Really good comparisons and insights into how both work. I do not tend to sell on line but have thought about it. As much as I am creative and have fun making STUFF I hate to sell anything. I am a give it away person. I also tend to lean towards making the cost of something not adding in my time. I do know I'm not a good business person. I find it fascinating how to sell works and how I'm so out of touch with it. However I get that many enjoy selling and growing a business for hand made wares. I love to encourage friends to go for it and your information shared today will be informed help I can now pass onto those friends. Thanks so much. Also I can just send them to this page because you explain it so well.
Bummer! But, there are many perks to having a Shopify and/or having both. Etsy is a great place to start if you aren't driving a lot of your own traffic yet and Shopify gives you so much freedom!
Are u able to keep track of inventory, like if I sell an item on shopify will my inventory adjust on etsy also? I think you can do this if you have etsy and squarespace.
I love your videos. Thank you for posting. I have a question. How do you go about getting a commercial license from an author? You have some great bookish merch in your store.
Great question! Many popular authors have a licensing process you can apply to. Each one is a bit different, so you'll have to research and/or email to ask them!
Really good comparisons and insights into how both work. I do not tend to sell on line but have thought about it. As much as I am creative and have fun making STUFF I hate to sell anything. I am a give it away person. I also tend to lean towards making the cost of something not adding in my time. I do know I'm not a good business person. I find it fascinating how to sell works and how I'm so out of touch with it. However I get that many enjoy selling and growing a business for hand made wares. I love to encourage friends to go for it and your information shared today will be informed help I can now pass onto those friends. Thanks so much. Also I can just send them to this page because you explain it so well.
Thank you so much for passing this along to your friends! I appreciate it! :)
I wish I saw something like this back in March before I spent $348/yr on Shopify. 😩 Thank you so much for this!
Bummer! But, there are many perks to having a Shopify and/or having both. Etsy is a great place to start if you aren't driving a lot of your own traffic yet and Shopify gives you so much freedom!
As always, a great video on an important topic. It was very informative and helped me decide to start with Etsy as I am just starting learn SEO.
Thank you! Good luck with Etsy!
Are u able to keep track of inventory, like if I sell an item on shopify will my inventory adjust on etsy also? I think you can do this if you have etsy and squarespace.
I do this using an app called Shuttle.
I love your videos. Thank you for posting. I have a question. How do you go about getting a commercial license from an author? You have some great bookish merch in your store.
Great question! Many popular authors have a licensing process you can apply to. Each one is a bit different, so you'll have to research and/or email to ask them!
@@HeyLetsMakeStuff Thank you!
I don't know if Shopify is any better, but getting help from Etsy or questions answered from Etsy is next to impossible.....just awful.
Ugh, I'm sorry this is happening to you!