Thank you Nick for your advices. I have created 2 Shops on Etsy, the one who is successful, is the one I have created without SEO tools, the other one was created following the Etsy Gurus on UA-cam and I failed, I put months of work and about 700 euros in ads, money in tools…I will close this shop at the end of the month and continue my first one. Thank you for telling the truth❤
Thanks again for saving me time!!! I have to admit I was tempted by Pinterest, but having heard you I can see how it’s another way to waste a ton of time!
@@etsyconsultanthello Nick, I am so glad that I came across your channel. I just got done watching loads of UA-cam videos and every single one of them had at least one of these topics in it I'm totally going to be going through all your videos this weekend. I do have a question though I literally just opened my shop about two weeks ago and I only have about eight designs up right now but my specific niche that I have I wonder should I be pumping out standard designs in my niche or because we're near the holidays should I just start with Halloween than Thanksgiving then Christmas and then in January after the holidays I can start with my actual niche I mean of course the holiday designs are going to be around my nieces well I'm just not sure how I should balance it. Any thoughts
This is me I have one shop that I focus so hard on with SEO ads everything and I do get some sales but it's like random sale a month or something but the shop that I've never used ads on or anything seem to have been getting sales right away and I neglected that one and have been focusing so hard on the other one that's barely doing anything even though I followed all the Etsy gurus now I'm thinking I need to put my attention on the other shop for a while and just let this one do its thing long-term & see which one does better long-term The one I'm using the SEO or the one I'm just listing in not doing anything else
I have to say I agree with you on these! I'm just focusing on building my store with things that will sell all year around. I started out listening to these things and kind of thought I needed to throw out all these fall/Halloween and NONE of them have sold. I found my niche, it's small, it's something I know a lot about, and it's fun. I list a few things a night and sometimes a lot but I'd rather have quality over pushing out crap quickly. My store is growing slowly but consistently and that is my goal.
Christina that sounds like it's working for you pretty well, I am focusing on the same thing that you are because I'm seeing all these videos about popping out 100 designs in one day and I'm like how good can these designs be if I can put 122 designs out every time I'm in front of my computer and actually make them my own I figured that would probably be the best way to do it I'm glad you posted this thank you for confirming the direction that I'm heading. Good luck with your store as well
@@Listen_Quran.0 I don't know a whole lot about digital products but it's probably the same for researching t-shirt designs which is usually best to use ever be or e-rank and Google trends all together to research what's actually selling. There's so many different ways to research designs and what's selling I still haven't exactly pinpointed my exact way of using those tools but I'm working on it and I would suggest just do what I'm doing and research lots of UA-cam videos on how to use those tools the best. The better you know those tools the easier it will be to find winning designs. Do you have a specific niche chosen that you're going to be selling in? That's usually the starting point is researching your niche.
You are so right. Rubbish and more rubbish. I have experienced all of the above and you are 💯 % right. I didn't spend a whole lot of money. It's when I started listening to you, I closed my 2 shops with under 20 sales and now I have a shop doing 70 sales in a couple of months and getting better. Thank-you. People laugh as much as you want with this video or cry looking at the garbage videos. Follow the Etsy consultant and you will be following your dreams. Spend your money here. It will be worth it.
You know how many hours & how much money you just saved for me? I should be forever grateful you made this video! Yes, I was heading for all Etsy SEO videos after this video, but you stopped me from getting trapped in the rabbit hole and spending money. You are a breath of fresh air and national treasure! Thank you a million :)
Same here. I’ve just watched a video about Etsy SEO and was about to do some changes to my shop to match this advice. So thank you Nick for this great advice.
Thank you for the truth, breath of fresh air. I knew that my feelings on a lot of the "advice" was right but i dont have the experience yet to either confirm or debunk. You have really helped so thank you. I am going to go through your other videos as i am right at the beginning of my journey and am just about to open an Etsy store.
You are the best! Bye bye e-rank! Actually I've been trying to get rid of them and they keep charging me but anyway . . . my favorite advice is no social media!!! I freaking hate social media!
Thank you so much for the advice, especially about social media, that has been a big thing I look at as a drawback, I dislike social media in general I can't imagine trying to make it a constant part of my business life along with making items, and running a business in general.
I need to stop watching all of those videos. I can’t tell you how many times I wanted to change the theme of my store because of them and now I can’t decide what I want my store identity to be. I might just sign up and be a client because I love your videos and need to make my Etsy income a full time business. Thanks Nick, you are the only voice of reason when it comes to Etsy
Hi there, I would love to work with you! One of my mentoring sessions would benefit you on deciding on store identity/branding. Link below to book: etsy-consultant.com/services/30-minute-etsy-store-critique/
You've always got the most sensible advice out there. There are some helpful UA-cam videos out there that are still worth watching, but for the parameters within which to build my store, you've got the most helpful, sensible, and believable content out there! Thank you once again for your valuable videos.
I'm so so glad I found your channel Nick. A LOT of what you've said in this video (and others you've done) I've tried and then sat and wondered if its even worth it? The answer: No. No! It's not! Lol. And I'd rather be given the bare facts as they are, then waste my time creating things and putting them on products that are just never going to sell. I do POD. I watched your video on POD sellers and I appreciated your honesty in it. - I'm still going to try and give everything I can to my Etsy business as a POD seller because I know I can do it. And with your insights and helpful content on youtube, it makes it much much easier to wade through what is legitimate in other peoples videos and what is not. From here on out I'm not going to stress about SEO anymore. I'm just going to do it the way you taught us, as... it really does make a lot of sense? WHY jump through a billion hoops and use all these tools for SEO when you literally can come up with your titles and tags all on your own, and from it sounds like from you, we'll be better for it in terms of how Etsy reacts to our listings. One question I do have is: Do you suggest we double back on products we've already listed months earlier (or even weeks) and try to fix our SEO the way you do it? Or should we wait until their renewal time comes up and just focus here on out on listing products? Thanks again for all your help! ♥
Hi Sammie, thanks for your detailed comment. SEO does not need to keep being changed, as long as it is "good enough", Etsy will surface your item for the buyers. If the SEO on those listings is very poor, AND the item has not sold, sure, improve it.
You give the best reality checks! I watch these videos and then think I need to change what I'm doing instead of going with whats been selling in my shop, and then come here and it snaps me back to reality. I cant be everything to everyone lol
Thanks. I did try to use one of those SEO tools at first, but realized it was inaccurate. Dropped it quickly. Tried and dropped Pinterest too. Waste of time. However, years ago when I published a book on college scholarships, I built a following on Twitter. It’s over 17k people now. I do post my Etsy listings there, and have sold to these followers. It takes me very little time, since I have a routine for posting and engaging. -Elizabeth
Pretty much have done all of those things... but since our call I've really been focusing on making my store less of a general store and more of a specialty store. Thank you.
So helpful, thank you! I think a big question for many people is, what is the best way to build a store that creates a good full-time income on Etsy? How do we correctly research the market. I have tried to do this through looking at the stores doing well on Etsy, but it certainly hasn't helped me! That is how the gurus appeal showing the six figure Etsy stores they use as examples. I suspect most people starting Etsy stores want or need a decent income to make putting many hours, 20-50 hours a week, of work worthwhile. What you said about wasting time is so important. Any chance you could do a video on realistic figures for a good quality new Etsy store? Also, I see six figure mug stores on Etsy itself. I see Christmas ornaments as bestsellers. Could you possibly give any more advice on what we need to consider or remember when looking at these best selling stores. I see so many with 15k or 30k or 50k sales, not just mugs, but from notebooks to shirts, how do we best estimate what is now likely to work best for a new store in 2023? In terms of POD I have no idea if it's okay to add multiple different product types or not. But it seems Etsy needs to define you as a specific type of store, before you are likely to make sales? Thank you very much!
I agree about the AI art. I admit I do use AI art but I spend a lot of time creating a final graphic using AI generated images because I often have to generate 3 or 4 AI images just to composite into one graphic. I'll need to fix hands or take a head from one image and comp into another image or I'll create an AI image then have to use AI again to remove certain elements or add elements to the image. I have never just generated an AI image and said, well, that's perfect! Next! Using AI still takes time and talent to end up with usable images. It also helps that I've been a computer graphic artist for 30 years so I know what looks good and what looks lazy.
On that note, I would like to say using AI causes people to really think critically about the designs they want to create esp if you have a gift of creativity, and that’s a lot of work because you are visualizing what you personally want to create. I will keep using AI because I don’t particularly don’t care for their TEXT AND PICS…thanks for letting me share my thoughts here. Be blessed
Yes I wasted time on social media which has always scared me anyway .. then I took your advice I really does not work all my followers were friends or dodgy guys asking if I was having a good day !!!!! Done with all that now. Just concentrating on making beautiful handmade clothing which is my passion and it’s working. Thanks for all you do 😊
Thank you so much for taking the time to help us who are new and need sound good advice. I have white board with your notes in my office and you have been a Godsend. Thank you :)
Thank you Nick, such insightful knowledge you have imparted here. Much much appreciated. Really separates the "wheat from the chaff" as they say. Absolutely golden 🙂
Thank you for doing this. You covered most areas that totally make since. A lot of the other UA-camrs act like it is so easy and you will start making 1000s in no time and little work.
Slightly off topic but, does the cat have a name? If not, I think your subscribers should be allowed to vote on one. Some of us have become quite attached to him now 😁 Also, love your content, its a breath of fresh air amid all the UA-cam fog. Thank you
Great idea Sharon! I could do a community post, and put all the names on to a voting wheel, and then spin it for the winning name, how does that sound?
Ok i agree with everything. I do wonder when you are talking about tools does that include ones that show you the search volume on tags? There is one that i use and i only use it because it will tell me words i have misspelled and missing pictures. I can see if the tags I use are valid. Can you elaborate on that?
Great video @etsyconsultant, I did hate the sound of spending hours posting on social media so pleased you said this, but do you have a video of 10 things we should concentrate on, love to see that if you do and what tools if any you recommend.
Hi there, thanks for your comment. I recommend that you watch my video about your first 3 months on Etsy: ua-cam.com/video/4GrTnCReu2c/v-deo.htmlsi=7KyFuNq9hsZRTd6W
I started my shop almost a year ago and have watched all the videos you talk about and do most of it. I have almost 1,000 listings, 74 sales but I have managed to be a Star Seller with good reviews and favorited items. Unfortunately I get very little traffic and I’m about ready to throw in the towel. I really want this to work but I’m pretty discouraged. Thank you for your channel.
If you want a random person to look at it and give you a generic customer impression, reply with the name of your store and I'll look at it and see if anything stands out at me as off-putting or missing critical information or not on theme. BTW, I think 74 sales in not quite a year is decent. It's a slow train to get started, but once it hits a certain point, it develops a critical mass and takes off on its own. You may be close to a breakthrough. (And it's entering the Christmas season, so definitely not a good time to quit; the party is just getting started.)
Hi there, thanks for your comment. I recommend that you book in for a 30 minute consultation so I can give you in depth advice and create a road map for success. etsy-consultant.com/services/
Love how straight forward you are. Just in the process of opening my Etsy store and I have to say with all you tubers out there I trust you and am following your advice. I am going to post 1 product then give it several days to make sure everything is cool and then add one product per day. Thank you again.
Yes, you are so right. I have watched a few of those videos but never quite believed them. My store is all handmade and makes regular consistent sales. Nothing crazy a few items a day and truly that is all I can handle and still have a life. I also don't do social media or pinterest or mugs or ornaments😅. Thanks for your honest advice. You are so far the only Etsy real deal on UA-cam!😊
I’m just getting started on Etsy and I found your channel and so far it’s been a gold mine of information and I’ve only watched 2 videos! I’m a 3D hard surface artist/sculptor and I just got a 3D printer so I thought I’d try my hand and selling some ‘hand made’ stuff. It’s a bit tough to get a lot of listings up quickly as I can only model and test print 1 product every day or 2. If it fails or doesn’t meet my quality standards it takes me another day to fix it between my real job and this. But once the model is set it’s fairly passive to mass produce more of the same item very quickly. Hoping to have at least 50 unique items up by next Christmas. I’m thinking of using color variations as separate listings of each item to pump up the quantity of listings I have for now until I can get a solid base of uniques, then I’ll merge the colors into singles listings. I’ve heard mixed reviews of using this method to inflate my number of listings but I don’t see any other way for me to produce more that quickly unless I were to invest a more printers (which are not that cheap). Look forward to watching more of your stuff!
Hey Fabio, thanks for being here, and good going with your ideas so far. Don't worry about speed, it is not the answer. Just list slowly and steadily, and then adapt as your business grows. Just try to prepare for Xmas 2024.
Thank you, really appreciative of all the info you put out there! Only part I feel hesistant about is not listing a lot, if I look at stores with most sales started in 2023, the majority of them seem to have somewhere around 5x the number listings compared to the nubmber of day's they've been open. I've heard you recommend 1 item a day in the past, so not quite sure how to think about that?
It probably works if it's a hot selling thing. Conversion rate is the main thing so if you have garbage listings just for the volume it'll drag down the conversion rate. Figure out what reliably sells first and one a day is a good way to do that.
Great video! Just a quick question. I started my store last week. I did put couple of products on Etsy - you recommend to put 1 listing a day however what if I work 4 full days morning to night time? I have 3 days off when I’m working on my store. Is it w good way or should I really find 1 hour every day for Etsy? Thanks
I loved how practical your video is. I’m about to open an Etsy shop and will be using Printify as my POD. Why no mugs? Is it breakage or something else? I was going to have a mix of apparel and mugs with inspirational quotes on them.
Hi there, thanks for your comment. There is plenty of free advice on my channel , I have a social media series, and POD video, links below: ua-cam.com/play/PLu6hxyqlfJIr8kA5rGzvd_Cmfx1xnanIQ.html&si=XwlgqZKT26kofsdC ua-cam.com/video/6yLaLqIJU0U/v-deo.htmlsi=z54VG79u4NT5UD5n
Thoughts on UA-cam folks saying to max out your etsy ad budget 1,000k a day? I watched your recent etsy ad video.....super appreciate your channel. I am a 15 year Etsy seller!!
Hi, it's bad advice, the reason they suggest to do this is because they think by giving the ads algorithm a huge amount of money to work with, you will quickly see what products work, and what keywords are used to get them to work. This won't work though because all Etsy will do is push your listings hard for partial match and single word keywords, and you will eat up way more daily budget doing it. AVOID this advice.
Thank you! I’m so glad I stumbled across you about a month ago, most of what you’ve pointed out in this video, I’m guilty of several- I’ve of course since fixed what is fixable, will continue to keep you in my pocket for info! Great job! Glad we all have you!
Question, I have an idea, and I am pretty sure it will do good, because the few others, who I have seen, doing something similar, have sold quite a few of them, and their designs weren’t that good. However, as I am doing research, as you told us to do, by finding 50 stores who are making money doing what we want to do. The problem is, there aren’t a whole lot of people doing exactly what I want to do, so what should I do for the research? Should I find something that is similar but not exactly what I want to do. My listing would be a bundle type listing, with two to three different products, per listing, so could I find similar listings, even if they are only selling one item? Also, what is good to do with “those tools?” That would be an interesting video, you said they are useful in other ways, just not for research/SEO, so I was just curious what those things are that the tools are useful for. You’re sure right about the AI, it all looks the same, and it looks lifeless and soulless, to me, as an artist. I am not one of the artists who hates AI art, though, I have embraced it, because it isn’t going anywhere, the trick is to use it for ideas, or to change it and add a human touch to it, to bring it to life, which does take time. As far as POD, there are so many products, out there, yet, most of these other channels are only mentioning t-shirts, mugs, sweatshirts, ornaments, etc, you know, the ones that are very over saturated, and very hard to break into. There are a few people out there telling you to stop selling those type of products, and to open your own website, rather than working for anyone else.
Hey Molly, just find what similar competitors you can and look in to what they do and how you are different (and hopefully better). The main usefulness of these tools is tracking competitors sales, checking if you have filled out all your tags, seeing how much title space you have used (not all do that), basic things like that.
Love the video and the giggles you were trying to hold back. 😂 Tell me what are your thoughts about throwing money into Etsy ads? I’m seeing so many so-called Etsy advisors promoting like crazy to use Etsy ads. I’m beginning to wonder is Etsy giving them kickbacks or something for so many to promote Etsy ads. Please let me know your thoughts on this.
Hi there, thanks for your comment. It depends on the health of your store. For example throwing Etsy ads at a brand new store will harm it. It's also essential that you are still making profit with sales generated by ads. I have copied 2 links for you below, 1) how to do Etsy ads, and 2) Etsy ads exposed. ua-cam.com/video/EzCg5z61QuA/v-deo.htmlsi=qsoUFIqA7ONac9J_ ua-cam.com/video/K-y1li_83PI/v-deo.htmlsi=PAzKBVyMIVF_0qcQ
you made me laugh a lot 😂 Thanks Nick you are the best !!! no I did not apply the advice of these youtubers because universe put you on my path and I knew that you had good advice intuitively so I followed you and thank God I did well 🙏
Thanks, great video! I have a couple of questions - regarding your point on Etsy SEO tools, if the data doesn't come from Etsy, do you know where it does come from? To your point about not adding loads of listings in one go, assuming they are quality products, why does it not work? I don't get how people have the time to add hundreds a day anyway, I've been adding a few a day and I'm up to 40 now in just under a month. Lastly, if social media is a waste of time, do you have any off-Etsy ways to boost organic traffic?
Hi, yes it comes from Google. Adding loads of listings, even if they are high quality will just tank your store conversion rate. There is no way to boost organic traffic off of Etsy because the traffic will not be organic. If you mean ways to boost traffic to your website, then there are a ton of ways to do this. Social media, advertizing being the 2 main sources.
Really interesting to hear your thoughts about 'mugs'... That was what got me first setting up my Etsy store. I designed loads (which I enjoyed) though I only listed a few before getting side-tracked with another shiny object(!) Anyway, sold a couple which wasn't bad considering the few I'd listed and the lack of attention I'd given my store. What I did learn through the process though, was that it would seem the mug has to be quite highly-priced to see any return (my first sale lost me a couple of dollars, and through my second sale I made a couple). So I got disheartened with that because I didn't really want to price the mugs any or much higher than I had (seemed ridiculous to do so). I'd be interested to learn what items you do give the thumbs up to sell in the POD world... In the meantime, I'm on to learning about printables / digital products (I've just watched your video - "How to Really Make $10000 in Your First Year on Etsy - All The Details") Now, just on to considering what are the best digital products to start creating in that niche you suggested... 🤔Onwards and upwards 😃
I stopped listening to these Etsy Gurus a while ago. I figured if they were really making all that money they say they are making, they wouldn't have time to be selling snake oil on UA-cam. Great video, especially the part about being a mug😅
Great Video as usual Nik. And you are such a hoot. You make me laugh. But your advice is golden. I've listed 30 products so far and following your guidance. No sales yet, but I know that will come. I did get a bee in my bonnet and pushed out a couple Valentine's Mugs. Don't shoot me.
@@Shopgirl2000 Sports Extreme sports Hiking Camping Professions Pets Quirky/weird Nerds and geeks Anime Vintage aesthetic Medical Astrology That will do for now.
Thanks for this video I needed this one of course I need everyone of yours to get my store to selling. But I'm still trying thanks again you are the only one I'm listening too anymore. Kelli
Hi there Kelli, thanks for sharing. Feel free to get in touch to book a call with me if you'd like one to one advice, link below: etsy-consultant.com/services/
I fell for 😂 Most of the top 10, but have learned that it is crap advice! Thank you for putting it out there, hopefully new Etsy sellers will see this! I have had some sales since opening, not as many as I’d like, but it is a work in progress.
Hello nik. Do you think it is possible to start my store that I opened in june but have only made all the preparations and have not loaded a listing, now with a daily product? Or should I open a new store? With the risk that I can no longer use my store name. Thanks for your tip
Hi Nick, I'm just curious about listing the items. Since you mentioned don't list 10-20 items a day, what would be the best strategy to do the listing? Between consistently list 1 listing everyday and 10 listing every weekends, which one is better?
Hi there Andie, thanks for your comment. List one a day is what I recommend until you get to 100 listings. 1 listing a day better than 10 at the weekend.
Honestly it's a breath of fresh air watching your video's and I wish I'd have seen them when I was first setting my Etsy shop up. Hopefully I can take your advice & get it functioning as a shop! The low stock thing is a real problem for me because I tend to make unique one off pieces and don't buy in bulk. I'll buy a gemstone strand (like raw diamonds) and then make a chain, bracelet & earrings but then run out of beads to make anything else 😂. Hopefully, I can put your advice into practice and at least put improvements in place. Thankyou for being a genius & for being straight forward in your approach x
Hi there, thanks for your comment. Even for OOAK items I recommend that you put the stock depth to at least 20, its explained here in the video link below. ua-cam.com/video/zPzDptXFMoM/v-deo.htmlsi=R9EZifC0Ulad6dxh
Thanks for the no-bullshit videos! Just what I needed. 😉 question: in one of your videos you tell to work on your shop for at least an hour a day when you open your shop. What if I opened my shop two months ago. Will that still work? Or do I need to open a new one. 🤔
Hi there, thanks for your comment. Follow my advice in this video here: ua-cam.com/video/4GrTnCReu2c/v-deo.htmlsi=QXBbxYEuu3ugAA_X As long as you haven't bulk listed lots of inventory you should be fine.
Thanks for the video, but what should I do if I am selling the one of a kind product, for every item, I only make one, I thought Etsy encourages those original hand-made artwork. Am I getting trouble for only have 1 in stock? I spend time make various things not the same thing for 100 times. Another question is I got the "rare find" label for many of the items in my shop. And I have no idea why there are some items got the label but some didn't. Thank you!
Hi there, thanks for your comment. The link below is for one of my videos I made for sellers just like you! ua-cam.com/video/zPzDptXFMoM/v-deo.htmlsi=cfYDdLtMhWjDp80f
I have watched several of your videos and they are great, I do have a question about the stock topic. I plan on making one-of-a-kind wood turnings with a wood lathe, with that said i will not have more than one of each item to sell. some will be similar but not the same and I want the picture to be accurate to the item being sold. Your thoughts? Thanks
This one is my favorite of yours, not least because you reinforce my desire to ignore social media :). Seriously it jives with my opinions and what I've observed looking around on esty at what's selling etc. Maybe address that one of those other youtubers you mention is saying that the advice of listing one thing a day is wrong. I think maybe people are not understanding the logic behind that. (I do).
Thank you so much, Nick for providing this information! We are bombarded with crap on You Tube guaranteeing to catapult new Etsy sellers into financial freedom, if you follow their advice, buy their courses and like, hit and share their garbage!! It's exhausting!
Omg! This is sooooooo GOOD! Guilty of low stock (will improve this, even though I often have 10+ items in physical stock, I’ll still put there 3😂) and almost the social media thing/Pinterest (so boring btw, such a waste of time) and also almost the SEO eRank etc. tools too😅 “Almost” because luckily I never felt comfy or intuitively I didn’t see it as a thing building a giant TikTok or IG page (I do have both with just some of my own customers where I occasionally post updates and 1-2 per year a giveaway (speaking of that, giveaway just gotten me people who were fishing for free stuff as a habit, attending EVERY giveaway possible and never purchasing anything after so I guess I won’t be doing them that much- it was mainly for the fun of it but not really growing my page. So yeah thanks so much!!! I’m enjoying it thoroughly- very valuable!!! ❤
Bless you brava you save people money ,time and love the honesty I'm just beginning and wish I had the funds to place you in my corner! You are a rarity thank you!
Hi there, thanks for your comment. There are many ways that you can work with me, please see link below to my services prices start at $25. etsy-consultant.com/services/
What!! Insert amazed emoji here. I was lead to believe that social media was absolutely essential to get the word out. It was holding me up, takes too much time to even develop the skills. You're liberating.
Re low stock - all my listings have low stock as I often only make one of each product. It’s only a hobby business and mainly seasonal, but surely part of the attraction is there is often only one item that isn’t replicated 🤔 variants on one listing.
Hi there, thanks for your comment, I understand your thinking but within Etsy that doesn't make your items sell. Even if you don't have the items available you need to list your inventory with at least 20. If you get too many orders you can extend processing times/ increase prices. And worst case is that you refund your customer if you can't make the item in time.
I’m a store owner and i’m one of those who spends at least 15 hours every week for seo and i’m using the seo tools. I was succesful with my old stores with those tools but now it doesn’t seem to be working. What should I do? Do you have any advices to shorten the time I spend every week and what should I use instead?
What do you mean with the seo tools? Like isnt it needed to first do some research about the product and farm the best keywords you need for your product?
Thank you for this video! Regarding the low number of items available. I run a vintage store, where most of the items are unique ones and I already have noticed how listings with more available items perform better, but I can't make it work with most of the unique items 🥺 Do you think the algorithm takes into account that a shop is a vintage one and the parameters could somehow be adjusted? Wishful thinking..but..thank you!
Hi there, thanks for your comment, you can make Vintage/OOAK items work on Etsy, these videos explain how: ua-cam.com/video/vkAR0L0Dzlc/v-deo.htmlsi=1-hwIpNdHx-odLRO ua-cam.com/video/zPzDptXFMoM/v-deo.htmlsi=KJnQB5PAdTp1QXy6
Hello Nick, I do have a question for you. I have a listing that ranks but it deactivated because I no longer sell the item. This same listing has a few reviews and some with photos. My question to you is should I add an item similar to what was sold previously to the listings and change up the SEO to fit the new item because it ranks instead of creating a whole new listing that will take weeks or maybe a few months to rank? Thanks
Hi Nick, Thank you so much for your valuable advice. I have a question and I really hope you’d respond. I have an existing failed Etsy shop selling jewelry, and looking to open a new one, this time with POD tshirts. My question is- should I continue operating from the old one, changing its name, deleting all jewelry listings and restocking it with tshirts, or open a new shop. I really need your advice on this. Thank you in advance.
Hi Nik, I am currently building up my listing to my Etsy store, 1 listing a day following your advice, I’m halfway there. I am selling physical products. I have a question regarding inventory, i am currently listing my stock as an actual numbers I have on hand, which is not much. I can order more materials on some of my items when I need them. Should I just change my stock depth to 20 then, even if I don’t have that amount on hand? Thanks Nik
Hi Nick, I tries to open a second Etsy shop but my shop got permanently suspended with no explanation. Do you know if that is frowned upon by Etsy? I see so many people who have several shops.
Thank you for all these great tips! I have a question about the stock. Ik want to sell handmade paintings. When I sell 1 painting I make a new one that is practically identical, no reproduction, again handmade. There will be no more than 30 "copies" to keep it a somewhat unique collector's value. I have at least 20 in stock, I learned from you now. But that is not true, I have only one in stock. But then 3 people wanted to buy that painting and I had to work my bud off to get it ready on time. Do you have any tips on how I can handle this problem, making 10 of the same paintings 20 in stock is not an option and a waste of time when there al no sales. Is a waiting list an option? People don't want to wait, is it?
I had this problem with my handmade journals and I extended my processing times. It doesn't seem to have negatively affected my sales. Might be worth a try? And if you get fewer sales and make them quicker it's a nice suprise for the customer to get them ahead of schedule 😊
@@marys6866 Thank you Marys. Yes that is a good point but there is a contradiction that you have stock, but a long delivery time then shows that you do not have stock but still have to make it.
Hi there, thanks for your comment. Well done on your sales congratulations! This doesn't usually happen with one of a kind items. If it happens again explain to your customer that these paintings are unique, and that the processing time will be a little longer to dispatch ( to take the pressure off yourself). Most buyers love the fact that they are buying something unique and will be prepared to wait. You can also put this in your listing that the items are made to order, but still have the stock depth as 20 or above.
Great Video! especially on youtube when theres so much misleading video. What are your thoughts on high ticket etsy stores? Could you possibly do a video on how to approach this?
I agree that most tools are rubbish but one I do use is by Dave Guindon craft inspector and another one he does. I love your honest videos and this is a particularly good point. I’ve been an online entrepreneur Phone nearly 2 decades now selling mainly digital products and downloadable books I was around before Kindle started and there are very few tools I use but I do like Daves because they are actually using the Search function on websites to gauge interest and how people are looking for solutions or products in their own lingo. I do find that useful because it gives me the full picture about how people might use what I’m selling, rather than how I think they’re going to use it. being aware of your own bias marketing anything is so important, figuring out how your product or service fits what they are looking looking for. I like what Nick says in all his videos because there's no hype just real advice I find myself nodding in agreement to.
Hello, we had set up a private internet connection for my friend's store. However, his store got suspended. The internet connection (modem) we had was dynamic IP, which means its IP address changes every time it's turned off and on. I want to open my own store. Would it be a problem if I use this internet connection on a different computer?
You fail to tell people that if you have more than one in stock it costs you more money. I am so glad I watched this. I just added mugs to my shop so now I guess I have to find something else. What do you suggest for a candle business? and the mugs are so fun to make. Its such a disappointment.
Hi nick😊 I had so much fun during watching and feel so lucky to find someone genious like you in my etsy journey!! My question is you often say that a growing store must add one item a day. What about 2 .i have so much ideas to design actually:) so can we add at least 2 listings a day? Thank you very much for being honest and helping us🥰
Hi, and thanks for being here and watching, I appreciate it. OK 1 item is good because you are lowering the chances of over listing and tanking your conversion rate. Slow is best.
Thanks Nick, your advice really resonates with my own experience, particularly the effectiveness (or lack of) of Pinterest and Insta, where I have wasted too much time already. Your last point of not listing many products too soon was interesting - as a fairly new store should we aim for just 1-2 new listings and do this everyday, or what number should we be targeting?
Hi, yes, most people waste a mountain of time on Social Media with little to no reward. 1 listing a day, 1 per day just stick to that until you start to gain traction.
Hello Nick, thanks for your videos. I've been listening diligently. Regards stock depth. I make physical items, with a time investment. If I set my stock depth to 20, I am going to have trouble fulfilling them, especially if I had for example, 30 items sold across different listings. What do you think in this case?
Hi there, thanks for your comment. Do not worry, once you are at 30 sales a day you will know what sells and will have a system in place to manage. For now if a customer orders something that you don't have ready simply message them. Most are happy to wait, especially when they know items are hand made.
You still have time for something to catch and sell, and Q4 is a good time to open a store. Honestly watch all my videos, take notes and ask questions for anything you are not sure on, as you can see I answer every single question from everyone.
So what are the SEO tools good for? You said they’re good for something. I’ve used them to find keywords and check niches but is that wrong and a waste of time? I know that the Etsy API is open to use but not sure how much information you can actually get out, apart from guessing by doing some number-crunching.
They are great for: Making sure you use all title space Checking for missing keywords Keeping a general eye on competition Checking photos slots have been used Basic stuff like that. Ignore the search and click data, it does not come from Etsy, and they do not like to tell you this, for good reason.
I sell a fair amount of designs using AI art but each design required lots of editing and learning how to prompt to get better results. It’s definitely not just slapping an Ai image on a shirt. Regarding social media: I keep telling every new seller to not waste time with untargeted social media spam and use this time to make more good designs instead. If you fill your store with quality listings with good SEO, Etsy will drive far more traffic of people who are actually looking to buy, not just curious. Really the most important point to tell every new seller is: spend more time designing and learning how to make better designs, stop wasting time on all the nonessential things.
Thank you Nick for your advices. I have created 2 Shops on Etsy, the one who is successful, is the one I have created without SEO tools, the other one was created following the Etsy Gurus on UA-cam and I failed, I put months of work and about 700 euros in ads, money in tools…I will close this shop at the end of the month and continue my first one. Thank you for telling the truth❤
Hi there, thanks for sharing.
Thanks again for saving me time!!! I have to admit I was tempted by Pinterest, but having heard you I can see how it’s another way to waste a ton of time!
@@etsyconsultanthello Nick, I am so glad that I came across your channel. I just got done watching loads of UA-cam videos and every single one of them had at least one of these topics in it I'm totally going to be going through all your videos this weekend. I do have a question though I literally just opened my shop about two weeks ago and I only have about eight designs up right now but my specific niche that I have I wonder should I be pumping out standard designs in my niche or because we're near the holidays should I just start with Halloween than Thanksgiving then Christmas and then in January after the holidays I can start with my actual niche I mean of course the holiday designs are going to be around my nieces well I'm just not sure how I should balance it. Any thoughts
This is me I have one shop that I focus so hard on with SEO ads everything and I do get some sales but it's like random sale a month or something but the shop that I've never used ads on or anything seem to have been getting sales right away and I neglected that one and have been focusing so hard on the other one that's barely doing anything even though I followed all the Etsy gurus now I'm thinking I need to put my attention on the other shop for a while and just let this one do its thing long-term & see which one does better long-term The one I'm using the SEO or the one I'm just listing in not doing anything else
I have to say I agree with you on these! I'm just focusing on building my store with things that will sell all year around. I started out listening to these things and kind of thought I needed to throw out all these fall/Halloween and NONE of them have sold. I found my niche, it's small, it's something I know a lot about, and it's fun. I list a few things a night and sometimes a lot but I'd rather have quality over pushing out crap quickly. My store is growing slowly but consistently and that is my goal.
Brilliant Christina, I am happy for you!
Great job!
Christina that sounds like it's working for you pretty well, I am focusing on the same thing that you are because I'm seeing all these videos about popping out 100 designs in one day and I'm like how good can these designs be if I can put 122 designs out every time I'm in front of my computer and actually make them my own I figured that would probably be the best way to do it I'm glad you posted this thank you for confirming the direction that I'm heading. Good luck with your store as well
Please share the method how you are researching trending products. How can I find best product for my store especially digital product.
@@Listen_Quran.0 I don't know a whole lot about digital products but it's probably the same for researching t-shirt designs which is usually best to use ever be or e-rank and Google trends all together to research what's actually selling. There's so many different ways to research designs and what's selling I still haven't exactly pinpointed my exact way of using those tools but I'm working on it and I would suggest just do what I'm doing and research lots of UA-cam videos on how to use those tools the best. The better you know those tools the easier it will be to find winning designs. Do you have a specific niche chosen that you're going to be selling in? That's usually the starting point is researching your niche.
You are so right. Rubbish and more rubbish. I have experienced all of the above and you are 💯 % right. I didn't spend a whole lot of money. It's when I started listening to you, I closed my 2 shops with under 20 sales and now I have a shop doing 70 sales in a couple of months and getting better. Thank-you. People laugh as much as you want with this video or cry looking at the garbage videos. Follow the Etsy consultant and you will be following your dreams. Spend your money here. It will be worth it.
Thanks for letting me know your story, good to have you here.
You know how many hours & how much money you just saved for me? I should be forever grateful you made this video! Yes, I was heading for all Etsy SEO videos after this video, but you stopped me from getting trapped in the rabbit hole and spending money. You are a breath of fresh air and national treasure! Thank you a million :)
Great to hear and thanks for your support!
Same here. I’ve just watched a video about Etsy SEO and was about to do some changes to my shop to match this advice. So thank you Nick for this great advice.
Thank you for the truth, breath of fresh air. I knew that my feelings on a lot of the "advice" was right but i dont have the experience yet to either confirm or debunk. You have really helped so thank you. I am going to go through your other videos as i am right at the beginning of my journey and am just about to open an Etsy store.
Hi Amanda, I am glad you find my videos helpful. Keep me updated on your progress and good luck with your store!
@@etsyconsultant I will do and thank you 😊
You are the best! Bye bye e-rank! Actually I've been trying to get rid of them and they keep charging me but anyway . . . my favorite advice is no social media!!! I freaking hate social media!
Hey, thank you very much for your support!
Thank you so much for the advice, especially about social media, that has been a big thing I look at as a drawback, I dislike social media in general I can't imagine trying to make it a constant part of my business life along with making items, and running a business in general.
Glad it was helpful!
I need to stop watching all of those videos. I can’t tell you how many times I wanted to change the theme of my store because of them and now I can’t decide what I want my store identity to be. I might just sign up and be a client because I love your videos and need to make my Etsy income a full time business. Thanks Nick, you are the only voice of reason when it comes to Etsy
And the next video in my queue is a full tutorial on how to make $20,679/month selling iPhone cases on Etsy. SMH
Hi there, I would love to work with you! One of my mentoring sessions would benefit you on deciding on store identity/branding.
Link below to book:
etsy-consultant.com/services/30-minute-etsy-store-critique/
You've always got the most sensible advice out there. There are some helpful UA-cam videos out there that are still worth watching, but for the parameters within which to build my store, you've got the most helpful, sensible, and believable content out there! Thank you once again for your valuable videos.
Hi there, thank you so much for the feedback. Good luck!
I'm so so glad I found your channel Nick. A LOT of what you've said in this video (and others you've done) I've tried and then sat and wondered if its even worth it? The answer: No. No! It's not! Lol. And I'd rather be given the bare facts as they are, then waste my time creating things and putting them on products that are just never going to sell.
I do POD. I watched your video on POD sellers and I appreciated your honesty in it. - I'm still going to try and give everything I can to my Etsy business as a POD seller because I know I can do it. And with your insights and helpful content on youtube, it makes it much much easier to wade through what is legitimate in other peoples videos and what is not. From here on out I'm not going to stress about SEO anymore. I'm just going to do it the way you taught us, as... it really does make a lot of sense? WHY jump through a billion hoops and use all these tools for SEO when you literally can come up with your titles and tags all on your own, and from it sounds like from you, we'll be better for it in terms of how Etsy reacts to our listings.
One question I do have is: Do you suggest we double back on products we've already listed months earlier (or even weeks) and try to fix our SEO the way you do it? Or should we wait until their renewal time comes up and just focus here on out on listing products?
Thanks again for all your help! ♥
Hi Sammie, thanks for your detailed comment.
SEO does not need to keep being changed, as long as it is "good enough", Etsy will surface your item for the buyers.
If the SEO on those listings is very poor, AND the item has not sold, sure, improve it.
Im sooo glad I watched this before placing an order for a bunch of sublimation mugs and xmas tree decorations 😂 thanks for the advice 👍
No problem!
You give the best reality checks! I watch these videos and then think I need to change what I'm doing instead of going with whats been selling in my shop, and then come here and it snaps me back to reality. I cant be everything to everyone lol
Hi there, thanks for taking the time to comment, exactly!
Thanks. I did try to use one of those SEO tools at first, but realized it was inaccurate. Dropped it quickly. Tried and dropped Pinterest too. Waste of time. However, years ago when I published a book on college scholarships, I built a following on Twitter. It’s over 17k people now. I do post my Etsy listings there, and have sold to these followers. It takes me very little time, since I have a routine for posting and engaging. -Elizabeth
Hi there, thanks for your comment Elizabeth. Great to hear that you have that following, and it's not taking too much time.
Pretty much have done all of those things... but since our call I've really been focusing on making my store less of a general store and more of a specialty store. Thank you.
No problem Tracy!
This is one of your best videos yet! Thank you
Thank you!
So helpful, thank you! I think a big question for many people is, what is the best way to build a store that creates a good full-time income on Etsy? How do we correctly research the market. I have tried to do this through looking at the stores doing well on Etsy, but it certainly hasn't helped me! That is how the gurus appeal showing the six figure Etsy stores they use as examples. I suspect most people starting Etsy stores want or need a decent income to make putting many hours, 20-50 hours a week, of work worthwhile. What you said about wasting time is so important. Any chance you could do a video on realistic figures for a good quality new Etsy store? Also, I see six figure mug stores on Etsy itself. I see Christmas ornaments as bestsellers. Could you possibly give any more advice on what we need to consider or remember when looking at these best selling stores. I see so many with 15k or 30k or 50k sales, not just mugs, but from notebooks to shirts, how do we best estimate what is now likely to work best for a new store in 2023? In terms of POD I have no idea if it's okay to add multiple different product types or not. But it seems Etsy needs to define you as a specific type of store, before you are likely to make sales? Thank you very much!
Its so confusing how etsy is set-up. You search a cottage core mug, and etsy show u a blanket. 😂 what are we doing
I’m interested in your Etsy consultation! Thank you!
Hi there, thanks please contact me via my website, link to book below:
etsy-consultant.com/services/
I agree about the AI art. I admit I do use AI art but I spend a lot of time creating a final graphic using AI generated images because I often have to generate 3 or 4 AI images just to composite into one graphic. I'll need to fix hands or take a head from one image and comp into another image or I'll create an AI image then have to use AI again to remove certain elements or add elements to the image. I have never just generated an AI image and said, well, that's perfect! Next! Using AI still takes time and talent to end up with usable images. It also helps that I've been a computer graphic artist for 30 years so I know what looks good and what looks lazy.
Hi there, thanks for sharing!
On that note, I would like to say using AI causes people to really think critically about the designs they want to create esp if you have a gift of creativity, and that’s a lot of work because you are visualizing what you personally want to create. I will keep using AI because I don’t particularly don’t care for their TEXT AND PICS…thanks for letting me share my thoughts here. Be blessed
Yes I wasted time on social media which has always scared me anyway .. then I took your advice I really does not work all my followers were friends or dodgy guys asking if I was having a good day !!!!! Done with all that now. Just concentrating on making beautiful handmade clothing which is my passion and it’s working. Thanks for all you do 😊
Fantastic! Thanks for sharing.
Many many thanks for the wisdom, the sharing, and... for the humor... great video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Love your videos 😃😃 good vibes! ❤
Glad you like them!
Very Happy to have found you. Thank you Nick
My pleasure!
Thank you so much for taking the time to help us who are new and need sound good advice. I have white board with your notes in my office and you have been a Godsend. Thank you :)
You are so welcome!
Thankyou for making this video Nic. I am now very discerning as to whom I listen to on UA-cam and have learned not to believe everything.
Hi there, thanks for your comment, stay tuned!
Thank you Nick, such insightful knowledge you have imparted here. Much much appreciated. Really separates the "wheat from the chaff" as they say. Absolutely golden 🙂
My pleasure!
Thank you for doing this. You covered most areas that totally make since. A lot of the other UA-camrs act like it is so easy and you will start making 1000s in no time and little work.
You are very welcome!
Slightly off topic but, does the cat have a name? If not, I think your subscribers should be allowed to vote on one. Some of us have become quite attached to him now 😁 Also, love your content, its a breath of fresh air amid all the UA-cam fog. Thank you
Great idea Sharon! I could do a community post, and put all the names on to a voting wheel, and then spin it for the winning name, how does that sound?
Is the cat a him, Might be a her?. What you say Nick😂
Ok i agree with everything. I do wonder when you are talking about tools does that include ones that show you the search volume on tags? There is one that i use and i only use it because it will tell me words i have misspelled and missing pictures. I can see if the tags I use are valid. Can you elaborate on that?
Hi. yes of course, the search volume and click data that all these tools use, for any keywords, does not come from Etsy.
Great video @etsyconsultant, I did hate the sound of spending hours posting on social media so pleased you said this, but do you have a video of 10 things we should concentrate on, love to see that if you do and what tools if any you recommend.
Hi there, thanks for your comment. I recommend that you watch my video about your first 3 months on Etsy:
ua-cam.com/video/4GrTnCReu2c/v-deo.htmlsi=7KyFuNq9hsZRTd6W
I started my shop almost a year ago and have watched all the videos you talk about and do most of it. I have almost 1,000 listings, 74 sales but I have managed to be a Star Seller with good reviews and favorited items. Unfortunately I get very little traffic and I’m about ready to throw in the towel. I really want this to work but I’m pretty discouraged. Thank you for your channel.
If you want a random person to look at it and give you a generic customer impression, reply with the name of your store and I'll look at it and see if anything stands out at me as off-putting or missing critical information or not on theme.
BTW, I think 74 sales in not quite a year is decent. It's a slow train to get started, but once it hits a certain point, it develops a critical mass and takes off on its own. You may be close to a breakthrough. (And it's entering the Christmas season, so definitely not a good time to quit; the party is just getting started.)
@@kerim.peardon5551 Thanks so much. I’d love that. That’s very kind of you to offer.
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Hi there, thanks for your comment. I recommend that you book in for a 30 minute consultation so I can give you in depth advice and create a road map for success.
etsy-consultant.com/services/
Love how straight forward you are. Just in the process of opening my Etsy store and I have to say with all you tubers out there I trust you and am following your advice. I am going to post 1 product then give it several days to make sure everything is cool and then add one product per day. Thank you again.
Hi Austin, good luck and let me know how you get on.
Finally some one addresses the reality.
A painful reality!
Yes, you are so right. I have watched a few of those videos but never quite believed them. My store is all handmade and makes regular consistent sales. Nothing crazy a few items a day and truly that is all I can handle and still have a life. I also don't do social media or pinterest or mugs or ornaments😅. Thanks for your honest advice. You are so far the only Etsy real deal on UA-cam!😊
Thanks for sharing and good luck with your store!
I’m just getting started on Etsy and I found your channel and so far it’s been a gold mine of information and I’ve only watched 2 videos! I’m a 3D hard surface artist/sculptor and I just got a 3D printer so I thought I’d try my hand and selling some ‘hand made’ stuff. It’s a bit tough to get a lot of listings up quickly as I can only model and test print 1 product every day or 2. If it fails or doesn’t meet my quality standards it takes me another day to fix it between my real job and this. But once the model is set it’s fairly passive to mass produce more of the same item very quickly. Hoping to have at least 50 unique items up by next Christmas. I’m thinking of using color variations as separate listings of each item to pump up the quantity of listings I have for now until I can get a solid base of uniques, then I’ll merge the colors into singles listings. I’ve heard mixed reviews of using this method to inflate my number of listings but I don’t see any other way for me to produce more that quickly unless I were to invest a more printers (which are not that cheap). Look forward to watching more of your stuff!
Hey Fabio, thanks for being here, and good going with your ideas so far. Don't worry about speed, it is not the answer. Just list slowly and steadily, and then adapt as your business grows. Just try to prepare for Xmas 2024.
Thank you, really appreciative of all the info you put out there! Only part I feel hesistant about is not listing a lot, if I look at stores with most sales started in 2023, the majority of them seem to have somewhere around 5x the number listings compared to the nubmber of day's they've been open. I've heard you recommend 1 item a day in the past, so not quite sure how to think about that?
It probably works if it's a hot selling thing. Conversion rate is the main thing so if you have garbage listings just for the volume it'll drag down the conversion rate. Figure out what reliably sells first and one a day is a good way to do that.
Hi there, thanks for your comment. I am here to guide you with all my experience. Do what you think is correct, and let me know how you get on.
Really interest as always! Although also so intrigued about what they are selling!
Thanks for your comment!
You're ALWAYS spot on! Loved this!
Thanks for watching, I appreciate it.
Hahaha as soon as you said mugs and Christmas tree ornament I new you were right! 😂
Happy holidays!
Great video!
Just a quick question. I started my store last week. I did put couple of products on Etsy - you recommend to put 1 listing a day however what if I work 4 full days morning to night time? I have 3 days off when I’m working on my store. Is it w good way or should I really find 1 hour every day for Etsy?
Thanks
Try to find 10 minutes to list 1 item per day, do the prep work in your days off.
I loved how practical your video is. I’m about to open an Etsy shop and will be using Printify as my POD. Why no mugs? Is it breakage or something else? I was going to have a mix of apparel and mugs with inspirational quotes on them.
Only because mugs are so difficult to become successful with.
love your channel. Can you expand on why you advise against Pinterest? AND- Do you have a top 10 best pieces of advice (I do POD)??? Thanks!
Hi there, thanks for your comment. There is plenty of free advice on my channel , I have a social media series, and POD video, links below:
ua-cam.com/play/PLu6hxyqlfJIr8kA5rGzvd_Cmfx1xnanIQ.html&si=XwlgqZKT26kofsdC
ua-cam.com/video/6yLaLqIJU0U/v-deo.htmlsi=z54VG79u4NT5UD5n
i’m sick of the gurus. really. none of it is working.
That's because they're all full of bs.
Hi there, thanks for your comment. Feel free to book in for a store audit:
etsy-consultant.com/services/30-minute-etsy-store-critique/
Thoughts on UA-cam folks saying to max out your etsy ad budget 1,000k a day? I watched your recent etsy ad video.....super appreciate your channel. I am a 15 year Etsy seller!!
Hi, it's bad advice, the reason they suggest to do this is because they think by giving the ads algorithm a huge amount of money to work with, you will quickly see what products work, and what keywords are used to get them to work.
This won't work though because all Etsy will do is push your listings hard for partial match and single word keywords, and you will eat up way more daily budget doing it.
AVOID this advice.
Thank you Nick. I watched your10 minute SEO 2024 video last night and it was a game changer. I'm very grateful
Hey Douglas, happy to help!
Thank you! I’m so glad I stumbled across you about a month ago, most of what you’ve pointed out in this video, I’m guilty of several- I’ve of course since fixed what is fixable, will continue to keep you in my pocket for info! Great job! Glad we all have you!
Hi there, thanks for the feedback, stay tuned!
Question, I have an idea, and I am pretty sure it will do good, because the few others, who I have seen, doing something similar, have sold quite a few of them, and their designs weren’t that good. However, as I am doing research, as you told us to do, by finding 50 stores who are making money doing what we want to do. The problem is, there aren’t a whole lot of people doing exactly what I want to do, so what should I do for the research? Should I find something that is similar but not exactly what I want to do. My listing would be a bundle type listing, with two to three different products, per listing, so could I find similar listings, even if they are only selling one item? Also, what is good to do with “those tools?” That would be an interesting video, you said they are useful in other ways, just not for research/SEO, so I was just curious what those things are that the tools are useful for.
You’re sure right about the AI, it all looks the same, and it looks lifeless and soulless, to me, as an artist. I am not one of the artists who hates AI art, though, I have embraced it, because it isn’t going anywhere, the trick is to use it for ideas, or to change it and add a human touch to it, to bring it to life, which does take time. As far as POD, there are so many products, out there, yet, most of these other channels are only mentioning t-shirts, mugs, sweatshirts, ornaments, etc, you know, the ones that are very over saturated, and very hard to break into. There are a few people out there telling you to stop selling those type of products, and to open your own website, rather than working for anyone else.
Hey Molly, just find what similar competitors you can and look in to what they do and how you are different (and hopefully better).
The main usefulness of these tools is tracking competitors sales, checking if you have filled out all your tags, seeing how much title space you have used (not all do that), basic things like that.
Love the video and the giggles you were trying to hold back. 😂 Tell me what are your thoughts about throwing money into Etsy ads? I’m seeing so many so-called Etsy advisors promoting like crazy to use Etsy ads. I’m beginning to wonder is Etsy giving them kickbacks or something for so many to promote Etsy ads. Please let me know your thoughts on this.
Hi there, thanks for your comment. It depends on the health of your store. For example throwing Etsy ads at a brand new store will harm it. It's also essential that you are still making profit with sales generated by ads. I have copied 2 links for you below, 1) how to do Etsy ads, and 2) Etsy ads exposed.
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you made me laugh a lot 😂 Thanks Nick you are the best !!!
no I did not apply the advice of these youtubers because universe put you on my path and I knew that you had good advice intuitively so I followed you and thank God I did well 🙏
Brilliant! Thanks for being here.
As a fellow Etsy UA-camr, this is a beneficial video. I agree with all apart from the SEO tools tip. Keep it up bro 😎
Thanks Alfie!
Thanks, great video! I have a couple of questions - regarding your point on Etsy SEO tools, if the data doesn't come from Etsy, do you know where it does come from? To your point about not adding loads of listings in one go, assuming they are quality products, why does it not work? I don't get how people have the time to add hundreds a day anyway, I've been adding a few a day and I'm up to 40 now in just under a month. Lastly, if social media is a waste of time, do you have any off-Etsy ways to boost organic traffic?
Hi, yes it comes from Google.
Adding loads of listings, even if they are high quality will just tank your store conversion rate.
There is no way to boost organic traffic off of Etsy because the traffic will not be organic. If you mean ways to boost traffic to your website, then there are a ton of ways to do this. Social media, advertizing being the 2 main sources.
Really interesting to hear your thoughts about 'mugs'... That was what got me first setting up my Etsy store. I designed loads (which I enjoyed) though I only listed a few before getting side-tracked with another shiny object(!) Anyway, sold a couple which wasn't bad considering the few I'd listed and the lack of attention I'd given my store.
What I did learn through the process though, was that it would seem the mug has to be quite highly-priced to see any return (my first sale lost me a couple of dollars, and through my second sale I made a couple). So I got disheartened with that because I didn't really want to price the mugs any or much higher than I had (seemed ridiculous to do so).
I'd be interested to learn what items you do give the thumbs up to sell in the POD world... In the meantime, I'm on to learning about printables / digital products (I've just watched your video - "How to Really Make $10000 in Your First Year on Etsy - All The Details") Now, just on to considering what are the best digital products to start creating in that niche you suggested... 🤔Onwards and upwards 😃
Just answered this in your other comment Lesley.
@@etsyconsultant 👍
I stopped listening to these Etsy Gurus a while ago. I figured if they were really making all that money they say they are making, they wouldn't have time to be selling snake oil on UA-cam. Great video, especially the part about being a mug😅
Ha ha, thanks for sharing!
Great Video as usual Nik. And you are such a hoot. You make me laugh. But your advice is golden. I've listed 30 products so far and following your guidance. No sales yet, but I know that will come. I did get a bee in my bonnet and pushed out a couple Valentine's Mugs. Don't shoot me.
Hi there, thanks for you feedback! Ok I won't shoot you :)
So what does work for a POD business? I’m a retired nurse at 67 and I need this to work desperately!
This ^^ 🥺🙏🏼🙏🏼
Sports
Extreme sports
Hiking
Camping
Professions
Pets
Quirky/weird
Nerds and geeks
Anime
Vintage aesthetic
Medical
Astrology
That will do for now.
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Sports
Extreme sports
Hiking
Camping
Professions
Pets
Quirky/weird
Nerds and geeks
Anime
Vintage aesthetic
Medical
Astrology
That will do for now.
Wow, thank you!
Thank you so much ❣️❣️
Thanks for this video I needed this one of course I need everyone of yours to get my store to selling. But I'm still trying thanks again you are the only one I'm listening too anymore. Kelli
Hi there Kelli, thanks for sharing. Feel free to get in touch to book a call with me if you'd like one to one advice, link below:
etsy-consultant.com/services/
One item a day is perfect and works. Yes, there is a bunch of crap on UA-cam! You are RIGHT RIGHT RIGHT!!
Thank you!
Great video. How many items would you list when you start?
Hey, this video might give you the right answers:
ua-cam.com/video/wMw8pyRnhnU/v-deo.html
I fell for 😂 Most of the top 10, but have learned that it is crap advice! Thank you for putting it out there, hopefully new Etsy sellers will see this! I have had some sales since opening, not as many as I’d like, but it is a work in progress.
Hi Michelle, no problem, keep going with your store.
Hello nik. Do you think it is possible to start my store that I opened in june but have only made all the preparations and have not loaded a listing, now with a daily product? Or should I open a new store? With the risk that I can no longer use my store name. Thanks for your tip
Hi, try the existing store first, if people want to buy your products, you should be OK, make sure to move to 100 listings in your store, slowly.
Hi Nick, I'm just curious about listing the items. Since you mentioned don't list 10-20 items a day, what would be the best strategy to do the listing? Between consistently list 1 listing everyday and 10 listing every weekends, which one is better?
Hi there Andie, thanks for your comment. List one a day is what I recommend until you get to 100 listings. 1 listing a day better than 10 at the weekend.
@@etsyconsultant Thanks for your advice. Ill do that.
Honestly it's a breath of fresh air watching your video's and I wish I'd have seen them when I was first setting my Etsy shop up. Hopefully I can take your advice & get it functioning as a shop! The low stock thing is a real problem for me because I tend to make unique one off pieces and don't buy in bulk. I'll buy a gemstone strand (like raw diamonds) and then make a chain, bracelet & earrings but then run out of beads to make anything else 😂. Hopefully, I can put your advice into practice and at least put improvements in place. Thankyou for being a genius & for being straight forward in your approach x
Hi there, thanks for your comment. Even for OOAK items I recommend that you put the stock depth to at least 20, its explained here in the video link below.
ua-cam.com/video/zPzDptXFMoM/v-deo.htmlsi=R9EZifC0Ulad6dxh
Thanks for the no-bullshit videos! Just what I needed. 😉 question: in one of your videos you tell to work on your shop for at least an hour a day when you open your shop. What if I opened my shop two months ago. Will that still work? Or do I need to open a new one. 🤔
Hi there, thanks for your comment. Follow my advice in this video here:
ua-cam.com/video/4GrTnCReu2c/v-deo.htmlsi=QXBbxYEuu3ugAA_X
As long as you haven't bulk listed lots of inventory you should be fine.
Thanks for the video, but what should I do if I am selling the one of a kind product, for every item, I only make one, I thought Etsy encourages those original hand-made artwork. Am I getting trouble for only have 1 in stock? I spend time make various things not the same thing for 100 times. Another question is I got the "rare find" label for many of the items in my shop. And I have no idea why there are some items got the label but some didn't. Thank you!
Hi there, thanks for your comment. The link below is for one of my videos I made for sellers just like you!
ua-cam.com/video/zPzDptXFMoM/v-deo.htmlsi=cfYDdLtMhWjDp80f
Just want to thank you for sharing your knowledge. I am starting on etsy and your advice is very welcome
You are so welcome!
I have watched several of your videos and they are great, I do have a question about the stock topic. I plan on making one-of-a-kind wood turnings with a wood lathe, with that said i will not have more than one of each item to sell. some will be similar but not the same and I want the picture to be accurate to the item being sold. Your thoughts? Thanks
Hi, just list your items, when they sell, they sell, and list more. Not ideal, but you should still make sales if people like the items.
This one is my favorite of yours, not least because you reinforce my desire to ignore social media :). Seriously it jives with my opinions and what I've observed looking around on esty at what's selling etc.
Maybe address that one of those other youtubers you mention is saying that the advice of listing one thing a day is wrong. I think maybe people are not understanding the logic behind that. (I do).
Hi there thanks for your comment. Happy that you understand the logic!
At this point I guess I have to unsubscribe to a couple UA-camrs lol 😂
Maybe !
Thank you so much, Nick for providing this information! We are bombarded with crap on You Tube guaranteeing to catapult new Etsy sellers into financial freedom, if you follow their advice, buy their courses and like, hit and share their garbage!! It's exhausting!
It IS exhausting Pat, I totally agree!
the best advices ever 🎉
Thank you, really Thank you for your sincerely and help 🙏
You're so welcome!
Omg! This is sooooooo GOOD! Guilty of low stock (will improve this, even though I often have 10+ items in physical stock, I’ll still put there 3😂) and almost the social media thing/Pinterest (so boring btw, such a waste of time) and also almost the SEO eRank etc. tools too😅 “Almost” because luckily I never felt comfy or intuitively I didn’t see it as a thing building a giant TikTok or IG page (I do have both with just some of my own customers where I occasionally post updates and 1-2 per year a giveaway (speaking of that, giveaway just gotten me people who were fishing for free stuff as a habit, attending EVERY giveaway possible and never purchasing anything after so I guess I won’t be doing them that much- it was mainly for the fun of it but not really growing my page.
So yeah thanks so much!!! I’m enjoying it thoroughly- very valuable!!! ❤
Thanks Nicole!
Bless you brava you save people money ,time and love the honesty I'm just beginning and wish I had the funds to place you in my corner! You are a rarity thank you!
Hi there, thanks for your comment. There are many ways that you can work with me, please see link below to my services prices start at $25.
etsy-consultant.com/services/
What!! Insert amazed emoji here. I was lead to believe that social media was absolutely essential to get the word out. It was holding me up, takes too much time to even develop the skills. You're liberating.
Hi there, yes it can be very time consuming, thank you!
Re low stock - all my listings have low stock as I often only make one of each product. It’s only a hobby business and mainly seasonal, but surely part of the attraction is there is often only one item that isn’t replicated 🤔 variants on one listing.
Hi there, thanks for your comment, I understand your thinking but within Etsy that doesn't make your items sell. Even if you don't have the items available you need to list your inventory with at least 20. If you get too many orders you can extend processing times/ increase prices. And worst case is that you refund your customer if you can't make the item in time.
I’m a store owner and i’m one of those who spends at least 15 hours every week for seo and i’m using the seo tools. I was succesful with my old stores with those tools but now it doesn’t seem to be working. What should I do? Do you have any advices to shorten the time I spend every week and what should I use instead?
Hi, just watch this video and follow along, simple & straight forward:
ua-cam.com/video/OPElFduVPf4/v-deo.html
What do you mean with the seo tools? Like isnt it needed to first do some research about the product and farm the best keywords you need for your product?
Hi there, thanks for your comment. Please see my video about SEO:
ua-cam.com/video/quplEgpW-o4/v-deo.htmlsi=izk7EJ5riF9VrRWY
Thank you for this video!
Regarding the low number of items available. I run a vintage store, where most of the items are unique ones and I already have noticed how listings with more available items perform better, but I can't make it work with most of the unique items 🥺
Do you think the algorithm takes into account that a shop is a vintage one and the parameters could somehow be adjusted? Wishful thinking..but..thank you!
Hi there, thanks for your comment, you can make Vintage/OOAK items work on Etsy, these videos explain how:
ua-cam.com/video/vkAR0L0Dzlc/v-deo.htmlsi=1-hwIpNdHx-odLRO
ua-cam.com/video/zPzDptXFMoM/v-deo.htmlsi=KJnQB5PAdTp1QXy6
Hello Nick,
I do have a question for you. I have a listing that ranks but it deactivated because I no longer sell the item. This same listing has a few reviews and some with photos. My question to you is should I add an item similar to what was sold previously to the listings and change up the SEO to fit the new item because it ranks instead of creating a whole new listing that will take weeks or maybe a few months to rank? Thanks
Yes absolutely. Never deactivate listings that sell.
@@etsyconsultant Thank you.
Hi Nick,
Thank you so much for your valuable advice. I have a question and I really hope you’d respond. I have an existing failed Etsy shop selling jewelry, and looking to open a new one, this time with POD tshirts.
My question is- should I continue operating from the old one, changing its name, deleting all jewelry listings and restocking it with tshirts, or open a new shop.
I really need your advice on this. Thank you in advance.
Hi there, thanks for your comment. Best to book in for a call so that I can advise you:
etsy-consultant.com/services/
Hi Nik,
I am currently building up my listing to my Etsy store, 1 listing a day following your advice, I’m halfway there. I am selling physical products. I have a question regarding inventory, i am currently listing my stock as an actual numbers I have on hand, which is not much. I can order more materials on some of my items when I need them. Should I just change my stock depth to 20 then, even if I don’t have that amount on hand? Thanks Nik
Hi there, yes please increase your stock depth to 20.
@@etsyconsultant thanks Nik, I really appreciate your advice.
Great video 🎉
What should we follow as etsy seller - make video on this please
Hi, I don't understand your question here.
Hi Nick, I tries to open a second Etsy shop but my shop got permanently suspended with no explanation. Do you know if that is frowned upon by Etsy? I see so many people who have several shops.
Hi there, thanks for your comment. It's perfectly 'Etsy Legal' to have more than one store. You can contact them for an explanation.
Thank you for all these great tips! I have a question about the stock. Ik want to sell handmade paintings. When I sell 1 painting I make a new one that is practically identical, no reproduction, again handmade. There will be no more than 30 "copies" to keep it a somewhat unique collector's value. I have at least 20 in stock, I learned from you now. But that is not true, I have only one in stock. But then 3 people wanted to buy that painting and I had to work my bud off to get it ready on time. Do you have any tips on how I can handle this problem, making 10 of the same paintings 20 in stock is not an option and a waste of time when there al no sales. Is a waiting list an option? People don't want to wait, is it?
I had this problem with my handmade journals and I extended my processing times. It doesn't seem to have negatively affected my sales. Might be worth a try? And if you get fewer sales and make them quicker it's a nice suprise for the customer to get them ahead of schedule 😊
@@marys6866 Thank you Marys. Yes that is a good point but there is a contradiction that you have stock, but a long delivery time then shows that you do not have stock but still have to make it.
Hi there, thanks for your comment. Well done on your sales congratulations! This doesn't usually happen with one of a kind items. If it happens again explain to your customer that these paintings are unique, and that the processing time will be a little longer to dispatch ( to take the pressure off yourself). Most buyers love the fact that they are buying something unique and will be prepared to wait. You can also put this in your listing that the items are made to order, but still have the stock depth as 20 or above.
Thank you! I can move on now.@@etsyconsultant
Great Video! especially on youtube when theres so much misleading video. What are your thoughts on high ticket etsy stores? Could you possibly do a video on how to approach this?
Thanks, good suggestion, I have the answers, but most people simply won't be interested in the content, because most do not sell high ticket items.
About not using seo programs, should i do my own seo?
Hi Ronald, if you haven't already, watch this video:
ua-cam.com/video/quplEgpW-o4/v-deo.html
Well! This just saved me some $ and a lot of time! You are GOLD ❤
That are great news, I am happy for that!
Great video Thank You!…Don’t get me started on “steal my strategy “ advice and mean while they have paid thousands for ads😢
Exactly!
I agree that most tools are rubbish but one I do use is by Dave Guindon craft inspector and another one he does. I love your honest videos and this is a particularly good point. I’ve been an online entrepreneur Phone nearly 2 decades now selling mainly digital products and downloadable books I was around before Kindle started and there are very few tools I use but I do like Daves because they are actually using the Search function on websites to gauge interest and how people are looking for solutions or products in their own lingo. I do find that useful because it gives me the full picture about how people might use what I’m selling, rather than how I think they’re going to use it. being aware of your own bias marketing anything is so important, figuring out how your product or service fits what they are looking looking for. I like what Nick says in all his videos because there's no hype just real advice I find myself nodding in agreement to.
Hi Mia, thanks for your comment.
I love your advices and videos. To comment for #1. How many items do you suggest we should start with when opening a store?
Hi there, you start with 1, and list 1 item a day until you get to 100, (where possible). It's important not to list more than 1 a day.
Hello, we had set up a private internet connection for my friend's store. However, his store got suspended. The internet connection (modem) we had was dynamic IP, which means its IP address changes every time it's turned off and on. I want to open my own store. Would it be a problem if I use this internet connection on a different computer?
Hi, yes it would be a problem, and you will likely be suspended. Etsy uses other technologies as well as IP to track accounts.
thank you very much :) I changed my operator and modem. I opened my shop@@etsyconsultant
You fail to tell people that if you have more than one in stock it costs you more money. I am so glad I watched this. I just added mugs to my shop so now I guess I have to find something else. What do you suggest for a candle business? and the mugs are so fun to make. Its such a disappointment.
Hi there, thanks for your comment. It doesn't cost more money to have more than one item in your inventory.
Hi nick😊 I had so much fun during watching and feel so lucky to find someone genious like you in my etsy journey!! My question is you often say that a growing store must add one item a day. What about 2 .i have so much ideas to design actually:) so can we add at least 2 listings a day? Thank you very much for being honest and helping us🥰
Hi, and thanks for being here and watching, I appreciate it. OK 1 item is good because you are lowering the chances of over listing and tanking your conversion rate. Slow is best.
I scheduled a consult with you next week! Can't wait to hear all of your suggestions ☺
Brilliant, I look forward to it.
Thanks Nick, your advice really resonates with my own experience, particularly the effectiveness (or lack of) of Pinterest and Insta, where I have wasted too much time already. Your last point of not listing many products too soon was interesting - as a fairly new store should we aim for just 1-2 new listings and do this everyday, or what number should we be targeting?
Hi, yes, most people waste a mountain of time on Social Media with little to no reward.
1 listing a day, 1 per day just stick to that until you start to gain traction.
Hello Nick, thanks for your videos. I've been listening diligently. Regards stock depth. I make physical items, with a time investment. If I set my stock depth to 20, I am going to have trouble fulfilling them, especially if I had for example, 30 items sold across different listings.
What do you think in this case?
Hi there, thanks for your comment. Do not worry, once you are at 30 sales a day you will know what sells and will have a system in place to manage. For now if a customer orders something that you don't have ready simply message them. Most are happy to wait, especially when they know items are hand made.
@@etsyconsultant thanks very much, mate. Very helpful.
Thank you your advice will save me a lot of time!
No problem!
I have a store with 172000 sales in 10 years, jewelry, there are some real gems in this list … happy I done fall for any of those.
Indeed, hopefully I will be working with you soon!
Guilty of the ornament video. Good info. But what would you do to start an Etsy store and be successful in Q4? Or am I too late?
You still have time for something to catch and sell, and Q4 is a good time to open a store. Honestly watch all my videos, take notes and ask questions for anything you are not sure on, as you can see I answer every single question from everyone.
So what are the SEO tools good for? You said they’re good for something. I’ve used them to find keywords and check niches but is that wrong and a waste of time? I know that the Etsy API is open to use but not sure how much information you can actually get out, apart from guessing by doing some number-crunching.
They are great for:
Making sure you use all title space
Checking for missing keywords
Keeping a general eye on competition
Checking photos slots have been used
Basic stuff like that.
Ignore the search and click data, it does not come from Etsy, and they do not like to tell you this, for good reason.
I sell a fair amount of designs using AI art but each design required lots of editing and learning how to prompt to get better results. It’s definitely not just slapping an Ai image on a shirt.
Regarding social media: I keep telling every new seller to not waste time with untargeted social media spam and use this time to make more good designs instead. If you fill your store with quality listings with good SEO, Etsy will drive far more traffic of people who are actually looking to buy, not just curious.
Really the most important point to tell every new seller is: spend more time designing and learning how to make better designs, stop wasting time on all the nonessential things.
Thanks for sharing, so true!
Thanks for that. Makes absolute sense and cuts straight through the BS.
You're very welcome Gary.
I've watched this video before and i forgot to say thanks! Everything what you say is TRUE
Thank you for your comment!