The fact that he already showed how much he sold in the first 10 seconds in addition to the great editing of the video made me realise when I finished that I was watching this at 1x speed (ultimate compliment lol)
Very Refreshing! I felt the same way watching it. He discussed realist expectations and didn't try to oversell himself or his results for clicks and views!
His take is so refreshing, no BS, no "make $10k in a day!" or "get rich in a month!" he's genuine and he's speaking about the good and the bad while keeping expectations realistic, i really feel inspired to start my own etsy shop, i've been thinking about it for some time and this just inspires me more!
It depends on what you compare it with, completely okay for a small side project or as a start, but if you are still making more than minimum wage in your country per hour, it would be better to learn a skill or get a job. Not bad for a start though.
@@analogueapples It's also revenue, not profit, so it's meaningless. He could be spending 95% of the revenue on ads and making 5% profit. Why does he not talk about the real business metrics?
00:01 Started Etsy shop, sold digital products for 90 days 01:58 Digital products are infinitely more scalable than physical products. 03:35 Selling digital products offers higher profit margins and more flexibility. 05:18 Digital product niches are saturated compared to physical products 07:04 Challenges of selling digital products 08:40 Transitioning from digital to physical products for more profit. 10:17 Managing a physical location and a small team doesn't seem fun or suitable for an introvert. 11:55 Stick to the basics for successful selling in a Marketplace Really cool video tho ! Fresh and cool !
I agree with selling something you'd want for yourself. Not only does it make the process more FUN. Odds are, if you like/want it, someone else might want it too.
The honesty from this video and the selflessness to provide this information without a major personal game (ignoring that UA-cam is obviously a source of income) is what drove me to deep dive into your channel! Great content!
I appreciate that you actually showed evidence of the sales you made. Lots of course sellers love to talk about how their business made $50K a month but wont show any proof and/or they’re not being honest about their costs. You also had some good info here and you seem to be authentic about it!
Awesome success! As someone with a fairly large POD shop and a tiny digital shop I’ll say that POD is a lot more work due to so much customer service needed. In my digital shop I have about 350 sales and have gotten ONE message from a customer … in the POD shop it’s never ending. Questions, custom requests, “where’s my package?! - it’s been in your mailbox since yesterday…”
You’re doing something wrong if you’re getting that many messages! Look at setting better customer expectations. Look at giving the info you get asked about, more preemptively. Make the answers to your questions as obvious as possible. You got this!
@@jayswayworks haha often they just need to go look in their mailbox. Not sure how to make them do that :D Or questions about where are the rest of their items, when I have already told them “for orders with more than 1 item they may arrive separately”.
Ohhh gotcha- I don’t list items that can’t be fulfilled by a single printer (for the most part anyway).. Gave up that headache 5 years ago. Friggin nightmare at xmas 😂 Never again.
I just started a month ago selling digital and I’m so glad you made this video. Everything is on point in this video. Thank you for sharing the pros and cons.
You continuously motivate me to continue with Etsy and sell the prints that I do! Thank you for always keeping the energy positive and bless you and your family! I appreciate you
That’s not underwhelming at all, It’s Inspiring because when you come to think about It, In those 3 months you could’ve just been laying around and not being productive at all! So knowing that you actually made a useful use of your time and got something back out of It Is AMAZING!!! Great job man!
Thank you so much for sharing this new journey with everyone! I'm a graphic designer and just venturing out into the printables business, seeing your figures and progress was incredibly inspiring!
Just recently found you, and I absolutely love and appreciate your videos. Your content is some of the most authentic and genuine out there, not just propaganda to sell a course. Your videos inspire me and let me know this is something I can actually start. Thank you so much for sharing.
Another - THANK YOU for everything you're sharing! I recently found your content and you've motivated me to go back to my 2019 etsy shopn with just 3 listings and give it another go. It has been a dream for me to make this happen for more years than I'd like to admit. You've really helped me decide to try again and see what happens! ❤ Have an amazing & inspired day!
Totally agree with you, its very amazing to get that 3 months! I kept meaning to try figital products, but you have helped me give that push to do it. Thank you for doing such great videos!
New subscriber here, this video is so insightfully transparent. I appreciate the integrity and gentleness and accepting that I may not be successful selling digital products, most tubers make it seem like you're going to end up a billionaire off a digital store. This keeps me from being obsessed with trying to sell sell sell with the products and or the store potentially losing it's value and forgetting the fact of why i started in the first place. Thank you so much, I'll be watching more of you're videos.
A fabulous, inspirational video & the sharing of your personal experience. I run a small ETSY shop and really enjoying watching these types of videos. Thank you Tim from Colorado!
This video is super helpful! I started freelancing about a year ago and had dreams to create a full on agency and then realised that my introverted self barely liked dealing with clients so now I'm pivoting to help other designers with digital products and videos. It's always fun to learn that your "dreams" may just be stepping stones to guide you to what you actually want
This is really good content. The authenticity is refreshing in a world of "guru" videos that is secretly selling you their affiliate marketing products in a sales video disguised as a guide.
Marketing and getting customers and understanding SEO is the hardest part. I have physical products that sell a little here and there. I want to upgrade my covers and add digital copies of them. Will be looking for future videos. Your delivery is great.
You are one of the only people I’ve ever seen with a large audience, get it out, the mud and purposely be able to store with no visibility. Subscribing based on that, the honest results are very appreciated.
You're a huge inspiration Tim, I've been following your progress for a few years now and I'm looking forward to hearing more about your new shop, even if it just ends up being an experiment. The fact that you've replicated your success means you're definitely doing something right. Your numbers for the first 3 months are very impressive, I don't think anyone would say no to an extra few hundred a month. I'm an artist and I've been struggling for years to turn art into my fulltime income. I finally did it through building up my clients and getting some larger jobs, but I realise now that I really want to be financially independent. Making my own products has always been in the back of my mind, but my priorities were elsewhere. I'm sure you hear this a million times a day, but I really struggle with coming up with ideas. You say to find inspiration in the things you know and I know art, but I just can't think of a problem to solve within that space.
I've been making high-quality digital products for 3 years and I'm lucky to make 300-400/mo off both shops combined. I have polished listing images, niches with low competition/high search volume, used the SEO tools....the quality is there, but Etsy isn't showing my stuff to people. If I make one sale, that same product might get 3-4 more sales within the next 24 hours because I get a boost. But then it's like it gets lost in the algorithm again. I see all these videos about people making huge money immediately, but there's a gap here because I've taken all the courses and done all the things and there's still the algorithm to battle.
@@poppopopp-k3j They are lying to get clicks. What makes me sad is all the ads on FB to sell people courses and PLR to sell planners, stickers, etc. Those niches are so saturated, there's just no way unless you are working every minute of the day on products and marketing that you'll be found. Your best bet is actually to have your own site and run FB ads if you can afford 5-20 bucks per day. Etsy changed their algorithm for 2024 and so many sellers are not being seen now. I had 0 sales for May and June and it's only now picking up to $200. So I started my own site and am blasting out content marketing to get organic traffic. Etsy isn't enough alone.
i never comment but this was such a good video. i'm just starting with my etsy shop with physical products and it's not going all that well so i was looking into switching to digital. i subscribed and plan on watching the rest of your videos because you have such a calming delivery and direct way of speaking. thank you for motivating me!
Great video! I really admire the way you've organized it and your calm presentation style. I found it insightful to see the results upfront, but I struggled a bit with clarity. For instance, I was curious about the number of digital products you've created and the time it took to develop them. Looking forward to more of your content!
Thank you for giving an honest presentation. I'm not even sure who you are or what you do, but I am subscribing and liking every new video you release just based on the fact that you are keeping it real. I hate all of these dishonest unrealistic goals being set and promoting that everyone can expect it to happen for them. It's just click bait. You are keeping it real. I cannot thank you enough. You are the real deal. or as my sons would say.... you're the GOAT
Im repeating what most comments have said but your authenticity and showing what we wanted to see in the first 10 seconds are amazing and please dont stop
This is amazing! Thanks for sharing. I've been thinking about selling digital products and I don't expect to really sell much because I as an etsy shopper myself I noticed that the niches are saturated. Because I am located in Latin America, shipping physical products is a nightmare, so yes digital products is a good option I believe, I have no income at the moment so seeing this experience is motivating, and technically I have nothing to loose.
I am a coach in the field of self-esteem and find the purpose of your life since 1997. I sold my first seminar ticket in 2000 online, started selling audio books in 2012 and so on. Your video helps me very much, becoming aware of the advantages of my business and that of the future coaches I will teach. It's the first time I see a video of you. I subbed immediately. Great job! Thank you. 🙂
This is my first time watching you but I've already subscribed! You are one of the people that I need right now to inspire me.... as I think that's one big step for me to finally take action. I'm already planning to sell digital products since last year, but couldn't make it as a priority, sadly. But thank you!!! I hope I can push through now.
First video of yours that I ever watched and subbed 2 minutes in. Really like the cut of your jib. Keep pumping out the good stuff and best of luck on your two stores. Really looking forward to seeing what your digital product is about.
Subscribed! Thank you! I really appreciate what feels like an authentic approach to explaining Etsy. I’m in my 3rd month at 5 sales but I’m definitely seeing improvements in the style and quality of my work. Hopefully it will pay off soon!
Just wanted to say, keep the video format and editing this minimalistic. After watching awful videos, I found yours looking for a nice and simple thumbnail. I was not disappointed. Keep it up! If I would change anything, that would be lowering background music a little bit, it is somewhat distracting, but maybe that is only me. Good luck!
Maybe I missed it, but how much are you spending on marketing? How are you getting visitors/buyers to your shop? Is your new shop connected in some way to your established shop (brand equity)? What is the subject of your digital product selling?
Woow!! you amazed me!! How honest and transparent, this is exactly what we need.. I have been thinking for a while about starting an online business but I always feel overwhelmed because I don't have anyone to guide me on this path and every time I try to get advices I end up watching or reading content of people that is only desperate for getting views or selling courses!! you are so honest, so pure, so woow! Please share more content like this, you have something great comming with this channel
Thank you for this video. You have given me some things to think about. I think I might do a “bundle” with my digital products to help put it in that $10-15 dollar price range.
The *ding* "nice" is so true. I have a very small digital shop that I haven't been able to add to in about a year and that's how I react when someone makes a purchase with 0 effort on my part.
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You're right! I've been in touch with a financial advisor ever since I started my business. Knowing today's culture, The challenge is knowing when to purchase or sell when investing in trending stocks, which is pretty simple. On my portfolio, which has grown over $900k in a little over a year, my adviser chooses entry and exit orders.
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As someone getting over CPTSD and generalized anxiety, honestly, id just like an extra income doing something I love, dont need riches, dont need stress. This was interesting, to the point, useful and inspiring, ty.
love it!! love how honest and direct this experience is. Thanks a lot for giving the details on how to start doing this and have real expectations, this still seems great!!!💞
Just you did so good, seriously. I used my 3 months and no sales and my shop got banned, no joke 👍 Super congrat, mate 🍻 I just don't care for my 3 months and my shop anymore
Thanks Tim! I have just started with my digital product for a month now, all you have said purely realistic and since then I dont feel alone in this anymore…❤
Loved your video. Thank you very much for sharing it and for the encouragement to the new Etsy sellers. I've just started a new Etsy store myself, selling digital products (Canva templates), and I am really looking forward to my first sale ;)
Awesome video.. I’m toying with the idea of starting a digital download shop too. The freedom of location is definitely underrated and undervalued! Looking forward to following along!
This video was very soothing and informative, thank you. I was actually looking for a video relating to e-commerce and using CMS and I got interested with this title that I thought this was also helpful with my search. I’ll be watching more of your videos!
I did all the research, paid for canva pro and made designs, opened an Esty shop with my digital art and even paid for ads on Pinterest. I got NO sales. Its been probably 6 months or so and I feel defeated. How do I get people to actually BUY my digital products? I did get a ton of traction but no bites. That's my biggest issue. I even made amazon KDP journals, even did Pinterest ads for those and nothing! I would love to even get a 1:1 training with you. Ill pay for it lol. I just need help with this. Please let me know if you would be up for that OR if you could just give me any tips/guidance. Thank you
What do you create? Are you getting honest feedback from family and friends? Is your art very "niche" for a unique kind of person? Keep in mind that most people don't buy real art or good art, they buy trendy and cute stuff that many artists might find tacky or beneath them. For example, I'm stuck in between; artists call me a designer and designers call me an artist. Also no sales.
Did you try Etsy ads ? Also selling digital art can be hard because now days because anyone can create digital art using ai. You have to find an unsaturated keyword and target that audience
Thank you for including your perceived optimal pricing and for clarifying you aren't yet doing print on demand. I was curious about that earlier in your video. I tried to create a digital shop several months ago selling tileable textures, but got deflated feeling like I had to sell a set of textures for just a few dollars each in order to make a sale. After several months and after creating about 30+ sets of textures, I made a little over $150 and just kinda lost steam, since it took so long to clean up the files out of midjourney, to digitally create the display images and figure out the seo. The little profit I made just didn't seem worth all the hours of effort I was doing, and despite my efforts, it seemed like a long road ahead to even hit the eventual 1k profit mark. With all that said, your video makes me curious to try again and either revisit my past shop and adjust some things, or simply start a new one. I respect you not wanting to reveal your new shop just yet, but I was wondering if you would be willing to share how many total products you had listed on your shop for sale by the end of those 3 months? The reason being is because I've heard it's hard to make money on a digital only store if you have less than 100 or so products on your store page, and since my products were texture bundles, to create over 100 sets of textures seemed admittedly overwhelming.
@@Metal-Spark Why are you being rude? I thought this was a place where we could learn together and uplift each other. Not tear each other down. But to address your sarcasm, it actually was lots more work than I initially thought. Tileable textures aren't as easy as just asking for a random photo from midjourney and calling it done. I had to photoshop a lot of the textures I generated to correct issues with the patterns and remove odd artifacts so they would match up correctly without any distortion to the imaging in the patterns. Then each texture had to be upscaled in a separate program, and then converted to a DPI of 300 for printing quality. Add to that all the time spent in photoshop creating custom mock ups to feature & display the created patterns, especially since each item sold was actually a bundle collection of textures (often between 6 to 12 individual textures). Then there was time spent creating a custom video for each product display as well, and finally researching SEO to use when publishing each item. In total it was easy to spend 5+ hours on each bundled product. Add that to the fact I also work a full time job and have a wife and kids. It's not as easy as you might assume and if you doubt me, give it a try yourself and let me know how it goes.
@@Old_and_Wise I'm not going to feign nicities to protect the feelings of someone using plagiarism as the foundation of their business. AI doesn't work without stealing mass amounts of data from real artists and you're directly competing with actual artists who are attempting to create businesses within the same sector. Thieves dont deserve common courtesy and I'm not going to pretend otherwise.
@@_My_UA-camNo, I don't think I will. As in my response to OP, AI doesn't work without stealing mass amounts of data from real artists and he's using that plagiarism machine to create a business that competes directly with the artists who've been stolen from working in the same sector. Why exactly is my rudeness considered worse than his plagiarism? I'm not going to be nice to someone who builds their business on theft. And anyone who thinks rudeness is somehow a more important issue than data laundering and plagiarism that directly affects the livelihoods of hardworking people needs to seriously rethink their priorities.
Great video! I felt compelled to compliment you on disclosing your numbers up front, that's so refreshing. Seems from the other comments that I'm not alone. Thanks for sharing your experience!
For just starting an Etsy shop and getting those results and a really competitive arena....that is fantastic I think, and if you keep going it is only going to scale up. Very well done video! when you showed...this is me fulfilling orders in my digital shop, was hilarious. lol This video was very inspiring. New subscriber.
Hi Tim! First of all thank you for your effort to bring people real useful information. By the way you didn't mentioned what kind of digital product you are selling.?
How did you prepare for your online business before launching it? Do you have a separate bank account for each store front? No one ever talks about how they structure their PoD businesses. Do you have everything owned under one company name/LLC or do you split business ownership with the whole Brand company, Holding Company and Trust company model? If you do split them, do you have a different bank for each? What kind of impact does even trying this, have on your taxes?
ngl before clicking this video I expected it to be some kind of “why you shouldn’t try selling digital products” video but I’m glad I was wrong. I want to start my own Etsy shop now. And btw, you have a great narrating voice, these 13 minutes passed very quickly. thank you for this great content!
Thanks for sharing. I'm about to start my digital products selling journey. Still doing more research and exploring things. You earned another sub here. ❤
Im new to online stuff, id be celebrating if i had ten sticker sales! Lol thanks for being so transparent. Hope you will have more tutorials! SUBSCRIBED! ❤ FROM SINGAPORE
I really love your videos, Tim! I think your results were great, personally. I am currently trying to grow my printables Etsy shop with new products and hoping for the best. Thank you so much for sharing your insights! 🤗
Thank you for sharing this. I am planning of creating an etsy shop that’s why am watching videos about it. All the best and congratulations to your new shop.
Loved the video!💕 Just started my comic book collection and found Toon Haven. They offer a huge variety of digital comics for every genre, and lifetime updates too!😍
The fact that he already showed how much he sold in the first 10 seconds in addition to the great editing of the video made me realise when I finished that I was watching this at 1x speed (ultimate compliment lol)
Yes I loved this too! Well done Tim :)
I love how direct and authentic his presentation is. Not nearly enough creators out there him. Refreshing af.
Agreed! And he's showing his numbers instead of "Check out what this other shop did" - Love the authenticity
@@iMakeThatHi maybe you can explain me, how it works, because he has the same number of orders each month, but income increase. How it is possible?
@@biurowytrenerexcelaoh lol I didn’t even notice that. Must’ve sold either a higher price item or had larger orders in general 🤷
@@iMakeThat Tim Koa replied in one of comments here that he sold product for 12-15$ each so it does not match...
Very Refreshing! I felt the same way watching it. He discussed realist expectations and didn't try to oversell himself or his results for clicks and views!
His take is so refreshing, no BS, no "make $10k in a day!" or "get rich in a month!" he's genuine and he's speaking about the good and the bad while keeping expectations realistic, i really feel inspired to start my own etsy shop, i've been thinking about it for some time and this just inspires me more!
Underwhelming? Bro! What are you talking about? That's so much money, I'm Proud of you Tim❤
It depends on what you compare it with, completely okay for a small side project or as a start, but if you are still making more than minimum wage in your country per hour, it would be better to learn a skill or get a job. Not bad for a start though.
@@analogueapples It's also revenue, not profit, so it's meaningless. He could be spending 95% of the revenue on ads and making 5% profit. Why does he not talk about the real business metrics?
Man.. you have no idea just how much you're helping and inspiring me..
You got this!
Yeah, same here
I felt the same, helped and inspired
You guys will get the biggest reality checks of your lives.
Me too. Thank you so much. It was exactly what i needed right now
00:01 Started Etsy shop, sold digital products for 90 days
01:58 Digital products are infinitely more scalable than physical products.
03:35 Selling digital products offers higher profit margins and more flexibility.
05:18 Digital product niches are saturated compared to physical products
07:04 Challenges of selling digital products
08:40 Transitioning from digital to physical products for more profit.
10:17 Managing a physical location and a small team doesn't seem fun or suitable for an introvert.
11:55 Stick to the basics for successful selling in a Marketplace
Really cool video tho !
Fresh and cool !
I love that you just put the results at the beginning. None of the "stick around for the results at the end". Quality content - subscribed.
I agree with selling something you'd want for yourself.
Not only does it make the process more FUN.
Odds are, if you like/want it, someone else might want it too.
Best advice I've come across today
Well said.
Got my first digital sale yesterday, been a very busy 2 weeks so haven’t been thinking about my shop even. So that was a nice feeling!
Hi, how is it going? And how do you market and promote your digital products?
Where are you selling your digital assets?
Congratulations!
The honesty from this video and the selflessness to provide this information without a major personal game (ignoring that UA-cam is obviously a source of income) is what drove me to deep dive into your channel! Great content!
I appreciate that you actually showed evidence of the sales you made. Lots of course sellers love to talk about how their business made $50K a month but wont show any proof and/or they’re not being honest about their costs. You also had some good info here and you seem to be authentic about it!
Awesome success!
As someone with a fairly large POD shop and a tiny digital shop I’ll say that POD is a lot more work due to so much customer service needed.
In my digital shop I have about 350 sales and have gotten ONE message from a customer … in the POD shop it’s never ending. Questions, custom requests, “where’s my package?! - it’s been in your mailbox since yesterday…”
You’re doing something wrong if you’re getting that many messages!
Look at setting better customer expectations.
Look at giving the info you get asked about, more preemptively.
Make the answers to your questions as obvious as possible.
You got this!
@@jayswayworks haha often they just need to go look in their mailbox. Not sure how to make them do that :D
Or questions about where are the rest of their items, when I have already told them “for orders with more than 1 item they may arrive separately”.
Ohhh gotcha- I don’t list items that can’t be fulfilled by a single printer (for the most part anyway).. Gave up that headache 5 years ago. Friggin nightmare at xmas 😂
Never again.
I really like your realistic approach to things. Specially your attention to not sharing the new shop so you can get as close as you can to a beginner
I just started a month ago selling digital and I’m so glad you made this video. Everything is on point in this video. Thank you for sharing the pros and cons.
Are you making sales?
How’s it going
@MrsRia79 how's it going please reply i really wanted to start is it worth ??
@@jxxxxx44 yes I am. It’s been consistent. I have three main files that are best sellers at the moment.
@@feluvlogs it’s slow but consistent at the same time. I think adding files consistently matters.
You continuously motivate me to continue with Etsy and sell the prints that I do! Thank you for always keeping the energy positive and bless you and your family! I appreciate you
I hope it’s doing well!
Could you share more on how you marketed the digital product you sell in the beginning?
I agree, I'd love to know as well
Yes and how many followers on your platforms
pleasee
I'm joining on the please show us bandwagon haha
Prolly just promote or ads on etsy
That’s not underwhelming at all, It’s Inspiring because when you come to think about It, In those 3 months you could’ve just been laying around and not being productive at all! So knowing that you actually made a useful use of your time and got something back out of It Is AMAZING!!! Great job man!
Thank you so much for sharing this new journey with everyone! I'm a graphic designer and just venturing out into the printables business, seeing your figures and progress was incredibly inspiring!
It's amusing to see some people attempting to provoke you into revealing your shop. Keep your second shop private until you are ready to share it.
I agree. None of the UA-camrs tell the details about their shop names or anything. I don’t tell mine and don’t plan to.
☮️✝️💟
It's nice he's doing it this way as numbers will be unbiased for anyone else trying to see similar results.
Just recently found you, and I absolutely love and appreciate your videos. Your content is some of the most authentic and genuine out there, not just propaganda to sell a course. Your videos inspire me and let me know this is something I can actually start. Thank you so much for sharing.
Another - THANK YOU for everything you're sharing! I recently found your content and you've motivated me to go back to my 2019 etsy shopn with just 3 listings and give it another go. It has been a dream for me to make this happen for more years than I'd like to admit. You've really helped me decide to try again and see what happens! ❤ Have an amazing & inspired day!
Totally agree with you, its very amazing to get that 3 months! I kept meaning to try figital products, but you have helped me give that push to do it. Thank you for doing such great videos!
New subscriber here, this video is so insightfully transparent. I appreciate the integrity and gentleness and accepting that I may not be successful selling digital products, most tubers make it seem like you're going to end up a billionaire off a digital store. This keeps me from being obsessed with trying to sell sell sell with the products and or the store potentially losing it's value and forgetting the fact of why i started in the first place. Thank you so much, I'll be watching more of you're videos.
This is awesome Tim! I think what matters most is that upward growth. You results are all positive news!
I think this is amazing results especially for a new shop in a competitive environment. Great video!
A fabulous, inspirational video & the sharing of your personal experience. I run a small ETSY shop and really enjoying watching these types of videos. Thank you Tim from Colorado!
This video is super helpful! I started freelancing about a year ago and had dreams to create a full on agency and then realised that my introverted self barely liked dealing with clients so now I'm pivoting to help other designers with digital products and videos. It's always fun to learn that your "dreams" may just be stepping stones to guide you to what you actually want
This is really good content. The authenticity is refreshing in a world of "guru" videos that is secretly selling you their affiliate marketing products in a sales video disguised as a guide.
Marketing and getting customers and understanding SEO is the hardest part. I have physical products that sell a little here and there. I want to upgrade my covers and add digital copies of them. Will be looking for future videos. Your delivery is great.
Finally a creator who speaks truth
Thank you
Please keep doing the same 👏
This is the most valuable staff for beginners! Don't forget to take notes guys and most importantly take action!
You are one of the only people I’ve ever seen with a large audience, get it out, the mud and purposely be able to store with no visibility. Subscribing based on that, the honest results are very appreciated.
Bro! I dont remember when I was this immersed in actually listening to someone talking about business. Keep up the good job!
You're a huge inspiration Tim, I've been following your progress for a few years now and I'm looking forward to hearing more about your new shop, even if it just ends up being an experiment. The fact that you've replicated your success means you're definitely doing something right. Your numbers for the first 3 months are very impressive, I don't think anyone would say no to an extra few hundred a month.
I'm an artist and I've been struggling for years to turn art into my fulltime income. I finally did it through building up my clients and getting some larger jobs, but I realise now that I really want to be financially independent. Making my own products has always been in the back of my mind, but my priorities were elsewhere.
I'm sure you hear this a million times a day, but I really struggle with coming up with ideas. You say to find inspiration in the things you know and I know art, but I just can't think of a problem to solve within that space.
I wish more creators are like you, down to earth, honest and don't waste time, perfect video even though its 13min long I enjoyed every minute!
I've been making high-quality digital products for 3 years and I'm lucky to make 300-400/mo off both shops combined. I have polished listing images, niches with low competition/high search volume, used the SEO tools....the quality is there, but Etsy isn't showing my stuff to people. If I make one sale, that same product might get 3-4 more sales within the next 24 hours because I get a boost. But then it's like it gets lost in the algorithm again. I see all these videos about people making huge money immediately, but there's a gap here because I've taken all the courses and done all the things and there's still the algorithm to battle.
Yeah, the same.
What you said is purely true. Etsy got saturated.
Maybe people are simply lying… sorry to hear about your struggles and thanks for warning others with this.
@@poppopopp-k3j They are lying to get clicks. What makes me sad is all the ads on FB to sell people courses and PLR to sell planners, stickers, etc. Those niches are so saturated, there's just no way unless you are working every minute of the day on products and marketing that you'll be found. Your best bet is actually to have your own site and run FB ads if you can afford 5-20 bucks per day.
Etsy changed their algorithm for 2024 and so many sellers are not being seen now. I had 0 sales for May and June and it's only now picking up to $200. So I started my own site and am blasting out content marketing to get organic traffic. Etsy isn't enough alone.
Do you do any marketing?
@@StarRoseAngelic yup. I post 5-6x per day on Pinterest. I literally work in digital marketing and design as my career.
I love your videos. Really inspiring and also calming at the same time. Thank you for sharing and enjoy hearing about your successes.
The effortless, well-structured, and direct narration made me clicked the subscribed button. Plus, the knowledge this video imparts is gold 😊😊
i never comment but this was such a good video. i'm just starting with my etsy shop with physical products and it's not going all that well so i was looking into switching to digital. i subscribed and plan on watching the rest of your videos because you have such a calming delivery and direct way of speaking. thank you for motivating me!
Great video! I really admire the way you've organized it and your calm presentation style. I found it insightful to see the results upfront, but I struggled a bit with clarity. For instance, I was curious about the number of digital products you've created and the time it took to develop them. Looking forward to more of your content!
I second this
Thank you for giving an honest presentation. I'm not even sure who you are or what you do, but I am subscribing and liking every new video you release just based on the fact that you are keeping it real. I hate all of these dishonest unrealistic goals being set and promoting that everyone can expect it to happen for them. It's just click bait. You are keeping it real. I cannot thank you enough. You are the real deal. or as my sons would say.... you're the GOAT
Thanks for this. I'm so glad to find Canadian content creators.
Love the digital product ideas! It is pretty surprising how well these products actually do😱
Im repeating what most comments have said but your authenticity and showing what we wanted to see in the first 10 seconds are amazing and please dont stop
Okay but your shop and product is actually incredibly unique and clever, less than 1% will have your level of clever marketing and design. Well done
This is amazing! Thanks for sharing. I've been thinking about selling digital products and I don't expect to really sell much because I as an etsy shopper myself I noticed that the niches are saturated.
Because I am located in Latin America, shipping physical products is a nightmare, so yes digital products is a good option I believe, I have no income at the moment so seeing this experience is motivating, and technically I have nothing to loose.
Your tone of voice is so calming, and the content is thought provoking and inspiring. Thank you for sharing! I’m subscribing 😊
I am a coach in the field of self-esteem and find the purpose of your life since 1997. I sold my first seminar ticket in 2000 online, started selling audio books in 2012 and so on. Your video helps me very much, becoming aware of the advantages of my business and that of the future coaches I will teach.
It's the first time I see a video of you. I subbed immediately. Great job! Thank you. 🙂
My 1st time stumbling across your video - probably the most authentic and genuine video Etsy video I’ve seen. Clicked subscribe immediately!
I really love how sincere and honest this video is.
And more successful shops are copying less successful shops! That happens more than the other way around! Excellent Video!
Today I have watched so many videos on digital product and this video is the winner, simple and authentic, no extra word
This is my first time watching you but I've already subscribed! You are one of the people that I need right now to inspire me.... as I think that's one big step for me to finally take action. I'm already planning to sell digital products since last year, but couldn't make it as a priority, sadly. But thank you!!! I hope I can push through now.
First video of yours that I ever watched and subbed 2 minutes in. Really like the cut of your jib.
Keep pumping out the good stuff and best of luck on your two stores. Really looking forward to seeing what your digital product is about.
Subscribed! Thank you! I really appreciate what feels like an authentic approach to explaining Etsy. I’m in my 3rd month at 5 sales but I’m definitely seeing improvements in the style and quality of my work. Hopefully it will pay off soon!
Just wanted to say, keep the video format and editing this minimalistic. After watching awful videos, I found yours looking for a nice and simple thumbnail.
I was not disappointed. Keep it up!
If I would change anything, that would be lowering background music a little bit, it is somewhat distracting, but maybe that is only me.
Good luck!
Maybe I missed it, but how much are you spending on marketing? How are you getting visitors/buyers to your shop? Is your new shop connected in some way to your established shop (brand equity)? What is the subject of your digital product selling?
Translation: id like to steal your idea.
Bro he didn't say for this reason 😂
Woow!! you amazed me!! How honest and transparent, this is exactly what we need.. I have been thinking for a while about starting an online business but I always feel overwhelmed because I don't have anyone to guide me on this path and every time I try to get advices I end up watching or reading content of people that is only desperate for getting views or selling courses!! you are so honest, so pure, so woow! Please share more content like this, you have something great comming with this channel
I have been wanting to start an Etsy shop to sell digital products and now that I am on study leave, I can't wait to start working on it.
Thank you for this video. You have given me some things to think about. I think I might do a “bundle” with my digital products to help put it in that $10-15 dollar price range.
The *ding* "nice" is so true. I have a very small digital shop that I haven't been able to add to in about a year and that's how I react when someone makes a purchase with 0 effort on my part.
Making money should be a routine. The secret to making a million is making better investment.
Consistent and smart investing is key to building wealth. Making informed investment decisions regularly can significantly increase your chances of reaching that million-dollar milestone.
You're right! I've been in touch with a financial advisor ever since I started my business. Knowing today's culture, The challenge is knowing when to purchase or sell when investing in trending stocks, which is pretty simple. On my portfolio, which has grown over $900k in a little over a year, my adviser chooses entry and exit orders.
Please who is the consultant that assist you with your investment and if you don't mind, how do I get in touch if you don't mind
Angela Lynn Schilling is the licensed advisor I use. Just research the name. You’d find necessary details to work with a correspondence to set up an appointment.
Thank you so much for your helpful tip! I was able to verify the person and book a call session with her. She seems very proficient and I'm really grateful for your guidance
As someone getting over CPTSD and generalized anxiety, honestly, id just like an extra income doing something I love, dont need riches, dont need stress. This was interesting, to the point, useful and inspiring, ty.
love it!! love how honest and direct this experience is. Thanks a lot for giving the details on how to start doing this and have real expectations, this still seems great!!!💞
Just following because of your authenticity and transparency
This was so helpful. I’m diving into selling handmade products but I’m also working on doing digital products.
Just you did so good, seriously.
I used my 3 months and no sales and my shop got banned, no joke 👍 Super congrat, mate 🍻 I just don't care for my 3 months and my shop anymore
Thanks Tim! I have just started with my digital product for a month now, all you have said purely realistic and since then I dont feel alone in this anymore…❤
Loved your video. Thank you very much for sharing it and for the encouragement to the new Etsy sellers. I've just started a new Etsy store myself, selling digital products (Canva templates), and I am really looking forward to my first sale ;)
Thank you! I’m researching in order to start creating digital products so this was helpful. 🙏🏻🤩
Awesome video.. I’m toying with the idea of starting a digital download shop too.
The freedom of location is definitely underrated and undervalued!
Looking forward to following along!
Great content, I’m about to start a business in this area, your vid was straight forward, no overblown claims and engaging. Thanks👍
This video was very soothing and informative, thank you. I was actually looking for a video relating to e-commerce and using CMS and I got interested with this title that I thought this was also helpful with my search. I’ll be watching more of your videos!
I did all the research, paid for canva pro and made designs, opened an Esty shop with my digital art and even paid for ads on Pinterest. I got NO sales. Its been probably 6 months or so and I feel defeated. How do I get people to actually BUY my digital products? I did get a ton of traction but no bites. That's my biggest issue. I even made amazon KDP journals, even did Pinterest ads for those and nothing! I would love to even get a 1:1 training with you. Ill pay for it lol. I just need help with this. Please let me know if you would be up for that OR if you could just give me any tips/guidance. Thank you
What do you create? Are you getting honest feedback from family and friends? Is your art very "niche" for a unique kind of person? Keep in mind that most people don't buy real art or good art, they buy trendy and cute stuff that many artists might find tacky or beneath them. For example, I'm stuck in between; artists call me a designer and designers call me an artist. Also no sales.
What’s the name of your shop? Maybe we can give you some constructive feedback.
Did you try Etsy ads ? Also selling digital art can be hard because now days because anyone can create digital art using ai. You have to find an unsaturated keyword and target that audience
You have to make something people want if you're going to make a sale. You cant just make something and expect people to buy it.
if you're making art for money you're doing it wrong.
Watching your video feels like i'm listening to a friend. You are so calm, natural and inspiring. I wish you success in everything you do❤
Thank you for being so transparent and always sharing so much value in your video!
Thank you for including your perceived optimal pricing and for clarifying you aren't yet doing print on demand. I was curious about that earlier in your video.
I tried to create a digital shop several months ago selling tileable textures, but got deflated feeling like I had to sell a set of textures for just a few dollars each in order to make a sale.
After several months and after creating about 30+ sets of textures, I made a little over $150 and just kinda lost steam, since it took so long to clean up the files out of midjourney, to digitally create the display images and figure out the seo. The little profit I made just didn't seem worth all the hours of effort I was doing, and despite my efforts, it seemed like a long road ahead to even hit the eventual 1k profit mark.
With all that said, your video makes me curious to try again and either revisit my past shop and adjust some things, or simply start a new one.
I respect you not wanting to reveal your new shop just yet, but I was wondering if you would be willing to share how many total products you had listed on your shop for sale by the end of those 3 months? The reason being is because I've heard it's hard to make money on a digital only store if you have less than 100 or so products on your store page, and since my products were texture bundles, to create over 100 sets of textures seemed admittedly overwhelming.
I bet it was really hard work using AI to create things for you to sell :'( poor guy
@@Metal-Spark Why are you being rude? I thought this was a place where we could learn together and uplift each other. Not tear each other down.
But to address your sarcasm, it actually was lots more work than I initially thought. Tileable textures aren't as easy as just asking for a random photo from midjourney and calling it done. I had to photoshop a lot of the textures I generated to correct issues with the patterns and remove odd artifacts so they would match up correctly without any distortion to the imaging in the patterns. Then each texture had to be upscaled in a separate program, and then converted to a DPI of 300 for printing quality. Add to that all the time spent in photoshop creating custom mock ups to feature & display the created patterns, especially since each item sold was actually a bundle collection of textures (often between 6 to 12 individual textures). Then there was time spent creating a custom video for each product display as well, and finally researching SEO to use when publishing each item. In total it was easy to spend 5+ hours on each bundled product. Add that to the fact I also work a full time job and have a wife and kids. It's not as easy as you might assume and if you doubt me, give it a try yourself and let me know how it goes.
@@Metal-SparkGet out of here with that nasty attitude.
@@Old_and_Wise I'm not going to feign nicities to protect the feelings of someone using plagiarism as the foundation of their business. AI doesn't work without stealing mass amounts of data from real artists and you're directly competing with actual artists who are attempting to create businesses within the same sector. Thieves dont deserve common courtesy and I'm not going to pretend otherwise.
@@_My_UA-camNo, I don't think I will. As in my response to OP, AI doesn't work without stealing mass amounts of data from real artists and he's using that plagiarism machine to create a business that competes directly with the artists who've been stolen from working in the same sector. Why exactly is my rudeness considered worse than his plagiarism? I'm not going to be nice to someone who builds their business on theft. And anyone who thinks rudeness is somehow a more important issue than data laundering and plagiarism that directly affects the livelihoods of hardworking people needs to seriously rethink their priorities.
The sale without any extra effort is the nicest experience!
Love your zen energy 😊
Thank you for sharing your experience and advice! 👍
Great video! I felt compelled to compliment you on disclosing your numbers up front, that's so refreshing. Seems from the other comments that I'm not alone. Thanks for sharing your experience!
For just starting an Etsy shop and getting those results and a really competitive arena....that is fantastic I think, and if you keep going it is only going to scale up. Very well done video! when you showed...this is me fulfilling orders in my digital shop, was hilarious. lol This video was very inspiring. New subscriber.
Hi Tim! First of all thank you for your effort to bring people real useful information. By the way you didn't mentioned what kind of digital product you are selling.?
This was easily the most informative and helpful video I've seen on any kind of Etsy product, thank you!
Great job on delivering information in a cool and chill way. It's nice to listen to you.
How did you prepare for your online business before launching it? Do you have a separate bank account for each store front? No one ever talks about how they structure their PoD businesses. Do you have everything owned under one company name/LLC or do you split business ownership with the whole Brand company, Holding Company and Trust company model? If you do split them, do you have a different bank for each? What kind of impact does even trying this, have on your taxes?
I have a POD shop on Etsy. Its been 3 months & 1 Sale. However, I am being positive & will continue working towards building better store. 😊
This was a very helpful to me. Thank you! You got a new sub because this video is smart and evidence and experience based.
Wow.. that genuinely real story makes me really want to know more. Thanks for these real experiences and examples
ngl before clicking this video I expected it to be some kind of “why you shouldn’t try selling digital products” video but I’m glad I was wrong. I want to start my own Etsy shop now. And btw, you have a great narrating voice, these 13 minutes passed very quickly. thank you for this great content!
Best video i have seen about selling online! Thanks very realistically made
Very informative. And like many others here are saying, you seem like a really authentic, wise person. Thanks for this vid.
Thanks for sharing. I'm about to start my digital products selling journey. Still doing more research and exploring things. You earned another sub here. ❤
Im new to online stuff, id be celebrating if i had ten sticker sales! Lol thanks for being so transparent. Hope you will have more tutorials! SUBSCRIBED! ❤ FROM SINGAPORE
So awesome. I've been heavily considering starting a digital product store! This was so inspiring :)
Go for it Sean!
you are full of positivity, thank you for all the wonderful advice!
Give us a UA-cam setup video, please. Lighting looks so soft and nice
I really love your videos, Tim! I think your results were great, personally. I am currently trying to grow my printables Etsy shop with new products and hoping for the best. Thank you so much for sharing your insights! 🤗
Thank you for sharing this. I am planning of creating an etsy shop that’s why am watching videos about it. All the best and congratulations to your new shop.
love you bro, you're so real
Loved the video!💕 Just started my comic book collection and found Toon Haven. They offer a huge variety of digital comics for every genre, and lifetime updates too!😍