How to sell on Etsy successfully, workshop for online sellers
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
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Exactly what I needed to hear. My sales were taking off last year, this year I feel like it’s dying. I was doing the same things as last year and I’m thinking maybe that’s the problem. I need to evolve and try new strategies and keeping up with Etsy’s changes. It’s easy for me to get comfortable when sales are good. Thanks for giving us real Etsy advice. So sick of hearing the same tips and tricks from other sellers that will only get you so far.
I'm glad that you thought it was helpful. We have to adapt as Etsy changes, so there's no step by step formula that will work.
As a customer here’s a good story: I’m a welder and a woman. Going shopping for metal and welders at specialty stores you learn that you’re not welcome as a customer in some places! Luckily there are many stores that are welcoming of women and artists, but thinking of how I was treated at some stores reminds me that I would never want to make my customers feel like that.
Yeah, I used to go shopping wearing a fake wedding ring just to see how I was treated differently. It was always interesting to find out that even without a husband being physically there with me, they usually ended up selling to him in their sales pitches to me.
“You don’t know your products” SO true!! I never thought my customers would want my jewelry for weddings!! Sounds obvious- but I didn’t think my jewelry was fancy enough and I am afraid of brides! So I wasn’t about to market to them! Then a friend ordered 6 of a certain cuff for her wedding, and it was a wonderful experience for me, nothing like I feared! Lol!
Exactly!! Except brides are definitely scary.
I love your honesty! Thank you for the straightforward information and the facts ! Your videos are all so informative I appreciate it. I wish more people would just cut the fluff and make educational videos like this . Very helpful. Thanks again keep up the great work!!
I appreciate that!
So interesting you talking about people who you don’t think use your products but they do!!!
It opens up a new market without having to do any new designs!
The problem with free shipping is that if you are selling precious items such as vintage or jewellery and you're in Australia, we simply cannot afford to offer free shipping. For two reasons...1. Economy shipping comes with massive risks due to no insurance, no tracking so some buyers can claim the item hasn't been received or it genuinely gets lost. 2. The shipping with tracking and insurance is so expensive that you have to add so much to your product that you lose not only the profit but it eats into the cost of the item.
Definitely don’t offer free shipping unless you build it into the cost of the item. And use tracking.
Thank you for insisting on the fact that we don’t need tricks and gimmicks! I’ve been through a lot of “gurus” only offering these tricks that i started to think that i’m not going to find help.
Tricks and gimmicks sell a lot of classes to people looking for a quick fix but they’re not good for long term business.
@@KaraBuntin i know, they seemed so strange and not convincing that I didn’t even try any of them!
I’d love to hear some of your words of wisdom on your digital shop Kara. I’m opening mine this week🥳
Just make sure to mark everything clearly that they won’t get anything mailed to them!
Thank you for the book suggestions! I'm listening to 'Influence' while working, and my mind is blown! Lol love your content! ❤
Love that! It's the basic book for the weird things people do and why.
That screen is gorgeous!
Thank you! I do like it
This is absolutely brilliant, thank you! I had something similar happening last summer. There were some products I put out there thinking they would be bought by a customer X, but they were actually bought in different quantities and from very different customers than I thought, and luckily I was able to see that and jump on that boat pretty quick.
Good for reacting quickly!
PSYCHOGRAHICS!! There is a name for this!! Thank you, Guru!
Yeah, did I not say that? It's been a while since I did this video so I don't remember!
I love the intelligent quality content!!! Thank you so much for your insight and expertise! Please keep talking about books, analytics and the actual market mechanisms, pretty please! Cherry on top! And thank you very much! 🤓😇👏 Love learning from you.
Thank you! I try to make my videos a little more substantive than the other stuff that's out there. I don't know if it works every time but that's okay!
@@KaraBuntin that's okay indeed 😊 just needed to express my gratitude towards quality content! 🥂💐
You made me curious about how my vintage clothes might be used by people, I will do some research. I opened my Etsy shop only about three months ago and my first listings had very techy titles and keywords. The most important thing to me seemed the decade, the cut of the dress, composition, fabric structure... Just the way I think about clothes. For example, 1960s babydoll peignoir set in nylon tricot chiffon... Then I add colour, size and other info like that. Keywords would be similar to the title. Basically, I would treat my potential customers as dress historians, not someone who just wants a beautiful piece to wear. It's challenging to step out of your own head and understand how other people might view your product. Food for thought! Thank you!
It definitely is, but you could use terms like "retro, throwback style, rockabilly aesthetic, costume, cosplay, etc."
I think one of the worst choices I ever made was joining all those Etsy for sale groups on Facebook. Full of know it all’s that didn’t know shyte but man they sure loved to run their mouths and belittle and insult anyone looking for help. They honestly didn’t know any more than myself and I knew there was more to learn, somewhere. I enjoy my Etsy shop so much more after leaving those toxic groups full of hormonal keyboard warriors 🤣🤣🤣
I’ve never been in those groups...
I've just been kicked out of one of those groups for daring to say people learn in different ways. There's a very strict one whose admin scolds anyone using eRank or Marmalead, which is nonsense and pretty ridiculous to be honest as they're great tools, alongside other techniques. They are like "ONLY MY COURSE WORKS, ONLY ETSY AUTO-POPULATING KEYWORDS WORK, ANYTHING ELSE IS USELESS. YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO MENTION IT IN HERE". Wow, take a chill pill, dude. :P
@@KaraBuntin Good call!
It's obvious "why". They want to be amazon and do not listen to the little guys. Their "free shipping" push is unethical. It should be called "shipping included" if we all wanted to be honest with our customers.
Well, if people don't know that "free shipping" doesn't mean that shipping is included they're pretty naive. Actually, a lot of sellers DON'T add the cost of shipping into their prices, so for some people I guess that's an issue.
Thank you so much for sharing and thanks for the book recommendations. I will be searching for them on my reading apps.
They're all excellent!
I'm actually tired of hearing seo seo seo seo seo, we need other effective things to work on 😅
There's SO much more to it.
Thank you for the stormy seas workshop, it's got some big questions to keep thinking about. Plus it's something I can look back at and check over in the future. I'm saving up for the E-shop group and trying to get my shop more visible after a lot of home schooling. I am finally adding new items this year and it is good to be getting to grips with my business again.
I’m glad it was helpful
I’m loving your channel. Thanks for your to the point information!
I appreciate that!
Hi, I can't seem to find the workshop, is it still available please?
It's not available anymore!
3 different shops...does that mean 3 different tax id’s, dba’s and business licenses and so forth? How does that work?
I have everything under one business license and have DBAs for the second and third shop. I file everything under the Cake To Remember LLC umbrella as far as sales tax and income taxes go. It's going to vary depending on where you are, but in Virginia you have to have a DBA filed before you sell anything under the name.
Thank you so much,it's very helpful.
thanks for watching!
I'm worried my designs are ugly. I just started my Printable Cat Wall Art shop, Jenna's Cat Shop, a few weeks ago and have yet to get any sales. Feeling a little discouraged :(
A few weeks is nothing, but you should also be promoting on social media to send people to your shop. It takes time!
Thank you for sharing this 🙏
You are so welcome
Thanks for all this great info!!
You are so welcome!
Amazing content 🙌 Thank you 🙏🏼
Glad you enjoyed it!
I joined your Facebook group, just want to let you know that my shop is not active yet. I like to learn as much as possible before I dive in
You probably won’t get in if you don’t have a shop!
@@KaraBuntin thats too bad.
@@fabiGBOtown Just reapply when you have your shop opened up and some listings added.
Good information. Thank you.
Thanks for watching!
@@KaraBuntin thank you for making them! I’ve been watching many since I discovered you and you always offer valuable info!
Thank you!
Would love to hear you speak about your experiences with you vintage shop on Etsy...
I’m going to do some vintage videos soon
Are you still offering e-shop program? Your website link to your classes is not working
That's weird, it works for me. Teachable was having trouble this morning, though, so that might be what it was. I am still offering the EShop program, I screen people into it. The link to apply is at the top of the classes page.
Hi Kara thank you for your videos' they are very informative. I added free shipping to my Etsy shop for scrunchies I took it to be shipped at my local post office and they said it would be $14.. Is there something different I should choose from the choices on my delivery choices? At this point, I would make $1.00 on my product.
Where are you shipping from? $14 is way too high. If it does cost that much because your shipping internationally i wouldn’t offer free shipping!
I appreciate having you giving your information AND being in the live chat.
Very nice format!
Also adoring your background...I had two small panels like that in enamel and mother of pearl inlays that I sold on Etsy years ago; really wished I had kept them, but downsizing said "Out!"
I love that screen, the flowers has always been one of my favorite paintings.
@@KaraBuntin and it's a great color for you! 💖
The E Shop easy course is marketing for everyone or just cake people?
It's for Etsy shop owners
Hey! great video, learned alot, now for a guy who really want to open a shop at etsy, after learning the costs and what nich to focus on (shirts/digital art), im still afraid about shipping to a customer and working with a 3d party manufactory and delivery, any suggestions or ideas? :)
Order samples for yourself before you sell to other people. That way you’ll have an idea of the quality and you’ll know if you want to sell that specific item or not.
👋 Kara! You have 👍insight... I'd love to hear your next 20 year plan... What Not to Do! for All us GALS 🇺🇸 👐👐👐... Nice You're a Gardener too..
I used to garden, now I’m allergic to everything!
How can you watch what Etsy is doing when you don’t know what to look for? Thankyou.
Join my facebook group that's listed in the description, we talk about that kind of stuff all the time. Otherwise, pay attention to what they talk about in their quarterly earnings reports, what kind of things they post in their announcements section in the forums, etc.
I literally created a brand new product nothing like it ever im working with a lawyer for a patent and everything. I started an etzlsy shop and I cant get any products to move. I need some direction? Ppl keep telling me they help then I get ghosted. Please. My product is Pet Lap Sak
The problem with creating something brand new is that nobody knows it exists, so you'll have to do a lot more of your own promotion on social media to get the word out. When your patent is complete you might want to go to local pet stores to see if they'd be interested in carrying it, or at least letting you put some in the stores to get it in front of people. If nobody knows about it they won't know to search for it, so starting local and promoting it on social media so that people learn about it will be important.
@KaraBuntin thank you I have I two local stores. Is it possibl you look at the page and product and tell me what you think. I know theres another lady I asked question about etsy she wanted to charge $8,000. I don't mind having to come up with money for training but I can not swing 8,000.
@@shannondunham2809 I don't do shop reviews other than quick ones for members of my youtube channel, but don't pay anyone $8000, that's ridiculous.
Gotcha ok thank you
Hi Question plz.. is it copyright to make something and put the name of a religion or religious belief on it?
Not unless the religion has copyrighted the name. The names of most major religions aren't copyrighted as far as I know.
@@KaraBuntin I really enjoy your videos. You make it plan and keep it real! Thanks for responding
I love your eyeglasses. Source?
Thanks! They're Carolina Herrera frames.
I was about to close my shop as I was having no success. I tried it for three months.
Three months isn't long enough!
Can print on demand be a full time income?
Only if you work hard at it
should you choose only one site.. pick only one, ETSY , AMAZON or E BAY but dont use multiple.. is this correct in operating.
Absolutely not. Selling in multiple places is a good idea.
@@KaraBuntin Thank You.
This was a 30 minute commercial for the workshops ☺️
It's called "workshop for online sellers," so yeah. And it's a free workshop, try it out!
it does sound like that but if you think for a second, how someone is supposed to talk even when they have genuine information to share without sounding "salesy"? Did you try her course?
You are amazing!
Thanks for watching!
Note.. Bee's love 💘 purple..sad cakes don't!
It’s the worst for cakes
OMG. This is the longest self-advertising video I've ever seen. Absolutely nothing helpful. If I was paid for every time I heard "you need to understand the system" and "you need to understand your customer" in this video I could quit my job.
I find it interesting that people watch this and get annoyed at the idea that you have to understand the Etsy system in order to be successful on Etsy. It's a promotional video for my EShop program, so yeah, it's self-advertising. And yes, you do need to understand your customer and understand the Etsy system, so....
@@KaraBuntin I'm annoyed because I believe the title was misleading. And the fact you need to understand something to be good at it is kind of obvious, so the whole video becomes trivial. I haven't learned a single thing about why your workshop may be helpful to me as an Etsy seller.
Well, it's free, so you can sign up for it or not, totally up to you.