i definitely see increases in sales. I am curious though, what type of products are you selling? digital? printify? are you actually making something with your hands.
Don't forget, your ads are also a tax write off of what you made. So, if you spent $254.41 on ads for 1 month and made $1,170.79, you only have to pay taxes on $916.38 of that in estimated taxes. The best thing about ads is that it's building one's business & it's also a tax write off, that's what the rich do.
You're not "braggy." Alot of people in person purposely choose to withhold information in fear of competition. You uplift community and beginners. I specifically subscribed so I can watch your promised, factually documented progress. If my spreadsheet predicted 15k a month, I'd be a skeptic too. I want Tim to turn me to a believer lol. My Etsy shop has capped out around about $300 revenue monthly, selling organic rolling paper. Etsy ads didn't seem to help considering the cost, so your video makes me consider running them longer. I also practice a lot of design and have had a cricut cutter for about a year now. You sharing your revenue shows me the value in using my cricut and graphic skill to start making stickers. So I find your numbers encouraging, not braggadocious. Please don't undermine your success Tim.
Started toying with the idea of opening a shop and found your channel while trying to learn more, really inspiring story and a ton of useful info for a beginner! Thank you and best of lucks forward!
One thing I can say is to sell something that people want instead of what YOU like ! Hard lesson for me to learn. Lol this is my 3rd shop and I’m finally getting sales bc I’m selling something useful and something ppl need. Thanks for the videos! Feeling inspired 😊
This is super inspiring for me. I think it doesn't come off as bragging because you are honestly trying to help others. Your videos are super helpful so thank you for doing them. I really appreciate it. They help to keep me motivated that I will be able to open my shop.
8-10% conversion on ad spend? That’s very unusual. Usually the conversion is around 1-2%. My guess is that you already have tags and titles optimized, which is resulting in the extraordinary high conversion rate. Etsy Ads alone won’t bring in sales, but will get your listings in front of more shoppers. If your tags, titles, descriptions, and photos aren’t optimized first then Ads won’t help. It’ll just put your listings in front of more of the wrong shoppers. As with anything, the devil is in the details.
@@Pawnwarschess yes I have 3.5 months and starting was hard but now after studying multiple videos and best stores I increased my sales. Etsy is hard at the beginning
I opened my Esty sticker business on 1/15/22, got 2 organic sales in the last 2 weeks I opened it in January of this year! This month in February, I am using Esty's advertising at $4.00 a day and got 3 sales from it!. It paid off because I sold 1 sticker pack for $15.99 and now I know what people are looking for in the search results. So far this month I have made $51.90 with 8 sales and it's only the 10th!
You have genuinely encouraged me to open my own Etsy shop and put my two Cricuts to work! I truly appreciate every single detail and advice you have to offer, and I am absorbing it like a sponge. Thank you soooooo very much! Please post more etsy seller videos 💙💙💙 🙌
Good video, straight to the point , clear and concise. Also try running a 24 hour sale for 20% off and you should start to see more sales comes through as Etsy favours sales. (You may need to adjust your prices on your end to make up for the 20% discount) but you should start to see increase sales with this trick. Give it a go!
This is a wonderful video series! Thank you for sharing your success with us. I'm starting my small business soon and this is the motivation/information I needed to see. Thank you again for everything you do. I can't wait to see your channel grow!
I knuckled down last paycheck and put myself back on a budget so I could invest 10% of my regular income into my Etsy business. I started ads a couple of weeks ago and have made 2 sales and have gotten a lot of likes. So I'm slowly seeing that needle move. Etsy kind of becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy in that the more interest people show in your stuff and the more they buy, the more Etsy promotes it, making it easier for other people to find and buy. I've seen other people say that they run ads on their new stuff, and once that's performing well, they drop the ads on it because it shows up high in the rankings by virtue of its own stats. So even if it feels painful to drop some money on ads to start with, 1, they should start paying for themselves within a couple of months, and 2, you don't have to run them forever.
You are definitely not a bragger. Thank you for all your useful information. I'm thinking about starting an Etsy shop like many of the people viewing this, and this definitely helps on being realistic about how much budget I need start. Your approach and vibe is great to watch and learn from. Keep on making these videos.💫 Thanks!
Thank you for the update on your numbers so far! Whoop! I would love to see a video on how you've changed (assuming you have) your process for filling orders and getting stuff shipped. Clearly you have more to do now.
You're totally right, I've been getting more orders lately, and fulfilling orders is taking way too much time right now. I'm working on scaling my operations now, but a lot has to be in terms of research.
Thank you for your inspiring videos. I have been an artist all my life. Getting ready to dive into the Etsy world and create a shop for handmade greeting cards. I stand by my product so I will focus on being a strong competitor first like you suggested, see how it goes, then turn to adds if appropriate. Thanks again for your help and encouragement.
Thank you for your video! I've had a bit of a hit and miss with Etsy Ads, but you're right it's important to constantly keep an eye on how much you spend vs how much you're making cause its not always consistent. Would love to see your shop link on Etsy!
This is very motivational, lots of good tips especially when ads wouldn’t be helpful and when to focus back on the product/quality. Thanks for sharing!
thank you for sharing your experience in such a calm straightforward way :) It makes your results much more believable and makes me trust your insights.
I disagree about new stores not using Etsy. It's working for me because I am receiving favorites, and yes, not as many sales (I used the bare minimum budget a day) but I'm sure am getting the store noticed by their algorithms, I also have an idea of the kind of products people want to see more of (through the favorites).
Hi Zee! Thanks great! I didn’t have much luck using ads as a new shop. but if it’s working for you, yes! Keep using them! Wish you the best with your shop :)
This is definitely true. I set up my store, made sure everything looked nice, and then turned on the ads at 25 dollars a day. I got two authentic sales (meaning actual Etsy customers, not just family wanting to support me) within the first month. I just passed my second month anniversary and I had 16 sales in that second month. My products, designs and SEO definitely needed some tweaking, but overall things are going well. I think it’s worth it let them run for a few months to see how things go.
I love doing an ad budget of $1 just to test and see how much it could stretch over time. Its also low enough that you don't feel bad, but also its something so maybe it will work even if its just a few clicks a day (you can get a lot of views though for 1 dollar without the clicking)
would you mind making a tutorial on making one of these data graphs? I am wanting to keep track of my sales also, but not very good with these kinds of these :(
Personally, I wouldn't worry about Etsy ads for at least six months after you open your store for most people who starting out with their online business. You should be spending that time consistently adding listings and growing your store, making sure your SEO is top notch, and filling up every character you can muster on item product titles, tags, etc. Any sales you do get, treat them like gold and do whatever you can to get a good comment rating. Once your store is full (about 100 physical items, or 200-300 digital items), then you can start playing with analytics and considering Etsy ads.
Hi. thanks for your great videos. in your opinion which Etsy Seo tools is the best? Marmalead, Erank , Sales samurai or...? How we can find best keywords?
Nice video, straight to the point. My question is do you advertise all your listings or do you by $1 per listing for example, i.e $20 = 20 listings advertised. Thank you
People are finding you so that means your item title, tags, thumbnail are good! You have just have to convert people now. So that means you have to work on additional photos, item descriptions, shop policies, etc.
Hi, Thanks for the video. Did you advertise all of your listings or just some within this period? Did you make any changes on the ads (budget, advertised listing) within this period? Thank you!
What budget would you recommend? I am just starting, but I work endlessely (no pause, even when I am eating). I have 28 sales at the end of the first month but it is too slow for me. I am afraid that ads will kill my natural growth if I suddently stop them, like Etsy may see that I sudently had a drop and then it could only get worse. I don't want to be dependant on ads.
Hi! I am from India.... I am still waiting for the verification to complete for my shop from etsy... I am using printful with integration to Etsy... Anyone here who used printful with Etsy?
Finally. A youtube account that shows results but doesnt have 50 thousand fucking subs to advertise to constantly, skewing the accuracy of their results.
@@TimKoa Thank you! Also do you mind sharing how much do you usually charge for 1 sticker? since i see on etsy people apparently sell things for dirt cheap 2 3 dollars which seems ridiculous since you can't profit anything on that.. your revenue shows 1170 from 58 orders which would be around 20bucks average order value so i wonder how do you manage to do that?
Doesn’t come across as bragging at all man. if people have a problem with you making money it’s their problem at the end of the day. Looking forward to the vid where you’re making five figures a month, let’s go!
Be careful what these youtubers are saying especially if they don't tell you their store name to see if their telling the truth. If he has nothing to hide then why is your etsy store name on your Instagram or Twitter feed? Hard to take your advice. Maybe he works for Etsy?
I appreciate you Swati. I’m ok if you don’t believe me and I’m sorry you feel people should be careful with my advice. I’ve mentioned many times the reasons I don’t share my shop. Wish you the best!
Hi Ram! For privacy reasons, I've decided not to publicly share my shop. I'm completely open about everything else though, so if you have any other questions feel free to ask! :)
What's your experience with Etsy ads? Did they work for your shop?
They haven’t worked for me :(
i definitely see increases in sales. I am curious though, what type of products are you selling? digital? printify? are you actually making something with your hands.
They’ve worked for me but I am working on ramping up my quantity of listings. I have a good product but I don’t have 10 listings yet.
Etsy ads not worth it, specially with off site ads.
Don't forget, your ads are also a tax write off of what you made. So, if you spent $254.41 on ads for 1 month and made $1,170.79, you only have to pay taxes on $916.38 of that in estimated taxes. The best thing about ads is that it's building one's business & it's also a tax write off, that's what the rich do.
You're not "braggy." Alot of people in person purposely choose to withhold information in fear of competition. You uplift community and beginners. I specifically subscribed so I can watch your promised, factually documented progress. If my spreadsheet predicted 15k a month, I'd be a skeptic too. I want Tim to turn me to a believer lol.
My Etsy shop has capped out around about $300 revenue monthly, selling organic rolling paper. Etsy ads didn't seem to help considering the cost, so your video makes me consider running them longer. I also practice a lot of design and have had a cricut cutter for about a year now. You sharing your revenue shows me the value in using my cricut and graphic skill to start making stickers. So I find your numbers encouraging, not braggadocious. Please don't undermine your success Tim.
Started toying with the idea of opening a shop and found your channel while trying to learn more, really inspiring story and a ton of useful info for a beginner! Thank you and best of lucks forward!
That's awesome! Best of luck on your shop! :)
One thing I can say is to sell something that people want instead of what YOU like ! Hard lesson for me to learn. Lol this is my 3rd shop and I’m finally getting sales bc I’m selling something useful and something ppl need. Thanks for the videos! Feeling inspired 😊
This is super inspiring for me. I think it doesn't come off as bragging because you are honestly trying to help others. Your videos are super helpful so thank you for doing them. I really appreciate it. They help to keep me motivated that I will be able to open my shop.
Thanks for the kind words! :)
8-10% conversion on ad spend? That’s very unusual. Usually the conversion is around 1-2%. My guess is that you already have tags and titles optimized, which is resulting in the extraordinary high conversion rate. Etsy Ads alone won’t bring in sales, but will get your listings in front of more shoppers. If your tags, titles, descriptions, and photos aren’t optimized first then Ads won’t help. It’ll just put your listings in front of more of the wrong shoppers. As with anything, the devil is in the details.
What is optimized photos?
@@brendamorales3366 taking good photos
@@brendamorales3366 do you have a brand?
@@Pawnwarschess yes I have 3.5 months and starting was hard but now after studying multiple videos and best stores I increased my sales. Etsy is hard at the beginning
@@brendamorales3366 Id explain my story but bleh. Follow me or not🙂 it’s nice to network
I opened my Esty sticker business on 1/15/22, got 2 organic sales in the last 2 weeks I opened it in January of this year! This month in February, I am using Esty's advertising at $4.00 a day and got 3 sales from it!. It paid off because I sold 1 sticker pack for $15.99 and now I know what people are looking for in the search results. So far this month I have made $51.90 with 8 sales and it's only the 10th!
You have genuinely encouraged me to open my own Etsy shop and put my two Cricuts to work! I truly appreciate every single detail and advice you have to offer, and I am absorbing it like a sponge. Thank you soooooo very much! Please post more etsy seller videos 💙💙💙 🙌
Good video, straight to the point , clear and concise.
Also try running a 24 hour sale for 20% off and you should start to see more sales comes through as Etsy favours sales. (You may need to adjust your prices on your end to make up for the 20% discount) but you should start to see increase sales with this trick. Give it a go!
Thanks for the suggestion Vivien! I’ll definitely give it a try :)
why specifically %20?
This is a wonderful video series! Thank you for sharing your success with us. I'm starting my small business soon and this is the motivation/information I needed to see. Thank you again for everything you do. I can't wait to see your channel grow!
The line “it’s like using thundershock on a diglet” made me hit the sub button so fast 😂😂 ty ty for the good info!
I knuckled down last paycheck and put myself back on a budget so I could invest 10% of my regular income into my Etsy business. I started ads a couple of weeks ago and have made 2 sales and have gotten a lot of likes. So I'm slowly seeing that needle move.
Etsy kind of becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy in that the more interest people show in your stuff and the more they buy, the more Etsy promotes it, making it easier for other people to find and buy.
I've seen other people say that they run ads on their new stuff, and once that's performing well, they drop the ads on it because it shows up high in the rankings by virtue of its own stats. So even if it feels painful to drop some money on ads to start with, 1, they should start paying for themselves within a couple of months, and 2, you don't have to run them forever.
You are definitely not a bragger. Thank you for all your useful information. I'm thinking about starting an Etsy shop like many of the people viewing this, and this definitely helps on being realistic about how much budget I need start. Your approach and vibe is great to watch and learn from. Keep on making these videos.💫 Thanks!
Currently binge-watching all your Etsy related videos 🍿🐶
Thanks for being so open and sharing your sales. Definitely inspiring! Good luck with your shop!
Thank you for the update on your numbers so far! Whoop! I would love to see a video on how you've changed (assuming you have) your process for filling orders and getting stuff shipped. Clearly you have more to do now.
You're totally right, I've been getting more orders lately, and fulfilling orders is taking way too much time right now. I'm working on scaling my operations now, but a lot has to be in terms of research.
Thank you for your inspiring videos. I have been an artist all my life. Getting ready to dive into the Etsy world and create a shop for handmade greeting cards. I stand by my product so I will focus on being a strong competitor first like you suggested, see how it goes, then turn to adds if appropriate. Thanks again for your help and encouragement.
Thank you for your video! I've had a bit of a hit and miss with Etsy Ads, but you're right it's important to constantly keep an eye on how much you spend vs how much you're making cause its not always consistent. Would love to see your shop link on Etsy!
Ur video simplicity is amazing. Honest, clear concept makes your video exciting.
This is very motivational, lots of good tips especially when ads wouldn’t be helpful and when to focus back on the product/quality. Thanks for sharing!
thank you for sharing your experience in such a calm straightforward way :) It makes your results much more believable and makes me trust your insights.
Thank You. This Is The Most Logical And Accurate Info On Their Ads
Wonderful and really informative video! Thanks for sharing these super valuable insights!
Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much for sharing your experience. I'm just about to start selling products on Etsy, your contents are really helpful
You are a gem. Thank you for sharing your journey to help us learn.
"Focus on your product first." Excellent advice.
Pokemon reference on Etsy ads made me laugh 😆
I disagree about new stores not using Etsy. It's working for me because I am receiving favorites, and yes, not as many sales (I used the bare minimum budget a day) but I'm sure am getting the store noticed by their algorithms, I also have an idea of the kind of products people want to see more of (through the favorites).
Hi Zee! Thanks great! I didn’t have much luck using ads as a new shop. but if it’s working for you, yes! Keep using them! Wish you the best with your shop :)
This is definitely true. I set up my store, made sure everything looked nice, and then turned on the ads at 25 dollars a day. I got two authentic sales (meaning actual Etsy customers, not just family wanting to support me) within the first month. I just passed my second month anniversary and I had 16 sales in that second month. My products, designs and SEO definitely needed some tweaking, but overall things are going well. I think it’s worth it let them run for a few months to see how things go.
Thank you, you seem like a really humble and genuine guy. Great content
thanks for the advice! my shop is fairly new so i decided to not advertise and am gonna focus on product photos and other details before I start ads
Ok but, how much did Etsy take from $1,170.79, or is that the total after Etsy fees?
I'm gonna try and do one. Got nothing to lose
I love doing an ad budget of $1 just to test and see how much it could stretch over time. Its also low enough that you don't feel bad, but also its something so maybe it will work even if its just a few clicks a day (you can get a lot of views though for 1 dollar without the clicking)
would you mind making a tutorial on making one of these data graphs? I am wanting to keep track of my sales also, but not very good with these kinds of these :(
Thanks Tim! For your insight and honest experiences.
Your not Braggy at all….
Many Thanks 🙏🏼
Thank you, Tim!
super helpful, thank you 4 sharing
Personally, I wouldn't worry about Etsy ads for at least six months after you open your store for most people who starting out with their online business. You should be spending that time consistently adding listings and growing your store, making sure your SEO is top notch, and filling up every character you can muster on item product titles, tags, etc. Any sales you do get, treat them like gold and do whatever you can to get a good comment rating. Once your store is full (about 100 physical items, or 200-300 digital items), then you can start playing with analytics and considering Etsy ads.
You are wisdom. Well said. Love this video a lot. Keep your good work going.
What do you sell on Etsy? $20 for 5 listings? I see sense in that especially when all the budget is not used up.
Your videos are great!!! And I love the Pokémon references lol
Thanks - really helpful - Ive found it very helpful :)
Thank you very much! This video is very helpful.
Hi. thanks for your great videos. in your opinion which Etsy Seo tools is the best? Marmalead, Erank , Sales samurai or...? How we can find best keywords?
Helpful thank you!
Hey Tim can you do a vid of the taxes with your 1099 to see what to expect
This is amazing! Thank you so much about sharing this info. Would you mind sharing your Etsy shop?
He won't because he doesn't have one.
How are you getting on with your trend line?
Nice video, straight to the point. My question is do you advertise all your listings or do you by $1 per listing for example, i.e $20 = 20 listings advertised.
Thank you
He answered a question like yours one or two people above your comment
Do you have a video on how to find a Etsy niche ?
What if you have a high click rate? 3.6%, but no sales? Do you know why that would be?
People are finding you so that means your item title, tags, thumbnail are good! You have just have to convert people now. So that means you have to work on additional photos, item descriptions, shop policies, etc.
@@TimKoa - Thanks dude! I did exactly that after posting that comment. Received my first sale last night and another one this morning!
@@JDOPost Amazing!! Proud of you! :D
@@TimKoa 😂 Thanks!
Great video!!!
Hi, Thanks for the video. Did you advertise all of your listings or just some within this period? Did you make any changes on the ads (budget, advertised listing) within this period? Thank you!
Hi Andras, I played around a bit but what worked the best for me is only advertising my top 2 bestselling listings.
Thank you for the advice
Very good tips. Very rational! Thank you!
Thanks for watching Steven!
Can we have the template for your etsy sales reports?
hi tim, thanks for sharing your insights and experiences with etsy ads. appreciate it! and i don't see any bragging because of it. =))
Thanks mate, great video :)
Great video. Do you set up to pay $20 per product?
Thanks.
Hey man do you offer mentorship I would be really intrested
Ask me anything! I’ll try my best to answer it! :)
@@TimKoa hey man I sent you a dm @ruemu.resell
ok. i need big help. my store no working. help me please. thanks
Excellent video.
I am 3 dollars ad run but no sell
I just started using ads and had my first sale do u recommend me staying with the ads or stop the ads when I get e certain number of sales
Congrats Tom! I’m proud of you! Personally, I would keep them on as long as they are profitable.
I'm doing POD so Etsy ads are very difficult to make profitable, it does bring more people to my shop but is it really worth it for my ad spend?
POD is a hard because your profit margins are so slim. Tough to say if it’s worth it. The only way to find out is to try it and see :)
Will you do an Apple Numbers Tutorial for Etsy?? Please!!
I don't think I'm knowledgeable enough to do that! I really just know the basics! 😅
@@TimKoa Some of us don't know the basics. Do a poll to see if it's worrh your time. I believe there are a lot of people like me.
Where do you get your Vinyl from?
But what do you sell?
What's the name of your shop? What are you selling?
he just posted a video on it
What budget would you recommend? I am just starting, but I work endlessely (no pause, even when I am eating). I have 28 sales at the end of the first month but it is too slow for me. I am afraid that ads will kill my natural growth if I suddently stop them, like Etsy may see that I sudently had a drop and then it could only get worse. I don't want to be dependant on ads.
Hi! I am from India.... I am still waiting for the verification to complete for my shop from etsy... I am using printful with integration to Etsy... Anyone here who used printful with Etsy?
So dang genuine!! Thank you so much!
Thanks for watching!
Thanks bro !
Hi, Whats the program you are connecting with Excel? The program with the linear lines? Thanks!
It’s called Numbers on the Mac. Excel can do the same thing. :)
how many listings do you have?
Is there a reason you don't show your Etsy link on RUclips? Or have you and I'm just a dum dum?
Nice video! Do you mind sharing ur profit margins? What the price point of your stickers, production cost, etc? Thx
Before Etsy ads, my margins are about 65-70%. I'm planning on doing a cost breakdown video soon!
@@TimKoa Thanks for that Tim. Yeah.. a detailed cost breakdown would be awesome ex. selling price, etc. thx!
Finally. A youtube account that shows results but doesnt have 50 thousand fucking subs to advertise to constantly, skewing the accuracy of their results.
Do you mind what camera are you using, is it sony??
I use a Fujifilm X-S10 :)
@@TimKoa wow it looks so good. Thanks!
What's the difference between ad views and as clicks?
Views are how many times your ad has been seen. Clicks are when someone actually clicks on your ad. Hope that helps :)
is etsy safe for sellers ? i need to put my bank and credit card information and im scared i will get scammed
Etsy is very safe
You could setup a business bank account that’s separate from your personal
That why your money is safe
are your orders from USA only or you get customers from worldwide?
Most of my orders are from the US but I ship Canada as well.
@@TimKoa Thank you! Also do you mind sharing how much do you usually charge for 1 sticker? since i see on etsy people apparently sell things for dirt cheap 2 3 dollars which seems ridiculous since you can't profit anything on that.. your revenue shows 1170 from 58 orders which would be around 20bucks average order value so i wonder how do you manage to do that?
Hey, did You hit 15k?
Does Etsy provide us with a conversion rate? 🤔🧐
They do! It’s on the main stats page :)
@@TimKoa thank you :)
Doesn’t come across as bragging at all man.
if people have a problem with you making money it’s their problem at the end of the day.
Looking forward to the vid where you’re making five figures a month, let’s go!
Thanks for this! It means a lot! 🙏
I agree...this is just plain informative.
Be careful what these youtubers are saying especially if they don't tell you their store name to see if their telling the truth. If he has nothing to hide then why is your etsy store name on your Instagram or Twitter feed? Hard to take your advice. Maybe he works for Etsy?
I appreciate you Swati. I’m ok if you don’t believe me and I’m sorry you feel people should be careful with my advice. I’ve mentioned many times the reasons I don’t share my shop. Wish you the best!
What is your esty name and IG?
Hi Ram! For privacy reasons, I've decided not to publicly share my shop. I'm completely open about everything else though, so if you have any other questions feel free to ask! :)