2nd Month RESULTS Selling Digital Downloads on Etsy (as a beginner)💸 net profit, ad results, FAQs

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I'm so excited to share with you my progress from my second month of selling digital downloads on Etsy! It's been a fun journey so far and these are the results I got in the 2nd month. I'm a beginner at Etsy (this is the FIRST Etsy shop I created from scratch), so this video is a realistic summary of what you might expect if you start an Etsy shop as a beginner.
I also answer some frequently asked questions that you asked in my 1st month update video, like if I'm doing ads on Etsy, how long it takes to make a listing for Etsy, and if I use Canva premium or free version to make my digital downloads for Etsy.
I hope this video inspires you to start your own Etsy journey or to continue growing your own shop.
Let's make it happen! Leave a comment if you have a question or if you are also working on your Etsy shop!
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0:00 How much I made in the 1st and 2nd month!!!
2:05 Discrepancy between net profit & money received in the bank (weird)
3:24 My goal for the 3rd month!
3:47 AD RESULTS: I tried $1, $2, $5/day ads
6:05 Do I use Canva Premium or Free?
7:03 How long it takes to make a new listing?
8:34 Do I follow Etsy advice from KZfaq?
9:03 MOST IMPORTANT thing to do
10:13 How to find a good niche for Etsy?
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@jessicalaursen4549 Жыл бұрын

You have no idea how happy I am to see someone being very pure, humble & transparent with this type of business or wanting to be financially free! I never subscribe but I love your content from just the couple of videos I’ve watched so far so I will. I hope watching your journey will help myself get that encouragement, I keep postponing because I’m just scared with the hardships & failures even knowing that’s what comes with it

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Jessica, thank you! Your comment made my day. I'm happy me sharing my journey is helping you! Honestly, you can accomplish ANYTHING if you want to... with the right mindset and tools :) GO FOR IT!!! Despite the fear!

@jonhatton4354 Жыл бұрын

Love the journey. I do Etsy full time and run ads in both my shops. It generally takes Etsy between 30-90 days to know exactly where your listings fit in their ecosystem. Running ads on a new listing is kind of like throwing spaghetti at the wall and seeing what sticks. I’d suggest giving your store time to acclimate before you run ads. You’re doing a great job and having fun.

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Ahhh good to know!!! I'll keep doing them and see how it goes

@mikegallagher3250 Жыл бұрын

where are you running your ads?

@autowatch69 Жыл бұрын

@@mikegallagher3250 obviously in Etsy, using Etsy ads.

@ContriveAI Жыл бұрын

high probability she doesnt have a shop so that doesnt apply to her. all these self proclaimed geniuses can never seem to be able to provide proof. "itll hurt the algorithm"

@mikegallagher3250 Жыл бұрын

@@autowatch69 never said I needed it, I love my job and I own the business so not really an insult? maybe you should get a job and then you won't need to be watching ab workouts on KZfaq hahah not to mention you're the one who acted like a know it all with your initial comment which sparked all of this, don't comment on other peoples questions with snide responses and you won't find yourself in these situations..pretty simple

@shane.shares Жыл бұрын

Dina, you've been killing it. Appreciate the transparency, as always.

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Shane thank you so much! Glad you're enjoying the content!

@butwhytho4858 Жыл бұрын

Ok… I LOVE this. This is the MOST REAL and practical video I’ve found in a looonnng time for Etsy start up stuff. This is absolutely RE-FESH-ING! Ty Ty Ty!

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

OMG so happy to hear that!!! Trying to keep it real!

@fangirlingpengwing Жыл бұрын

i love your updates. they’re super encouraging. i hope things turn out awesome! 🌸💕🙂 best of luck!

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Awww thank you!!!

@janinemarsh3708 Жыл бұрын

I’m really appreciating the Canadian perspective. I’m in the creating stages on making my products, and will open an Etsy store soon. Thanks so much for the advice!

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Woohoo! Another Canadian! Good luck on your shop 💪

@mariaelkina_ Жыл бұрын

Hi Dina, i just wanted to say that i really loved the energy of this video and it has been very inspiring. Thank you 😊

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad! Thanks Maria 🙌

@pattamaporn3884 10 ай бұрын

Love it. :D Thank you so much Dina. I love watching you and your amazing energy :D

@DinaLu 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! 💕

@madelinebrooks4726 Жыл бұрын

This is extremely informative, and I really appreciate the behind-the-scenes look at how the Etsy process works. Thank you!

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Madeline I'm glad you found this video helpful!!

@madelinebrooks4726 Жыл бұрын

I think this is a spam account? @DinaLu

@wendyma3096 Жыл бұрын

Looking forward to more updates!! Amazing job ❤🎉

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Thank you Wendy!!!

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

This is my 2nd month update after I started an Etsy shop from scratch in November! My 1st month update video is kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aLuHar2TubnbYps.html and I also have a video on how to find your niche/new products to sell (kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rKeTmKuEutTFg5c.html). ❤

@ContriveAI Жыл бұрын

wheres the link to your etsy shop?

@writtenbytala Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the insights, Dina! Super helpful 💖💖💖

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! ❤️

@juliannesjems Жыл бұрын

I love how organized you are 😍😍😍😍😍

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Hahaha thanks Julianne!! I do it for you!

@nana.0013 Жыл бұрын

Congratulations of everything really! I love the way you are making videos and your transparency explanations! Please don’t change hahah ❤

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Awww Rachel!! Thank you so much, that means a lot to me ♥️

@ContriveAI Жыл бұрын

whats "transparent" about not showing the back end of her shop? its suuuuper easy to blur out parts of the shop that she doesnt want seen. hate to break your heart but, there is no shop. shes getting paid of your views. dont believe me... cool... just come back in a few months and i bet 100:1 she still doesnt show her "astounding profits".

@gboyd1184 Жыл бұрын

Another great video! Thanks for sharing your journey.

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much G!!

@sandoronest Жыл бұрын

I'm glad to find this channel! Thank youu for making this video journey, I've been selling digital items too in Etsy and still figuring out what works & doesn't and seeing this like oh! Interesting! I've seen ppl who dont recommend etsy ads (and push sales from SEO only) but tbh it's pretty difficult without ads heheh. Again thank you!

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

So happy to hear that! I think a lot of people use different strategies for Etsy depending on the niche. So maybe some people don't need ads, but for other people ads work well. Keep going! 🙌♥️

@patrickcole3571 Жыл бұрын

I just opened up my etsy shop last night, one listing lol. This is exciting for me to see since you're just starting out, but a couple of months ahead of me. I'm excited to see your growth.

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Congratulations on opening your Etsy Shop Patrick! Wishing you all the best!

@SiXiS4 Жыл бұрын

So ? Gave up yet or making money

@mama--rua Жыл бұрын

Best of luck!

@Nothingtosee55 Жыл бұрын

Update?

@AlbinoLatina Жыл бұрын

I’m so glad I’ve found you. I work full time and I want to make more cash on the side & I stumble upon your video!

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Wishing you best of luck!!

@meriemnadjladrabla8568 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your videos, i am in that stage of " should i open an etsy shop? Is it worth it? Will i have sales?" etc.. I make handmade sterling-silver jewellery, i was really lost and confused about etsy until i watched your videos, so realistic and transparent! You gave me the courage to open a shop and thank you too about the" ads tip"

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

If you never try, you'll never know 😊 try it out and see how it goes! I don't have experience selling physical items on Etsy, so I'm wishing you the best!!! Also... I'm not sure about my ad strategy. I'm not sure if that is the best thing to do. But I'm going to try some other things in the coming months, like doing zero ad spend, or doing a lot of ad spend every day

@mnabdvy3180 Жыл бұрын

its worth making your own website and using social media for marketing over etsy. etsy takes so many fees

@donovanerasmus7279 Жыл бұрын

Dina, my Etsy shop thanks you. I'm suddenly feeling very motivated to give it my all and further study the possibilities of Etsy.

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Awww I'm so happy to hear that! Keep going on your Etsy shop! 🙌

@sell2live Жыл бұрын

🔥🔥🔥 awesome info! I need to apply it to my store. Thank you!

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Any time!

@ABWEST Жыл бұрын

Thank you for being transparent about your months on Etsy.

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!!

@duongthuy944 Жыл бұрын

Subscribed! Indeed transparent & helpful! Thank you!!

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Thank you for subscribing!!

@byslowstudio Жыл бұрын

Dina! I binged a ton of your videos last night after discovering your channel through your KZfaq monetization videos. I'm on a very similar journey as I also quit my job to pursue my creative passions and I absolutely love your transparency! It's so amazing to witness your growth on youtube as it's happening real-time :) Congrats hehe you deserve it all 💖

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you so much for your kind comment! It makes me so happy to hear people binging my content, so so happy!! Glad to have you along for this journey! When did you quit your job and how is it going?

@byslowstudio Жыл бұрын

@@DinaLu aw your videos are so relatable and they couldn’t have come to me at a more perfect time 🤍 I quit my job at the end of 2021. It’s definitely overwhelming and scary at times but I’m so so happy with my decision!

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

@@byslowstudio it gets easier 😊 keep going!

@rgasta7765 Жыл бұрын

What method did you select to earn online? Thank you. Rob.

@ContriveAI Жыл бұрын

not showing the shop is transparency? lol... im a Nigerian prince and need to transfer you $5M. all i need is your account info. 🤣

@pnprschool Жыл бұрын

This is super informative. Thank for sharing your process.

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@pumpkinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn Жыл бұрын

New subscriber here! I'm gonna binge watch your "ticket to financial freedom" vids! Your videos are helpful

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you so much for the support Sheryl!!

@bryanlipsky5305 Жыл бұрын

New subscriber here. Shoutout to the 604. Great to see fellow Vancouverites on the path to financial freedom and residual income. Good luck to all.

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Woohooo another Vancouverite!!

@abeybudgets Жыл бұрын

New subbie! ❤ congratulations on your 2nd month!

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Aw thank you so much for subscribing!

@designbyhazema Жыл бұрын

keep going! glad you made it this far

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Thank you Hazema!

@lindad3315 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for making your update videos :)

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Sure thing!

@your_motivational_corner Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info, I am also planning to create my own store and this ks really helpful.

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Best of luck Angelyn!

@walterjoseph3088 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing Dina!

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching, Walter!

@peonycollectiveco Жыл бұрын

I completely understand why you can’t share your shop on Etsy, but would you mind making a video with a tutorial of how you searched for a niche specific business and what “type” of templates you’d create in Canva for that niche? Congrats on the new success on your KZfaq. You’re doing great!

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

I actually do have a video on how to find an Etsy niche! For the niche that my shop is in, I actually discovered it organically in one of the side gigs I did last summer and didn't find it solely through etsy or one of those market research tools. For the templates, they are all canva templates!

@ContriveAI Жыл бұрын

its suuuuper easy to blur out parts of the shop that she doesnt want seen. hate to break your heart but, there is no shop. shes getting paid of your views.

@twocircle.contact Жыл бұрын

interesting how mind-blowing it was just in 2 months!! I hope my small shop I just started 2 weeks ago would grow as well T_T And we're both in canada so I'm gonna be checking your videos frequently haha

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Yesss, keep going!!! I hope to share some good results in month 3 too!

@AlwaysGoofyGibbs Жыл бұрын

4:45 EXACTLY RIGHT. IMO each niche has its cap. I have found $10 is best for me. Any higher I also see diminishing returns. I've tried $25 and $50 and it wasn't too good. I agree Etsy just shows your listings to everyone to spend your max ad spend at a point. I haven't tried upping it in a long time though and my shop is much much bigger since then. I may try upping the ad spend and see if it converts better. If you ever want to talk or have a owners group of sorts let me know and I'd love to join. I think it could be a good idea. There are things you've said I could've told you and things you could've told me. Could be interesting. Great video 😀

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

That's great to know that I was on the right path in my analysis haha. So interesting, I'll have to experiment with Etsy as as I add more listings!

@deeperlifestyle Жыл бұрын

I love your energy 🖤

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

@Zhongdilly Жыл бұрын

Very cool, keep it up and you'll find success

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, Kenny!

@-fayada7239 Жыл бұрын

i love your video , you are the best

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@EllieandGinger Жыл бұрын

I turned off my ads after my shop was feeling a little stagnant and my sales went up. I sell jewelry though so it may be different in other niches 💁🏻‍♀️ Best of luck! My goal this year is to start my digital product shop 🙏🏻

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Interesting! Why do you think your sales went up after turning off ads? I should try that one day, no ads

@EllieandGinger Жыл бұрын

@@DinaLu I really have no idea lol I would try it for a week and just see. You can always turn them back on if you want. Also you can choose how much of your ad money goes to each product. So if you have a product that’s doing well, you can choose to push that one a little more than others.

@Bettyyanma Жыл бұрын

Love this video, can you explain a bit more about the backend side of things like if you created a business account and the tax side of things, thank you 🙏

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

I'll add it to my list!

@hkaracan Жыл бұрын

Hello! For Etsy ads to work, you need to check search terms at ads dashboard, and disable irrelevant ones. I do this twice a day for my 4 ads out of 400 listings. Also, try running ads for only the best products, or new ones to help them at the beginning.

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Someone else mentioned that in another comment! I will try the strategy later, thank you so much!

@pengqiu1985 Жыл бұрын

You go girl!❤

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@nazrina.nfar90 Жыл бұрын

Tank you a lot for sharing your journey in etsy.. ❤❤❤❤

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@YogaBlissDance Жыл бұрын

dina I'm so happy for you! I"d be happy with a; few hundred a month so thanks for your honest reports to us!

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!

@xzandriaweil Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this!

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@MasterBrain182 Жыл бұрын

Dina you are awesome and your content is great 💯💯💯 Thanks to share your journey and knowledge with us 🥳 Thumbs Up from Brazil girl, yeeeh (plus +1 sub) 👍👍👍👍👍

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Aw thank you so much!! So happy to hear you are enjoying my content and glad to have a viewer from Brazil!

@ArtistrybyLo7 Жыл бұрын

Stop, the sheets name 😭😂 love this for you!💗

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Hahaha I love the sheets name too 😂😂😂

@wendyon4517 Жыл бұрын

One video and I'm already looking forward to watching more. I like your style. It's very natural. You are telling us things we want to hear... how long it took to put your first product up, how ads seem in your case, AND your costs and sales so far. You seem honest about how you are doing things and not pumping out video after video pushing people to use your links or affiliates. My thought is to NEVER OUT YOUR SHOP because people will use it to make their own and you'll lose revenue. (I don't have an Etsy shop... yet. This is from a KZfaqr I watched who did that with his eBay store and lost sales as others just copied).

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Wendy! ✨♥️ Your comment means a lot to me! Yeah I don't plan on sharing my Etsy shop 😅

@wendyon4517 Жыл бұрын

@@DinaLu Check out Tim Koa on KZfaq. He posted a month ago about his slow rise from nothing to over 80,000 subscibers in 2 years. He also talks about the rise in sales and people copying his product in that video (I think.) It "How much I make side hustling" or something like that.

@BigHammer_ Жыл бұрын

Real Info great vid

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Glad you think so!

@clarebrody1 Жыл бұрын

Awesome series keep it up. New sub. 🙌

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@AnjuliMack Жыл бұрын

New subscriber x love this for you ❤

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

@FernandoLopez-sn8wg Жыл бұрын

New subscriber! Great content and honestly I am getting very encouraged to figure out my niche with your other video mentioned, love that you’re not promoting your etsy store yet through here as to not mess up your algorithm. One question tho, is this passive income taxable?

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! All business income is taxable 😊

@ApostolicAbbyGirl Жыл бұрын

Congrats!

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Thanks Abby!!!

@IgorPoloz Жыл бұрын

Good results 👍

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Thanks Igor!!

@raeedwards5464 Жыл бұрын

I need that spread sheet 🤩

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Hahaha! Make one for yourself!!!

@cordialgreetingsart Жыл бұрын

@Dina Lu FYI I believe Canada has to pay extra fees on Etsy. I believe there was something that happened August 2022. One of my Canadian friends noticed they charge 13% tax on 26 cents. They charge for new or updated listings. He had to pay back taxes and felt robbed by Etsy & Canada.

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Oh I'll have to look into that. Thanks for the info, Ella!

@canva_made Жыл бұрын

You go, girl! Love the energy! I'm also interested in opening a shop on Etsy for a year now! Just a question though, did you buy any courses regarding opening up a shop on Etsy? Thanks for the info you can give me.😊

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Hey Minah, no I didn't buy any courses! I figured that there are so many free articles, KZfaq videos and Facebook groups where I can get information, I didn't want to pay for something like that at the beginning when I don't really need it

@louloucooke1 Жыл бұрын

Hi Dina I’ve just come across your KZfaq channel. You are doing an amazing job with your Etsy shop and I love the way you explain things naturally and transparently. You are an inspiration. I’ve just started exploring digital downloads and want to start asap. Im just wondering do your figures account for the 6.5% selling fee and 3% credit card fee? Etsy does inform you when they reserve payment but as your products are digital and not POD then the risk is very low. I think Etsy may have a chat box at certain times if the day? Anyway, well done and look forward to seeing more of your videos 🕊🌸

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU! I'm so happy to hear that you're enjoying my content. And happy to hear you're thinking of doing Etsy. Yup, my "net profit" column is the amount with all the fees deducted (listing fee, Etsy selling fee, credit card fee, ad spend, etc). I got that directly from the FINANCES -> MONTHLY STATEMENTS page (the NET PROFIT amount). Yeah... I don't think I'm on reserve so it's quite weird haha

@aliiasalakheeva330 Жыл бұрын

My guess for your question is difference between month stats and deposite schedule. Etsy transfers all your profit at deposit date and not only previous month profit.

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

That makes so much sense!!!

@teaboco Жыл бұрын

Whooo Dina!!

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Woohoo!

@lisamiranda3563 Жыл бұрын

Check the keywords that your ads are showing for in the Ads Manager and turn off the ones that aren’t related :)

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

I didn't even know you could do that, Lisa! I will check it out

@elliebacon516 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing! Love your content! Could I ask whether you try organic traffic through social media to drive sales or do you just use ads? Thank you! ☺️

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Just etsy ads! I don't promote my Etsy Shop anywhere else, not even Pinterest yet. But a lot of it is from organic Etsy search. Not a lot of sales through ads right now

@dtown313 Жыл бұрын

For the ads, go and see what search terms your listings were being found for. You can turn off the keywords that are unrelated so your ads don't show up for them.

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Yes somebody else mentioned that too! Always learning from my subscribers ♥️

@PowerOfAIandMotivation Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@anaaadrienny Жыл бұрын

We love a real queen

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Aww thanks!!

@jesus.ramirez Жыл бұрын

My friend doesn't use Canva or Photoshop for personal projects. They showed me removal AI, it seems to work pretty well. Try it out for when your trial is over.

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Omg thanks! Will check it out thanks for the recommendation

@kachiegeonu6040 Жыл бұрын

Hi,Dina I think the reason why you received less is because you changed your shop currency in the second month,Etsy charges for currency conversion. Thanks for the tips,just launched my Etsy shop,you made me feel confident that I don't really need to start running ads cause I'm in Canada too.

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Yeahh maybe the currency.... And yay rooting for you and your Etsy shop!🙌

@wendyon4517 Жыл бұрын

I'll be looking it up but I hope they aren't charging so much for currency conversion. I'm in Japan and am thinking that Etsy might be something to try to make a bit of extra money on.

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

@@wendyon4517 Yeah I haven't figured it out yet hahaha, we'll see how much they pay me for January's sales

@conanh36 Жыл бұрын

Great video, I'm starting my Etsy journey as well, very informative. For Etsy ads, can you adjust the list of keywords you want Etsy to show your listing under?

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Yes you can! After a while. So I've done that

@TinyFitz Жыл бұрын

As an Etsy consumer I tend to skip over any listing that has an add label simply because I’ve come to learn that adds are usually less related to my search. I don’t know if this is helpful or not but figured I would share.

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Hey Michelle! I actually do that too now that I know more about etsy. But before I started selling on etsy, I wouldn't even know which one is an ad and which one isn't, so they all looked the same to me😅 but also I rarely used Etsy to buy things. Maybe people who buy more things on Etsy will skip over the ad listings

@mkcustard Жыл бұрын

I love your vibe!!! I got canva premium free by using an old student email. It’s the edu version but has all the same features

@mkcustard Жыл бұрын

Although one note about using premium- selling products with premium images or graphics gets tricky. You have to make sure you change them enough for copyright purposes

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Aww thanks!! Good to know about canva pro

@mkcustard Жыл бұрын

@@DinaLu comes in handy for social media scheduling!

@msqozeleni5079 Жыл бұрын

@Dina Lu Your videos are so helpful! Thank you for your transparency. Do you mind sharing your Etsy stats sheet (or where you bought it)?

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

I just created it on google sheets 😅 you can just create the same one as me, just copy it!

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

I made the stats sheets downloadable! dinacalligraphy.com/download-etsy-stats-tracker-template

@msqozeleni5079 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@tj_puma Жыл бұрын

Awesome video! Do you think you can give a breakdown of how taxes work? Dont want to get bodied for tax season :)

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Thanks! My audience is all over the world and I'm not a lawyer/accountant so I won't be able to. But there are SOOO many resources on topics related to tax on the internet. I would also suggest talking to an accountant in your area.

@Sedgley9024 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this. I'm website designer and I use Canva to design website sections. I was thinking of creating some templates for sale. I'm not exactly sure what to charge and how I set it up for them as a download to be used for their website.... Any suggestions? Do you charge extra if they want you to customize sections for them?

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Have you researched on etsy? You can take a look at what other website designers are doing, you can also purchase one just to see how it works. Yes, I would definitely charge more for customization!

@johnmoore6965 Жыл бұрын

Hi Dina, you know you can see which keywords in your ads are bringing clicks and sales and then remove keywords that are not converting so Etsy won't show your ad for those keywords.

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Yes a couple other people mentioned that as well! I don't think I had that feature before because my shop was new, so I'll take a look at it later

@Jeniveve Жыл бұрын

After a couple of weeks, you can go into your ads data. Etsy will tell you what key words they’re showing your listing to. You can check and turn off certain words you don’t like or don’t apply. Goodluck!

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Good to know!! Ahhhh

@Jason-jq4yo Жыл бұрын

This is a great update, however did you ever figure out where the discrepancy is coming from (etsy profit vs how much they deposited) I am also seeing this kind of discrepancy from my store which recently made its first sales , while I have an amount for net profit , there is zero dollar for "available for deposit"

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

No I never figured it out!!

@PrincessLeuna Жыл бұрын

Hey Dina I just wanted to let you know that you can remove your backgrounds for free on Adobe Express on the web or the app :)

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

I didn't know that, thanks for letting me know!

@shellygray6197 Жыл бұрын

Can you recommend a video to learn how to export and upload to Etsy? I have designs but I just don't understand the ratios

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Shelly, you mean the actual digital download or the listing photos? Not quite sure what you mean!

@sarahlee3809 Жыл бұрын

Hey Dina! Quick question, how do you sell templates for people to edit if you're using the Free Canva account? I thought you need to have the Canva Pro account to be able to share links with people so they can edit it? Please advise, thank you! Also watching your video for the first time, love your energy and tips in this video :D

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Nope, you can create a template on a free Canva account, try it! In the past you had to have a pro account, but now you don't need to

@curatewithfaye7402 Жыл бұрын

Have you heard of Corjl and Templett? It is also an editing software. If yes, what do you think of it?

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Yes I've seen that but haven't really used it, so I can't really say! (Probably depends on niche and what other sellers are doing)

@jessychirenge Жыл бұрын

You will get an email stating that your shop has put in a reserve and it shows on the app too, i was on reserve once . I don't think you have a payment reserve imo. I know if you don't make a certain amount when the deposit the money in your bank that will charge you a deposit fee, maybe it's that 💕

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Hmmmm thanks Jessy! Yeah I agree with you, I don't think I'm on a reserve.. so it's just quite weird how my net profit doesn't match the amount of money I receive in the bank. We'll see what happens next month!

@nicolecato634 Жыл бұрын

Hello Do you have a video on posting KZfaq videos and how to edit them?

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

I don't, but there are so many tutorials out there!

@ZyvrXYZ Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing Dina, very useful information. Inspiring too! Also a local Vancouverite starting up a greeting card company. We're thinking about selling on Shopify. Where else have you opened up shop aside from Etsy? Side note: where did you source out your cards + why? I recall you mentioning you reached out to a local company in Vancouver.

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Jonathan! For my greeting cards, I just sold them through my instagram, and also through my website. I designed them digitally, and then I reached out to local print shops to get them printed. The paper I printed them on is not that fancy, any print shop could do it

@ZyvrXYZ Жыл бұрын

@@DinaLu - Appreciate the insights! Would love to hear more on how you marketed it! Have you made a video on that yet?

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

@@ZyvrXYZ I've made a couple videos about selling cards, just search "dina lu greeting cards"

@ZyvrXYZ Жыл бұрын

@@DinaLu - Will do, thanks!

@rgasta7765 Жыл бұрын

@@DinaLu Dina can I ask you: if you wish to automate the printing step and skip the local print shop, have you consider any print on demand website to print and ship the card for you?

@mokamali8641 Жыл бұрын

Hello, did any of you have problem with 'set up billing'? I tried 3 different cards non of them works.

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Hmmm, I didn't have a problem with that... maybe Google it?

@jasminhabib5065 Жыл бұрын

You get less in the bank BC they take a little bit of the profit and for like costs of relisting etc

@barbaragalloway6190 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your videos! They have been very helpful! In using Canva for digital downloads do you have to create everything from scratch or can you use their templates legally when selling on Etsy? Thank You in Advance!

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Sometimes I create from scratch, and sometimes I use an existing template as a foundation. But the end result after using an existing template is always really different from the template I started out with

@barbaragalloway6190 Жыл бұрын

@@DinaLu Thank You so Much!

@farmerkazuki Жыл бұрын

Would love to see how much traffic came from ads and how much came from you KZfaq vids?

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

I haven't revealed my shop on KZfaq or any social media so none from KZfaq/social media! All Etsy organic SEO and Etsy ads. But mainly Etsy organic SEO.

@VaibhavShewale Жыл бұрын

i also created a digital download store but never got any sales maybe cause of region, then someone else copied everything from my store and put product at double price and that person started getting sale within a day and then my account got banned for no reason!

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear that! That's horrible 😔

@remes-world-sports Жыл бұрын

Hi Dina, I read on a Etsy forum that your ads can be placed on unrelated searches because of the description isn't tight enough. Even if the keywords are spot on, if the description isn't specific Etsy can get confused with new shops where to place your ads ?

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Yeah I think maybe the description has something to do with it.. but I did learn from somebody else's comment that I can pick which keywords Etsy shows for my ads

@remes-world-sports Жыл бұрын

@@DinaLu There is a simple way to find out how effective your ads and listings are Dina. Log out of Etsy. Turn on incognito mode then go back to Etsy but don't log in. Now do a non specific search for an item you listed and want to check on, then a more specific search term and for both keep going through the pages until your ad / listing appears. Unless you are dominating a search category you should see your ads before your unadvertised listings. If you don't then yes Etsy is having some problems but it is more related to your title and tags than the descriptions. Etsy just don't have the same grunt to grind through every listing description and categorize so they rely on the title and tags. This is straight from the horse 🏇

@whatmumwants Жыл бұрын

Pinterest will really help generate more traffic to your Etsy page. Good luck 🤞

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I haven't tried it yet but it's on my to-do list!

@facepalmjesus1608 Жыл бұрын

i opened my first shop on etsy 2 days ago and its still not indexed! good job Etsy! i cannot even email them

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

I think it took me a couple days or a week for mine to show up after I search for my keywords.. maybe wait a couple more days!

@AbbASongs1 Жыл бұрын

I really am thinking about opening up an etsy page to do with childcare as that's been my study and work for 9 years, so I figured I could put my knowledge out there and share it, but what worries me the most is the Tax, how do you go about doing that? Is it easy? Should I still continue my idea? I keep saying I'm going to do this but chicken out even though I have a vision of what I want to do

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Jessica you are already ahead of others because you've decided on your niche! Will you really let tax stop you? If you're not sure, there's always google, asking other business owners in your area, asking an accountant, etc! You can figure it out 🙌

@heyitsjoshd Жыл бұрын

Hey Dina! I'm working on a clothing line and have some designs already. They're not final but I still think they look cute and people would wear them. Do you think I should start listing the existing designs or hold off opening until the final product is done? Part of me feels like the longer my shop is open, the more likely Etsy can push my product to the right customers.

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Hey Josh, I think there's nothing wrong with listing them if you already have images/markups. But I'm concerned about somebody ordering and you not having the inventory to fulfill it...

@heyitsjoshd Жыл бұрын

@@DinaLu 😮 Thanks for the response! I would be using a print on demand fulfillment service like printify. That means when a user orders, printify will handle printing the design on a shirt and shipping it out to the customer!

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

@@heyitsjoshd Ahhh I see. What's wrong with listing the current designs? You can always change the listing photos if they are slight modifications and if it's not too much work on the POD end of things. Or are you trying to be a perfectionist here? 😮

@heyitsjoshd Жыл бұрын

@@DinaLu damn you read me well! I am a perfectionist. The designs tell a story and the final will just be a different art style. I guess I was worried about people buying the original design and not wanting/liking the new designs. thus saturating the market. But I guess that means I sold stuff so maybe this isn’t a problem 😂

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

@@heyitsjoshd Lol well there you go!

@Mirsab Жыл бұрын

I live in Dubai and Etsy payments aren't supported here. Is there any alternative place to sell digital downloads where people can search for them? Thanks. With GumRoad etc, people need a link but with Etsy people can just search stuff.

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Oh no, that sucks. I'm actually not sure about specific platforms, but definitely Google it to see what are the other options

@hello-sd8gm Жыл бұрын

Hi! I’m on the same journey, i started my digital download etsy shop begin December (it’s called FdesignStudios) but only made 8 sales and four of them were from my friends lol. If you know what i’m doing wrong or if these results are normal i would love some help!

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

I think that's great! That's 4 sales from strangers!!

@shortghoststory Жыл бұрын

I'm student. I do digital drawing of predator vs alien and monsters stuffs. I would like to ask your opinion, should I compile all my digital drawing into an ebook form? And can I skip spending on ads?

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

That's awesome you're thinking of starting this! What do you think you should do?

@shortghoststory Жыл бұрын

I don't know, I'm a student I can't afford to pay the ads to promote my product maybe I just make 100+ pages art and sell it in lower price so that I don't compete with others and buyers will be more prone to purchase my art at lower price.

@happybunny1329 Жыл бұрын

@@shortghoststory Don't undersell yourself. Price your art at what you think it's worth, based on the time you spent on it and the skills you needed to create it. If your art is good, people will pay as much as it's worth. I would skip the ads if you haven't got the funds, and instead promote it yourself on social media sites such as Pinterest, whatever you are using already. As long as you promote it somewhere, that's the important thing, it doesn't need to be through ads. :)

@lahywf9kom Жыл бұрын

Heyy dina thanks for this amazing video, please i have a question, can i pay the etsy ads with paypal?

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Hmm I'm not too sure about that... I just linked my credit card to my Etsy account

@lahywf9kom Жыл бұрын

@@DinaLu okay thank you smm diina

@shadecat7068 Жыл бұрын

Can any one tell me why people buy digital downloads especially used for posters if they can't print it out to size? Is there a built-in way they do it or do they have to contract it out?

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

I'm not too sure since I don't do posters!

@SOLTANA17 Жыл бұрын

Could the money difference be the conversion difference of usd cad?

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Yes It might be!!

@stephanieburdett8808 Жыл бұрын

I thought you needed Canva Pro to share the link to the template. With the free version anyone with the link edits your original template. Is this not the case?

@DinaLu Жыл бұрын

Nope, Stephanie! On the free version you can still create a template link. I heard that you used to need a pro account, but when I was using the free version 2 months ago, I made template links for all my listings and it worked. They can't edit the original template! Try it out!