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Everyone says your very first shirt or listing isn’t good and never sells. You should do a video showing your very VERY first listing and critique it and tell us what mistakes were made with it. I would love to see a video like that.
I'm mega small, 3 listings per week! By the time I research, design, keyword research, prepare images - then do the actual listing - that can be half a day 😂
Cassiy it would be great initiative to start a shop from scratch in this new market dynamic to show us how it's done, it would be such a great case study 🙃
Opened my store August 20, woke up the next morning locked out. I got suspended before even listing anything 😂 Regained access about 48 hours later, and started listing. Had some family things to deal with so I haven’t posted much since opening. I have 40 listings total and just got my first sale yesterday!
I started w/ printables in July and still haven’t got a sale but finally started POD and listed my first item on 8/25, so 2.5 weeks in. I have 13 printables listings and 25 tshirts/sweatshirts. No sales yet but maybe one day! Thanks for this video ❤
One month in, just 3 sales from people I know...I think the problem is that it has become really difficult the get some visibility. I'm afraid the market has become very saturated with a lot of competition. Still I will keep patient and hang on. As you said, maybe one day! ;)
I think that is a really great start! Like I said in this video, only really 2 out of my first 100 designs sold at all that first month so I'd try some different niches until you find something that works for you! Some great ones to be working on right now are Halloween and Christmas since the search traffic is really starting to pick up for those! Try to be specific with your designs and avoid the super generic stuff like "Happy Halloween" "Merry Christmas" or "Happy fall ya'll" go for things like "One spooky teacher" or something that is much more emotionally connective that if someone sees it, they will be like "wow this was made just for me" or "this would make the perfect gift for x!". All the best
@@CassiyJohnson Though I know it is kind of premature (1 month in, 40 listings) I've been paying for some Etsy ads (3$ a day) and what I noticed is that since my shop his new and has just 5 sales, my Halloween products are not promoted even though I am paying for them to be advertised! My ultra-niche martial arts t-shirts are now at around 500/600 views (views not clicks), while the Halloween T-shirts and mugs barely reach 30 views. Something seems off.
I’m two months in, 140 listings as of this week. I did a lot of things backwards to start, but I have found a production groove that works for me. I’ve had one sale, my daughter. It maybe an expensive hobby, but as a retired person it’s motivating to learn new things. My goal is to reevaluate after a year.
I totally agree, many people say that it’s free to start but if you really want your shop to be attractive you need to get all these subscriptions to other websites and buy mock-ups 😅 I have spent about $300 and have had only one sale from my sister. It has been two months and I am getting a little desperate lol 😂
Thank you so much for this video, I've been wanting to open an etsy shop since forever (more than 10 years), I live in Chile so the costs of handmade products were horrible, but now with POD i think i could make it, and my excuse now is dealing with customer service and taxes and accountants, I'm sooo scared but Every day I keep studing your videos and videos from other generous etsy sellers and I'm thinking I'm going to do it, I'll start this year. Thank you again for your content, Love from Chile.
Don't feel like you need to have all of that figured out from day one, you can slowly learn as you go and there are lots of great resources here on RUclips to help you as well
As always, I appreciate your content! I have used your advice often when working on my shop. I opened in late July and made my first sale August 9th. I have 5 total sales so far with 73 listings. I've noticed that I get a lot of favorites and ad clicks but it seems I'm struggling on actually converting those faves/clicks to sales. Waiting for the day when those orders come in on a consistent basis and my Etsy alerts aren't just for favorited items :).
Congrats on getting started and getting a few sales! I know it's not as fast as you were hoping but you should be really proud! Just keep learning and trying new things until you find something that works but remember not to sacrifice on the little details either. Make sure your designs emotionally connect to the niche, like if you are making a design for a gender reveal, use colors like pink and blue, or if you are making Thanksgiving shirts, make sure to use shirt colors that make sense for thanksgiving, these little details can make a big difference! Try to really make the design for the customer and what they would want instead of what you like. You've got this!
I started my etsy shop (Fortunas Studios) with my mom on Sept 12! We're at 57 listings and no sales YET but I know this is a numbers game so we're powering through :)
Took me about 6 weeks to get my first sale. Now I’m at about 5 months and have 26 sales. Slow but constantly gaining. But I am slow with putting up listings due to full time job.
I started my Holiday Gifys 23 shop just 2 weeks ago and got my 1st sale yesterday!! It is an ornament that I designed using the tools you gave me I was already familiar with Canva but hadn't herd of Creative Fabrica or Printify. I LOVE LOVE LOVE designing! So this is right up my Ally. I have about 60 items in my shop and adding more every day! Thank you for your tutorials! I never would have tried this if I hadn't watched your videos. I have a lot to learn and am hopeful that I can build this up and have a successful 2023 holiday season. Thank you!!!!
I work full time and don't have the mental energy to invest in my etsy store like I want to.. I feel so scattered.. It's been open for a long time now but still just in the starting stages.
Started my Etsy Shop and already got 700 Shirts up. Still only 10 sales in two Months.. I don't know, if the design is bad, or it's a summerhole. I have 2-17 views a day. I hope it turns better to Christmas. Anyway, Thanks for always be encouraging! You give me hope to leave my awful job.
Last month I was able to follow your free mini course step by step and opened my Etsy shop! Thank you!! Yesterday I made my first sale (thanks to a family member😊) and didn’t know until just now that I was supposed to go to Printify and manually submit those orders for production. Do you have a workflow suggestion about this? Do you set a fixed time each day to manually submit orders in Printify? My store policy allows customers to cancel an order within 2 hours of placing it. Thanks so much!
So glad you enjoyed this video and I am excited for you to get started! Now is such a perfect time because you have some big holidays approaching and could get your store started off with a big boost! I would open in the next week or two so you can really still be early for Christmas. Don't overthink it or feel like you need to have tons of designs to get started, you just need one. The faster you start listing, the faster you will start learning what works and what doesn't. I would design 50% for evergreen niches like funny shirts, professions and hobbies and then 50% for upcoming holidays like Christmas right now, a little but of Thanksgiving and New years and then Valentines Day and the 100th day of school. This will help give you a well rounded shop that doesn't just make sales for the holiday and then die in January. All the best to you
Cassiy I started at the beginning of July and have only had a couple of sales through friends. I am in the UK and quickly realised I’d be better selling in the USA. I only have about 50 listings (which are mostly teacher and Halloween related )and really struggle with making different versions of what is popular. I also spend too long designing. I’ve turned on ads on my new listings and think I’ve got my head around SEO. No luck yet though. Love your videos though and look forward to new ones coming out. If you have any advice for me it would be greatly appreciated x
I started my shop on April 25th of this year. It started out as a digital downloads shop but the end of May i switched over to POD. My first sale was a friend of mine the day i opened the shop. Second sale came the following day from a stranger. Now Sept 13 I'm over 200 sales. But i havent find much profit so far. In Q3 so far my profit is $180 USD which is like 6.5% margins because of adspend.
@@funshinebear4822 i increased them a bit a couple weeks ago and reduced my shipping cost. I noticed that the free over 35+ option was really eating into my profits and this seems to have helped a bit.
Hi Cassiy, I’m obsessed with your you tube, and listen to others but keep coming back to yours!I have set up a Etsy shop, but haven’t started to design and list yet. I want to get in on the Q4, but the one thing holding me back is the fear of the customer service end. I am artistic, but the tech side is not my strong point. Is this a hard thing to do, or is it pretty repetitive. I would love to hear from you, and thank you so much for all the valuable information!
Someone pretending to be me just commented back to you so don’t message them please! Congrats on getting started 🎉 the customer service grows slowly and I feel like was pretty manageable! I’ve got a video or two from last year about getting ready for Q4 that I think you’d find helpful if you go check them out. You’ve got this!
Love your videos. I have been binge watching them the last couple of days. Your instructions are so clear & concise. Thank you for sharing. I’m just starting my mug & tumbler shop. How many items should be my initial goal? Do you have a video on the process of when you receive a personalized Etsy order and it’s to be fulfilled by Printify?
I think a good initial goal would be to do 3 listings per day for 30 days to try to get around 100 listings your first month! And yes I have a video about what to do with personalized orders when you get them, here is the link! ruclips.net/video/zfUQpqITuPE/видео.htmlsi=1UQQXhXpg5K7kh14
@@CassiyJohnsonIn watching your video about personalization I have made a mistake and not sure how to correct it. You said, make the design on Etsy first, I made the design on Printify first and then I published it to Etsy. Can you suggest how I need to correct this, or do I just need to delete all the personalized mugs and start them on Etsy? Thanks again for actually taking time out of your busy day to respond.
I went public with my store in June to friends and family and then announced it to Facebook in August. I have 14 sales so far. Would love some tips on what I can do to speed up progress.
Hey Cassiy, I just want to thank you so much for your incredible tutorials. It has helped so much and has made some sales. I am getting a lot of requests for Toddler Sweatshirts, and Printify does not offer these. So can you recommend a POD provider that does. Again you are the best and enjoy you so much. Blessings to you.
I've thought about doing this before, actually went to a couple t-shirt design sites and was having a hard time figuring out how to actually design the shirts... would love to have a little guidance. Thank you for your info. This is the 1st video of yours I've watched, planning on watching all!!! Thanks
I think it depends on the platform. The older the platform the less popular it will be for the newbie. Jump on a platform that's new and trending and then be prepared to switch or add to another platform within 1 year. I think that's the way it goes now because too much competition.
I’m getting sales for my POD on eBay but my Etsy shop is more like a deadsy shop. I’ve had one order. Been open 1.5 month. 375 items. But I’m going to keep trucking.
I so appreciate all your videos. Can you help me with pricing? What’s your pricing recipe? What % net profit after all Etsy fees and COG do you set for your items? I have to pay the 15% offsite ad fee on Etsy and I'm not yet getting enough sales to warrant paying the pro Printify fee. So I pay the higher price for the items on Printify. Do you charge shipping to cover it in your COG? How do you price your items to compete with so many sellers doing constant sales? Somehow it's not penciling a profit at what the competition is charging. Do you have a video on this? Thank you
Hi Cassiy! I downloaded your mini tutorial last night and took 2 days off of work next week to START!!! I am a mom who works full time at a stressful job. I can’t quit until I replace my income. I have a ton of ideas. I may take the leap and sign up for one of your courses. I appreciate all your videos. You may see an email from me soon…Amy from MN😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Ok, this may be ignorant, but I can not print the niche calendar out. It does not it is set on Page size: 20.00 × 11.25 in (landscape) and it does not adjust with altering papers size. help?
So sorry this is not a printable calendar but meant to be a digital item that you use. If you'd like though, I can send you another version with a white background that you would be able to resize and print as you like! Just email me back to your confirmation email and I can send that over to you!
With so much competition how does the Etsy algo work? Even if you have a great design thats tending it doesnt equate to being in the top of Etsy searches
Another great video Cassiy! I opened my shop in July and have 110 listings and only five sales so far. It is disappointing, but I keep plugging away. I follow all your content and it has gotten me this far, but I am considering your road map course, and wondering if it would benefit me now that my shop is already started. Also, I live in Canada, so would your course apply? Thank you for all your help.
Congrats on your first few sales!! I know it's not as many as you want but at least now you know that it's possible and can start to understand which or your deigns get sales and which ones don't. My course does cover how to set up shop but the majority of it is to help you build systems and habits to make this a repeatable business to get you consistent sales on Etsy! I'd love for you to join my in my course if you feel like it would be a good fit for you
Thanks Cassiy I have been signed up to your course for a few days now and am loving it! So much great information. Thanks for all that you do.@@CassiyJohnson
i am struggling with understanding the money that comes out of my pocket personally when someone makes a order. im struggling to know what percentage i should make my products and how to know when im actually making money. Also what information i should be logging when i do make a sale.
Hello Cassiy, I had my shop open for two months now and I had had one sale only (purchase from my sister) I am not sure if I might be doing something wrong 😑 I saw a video where a RUclipsr suggested that we don’t add comas to our listing title and I have not been doing it so I wonder if that might be confusing for people who are looking at my listings. Also, I mainly have Halloween/Fall shirts, gardening, teachers shirts and mugs for all three as well. I started adding Christmas shirts as well. Would you have any advice for me? Thanks 😊
I saw in one of your videos that you said that the Etsy site does not transfer any money to the Pirintify site in the first month to order the product, and the designer must pay for the product, but this issue is not mentioned in other people's videos on RUclips. The problem has worried me. I hope you answer.
Hi! Thats so cool, quick question. So did you have a etsy store and a seperate website with your products also? Like 2 different things, does one send to the other?
I had the same situation. Opened shop, shop gets suspended, signs up for printful and open domain website, then shop gets unsuspended😂 made 2 baby sales for digital in first month . still learning though
I am having a problem with my listings. I list several items daily but I don't appear to be getting a lot of views. I have watched your videos about creating titles and tags but unfortunately it does not appear to be working. Is there something that I am missing? Something else that needs to be done when listing items? I also don't see my items populate when searching keywords in Etsy. There has to be something that I am not doing correctly!
I think as soon as you get your first few sales then it's worth it. Once you are selling around 5-20 items per month depending on how much discount you get off each item type, then it pays for itself. But it doesn't back date so you need to have purchased it before you got the sales to get the discount. So totally up to you if you want to buy it after you get your first sale or wait until you are for sure making enough in a month to cover it. But I do have a free month available coupon with code CASSIY30 if you want to use a free month to try it first
Hi, quick question I am in UK so can I still set up everything the same way and sell in USA 🇺🇸 from here. Love all your video so informative 👍🏻 thanks Barry
Hey Cassiy! Thanks for all the helpful videos! I’m currently only my 3rd month of POD and have 23 sales. What do you recommend that I’d do to scale? Im currently not profitable, since I started with a loss-lead, but have increased my price to attempt to profit. What margins should I strive for and what would you do in my situation? My current profit is around 7.50 an order not including overhead
My dad passed away 2 years ago and it’s just my mom and I now. I’m in heart and lung failure and have other medical issues that don’t really help, and we could use the extra money. There’s stuff that needs fixing in the house the car and truck need new tires, and the list goes on. One reason why I want to start a store is so mama and I can have a little more, and if I do have to have another surgery which will probably be most likely, we can maybe hopefully have enough to have it in a different hospital. The one we like. I keep debating with this, but it would be really good for us.
Hi just getting started with POD! Love your videos! Thank you for all the knowledge and insight!! *One question if I may? … I noticed my shipping times are much longer than other shops in Etsy. For example another shop shipping is within 5days yet my listing is showing shipping as soon as 17days!!! Please help!!!😅 thank you so much in advance ❣️
That was 2020 right in the heat of Covid lockdown. It’s totally unrealistic today . It took me 58 days of listing every day to get my first sale . That’s realistic. These gurus are getting annoying . They are more talented and lucky than the average human .
Its not that easy as they said, in 90 days you will get none to maybe 3 to 5 sales and thats the "norm", they said Etsy needs 3 months to "Understand your store".. dont start etsy expecting sales in your first 3 months! I got my first sale on my 2nd month and 2 on my third..
@@isassirius2520 ive been listing everyday for first 2 months after that i stop felt like i needed the whole planets to align after i optimize my store, i post on pinterest 3 times, 5 to 10 on twitter everyday, tiktok once a day instagram once a day for 60 day straight.. what would help is to ask your family to buy from.your shop and give reviews, I have 6 sales total now 120 days including my family
I agree that most of the people in videos giving advice had an advantage because they started years ago. However, I have also seen some very successful shops that were opened within the last year.
Hi Cassiy, I have a listing that has had tons of favorites for Halloween but no sales yet. I have break even and loss leader pricing. Any suggestions for this situation? Wondering if you would be able to offer some advice or point me to a video you might have about this?
I started in June and I’ve published quite a lot of products but I haven’t made a single sale 💔 I redesigned some of my items, changed my entire shop to try something different but I haven’t made my first sale. I got more traffic during the 4th of July rush. Any advise?
Hi Cassiy watched you for a while great content invaluble information ps only subscribed i know my bad, ive been apprehensive to go forth with etsy as per one of your videos opening up and what you have to pay as i can go the credit card way ps im from the uk is there any other way i can go forward plz advize thanks
ruclips.net/video/Ihg14SKm110/видео.htmlsi=em-rsugC_4yEJxFW Here is a video where I show screenshots from my Etsy account for every single month for the whole year and share my revenue, profit and even the niches I sell in for each of those months. Hope this helps! I wish I could share my shop without all of my designs getting ripped off or my conversion rates getting tanked from thousands of people looking but not buying, but I can't. Hopefully you still get good value from my videos.
Thank you Cassiy. I'm a little over 2 months in and your advice has helped so much. 55 items (I know that's low), 22 sales, 0 sales the first month. I invested quite a bit now in various softwares, subscriptions, and good mockups. Right now this feels like an expensive hobby but I'm hoping for a good Halloween. I'm in 42 people's carts right now. Just buy already! Lol
My first sale was from a relative. I was trying to get a sale on my own but not having luck. I got my first stranger sale 3 days later and have slowly been getting more since.
I'm still trying to figure out my strategy. I was sending coupons to those who favorites my items but no one was using them. Out of about 25 sent zero claimed. I have since started running sales and lowered my prices to break even levels. If I give them any more of a break I'll be losing money. I may rethink how I'm doing things.
I've got 300 designs, 2 months in. 1 sale outside of family. I'm hoping for a decent Q4 but etsy is looking like a trap. Like someone said above, an expensive hobby. Is Cassiy paid by etsy?
Yeah, I am beginning to think that they are getting something for selling “Etsy,” so to speak. There is another channel, Etsy consultant, who seems to tel, you the other side, and many of these channels don’t agree with him.
I think etsy relies a lot on sellers basically on a subscription service. Plus once you add in all the suggested tools you can find yourself in the hole each month.
I just launched my Etsy Store today and I had my first sale today and I was overwhelmed with joy, I shed a tear because I wanted to do this last year but I am tech challenged so it took me sometime to learn how to set everything up. I wish I discovered your videos last year. Your content would have saved me so much time. Thank you for these videos. I keep thinking I forget something what if they never get the product 😅. I have so many questions but your videos are really helping me answer them. ❤
i published my first tshirt today and It says I did everything correct but I have put every tag I listed in the search bar and I cannot find my listing. How was yours found on the first day?
Very inspirational. I started just over a month ago and things are very slow. I just keep reminding myself that anything worth being great at takes time, patience, and a no quit mentality. Thank you Cassiy, your video really helped.
Congrats on getting started! I'm glad my video was inspirational for you and hope that you will keep at it and keep learning everyday if this is something you are really dedicated to building! All the best to you on your journey
Started a month ago and the few sales I have on record were to family. Organically, nothing at all yet. Still pushing strong and learning more as I go, but it's vital for anybody to understand that Etsy is an entirely different landscape right now than it was in 2020, in almost every aspect. There are many stories of first month to first 3 month results etc, from many YT creators, and almost all of them stem back to a time when things were vastly different. It's disheartening. But the metaphoric show must go on. One day, I tell myself... one day
People were saying when I started in 2020 that sales were way down compared to normal and that they would be so much better after the pandemic, other people were saying it was oversaturated, tried for a few months, didn't get sales and then gave up. Meanwhile people are starting their stores and getting sales like this every single day! I get messages constantly of people getting their first 10 sales, 100 sales or 1000's of sales. I just interviewed a girl who started last August and just hit 100k. I'll be releasing her interview soon! Please don't let these excuses of "they started in 2020 so it was easier back then" hold you back. It's just not true. Here is an interview I did with Natalie that started recently and has made lots of sales as another good example ruclips.net/video/IGZO4dZewYA/видео.htmlsi=ZLKi2zDWqdO54cpI
I'm pretty sure I'm over designing. Looking at the competition, they'll have a shirt selling like hot cakes that is a single word tripled but written in a groovy wave font or another single word written on the chest in a script font and people go nuts. Customers are baffling but they like what they like!
Thanks for another great video!❤ I started this Juli and until now I only sold 5 items, 3 to ma besties 😁... I have almost 200 listings right now and I upload new ones every day. With checking bestsellers and special mockups and and and... I will stay positive and continue, but I really don't understand why it is soooo slow... 😢 I do have really good designs, being a designer since a long time anyways... But I know I will rock it one day 😊🎉 Like I said, I will stay positive ❤ Ommmm 😅
I haven't seen your designs but I will tell you that a lot of people with a design background tend to "over design". It can be different applying those skills to something like apparel because a good graphic design doesn't always translate to a good t-shirt design. I really stress that simple sells. My first bestselling shirt I am talking about in this video was just a gray shirt with white text and that's it. I'd recommend really sitting down and spending an hour going through tons of bestsellers on Etsy and see if you pick up on what they have in common and how you can implement different design techniques they have into your designs. Hope this helps some and best of luck on your journey!
@@CassiyJohnson Thank you so much for your reply!! 😍 Yes, you are right! I did watch so many of your videos already where you are talking about that and I did focus on that, also having many "easy" designs because of your great help online ~ ❤️ I will try to focus even more on that again.. Thanks again! I really appreciate you taking the time to answer me! 🥰🙌 God bless you ~
I began POD back in November 2022. I've sold 2 shirts. 4 mugs and 2 of those were from a supportive friend. I've spent so much money on this journey. It's very discouraging
Thank you for video, very informative. 🎉Just getting started… but I find putting the design on the mock-ups as to measuring it to look same as how Printify places it on their shirts to be difficult. Also mock-ups seem to be different colors then POD. Got them from Etsy. Do you have a video explaining this? Thank you.
Hi Cassie - I've been at this since Jan 2023 - I didn't really start getting daily sales until June (6 months in) and I've had about 700 sales so far. But the first 6 months I lost money - and in Aug i broke even and this month I will make a little bit. How many sales do you need a month to be making a real profit? I'm only having about 10 sales a day. Thank you! Cindy
Intesterting to hear! Was there a „key momement“ when your sales really started to improve? I still don‘t have any reviews. I hope it gets better, when I finally get some.
I listed my first shirt today and followed all instructions. The only way I can find my shirt is to literally pull up my store. I tried to look up in the search bar each tag I put in but I can't find my shirt anywhere..................does anyone have any advice?? Thanks in advance. Thanks for all your videos Cassiy!!
Thank you so much for your videos and all the valuable information that you sharing for FREE!!!! The idea of opening an Etsy shop has been seating in my mind for a while and now I’m getting encouragement from you to finally start my shop😊
I have over 100 listings in my POD shop and am using great mock-ups and researching my SEO and have sales going every 2 days and have reasonable pricing and even doing Ads and have been doing this for approximately a month and still have yet to get a sale. I realize it takes time especially since most of my designs are for Q4 and we are just starting the season.
Can you please make a video on the finance side of POD? as in more information on taxes and accounting, what you use to track sales, and business registration. As an Australian, i dont know where to turn to when it comes to selling to US customers, do i need to apply for GST (etc...)? No one ever covers the financial side of having a business and its one of the most important things to know.
From the perspective of someone opening a new shop, how did you drive traffic to your store without spending on Etsy ads? I am making new listings everyday but I barely get any store visits :(
Hi Cassiy. I been following you for over a year. You actually helped me start my first pod store l. Shopify. I made about $21k in revenue I am now gonna open a new store in Etsy and will take everything you yea h to build me a better business I’m hopes to leave my 9 to 5
I'm heading to my 4th year selling on Etsy, and apart from Q4, where I got $1000+ revenue both in November and December, every other month, I'm still far from the $900 you did in your first month even this far down the line. I've had a couple of best sellers, but I am still waiting for something to skyrocket. I'm doing more research now and hoping to score something to finally pass this plateau I'm stuck on. It's not an easy task, and it's a lot of work, I'm trying not to get defeated. No instant results.
Congrats on keeping at it even though you aren't getting the results you want! My best advice to you is to make sure you have a healthy balance of Evergreen niches that could sell at any time throughout the year and then the other half being early for Holidays and making sure you are adding value. Finding bestselling niches and then turning them into group shirts is really one big thing that started to move the needle for me since those people would buy multiple every time instead of just one and I really stood out in the search results! Try to think outside of the box on how you can combine two popular things like a popular hobby/professions with an upcoming holiday for example. I know there is lots to learn but it sounds like you are heading in the right direction. Just make it a habit to everyday look at bestsellers in random niches like "women's shirts" for example and also bestsellers in the upcoming holiday, eventually you will start to see trends really early and can hop on these new upcoming bestselling niches while they are new! Hope this helps and you've got this!
@@CassiyJohnson super reply Cassiy, thanks so much for taking the time to respond. I think that is the hardest thing about POD: pulling all the relevant pieces out of your research and combining them within your designs. It's easy to see best-sellers. It's an art to stand out in a market gap based on them. Ultimately, our designs are unique, but we will not know if we have done things right until we get a hit. The hardest part is when we keep trying and fall short. I still feel like I'm walking in the desert. However, I'm super proud of what I've achieved. I can't tell myself I haven't given it a good try. I'll take your advice and see what I can do. I appreciate it a lot. I love your content. It is super inspiring.
@@CassiyJohnson While spending 30 minutes looking through some of the best sellers of 'women's shirts, ' I am starting to see the odd trend. One I wouldn't trust because it's a trademark, others that are a little too late. However, as I keep searching and checking search volume and competition with Erank, I'm sure I'll stumble on something soon. I'm going to limit designing in favor of researching first. Once I see a good potential, I'll go all in with design ideas and how to present them.
Hey Cassiy, Thank you so much for all the helpful information. I have been binge watching all your videos. I have had a shop for about a year but was only selling handmade stuff, 25 sales with 45 listings. I am building up listings to add for POD products to my shop. I still have lots to learn but I am a SAHM of older kids so I have all day and night to work at this.
I'm excited for you to get started with POD! I would recommend not to overthink it or wait to post the things you have made. There is only so much you can learn before you start doing. All my best lessons were learned after I figured out what was selling and what wasn't. Don't feel like everything needs to be perfect, you've got this and you will learn slowly over time just like everything else
I opened my shop on 8/7 of this year. I had my first order on 8/13 and it was a multi-item organic order. I was so excited! I now have only 12 sales total (most from friends and family) and have been running ads since I hit the 15 day mark. I have over 100 listings now and am trying to add more each day. I am just under the sales minimum for star seller but well under the 90 day shop age. Most of my designs are seasonal (Halloween) and I’m wondering if that was a mistake the further we get into September. I’m going to persist and will see how Q4 goes before I decide if this is really for me. I feel like I’ve invested so much in time and software, mock-ups, etc. and have been feeling like a failure. Thank you for sharing your first month’s spend. It’s really helpful to see that there is a need for that up-front investment even if right now it feels like a waste.
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Everyone says your very first shirt or listing isn’t good and never sells. You should do a video showing your very VERY first listing and critique it and tell us what mistakes were made with it. I would love to see a video like that.
I'm mega small, 3 listings per week! By the time I research, design, keyword research, prepare images - then do the actual listing - that can be half a day 😂
Cassiy it would be great initiative to start a shop from scratch in this new market dynamic to show us how it's done, it would be such a great case study 🙃
Opened my store August 20, woke up the next morning locked out. I got suspended before even listing anything 😂 Regained access about 48 hours later, and started listing. Had some family things to deal with so I haven’t posted much since opening. I have 40 listings total and just got my first sale yesterday!
What a rollercoaster!! Sounds so similar to my story. Glad you kept at it through all of that and congrats on your first sale
I started w/ printables in July and still haven’t got a sale but finally started POD and listed my first item on 8/25, so 2.5 weeks in. I have 13 printables listings and 25 tshirts/sweatshirts. No sales yet but maybe one day! Thanks for this video ❤
about the same situation here... lets keep going!
One month in, just 3 sales from people I know...I think the problem is that it has become really difficult the get some visibility. I'm afraid the market has become very saturated with a lot of competition. Still I will keep patient and hang on. As you said, maybe one day! ;)
I think that is a really great start! Like I said in this video, only really 2 out of my first 100 designs sold at all that first month so I'd try some different niches until you find something that works for you! Some great ones to be working on right now are Halloween and Christmas since the search traffic is really starting to pick up for those! Try to be specific with your designs and avoid the super generic stuff like "Happy Halloween" "Merry Christmas" or "Happy fall ya'll" go for things like "One spooky teacher" or something that is much more emotionally connective that if someone sees it, they will be like "wow this was made just for me" or "this would make the perfect gift for x!". All the best
@@CassiyJohnson Though I know it is kind of premature (1 month in, 40 listings) I've been paying for some Etsy ads (3$ a day) and what I noticed is that since my shop his new and has just 5 sales, my Halloween products are not promoted even though I am paying for them to be advertised! My ultra-niche martial arts t-shirts are now at around 500/600 views (views not clicks), while the Halloween T-shirts and mugs barely reach 30 views. Something seems off.
I have to applaud you for the determination....keep at it. Don't lose the flow and keep hustling. Never settle with OF and any bad things.
I’m two months in, 140 listings as of this week. I did a lot of things backwards to start, but I have found a production groove that works for me. I’ve had one sale, my daughter. It maybe an expensive hobby, but as a retired person it’s motivating to learn new things. My goal is to reevaluate after a year.
Yes I agree!!! People who started around Covid were lucky 🙌
I'm surprised that you did not have to spend money beyond the $800. Thank you for being realistic about upfront expenses to potentially come into.
Happy I could share this to give you a realistic idea of what it looks like and what costs go into it
I totally agree, many people say that it’s free to start but if you really want your shop to be attractive you need to get all these subscriptions to other websites and buy mock-ups 😅 I have spent about $300 and have had only one sale from my sister. It has been two months and I am getting a little desperate lol 😂
Thank you so much for this video, I've been wanting to open an etsy shop since forever (more than 10 years), I live in Chile so the costs of handmade products were horrible, but now with POD i think i could make it, and my excuse now is dealing with customer service and taxes and accountants, I'm sooo scared but Every day I keep studing your videos and videos from other generous etsy sellers and I'm thinking I'm going to do it, I'll start this year. Thank you again for your content, Love from Chile.
Don't feel like you need to have all of that figured out from day one, you can slowly learn as you go and there are lots of great resources here on RUclips to help you as well
As always, I appreciate your content! I have used your advice often when working on my shop. I opened in late July and made my first sale August 9th. I have 5 total sales so far with 73 listings. I've noticed that I get a lot of favorites and ad clicks but it seems I'm struggling on actually converting those faves/clicks to sales. Waiting for the day when those orders come in on a consistent basis and my Etsy alerts aren't just for favorited items :).
Congrats on getting started and getting a few sales! I know it's not as fast as you were hoping but you should be really proud! Just keep learning and trying new things until you find something that works but remember not to sacrifice on the little details either. Make sure your designs emotionally connect to the niche, like if you are making a design for a gender reveal, use colors like pink and blue, or if you are making Thanksgiving shirts, make sure to use shirt colors that make sense for thanksgiving, these little details can make a big difference! Try to really make the design for the customer and what they would want instead of what you like. You've got this!
I started my etsy shop (Fortunas Studios) with my mom on Sept 12! We're at 57 listings and no sales YET but I know this is a numbers game so we're powering through :)
Took me about 6 weeks to get my first sale. Now I’m at about 5 months and have 26 sales. Slow but constantly gaining. But I am slow with putting up listings due to full time job.
How many listings do yo have? and how many listings do you publish each day?
Started last October and I made my first sale after 3 weeks which was organic and some friends also bought that in first month:)
I started my Holiday Gifys 23 shop just 2 weeks ago and got my 1st sale yesterday!! It is an ornament that I designed using the tools you gave me I was already familiar with Canva but hadn't herd of Creative Fabrica or Printify. I LOVE LOVE LOVE designing! So this is right up my Ally. I have about 60 items in my shop and adding more every day! Thank you for your tutorials! I never would have tried this if I hadn't watched your videos. I have a lot to learn and am hopeful that I can build this up and have a successful 2023 holiday season. Thank you!!!!
Holiday Gifts 23
I work full time and don't have the mental energy to invest in my etsy store like I want to.. I feel so scattered.. It's been open for a long time now but still just in the starting stages.
Cassiy! I saw you featured in CNBC Make It article, im only a subscriber but im so proud of you!
Hi Cassiy. I started my store on Etsy on 8/5/23 and got my first sale on 9/15/23.
I love your channel and your encouragement to beginners starting a new business. Thank you for your knowledge and support.
Started my Etsy Shop and already got 700 Shirts up. Still only 10 sales in two Months.. I don't know, if the design is bad, or it's a summerhole. I have 2-17 views a day. I hope it turns better to Christmas. Anyway, Thanks for always be encouraging! You give me hope to leave my awful job.
So appreciate you! I am diffidently going to start my store in the next week from scratch. Again, Thank you so much.
Last month I was able to follow your free mini course step by step and opened my Etsy shop! Thank you!! Yesterday I made my first sale (thanks to a family member😊) and didn’t know until just now that I was supposed to go to Printify and manually submit those orders for production. Do you have a workflow suggestion about this? Do you set a fixed time each day to manually submit orders in Printify? My store policy allows customers to cancel an order within 2 hours of placing it. Thanks so much!
Congrats on your first sale!! Here is a video I made on what to do after your first sale and I go over how you can set this up to be automatic instead
This was inspiring! I'm so grateful for your tips! I plan to start in the next few weeks!
So glad you enjoyed this video and I am excited for you to get started! Now is such a perfect time because you have some big holidays approaching and could get your store started off with a big boost! I would open in the next week or two so you can really still be early for Christmas. Don't overthink it or feel like you need to have tons of designs to get started, you just need one. The faster you start listing, the faster you will start learning what works and what doesn't. I would design 50% for evergreen niches like funny shirts, professions and hobbies and then 50% for upcoming holidays like Christmas right now, a little but of Thanksgiving and New years and then Valentines Day and the 100th day of school. This will help give you a well rounded shop that doesn't just make sales for the holiday and then die in January. All the best to you
Cassiy I started at the beginning of July and have only had a couple of sales through friends. I am in the UK and quickly realised I’d be better selling in the USA. I only have about 50 listings (which are mostly teacher and Halloween related )and really struggle with making different versions of what is popular. I also spend too long designing. I’ve turned on ads on my new listings and think I’ve got my head around SEO. No luck yet though. Love your videos though and look forward to new ones coming out. If you have any advice for me it would be greatly appreciated x
Thank you so much for this great video! 😊 very inspiring and truthful on your beginnings! An honest approach. Thank you!
Definitely want to get this started in these next couple of weeks.
I started my shop on April 25th of this year. It started out as a digital downloads shop but the end of May i switched over to POD. My first sale was a friend of mine the day i opened the shop. Second sale came the following day from a stranger. Now Sept 13 I'm over 200 sales. But i havent find much profit so far. In Q3 so far my profit is $180 USD which is like 6.5% margins because of adspend.
I also want to note that since i live in Poland i pay 23% VAT on all Etsy fees and adspend
Can you increase your prices?
@@funshinebear4822 i increased them a bit a couple weeks ago and reduced my shipping cost. I noticed that the free over 35+ option was really eating into my profits and this seems to have helped a bit.
200 sales and only $180 is insane
@@danimotherofchickens479 yeah on over 3k revenue. But i spent foolishly on ads
Hi Cassiy, I’m obsessed with your you tube, and listen to others but keep coming back to yours!I have set up a Etsy shop, but haven’t started to design and list yet. I want to get in on the Q4, but the one thing holding me back is the fear of the customer service end. I am artistic, but the tech side is not my strong point. Is this a hard thing to do, or is it pretty repetitive. I would love to hear from you, and thank you so much for all the valuable information!
Someone pretending to be me just commented back to you so don’t message them please!
Congrats on getting started 🎉 the customer service grows slowly and I feel like was pretty manageable! I’ve got a video or two from last year about getting ready for Q4 that I think you’d find helpful if you go check them out. You’ve got this!
I love your video's
Love your videos. I have been binge watching them the last couple of days. Your instructions are so clear & concise. Thank you for sharing. I’m just starting my mug & tumbler shop. How many items should be my initial goal? Do you have a video on the process of when you receive a personalized Etsy order and it’s to be
fulfilled by Printify?
I think a good initial goal would be to do 3 listings per day for 30 days to try to get around 100 listings your first month! And yes I have a video about what to do with personalized orders when you get them, here is the link! ruclips.net/video/zfUQpqITuPE/видео.htmlsi=1UQQXhXpg5K7kh14
@@CassiyJohnsonIn watching your video about personalization I have made a mistake and not sure how to correct it. You said, make the design on Etsy first, I made the design on Printify first and then I published it to Etsy. Can you suggest how I need to correct this, or do I just need to delete all the personalized mugs and start them on Etsy? Thanks again for actually taking time out of your busy day to respond.
I went public with my store in June to friends and family and then announced it to Facebook in August. I have 14 sales so far. Would love some tips on what I can do to speed up progress.
I was following your store on etsy, (J.F.D.) but recently got a message saying you are no longer selling on the platform.
Hey Cassiy, I just want to thank you so much for your incredible tutorials. It has helped so much and has made some sales. I am getting a lot of requests for Toddler Sweatshirts, and Printify does not offer these. So can you recommend a POD provider that does. Again you are the best and enjoy you so much. Blessings to you.
I've thought about doing this before, actually went to a couple t-shirt design sites and was having a hard time figuring out how to actually design the shirts... would love to have a little guidance. Thank you for your info. This is the 1st video of yours I've watched, planning on watching all!!! Thanks
You are a gifted teacher:-)
I have my own brand to sell with a design done! Maybe I should use printify to develop the tshirt and mugs. What you think?
Can you please show us an example of your first tshirt you designed at all? Just curious.
I think it depends on the platform. The older the platform the less popular it will be for the newbie. Jump on a platform that's new and trending and then be prepared to switch or add to another platform within 1 year. I think that's the way it goes now because too much competition.
I’m getting sales for my POD on eBay but my Etsy shop is more like a deadsy shop. I’ve had one order. Been open 1.5 month. 375 items. But I’m going to keep trucking.
I so appreciate all your videos. Can you help me with pricing? What’s your pricing recipe? What % net profit after all Etsy fees and COG do you set for your items? I have to pay the 15% offsite ad fee on Etsy and I'm not yet getting enough sales to warrant paying the pro Printify fee. So I pay the higher price for the items on Printify. Do you charge shipping to cover it in your COG? How do you price your items to compete with so many sellers doing constant sales? Somehow it's not penciling a profit at what the competition is charging. Do you have a video on this? Thank you
Hi Cassiy! I downloaded your mini tutorial last night and took 2 days off of work next week to START!!! I am a mom who works full time at a stressful job. I can’t quit until I replace my income. I have a ton of ideas. I may take the leap and sign up for one of your courses. I appreciate all your videos. You may see an email from me soon…Amy from MN😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
What happens if someone returns a product from your site? How do you go about this? Do you have a video or any info? Thanks :) great videos btw 👍🏻👍🏻
Ok, this may be ignorant, but I can not print the niche calendar out. It does not it is set on Page size: 20.00 × 11.25 in (landscape) and it does not adjust with altering papers size. help?
So sorry this is not a printable calendar but meant to be a digital item that you use. If you'd like though, I can send you another version with a white background that you would be able to resize and print as you like! Just email me back to your confirmation email and I can send that over to you!
With so much competition how does the Etsy algo work? Even if you have a great design thats tending it doesnt equate to being in the top of Etsy searches
Another great video Cassiy! I opened my shop in July and have 110 listings and only five sales so far. It is disappointing, but I keep plugging away. I follow all your content and it has gotten me this far, but I am considering your road map course, and wondering if it would benefit me now that my shop is already started. Also, I live in Canada, so would your course apply? Thank you for all your help.
Congrats on your first few sales!! I know it's not as many as you want but at least now you know that it's possible and can start to understand which or your deigns get sales and which ones don't. My course does cover how to set up shop but the majority of it is to help you build systems and habits to make this a repeatable business to get you consistent sales on Etsy! I'd love for you to join my in my course if you feel like it would be a good fit for you
Thanks Cassiy I have been signed up to your course for a few days now and am loving it! So much great information. Thanks for all that you do.@@CassiyJohnson
I am so glad you are loving it so far!!
Should I post my listings as they are created or all at once on a specific day of the week? Is there an optimal day to post during the week?
i am struggling with understanding the money that comes out of my pocket personally when someone makes a order. im struggling to know what percentage i should make my products and how to know when im actually making money. Also what information i should be logging when i do make a sale.
Hello Cassiy,
I had my shop open for two months now and I had had one sale only (purchase from my sister) I am not sure if I might be doing something wrong 😑 I saw a video where a RUclipsr suggested that we don’t add comas to our listing title and I have not been doing it so I wonder if that might be confusing for people who are looking at my listings. Also, I mainly have Halloween/Fall shirts, gardening, teachers shirts and mugs for all three as well. I started adding Christmas shirts as well. Would you have any advice for me? Thanks 😊
Started listing products in September - have about 50 listings- so far no sales :(
Wanting and trying to get started doing print on demand.
I opened my etsy shop 10 days ago, got my first sale after 2 days and then nothing : /
I saw in one of your videos that you said that the Etsy site does not transfer any money to the Pirintify site in the first month to order the product, and the designer must pay for the product, but this issue is not mentioned in other people's videos on RUclips. The problem has worried me. I hope you answer.
I watched your interview with life hacker couple where it seems like that is where your story began. It seems odd there is no mention of them here.
Hi! Thats so cool, quick question. So did you have a etsy store and a seperate website with your products also? Like 2 different things, does one send to the other?
I had the same situation. Opened shop, shop gets suspended, signs up for printful and open domain website, then shop gets unsuspended😂
made 2 baby sales for digital in first month . still learning though
I am having a problem with my listings. I list several items daily but I don't appear to be getting a lot of views. I have watched your videos about creating titles and tags but unfortunately it does not appear to be working. Is there something that I am missing? Something else that needs to be done when listing items? I also don't see my items populate when searching keywords in Etsy. There has to be something that I am not doing correctly!
Hi, do you recommend to subscribe to printing premium as a beginner?
I think as soon as you get your first few sales then it's worth it. Once you are selling around 5-20 items per month depending on how much discount you get off each item type, then it pays for itself. But it doesn't back date so you need to have purchased it before you got the sales to get the discount. So totally up to you if you want to buy it after you get your first sale or wait until you are for sure making enough in a month to cover it. But I do have a free month available coupon with code CASSIY30 if you want to use a free month to try it first
Hi, quick question I am in UK so can I still set up everything the same way and sell in USA 🇺🇸 from here. Love all your video so informative 👍🏻 thanks Barry
newcomer I use phone to work as a first time difficult for me can you make it a little bit more of the writing
Do you think a pretty consistent $1000 profit/month is doable and maintainable?
Hey Cassiy!
Thanks for all the helpful videos! I’m currently only my 3rd month of POD and have 23 sales. What do you recommend that I’d do to scale?
Im currently not profitable, since I started with a loss-lead, but have increased my price to attempt to profit. What margins should I strive for and what would you do in my situation? My current profit is around 7.50 an order not including overhead
My dad passed away 2 years ago and it’s just my mom and I now. I’m in heart and lung failure and have other medical issues that don’t really help, and we could use the extra money. There’s stuff that needs fixing in the house the car and truck need new tires, and the list goes on. One reason why I want to start a store is so mama and I can have a little more, and if I do have to have another surgery which will probably be most likely, we can maybe hopefully have enough to have it in a different hospital. The one we like. I keep debating with this, but it would be really good for us.
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Hi just getting started with POD! Love your videos! Thank you for all the knowledge and insight!! *One question if I may? … I noticed my shipping times are much longer than other shops in Etsy. For example another shop shipping is within 5days yet my listing is showing shipping as soon as 17days!!! Please help!!!😅 thank you so much in advance ❣️
I am just starting out and having trouble with descriptions and keywords and titles 😶
That was 2020 right in the heat of Covid lockdown. It’s totally unrealistic today . It took me 58 days of listing every day to get my first sale . That’s realistic. These gurus are getting annoying . They are more talented and lucky than the average human .
Its not that easy as they said, in 90 days you will get none to maybe 3 to 5 sales and thats the "norm", they said Etsy needs 3 months to "Understand your store".. dont start etsy expecting sales in your first 3 months! I got my first sale on my 2nd month and 2 on my third..
@@Filam_Prepperthank you for your realistic feedback🫠 if you don't mind me asking, were you listing every day more than one review?
Yeah but - we 're going into quarter 4 which is the busiest buying frenzy of the year. Don't give up!
@@isassirius2520 ive been listing everyday for first 2 months after that i stop felt like i needed the whole planets to align after i optimize my store, i post on pinterest 3 times, 5 to 10 on twitter everyday, tiktok once a day instagram once a day for 60 day straight.. what would help is to ask your family to buy from.your shop and give reviews, I have 6 sales total now 120 days including my family
I agree that most of the people in videos giving advice had an advantage because they started years ago. However, I have also seen some very successful shops that were opened within the last year.
Hi Cassiy, I have a listing that has had tons of favorites for Halloween but no sales yet. I have break even and loss leader pricing. Any suggestions for this situation? Wondering if you would be able to offer some advice or point me to a video you might have about this?
Hi. I’m going through your mini guide. I’m on making markups. After I hit create a design, edit photo does not come up. Please help 😂
Hi, what do you do if someone steal your design and your title?
I started in June and I’ve published quite a lot of products but I haven’t made a single sale 💔 I redesigned some of my items, changed my entire shop to try something different but I haven’t made my first sale.
I got more traffic during the 4th of July rush.
Any advise?
With shop name do you have to buy the domain
is natalie etsy seller take your coaching ?
Started on January 2023 still no sales yet 😢
Hi Cassiy watched you for a while great content invaluble information ps only subscribed i know my bad, ive been apprehensive to go forth with etsy as per one of your videos opening up and what you have to pay as i can go the credit card way ps im from the uk is there any other way i can go forward plz advize thanks
2 out of 50 is not 2%
I ended the month with 100 listings, I started the month with 50, sorry for the confusion!
As always, no proof of this. You never show any figures or your Etsy account to back any of this up.
ruclips.net/video/Ihg14SKm110/видео.htmlsi=em-rsugC_4yEJxFW
Here is a video where I show screenshots from my Etsy account for every single month for the whole year and share my revenue, profit and even the niches I sell in for each of those months. Hope this helps! I wish I could share my shop without all of my designs getting ripped off or my conversion rates getting tanked from thousands of people looking but not buying, but I can't. Hopefully you still get good value from my videos.
Thank you Cassiy. I'm a little over 2 months in and your advice has helped so much. 55 items (I know that's low), 22 sales, 0 sales the first month. I invested quite a bit now in various softwares, subscriptions, and good mockups. Right now this feels like an expensive hobby but I'm hoping for a good Halloween. I'm in 42 people's carts right now. Just buy already! Lol
What was the difference between your first and second sales
My first sale was from a relative. I was trying to get a sale on my own but not having luck. I got my first stranger sale 3 days later and have slowly been getting more since.
Probably waiting for discount code
3d halloween craft u cut out on cricut like masks, hats, fake glasses, 3d spiders
I'm still trying to figure out my strategy. I was sending coupons to those who favorites my items but no one was using them. Out of about 25 sent zero claimed. I have since started running sales and lowered my prices to break even levels. If I give them any more of a break I'll be losing money. I may rethink how I'm doing things.
i started last week and already have a revenue of $57. I would recommend making things you like and care about, it makes it easier and more fun.
I started my shop roughly 3 weeks ago have 17 listings and got 3 favourites from strangers and 0 sales, I’m glad that I found your channel ❤❤
I just started my pod business yesterday and it's all thanks to you Cassiy! I'm pretty nervous but excited to start a new journey.
Congrats on getting started, I am super excited for you
Good luck. I'm planning to start in the next week or so!
I've got 300 designs, 2 months in. 1 sale outside of family. I'm hoping for a decent Q4 but etsy is looking like a trap. Like someone said above, an expensive hobby. Is Cassiy paid by etsy?
She sounds like she does, plus she's always selling something.
Yeah, I am beginning to think that they are getting something for selling “Etsy,” so to speak. There is another channel, Etsy consultant, who seems to tel, you the other side, and many of these channels don’t agree with him.
I think etsy relies a lot on sellers basically on a subscription service. Plus once you add in all the suggested tools you can find yourself in the hole each month.
Do you mind sharing your shop?
I love your videos - you are so authentic and supportive. I've got one product up and am shooting for your 3 a day for 30 days advice. Thank you!
So glad you enjoyed the video!! Definitely come back and let me know how the month ends for you and if you reached your goal
Did you reach your goal @geekrific
I just launched my Etsy Store today and I had my first sale today and I was overwhelmed with joy, I shed a tear because I wanted to do this last year but I am tech challenged so it took me sometime to learn how to set everything up. I wish I discovered your videos last year. Your content would have saved me so much time. Thank you for these videos. I keep thinking I forget something what if they never get the product 😅. I have so many questions but your videos are really helping me answer them. ❤
i published my first tshirt today and It says I did everything correct but I have put every tag I listed in the search bar and I cannot find my listing. How was yours found on the first day?
Very inspirational. I started just over a month ago and things are very slow. I just keep reminding myself that anything worth being great at takes time, patience, and a no quit mentality. Thank you Cassiy, your video really helped.
Congrats on getting started! I'm glad my video was inspirational for you and hope that you will keep at it and keep learning everyday if this is something you are really dedicated to building! All the best to you on your journey
Started a month ago and the few sales I have on record were to family. Organically, nothing at all yet. Still pushing strong and learning more as I go, but it's vital for anybody to understand that Etsy is an entirely different landscape right now than it was in 2020, in almost every aspect. There are many stories of first month to first 3 month results etc, from many YT creators, and almost all of them stem back to a time when things were vastly different. It's disheartening. But the metaphoric show must go on. One day, I tell myself... one day
Same here almost 3 months nothing
Exactly. Many of them started during the pandemic, or right before, it is definitely a different landscape, but I won’t let that deter me.
People were saying when I started in 2020 that sales were way down compared to normal and that they would be so much better after the pandemic, other people were saying it was oversaturated, tried for a few months, didn't get sales and then gave up. Meanwhile people are starting their stores and getting sales like this every single day! I get messages constantly of people getting their first 10 sales, 100 sales or 1000's of sales. I just interviewed a girl who started last August and just hit 100k. I'll be releasing her interview soon! Please don't let these excuses of "they started in 2020 so it was easier back then" hold you back. It's just not true.
Here is an interview I did with Natalie that started recently and has made lots of sales as another good example ruclips.net/video/IGZO4dZewYA/видео.htmlsi=ZLKi2zDWqdO54cpI
I'm pretty sure I'm over designing. Looking at the competition, they'll have a shirt selling like hot cakes that is a single word tripled but written in a groovy wave font or another single word written on the chest in a script font and people go nuts. Customers are baffling but they like what they like!
Thanks for another great video!❤ I started this Juli and until now I only sold 5 items, 3 to ma besties 😁... I have almost 200 listings right now and I upload new ones every day. With checking bestsellers and special mockups and and and... I will stay positive and continue, but I really don't understand why it is soooo slow... 😢 I do have really good designs, being a designer since a long time anyways... But I know I will rock it one day 😊🎉 Like I said, I will stay positive ❤ Ommmm 😅
I haven't seen your designs but I will tell you that a lot of people with a design background tend to "over design". It can be different applying those skills to something like apparel because a good graphic design doesn't always translate to a good t-shirt design. I really stress that simple sells. My first bestselling shirt I am talking about in this video was just a gray shirt with white text and that's it. I'd recommend really sitting down and spending an hour going through tons of bestsellers on Etsy and see if you pick up on what they have in common and how you can implement different design techniques they have into your designs. Hope this helps some and best of luck on your journey!
@@CassiyJohnson Thank you so much for your reply!! 😍 Yes, you are right! I did watch so many of your videos already where you are talking about that and I did focus on that, also having many "easy" designs because of your great help online ~ ❤️ I will try to focus even more on that again.. Thanks again! I really appreciate you taking the time to answer me! 🥰🙌 God bless you ~
I began POD back in November 2022. I've sold 2 shirts. 4 mugs and 2 of those were from a supportive friend. I've spent so much money on this journey. It's very discouraging
Thank you for video, very informative. 🎉Just getting started… but I find putting the design on the mock-ups as to measuring it to look same as how Printify places it on their shirts to be difficult. Also mock-ups seem to be different colors then POD. Got them from Etsy. Do you have a video explaining this? Thank you.
I started in May, didn’t get a sale until 2 months in. I’m at 20 sales currently, 300 listings. Hoping Q4 is everything I want it to be! 🤣
Hi Cassie - I've been at this since Jan 2023 - I didn't really start getting daily sales until June (6 months in) and I've had about 700 sales so far. But the first 6 months I lost money - and in Aug i broke even and this month I will make a little bit. How many sales do you need a month to be making a real profit? I'm only having about 10 sales a day. Thank you! Cindy
Intesterting to hear! Was there a „key momement“ when your sales really started to improve? I still don‘t have any reviews. I hope it gets better, when I finally get some.
@@DerPatschen once I reached 100 sales at the end of May - then since June 1st I've had sales every day.
I listed my first shirt today and followed all instructions. The only way I can find my shirt is to literally pull up my store. I tried to look up in the search bar each tag I put in but I can't find my shirt anywhere..................does anyone have any advice?? Thanks in advance. Thanks for all your videos Cassiy!!
Why your Etsy Shop is closed? Is it just temporarily suspended?
Thank you so much for your videos and all the valuable information that you sharing for FREE!!!! The idea of opening an Etsy shop has been seating in my mind for a while and now I’m getting encouragement from you to finally start my shop😊
Yesss don't wait another day! Now is the PERFECT time to get started
I have over 100 listings in my POD shop and am using great mock-ups and researching my SEO and have sales going every 2 days and have reasonable pricing and even doing Ads and have been doing this for approximately a month and still have yet to get a sale. I realize it takes time especially since most of my designs are for Q4 and we are just starting the season.
Keep at it! It will happen!
Can you please make a video on the finance side of POD? as in more information on taxes and accounting, what you use to track sales, and business registration. As an Australian, i dont know where to turn to when it comes to selling to US customers, do i need to apply for GST (etc...)? No one ever covers the financial side of having a business and its one of the most important things to know.
From the perspective of someone opening a new shop, how did you drive traffic to your store without spending on Etsy ads? I am making new listings everyday but I barely get any store visits :(
Hi Cassiy. I been following you for over a year. You actually helped me start my first pod store l. Shopify. I made about $21k in revenue
I am now gonna open a new store in Etsy and will take everything you yea h to build me a better business I’m hopes to leave my 9 to 5
I'm heading to my 4th year selling on Etsy, and apart from Q4, where I got $1000+ revenue both in November and December, every other month, I'm still far from the $900 you did in your first month even this far down the line. I've had a couple of best sellers, but I am still waiting for something to skyrocket. I'm doing more research now and hoping to score something to finally pass this plateau I'm stuck on. It's not an easy task, and it's a lot of work, I'm trying not to get defeated. No instant results.
Congrats on keeping at it even though you aren't getting the results you want! My best advice to you is to make sure you have a healthy balance of Evergreen niches that could sell at any time throughout the year and then the other half being early for Holidays and making sure you are adding value. Finding bestselling niches and then turning them into group shirts is really one big thing that started to move the needle for me since those people would buy multiple every time instead of just one and I really stood out in the search results! Try to think outside of the box on how you can combine two popular things like a popular hobby/professions with an upcoming holiday for example. I know there is lots to learn but it sounds like you are heading in the right direction. Just make it a habit to everyday look at bestsellers in random niches like "women's shirts" for example and also bestsellers in the upcoming holiday, eventually you will start to see trends really early and can hop on these new upcoming bestselling niches while they are new! Hope this helps and you've got this!
@@CassiyJohnson super reply Cassiy, thanks so much for taking the time to respond. I think that is the hardest thing about POD: pulling all the relevant pieces out of your research and combining them within your designs. It's easy to see best-sellers. It's an art to stand out in a market gap based on them. Ultimately, our designs are unique, but we will not know if we have done things right until we get a hit. The hardest part is when we keep trying and fall short. I still feel like I'm walking in the desert. However, I'm super proud of what I've achieved. I can't tell myself I haven't given it a good try. I'll take your advice and see what I can do. I appreciate it a lot. I love your content. It is super inspiring.
@@CassiyJohnson While spending 30 minutes looking through some of the best sellers of 'women's shirts, ' I am starting to see the odd trend. One I wouldn't trust because it's a trademark, others that are a little too late. However, as I keep searching and checking search volume and competition with Erank, I'm sure I'll stumble on something soon. I'm going to limit designing in favor of researching first. Once I see a good potential, I'll go all in with design ideas and how to present them.
I've been working on setting things up this week and am going to list my first 15 listings today!
Wow 15 in one day, way to start off strong!!
Hey Cassiy, Thank you so much for all the helpful information. I have been binge watching all your videos. I have had a shop for about a year but was only selling handmade stuff, 25 sales with 45 listings. I am building up listings to add for POD products to my shop. I still have lots to learn but I am a SAHM of older kids so I have all day and night to work at this.
I'm excited for you to get started with POD! I would recommend not to overthink it or wait to post the things you have made. There is only so much you can learn before you start doing. All my best lessons were learned after I figured out what was selling and what wasn't. Don't feel like everything needs to be perfect, you've got this and you will learn slowly over time just like everything else
I opened my shop on 8/7 of this year. I had my first order on 8/13 and it was a multi-item organic order. I was so excited! I now have only 12 sales total (most from friends and family) and have been running ads since I hit the 15 day mark. I have over 100 listings now and am trying to add more each day. I am just under the sales minimum for star seller but well under the 90 day shop age. Most of my designs are seasonal (Halloween) and I’m wondering if that was a mistake the further we get into September. I’m going to persist and will see how Q4 goes before I decide if this is really for me. I feel like I’ve invested so much in time and software, mock-ups, etc. and have been feeling like a failure. Thank you for sharing your first month’s spend. It’s really helpful to see that there is a need for that up-front investment even if right now it feels like a waste.
Christmas, birthdaynumber sales
It will happen! Keep at it!