This is the most informative, efficient, life saving, generous, time saving, kind human shit I’ve ever seen. It is truly wonderful to know that there are still people out there who want to share what they know for the sake of taking care of a community specifically our photo community. I am exhausted from taking on too many shoots and having zero time and my one goal this next year is to work smarter and more efficiently. I have spent months researching the best options for passive income as a photographer and you have just(in a matter of however many fast talking crystal clear minutes) answered all my questions and plenty more. I can’t tell you what a breath of fresh air that is. This is my first UA-cam comment IN MY LIFE. Truly, thank you Alex
Holy crap. Alex. THANK YOU! Seriously - I think I'm going to print your comment as inspiration for the future, man! Let me know if you have questions - jerredz@gmail.com and I'll help you out (if I can!). Have a great day.
As someone just starting to set up a shop to sell prints, I really REALLY appreciate your thorough walkthrough. You’ve saved me hours of work. Bless you sir
Thank you for this. I’ve been wanting to sell my photography for a while but I get so overwhelmed thinking about the process of doing it. This make it so simple for me.
I am so inspired after watching your straight forward, clear and honest approach to selling photograph images on Etsy! Having reached a deep dip in my economic situation I decided to research this as a way to pick it up a bit and thankfully yours was the first video I found. WOW! and look at every comment you have received! I am obviously not alone in appreciating your beautifully real approach to making selling on Etsy a possibility. There are not enough thumbs ups I can give you for what you have done for informing and inspiring me to put my 30K images to work (ok, after critique, maybe now only 300 - but still, they need a job, too). Thank you Jarred and many blessings for your continued successes!
Thank you Jarred for this video. This is perhaps the most useful and practical how to video I have seen in a long, long time. You just saved me a bunch of time trying to figure out how to list my photos on Etsy. Good luck with your adventure and thank you again. I posted a question here but then I looked at your other videos and found the answer. You rock my friend.
As a father and husband who just made a massive change in my life by walking away from my full time job,finding this vid is a blessing as I love and have lots of photos paper and digital that I’ve been collected through the years. This could be a very passive way to earn some money. I love all your tips and look forward to watching more of your content. Thank you
This video was amazing and super informative. I have been wanting to start an Etsy shop but had no idea where to start and kept putting off doing this. I have a ton of automotive photography that I would love to try to sell as wall art for man caves, gorges, and offices but had no idea how to even try to sell these images. I can't thank you enough for taking the time to make this video and help others out.
After coming across your video by chance, this is the first video on the topic of etsy and photography I've ever watched. And it was very inspiring!! I value your take on it not being get rich quick. As well as your honesty with your accomplishments and setbacks. Humble. Helpful. Genuine. Keep it up out there!
SCOTT! Thank you for making my day, friend. I'll try to make some more content like this because I agree there isn't a lot of honest talk around this stuff out there!
Thank you so much for your very informative video! I am an amateur photographer. I have been encouraged by others who see the photographs in my house to sell them. I have been looking into setting up my own etsy shop, but I truly had no idea where to begin. I feel much better about where to start after watching your video! Thank you!
Thank you so much for sharing your experience, ideas and expertise! For me, as a long time photographer and designer looking for ways to generate some (mostly) passive income from my personal archives, it was pitched perfectly. I really appreciate the time and energy you've put into making this.
Thanks Jarred, I have been considering how to sell my work, purely to contribute to my photography costs as you suggest is part of your motivation. I will certainly be looking into Etsy now and working out a pilot plan. Great work and thanks again for sharing your experience and insights. Go well.
Hey, Bernard! That's awesome - it takes some time initially, but then it goes a little on autopilot if you are short on time and just want some side money to add up over time. If you have any questions, let me know - I'm not an expert but I'll share my knowledge!
Your video really helped me getting started on Etsy. I've made six sales in the first month. So thank you. Etsy should promote your video. Happy new Year, Jon Albert.
Jon!!!!! You made my day, man. Seriously - thank you for letting me know, and CONGRATS on six sales in the first month. I am pretty sure it took me like 4 years to get six sales! LOL! Good luck in 2023, friend!
You are amazing. Thank you for taking the time to create this video. It is clear, easy to understand and speaks to me as someone who is just starting Etsy. Big Hug. You saved my day, actually you saved me a couple weeks of work
thank you very very much for all this important information . I was thinking about selling my photos in Etsy , but I didn't know how to start , or how to do so many things to get to that , so I lived the project for the future . but thanks to your video , I may be able to do it a lot sooner . thank you very much in did : ) pd : I think that your Idea of doing your shop , a little more open , in terms of deco in general , is going to be a lot better for you and your sales . is less narrow the path for people to find you . your photos are great , anyone will want to have one , knowing , or not knowing where the photo was taken , you can reach by far much more people , by putting your shop in a more generic term , in the sense of , not only about Nebraska . I think you are going to have really good change in that direction... best regards sorry for my English , is not my first language : )
AWESOME How To Etsy Video. I Love how you break is all down. QUESTION: 1) Can you recommend some great Print direct Photo online companies for Drop-Ship. 2) How can I protect Digital File Orders vs just sale on demand print orders? Also for LARGER prints what Mega Pixel should a Photo be when printing Large Photos? Thanks for All that you do Jerred.
Thank you! As for question 1 - I personally love Finerworks - really good quality and the prices are fine too. On that front, you could also talk to any local printers around you to see if they’d be willing to do this for you as well. I have a great guy that also does this for me, and it just depends on what people order which person I use to ship. 2 - You can’t really protect your images. once you decide to do digital print-at-home files, you are releasing them to the public. All you can really do is make sure the listing talks about your strict and limited licensing. 3 - You should target 200-300 resolution (generally and depending on the printing surface) at the target file print output. So if you want to print at 20x30, if you crop it to those dimensions, go to Photoshop and “Image - Image size.” The resolution shown will be your output. That is what should be 200 or above (depending on the surface… canvas prints at lower resolution generally, for instance). hope this helps!
Thank you very much for this video. My goal is to start selling photos on Etsy, but I wasn't sure how to get started doing this until I watched your informative video!!!
You are too cool my friend. Love your presentation and willingness to help. Your art is awesome and your demeanor helps all of us comfortable and inspired to watch and listen. I’m just starting to look at the web for ways to sell photos. Lots of ideas in this vid. Thank you sir. Your awesome. F
Thanks Jerred! I love photography and I am seriously thinking about taking a course. I feel that I have an eye. TEacher here, your video on quitting after 18 years led me to your channel. Thanks for your content!
Really really appreciate you making this video, you're such a kind human! I'm starting an Etsy store to sell my photography prints too as a side business and this was incredibly helpful, I needed to be walked through 'cause it can get confusing. Thank you thank you thank you! You've got yourself a new subscriber :)
. I been wanting to do a beach theme /nature photography store front, but I haven't had the courage to do it. This is so helpful , thank you for sharing!
Jarred, great intro to selling on Etsy. I have done photography for most of my life, have thousands of photos and would like to share those images with others. If they want to buy some, great. Thanks for your insights.
Thank you so much for doing this video. I have so many pictures I have taken and have wondered what I could do with them. I do have an Etsy but have never actually thought of this. Your pictures are beautiful.
Thank you!! Thank you!! For the helpful information. I’ve been wanting to start my shop with my photography prints but wasn’t sure how to do it. I’ve been looking for awhile trying to find someone to explain this better on the how to. I can across your video and I was like finally a photographer that is explaining what I’ve been looking for.
I'm planning to do the same thing. A whole bunch of photos but also would like to maximise my financial returns. Would be great I can get a return! Cheers!
Hey brother! I am following you after watching your Why Inquit teaching video. I have been trying to leave for years. Please talk about jobs teachers can do.
Hey!! Thank you for watching. You know... it's tough. I want to do more teacher videos because I think it could help people... but I'm also not sure if I want to keep getting back into that mental space! As for jobs teachers can do... that's a good one. I got lucky, I think - but I've talked to others who have left and landed on their feet. If I were to do another teacher video, this might be one I could do!
Very helpful video! I have considered selling prints online for years, but haven't felt comfortable about taking the plunge. The returns are what concern me the most. Some larger prints can cost a lot of money and having to eat the cost of just 1 or 2 returns could wipe out any possible profit for the year. Ugh...I'm still not sure if I'm ready for that gamble!
Well... that's one of those things. I don't think you should let that hold you back. I've only had one return done in all my years doing Etsy, and I just gave the woman a refund. In the scope of things, I've made far more than the drawback of a return or two!
I don't offer digital downloads yet.. but if I do that, it won't be with my "best" photos - and there's nothing you can really do if someone wants to steal something. If you want to register your work with the copyright office, that's the best that you can do, then if someone steals it you have a stronger case for actual damages to sue for!
Thank you so much for this informative video Jarred. I love what you said on your website: You walked out to pursue your passion for photography and creativity after 20 years of being a high school teacher. I think you are still an educator and someone who inspired people but to a different audience :). I am very inspired to start my journey of expanding my photography of many years and to share it with others on different platforms such as Etsy. I feel you have given me a good head start on the platform. Thank you :) I have a question regarding different sizes of images. I generally shoot raw images, and when you corp to 5x7 or 8x10, the image looks slightly different due to cropping. Do you show your image in full format, or do you display the correct size when someone is selecting a size to order?
Thank you so much!! For me, I don’t show the different crop sizes. I just state in my description that, “Different crop sizes will have a different crop than what appears here, where the photographer makes the final judgement on dropping…” or something like that. I might not even say it in that long of a way. I’ve been doing it for years and no one has been upset yet!
How can anyone link online photography printing business with print services, so that when a customer orders for print and frame it, it automatically connects to the print shop, which will print and deliver it to the customer?
I'm not sure if there is a fully automated version of this - but I'm happy with how "Finerworks" does it - you just import the order, tell it what image to use, then Finerworks ships the print and updates the shipping information for you!
This was really helpful. The biggest question I have is fulfillment. Could you share how you work with your printer and the logistics of an order to communicating with the printer and shipping it to the customer?
Thanks, Mike! For me, I keep it simple. I see the order come in, so I contact the buyer and say "thank you." I send the file to my printer, who gets it, prints it, boxes it up and ships it out. I have him include little "thank you" cards that I write out here - they are small 5x5 or so prints that I write something nice on the back of. Then he sends me the tracking number - I then input the tracking number into Etsy, tell the customer "thank you," and that's about it! My volume is not high though - if I had a lot to print every week, I'd maybe think about something else? But for me, this works right now. Thanks for watching!
Could you sell surf shots to surfers out surfing on a specific day.I would uploading at least 50 shots of the shoot for the surfers to choose which one of them they like.Just wondering if you could do that with Etsy do you think.I would hand out cards advertising that i was thr at the beach taking photos that day of the surfers.
I just started an Canvas Art store. I am seeing this craft type now in the listing part. Category is Stretched Canvas but under that i can check the craft type. Should i check all the craft types to be seen as much as possible or should i just do the ones that are specific to my item. There are only 5 boxes i can check. Thanks
This was a great video and very informative. My question is am I better to send an actual print, I am in a small town and there are no printers, or would I be successful selling a digital print that could be downloaded and printed by the customer.
Hey!! So you'd have to print your own stuff, OR you could get a "print-on-demand." service to do it, right? Someone like Printful, Printify - or Finerworks (there are many others). And the digital download thing might work, but there is even more fear here for theft and sharing the files than if someone bought physical prints. However, I've seen several shops doing it very successfully!
@@rclproductions5961 That really depends, RCL. It might take time to figure out - for best sellers, you'll need more, but those will reveal themselves in time!
I wish to sell my photography. 1. Is it compulsory to have one product store? 2. Which is better digital download or print? 3. If print sells better, how to do so?? 4. Can digital product and photography prints can be listed under one etsy shop?
Fantastic, thank you Jerred. Super down to earth and practical advice. I'm in the process of getting my first ten listings, tweaking along the way as I learn more information from the videos I'm watching. I'm also looking to buy a new camera, which equipment do you use? Thanks again!
First off, this video is super informative and very much appreciated. Thank you! I have a question about the quality of photos. I want to get started building a brand and would love to get a few products on Etsy to test the waters. My concern is if the photos I've taken will still be quality once made larger. Any tips? Sorry for the dumb question, I am new!
Well, you just need to print them, right? I’d reach out to a printer and ask if they would do samples. Sometimes they’ll do them for free, and sometimes they’ll do them “at cost” so you can test the waters. That has worked well for me in the past when checking out how well my photos would look at different photo labs. Good luck!
Hey, Dougal - what do you mean? in Canva? Are you sure? I had the free version for a long time and never had to do that, is this something they changed?
@@JerredZ yeah I set up a new banner with mockup lounge rooms that had water marks on them and was printed to upgrade to a paid version to remove them. Thought a nah it doesn't matter yet so went to download what I had done and boom another prompt to upgrade and can't download unless I paid.
Jarred, thanks for taking the time to make such a helpful and down-to-earth video for regular folks like us! I have a quick question not really covered in the video: what do you use for photo editing? I'm making an assumption that it's Photoshop or some other Adobe product. I was trying to avoid something expensive or with a subscription fee, if possible, but maybe it's worth it?
Hey, Steve! Thank you for the kind comment! As far as photo editing goes, I use Lightroom personally for about 90% of my needs. There are free alternatives to Lightroom out there - and even Apple Photos does a good job. The alternatives might not have some advanced things like masking, but if you're not going to do much of that, then they'd work fine!
Excellent video, honest and informative, thanks for sharing. Do you also do the shipping? or you just pass the order to the local shop and they print and ship it for you? Thanks. 🙂🙏
Jerred - this was amazing! I really appreciate you sharing all those details. I already have a small Etsy store for some of my hand-made jewelry, but I am actually a photographer who hasn't looked at selling my personal travel and landscape work. Funny, eh? I looked at a few store fronts and was trying to figure out how to get those bedroom and living room photos done with one's own artwork, but did not consider Canva. That was the big AHA moment for me. Game changer! Thank you! Thank you! You may have another video on this already, (in which case a link would be appreciated), but my question is this: what is your workflow once you receive an order? I know you said you use a local to you printer, which presumably you upload the file to and place the print order, but then what? Does the lab simply ship it for you? Or do you ship it so you can "brand" your sale? It seems that including extras, like a coupon, business cards, extra print gift, etc. would require you to do it. Which then means you are packing the order and running to the post office or or shipper's office. Obviously there are pros and cons. Just wondering what your perspective is, since you have a very realistic and down-to-earth approach and are not peddling the solution to another "get-rich-quick-scheme". (Another thing I truly appreciate!) Thanks again for your generosity in sharing! Christine
Christine! THANK YOU so much for your kind comment. I love it. Seriously made my morning. Now... for your question... my workflow is basically this: Get the order and figure out which is the best option to get it to the customer. Most of the time it's either FinerWorks.com or my local printer. My local printer is what I use most often - simply because of the reasons you state. Working with him I can get "thank you" cards and freebies in the box (I give him a stack of hand-written ones every so often). He's awesome in this respect. Now... with some of the other print-on-demand solutions (like Finerworks), I sent them my logo, so they do brand each item going out with my logo and their packaging looks good already. I know that for bigger items, shipping is cheaper on Finerworks too. I would totally invest in a larger format printer and do it all on my own if I could charge more. I probably could... but honestly I don't want to do all that work. Sounds lazy, but all of this is a balance of time and cost, right? Right now I don't spend much time at all doing any of this, and I still make a meaningful side income that can literally pay for some of my gas and hotels (or equipment) with little work. I think a video on this topic would be good too though!!!! Thanks again.
I already have my website where people see my packages and books my photoshootings but I wanna sell some landscapes I have, is it better to sell them in my own website or is it better on Etsy?
There is no right answer to this! Etsy already has existing customers looking to buy, which is good... the bad is the competition on the site, and the fees. For your own site, you don't worry about fees and competition, but you need to drive your own traffic to your site somehow to make sales... so it's really just how you want to do it. Many people do both!
Thank you for this video! What website did you use for your product mockups? I can't find a good website to upload my photography in mockup frames/scenes to show off what they'll look like. Thank you!
Well, I usually use Canva - they have a whole section for mockups (smart mockups I think they are called) - but "smartist" is an iPad app that is pretty awesome too!
Thank you for sharing this, Jerred. I’m thinking of selling some of my photos on Etsy - print on demand perhaps to canvas by a company like Printify. Would you mind sharing what you suggest the resolution of my photos should be for the best quality? Thanks so much and best of luck to you.
As far as resolution, almost anything can go to like 20 inches on the long side. So even older stuff works fine. It really just depends on how big you want to go. The rule of thumb for me is to try to get to 250 or 300 resolution at the size I want to print. (you can do that by going to Phosohop - "Edit - Image Size" and then switch to "inches" and see what resolution you get at what size). The larger you go the more resolution you need (in general).
Hey! Platforms that connect directly with Etsy (Like FinerWorks or Printful) will have you log into the system and connect the shops by linking them. You have to do some things manually (depending on what you are using), but it's very fast and the system automatically will update the Etsy order with shipping and everything!
Hello! No, I don't - just too easy for people to remove it if they want! But everyone is different, and some people still watermark things. I could put my signature on there too, but it's the same - if they want to remove it, it's so easy to do!
Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge. I heard you say you use a local printer and fulfill your own orders, but do you think that part could be easily outsourced for foreign sellers? I'm based in Australia and would love to list some of my black and white arty images. Would it be easy to find a high quality printer to print and fulfill orders in the US? Also, do you offer international shipping?
Hey! I don't do international shipping... yet. I've been looking into it, but it's expensive! Also - I definitely think you could work with someone to fulfill orders in the USA. I would imagine calling printers around the country might work. My printer is "Timmy's Treehouse" in Omaha, Nebraska, and he has a website if you look it up. There are other options like Printful that might do this as well? Good luck!
This is the most informative, efficient, life saving, generous, time saving, kind human shit I’ve ever seen. It is truly wonderful to know that there are still people out there who want to share what they know for the sake of taking care of a community specifically our photo community. I am exhausted from taking on too many shoots and having zero time and my one goal this next year is to work smarter and more efficiently. I have spent months researching the best options for passive income as a photographer and you have just(in a matter of however many fast talking crystal clear minutes) answered all my questions and plenty more. I can’t tell you what a breath of fresh air that is. This is my first UA-cam comment IN MY LIFE.
Truly, thank you
Alex
Holy crap. Alex. THANK YOU! Seriously - I think I'm going to print your comment as inspiration for the future, man! Let me know if you have questions - jerredz@gmail.com and I'll help you out (if I can!). Have a great day.
As someone just starting to set up a shop to sell prints, I really REALLY appreciate your thorough walkthrough. You’ve saved me hours of work. Bless you sir
Jake! Thank you for letting me know, and good luck selling!!!!
How did it go?
Thank you for this. I’ve been wanting to sell my photography for a while but I get so overwhelmed thinking about the process of doing it. This make it so simple for me.
Wow! Thanks for the comment, and I'm so happy I was able to help!
Thank you so much! You are literally the most legit and informative person I have ever watched! Your rock!!!
Ashley! THANK YOU - and go out and sell some images, okay? :).
I am so inspired after watching your straight forward, clear and honest approach to selling photograph images on Etsy! Having reached a deep dip in my economic situation I decided to research this as a way to pick it up a bit and thankfully yours was the first video I found. WOW! and look at every comment you have received! I am obviously not alone in appreciating your beautifully real approach to making selling on Etsy a possibility. There are not enough thumbs ups I can give you for what you have done for informing and inspiring me to put my 30K images to work (ok, after critique, maybe now only 300 - but still, they need a job, too). Thank you Jarred and many blessings for your continued successes!
Thank you Jarred for this video. This is perhaps the most useful and practical how to video I have seen in a long, long time. You just saved me a bunch of time trying to figure out how to list my photos on Etsy. Good luck with your adventure and thank you again.
I posted a question here but then I looked at your other videos and found the answer. You rock my friend.
I didn’t know Canva had Etsy shop covers? Thank you for this!
No problem, Karen - I wish you well!
As a father and husband who just made a massive change in my life by walking away from my full time job,finding this vid is a blessing as I love and have lots of photos paper and digital that I’ve been collected through the years. This could be a very passive way to earn some money. I love all your tips and look forward to watching more of your content. Thank you
Fantastic! Good on you man! And If you ever need anything, just reach out!
This video was amazing and super informative. I have been wanting to start an Etsy shop but had no idea where to start and kept putting off doing this. I have a ton of automotive photography that I would love to try to sell as wall art for man caves, gorges, and offices but had no idea how to even try to sell these images. I can't thank you enough for taking the time to make this video and help others out.
AWESOME! I’m glad it helped!
Thank you for the wealth of information! You have helped so many of us that are at the beginning stages of Etsy!
After coming across your video by chance, this is the first video on the topic of etsy and photography I've ever watched. And it was very inspiring!! I value your take on it not being get rich quick. As well as your honesty with your accomplishments and setbacks. Humble. Helpful. Genuine. Keep it up out there!
SCOTT! Thank you for making my day, friend. I'll try to make some more content like this because I agree there isn't a lot of honest talk around this stuff out there!
Thank you so much for your very informative video! I am an amateur photographer. I have been encouraged by others who see the photographs in my house to sell them. I have been looking into setting up my own etsy shop, but I truly had no idea where to begin. I feel much better about where to start after watching your video! Thank you!
Absolutely fantastic advice! What a change to have realistic advice instead of all the get rich quick garbage. Thank you so much!!
Oh man. I agree. I want to do some more videos just because I absolutely hate the "get rich easy" people. Thank you for your comment!
Thank you so much for sharing your experience, ideas and expertise! For me, as a long time photographer and designer looking for ways to generate some (mostly) passive income from my personal archives, it was pitched perfectly. I really appreciate the time and energy you've put into making this.
Thank you so much for this video. I really appreciate how plain spoken and straight forward you are. I'll be looking for more of your videos!!
Thanks Jarred, I have been considering how to sell my work, purely to contribute to my photography costs as you suggest is part of your motivation. I will certainly be looking into Etsy now and working out a pilot plan. Great work and thanks again for sharing your experience and insights. Go well.
Hey, Bernard! That's awesome - it takes some time initially, but then it goes a little on autopilot if you are short on time and just want some side money to add up over time. If you have any questions, let me know - I'm not an expert but I'll share my knowledge!
Making my own mockups!! Tip of the month🙂 Can't believe I didn't think of that THANKS A MILLION 😸
You're so welcome!
Your video really helped me getting started on Etsy. I've made six sales in the first month. So thank you. Etsy should promote your video.
Happy new Year,
Jon Albert.
Jon!!!!! You made my day, man. Seriously - thank you for letting me know, and CONGRATS on six sales in the first month. I am pretty sure it took me like 4 years to get six sales! LOL! Good luck in 2023, friend!
It’s nice to find honest videos out there !
Extremely helpful and motivating. Thanks for the tips and insights Jerred. You answered so many of my questions!
Awesome! Thanks for letting me know, and good luck!!!
You are amazing. Thank you for taking the time to create this video. It is clear, easy to understand and speaks to me as someone who is just starting Etsy. Big Hug. You saved my day, actually you saved me a couple weeks of work
THANK YOU for letting me know! If you have any other questions, let me know and just email me!
Thank you so much for sharing this! You are a huge blessing
Thanks so much for sharing useful info!! Wonderful! You're great! Love your photos too! Blessings to you!
thank you very very much for all this important information . I was thinking about selling my photos in Etsy , but I didn't know how to start , or how to do so many things to get to that , so I lived the project for the future .
but thanks to your video , I may be able to do it a lot sooner . thank you very much in did : )
pd : I think that your Idea of doing your shop , a little more open , in terms of deco in general , is going to be a lot better for you and your sales . is less narrow the path for people to find you . your photos are great , anyone will want to have one , knowing , or not knowing where the photo was taken , you can reach by far much more people , by putting your shop in a more generic term , in the sense of , not only about Nebraska . I think you are going to have really good change in that direction...
best regards
sorry for my English , is not my first language
: )
Thank you for this clear and straightforward video! This helps me a lot.
AWESOME How To Etsy Video. I Love how you break is all down. QUESTION: 1) Can you recommend some great Print direct Photo online companies for Drop-Ship. 2) How can I protect Digital File Orders vs just sale on demand print orders? Also for LARGER prints what Mega Pixel should a Photo be when printing Large Photos? Thanks for All that you do Jerred.
Thank you! As for question 1 - I personally love Finerworks - really good quality and the prices are fine too. On that front, you could also talk to any local printers around you to see if they’d be willing to do this for you as well. I have a great guy that also does this for me, and it just depends on what people order which person I use to ship. 2 - You can’t really protect your images. once you decide to do digital print-at-home files, you are releasing them to the public. All you can really do is make sure the listing talks about your strict and limited licensing. 3 - You should target 200-300 resolution (generally and depending on the printing surface) at the target file print output. So if you want to print at 20x30, if you crop it to those dimensions, go to Photoshop and “Image - Image size.” The resolution shown will be your output. That is what should be 200 or above (depending on the surface… canvas prints at lower resolution generally, for instance). hope this helps!
Thank you very much for this video. My goal is to start selling photos on Etsy, but I wasn't sure how to get started doing this until I watched your informative video!!!
Just started an Etsy shop and this info was SO helpful. Thank you!
That's AWESOME, Johanna! Sell a ton, okay!
Only 8 minutes in but loving this. I actually use Canva at work, and never though of it for this! Looking forward to enjoying the rest
You are too cool my friend. Love your presentation and willingness to help. Your art is awesome and your demeanor helps all of us comfortable and inspired to watch and listen. I’m just starting to look at the web for ways to sell photos. Lots of ideas in this vid. Thank you sir. Your awesome. F
So cool, Freddy! Get on there and sell your work, my man! Thanks for the compliments - if you need anything, just reach out!
Thanks Jerred! I love photography and I am seriously thinking about taking a course. I feel that I have an eye. TEacher here, your video on quitting after 18 years led me to your channel. Thanks for your content!
Oh, Monique! How cool - thank you so much! And if you need anything, let me know - I love helping people feel confident in their photography! :)
Thanks for this man, such a well made video, no BS ! Love that Jarred , you'll go far on youtube i think
Thanks, Soren! I hope so. It's been fun, and I appreciate your encouragement far more than you know!
Thank you very much for taking the time to make such a detailed and informative video! You've really helped me understand the market!
Really really appreciate you making this video, you're such a kind human!
I'm starting an Etsy store to sell my photography prints too as a side business and this was incredibly helpful, I needed to be walked through 'cause it can get confusing. Thank you thank you thank you! You've got yourself a new subscriber :)
Awesome! I'm glad I was able to help - and YES,it can all be so confusing, right? Nothing is easy - but I'm glad I helped a bit!
I'm thinking to make an Etsy account after getting stuck on Shutterstock. Thank you for this, kind Sir!
You are welcome!
. I been wanting to do a beach theme /nature photography store front, but I haven't had the courage to do it. This is so helpful , thank you for sharing!
Glad it was helpful!
Amazing video, thank you so much. I have been researching how to sell my prints on Etsy and your video is great. Thank you !!
Awesome! I'm glad you found it helpful!
Jarred, great intro to selling on Etsy. I have done photography for most of my life, have thousands of photos and would like to share those images with others. If they want to buy some, great. Thanks for your insights.
Thank you so much! I live In Council Bluffs I recognize a few of your awesome photos!
Hey, Kathy! Thank you! And hello from across the water - I bike ride through that area all the time!
Thank you for such a thorough walkthrough! This is really helpful and makes everything feel doable.
Thank you so much! I’ve been sitting here for a week trying to figure out how to create mock-ups. 🤗
Sheba - how awesome! I'm glad it helped - if you need anything, let me know!
Jerred, this is great stuff. You motivated me. Thank you.
Awesome! Thank you! Go and sell some stuff - and remember it takes TIME - lots of listing and time is important!!
Thank you so much for doing this video. I have so many pictures I have taken and have wondered what I could do with them. I do have an Etsy but have never actually thought of this. Your pictures are beautiful.
Thanks so much! YES - get them on Etsy and start to make some money on your beautiful work. If you need help, let me know!
TY bro
Putting my photos out there
Just put together my banner on Canva
Much love
Hey, much love back. GO sell a BUNCH of photos, my man!
Thank you! Blessings Always! ❤
Thank you! This is really helpful information! I didn't know about Canva!
Thank you!! Thank you!! For the helpful information. I’ve been wanting to start my shop with my photography prints but wasn’t sure how to do it. I’ve been looking for awhile trying to find someone to explain this better on the how to. I can across your video and I was like finally a photographer that is explaining what I’ve been looking for.
Sonya! I'm so glad it was helpful - if you have questions, let me know!
Thank you Jerred !
I'm planning to do the same thing. A whole bunch of photos but also would like to maximise my financial returns. Would be great I can get a return! Cheers!
Good luck, Chris - I'm sure you'll have tons of sales!
Excellent video. Thank you.
Thanks!
You're welcome!
Thanks
You’ve covered a lot of useful points, thanks for posting.
My pleasure!
Really helpful! And you come across as a really nice guy btw. Im going to start to set up an Etsy account today. Cheers for the help.
William!!!! YOU ROCK! Good job opening an account - if you need me, just ask!
This is such a great video, thank you!!!!! You are a great person
Love your work and really enjoyed your video regarding Etsy.
Thank you so much!
Hey brother! I am following you after watching your Why Inquit teaching video. I have been trying to leave for years. Please talk about jobs teachers can do.
Hey!! Thank you for watching. You know... it's tough. I want to do more teacher videos because I think it could help people... but I'm also not sure if I want to keep getting back into that mental space! As for jobs teachers can do... that's a good one. I got lucky, I think - but I've talked to others who have left and landed on their feet. If I were to do another teacher video, this might be one I could do!
Very nice shop and great photos!
Very helpful video! I have considered selling prints online for years, but haven't felt comfortable about taking the plunge. The returns are what concern me the most. Some larger prints can cost a lot of money and having to eat the cost of just 1 or 2 returns could wipe out any possible profit for the year. Ugh...I'm still not sure if I'm ready for that gamble!
Well... that's one of those things. I don't think you should let that hold you back. I've only had one return done in all my years doing Etsy, and I just gave the woman a refund. In the scope of things, I've made far more than the drawback of a return or two!
Thanks@@JerredZ! I took the plunge and started my Etsy store. Just promoted today on my socials and already have a couple of sales!
Wow excellent video with great information!! Thank you very much!!
Glad it was helpful!
This helped me a lot! Thank you so much!
Awesome! I'm glad. Go sell some photos!!!
thank you
Thank you for this helpful video!
Thx for the inspiration Jarred!
Hey - I'm glad it helped! Go sell some art!
Thank you so much, it’s clear and so helpful, did you think about selling digital downloads and how you protect your work from copyrights?
I don't offer digital downloads yet.. but if I do that, it won't be with my "best" photos - and there's nothing you can really do if someone wants to steal something. If you want to register your work with the copyright office, that's the best that you can do, then if someone steals it you have a stronger case for actual damages to sue for!
Thank you so much for this informative video Jarred. I love what you said on your website: You walked out to pursue your passion for photography and creativity after 20 years of being a high school teacher. I think you are still an educator and someone who inspired people but to a different audience :). I am very inspired to start my journey of expanding my photography of many years and to share it with others on different platforms such as Etsy. I feel you have given me a good head start on the platform. Thank you :)
I have a question regarding different sizes of images. I generally shoot raw images, and when you corp to 5x7 or 8x10, the image looks slightly different due to cropping. Do you show your image in full format, or do you display the correct size when someone is selecting a size to order?
Thank you so much!! For me, I don’t show the different crop sizes. I just state in my description that, “Different crop sizes will have a different crop than what appears here, where the photographer makes the final judgement on dropping…” or something like that. I might not even say it in that long of a way. I’ve been doing it for years and no one has been upset yet!
This definitely helped me .
Thanks !!
How can anyone link online photography printing business with print services, so that when a customer orders for print and frame it, it automatically connects to the print shop, which will print and deliver it to the customer?
I'm not sure if there is a fully automated version of this - but I'm happy with how "Finerworks" does it - you just import the order, tell it what image to use, then Finerworks ships the print and updates the shipping information for you!
Great video, thank you
This was really helpful. The biggest question I have is fulfillment. Could you share how you work with your printer and the logistics of an order to communicating with the printer and shipping it to the customer?
Thanks, Mike! For me, I keep it simple. I see the order come in, so I contact the buyer and say "thank you." I send the file to my printer, who gets it, prints it, boxes it up and ships it out. I have him include little "thank you" cards that I write out here - they are small 5x5 or so prints that I write something nice on the back of. Then he sends me the tracking number - I then input the tracking number into Etsy, tell the customer "thank you," and that's about it! My volume is not high though - if I had a lot to print every week, I'd maybe think about something else? But for me, this works right now. Thanks for watching!
Great info, thanks Jarred.
Hey - I'm glad you got something out of it!
Could you sell surf shots to surfers out surfing on a specific day.I would uploading at least 50 shots of the shoot for the surfers to choose which one of them they like.Just wondering if you could do that with Etsy do you think.I would hand out cards advertising that i was thr at the beach taking photos that day of the surfers.
I just started an Canvas Art store. I am seeing this craft type now in the listing part. Category is Stretched Canvas but under that i can check the craft type. Should i check all the craft types to be seen as much as possible or should i just do the ones that are specific to my item. There are only 5 boxes i can check. Thanks
Specific to the item, Michael! Give Etsy specific ways to serve the right item to the right person!
This was a great video and very informative. My question is am I better to send an actual print, I am in a small town and there are no printers, or would I be successful selling a digital print that could be downloaded and printed by the customer.
Hey!! So you'd have to print your own stuff, OR you could get a "print-on-demand." service to do it, right? Someone like Printful, Printify - or Finerworks (there are many others). And the digital download thing might work, but there is even more fear here for theft and sharing the files than if someone bought physical prints. However, I've seen several shops doing it very successfully!
Your video is super helpful! Love it! ☺️How can I place a copyright notice in my photos?
Thank you ❤️.
This is exactly what I've been looking for.
Also new sub 🙏
Awesome - I'm glad you found something useful in this - appreciate you!
@@JerredZ Okay Jared ,
I have a shop up and running on Etsy now. But I'm confused about how much quantity per item i should keep?
@@rclproductions5961 That really depends, RCL. It might take time to figure out - for best sellers, you'll need more, but those will reveal themselves in time!
I wish to sell my photography.
1. Is it compulsory to have one product store?
2. Which is better digital download or print?
3. If print sells better, how to do so??
4. Can digital product and photography prints can be listed under one etsy shop?
That’s cool brod!❤️
Fantastic, thank you Jerred. Super down to earth and practical advice. I'm in the process of getting my first ten listings, tweaking along the way as I learn more information from the videos I'm watching. I'm also looking to buy a new camera, which equipment do you use? Thanks again!
That's awesome that it helped! I shoot with Fuji X and Fuji GFX mostly, but any modern camera will do AMAZING things!
First off, this video is super informative and very much appreciated. Thank you!
I have a question about the quality of photos. I want to get started building a brand and would love to get a few products on Etsy to test the waters. My concern is if the photos I've taken will still be quality once made larger. Any tips? Sorry for the dumb question, I am new!
Well, you just need to print them, right? I’d reach out to a printer and ask if they would do samples. Sometimes they’ll do them for free, and sometimes they’ll do them “at cost” so you can test the waters. That has worked well for me in the past when checking out how well my photos would look at different photo labs. Good luck!
@@JerredZ makes sense. Thanks for that insight!
Just checked this out and no one seems to say you have to pay to download what you've created and to remove Canvas watermark.
Hey, Dougal - what do you mean? in Canva? Are you sure? I had the free version for a long time and never had to do that, is this something they changed?
@@JerredZ yeah I set up a new banner with mockup lounge rooms that had water marks on them and was printed to upgrade to a paid version to remove them. Thought a nah it doesn't matter yet so went to download what I had done and boom another prompt to upgrade and can't download unless I paid.
Jarred, thanks for taking the time to make such a helpful and down-to-earth video for regular folks like us! I have a quick question not really covered in the video: what do you use for photo editing? I'm making an assumption that it's Photoshop or some other Adobe product. I was trying to avoid something expensive or with a subscription fee, if possible, but maybe it's worth it?
Hey, Steve! Thank you for the kind comment! As far as photo editing goes, I use Lightroom personally for about 90% of my needs. There are free alternatives to Lightroom out there - and even Apple Photos does a good job. The alternatives might not have some advanced things like masking, but if you're not going to do much of that, then they'd work fine!
Excellent video, honest and informative, thanks for sharing. Do you also do the shipping? or you just pass the order to the local shop and they print and ship it for you? Thanks. 🙂🙏
Mostly the local shop ships for me - rarely do I ship out stuff myself!
@@JerredZ good to know that, thanks! :)
Jerred - this was amazing! I really appreciate you sharing all those details. I already have a small Etsy store for some of my hand-made jewelry, but I am actually a photographer who hasn't looked at selling my personal travel and landscape work. Funny, eh? I looked at a few store fronts and was trying to figure out how to get those bedroom and living room photos done with one's own artwork, but did not consider Canva. That was the big AHA moment for me. Game changer! Thank you! Thank you!
You may have another video on this already, (in which case a link would be appreciated), but my question is this: what is your workflow once you receive an order? I know you said you use a local to you printer, which presumably you upload the file to and place the print order, but then what? Does the lab simply ship it for you? Or do you ship it so you can "brand" your sale? It seems that including extras, like a coupon, business cards, extra print gift, etc. would require you to do it. Which then means you are packing the order and running to the post office or or shipper's office. Obviously there are pros and cons. Just wondering what your perspective is, since you have a very realistic and down-to-earth approach and are not peddling the solution to another "get-rich-quick-scheme". (Another thing I truly appreciate!)
Thanks again for your generosity in sharing!
Christine
Christine! THANK YOU so much for your kind comment. I love it. Seriously made my morning. Now... for your question... my workflow is basically this: Get the order and figure out which is the best option to get it to the customer. Most of the time it's either FinerWorks.com or my local printer. My local printer is what I use most often - simply because of the reasons you state. Working with him I can get "thank you" cards and freebies in the box (I give him a stack of hand-written ones every so often). He's awesome in this respect. Now... with some of the other print-on-demand solutions (like Finerworks), I sent them my logo, so they do brand each item going out with my logo and their packaging looks good already. I know that for bigger items, shipping is cheaper on Finerworks too. I would totally invest in a larger format printer and do it all on my own if I could charge more. I probably could... but honestly I don't want to do all that work. Sounds lazy, but all of this is a balance of time and cost, right? Right now I don't spend much time at all doing any of this, and I still make a meaningful side income that can literally pay for some of my gas and hotels (or equipment) with little work. I think a video on this topic would be good too though!!!! Thanks again.
Hi thank you for this great video. Do you send your images as CMYK or RGB to print on demand companies?
Hello! I just use RGB!
so cool
Do you promote your etsy shop and listing? If yes, then how!! Make a dedicated video on it. What all you do to promote.
I do not promote it - I just let Etsy's search do it's thing!
@@JerredZ ok. But if, one wants to promote its etsy listing as a beginner. What are means/ ways one can do so !!
I already have my website where people see my packages and books my photoshootings but I wanna sell some landscapes I have, is it better to sell them in my own website or is it better on Etsy?
There is no right answer to this! Etsy already has existing customers looking to buy, which is good... the bad is the competition on the site, and the fees. For your own site, you don't worry about fees and competition, but you need to drive your own traffic to your site somehow to make sales... so it's really just how you want to do it. Many people do both!
How do you protect your pictures? Do you watermark?
I do not watermark them. If someone wants to steal them, they can. Today there are even cheap "watermark remover" apps, and it's just a tough call.
Thank you for this video! What website did you use for your product mockups? I can't find a good website to upload my photography in mockup frames/scenes to show off what they'll look like. Thank you!
Well, I usually use Canva - they have a whole section for mockups (smart mockups I think they are called) - but "smartist" is an iPad app that is pretty awesome too!
@@JerredZ Thank you very much!
Thank you for sharing this, Jerred. I’m thinking of selling some of my photos on Etsy - print on demand perhaps to canvas by a company like Printify. Would you mind sharing what you suggest the resolution of my photos should be for the best quality? Thanks so much and best of luck to you.
As far as resolution, almost anything can go to like 20 inches on the long side. So even older stuff works fine. It really just depends on how big you want to go. The rule of thumb for me is to try to get to 250 or 300 resolution at the size I want to print. (you can do that by going to Phosohop - "Edit - Image Size" and then switch to "inches" and see what resolution you get at what size). The larger you go the more resolution you need (in general).
Thanks for the response.
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Hi Jerred! My question is, how do you connect the company who prints the photos to your etsy shop, that is happens automaticly if they order?
Hey! Platforms that connect directly with Etsy (Like FinerWorks or Printful) will have you log into the system and connect the shops by linking them. You have to do some things manually (depending on what you are using), but it's very fast and the system automatically will update the Etsy order with shipping and everything!
@@JerredZ Thank you!! :)
Hi Jerred! Fellow photographer here, looking to sell prints on Etsy. Do you watermark or use a signature on your photos to protect your work?
Hello! No, I don't - just too easy for people to remove it if they want! But everyone is different, and some people still watermark things. I could put my signature on there too, but it's the same - if they want to remove it, it's so easy to do!
@@JerredZ I understand! trying to decide what works best for me, thank you for your message & video!
You on to something awesome brother #bingo
Thanks, Mic.
Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge. I heard you say you use a local printer and fulfill your own orders, but do you think that part could be easily outsourced for foreign sellers? I'm based in Australia and would love to list some of my black and white arty images. Would it be easy to find a high quality printer to print and fulfill orders in the US? Also, do you offer international shipping?
Hey! I don't do international shipping... yet. I've been looking into it, but it's expensive! Also - I definitely think you could work with someone to fulfill orders in the USA. I would imagine calling printers around the country might work. My printer is "Timmy's Treehouse" in Omaha, Nebraska, and he has a website if you look it up. There are other options like Printful that might do this as well? Good luck!
@@JerredZ Thanks so much!
Those Monte Cook RPGs back there?
YOU KNOW IT! Love that stuff, my man!
Hi, are you allowed to use canva's mockups for your shop/banner with a free account without editing the mockup photo at all? Thank you sm!
KJ, I think so? I've never really thought of that, to be honest. So while I think so, I'm not 100% sure!
Who do you use to print your prints for you
I use a local printer called Timmy's Treehouse, and also use an online company called FinerWorks.