Or do you just give up because this “doesn’t work”? 📸🫵

What's the best way to get traffic to a Shopify store? Etsy flag my shop and closed it immediately when I opened it for some reason and I can't sell on there. I had to build a Shopify platform so I feel like I'm at a disadvantage

Dear Alec, I have many, many excellent wall art images ready to go, but I am held up because I am finding it hard to find Mock-up frames to fit them as they range from 2:3 - 16:9 aspect ratios. I can make mock-up rooms for them, but I don't know where to find good mock-up frames in a wide range of styles and aspect ratios that will go with the art. How do you solve this problem? Can you please do a video on this one topic alone for those of us who have been held up at this juncture? You are the first person who inspired me to try to do this. Can you help? Or should I just go with Printify or Gelato (or whomever's) mock-ups....which doesn't seem to be what most people are doing.

I can feel 10k being achievable and realistic if I keep working and learning. I'm designing all my Halloween products this month, and next month I'll start on Christmas. I say 10k because the effort required feels like significant frontend loading that pays off down the road. And like you said, if you never stop designing and listing, there's really no limit to what you can make.

It would be realistic to stop posing with a stack of money in your hand like 20 years ago. 😄

Did you advertise or did those come organically?

Update?

Alek's stated he made all his Etsy shops without any social media at all. Social Media is good, of course, but he did it just using time and organically listing in the Etsy algorithm and having thousands of listings. He didn't use paid ads from Etsy either. He actually did all of without social media. One thing I didn't understand about Etsy at the start was, your product listings are listed in and by google as direct links. So even if you don't use any social media, they still 'exist' on the internet as indexed clickable links that can be found in google searches, and will also list, organically, over time like a website or a blog link does, via your SEO and is also searchable via your Etsy product images. That's part of what 'off site' etsy traffic means. Of course it's great to have Social Media, too, but just an FYI that I didn't understand at the start of the arduous Etsy journey lol

If that's an Etsy shop I couldn't find it. The way a business preforms on Etsy is different than on a private website (where listings don't matter as much). I probably should've provided better context that this is only for Etsy Dropshipping/POD. If I posted a video on my own website I'd have to drive my own traffic to it. Since I post it on KZfaq, they drive traffic for me. Etsy works the same, and the numbers on successful Etsy shops speaks for themselves. (and of course there are more variables at play, but this is the biggest one on Etsy)

@@alekSheffy Indeed, we don't operate on Etsy. Your arguments are valid nonetheless, I was just stressing the fact that one needs to drive traffic to the shop, Etsy or independent. Bombarding the Etsy page with lots of listings might be the key to generate sales but one still needs a brand and some strategy otherwise it becomes more like spamming until someone buys it (bit like newsletters). That being said, I'm certain that your successful shops have credibility but an important point is : are people trying to sell no matter what or build a brand.

@@alekSheffyI agree with you Alex but Etsy is far more different than Etsy I know you’ve heard it a lot but Etsy is really saturated. I’m not trying to say that the shops that have maid thousands of dollars within a year are lying but things are really changing and T shirts believe it or not are saturated. His point of view on marketing is also a pivotal role in building the POD business because at times Etsy is just not the right place to start for small businesses

​@alekSheffy what are the major factors, aside from SEO, that will cause Etsy to promote your shop over others?

Thank you 🙏

Even with great SEO and ads on

Glad to hear it

The link isn't flagged. Just write an appeal and wait for Etsy. Don't open up any more shops and make sure the name you used isn't copyrighted.

If they aren't selling POD then you're right, they're making a lot more profit per order. However, just because they don't list the supplier doesn't mean they're not POD. I think these shops are using Printify to fulfill their orders.

And those same shops wouldn't be making 7 figures a year profit at $4 a sale. Revenue sure but not profit.

As long as you sign out of your Etsy, then create a new account with a different email address there shouldn't be any issues. Hope that helps, best of luck!

It'd be wise to have one for your shop, but I don't think you'd need one for each product 😅

I have 10k designs across many stores and platforms and printful+etsy leaves practically no profit on the table. Low margins and you are on the hook for return costs. Now if he was saying he makes this much profit on Merch by Amazon then these numbers are more correct because your profit is the only thing you get and worry about. This guy seems to either mistake or inflate revenue/profit. All of his "other store" examples are guesses and dont include any of their up front costs. He has no idea what profit these people make.

@@TheZombiecowmeat im making around $10 per item at the moment which in my opinion is great. I think the point of the video is to encourage people that you can have success regardless of when you start.

@@myrahluxur you are making $10 per item for which item and where and is that profit after everything comes out? So many questions. His point is to get people to watch his videos because he makes more doing that then selling on Etsy. Otherwise he would put is focus there instead

It's a profit estimate as I mentioned. It's impossible to know exactly, but we get make close guesses.

no

@@alekSheffy yes

I see you didn't get a heart.

That's the million dollar question 🫡 Doesn't look like they're doing anything too special to me

​@@alekSheffy You seem to be quite dismissive of some great points and questions.

You can try asking for support in the free Discord community.

I did, nothing…it kind of sucks because you get used to it, I would also pay for it but we should be able to get support with such a program.

I've got one on my channel 😅

Correct! Taxes can wreck you lol

Can you elaborate? I’m new and don’t understand taxes with this yet