First month on Etsy selling digital downloads // REALISTIC results & beginner tips! 💸✨
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- čas přidán 6. 07. 2024
- I started an Etsy shop in February and wanted to share the results! There’s not too many realistic first month Etsy videos out there, so I wanted to document my process and revenue from the first month. Some people earn thousands of dollars on Etsy - is this true? I put it to the test.
This video is inspired by @DinaLu and her Etsy series! Please check out her Etsy videos here as she has amazing tips and tutorials for those who are starting an Etsy store: / @dinalu ✨
If you want to learn how much a beginner can make on Etsy in their first month, this video is for you. I go over how much money I made, how many sales I got and beginner tips for starting a new Etsy store selling digital downloads and earning passive income. Plus realistic struggles I faced when starting a new Etsy store that you can learn from. Thank you for watching!
CHAPTERS:
0:00 Intro
0:38 Backstory
1:51 Process
5:15 Results
10:38 Profit after fees
12:24 Expenses to start an Etsy store
13:24 Final thoughts
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Finely, we find someone realistic and tell the truth. I'm really fed up with scams that always lie to us about businesses on Etsy from others. God bless you because we saw different videos. The result is different for earning money, and then we thought it was easy to get clients.
But its really not realistic since its only 30 days. Ive seen some listings have no traffic for a year and all of a sudden they were active as hell. Plus this is a brand new shop. I think its quite unrealistic actually seeing as it take even 60-90 days for some of etsy algos to settle in.
omg what a year ! so why all lie about it ?
@@geeksauce4679
Im working as a Portfolio Manager 7-19 everyday and working on my Etsy Shop from 5-6 in the Morning and from 20-22 in the Evening. I did about 800$ in my first month (February) and for March I did about 15.000$. Its stressful but also a lot of money.
15,000??? What product area did you choose? That seems like a wild increase! Bravo though!
Wowww good work!
I find that hard to believe. What type of product do you sell?
@@Icedanon Digital Products for 10-25$
@@AusflugInNeueWelt What kind of "digital products", like what genre? Templates, wall art?
Love seeing results from a normal person. Appreciate the transparency and 10 sales in the first month isn’t bad at all! Would love to follow your journey & see more in-depth videos! 💖
Thank you so much appreciate it! ✨
@Duckuy this. and if you keep vlogging about it I will subscribe!
@@shoreseeker Hi I have watched your video and started creating a new account, but as soon as it was completed, it was closed without justification, so I ask you to help send a message explaining the proper registration method without closing my account to remind me I am following you from Morocco
@@ayoubbenchagra8093 Hello
I see that you are having issue with opening an Esty account do you mind if I help you out
That was such a realistic and honest video! You’re not making up numbers just to sell those magic courses like all the other guys do… I hope you grow so much that you will actually start selling your courses to help others!
Aww thanks so much appreciate it heaps!
indeed
It's refreshing to see a video that is raw and not full of someone trying to benefit from sharing product links. Thanks for being real.
Great video! thank you for being so transparent with everything and for sharing these results. It was very helpful. I hope you will keep at it and that your store will continue to grow!
Thanks so much!
I want you to know that I like and appreciate this video for two reasons, and I want to share them with you. First of all you are transparant with the numbers and don't try to exaggerate the profit for clicks, which is pretty uncommon these days. The second thing I really liked is more about you; you talk very calm and clear even if I can tell you are excited about the content. Today everyone seem to think you have to jam-pack every second with information and value which for me can be exhausting to listen to after a while. So, good content and nicely presented! Keep it up 😊
Thanks so much that means a lot! ☺️
Hey. I love how honest you were with this. So many etsy gurus out there just make clickbaity videos and sells dreams just to get more likes. It sets unrealistic expectation for beginners. Thank you for this!
Then you go and send them a comment, then they send you back a dm where they ask you fore money for seen their video and getting views because they think it's for their video and not for your effort. most of those "gurus" are nothing but scammers. I'm telling you, I had answers like that from at least 4 of them, asking me to get in touch with them on a dm just to ask for money. of course, you need to send them to fk off
Shout out from South Africa... I love how transparent you are compared to most of these other youtubers who just sell the positive vibes with almost no real turnover results
Thank you!
Thank u so much for the video sis! This is really encouraging 😍😍
One of the most realistic and honest review. Thanks so much!
Thank you so much for your honest and transparent view on this, it helped me a lot!
Thanks so much for this video! Very helpful. Looking forward to seeing your progress. You got this!
Thanks so much!
Appreciate your honesty it’s so refreshing…the key point as well, which I’m so glad you mentioned, is revenue is not profit. I think so many people get caught up in that number that they don’t realise or understand you need to negate Etsy fees and any costs to determine your actual net profit. Also that if you owe Etsy anything (.I.e listing fees, ads etc) if there is any revenue those amounts will also be negated from the total revenue so it may result in no actual profit or a very small amount after the fact.
I researched for the longest time before I even thought about starting an Etsy store& I only opened mine once I had a clear understanding of Etsy - I’m not drowning in orders but I’m happy that I’ve at least made one sale & I’ll be looking into digital products & making them available worldwide as currently my physical products are just shipping within Australia so that could also be working against me as I’m limiting my overall reach.
So true, I didn’t realise how much the Etsy fees are! And so many videos don’t even go over that. Best of luck for your store!
Good to see an aussie seller on Etsy. Started mine 13 days ago and it's not doing so great, but I'm in a tight niche. Thought I'd start with something I actually have experience in (cleaning and designing), so I'm working on cleaning based logos, business forms etc. It's pretty fun, but man the amount of hours you put in is immense.
Soo true, I didn’t anticipate how many hours it would take! Good luck
This is so encouraging! I’d love to see a follow up video to this. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for the video, very inspirational, I am also wanting to pursue Etsy, but like you said! " I am Procrastinating a lot, over thinking about Etsy shop name, etc. " Thanks for your transparency and hope you do well in anything you put your mind to it. Good luck!
Hahah yes so true the procrastination is the hardest part!
Great and helpful video! I love that you're like...it took me SO LONG to create my product (and for someone who already has experience with graphic design!). This helps to give me realistic expectations. Good luck to you!
Glad it was helpful! Even though I have experience in graphic design it was still a learning curve understanding Canva and the best way to make templates for other people (It's one thing to make a nice design, but to make a nice design AND make sure a non designer can open it and it's easy to edit is another time consuming part). Once that hurdle is crossed it gets a lot easier but is definitely more time consuming than I anticipated and other people made it out to be!
This video is more realistic and honest than similar videos coming from 1 million subscriber portfolios. Great work!
Appreciate that, thank you!
Love the information in this video and my favorite part is when you disclosed why you don't share your link with CZcams! 💯🙌🏾
Thank you for this, means a lot! Good luck with your store :)
Hello!I am a cross border e-commence worker,and we are mainly selling handmade products on etsy and we are responsible for helping people register a store on Etsy?Are u interested in opening a store on Etsy?
This was refreshingly genuine and realistic! Hats off to you!
Hello!I am a cross border e-commence worker,and we are mainly selling handmade products on etsy and we are responsible for helping people register a store on Etsy?Are u interested in opening a store on Etsy?
omg! thank you for the honest information! thinking about making an etsy store this week
There you go! Good job! :)
Thank you for sharing! Just understanding and knowing graphics is a big plus. I am certain you will reach your goals🌺
Thank you! ☺️
Can't wait for the update! :)
Love the approach with realistic expectations. $100 could well be lifechanging money for someone who spends all day to earn that in a workplace. And given that these products are somewhat set-and-forget, once you've made your intial investment back the rest is gravy. Anything is better than nothing right?
Thanks for making this video and also thanks for sharing your numbers :)
As you said, not many do that. Wish you all the best and really looking forward to a new video
Thanks so much glad I could be transparent and thanks for watching! 😊
Finally i find the best video about etsy selling thank you
Yay! Thank you!
Thanks for sharing. Your honesty is very much appreciated ❤
Thank you 😊
Thank you for sharing real results!!!!!
Keep it up! Thanks for sharing
We need an update!! 😊 Loved this video! I’m a stay at home mom and thinking this might be the perfect way to make a little extra money.
Yess I feel starting an Etsy store as a side hustle is perfect for a bit of extra cash especially for stay at home mums!
Thank you for your transparency of results. Lots of other reviewers who make money on Etsy, only report the high revenue. The only thing, is profit and revenue are not the same. From physical products like Tshirts the profit may only be 15 percent due to costs. So a reported 10K revenue in a month may only be $1500 in profit for physical items. With digital products however the seller keeps most of the profit after Etsy and ad costs, so may keep 80 to 85 percent of profit which is good. Thanks for review.
Great info from a fellow new CZcamsr and Etsy Seller Camper Cutie for camping products! Keep up the good work 🤜🤛😉
Thank you!! Also nice to see another person with a meatless lifestyle also 😊🙌
@@shoreseeker 💯💚
I am also a beginner to learn about selling digital products on etsy. Everything is very new and a lot to take care of. Thanks for sharing. Your sharing makes me more confident and motivated to start. Good luck to you and wish you all the best
Hello!I am a cross border e-commence worker,and we are mainly selling handmade products on etsy and we are responsible for helping people register a store on Etsy?Are u interested in opening a store on Etsy?
Another example of "you just gotta do it!". Congratz!
Exactly, I spent sooo long procrastinating and overthinking it but you just have to do it! 😊
Glad to found an Aussie Etsy seller. Want to start this too but scared if I cant make sales. Thanks for this vid
Really enjoyed this.. you were honest and made realistic expectations.. would really like to see a more in depth video showing how you make your listings.. subbed to see more vids and how you get on... well done! 😎
This video was so helpful! Do you by chance have an update on how your store is going at the moment? Would you say sales have been consistent - or did you see an increase/decrease?
Super! Congrats!
Thanx for sharing this, I found value out of this, don't stop what you doing keep going
You are gonna reach that $1000
Hello!I am a cross border e-commence worker,and we are mainly selling handmade products on etsy and we are responsible for helping people register a store on Etsy?Are u interested in opening a store on Etsy?
Love your video!!
Really helpful. Thank you!
thank you for the honest video of starting a new etsy business!
Hello!I am a cross border e-commence worker,and we are mainly selling handmade products on etsy and we are responsible for helping people register a store on Etsy?Are u interested in opening a store on Etsy?
Thank you for the transparency for this. I'm currently doing research about selling on Etsy and all. Now I wonder how's your shop after months lol most likely if you post more your stuff on social media especially Pinterest, you'll get more traction
Thank you so much for sharing this!!! Seeing the actually reality of the $ and how much is spent on ads and stuff really helps. I’m going to run ads and suck it up for now lol
Frankly you're smart selling the TOOLS that other stores need to sell their own end products. I've probably spent $100 or more on templates and designs and tools for my new shop to send END products and haven't sold a single item yet.
Everyone on youtube makes opening an etsy shop seem like winning the lottery. When in a gold rush, sell shovels.
Very valuable video. So genuine. Wishing you all the best!
Hello!I am a cross border e-commence worker,and we are mainly selling handmade products on etsy and we are responsible for helping people register a store on Etsy?Are u interested in opening a store on Etsy?
Hello!I am a cross border e-commence worker,and we are mainly selling handmade products on etsy and we are responsible for helping people register a store on Etsy?Are u interested in opening a store on Etsy?
Cool to see! I’m going to subscribe and follow your journey while I try to decide if I should try this for myself
One thing that you could try (I’ve seen other people say this) is create a listing that is super cheap - like $1-2 max, and that could boost your conversion rates & give Etsy more reason to bring you more organic traffic. I can’t say for sure that it would work as have no experience, but it may be worth testing. Good luck!
Ooo that makes sense. Thanks for the tip will try it out!
Realistic results indeed, I've been fooled one too.many times that I don't even know what to believe anymore.
Yep some of them I think purposely skew the numbers so they get more views unfortunately. Hard to know what’s real!
You did a really great job in your first month! Would love to see if it increases quickly?
Very good video. Thanks.
Yo this is awesome, could we get a follow-up video to see how far this has come since uploading? That is, of course, if you continued to upkeep it. Either way, incredible video thank you for the realistic insight 😊
Great to see someone start a new shop and see how it worked out. I opened a shop and then it was "suspended" and I don't know why. I appealed the suspension (12 days ago), but I'm still waiting. Very frustrating not knowing the why. I have had an Etsy account (over 5 years) to make purchases. But as soon as I hit the set up shop after filling in all the required information.... my account was suspended as if I was a criminal... so sad.
Same thing happened to me. I tried to appeal and they didn't respond, closed the case and now I'm permanently suspended. So frustrating. Seems like it's easy to get accounts suspended 😢
@@dragland2560 I'm permanently suspended as well. I did a second appeal and still waiting for the verdict. I can't even buy anything.
Good luck 🎉 keep going
Thank you!
You need to optimize. That is KEY.
How???
Great video.
Hey thank you for the information, I just opened my store on Etsy definitely overwhelming don’t even know what am doing lol but hopefully it works out
Hello!I am a cross border e-commence worker,and we are mainly selling handmade products on etsy and we are responsible for helping people register a store on Etsy?Are u interested in opening a store on Etsy?
Where can we communicate?
I've never used Canva before but I'm going to learn
Thank you so much
Thanks for sharing. This sales are from Etsy ads? Or organic?
hello etsy i have a new shop i opened. how can i make it progress faster. Could you help ?
Hey Duckuy, I just watched your video and I must say that it was really informative and well-made. I was wondering if I could help you edit your videos and also make highly engaging shorts for you?
Where can I see your etzy page?
I appreciate your video, are you saying if ppl visit your ETSY shop and don't buy that's bad for your shop? you said the conversion rate goes down, so don't tell your friends and family unless they are going to buy? not everyone is going to always buy, please explain or clarify this for me thanks
i would love to see you work with midjourney to create different products :)
Can I use photoshop instead of Canva ?
i love it
I knew that you were from Aus, from the moment that I saw carpet in your floor!! :)
Hahaha is that an Australian thing??
I love 💕
I’ve had my shop for three months and I haven’t made a single sale lol I followed all tips, watched tons a tutorials, researched everything on sale samurai but nothing 😂
Don’t give up you got this! ☺️
You may need to rethink your product
@@Icedanon right, there’s definitely something that I’m missing
@@Marquetica what are you selling? Canva templates?
@@Icedanon wall art prints. I think it is too saturated. I’m thinking of selling something else
thank you for that realistic video I guess . but do you say that it is not possible to live from etsy shop? what do you think?
At the moment from the results I’m getting it’s definitely not a liveable income. I feel like people who run Etsy shops also have other streams of income (unless they’re super successful)
What device did you use to create your product on canva?
Just a macbook laptop or my Apple desktop. It’s a free online website so can use any device to create a product on canva ☺️
My store must suck as I am not getting anywhere those numbers.
Hi, why you don't use adobe alternatives ????
Inkscape, gimp, blender..... 🤔
Adobe is all I know how to use 😅
I started two weeks ago selling digital wall art, have 40 listings, banner, profile/personal pic, shop description, FAQ, SEO optimized tags, Instagram, tiktok.... so far, absolutely nothing :( Barely getting 2-4 views a day on my shop (and NOT from Etsy traffic!) I'm feeling so discouraged, I put so much work into this but it's starting to feel like it's for nothing.... I'm wondering if I should try the ads but I'm worried I'll just lose money.... the whole point was to earn money, not lose them 😅 Maybe I should get family to buy stuff idk... I just feel like everything I try to do fails. Like, all my effort is in vain... it's so exhausting and makes me not wanna work on my shop at all anymore :( Sorry to be such a downer, I just don't know what to do 😪
I definitely think the Etsy ads are worth it to get your product seen. Otherwise especially in digital art it’s so saturated and would be so hard for people to find your product! However you may lose money at first and it is a risk, but if you believe in your designs then definitely try the Etsy ads. And if that doesn’t work, maybe need to try a more narrowed down niche with less competition. Don’t give up I hope you get sales soon!
I started in late Jan first sale in February then March I made 23 sales. April I'm on 2 but hopeful It can only pick up if I'm doing everything correctly
@@labeeqahadams6019 Are you selling digital wall art too or something else?
@@rigelr5345 yes digital products. Ran ads here and there
Guys digital poster downloads are so saturated, especially with all the generic Matisse Picasso, Keith Harring posters that have flooded the majority of Etsy listings. Most of the digital download art I see is super generic and only a small fraction is actually nice and thoughtful art that you’re proud to hang on your wall. (At least for me). So how you differentiate yourself? Well, why don’t you sell ready printed high quality posters? Why instead of 40+ listings of generic art you see all over the net, you don’t create 20 or 30 listing of unique artwork posters printed on a high quality paper? That’s how you differentiate yourself, quality over quantity. Don’t try to compete shops with 10000 sales selling generic art, you are probably selling generic art as well or not interesting one (no offense). My advice would be change your lens (if you want to stay in that lane of posters) or change a niche
How much product did you publish on your store?
I have 4 products on the store. 3 social media templates (it's the same template but uploaded in 3 different sizes) and 1 small pack of Instagram highlight icons that people can purchase.
That really sucks about the conversion rate!! I so didn't know that! So I suppose the way to go is to not share my link at all? Because I've been putting it in the Bio of my Social Medias, and making content to advertise for it... :(
I think advertising outside of Etsy with the link is totally fine, for example on Pinterest or on an official shop page on Instagram. But if it’s sharing to everyone (friends and randoms) who may not be interested in buying it but keep checking it out then yeah unfortunately it might make the conversion rate go down if they don’t buy it! 😔 I’m still learning and figuring it out but don’t lose hope, just be mindful of where you’re putting the link 😊 Or maybe even make a separate website for your business and put the products on there and you can redirect customers to that website instead of Etsy to buy products directly from you (and you’ll receive more profit anyway) and then for Etsy keep the advertising within the Etsy website and see how that goes. Just some ideas!
@@shoreseeker Oohh those are good ideas!! Thank you so much!! ❤️❤️
it's been a year, how is your store going? update video please ! 🙏
is etsy free for everyone?? for.joining and selling digital products?? or i pay it for joining etsy??im from pakistan
Yes it’s free! :)
Y’all it’s hard to open an Etsy store, if one idea doesn’t work then pivot!! AND you will have more skills and experience 😊
Hey, I am from india and created an etsy store very recently to sell my digital planner products but it was so disappointing as my store got instantly banned , I am not sure why this happened and I submitted an appeal as well. But nothing changed. I got to hear that most indian stores get banned. So sad to know that I wont be able to sell on etsy because I sell from India.😢😢 If anybody in India opened a store successful please let me know.
Oh wow that sucks! I had a quick look online and found this help article. Apparently sellers in India can open a shop but I think they have to go through a different payment process. Good luck!
help.etsy.com/hc/en-us/articles/1500006519562-Why-Can-t-I-Open-a-Shop-in-My-Country-?segment=selling
What do you mean your net profit was -$3 first month? I see lot of YT videos showing how to make $500 a day on Etsy
I’m showing realistic results - not sure if you watched the whole video but my revenue was $122 but after ads, Etsy fees, and the subscription costs it was -$3.00. So almost breaking even. I hope one day I’ll get $500 a day on Etsy but that’s pretty hard for a shop that’s only been open for 1 month. ☺️
@@shoreseeker if you have more products, realistically the ads are working meaning you will get more sales, so realistically, if you put more adds and like 500 listings you will make profit based on your current results,
Thank you I’ll definitely do that. I work a full time job so I don’t have time to work on so many listings yet. We will get there in the end, but right now these are the results for my store with only 4 listings and not being able to work every day on improving the store 😊 so I’m not expecting massive numbers yet for my store until I work harder on it.
But how much did you spend on Etsy adds? You didn't deduct that from any profit
Watch the whole video and you will see how much I spent on Etsy ads and the final profit 😊
I never got to make any 1st sale before etsy suspended my account just for a bank issue. Be careful
Updates??? :)
I mean all the other videos say 10k+ is realistic if you put like 8k in mkt fees, is realistic but not as easy for a beginner
can you please provide a link to your shop? i don't understand why content creators hide or not put a link to their business they talk about... it's not going to affect your brand negatively... lol, i want to see it so i can trully engage
I explained briefly in the video but all the Etsy sellers that share their findings on CZcams don’t share their page link as it’ll direct too much traffic to the page of people who don’t end up buying the product. Thus lowering the conversion rate (mines around 3-4% conversion rate as shown in the stats right now) to very low if people view it but don’t buy. This makes the Etsy algorithm think you don’t have a good product and it’s not worth pushing out to new people, or the algorithm gets confused as to what target audience your store is for. So it makes it way harder to sell products if the Etsy algorithm doesn’t push it out. I’d love to show the store name and products and understand the frustration but this is why I can’t unfortunately 😢
It will affect them negatively. Unless you're going to buy something. Etsy tracks all that stuff and sharing a link would drive down her conversion and cause her to get shown to less people.
@@Icedanon yeap i don't mind buying ands supporting,
She explained it and its TRUE, omg why should she sacrifice her business in that way. Folks will go click around look at everything, copy stuff and leave. Taht tells etsy wow folks don't buy and HURTS HER POTENTIAL SALES RESULTS.
@Kaizorian Empire Live You have completely missed the point of what she has just explained to you.. just you buying something from her shop won't make any difference... 😕
I always dreaming to have a source of side income because i realize i can't rely on my salaries
I really want to help open an account that is about to be closed or send at least a message to convince support to get my account back because once I set up a store that was closed for no reason I don't know maybe because I live in Morocco or for other reasons I don't know please help me or create an Etsy account and send it as a gift to me I really need to work to help a charity that cares about helping homeless animals
I don’t think it’s stealing in your spotlight. There’s plenty of room to go around on all of us are graphic designer so we need to rely on things like Canva.
Are you INTP by chance? :)
I am an INFJ :) what are you?
I opened my shop on Feb 4th, it's now April 1st, i have 26 listings till now, i sell POD, and my results are...
ZERO dollars
Same…
the sound in this video is so bad, fix it pls
Hey, do you need a video editor?
Luckily I have no friends or family.
where is your own store?
3 dollars ooof -_-
Etsy is the worst!!!!! Suspends new shops for nothing….and absolutely so sellers support..