Cassiy!!! I pray God blesses you abundantly in every area because the way you’ve put detail and patience in explaining these steps😭 thank you thank you thank you!
I love this and you so much! You and Jenny as well as the life hacker couple have inspired me. I started my store a little less than two months ago and I have 12 sales. Which doesn’t sound like much but I’ll tell you it means the world to me! I’m so excited to continue this journey ❤️
Awww Mary congrats on getting started!! Those 12 sales are just the beginning ❤️ Jenny is one of my closest friends and we talk everyday, I’ll tell her you posted this and she will be so happy for you! Keep up the good work!!
@@kg811 She does! She was interviewed on the Life Hacker Couple YT channel around the same time I was and she teaches Etsy on TikTok, her handle is Jennyfromtheshopp
Thanks @CassiyJohnson I’m up to my first 20 and I couldn’t be more thrilled! I’ve put in a ton of work and have about 120 listings and still going to get ready for the holidays. I’m so excited ☺️ thanks for all you do!
I just wanted to tell you how much I have been getting out of your videos. I only discovered these in the last couple of weeks when I saw you in an interview. Everytime you give me something new even if it's just a technique I hadn't known about. Keep these coming as I love that you are giving us newbies some direction.
Cassiy just thanks. Ive been watching your videos lately and it’s been such a breeze to follow along. I have listed 4 items and I’m trying to work up to 50 listings a week on my spare time. You are awesome
Hi Cassiy! Thank you so much for this video. 🙏🙏 I think I can watch 10 more videos like this as it’s always so helpful when starting POD/Etsy. Which kids shirts do you like to use for your group family listings? Also an idea for another video maybe: how to promote our shop on social media (the basic how-tos for Pinterest, Tik Tok and Instagram). You mentioned these in a previous videos and I’d love to hear more on this subject.😊 Thanks so much in advance!!! You’re the best!!!!! 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
So glad you are enjoying my videos Virginie!! I typically just use whatever shirt is in stock in the sizes I need from Swift POD, I have found they are a good option for group orders since they have one of the biggest selections.
Thank you so much Cassiy, you are the first person I see in this kind of tutorials who can actually create great designs. I cannot join Etsy because of my country but everything you teach still very helpful. I am starting with another POD site and I will be sharing my results soon. :)
Hi Cassiy! I can’t get enough of your videos. I watch them almost every day. I want to ask how do you list a T-shirt , sweatshirts and hoodies in one listing or design? Any suggestions will be appreciated. Thank you ❤
Hey Cassiy! Thank you for another informative video! I was wondering if you would consider making one addressing what to do to prepare for Q4 as far as how to handle out of stock items, delays, what to tell the customer, best practices on refunds etc. I have an order that a customer placed on July 31st that I can’t get any info on right now so I can just image what it’s like around the holidays! Thanks so much and hope you are doing well! :)
So glad you enjoyed the video!! It’s fun to share exactly how I do what I do to help you replicate the same results ❤️ I really think anyone can be successful at this if given the right tools!!
Hi Cassiy! Thank you again for another wonderful video! I have a few questions.. 1) What do you do with your shop when you are on a vacation and do not have access to the Internet (for example, a cruise)? Do you put your shop on vacation mode? 2) Do you respond to customer reviews (good or bad) and what do you say? 3) How do you go about choosing the color palettes for your designs? 4) Do you think it's best for the design to take up the entire space allotted or just a small part of the shirt?
1. I have yet to go on a vacation without wifi, I paid for it on my cruise and just checked my messages for a few minutes in the morning and at night. But you could always ask a close friend or family member to watch it for you or hire a Virtual Assistant. You don't want to go on vacay mode and then not respond to people who have already ordered. You can put an automatic reply on that you are on vacay and only checking messages once per day at a certain time so they know what to expect. 2. I respond to bad reviews to see if there is anything I can do to make it right. 3. I google color palettes a lot of find a best seller and use their color palette. 4. It depends on the shirt, I do both depending on if it's a graphic design or just text. There is no exact right answer, sometimes simple is really best just text across the chest and other times big bold graphics are best. Just try both and see what works best for you!
@@CassiyJohnson Thank you so much! I hope by your subscribers purchasing your products and interacting with your videos, that we are truly helping you in a big way, because you are such a blessing to so many of us. Thank you for always taking out the time to make these videos and answer every single question!!! You really are the best!
Another excellent video! I'm slowly learning piece by piece, from several of your videos I've seen so far, how to use Creative Fabrica, while patiently waiting for you to do a full tutorial on how to use it. Thanks for all the great easy to follow information!
So glad you are liking my channel! I'd challenge you though Gloria to just not overthink it and open an etsy shop and a printify account today! There is no better time to start than RIGHT NOW since the holidays are coming so soon! You still have plenty of time to get some good stuff listed for Christmas and start your business off to a great start
Your page is so informative! I went to look at your Mock Ups and it really gave me some ideas of understanding that some designs I create would look really great on your mock ups! Thanks so much! I'm working on building a shopify store soon and definitely love your mockups!
@@CassiyJohnson aww thank you! I've already favorite your shop! But I'm definitely wanting to purchase your Mock Ups! They are beautiful! So creative and cute!
Hey Cassiy!!!! You're helping me so much!!! I would love your help in understanding my need for Everbee AND Sale Samurai at the same time. I'm so confused as to why BOTH are used at the same time when starting out. I know they are slightly different but can you please clarify for those of us just starting out, if there's one over the other you would recommend at first? Then when would you say is a good indicator that the other should be used? I just know myself and trying to understand and start BOTH at the same time would be a bit overwhelming for me. I am more of the mindset, start with one, learn it well, then add another as needed. I keep thinking (as a newbie) that ya'll are nuts LOL for doing both at the same time and wonder if it's overkill for a newbie? Thanks so much!
Great question! As for Everbee vs Sale Samurai, they are very different tools that I use for different things. I really like using Everbee to sort the results for a keyword on Etsy to see which ones are already selling well, how many sales approx they've had and easily see what keywords they are using in their titles and tags. I also really like using them to stalk my competition by sorting their shop and seeing what best sellers shops have. So I use Everbee more for finding new shops to stalk and finding new niches to design for. Sale Samurai you already have to have a keyword in mind to start searching for to really use it, and you can go down the rabbit hole and then find some low competition high search volume niches as well but I use it more for finding good keywords for the listings I already made. Hope that makes sense! You definitely don't NEED either of them, I built my whole business without using any paid tools. I am just starting to check them all out now that I am 2+ years in and realize how they can make my job so much easier and more efficient. But I also am making a bunch of sales and don't mind spending the money on both since I am just going to write it off at the end of the year anyways! I hope that all makes sense hha thanks so much for watching!!
As always this was so helpful! I’ve been on the fence about getting creative fabrica since I have canva and am already paying for canva, everbee and salesamurai that I wasn’t sure if it would be worth the extra money since I am a new store and no sales yet since opening 2 weeks ago. I’m getting really impatient and thinking that maybe splurging will actually help me get a sale in the near future. So thanks for helping me learn something new about canva and pushing me over the edge to get creative fabrica. 😍
Glad I could show you some fun new options, feel free to take it slow, you don't NEED any of those things to be successful.. besides Canva lol you need Canva! Congrats on getting started though!
Thank you Cassiy for showing us how you would research and put your own designs together. Does it matter if we go days without publishing any listings? Or should we strive to get some listings up each day? I’m not sure if I should try to be more efficient with task batching each step (I.e., make a bunch of designs one day, SEO research another day for all those designs, create the mock-ups the following day, and so on). My only concern is this method may mean I’m going days without out publishing any listings, compared to working on one design at a time from start to finish/publish each day. I’m curious to know your thoughts :)
Great question Nicole! I find when I do too many designs, I feel overwhelmed. So I like to make 10 designs and then list them all. I think as long as you are consistently listing, it doesn't matter if you are literally listing every single day. Just find a rhythm that works well for you and that you have time and mental energy for!
Just make consistency in your listing , for example if you listing 10 designs after every 4 days then you should carry this constantly. It will know the algorithm that you are serious and genuine seller which will help you in boosting your shop
Thanks for asking this question. I had the same one since the other day I was in canva creating a design and then I’d get hits of inspiration and before I knew it I had over 100 canvases open. So I thought that I’d just batch the process like you mentioned. But then I had to keep avoiding the overwhelm feeling like Cassiy mentioned and recommit to finishing. So I just took out like about 5 to start and creating the mock-ups and seo and listing them one by one in the matter of two days. So I think I will do small batches and it’ll help me be more consistent.
I’m wondering about using the POD images from Creative Fabrica…a lot of people say you can use them as is in your Etsy shop, but does that actually go against Etsy’s rules for your items having to be designed by you? Or is it permissible to add them to POD products and sell them as is on Etsy?
So the fully premade as is designs on CF you are right, technically are not made by you so I see what you are saying! I think Etsy says you just have to have a "unique" item, so maybe the item you are offering it on is what makes it unique. You aren't selling the design you didn't make as is, you put that design onto a t-shirt, sweatshirt mug. So maybe that helps it count that way? I don't think Etsy polices this at all but its an interesting thing to consider.
Could you PLEASE do a tutorial for how to design for mugs using Canva and Printify? There are very few out there. I have been trying, but my designs end up too small on the mug. This would be so helpful. I want to branch out in my products, but mugs are hard especially the 15 oz and the enamel mugs.
Here's my review of the mugs if you haven't seen it czcams.com/video/VPO7Tqu59aw/video.html And there should be no difference in the way you design mugs compared to t-shirts. I repurpose my t-shirt designs onto mugs, I am never making them specifically for mugs in the first place!
Thanks for the videos Cassiy:) Wondering: another channel who had 200 active Etsy listings said he spent 2-3 hours/night after his day job answering questions & doing customer service for his Etsy shop. Does that sound right to you? Sounds like a big time investment & not all those ppl contacting you with questions actually end up buying. Thanks! 😍
So I spend probably 20 minutes per day on customer service, sometimes around the holidays it can get crazy like that though. You need to try to make sure all of the questions people have are answered in your photos. Not everyone goes to the description so if you can make it as easy as possible to find the answers to peoples questions without messaging you, then you will get less messages! Also if you offer custom orders, then you will get lots more messages. So if you are concerned about customer service, maybe don't do custom items!
Your videos are really informative! I do have a question, I noticed on your how to add 50 listings in one day that you have a separate listing for sweatshirts, t shirts and hoodies. What do you think about combining all 3 into one listing? Do you think it’s more beneficial to have 3 separate listings with the same graphics or one listing were you can purchase the graphic on either a hoodie, T-shirt or sweatshirt?
I love your videos!! You pop thru my feed and i always ended up clicking love your content. I really want to open my store but i OVER THINK EVERYTHING! The struggle is real for me😊! I do have a question: is it possible to take the ghost out and use it solely? Like could you cut him out in canva to use on a shirt by himself?
Im excited to watch this video! I was wondering if you sell hoodies on your etsy store. If so I was wondering if you could suggest which hoodies to use. Ive seen a lot of trendy hoodie designs and i would like to sell my own Version of them. I dont know which hoodie type i should select and how the sizes and fit are on these. Maybe you could do a video/review if you have time? Thank you so much for the help and amazing videos!
I'm also very interested in a video about hoodie designs. I have about 10 designs already and use Printify and Swift POD as the printer. Getting samples of them this week!
I'll definitely do a hoodie review! I use the Gildan 18500 and they are a normal unisex hoodie, really similar sizing to the sweatshirts the Gildan 18000.
Excellent video Cassiy. I am liking, commenting and saving any video I watch to give you the CZcams to support the channel. Using EverBee, I analyzied all products of a newer store (opened in 2021) store that has about 1300 listings. They were doing about $20,000 in monthly revenue. I am trying to set goals for myself and understand how many listings I need in order to get to where I want. Are these numbers very typical or this store is doing exceptionally great?
Thank you Cassiy, I love your videos, very informative. I keep reading that Canva is for beginners. You are very successful using this platform and are an experienced designer. What are your thoughts? Do you use any other platforms?
I would still consider myself pretty new to designing, I love Canva because I am not an experience designer and never need to be super great at it to make good looking designs. I use another app sometimes to do small things that Canva cannot but I use Canva 99% of the time!
It’s great to watch your design process step-by-step, Cassiy. Did you take any training for Canva or did you teach yourself over time? Thanks as always.
So glad you enjoyed it John! I have mostly just learned it as I have gone along but I watched some tutorials on how to use Godaddy Studio, which was the design software I used before Canva. They are pretty similar so I already had a good sense of how to use it. There are some great tutorials out there on how to use it though if you want more videos like this to watch, Detour Shirts channel has some great canva videos!
Thank you very much, Cassiy. I’ll definitely look at that channel for some tips. You’re doing a great job with your channel and I wish you great success. See you on the next one. 😄
Hi Cassiy, Love your video! Thanks so much for making them. I know you made this one a year ago, but the "Bestseller" filter is no longer an option, how else can we do this now? Can't find it in incognito mode either. Thank you!
Hi, so glad you loved this video! My hack for using the bestseller filter is in your search, select the star seller filter, then go to the web address at the top and replace “star” with “best” :) I hope that makes sense!!
This was so easy. I do need to get more familiarized with canva though. Thank you Cassiy! Would you recommend selling more sweatshirts than regular shirts for halloween, or it doesn't matter? Also what are you thoughts on making items non refundable?
I would recommend listing all Halloween items on both, and I don't take any returns or exchanges. I do make exceptions sometimes but this happens very very rarely that someone even asks!
If you want to get good at a certain software just use it a lot and explore it. I'm still learning stuff about Canva and I've made Over 1500 designs on it.
Hey Cassiy, your YT videos are absolutely wonderful and have taught me so much ! Thank you for that and keep doing what your doing! My question is I was told and was under the impression that even though I have a Canva pro account , I wasn’t about to use pro elements on items I would be selling and making profit on. Can you clarify when you are and are not able to use the pro elements ? Thanks!!
You are allowed to use Canva Pro elements in commercial designs but not by themselves, they need to be apart of a larger design ie. words and other graphics added. here is a link to their license, www.canva.com/help/licenses-copyright-legal-commercial-use/ Always a good idea to read it yourself anywhere you are getting graphics from and make sure you understand the license that comes with it!
Hi Cassiy. I just discovered your channel. I love your style! have been looking into this print on demand for a while now. I also am Amazon an Seller trying different things and actually want to grow a brand on there. I put it on hold for now to try to bring in another income source I can focus on. When you say you’re an Amazon seller, is that print on demand? My other question is, what’s the typical profit margin For Etsy print on demand? One last question… Do you have a course or recommend a course… If necessary? Thank you for your time❤
Hi Traci! I am working on my own course right now but it is not ready yet. Sorry I don't have a great recommendation for you but I learned almost everything exclusively through free CZcams videos so I'd get started with that in the beginning and then you can decide if you want a course and who you want to buy it from. A typical print on demand profit margin on Etsy is between 25% - 30% Hope that helps!
When you make a retro design do you do something to the colors, like the checkerboard to make them look retro (or used) or does the black come out that way because it is DTG already? Thank you so much for your videos!
I don't add any additional distressing to my designs because I think they look nice as is but if you think it would really add to your design, I know there are some good tutorials on CZcams for a website called Photopea where you can add distressing easily!
Hey Cassiy! I love your videos. I see there’s a lot of things you’d need to subscribe to to have some successful designs. Are these things you can write off on taxes? Are there any free options for when you’re getting started? I’m doing what I can to make my own shop so I can have some supplemental income when I’m on maternity leave.
The only things you need to get started in Canva design software and you can even get a free month of that when you sign up with my link, everything else can wait until you start getting money coming in. But you do need to float the costs of the orders until Etsy pays you though so I would recommend having some money before you start. Etsy for the first 90 days pays you once per week but only pays you the full amount of the order after the item ships. So I would recommend putting them on a credit card if you feel comfortable with that so you can just pay the credit card after etsy pays you the full amount of the item. Then after 90 days you can change this to pay you daily and they pay you the full sale amount (minus etsy fees) right away now that they know you are a legit business. ▷ CANVA DESIGN SOFTWARE 30 day free trial: partner.canva.com/7m7EnV
Hey Cassiy.. So, it's been about a week since I opened my etsy shop.. I have about 40 listings up.. I've been trying to follow your pieces of advice and apply your lessons.. But I'm starting to feel hopeless.. Still not one single sale.. Just a couple of views.. Not sure what I'm doing wrong 😏
Thank you so much! I love your advices and the fact that you take time to respond. I started my shop but since I am going through printify the shirts are so plain… how do you get a model or decoration in the background? Thanks in advance 😊♥️
No the graphics on Canva you can use unlimited, but you can’t use them alone. You have to incorporate them into a larger design like you see in this video. Feel free to go read their license to make sure you feel confident in using them as well!
I never understood that business model. If they limit me to 400 sales, I'll just not be a customer and use an unlimited company. Secondly, how do they know how many sales thousands of sellers have? It's a very weird to me.
Hi Cassiy! I’ve been watching your videos but I’m a little confused about one thing. Can I just buy images on Etsy that are ok for commercial use or do I have to make my own for POD?
You can buy premade designs and post them for sale but they need to have full commercial rights. Make sure to read the descriptions of any designs you buy and also vet the store to see if it really seems like they are making all of the designs. Some people steal peoples designs and just resell them, and this can get you in trouble! They also are not responsible for checking trademarks or copyrights, that's still your job. So I tend not to buy them because of all of these reasons and I just make my own.
Hi Cassiy! I am loving all of your videos and am learning so much! I have a question about selling designs made for POD on Etsy. I am thinking of starting a POD Etsy shop but after reading their rules, I am a little confused. Etsy's house rules regarding design say "Simple customization, such as selecting colors, shapes, or choosing from ready-made options is not considered design on Etsy." So does this mean we can not use any design elements found in Canva even if they are put together with other elements since they are ready-made? I just want to make sure I am following the rules and do not get shut down when opening my shop.
Awesome video Cassiy. So many A-ha moments! 🤩💯💥I have a question for clarification ... I've noticed in your tutorials that you use the top 50% of your 4500x5400 templates to place your designs. I made an assumption that I should be filling up that space for resolution purposes, then sizing down the image to on the shirt. Is there a scenario when it makes better sense to use the entire template (ie, maybe a tall and narrow design that would otherwise look too small/crunched confined to the top area)? 🤔 Oh, and can you point me to the video where you talk about a strategy for doubling your listings by creating a separate listing for a different color? I want to get some clarification on that as well Thank you!
czcams.com/video/9RHGt876_pM/video.html I think this is the video where I talk about doubling the listings! As for the designing, that's a large enough canvas that you can use the top half or all of it just depending on the shape of the design. I make all of mine just the way I showed in this video and they are definitely high enough quality for printing!
Hi Cassiy... I'm from the UK.. In your opinion, is it best to use a UK print company on Printify rather than say a US comp like Monster Digital or Swift Pod etc? Thanks
Depends on where you want to be selling your items. I'd recommend selling only in the US even if you are in the UK. Then you would use a US printify company. This just makes it easier because then you don't have to worry about taking returns in eurpope, checking trademarks in both countries and the US is the largest market for shopping anyways. Up to you though!
@@CassiyJohnson if I am from Europe how to deal with returns, I think some returns will be, even I sell only in US, is hard to presume all is perfect in this business.
Hey Cassiy great video! Though I have a question. As of now would you recommend starting working on Halloween or Christmas designs? Can't seem to choose at which one I'll have a better chance of successfully selling. Thanks:)
Christmas is the bigger selling time between the two so if you only want to focus on one, then I would pick Christmas! Christmas sales really start to pick up around September 1st, so now is the perfect time to start desinging and getting ready for xmas. Make sure to sell sweatshirts since those sell really well for Ugly Christmas Sweaters. Just keep trying new niches combined with Christmas until you find some that sell well. You've got this!
I purchased many designs as well as the full Pod license for each of them , I want to use them as is which is the reason I got the full pod license but I am very nervous to find out I could get copyrighted regardless of the full pod license on etsy . I’m not sure how to proceed now😕
You just need to make sure you understand what is copyrighted and what is not, for example you don't want to download anything from Disney off of CF. It's always your job to make sure designs you make/buy are safe to use and you need to always check for trademarks as well. Don't be discouraged, most things on there are safe to use!
How do you do a trademark search for all countries? I'm in Australia, if I do a trademark search using ours how am I covered for America? Hope that made sense.
So I only sell in the US so I only check here, this is what makes it complicated to check everywhere so I do not do that. So if you sell in America and Australia, then you would need to check both countries websites.
Hi Cassiy... With regards to faulty t-shirts...If the customer receives a faulty t-shirt, can you notify printify and they will sort the issue? How does that work please? Tks
Yes they will take care of it if there are ever any issues! You just open Printify, find the faulty order, submit and issue, ask for a reprint or refund, send them the picture the customer gave you, and they will make a new one and send it to the customer for you!
Hey Cassiy I am a bit confused on the file format as I have been primarily been using Canva's images. But if I am to use images from Creative Fabrica, what file format do you generally use? I see a lot of PNgs, but I thought you can't manipulate those much in Canva ( for example remove text or other elements, etc. from original Creative Fabrica file)
Yes most of what is on Creative Fabrica are just PNG's, not editable svgs. So most of the customizing to the design would be adding different elements together and adding text!
When downloading designs from Canva, they are only 96 DPI. I can get it to a max of 288 DPI using the slider tool to enlarge the canvas size. How is everyone maintaining DPI for printing POD when designing PNG’s in Canva?
So when creating my canvas, I start with 4500 x 5400 pixels, and ensure to use up a large amount of that space with my design and I am always getting really high DPI. Hope that helps!
Hi Cassiy really into your videos, I download days ago the peace and love font but i just realized that I only have the solid version? how i can get the outline version?
I don't. I got a best seller my first year with the keywords "teacher sweatshirt". Just make sure you are making designs that aren't just a carbon copy of everything on that page and have great mockups! A lot of people avoid these big niches and categories thinking they are oversaturated but Etsy shows everyone different search results based on where they live and what they have clicked on/purchased in the past.
Hey Cassiy, thank you for this amazing tutorial. Designing is one part of the game, but finding the tags, and writing the description, checking the attributes are very important as well. I am following your advice, and I have designed more than 20 listings for LGBT Pride, however, they haven't been seen by buyers. I have used the mix of tags of the middle size shops. Do you have any advice for my case? In this video, you are changing "mom" to "nurse" or "mini" etc. What about the tags and description? Is that enough just changing those words in tags and descriptions as well? thank you again. 🐥
So I am not sure what you mean by "middle sized shops", you just want to use a mix of SEO from the top selling listings for your niche. You also want to try to be designing for what is currently selling lots of, the Pride niche is great in the beginning of the year leading up to Pride month but may not have tons of people searching for it right now. I'd focus on more things like Fall, Halloween, Christmas etc. that way you have a better chance to be seen since there are so many people looking for these niches right now!
@@CassiyJohnson thank you so much! I’ve been wanting to start and have a few designs but realized how expensive it would be to order each shirt for “quality control” and kind of gave up a little.
Hi. I created a bunch of cute designs. I bought great mock ups. Yes a couple came from your store. I watched your video on how to put on a mock up but the design is really white on the mock up. I adjusted the transparency but it didn’t work. Any suggestions? Please help.
Im getting a little discouraged. I've had my shop in full running mode for the past two months and no sales. Ive added 12 listings so far, and not sure if what im designing is working. I chose to design random design t-shirts, and hoodies for now. I don't know if adding more listings will make a difference in potential sales?
Hi, I don't know what I'm doing wrong. If I download a creative fabrica design to canva the white portion, letters etc disappears. I would have to use a darker back ground to design not the white like you are using. Thanks
You just need to click the background of your Canva design and then change the color of the background to black, that way you can see the white elements of your design while you are designing!
If you have subscriptions to both canva and creative fabrica, does canva automatically pull images and fonts from creative fabrica when you are designing in canva?
@@CassiyJohnson Thank you! I was up until 3am watching so many of your videos last night. They are all so informative. I used all your links and signed up for your program recommendations. Thank your for putting your knowledge out for people to learn.
Yes that's fine, but you could just always use 4500 x 5400 and design within that space horizontal. Once you upload your design to Printify, you can stretch it to take up the amount of space on the shirt that you want.
@@CassiyJohnson thank you for answering! i found the LHC last weekend, which led me to you and i’ve devoured all your videos this week. please keep going- you’re an answer to a prayer.
On the etsy profit calculator - if we purchase it will there be a link for updates if prices and fees change soon or will we have to figure it out in excel to change it if need be?
You will fill out the prices of the items you are using, and the fees you would change if they get updated. But it's not any complicated spot, it's super simple to update. There is a page at the end of the document where the table is and you just change the number! I tried to make it super simple
Cassidy I have a question let say I want to use the phrase “I am enough” and I look on trademark and “enough” is trade marked that means I can’t use the entire sentence?
No you should be fine to use something generic like that. But keep in mind, just because there is a trademark for something, doesn't always mean that it's trademarked for shirts.
Cassiy!!! I pray God blesses you abundantly in every area because the way you’ve put detail and patience in explaining these steps😭 thank you thank you thank you!
You're welcome!! Thanks for watching!!
You’re honestly such a life saver, thank you for making these videos
So glad I can help, thanks for watching!
I love this and you so much! You and Jenny as well as the life hacker couple have inspired me. I started my store a little less than two months ago and I have 12 sales. Which doesn’t sound like much but I’ll tell you it means the world to me! I’m so excited to continue this journey ❤️
Awww Mary congrats on getting started!! Those 12 sales are just the beginning ❤️ Jenny is one of my closest friends and we talk everyday, I’ll tell her you posted this and she will be so happy for you! Keep up the good work!!
@@CassiyJohnson Who is Jenny? Does she do videos too?
@@kg811 She does! She was interviewed on the Life Hacker Couple YT channel around the same time I was and she teaches Etsy on TikTok, her handle is Jennyfromtheshopp
@@CassiyJohnson thanks tons.
Thanks @CassiyJohnson I’m up to my first 20 and I couldn’t be more thrilled! I’ve put in a ton of work and have about 120 listings and still going to get ready for the holidays. I’m so excited ☺️ thanks for all you do!
I just wanted to tell you how much I have been getting out of your videos. I only discovered these in the last couple of weeks when I saw you in an interview. Everytime you give me something new even if it's just a technique I hadn't known about. Keep these coming as I love that you are giving us newbies some direction.
I am so glad you found my channel and are getting value from my videos
Cassiy just thanks. Ive been watching your videos lately and it’s been such a breeze to follow along. I have listed 4 items and I’m trying to work up to 50 listings a week on my spare time. You are awesome
That’s a great goal!! I’m glad my videos are so helpful for you!! ❤️
My name is Lauren from Texas and I love these videos! They help so much!
Hi Lauren! Thanks so much for watching my channel, hope you love this new video
Hi Cassiy!
Thank you so much for this video. 🙏🙏 I think I can watch 10 more videos like this as it’s always so helpful when starting POD/Etsy.
Which kids shirts do you like to use for your group family listings?
Also an idea for another video maybe: how to promote our shop on social media (the basic how-tos for Pinterest, Tik Tok and Instagram). You mentioned these in a previous videos and I’d love to hear more on this subject.😊
Thanks so much in advance!!! You’re the best!!!!! 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
So glad you are enjoying my videos Virginie!! I typically just use whatever shirt is in stock in the sizes I need from Swift POD, I have found they are a good option for group orders since they have one of the biggest selections.
GREAT VIDEO IDEA! I second that!! Also great work Cassiy. Appreciating all your content
No one has made a good tutorial like this THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH
You are so so welcome, so glad you enjoyed it
Thank you so much Cassiy, you are the first person I see in this kind of tutorials who can actually create great designs. I cannot join Etsy because of my country but everything you teach still very helpful. I am starting with another POD site and I will be sharing my results soon. :)
So glad you are still getting good value from my videos 🔥🔥
Spooky mama shirt is super cute 😍 love both designs
Thanks Nichole! Hopefully it helped you see how easy it can be to create nice designs
Thank you Cassiy! The most details video I've come across 🙂
Keep teaching us, please 🙏 so grateful so sharing all your information.
I’m so glad!! Thanks for the comment ❤️
You've been one of the most helpful CZcamsrs! Thank you so much for all that you do!
I really appreciate your kind comment!!
Another great video Cassiy! Keep learning so many tips and tricks
from your content 💕
Thanks for always leaving the nicest comments Corinna, so glad you are still getting value from my videos!!
This is great! I've done a lot of my Halloween already but I might change them up a bit! Thank you!
So glad you got some good value from my video!!
Great video, Cassiy! Love the designs 👻
Thanks Printify ❤️
Thanks for sharing very informative stuff. Stay Blessed & Happy.
You're so welcome! So glad you found it helpful!
Hi Cassiy! I can’t get enough of your videos. I watch them almost every day. I want to ask how do you list a T-shirt , sweatshirts and hoodies in one listing or design? Any suggestions will be appreciated. Thank you ❤
Thanks Cassiy! Will work on my designs for the holidays starting today!
Yess so glad I could inspire you!!
What a great video Cassiy! Super useful. Thank you so much.
So glad you enjoyed it Mary
Hey Cassiy! Thank you for another informative video!
I was wondering if you would consider making one addressing what to do to prepare for Q4 as far as how to handle out of stock items, delays, what to tell the customer, best practices on refunds etc. I have an order that a customer placed on July 31st that I can’t get any info on right now so I can just image what it’s like around the holidays! Thanks so much and hope you are doing well! :)
Following, would love a video about this!
Great call out Lisa, I will start working on putting a video together for this, I think that's all good info that people would want
Cassiy, thank you so much for sharing your expertise. You are such a huge help and inspire inspiration to create more cool designs. Thanks Again!
So glad you enjoyed the video!! It’s fun to share exactly how I do what I do to help you replicate the same results ❤️ I really think anyone can be successful at this if given the right tools!!
Thank you for all this CJ!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
New subscriber! Absolutely love the way you explain everything and it’s all so beautiful. You’ve made me feel so inspired 🧡
Hi Flo! Thanks for subscribing! So glad you liked this video!
Hi Cassiy! Thank you again for another wonderful video! I have a few questions.. 1) What do you do with your shop when you are on a vacation and do not have access to the Internet (for example, a cruise)? Do you put your shop on vacation mode? 2) Do you respond to customer reviews (good or bad) and what do you say? 3) How do you go about choosing the color palettes for your designs? 4) Do you think it's best for the design to take up the entire space allotted or just a small part of the shirt?
1. I have yet to go on a vacation without wifi, I paid for it on my cruise and just checked my messages for a few minutes in the morning and at night. But you could always ask a close friend or family member to watch it for you or hire a Virtual Assistant. You don't want to go on vacay mode and then not respond to people who have already ordered. You can put an automatic reply on that you are on vacay and only checking messages once per day at a certain time so they know what to expect.
2. I respond to bad reviews to see if there is anything I can do to make it right.
3. I google color palettes a lot of find a best seller and use their color palette.
4. It depends on the shirt, I do both depending on if it's a graphic design or just text. There is no exact right answer, sometimes simple is really best just text across the chest and other times big bold graphics are best. Just try both and see what works best for you!
@@CassiyJohnson Thank you so much! I hope by your subscribers purchasing your products and interacting with your videos, that we are truly helping you in a big way, because you are such a blessing to so many of us. Thank you for always taking out the time to make these videos and answer every single question!!! You really are the best!
Thanks you so much my first time learning alot from you
Thanks for watching! So glad you learned a lot from this video!!
Just wandering if you have mug mockup
Been watching repeatedly your shows. As I just started to open my etsy last Saturday.
Another excellent video! I'm slowly learning piece by piece, from several of your videos I've seen so far, how to use Creative Fabrica, while patiently waiting for you to do a full tutorial on how to use it. Thanks for all the great easy to follow information!
Thank you so much Cassiy for your wealth of information! Your videos are making the POD/Etsy set up much easier to approach. God bless you
Hey Vassiy, I really like your video
so thankful for these videos! you're awesome!!
You are so sweet, thanks for watching and commenting!
Hi Cassy, thank you so much, great video. Well I don't have store yet, I am working on but I'm learning a lot from great successful people.
So glad you are liking my channel! I'd challenge you though Gloria to just not overthink it and open an etsy shop and a printify account today! There is no better time to start than RIGHT NOW since the holidays are coming so soon! You still have plenty of time to get some good stuff listed for Christmas and start your business off to a great start
@@CassiyJohnsonYes !! I will thank you so much.
Thank you so much. I’ve been learning a lot of design tips from you.
I am so glad!! This is one of the hardest things to learn for people
Another great video! Thank you so much! 🙏❤️
So glad you loved it
Wow, what awesome information, thank you!!!
You are so welcome, thanks for watching!!
Your page is so informative! I went to look at your Mock Ups and it really gave me some ideas of understanding that some designs I create would look really great on your mock ups! Thanks so much! I'm working on building a shopify store soon and definitely love your mockups!
Thanks for checking out my shop!! Good luck with your Shopify
@@CassiyJohnson aww thank you! I've already favorite your shop! But I'm definitely wanting to purchase your Mock Ups! They are beautiful! So creative and cute!
Thank you so much. Your videos are extremely helpful!
I am so so glad that you got some good value from my video
This is so cool and helpful, thank you Cassiy!
So glad you got some good value
So wonderfully done and excellent job explaining! 🎉
Thank you very much for your sweet comment!
SOOOO helpful as always thank you so much!! ❤️🙏🏻
So glad you got some value, thanks for watching!!
I love your videos! You break everything down so nicely. God bless you!
Hey Cassiy!!!! You're helping me so much!!! I would love your help in understanding my need for Everbee AND Sale Samurai at the same time. I'm so confused as to why BOTH are used at the same time when starting out. I know they are slightly different but can you please clarify for those of us just starting out, if there's one over the other you would recommend at first? Then when would you say is a good indicator that the other should be used? I just know myself and trying to understand and start BOTH at the same time would be a bit overwhelming for me. I am more of the mindset, start with one, learn it well, then add another as needed. I keep thinking (as a newbie) that ya'll are nuts LOL for doing both at the same time and wonder if it's overkill for a newbie? Thanks so much!
Great question! As for Everbee vs Sale Samurai, they are very different tools that I use for different things. I really like using Everbee to sort the results for a keyword on Etsy to see which ones are already selling well, how many sales approx they've had and easily see what keywords they are using in their titles and tags. I also really like using them to stalk my competition by sorting their shop and seeing what best sellers shops have. So I use Everbee more for finding new shops to stalk and finding new niches to design for.
Sale Samurai you already have to have a keyword in mind to start searching for to really use it, and you can go down the rabbit hole and then find some low competition high search volume niches as well but I use it more for finding good keywords for the listings I already made. Hope that makes sense!
You definitely don't NEED either of them, I built my whole business without using any paid tools. I am just starting to check them all out now that I am 2+ years in and realize how they can make my job so much easier and more efficient. But I also am making a bunch of sales and don't mind spending the money on both since I am just going to write it off at
the end of the year anyways! I hope that all makes sense hha thanks so much for watching!!
You look fantastic!!!! 💕💕💕💕
Aww you are the sweetest!!
Thank you so much for this video it was so so helpful
So glad you enjoyed it!!
Thank you for this video as always very well done
Thanks so much for watching, really appreciate your sweet comment
This video was super helpful. Thanks Very much.
Awesome video!!! Thanks 🤩💕🤩
So glad you loved it, hope it helps a ton!!
I would live a video showing how you organize all of your purchased and created graphics and fonts.. they are like glitter.. they're everywhere lol!!!
Just made this video finally because you aren't the only one who has requested this lol It will come out tomorrow morning
As always this was so helpful! I’ve been on the fence about getting creative fabrica since I have canva and am already paying for canva, everbee and salesamurai that I wasn’t sure if it would be worth the extra money since I am a new store and no sales yet since opening 2 weeks ago. I’m getting really impatient and thinking that maybe splurging will actually help me get a sale in the near future. So thanks for helping me learn something new about canva and pushing me over the edge to get creative fabrica. 😍
Glad I could show you some fun new options, feel free to take it slow, you don't NEED any of those things to be successful.. besides Canva lol you need Canva! Congrats on getting started though!
Thank you Cassiy for showing us how you would research and put your own designs together. Does it matter if we go days without publishing any listings? Or should we strive to get some listings up each day?
I’m not sure if I should try to be more efficient with task batching each step (I.e., make a bunch of designs one day, SEO research another day for all those designs, create the mock-ups the following day, and so on). My only concern is this method may mean I’m going days without out publishing any listings, compared to working on one design at a time from start to finish/publish each day.
I’m curious to know your thoughts :)
Great question Nicole! I find when I do too many designs, I feel overwhelmed. So I like to make 10 designs and then list them all. I think as long as you are consistently listing, it doesn't matter if you are literally listing every single day. Just find a rhythm that works well for you and that you have time and mental energy for!
Thank you Cassiy ❤️
Just make consistency in your listing , for example if you listing 10 designs after every 4 days then you should carry this constantly. It will know the algorithm that you are serious and genuine seller which will help you in boosting your shop
Thanks for asking this question. I had the same one since the other day I was in canva creating a design and then I’d get hits of inspiration and before I knew it I had over 100 canvases open. So I thought that I’d just batch the process like you mentioned. But then I had to keep avoiding the overwhelm feeling like Cassiy mentioned and recommit to finishing. So I just took out like about 5 to start and creating the mock-ups and seo and listing them one by one in the matter of two days. So I think I will do small batches and it’ll help me be more consistent.
Thank you
I’m wondering about using the POD images from Creative Fabrica…a lot of people say you can use them as is in your Etsy shop, but does that actually go against Etsy’s rules for your items having to be designed by you? Or is it permissible to add them to POD products and sell them as is on Etsy?
So the fully premade as is designs on CF you are right, technically are not made by you so I see what you are saying! I think Etsy says you just have to have a "unique" item, so maybe the item you are offering it on is what makes it unique. You aren't selling the design you didn't make as is, you put that design onto a t-shirt, sweatshirt mug. So maybe that helps it count that way? I don't think Etsy polices this at all but its an interesting thing to consider.
Could you PLEASE do a tutorial for how to design for mugs using Canva and Printify? There are very few out there. I have been trying, but my designs end up too small on the mug. This would be so helpful. I want to branch out in my products, but mugs are hard especially the 15 oz and the enamel mugs.
Here's my review of the mugs if you haven't seen it czcams.com/video/VPO7Tqu59aw/video.html
And there should be no difference in the way you design mugs compared to t-shirts. I repurpose my t-shirt designs onto mugs, I am never making them specifically for mugs in the first place!
Great video!
Thanks so much, so glad you liked it!!
Very helpful & nice video.
Thankyou.
Cp Rao from India.
So glad you found it helpful, thanks for watching!
Hi. Great training. Do you have a video about creating wall art?
No so sorry I have never created wall art before!
Thanks for the videos Cassiy:) Wondering: another channel who had 200 active Etsy listings said he spent 2-3 hours/night after his day job answering questions & doing customer service for his Etsy shop. Does that sound right to you? Sounds like a big time investment & not all those ppl contacting you with questions actually end up buying. Thanks! 😍
So I spend probably 20 minutes per day on customer service, sometimes around the holidays it can get crazy like that though. You need to try to make sure all of the questions people have are answered in your photos. Not everyone goes to the description so if you can make it as easy as possible to find the answers to peoples questions without messaging you, then you will get less messages!
Also if you offer custom orders, then you will get lots more messages. So if you are concerned about customer service, maybe don't do custom items!
@@CassiyJohnson thanks! Good idea about putting info in photos 😃
thanks
Great video! ❤
Thanks so much!!
Your videos are really informative! I do have a question, I noticed on your how to add 50 listings in one day that you have a separate listing for sweatshirts, t shirts and hoodies. What do you think about combining all 3 into one listing? Do you think it’s more beneficial to have 3 separate listings with the same graphics or one listing were you can purchase the graphic on either a hoodie, T-shirt or sweatshirt?
I love your videos!! You pop thru my feed and i always ended up clicking love your content. I really want to open my store but i OVER THINK EVERYTHING! The struggle is real for me😊! I do have a question: is it possible to take the ghost out and use it solely? Like could you cut him out in canva to use on a shirt by himself?
Im excited to watch this video!
I was wondering if you sell hoodies on your etsy store. If so I was wondering if you could suggest which hoodies to use. Ive seen a lot of trendy hoodie designs and i would like to sell my own Version of them.
I dont know which hoodie type i should select and how the sizes and fit are on these. Maybe you could do a video/review if you have time?
Thank you so much for the help and amazing videos!
I'm also very interested in a video about hoodie designs. I have about 10 designs already and use Printify and Swift POD as the printer. Getting samples of them this week!
I'll definitely do a hoodie review! I use the Gildan 18500 and they are a normal unisex hoodie, really similar sizing to the sweatshirts the Gildan 18000.
Obsessed with your vids! Thanks so much!! How did you import the font from CF to Canva? ❤
I'm actually releasing a video tomorrow to show you how to upload the font so make sure to check that out! Thanks for watching
When designing on a long sleeve or hoodie for printify which brand do you use or recommend?
I like to use the Bella Canvas 3501 for long sleeve shirts and the Gildan 18000 for sweatshirts and 18500 for Hoodies!
Excellent video Cassiy. I am liking, commenting and saving any video I watch to give you the CZcams to support the channel. Using EverBee, I analyzied all products of a newer store (opened in 2021) store that has about 1300 listings. They were doing about $20,000 in monthly revenue. I am trying to set goals for myself and understand how many listings I need in order to get to where I want. Are these numbers very typical or this store is doing exceptionally great?
Thanks so much for the support
Thank you Cassiy, I love your videos, very informative. I keep reading that Canva is for beginners. You are very successful using this platform and are an experienced designer. What are your thoughts? Do you use any other platforms?
I would still consider myself pretty new to designing, I love Canva because I am not an experience designer and never need to be super great at it to make good looking designs. I use another app sometimes to do small things that Canva cannot but I use Canva 99% of the time!
It’s great to watch your design process step-by-step, Cassiy. Did you take any training for Canva or did you teach yourself over time? Thanks as always.
So glad you enjoyed it John! I have mostly just learned it as I have gone along but I watched some tutorials on how to use Godaddy Studio, which was the design software I used before Canva. They are pretty similar so I already had a good sense of how to use it. There are some great tutorials out there on how to use it though if you want more videos like this to watch, Detour Shirts channel has some great canva videos!
Thank you very much, Cassiy. I’ll definitely look at that channel for some tips. You’re doing a great job with your channel and I wish you great success. See you on the next one. 😄
Hi Cassiy, Love your video! Thanks so much for making them. I know you made this one a year ago, but the "Bestseller" filter is no longer an option, how else can we do this now? Can't find it in incognito mode either. Thank you!
Hi, so glad you loved this video! My hack for using the bestseller filter is in your search, select the star seller filter, then go to the web address at the top and replace “star” with “best” :) I hope that makes sense!!
@@CassiyJohnson totally makes sense and an awesome hack! Thank you!
This was so easy. I do need to get more familiarized with canva though. Thank you Cassiy! Would you recommend selling more sweatshirts than regular shirts for halloween, or it doesn't matter? Also what are you thoughts on making items non refundable?
I would recommend listing all Halloween items on both, and I don't take any returns or exchanges. I do make exceptions sometimes but this happens very very rarely that someone even asks!
If you want to get good at a certain software just use it a lot and explore it. I'm still learning stuff about Canva and I've made Over 1500 designs on it.
Hey Cassiy, your YT videos are absolutely wonderful and have taught me so much ! Thank you for that and keep doing what your doing! My question is I was told and was under the impression that even though I have a Canva pro account , I wasn’t about to use pro elements on items I would be selling and making profit on. Can you clarify when you are and are not able to use the pro elements ? Thanks!!
You are allowed to use Canva Pro elements in commercial designs but not by themselves, they need to be apart of a larger design ie. words and other graphics added.
here is a link to their license, www.canva.com/help/licenses-copyright-legal-commercial-use/
Always a good idea to read it yourself anywhere you are getting graphics from and make sure you understand the license that comes with it!
Hi Cassiy. I just discovered your channel. I love your style! have been looking into this print on demand for a while now. I also am Amazon an Seller trying different things and actually want to grow a brand on there. I put it on hold for now to try to bring in another income source I can focus on. When you say you’re an Amazon seller, is that print on demand? My other question is, what’s the typical profit margin For Etsy print on demand? One last question… Do you have a course or recommend a course… If necessary? Thank you for your time❤
Hi Traci! I am working on my own course right now but it is not ready yet. Sorry I don't have a great recommendation for you but I learned almost everything exclusively through free CZcams videos so I'd get started with that in the beginning and then you can decide if you want a course and who you want to buy it from.
A typical print on demand profit margin on Etsy is between 25% - 30% Hope that helps!
When you make a retro design do you do something to the colors, like the checkerboard to make them look retro (or used) or does the black come out that way because it is DTG already? Thank you so much for your videos!
I don't add any additional distressing to my designs because I think they look nice as is but if you think it would really add to your design, I know there are some good tutorials on CZcams for a website called Photopea where you can add distressing easily!
Hey Cassiy! I love your videos. I see there’s a lot of things you’d need to subscribe to to have some successful designs. Are these things you can write off on taxes? Are there any free options for when you’re getting started? I’m doing what I can to make my own shop so I can have some supplemental income when I’m on maternity leave.
The only things you need to get started in Canva design software and you can even get a free month of that when you sign up with my link, everything else can wait until you start getting money coming in. But you do need to float the costs of the orders until Etsy pays you though so I would recommend having some money before you start. Etsy for the first 90 days pays you once per week but only pays you the full amount of the order after the item ships. So I would recommend putting them on a credit card if you feel comfortable with that so you can just pay the credit card after etsy pays you the full amount of the item. Then after 90 days you can change this to pay you daily and they pay you the full sale amount (minus etsy fees) right away now that they know you are a legit business.
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Hey Cassiy.. So, it's been about a week since I opened my etsy shop.. I have about 40 listings up.. I've been trying to follow your pieces of advice and apply your lessons.. But I'm starting to feel hopeless.. Still not one single sale.. Just a couple of views.. Not sure what I'm doing wrong 😏
Thank you so much! I love your advices and the fact that you take time to respond. I started my shop but since I am going through printify the shirts are so plain… how do you get a model or decoration in the background? Thanks in advance 😊♥️
I wonder if the graphics on canva are the same as with over - you can use them for 400 sales but then you have to retool them.
No the graphics on Canva you can use unlimited, but you can’t use them alone. You have to incorporate them into a larger design like you see in this video. Feel free to go read their license to make sure you feel confident in using them as well!
I never understood that business model. If they limit me to 400 sales, I'll just not be a customer and use an unlimited company. Secondly, how do they know how many sales thousands of sellers have? It's a very weird to me.
Hi Cassiy! I’ve been watching your videos but I’m a little confused about one thing. Can I just buy images on Etsy that are ok for commercial use or do I have to make my own for POD?
You can buy premade designs and post them for sale but they need to have full commercial rights. Make sure to read the descriptions of any designs you buy and also vet the store to see if it really seems like they are making all of the designs. Some people steal peoples designs and just resell them, and this can get you in trouble! They also are not responsible for checking trademarks or copyrights, that's still your job. So I tend not to buy them because of all of these reasons and I just make my own.
Hi Cassiy! I am loving all of your videos and am learning so much! I have a question about selling designs made for POD on Etsy. I am thinking of starting a POD Etsy shop but after reading their rules, I am a little confused. Etsy's house rules regarding design say "Simple customization, such as selecting colors, shapes, or choosing from ready-made options is not considered design on Etsy." So does this mean we can not use any design elements found in Canva even if they are put together with other elements since they are ready-made? I just want to make sure I am following the rules and do not get shut down when opening my shop.
Awesome video Cassiy. So many A-ha moments! 🤩💯💥I have a question for clarification ... I've noticed in your tutorials that you use the top 50% of your 4500x5400 templates to place your designs. I made an assumption that I should be filling up that space for resolution purposes, then sizing down the image to on the shirt. Is there a scenario when it makes better sense to use the entire template (ie, maybe a tall and narrow design that would otherwise look too small/crunched confined to the top area)? 🤔
Oh, and can you point me to the video where you talk about a strategy for doubling your listings by creating a separate listing for a different color? I want to get some clarification on that as well Thank you!
czcams.com/video/9RHGt876_pM/video.html I think this is the video where I talk about doubling the listings!
As for the designing, that's a large enough canvas that you can use the top half or all of it just depending on the shape of the design. I make all of mine just the way I showed in this video and they are definitely high enough quality for printing!
@@CassiyJohnson Ok, thanks!
Love your videos.plz mention in Canva which file format is best for pod?
You need to download your designs as a .png transparent file and for mock-ups you need to download them as a .jpeg file!
@@CassiyJohnson thanks for the response means alot to me
I don't see the best seller filter as you mentioned, and I'm not having luck doing incognito view as you mentioned. What is the step by step
Hi Cassiy... I'm from the UK.. In your opinion, is it best to use a UK print company on Printify rather than say a US comp like Monster Digital or Swift Pod etc? Thanks
Depends on where you want to be selling your items. I'd recommend selling only in the US even if you are in the UK. Then you would use a US printify company. This just makes it easier because then you don't have to worry about taking returns in eurpope, checking trademarks in both countries and the US is the largest market for shopping anyways. Up to you though!
@@CassiyJohnson OK cool... Sounds good Cassiy... Thanks for your feedback... Might just do that than... Lots to think about lol..
Tks again..
@@CassiyJohnson if I am from Europe how to deal with returns, I think some returns will be, even I sell only in US, is hard to presume all is perfect in this business.
Hey Cassiy great video! Though I have a question. As of now would you recommend starting working on Halloween or Christmas designs? Can't seem to choose at which one I'll have a better chance of successfully selling. Thanks:)
Christmas is the bigger selling time between the two so if you only want to focus on one, then I would pick Christmas! Christmas sales really start to pick up around September 1st, so now is the perfect time to start desinging and getting ready for xmas. Make sure to sell sweatshirts since those sell really well for Ugly Christmas Sweaters. Just keep trying new niches combined with Christmas until you find some that sell well. You've got this!
I was wondering what the name of the font is that you used for Mama in the video. I really like the font style.
I think I used Halimun in this video! I may have gotten that one from Creative Fabrica
Hello,
I’m confused, I though you couldn’t use pro elements from canva for commercial use only free elements.
I'm learning that best sellers don't work with OOAK. Slowly changing that feature in my shop after 5 years on Etsy.
I purchased many designs as well as the full Pod license for each of them , I want to use them as is which is the reason I got the full pod license but I am very nervous to find out I could get copyrighted regardless of the full pod license on etsy . I’m not sure how to proceed now😕
You just need to make sure you understand what is copyrighted and what is not, for example you don't want to download anything from Disney off of CF. It's always your job to make sure designs you make/buy are safe to use and you need to always check for trademarks as well. Don't be discouraged, most things on there are safe to use!
How do you do a trademark search for all countries? I'm in Australia, if I do a trademark search using ours how am I covered for America? Hope that made sense.
So I only sell in the US so I only check here, this is what makes it complicated to check everywhere so I do not do that. So if you sell in America and Australia, then you would need to check both countries websites.
Hi Cassiy... With regards to faulty t-shirts...If the customer receives a faulty t-shirt, can you notify printify and they will sort the issue? How does that work please?
Tks
Yes they will take care of it if there are ever any issues! You just open Printify, find the faulty order, submit and issue, ask for a reprint or refund, send them the picture the customer gave you, and they will make a new one and send it to the customer for you!
@@CassiyJohnson Aw thank you so much Cassiy... Brill!!
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Hey Cassiy
I am a bit confused on the file format as I have been primarily been using Canva's images. But if I am to use images from Creative Fabrica, what file format do you generally use? I see a lot of PNgs, but I thought you can't manipulate those much in Canva ( for example remove text or other elements, etc. from original Creative Fabrica file)
Yes most of what is on Creative Fabrica are just PNG's, not editable svgs. So most of the customizing to the design would be adding different elements together and adding text!
When downloading designs from Canva, they are only 96 DPI. I can get it to a max of 288 DPI using the slider tool to enlarge the canvas size. How is everyone maintaining DPI for printing POD when designing PNG’s in Canva?
So when creating my canvas, I start with 4500 x 5400 pixels, and ensure to use up a large amount of that space with my design and I am always getting really high DPI. Hope that helps!
Hi Cassiy really into your videos, I download days ago the peace and love font but i just realized that I only have the solid version? how i can get the outline version?
How do you find / verify the bestsellers have low enough competition to be found as a new seller?
I don't. I got a best seller my first year with the keywords "teacher sweatshirt". Just make sure you are making designs that aren't just a carbon copy of everything on that page and have great mockups! A lot of people avoid these big niches and categories thinking they are oversaturated but Etsy shows everyone different search results based on where they live and what they have clicked on/purchased in the past.
Hey Cassiy, thank you for this amazing tutorial. Designing is one part of the game, but finding the tags, and writing the description, checking the attributes are very important as well. I am following your advice, and I have designed more than 20 listings for LGBT Pride, however, they haven't been seen by buyers. I have used the mix of tags of the middle size shops. Do you have any advice for my case?
In this video, you are changing "mom" to "nurse" or "mini" etc. What about the tags and description? Is that enough just changing those words in tags and descriptions as well? thank you again. 🐥
So I am not sure what you mean by "middle sized shops", you just want to use a mix of SEO from the top selling listings for your niche. You also want to try to be designing for what is currently selling lots of, the Pride niche is great in the beginning of the year leading up to Pride month but may not have tons of people searching for it right now. I'd focus on more things like Fall, Halloween, Christmas etc. that way you have a better chance to be seen since there are so many people looking for these niches right now!
@@CassiyJohnson thank you.
Do you buy each shirt to make sure it prints well ?
No this is not necessary at all, these printers do a great job!
@@CassiyJohnson thank you so much! I’ve been wanting to start and have a few designs but realized how expensive it would be to order each shirt for “quality control” and kind of gave up a little.
How do you know what size to have your font letters at? I get nervous I am making them too big or too small 😩
Hi. I created a bunch of cute designs. I bought great mock ups. Yes a couple came from your store. I watched your video on how to put on a mock up but the design is really white on the mock up. I adjusted the transparency but it didn’t work. Any suggestions? Please help.
hmm not sure what you mean by it's really white, I guess make sure that you saved the design as a transparent background png file!
@@CassiyJohnson that was it. The transparency thing. Thank you. I am spending my holiday getting everything up and running. Thank you!!!!!!!
Im getting a little discouraged. I've had my shop in full running mode for the past two months and no sales. Ive added 12 listings so far, and not sure if what im designing is working. I chose to design random design t-shirts, and hoodies for now. I don't know if adding more listings will make a difference in potential sales?
Hi, I don't know what I'm doing wrong. If I download a creative fabrica design to canva the white portion, letters etc disappears. I would have to use a darker back ground to design not the white like you are using. Thanks
You just need to click the background of your Canva design and then change the color of the background to black, that way you can see the white elements of your design while you are designing!
@@CassiyJohnson thanks for responding. I love your videos.
If you have subscriptions to both canva and creative fabrica, does canva automatically pull images and fonts from creative fabrica when you are designing in canva?
No you need to upload the fonts and graphics after downloading them from CF and upload them to Canva! They are not connected at all.
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Thank you! I was up until 3am watching so many of your videos last night. They are all so informative. I used all your links and signed up for your program recommendations. Thank your for putting your knowledge out for people to learn.
@@nicoleordaz4000 Wow that is so sweet, I am so glad you are loving my videos!! I appreciate the support
hi, cassiy! can the dimensions for the design be 5400 x 4500 for horizontal designs? (i’ll only be selling on Etsy for now.) thanks!
Yes that's fine, but you could just always use 4500 x 5400 and design within that space horizontal. Once you upload your design to Printify, you can stretch it to take up the amount of space on the shirt that you want.
@@CassiyJohnson thank you for answering! i found the LHC last weekend, which led me to you and i’ve devoured all your videos this week. please keep going- you’re an answer to a prayer.
On the etsy profit calculator - if we purchase it will there be a link for updates if prices and fees change soon or will we have to figure it out in excel to change it if need be?
You will fill out the prices of the items you are using, and the fees you would change if they get updated. But it's not any complicated spot, it's super simple to update. There is a page at the end of the document where the table is and you just change the number! I tried to make it super simple
Cassidy I have a question let say I want to use the phrase “I am enough” and I look on trademark and “enough” is trade marked that means I can’t use the entire sentence?
No you should be fine to use something generic like that. But keep in mind, just because there is a trademark for something, doesn't always mean that it's trademarked for shirts.
@@CassiyJohnson thank you!