YES! I realized that one tip years ago after seeing several restaurants fail in my area. They make food they want to sell, not what people want to eat. I started a successful Etsy print shop because all of my competitors in the beginning were only selling templates. They were selling what they wanted to make instead of what people wanted to buy. Templates are more popular now, but there is a market full of customers who don't want to spend their time on that. I don't sell cards, I sell time.

Tonight I loaded my 100th product! I've had my Etsy shop on the back burner while I worked on my website. The other day, I decided to run a Labor Day sale through Sept. 5 and that was the motivation to load products I'd made and were waiting to be added. Here's hoping I get some more sales!

WHEN my Etsy shop becomes successful it will be because of YOU. I appreciate what you are doing here.

This is some of the most intelligent, well-thought-out, honest, and useful advice I've heard. Thank you.

Great stuff! Happy 2023 Nick. May all you give come back to bless you 100 fold!!

It's hard to know who to believe on Etsy-Tube (?) Everyone says their advice is the best & it can be so conflicting & confusing. I think I'll just get my head down & try not to get caught up in all the drama 😂 Thanks for the tips & Happy New Year

The encouragement to not spend time on social media is helpful. I run my own full time massage business and trying to transition over to online shops hasn't been easy given my time constraints! It's nice to know that I'm not losing out by not keeping up with socials

I like your cat pillow, very cute. And thanks for giving real and practical advice.

Etsy Consultant This Etsy informational video is EXTREMELY HELPFUL - Thank you for sharing (I just picked up a ton of great marketing knowledge).

Thank you for all the information. It is very helpful.😊

I just recently found your channel & have really learned a lot. Thank you for your time and amazing videos.

Thank you so much for the sound advice . 🙏

Thanks for the great pointers. I will take everything into account and this presentation alone will save me a lot of time in the future.

So glad I found your channel I love your no bull shit way of teaching.

Thank You Your calming voice and your wise words are healing and help to refocusing in this noising e-world 🙏🏼

you're so right about the loads of etsy videos on youtube. Loads of information just taking me around in circles without any concrete steps in a,b,c or x,y,z and I'm glad I found your channel. great work! thank you

Thank you for sharing all of your wisdom!

Just found your channel last night. Thanks for the no-nonsense advice, it really rings true. I look forward to hiring you one day to do a store audit.

I really need to hear today about numbers 1&2. Thank you!

Great video!! And I agree with you there are many KZfaqrs that offer BS KZfaq advice.

Excellent advice. Good points. Thank you

I've been listening for everything on KZfaq I can find but in the end I found only three channels give really good info, (one is yours of course 😁), and looking at Alura actually has really been helpful. Just because the design is so clear, not like erank. So I'm rewriting all my listings and retaking my photos but I'm loving this platform, being in charge of my sales. I only now understand in more detail what are you talking about! And I am brave, selling something very unique 😊 It's all good fun really!

Super helpful and beyond valuable content! Thank you again ✨

Great informatiin as usual. I have begun implementing your ideas in my store..... Thank you

A lot of new information I didnt heard before. Thanks man

Iam very glad I found your video. Your points are valuable and easily understandable for non English medium people like me. I got a clear understanding of what to do next in my etsy store. This is the first time writing a comment to KZfaq channel. Thanks so much again and looking for more videos🙏

I really value your advice. It’s really drummed ‘1 item a day’ into my head. I do take out a few hours one day in the week to put some designs together but then only slowly add them. It’s helped me with time no end. Thank you 🙏🏼

I love your "Get Down to Business" way of presenting. Thanks so much!

Happy Newyear to the best etsy expert!

Appreciate the guide! As I said on other videos of yours, I'm going in on the 100 new listings, one-a-day for both my POD shops while also utilizing your recommendations for SEO and getting rid of stock mockups from Printify. Consistency is key! We'll see where it leads in a few months...

Great tips! I totally agree with your steps. Time is definitely important. I tell Etsy sellers constantly not to chase the shiny ball being new tools, social media, etc. It's easy to do as an entrepreneur but takes you away from the most important, impactful action items in your business that drive revenue. It's cool to see another youtuber in this space on the same page.

15:36 I’m using my time very well! Since I’m in a career where I can listen and do my job at the same time, I get absorb a lot of info about this. When I get home I do what I needed to do, and usually spend the last 2 hours of my day creating an item from one research. W whether it be that I got to bed at 9 or 11.I make sure I get at least 2 hours in. So far this flow is working. I can admit I do need to do more product/design research. I have a ton of ideas I’ve collected through out the weeks in my notes app. My issue is being indecisive in what is like to sell as far as items and design.

I really needed to hear the “be a leader” step, with the sell what people want to buy step. I have an idea that I am almost certain will sell, within that niche, that I have only seen a few people do, so far, in my research, anyway, and they sold quite a few, but their designs aren’t all that great. Thanks Nick. I really appreciate what you do. 😊

Every single step you discussed I needed to hear. Number #6, I'm already doing. In fact, I have quite a few people waiting for me to open my store. But the problem I'm running into is ordering the right size for my sneakers. When I ordered my sample sneakers, they looked GREAT! However, they were almost two sizes too big. But I think I got it. I think. And #7, OH. MY. GOSH! I could not agree with you more. I will say there are only two people I listen to about Etsy and you're one of them. The other one is good but you get straight to the point with any BS! 😄 Thank you for real help and guidance. 😄

Happy New Year to you as well, Nik! Thanks for all the fantastic content you put out here on YT, your advice has helped me increase sales on my Etsy shop greatly over the Holidays. What is your recommendations on how to build an email list from your existing Etsy customers? Thanks again, -Brad

Was helpful and interesting just started an Etsy Shop so trying to learn as much as I can to earn as much I can thank you

Valuable information. Thank you. 😊

Your videos are really informative and real. Thanks for a refreshing take on answering the questions most youtubers won't answer, because it's obvious, they don't know. Question I have is, if when selling print on demand products on an Etsy store, how can we compete with those who are selling for far less on similar products? By the tme I add all fees and delivery on, its far too expensiev to compete. I've already checked on some stores and they are not using the 'smallest product cheapest' price to entice people in. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks

Great content for a newbie 😊many thanks

Thank you - helpful

Time management and organization of my materials are top on my list this winter. I've been doing this for years but every new line requires revamping all of this. In the first winter months I try to add one new line to each shop, so around 25 items and if they sell well expanding to upwards of 50 items with variations on the originals. Start up materials, tools and display/photo are all purchased after the holidays. Work begins by the end of Jan, prototypes and work/supply stations set up and finished by mid Feb, photos done edited and draft listings set up by first week in March...then I have an entire new line by spring. I'm just waiting on the last of the materials to arrive, but am setting up work stations this week. I might also streamline my shipping area this year. Just a note...my stats are all up 36% YOY as I've carried your advice on shop changes into 2023. I'll keep reworking more of my older listings. :)

Another brilliant video, thank you

You're the best ❤

Awesome video! Thanks🌺

I just want to get all the Etsy videos out of my feed 😩 so stress 😩 really wanted to kick off and load every day. Test out all that I learned from you. I hope we are added soon.

I made my first sale on Etsy today after a month of putting up listings 😊. Thanks for your excellent advice!

Love the kitty cushion in the corner! !😆😊

You're so right about the KZfaq, I have wasted two months on trying to even register with etsy and I still have not completed my registration, I'm stuck.....I'm going to go through all of your videos today, hopefully I'll find what I need to do....I so much want to start designing.

Absolutely love your advice! I am working on raising my prices as demand goes up for my listings and working on duplicating my bestsellers to drive more sales.

I have been searching for a KZfaqr like you forever lol, seriously all of your videos are so helpful. What stood out in this video most to me is “making stuff that customers want to buy” I make jewelry and been on Etsy for like 2 years and I only had 18 sales. 😢 my SEO is horrible so possibly that is the issue . I have around 40ish items in the store so maybe that’s the issue with low sales or possibly my stuff just isn’t trending. Do you do consultations and or store reviews?

I am so happy to have found your channel at the stage where I can still correct the course with little pain! Thank you! I am on a path to creating the 100 listings you urge us to commit to (as beginners), but as I have just reached 50 (and made my first sale!) I am wondering about the first 10-15 that I don't really like anymore. Should I get rid of them? Or could it somehow damage the trust Etsy slowly puts in my store?

Thank you 😊

Very informative thanks

Nik, Thank you for your replies to the questions being asked. Very helpful! I am interested in adding jewelry to my store. I heard of Shineon for print-on-demand jewelry. Do you recommend them? Are there any other companies that do POD jewelry? Thank you.

Hi, can you please demonstrate how you would do product research, how you personally find what people are looking for?

I agree with most of your tips, but, I speak for myself, social media brought me a lot of customers. I'd say no need to spend hours every day, but posting when you have a sale, or promoting new listings can bring you new buyers. I don't post very frequently, but at a regular timeframe. I agree about SEO tools, I found out that I have better results without it. And I got a reliable laptop for Xmas 😉

Thank you for the Video 🥰 what do you think of buying high quality mock ups?

Interesting regarding the photos, I honestly thought the mock-up photos was really professional looking but it does seem better to purchase a sample product and thank real life photos and videos

Its like chose your poison. Who do you listen to on KZfaq? Who to follow to maximize your ability for success? Most times I go with logic and think on it for a bit. I literally almost started my store in 1 day. I thought better of it after watching a few videos. So I am learning and putting a plan in place. Slow grind is essential to get a real online business right. It takes time. So my advise to everyone is to take good notes, sift though the KZfaq videos for the ones that makes most sense and PLAN. Thank you very much Sir 😊

Hi Nik, this is so honest and practical!! From number 10 to 6, and no. 5 hit me... What people want to buy???

Love this video. I just subscibed yesterday. I too want to open a shop this January. I want to sell ai generated posters and maybe mixed with downloads. After spending some time looking on etsy, my conclusion is that the more artistic and eye pleasing ai art is, is what sells. I guess i will find out after my first 100 listings. I also edit and modify this art so its not just downoad from midjourney and put it in my shop. Any thing you could comment or advise would be appreciated.

I sell in Etsy ! I feel like people stole my design 😏. They have few things but sure they copy my products and they made a pattern of it and claim for it .

Hi Nick, happy New Year! Can you shed some light on why while my sales were amazing until Christmas, they went nearly zero in January? Im not selling any Christmas products, I haven't changed anything and I always follow your advice. Any thoughts?

Thanks, still plugging away to just get the store off the ground

I got a new computer last year and it was totally worth it. Definitely think #10 is important. The next one is hard for me. I sell supplies, mostly beads and most are $3-$4. I need to figure out how to list bigger quantities maybe.

Hi Nik, Again thanks for all your valuable information. You mention to stay within the $10 to $50 range for listed items. Does that include the shipping cost? So it would be difficult to hand make one of my floral designs under that amount that includes shipping of approximately $20. My profit margin would really suffer.

Hello - this is my third comment to you since last night (you were nice enough to return a comment back) this video is remarkable and I fully appreciate you and the time you put into helping others….

Of all of these tips, number 6 needs the most attention. My bags are POD. I’ve taken the mock-up images supplied, removed the backgrounds and used PicMonkey to make them far more lifelike. I’m about half way through making/posting videos. I cannot buy 1 of each product, too expensive, but I could buy one for each Section (sub niche), make a better video, and link it to each product on an info card in the listing photos. Or I could just make 1 real world video using 1 bag and link it to all of my bags. They are the same basic product, just different in decor. What do you think? -Elizabeth

I like your no frills, cut the BS advice!!! Do you work for Etsy? you say you're an etsy consultant?? I'm relieved to hear you say we don't need all the keyword research tools, like sales samarai, etc.. a lot of people are out here pushing these on us to make money from affiliate marketing!! I'm afraid I have wasted a lot of time sucked in to watching endless KZfaq vids... anyway, i'm now reading to open my shop planning to do that this week!!! so wish me luck !! 🤩

Hi, ty so much for your content. I listen to so many podcasts etc. There is a lot of Etsy help out there but the quality is quite lacking. My question for you is, do sales from Etsy ads hurt my quality score ? Tnx again 😊

I'm so glad what you say about Sm because I am not interested in that at all.

Boy you sure have stirred up the etsy gurus haha. I have no idea if what you say is true but it seems to have them all upset that you insist that socials are killing our stores. I think I understand where you're coming from and why etsy loves us to bring them free traffic lol

Would love to know what you think of Insight Factory as a tool to discover what people want to buy? I've just started my store and wondering the best strategy for doing number 5 on your list!

Great advice, thank you. In almost every video, you mention that there should be at least 100 items in the Etsy shop. Really valuable data for beginners like me. But as I remember from some of your videos, you recommend us to upload 1-2 items every day or 1-2 every 2-3 days. So if I have the capacity to load, for example, 10 products every day and load them, will this cause a problem on Etsy's side? Thank you.

Hi. What specs of laptop would you highly recommend as well as brand. Thank you

Is it worth trying Shutterstock mockups for POD? They have more variety of mockups than Printify. Do you advise using Pinterest to drive more traffic to Etsy?

I finally sat up late last evening to set up my store. Created my first listing and video, was sooo proud of it....but...unfortunately 😕 i live in the Caribbean and we are NOT on the list to receive Etsy Payments. All my notes and planning gone to ..... 😒

9:21 what if I make a original mockups? I am using canvas smartmockups.

Pardon my ignorance, but what is "product sales copy"? P.S. Since finding your videos, I don't watch any others. Not that I think there's only one way to be successful at anything, but I do believe one should pick their strategy and stick with it. So thank you for being my guiding star.

Hello, is it best for seasonal products to 1) Let it expire until four months before the next time the holiday comes along or 2) make it inactive and reactivate it four months before the holiday comes along or neither. Just trying to keep my shop relevant and tidy.

Is there a point though to keep on adding new items if you don't have so many sales? I've found myself stocking up on items on my shop. I assume there's another golden ratio that needs to be found, different for each individual seller.

Is there an impact if my location is outside US (which is my selected market) BUT its indicated below that my print provided is in US (printify).. thank you so much

Hello thanks for this video, but I'm new on this business creation, my products are provided and designed on printify and linked to my etsy store. Does the product show automatically in etsy or i have to list and tag them manually on etsy? Really confused, stared 3 weeks ago but no sale.

I have a art Etsy store but want to take everything out and start selling digital products. Should I use that store or start a new one ? Thank you

Hi, would it be a bad idea to step into a niche where the total amount of items within that category is sub 40k products? Not quite sure whether it be worth the effort. There is one top seller making decent sales.

Would you still price digital products between £10-£50? A lot of competitors are priced below £8

have you ever done a tutorial for beginners?

If I deactivate an abandoned cart discount and create a new one with a bigger discount will everyone with my items in their cart get a new alert?

Great info! For us risk takers, does your video "How to do Product Research" still apply (find 50 stores, spread sheet data, etc) and we find as many stores as we can even if it's only 5? Or is there a different approach we should take? My niche falls under the category you would say, doesn't have many stores or the 3 main badges. The niche sells but it's not thriving. My observations are because it's the same old graphics being slapped on a tshirt, the same sayings, and so on. Another observation is because it's either too niched down or not enough. That leaves me asking, now what? How does product research then look for those of us in this boat? Do we look outside of Etsy at how this niche is growing? Do we cross niche and combine a thriving niche (exp- teaching) with our not in demand niche? How does a leader move forward when there isn't 50 shops to research? Thank you!!!

I scheduled a 15 min free consultation on 12/22, then you rescheduled for 1/5 and I never heard from you. Not sure if it was something on my end or not, but would appreciate knowing what happened if you know. Thanks

Hi, it looks like the 'Best Sellers' option has been removed from the filter on Etsy. Can someone confirm if this is true, if it is true then it seems like Etsy is our enemy. They are probably looking for a way to monetize it.

where can i access your tool?

Is there a difference bet. posting a product a day and posting bigger chunks in longer periods? Let's say 100 products every day and 10 products at a time every 10 days ...?

Hi, I live outside US, I wonder what tax policy Etsy applied for people like me. I need a company? There is no video about this on KZfaq. I'm from Romania, EU country.

Hi Nik, I just started an Etsy store (selling printables) on January 1st, 2023. I followed your suggestion, adding 1 new product every day. It's been 5 days now, and I have 5 products. The thing is, I got zero (0) views of my shop. Is this normal? Thanks in advance.

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Etsy recommends use short title and everyone has long ones. Who is right?😮

Please list at least three youtubers that you consider legit for etsy advice so we can compare your advice to yours. I do agree with practically everything you say but if you are going to generalize others are mostly bad you need to provide a minnimum of good ones.

forget etsy trust me

I am getting very discouraged. I sold 7 items but I will only make pennies from them. And I don't have the ambition now to sell physical products, but I am saying to myself that maybe I should go back to that. The reason I want to sell digital products is because it is so much easier. I don't have to package and ship. I am working on what to bundle. And I wanted to tell you that I don't see how your type of seo can work. So, you say someone would wear something to a bar or club. Who is going to put "Club" or "Bar " into etsy search when they are looking for an item in etsy? And why would we not use a program that tells up which key words for an item will work? I do agree with you about social media (plus I'm not very good at it) not only for selling, but generally. I can't see wasting my time talking to strangers. I am going to schedule another meeting with you because I don't know where I should go with this.