
Very useful. Thank you.
fantastic really helpful thank you x
Great Advise I can finally understand. Thank you for all the help you give to people like myself. I am going back and starting to work on all my keywords now. Sayer Goods
Thanks for the valuable information you shared in this video!
I've sold on ebay for over 20 years and went to open an etsy shop and read how everything had to be made by me or me working with someone, or vintage so never did it. That obviously isn't true. You can find everything on etsy, much of it not hand made. I don't get it.
SHOWING WORK WITH OTHER ETSY SHOPS HELPS YOUR SHOP, LIKE AND SHARE ON YOUR SITE OTHER PEOPLES WORK!!
I saw an ad of a childs dress sold on wish for 8$, someone was selling on etsy for 100$ so I feel discouraged trying to sell my authentic handmade items
Read what I said above you. Spend some time there and go to each shop. Alot is made by the people in Etsy.
I really love this channel
Great tips!! Thank you so much for your help!!
I absolutely loved this video. It was so informative!
Wow! Such valuable information and awesome tips ! Thank you!
I love your awesome presentation! VERY INFORMATIVE. Thank you!
Thank you so much for this! You're really helping small businesses start out successfully.
This.. was... just... WONDERFUL! Thanks a million! Really! I´m about to open my Etsy Shop and this is oonna help a lot! Thanks!!!
Your explanation of SEO was the best I've ever heard. U laid it out so clearly and practically. Superb! thx!
Great tips!
Excellent, I am a soap maker and have thought about selling my soap after many years thought the market is flooded but you have helped me take a chance with your info Thank You
Great video How do you calculate shipping for products with Etsy fees
THANK'S.... THIS IS A GREAT PLACE FOR ME TO START
i come from china , i basically understand what you talking about . I realy wanna start a shop on etsy . but the policy is too bad for us (in china).
Etsy follows the old fashioned way of SEO....numerous listings. This is why you see shops with 150 items.. The variations are very similar. It is so that the more times the term is repeated, the more likely the item will be seen on the first page. My plan is to use FB along with own site.
First time watcher, I WILL be back, thank you!
I have been thinking of starting a shop, and you answered some of my questions.
Thank you!! You gave me hope 😉
You’re welcome!! Praying for much success in your Etsy shop!
This was very helpful! Thank you!
OMG all your tabs you have open. LOL!!! Good info! I thought I was doing good till i seen this video. Thanks for the tips!!!
Just watched your video, you have some great tips. Tip number 10 is not always true, take it from someone that worked in factories for around 30 years. One of them was a tee shirt factory, they had orders from well known brands, plus they made their own brand. Their shirts were $10.00', name brand was around $30.00. The thing is, both of them were made with the same cloth, thread and the same workers. So yea, higher price doesn't always mean better made, your just paying for the name.
In reality yes but not in a customers mind their perception is higher price = better quality. They don’t want to take chance and make a purchase if they are worried about quality. Perception in this case is the reality. ❤️Thanks for your feedback.
Southern Charm Wreaths oh yes, what your saying is absolutely right, most people do think that way. I do with some things. There are times when I am searching for something and see more then one person selling something, when I see someone's price is way lower then others, the first thing I think is " I wonder if any things wrong with it"
Thank you so much for this valuable information.
Great video! thank you! Do you have videos on how to ship on Etsy
This video is sooo helpful..thank you.
Very helpful, thank you!
That’s so interesting. I always filter low to high when shopping online. A new perspective for me to consider...
Great video! I felt like i was in the room with you taking notes lol
Yay!!! Glad you found it useful
I found your video very informative and I am going back into my shop and implementing some of your suggestions. I started my shop in October 2019. I also like that product of the month idea. Need to find out more about how to implement that in my Etsy shop? Thank you.
Very interesting, clear and helpful, thanks a lot for your generosity!!
Thank you for a great video, lots of good information
Etsy says that your titles should be as short and descriptive as possible, and etsy rank tends to think that the longer titles make your listings written for computers and not people who do searching. I always get so confused because the advice I get from other sellers seems to clash directly with what Etsy actually tells sellers to do.
Very helpful. Thank you for these honest tips! Great vibrant attitude!
Such an awesome video! Thank you 😊
I can only tell you thank You so much
You really opened my eyes and made me to took thing very seriously as it should you thank you again u saved me and my mom’s career
WOW! THANK YOU!!
incredible video. very informative!!
Very helpful-thank you!
PRICE: You are exactly correct on price. It the easiest thing to give away and one of the hardest to get back. And to your point it often doesn’t work.
That fact is taught in every MBA program worth its salt.
But Etsy limits the number of characters in keywords....
Hi! I'm not seeing those orange boxes anymore. Is there a better way to find them? I know I've asked about this in other groups and was told those didn't mean anything and that they were just suggestions and not necessarily what people were searching.
This was in Tip #4
Super helpful. Anytime for young entrepreneurs?
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Great advise, i will try out the tips you provided. Thank you
This was very helpful! I appreciate you very much 😃
Also - how many different items should I have before I open my shop. You said 50 different items in this video. That would take me quite a while to make.
OMG where were you, I Loooooovvvvveeeee your video so much information we can use, I had not start my etsy store yet, I want to sell hair bows, but I am still getting as much as tips and info. that I can. Can you be my coach LOL. Love you
Yes. Join me in my inner circle. I have another hair bow maker in the group too. 👉🏻southerncharmwreaths.com/success-circle
Hi! I just stumbled upon your videos and absolutely Love them! Thank you so much for all your great advice! I was hoping you could answer a question for me. I set my etsy shop up a year or so ago really not knowing anything so of course did a lot wrong including poor SEO. My question is, can I completely revamp my store and start getting better traffic? I've watched a few videos that seem to suggest that once you have a listing published, due to Etsy algorithms, rewording the title and tags won't do much for you. Is this correct? I'm trying to decided if I need to just start an entirely new Etsy shop or take the time to overhaul my existing shop? Sorry this was so long!
You are jsut the best, thank you, i've just started on etsy Abstract Artist from New Zealand kimsfusionart and wow so glad i found you