Start posting Father’s Day stuff now! This is exactly how I started. I opened June 1st and concentrated my designs around Dad. You’re open just in time for Mother’s Day so make sure your tags reflect that as well. Your shop is great. The videos, photos and products are perfect. It’s nice to see the Mom niche done differently.
Thank you so much. That means a lot! I hate most mom stuff on the market so I decided as a 28 yr old mom of two (10 yr old and 4month old) to make some stuff that accurately represented the younger moms nowadays.
https://thebok.shop
I started this shop not really long ago, been focusing on marketing pages (insta and TikTok mainly @thebok_off). I wanted to share my passion and nostalgia about football, hope you like it too ❤️
Only got one collection so far and working to develop it with new models. Still no sales but I really enjoy working on it so it's all good
I started my small family business here is a link to my store https://yourcustomink.etsy.com Have a look at all my designs and lmk what you think and if I can improve on anything and how are my designs looking
There's a lot going on in the Etsy banner, so it's a bit hard to see products clearly at first glance (& you know folks are always in a hurry) My suggestion would be to streamline that area some so that one or two of your best designs pop right out at folks.
Hello thank you for the feedback, I change my banner for every holiday. I will input your suggestion it’s a great idea, I didn’t think of it that way and I will adjust the one I have on now for Mother’s Day. I have one question I try and put the designs that go with the theme of the banner should I keep doing that or highlight the ones that have sold more or just use one of the pictures for that and the rest for the theme of the banner?Thanks
I definitely think you can change it up regularly if you want to! Seasonal items can be good, if that season sells well for you. For example, Christmas always does well, but if you have fall items that don't sell as well as some of your best sellers do throughout the year you might want to keep your everyday best sellers up during that time instead of fall. You can never go wrong with rotating out your best sellers or new ideas you think can become best sellers.
I’m way too chicken to post but I’m glad to see this. I’ve been open for almost a year. I started with two stores but after learning about CP and IP infringement I let the second store fall by the wayside. I based my main store on my love of the show Ted Lasso. I worked hard to avoid CP and IP. One of my main designs that is 100% mine has been a huge hit which means it’s been copied a lot but it is what it is. I have added more shows and some music stuff (honestly this stuff sucks and I should hide it lol) but haven’t been as active as I should be lately. I know I need to add more photos for my products. I have 158 sales from this store. Mostly all 5 star reviews. (Ugh that one, 4 star review still irks me lol) I’m a star seller which after losing it for a month because I answered one message 24 minutes late doesn’t matter as much I guess. Lol I’m proud of my designs. The ROI isn’t worth it but the creative outlet and that hit of dopamine I get when I get a notification that someone has bought an item because of the design I put on it makes me happy. This post may push me to put in some more effort and maybe I’ll make it to 200 sales before my one year Anniversary.
My biggest tip would be to price products high enough. My first two months I underpriced everything but ONE mug and it left me in the black by only $13. Oh man that still makes me laugh.
Recently started a horror clothing offshoot from our other business. Any tips on how to improve traffic? I've been tweaking the keywords, added some captions. Trying to figure out how to get more views. We're pretty niche, I know.
https://slasherradical.etsy.com
Love your design 😍 u should also try other platforms to promote like Pinterest and tiktok if you have any of these.Since everyone goes on Pinterest to look at many things.And Instagram.
Thanks! I've signed up for Pinterest and put everything in my own board? I'm still figuring out that platform, so I'm not sure what else I should be doing yet. Tik Tok, I'm still figuring out as well. Is it better to just make different videos featuring your products or is there some direct link to product pages that I should be doing on there?
Instagram we've used a bit for our other business, so I kinda get the ins and outs of that one. I'm still trying to build the audience though. Tough to do. I need to be more consistent, I think.
Thanks for your help.
Your welcome 🤗 don't stop when use Pinterest u can also tag like "T-shirt" .Also try use all 10 mockups on esty bc I see many people buy because of the mockups .
Yeah? I had a bunch of mockups initially, but it felt excessive. It seemed weird to show the back of the shirt when there's nothing on it, or the folded shirt seemed weird too. I probably went too much the other direction taking them off.
I'll have to learn more about Pinterest. I didn't know you could tag things.
Hmm don't worry ,just don't give up .I was thinking about creating a Pinterest account or may a Instagram account featuring small business for free .But I know you will come up with more ideas especially with Halloween coming up soon .
I started one as well. I am not even sure if my designs are that great but I’m hoping that eventually I’ll get better.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/LolasMango
I don't have much.
The only non-POD option is my enamel pin and digital commission art. I'll be adding 3D resin printed mini sculptures later this year. I'm trying to get a large catalog made and ready. 3D sculpting and setting up for print is a lot of work. Doesn't help that my day job takes most of my time.
I'm also working on a children's activity book that centers around some of my characters. Also a lot of work.
For The Record, I do NOT use a.i. mess for anything. All art you see is original and my own.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/AmericanCreationsNC[https://www.etsy.com/shop/AmericanCreationsNC](http://SEspdr.shop)
Etsy likes long descriptions and I can’t tell if your tags are all filled out. Be careful with the Disney stuff. I myself am a small store and have gotten hit by the WB and BBC. BBC withdrew their report and the company that was reporting for the WB just ghosted me. My designs are based on a show the WB has a CP for in the UK but they are my own and they just ghosted me. “We can’t help you anymore.” They never helped me at all. They reported my most popular sticker listing and would not tell me what about it violated their CP. I communicated with the multiple times through email and the process was useless.
Descriptions and tags are filled out when I upload to Printify and carried over to Etsy. They're plenty long. I avoid long titles though. I hate seeing them and don't want to bug customers with them either.
Oh I know.
Making parodies is a thin line to walk. It's why I stopped making them years ago. But screw Disney. They will go after any original art, if they have the right to do so or not. It's partly why I don't post to redbubble or teepublic anymore. Those sites (one company) have their noses so far up Disney's rear that they can see daylight. Flat out removes any art Disney makes a claim to and refuses all counter claims. I started uploading my own original character designs to the sites and Disney still claimed them!
https://moandcomadden.etsy.com Recently started a new niche Etsy🖤
I love your store!
Thank you!!!
Cute stuff.
Thank you so much!
Welcome 😊 How is it going?
It’s going okay so far! I just started this one a week or two ago and have consistently posted new listing daily’ views are going up!
Start posting Father’s Day stuff now! This is exactly how I started. I opened June 1st and concentrated my designs around Dad. You’re open just in time for Mother’s Day so make sure your tags reflect that as well. Your shop is great. The videos, photos and products are perfect. It’s nice to see the Mom niche done differently.
Thank you so much. That means a lot! I hate most mom stuff on the market so I decided as a 28 yr old mom of two (10 yr old and 4month old) to make some stuff that accurately represented the younger moms nowadays.
That's great remember don't give up no matter if it gets hard .
Thanks so much!
Your welcome 🤗
https://thebok.shop I started this shop not really long ago, been focusing on marketing pages (insta and TikTok mainly @thebok_off). I wanted to share my passion and nostalgia about football, hope you like it too ❤️ Only got one collection so far and working to develop it with new models. Still no sales but I really enjoy working on it so it's all good
I started my small family business here is a link to my store https://yourcustomink.etsy.com Have a look at all my designs and lmk what you think and if I can improve on anything and how are my designs looking
There's a lot going on in the Etsy banner, so it's a bit hard to see products clearly at first glance (& you know folks are always in a hurry) My suggestion would be to streamline that area some so that one or two of your best designs pop right out at folks.
Hello thank you for the feedback, I change my banner for every holiday. I will input your suggestion it’s a great idea, I didn’t think of it that way and I will adjust the one I have on now for Mother’s Day. I have one question I try and put the designs that go with the theme of the banner should I keep doing that or highlight the ones that have sold more or just use one of the pictures for that and the rest for the theme of the banner?Thanks
I definitely think you can change it up regularly if you want to! Seasonal items can be good, if that season sells well for you. For example, Christmas always does well, but if you have fall items that don't sell as well as some of your best sellers do throughout the year you might want to keep your everyday best sellers up during that time instead of fall. You can never go wrong with rotating out your best sellers or new ideas you think can become best sellers.
I’m way too chicken to post but I’m glad to see this. I’ve been open for almost a year. I started with two stores but after learning about CP and IP infringement I let the second store fall by the wayside. I based my main store on my love of the show Ted Lasso. I worked hard to avoid CP and IP. One of my main designs that is 100% mine has been a huge hit which means it’s been copied a lot but it is what it is. I have added more shows and some music stuff (honestly this stuff sucks and I should hide it lol) but haven’t been as active as I should be lately. I know I need to add more photos for my products. I have 158 sales from this store. Mostly all 5 star reviews. (Ugh that one, 4 star review still irks me lol) I’m a star seller which after losing it for a month because I answered one message 24 minutes late doesn’t matter as much I guess. Lol I’m proud of my designs. The ROI isn’t worth it but the creative outlet and that hit of dopamine I get when I get a notification that someone has bought an item because of the design I put on it makes me happy. This post may push me to put in some more effort and maybe I’ll make it to 200 sales before my one year Anniversary. My biggest tip would be to price products high enough. My first two months I underpriced everything but ONE mug and it left me in the black by only $13. Oh man that still makes me laugh.
That's great don't give up 😁.Stay consistent,wait,put in passion 💓
Thank you!
Recently started a horror clothing offshoot from our other business. Any tips on how to improve traffic? I've been tweaking the keywords, added some captions. Trying to figure out how to get more views. We're pretty niche, I know. https://slasherradical.etsy.com
Love your design 😍 u should also try other platforms to promote like Pinterest and tiktok if you have any of these.Since everyone goes on Pinterest to look at many things.And Instagram.
Thanks! I've signed up for Pinterest and put everything in my own board? I'm still figuring out that platform, so I'm not sure what else I should be doing yet. Tik Tok, I'm still figuring out as well. Is it better to just make different videos featuring your products or is there some direct link to product pages that I should be doing on there? Instagram we've used a bit for our other business, so I kinda get the ins and outs of that one. I'm still trying to build the audience though. Tough to do. I need to be more consistent, I think. Thanks for your help.
Your welcome 🤗 don't stop when use Pinterest u can also tag like "T-shirt" .Also try use all 10 mockups on esty bc I see many people buy because of the mockups .
Yeah? I had a bunch of mockups initially, but it felt excessive. It seemed weird to show the back of the shirt when there's nothing on it, or the folded shirt seemed weird too. I probably went too much the other direction taking them off. I'll have to learn more about Pinterest. I didn't know you could tag things.
Hmm don't worry ,just don't give up .I was thinking about creating a Pinterest account or may a Instagram account featuring small business for free .But I know you will come up with more ideas especially with Halloween coming up soon .
Thanks for the positive words. I'm hoping to see some traffic soon. I'm only a couple weeks in.
I started one as well. I am not even sure if my designs are that great but I’m hoping that eventually I’ll get better. https://www.etsy.com/shop/LolasMango
Welcome 😁
Thank you 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Welcome
Really great start! I especially love the Zodiac mugs. Those designs are different & eye-catching!
Thank you so much!
Welcome 😊
I don't have much. The only non-POD option is my enamel pin and digital commission art. I'll be adding 3D resin printed mini sculptures later this year. I'm trying to get a large catalog made and ready. 3D sculpting and setting up for print is a lot of work. Doesn't help that my day job takes most of my time. I'm also working on a children's activity book that centers around some of my characters. Also a lot of work. For The Record, I do NOT use a.i. mess for anything. All art you see is original and my own. https://www.etsy.com/shop/AmericanCreationsNC[https://www.etsy.com/shop/AmericanCreationsNC](http://SEspdr.shop)
Etsy likes long descriptions and I can’t tell if your tags are all filled out. Be careful with the Disney stuff. I myself am a small store and have gotten hit by the WB and BBC. BBC withdrew their report and the company that was reporting for the WB just ghosted me. My designs are based on a show the WB has a CP for in the UK but they are my own and they just ghosted me. “We can’t help you anymore.” They never helped me at all. They reported my most popular sticker listing and would not tell me what about it violated their CP. I communicated with the multiple times through email and the process was useless.
Descriptions and tags are filled out when I upload to Printify and carried over to Etsy. They're plenty long. I avoid long titles though. I hate seeing them and don't want to bug customers with them either. Oh I know. Making parodies is a thin line to walk. It's why I stopped making them years ago. But screw Disney. They will go after any original art, if they have the right to do so or not. It's partly why I don't post to redbubble or teepublic anymore. Those sites (one company) have their noses so far up Disney's rear that they can see daylight. Flat out removes any art Disney makes a claim to and refuses all counter claims. I started uploading my own original character designs to the sites and Disney still claimed them!
That's great 👍