Noted!

I wish you the best of luck and keep me updated about your progress!

That's a great idea!

Hey Amy, I wish you best of luck!

Let me know how it goes.

Hey, that's fantastic news! Please keep me updated on your progress!

Glad it was helpful!

Etsy is definitely pushing gifts this year.

Great!

Glad it was helpful!

Maybe I could make bead kits people could buy for gifts for Christmas.

Do you sell irregularly shaped glass beads or small pendants? I'd love to browse your shop if you're willing to share the name please?

Let me know how it goes in July Kai, I am interested to know!

VERY good idea.

Go for it, and let me know how you are progressing in a few weeks.

I would like to know how it goes for you in Q4, keep us updated.

Hi Ayla, if you are talking about POD, generally the variations can go in the product. If you are making products yourself, then the answer is more complicated and depends on the amount of listings you are creating, how many listings you already have, and what your listing plans are for the rest of the year. Book in for a free discovery call with me if you are not doing POD, and I can hear about your situation in more detail, and let you know how we can work together in a consultation to move your store forwards, link to do this is below: etsy-consultant.com/services/discovery-call/

Hi Narie, thanks for following me, OK to answer: 1 Yes 2 No idea, I would have to see them 3 You can start listing now if you like

I am doing POD products btw

Absolutely not

Yes, better quality mockups help with branding, just make sure that the product in the mockup is the product for sale at your POD supplier.

I would have 2 stores for these niche choices.

Hi Jayne, if the listing is Christmas related, yes you should, and the choice of whether to charge or not for gift wrapping comes down to you, I would advise that you charge a fair price for that service.

Commas make everything easy to read, it comes down to personal choice, I use commas. Generally, by the time you get to 100 listings you should have made a few sales.

Hi Rebecca, I would start adding a mix of listings, go heavier on the non seasonal, so about 60/40 is good.

Personalised pots? You could keep it simple with colour choice, write their name or a message on, or really go to town depending how artistic you're feeling. Or those little stakes that you stick in next to the plant to identify it? Could you make some quality ones of your own with space to add the recipient's name or a short gift message next to the plant info? Make a pick & mix listing so people can choose their own selection? Maybe 3 plants & an 'extra' for a set price? Pot, feed, gloves, coloured stones/ glass nuggets to top the soil? (Maybe check whether they'd be OK under Etsy's TOU. Supplies?) Or maybe fewer plants & more add ons would make more sense? You could add a surcharge for personalisation on the pot or even embroider the gloves if you're crafty. (That's probably asking a lot though) 😅 They'd look lovely gift wrapped in a little wooden box with a gift tag / printed label with care info. Not really personalisation but a small leaflet with botanical info, photos at maturity, history, folklore (?) companion planting, dangers etc might be appealing if you regularly sell the same few plants? If you were able to list them all in one leaflet, it could encourage repeat custom, too. Forgive the stream of consciousness ramble! Hope there's something useful in there 😅

You could paint pots with blackboard paint then decorate/ name etc with a chalk pen on one side & on the other have a little log that they can fill in for the last feed, water, prune etc? Or for a kids version, outline a basic picture that they can colour themselves? Just include a tiny pack of coloured chalks? I'll stop now!

Wow Hannah, thankyou so much for all those suggestions. I'm sure I could get a few into place by Christmas. Thank you so much for the support. X

Great suggestions Hannah!

Hannah came up with some fantastic ideas Jennie!

Photoshop, purchase mockups from Etsy sellers who have made the mockups using the correct products, buy the product and make your own mockups, there are a few options.

@@etsyconsultant I wasn't aware there were video mockups available. I've purchased stills images before but not video.

Hi there, thanks for your comment. The conversion rate is not bad, we found that there were no custom fees for orders going to the US - It does depend on the value of the order. Etsy buyers usually pay any local sales tax due on their order which is then remitted by Etsy on your behalf so you shouldn't find too many problems.

Good point!

For some it isn't worth it, and another platform might be more worthwhile.

Hi there Alison, thanks for taking the time to comment, and for buying 'The Real Etsy Seller Handbook'. Not sure what you mean about link?

Agreed Hannah, based on my experience I would say around 70% drop, somewhere around that figure. I monitor dozens of shops constantly, and they are all dropping at the moment, this is also being fueled by flat market conditions, and the simple fact that there is a LOT of negative press around Etsy at the moment. I also monitor the platform product count, and that is dropping as well almost 1 million down today from middle of May.

@etsyconsultant Thanks for the clarification Nik! 70% sounds legit. I'm probably in a minority here but I'd be interested to hear the stats & trends you've noticed in a regular video, with hypotheses as to why, since you have a rare perspective from your consultancy work. It's odd that products have dropped yet sellers increased 15% last period. I suppose it would all be speculation but I find the data interesting 😅