NEVER DO THESE 4 THINGS ON ETSY! | 4 Mistakes to Avoid When Selling on Etsy
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- Опубліковано 13 чер 2024
- DO THESE 4 THINGS ON ETSY! | 4 Mistakes to Avoid When Selling on Etsy
Ever wondered what NOT to do when selling on Etsy?? It's so important that you learn the things that can truly hinder your online shop when researching how to sell on Etsy. Etsy has amazing potential for sellers but if you unknowingly make one of these mistakes, your shop could suffer big time. In today's video I'm sharing the top 4 Etsy mistakes to avoid! These Etsy tips are helpful for Etsy shop beginners all the way to seasoned professionals. You'll need to be careful to avoid these mistakes to ensure the most success for your Etsy business.
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It can get so confusing!! We have never done the “renew every day” or put up new listings every day method and have had a lot of success so I don’t buy into that one...
@Wendy Jensen Yes! Definitely create as much as you want! I love designing digital products as well even though I don’t sell them. 😄
I'd love to be featured in the next video! My small business is Cross Stitch by Tomi on Etsy!! I still can't get over how great the editing is. Your videos are always super to the point, and I watched every second =)
@@tomiolunuga You are too sweet! Thank you!! I will def. keep your shop in mind!! ❤️🥰
@Wendy Jensen I agree! Got to love them Hayeses (though there’s debate on how to correctly make it plural 🤣😜)!
Timestamps: #1 is 1:00, #2 is 3:17, #3 is 6:15, #4 is 7:36 Wonderful tips, thank you!! :)
Thank you
Gracias 😎
my first week on Etsy, I made like $300 and was scrambling to fulfill my orders haha, learned that one through personal experience 😂
That’s awesome. A good problem to have!
It was definitely a great learning lesson for sure!
Tyler can you help me I choose my products.
Q:- Where I promote those products? Can I have to make a Landing page? Please response.
Shivam.
I was selling face masks over Christmas and I felt stressed when I got a surge of orders. haha
I also expected a surge of orders on crocheted sloth plant holders before Christmas. My fingers were definitely struggling to finish. Burn out is a real thing for sure
WOW, also that tip about how putting versions of an item on the same listing boost the sales ratio seems so obvious but is so brilliant. Nobody I've watched has pointed this out yet.
Thank you friend!
I completely agree with your comment, however, Etsy doesn't seem to let you put them for digital products. At least, not that I've found. I do not blame Kate nor am I upset with her. I love her videos, but I originally believed and planned/made everything as a single listing. Then I saw this video and re-planned everything out & made everything so that I could post them with variations, happy that I was going to save some money. When I finally started to upload the listings, it wouldn't let me have variations, so I had to remake everything (meaning the listing pngs) again. I just wish she would have included this info in the video. Now instead of 5 or 6 listings with variations, I have to have over 100 just for 1 version I have of my products. I don't know if it's that Etsy can't physically make it so that each PDF will pertain to the variation selected or if it's just so they can make more money per listing (I honestly believe it's the later), but it's very frustrating!
My strategy was to set my prices low to begin with just to make a name for myself on Etsy. Once I started making profit and received several positive reviews, then hit 30+ sales, I decided to increase prices. My sales come in slower now but I do make a lot more off each. So it was a good decision at the end of the day.
I'm looking to open an etsy store. But started to research trends and found you. So thankful for your insight and knowledge
Great info! I opened my shop in Feb 2021 and have had nearly 200 sales and over $3100 in income. Considering I was traveling and unable to make Mother's Day, Father's Day and July 4th sales due to the timing, I'm fairly happy with where I'm at. But your tips are really helpful and I am sure can help me take it up a notch. Fortunately, instead of using vacation mode, I extended my processing times (just out of sheer luck). Now I know to never use it. I need to do more research but your video has been the most helpful of all I've watched so far.
Wow what do you do?
Wonderful advise that makes perfect sense!... you kept my attention with your amazing delivery!! Thank you
I have learned that by utilizing "variations", I can entice customers to spend more money. I sell plants and I have to include my shipping into every 1-item order so if I can get them to buy 2 items as the sweet spot with just a little more cost added, I can actually show more profit for the month over the amount I spent on shipping.
Can i ask how does it work when buying two or more of the same item.Do you set up a variation which states the quantity and price or do you give them a disc
A friend just shared this with me and I'm so grateful. I struggle so much around etsy and was considering putting my shop on vacation mood. Thanks for sharing.
Yay! Thanks so much for the shop shoutout ❤️... So glad you talked about Vacation Mode in this one. Your videos are always helpful 😊
You are so welcome friend! Glad you’re enjoying our content!! 💛
I can't thank you enough for these videos and the detail you go into. I've been wanting to do this for a while now, something to replace my husband's income who has had numerous strokes in the last year, and to help with the medical debt drowning us. I have to find something or we're in danger of losing our home. I have ideas, but didn't know where to start. Your videos give me the groundwork to lay
This is really helpful advice. I see so many successful shop owners put their shops on vacation for long periods of time, so I didn't think it was a bad thing to do. I think they can get away with this because they have a strong audience on youtube or elsewhere so those customers come back from those other channels when they reopen. I'm so glad you explained this!
Thank you for watching. There have been some that swear it doesn’t hurt the shop but I would personally never do it and I’ve seen many shops damaged or completely taken out by it. Just some friendly advice I’m passing along.
These are great tips! I'm starting a shop and these tips are awesome to really think of.
Love your videos, extremely educational, thanks so much.
Thanks for this tip. I guess I have to update some of my listings AS SOON AS POSSIBLE 😲
Thank you so much this helped a lot! This prepared me for my shop!
Loved watching this! Incredible advice!
I know you made this awhile back, but thank you so much for the advice. Been working on building my Etsy shop back up, and expanding my product listings (especially with printables) so that people will have more reason to come back.
I think I might do what you suggested, and just put multiple iterations of the same product in one listing in the future.
You’re so welcome! Best wishes to you in your shop!!
I’ve had multiple stores running for 7 years and never put it on vacation mode because I don’t wanna lose my spot in the search results. I just either raise my prices or get somebody else to fulfill my orders.
Also I agree quality over quantity.
Protect your Bestsellers, they are your bread and butter.
That’s not always practical to do for many. I’ve put my shop on vacation when I go on vacation. If I am home it’s always open. But I can’t ship from where I’m away at on vacation and I don’t want to. I put the shop in vacation mode about twice a year for a week each time. No changes in traffic. I still sold as much as before I went on vacation and I’m not a high volume seller either and sell a few items a month. And there’s no one else to do this for me so that’s not an option if I go on vacation. And I have hundreds of listings and the time frame has to be changed on every listing. I always ship in one day so I want to keep it that way. But I do need some time off too! Nothing wrong with that. We aren’t Amazon after all and we should’nt be expected to be either!
Can one per create multiple Etsy stores under one tax ID/SSN?
Loved this! Thanks so much! 🙂
I like how you think about all of this! Thanks!
Thank you for all the Tips on what not to do. Excellent tips. Much appreciated.
Excellent video! Thank you for the advice.
Thanks for the info. I found the pricing tip particularly encouraging. I just raised my prices a little, so I found that encouraging.
So glad it was helpful to you!
Thanks so much this is so helpful
I am so lucky to discover your videos on the same day I open my Etsy shop, thousand of thanks !
Yay!! So exciting!
Thank you for your great advice! Things I hadn’t thought of!
You are extremely helpful! You are an angel to educate us on this! ❤️🙏
I’m happy to help! 🥰
Awesome! Thankyou! 💕👍 Subscribed!
Thank you for your recommendations. I am new to Etsy and still learning
Thank you for the advise!
Thank you so Much... So Helpful
Thanks dear for sharing those hot insights. Very interesting
Thank you for your wonderful ideas! Thank you 🙏
Thank you! Very useful and clear info!!!
So glad it helped!
Thank you so much for sharing. The info was very helpful.
I love your videos. Very informative and straight forward! I put my shop on vacation during the holidays over my fear of the postage situation-I am paying for it for sure. Ouch!
Oh no! So sorry friend. I wish Etsy would do a better job of warning sellers about the potential outcome of it. I hope yours is able to bounce back 🙏🏻❤️
Youre awesome at explaining all of this.I appreciate it...thank you!
Aww thank you, friend! You are very welcome! 💛
Thank you so so so much! These tips help so much. So thank you for that.
Thank you for sharing this information. I have subscribed and will be watching.
Yay! Thank you for watching and subscribing 🥰
Great info Kate, your a natural teacher
Hi Kate, thanks for this awesome video. I have a great little shop that’s going well but even I have learned some really valuable tips from you. Blessings to you and your lovely family 😀
Thanks so much!! I’m glad you got something from it. Blessings to you!
@@KateHayes Also, just my opinion, but you should blur out your shop name in the video where we see your dashboard. People will visit to check it out (I did) and it will run havoc with your conversion rate. It happened to another Etsy UA-cam called Eva Knows. I’m sure there is a blurring tool in the UA-cam dashboard you can use on uploaded videos. 😀
Great tips. Helped a lot thanks
Thanks for such a great video! I opened my etsy shop January of 2021.
Great insight and value! Thank you for these tips. :)
This is fantastic. Things I didn't actually think to much about. Very helpful for a newbie like me! Thank you for sharing.
Wonderful! So glad you found it helpful 💛💛
Very helpful thank you so much!
I put my shop into vacation mode at least once a month to catch up on orders and post on Instagram to my followers when I reopen and my sales pick right back up as usual especially if I have an item they want. It's never ruined my store at all. So I don't think that's a hard and fast rule, at least in my experience. I think if you are not promoting yourself in another place like a social media site then it would have more of an impact on you bc in these cases ppl might be relying mostly on Etsy to promote for them
Wow, you’re the first person I’ve heard say that! So glad it hasn’t affected you negatively. I see what you mean about it being more of an issue if the sole source of traffic is from Etsy search.
I think this comment applies to those of us with niche products or have a large enough social media following where a majority of our sales comes from our own promotions rather than on Etsy itself. Fur this reason, I don't rely on the Etsy promotion tax. I do in person she's from time to time at local markets. I only use vacation mode on those days I sell, that way I can update my inventory as items sell out at these events. Interestingly too, I've seen sales DROP when I run discounts or lower prices.
If you use Square for in-person payments, it can be integrated with your Etsy shop to automatically update your inventory in real time as each in-person sale is made.
Do you have a video on how you are able to avoid the slow down? Thanks, I'm sure it will help.
I heard one YT'er state on digital products (tha is wha mine will be) to get it set up and advertise the snot out of it...For a downloadable, printable crazy performance rc foamboard plane (over 100+ airframe designs with many graphics options for each) what soc media venue would you suggests I spend most of my time developing?
Loved this! Thanks for sharing!
You’re so welcome! Hope it helps!!
Awesome tips! Thank you for sharing!
Very welcome!
YOU ARE GREAT!!!!
Thank you this is SO helpful!!! 👍👍
Aww thanks, friend!! So glad it was helpful to you!
Hi Kate, great videos and awesome advice! Thank you so much! You might have a video on it, but in this one, you mentioned opening a 2nd store and I’m just curious why you’d need a 2nd store, unless it was in a totally different niche? Thanks! Brian
Yes, different niche! If you want to sell something completely different, sometimes it’s better to start a 2nd shop so buyers aren’t confused :)
This is a fantastic clear and informative video. I am currently building my own craft business and looking to sell on etsy as one of my avenues of sale. Thank you so much for the great advise and keep your eye out for golden lotus designs 😉.
How exciting! Can’t wait to see your success!!
Thanks for the tips. Interesting about having more than one shop
Thank you so much! I definitely need to make some changes. This was very helpful information. I can't wait to see some improvement.
So glad you found it helpful!
This was really nice! I especially appreciated all the extra tid bits of advice that weren't necessarily the main focus of the video! It helped a lot :)
Thank you! Glad you loved it!
Thank you, very interesting, constructive information.💕
So happy to help! 😊
Thank you so much for this great video. First time here and love it. Subscribed 💝
Thanks so much for watching and subscribing!! Great to connect with you!
Thank you for this video 🥰
I love your way of thinking:)
One of the best videos about Etsy
Going to start selling earrings and eventually Keychain and other things!! So excited and hopefully learn more along the way.
How was it? I’m going to sell handmade earrings
@@Nanasclayart_au How has it been? I've been wanting to do the same!
Awesome video thanks!!
Sure thing!!
Thank you! This was very helpful 😊
Yay! So glad 🤗
Love this video!! Thank you for such amazing free advice. You are a star
Aww you are so welcome! Happy to do it! 🥰
This is the best Etsy video, and the most honest and truest I have experienced.
Wow!! Thank you for saying that! So glad it was helpful to you ☺️
I really want to start an Etsy shop. I'm in the research stage and I want to make sure I do it right. Thank you for your videos.
Absolutely! That’s a great place to be!!
This is by fare the best video on Etsy shops I have ever seen thank you so much 😊
Aww thank you!! So glad it was helpful! 🥰
Excellent advices!Thank you a lot👍🏻🌹
My pleasure!!
Thanks for your tips
Thank you for the tips sister!
Happy to help!!
Thank you for this. It's really helpful
You’re so welcome!
I'm planning to start my brand n use Etsy. I'm new subscriber to your channel, n I have to say I AM LEARNING A LOT FROM YOU! I feel you very transparent, explain very well. Thank you so much and I wish you all success and prosperity.
Aww wow, thank you! That makes my day! I wish you tons of success 💛💛💛
Your videos have been so helpful! I started a shop 3 weeks ago, sold 2 paintings so far. I had no idea about the SEO stuff though, so I researched and changed the titles, been getting a lot more traffic already. Can't wait to launch my next actual product though. I'm just waiting for the shipping supplies, but it's all ready to roll in a draft. I sooo want to launch now with mother's day coming up, but I must to wait! Lol
Yay! So happy to help!
I must need to do this.. I've sold paintings on Mercari and many people you're me to try Etsy and nothing...
I still don't know what a SEO is . Help
Thank you for making starting an Etsy shop less daunting! I just finished listening to your "4 Nevers"! You mentioned to research what sells. I looked at shops selling items similar to ours, but can't figure out if they are selling. How do I tell what is selling and what isn't? Thanks for sharing all your knowledge!
I wish I had seen this video before I made the first mistake you mentioned. I definitely agree that putting your Etsy shop on vacation mode is a huge mistake! I put my shop on vacation for only 2 days and it literally took almost 3 months to get my sales back to where they were pre-vacation mode! I will NEVER do that again. I should have extended my processing time instead. Hindsight is 20/20!
Thank you for the great advice 😊
You are so welcome!
Great advice 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Nice and very elegant solutions! Thanks!
Very welcome friend!!
Great video, straight to the point! I like it
Thanks friend!!
Great points. Glad I came across this.
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Thank you for information!
Your welcome, thank you for watching!
Thanks for this!!! I was getting a little over-anxious about some listings I wanted to post even though I know I need to learn more and your comment towards the end stopped me in my tracks - just what I needed to hear! Love the idea of using the drop-down menu for similar items too!
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Great advice. Thanks!🙏
thank you. great points here!
Perfect! Thank you
You’re so welcome!
Really valuable information! ☺️
I am very pleased to have discovered you thru search engines. Your energetic body language is inspiring. I will watch a few of your videos, apply what you say. I guess my shop is in vacation mode. Hmmmm better focus better.
The problem with social media is that everyone is an “expert”. There are many (most) Etsy Gurus that teach “The more listings the better”.
with the “sweet spot” being somewhere between 200-500 listings. The old approach of....”More raffles and chances for the lottery winnings”.
In my personal case, I found my sales substantially increased from 2-3 sales a day at 50 listings to 10-12 sales a day once I got over 200 listings (jewelry). Thank you also for the “No Vacation” tip, increasing prices also occurred to me as a way of slowing down orders without sacrificing your revenue and profits too much.
Thank you for this!!!
You're so welcome!
Great video and useful tips thank you 😊
Thanks! So glad you enjoyed it!! 🤗
Excellent video!
Thanks friend!
Thank you so much! I’m starting my shop and I can really use these tips! 💗
Yay! What’s your shop name? Also if you haven’t opened it yet there’s a link in the description for 40 free listings :)
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Just opened my shop yesterday!! This video is really helpful, thank you 🙏
Yay!! So exciting!! 🥳
Thank you so much for the tips I just opened my shop last week I could use some help on growing my business and getting sales. I will be binge watching all your videos hopefully I learn some things.
Congrats on opening your shop!! So exciting! 🤩
@@KateHayes it is ❤️❤️
Thank you so much you really inspired me 🙏🏾
I’m so happy to hear that! 💛
thank you for sharing this video. I write it down on my etsy notes. very helpfull
You’re very welcome friend! Glad it helped!
Thanks so much for sharing your experience as a Etsy business owner. Your advice was constructive and very relevant to what I am aiming for in my business!
Yay! So happy to be able to help 💕
Very good advice. Smart. Thank you!
Sure thing! 😄