Christina's 12k/Month POD Business 🔥 (She started in 2021!)
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- čas přidán 22. 08. 2024
- You are going to love hearing Christina's story from when she started in 2021 and now gets to sell Print On Demand on Etsy full time and is even doing this interview while on vacation in Bali!! Her story is so inspirational!
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You're an inspiration. My spouse recently became disabled and I've been trying to get my Etsy store off the ground. Very frustrating experience so far!
These scammers are everywere 😢
Had SO much fun on this interview Cassiy! You are an absolute pleasure to talk to and I could've talked for HOURS. Talk soon!
Your interview is one of my faves with Cassiy! I've watched almost every video @cassiyjohnson has put out and they are super helpful. I'm discouraged but determined. I've had my shop up for about a year and have a whopping 2 organic sales. Pretty sure I'm not putting enough time into this. I work a 9-5 with weird hours plus "life" commitments. I love that you mentioned liking what you are doing. I love doing this, even though I'm not having much success yet.
Go Christina!!
20:37 hi Christina - I have been desperately trying to find an interview you did where you gave the company name for finding VA’s - and also links to some resources to assist in the process. Could you possibly point me towards that video???? ❤❤
I really love all the advice. I think what I'm struggling more with right now is finding a groove, I hear all the successful Etsy Businesses with 1000's of listings, what is your daily process? Like do you do everything from A to Z from research to creating to listing in one day? If so how many listings per day would that be? No one is talking about like their full-time print-on-demand schedule and I would be very curious to know how that looks like. Very beginner here, taking all the info I can! Thanks so much!
I think half of them pay for classes or get coerced to pay. I was consulted by a so called Etsy guru who wanted $12,000 for a 6 month class and said I can pay $1800 a month! Wtf would do that? I told him to take a hike.
@@legzn2423 Did he/she even prove their Etsy earnings?
@@KC-ed1dj nope. He shared his screen claiming a single mom went from zero sales to six figure income. I quickly only saw a few hundred sales nothing earth shattering. It was for a Keto Journal?
Etsy now allows wholesale manufacturers on the platform that crank out shirts and sell them cheap for $8 because I’m sure the quality is less than perfect.
I make my t shirts and sometimes utilize Printify to do the printing of my designs since they do DTG and I don’t have that ability currently. Barely get any views. So I’m not buying her “six figure income” unless she is willing to share her first started earnings to now. Otherwise it’s all smoke
@@legzn2423 How many listings do you have? I think u need at least 100 to get traction.
Thanks for another great interview. I’ve had several sales for my first month and it’s because of a specialized niche. Not one that I knew anything about but my future daughter-in-law does. So check around with friends and family. They may be able to help you hone in on something that can bring you some business rather than generalized designs.
Great tip Karen and congrats on the early sales ❤️🍾
I love Christina! Her videos are value packed!!
Yes I was glad to have her on, her TikToks and YT videos are definitely value packed!
Great interview. I played hooky today to design & start setting up my Etsy shop. feeling inspired by you 2!
Lol I love it!! You’ve got this Marie
I like how generously plug others
Thank you for another inspiring video, to both Christina and Cassiy! I've learned so much from your youtube channel Cassiy, they (and some others) keep my inspiration up to keep listing and working with my etsy-store. I think I've watched almost all of your videos by now. Some days I'm about to give up on my little etsy store that I started in January, but then an inspirational youtube-video like this light that little spark up again to keep going. So thank you so much for that, I really appreciate that you share both your knowledge and inspiration / From another snowy area in the world, but in the north part of Sweden.
Oh wow, my 2 favourites in one video. Thanks ladies, you are so inspiring. I need to get started myself!
wow! thanks for sharing such a fantastic video. it's hard to keep going sometimes and your videos give me LIFE!!
Great video Cassiy. I always wonder when experienced POD sellers say their early listing were terrible, what specifically was terrible about those listings? Might be a good question to drill into to produce some valuable
insight for new sellers. Thanks again for the great content.
Awesome Thank you both. Such great inspiring information. I appreciate both of you giving back by sharing your journey. Have a great day. Cassiy enjoy your cruise.
Thank you for watching and commenting ❤️ my cruise isn’t until July but I’m super pumped for it! We are going to Alaska for the first time and I can’t wait!
So happy..a filipino like me is able to help Christina. Thanks for sharing.
For Cassiy:Hi..thanks for this. It's so difficult to compete right now..sellers' prices are extremely low..and if you want to compete with them,you'll end up with negative profit..what can POD shirt sellers do, considering all the fees involved? Thanks again.
Super helpful, totally worth watching!
YES! JUST WHAT I NEEDED, TY!!!
Thank you for the video! That's really inspirational :) Especially the part about failing at the beginning was very useful, because the beginner's struggles are real. We just need to keep going!
absolutely incredible info! thank you so much
You’ve convinced me to give it a go
Two powerful and smart women 👏. Thanks so much for sharing your stories and tips!! 🙏
Great video, great content.
Just wondering what is Christina's CZcams channel?
Great Inspo & perfect timing on this Cassiy. Stay the course...
Thanks for watching, so glad you enjoyed it!
hi Cassiy, Mike here. I just wanted to ask your opinion. I have had my store open for 2 months and I don't have 1 sale as yet. 355 listings, all SEO'd and titles correctly with good Mockups and product. Priced right to sell, but still nothing. I am confused on what I'm doing wrong. My designs are as good as the rest and some better. I get a few views a day but still nada. Do you recommend ETSY ads like the guy from one of your interviews? I really can't afford that though, so I am looking for alternative recommendations or do I just keep throwing up designs and hope for the best?? Thanks for your time.
Loved this video. It's so great to hear from another person who has experienced success. Christina mentioned that she has about 800 listings. I'm just starting out and was wondering with so many listings do you usually order samples for all the listings? I will be selling shirts from Printify and I just made my first listing today and ordered a sample. Do you usually do that?
I only ever ordered 1 sample of each product I sell just to see the product quality. I wont get one of each design or thatd majorly add up in cost!
Great question! I totally agree with what Christina said! 😊
THANKS A BUNCH, AMAZING VIDEO!!!
You're right Casey. You won't know until you try it to know you like it. I currently enjoy designing.
That’s fantastic, thanks for sharing!
appreciate for sharing this with us, excellent video
I appreciate you for sharing this, excellent!
Wow, fantastic video. Thanks a lot!
Thank you so so much for all your videos! They’re so informative and giving me the guidance and drive to start an Etsy account too!
It's videos like these that are really inspirational. Thanks for the tips and the "Good Vibes".
Two of my favorite POD youtubers! 🙃
Thanks so much for watching, Nazanin!! ❤️
Great advice! Thank you for doing these and helping us newbies keep the faith alive :}
Another great episode Cassiy! I found Christina's channel in my YT feed one day, subscribed, and am loving it. One of my designers lives in Bali also. I will pass this video on to her. Thank you both so much!
thank you so much! I am so happy to hear you like my channel too!
So glad you enjoyed this video, Melodee!! ❤️
Definitely going to try that, thanks
very helpful, worth the watch
I really liked this video and the advice and info provided. Cassiy, you're really animated in this exchange, and your personality really came through, which isn't as apparent in your videos where you're on your own, but those videos are super helpful too. Thank you! ❤
Great interview & tips! I would definitely love to hear more about hiring a VA.
I'll be making a video on that soon!
Great info! I wish she had touched on whether she used paid advertising in the beginning or not.
You are AWESOME!!! TY
Felt like I just watched two girlfriends catch up! 🤗🥰love it!
Cassiy is AMAZING and makes every one feel so welcomed
It was so fun meeting Christina and connecting ❤️ glad you enjoyed the interview!!
wow, great video. thanks so much
Great stuff. Thanks for sharing
Thank you, really helped me!
i love you two! Can you do more of these together?
ill definitely try that, thanks!
I think it is also a numbers thing...the more listings the more your chances of making big $$$$. Many of the big sellers have 500+ listings unless they have a super niched down shop.
Exactly plus now Etsy apparently allows manufacturers like wholesalers on so it’s not even a true handmade platform anymore.
I have t shirts, mugs and wine glasses that I created designs for and literally every shop has t shirts.
Keywords on Etsy I swear is a scam. I’ve researched and changed my keywords so many times. Then the ads are rip offs. I used adds had a few views but only 2 sales. It’s impossible. With or without POD. That’s why I am skeptical about her earnings. 500 listings? Even 100? Should t have to have that many to get some foot traffic one would think.
you just convinced me on doing it
thats amazing, ty for sharing
Thank you both for this interview
A bit of a random question, let’s say things pick up or go viral and exponential sales take off, how are you paying for fulfillment? Say you hit gold and revenue jumps over $25k in a month. Etsy isn’t releasing these funds quick enough so how?! Serious question and realize it would be a great problem to have but something I guess needs to be planned for? Credit cards?
After the 90 day mark of selling on Etsy, you can change your Etsy payments to pay everyday. So you would get paid the the next day or the day after and could wait to send the items to production until after you get the payment! Or use a credit card
Thank you so much for the quick reply!
i'm currently designing a ton of svg's and figuring everything out as i go and trying to not miss a thing so the product id good and it's a looooooooootttt of busy work!!! it really needs attention and creativity and finding ways to streamline the processes!
Good for you for continuing on! 👏
amazing vid!!! ty
AWESOME it really helped me
Love it! Thanks for posting this content.
Digital nomad has become my ultimate goal after starting POD. I lost my local storefront during the pandemic and it not only sunk me financially 😅 but was soul crushing. Immediately after, I felt like I should take the time to find something else I love in art and creativity and decided on graphic design. I still haven’t really learned graphic design 😬 but my searches led me to life hacker couple somehow and then to both of you! I started about a year ago now and just hit $88k revenue. It’s definitely not enough to replace my previous income or dig me out of this pandemic created hole but hearing that it’s possible and seeing progress (slow as it might seem) each month makes me super hopeful. I’ve been putting in more effort into product and keyword research this month but still find social media use daunting. 😬😬😬 Do you use social media a lot to boost sales?
What key word research do you do?
Hi, Melissa. Can I ask you a couple of questions? How many listings did you have to reach that revenue? Is your shop super niched down? Is your product similar to other shops or something unique? Just trying to figure out why I can't get one of my newer shops to have consistent sales and views. Older shops doing well. New shops I can't seem to figure out what I am doing wrong for 2023 Etsy..
@@legzn2423 I use everbee 😊 and I use all the tips I get on youtube for how to do keyword research. I’ve only just started making that a habit when I make new designs. When I first started I didn’t really do that except for looking at best sellers or popular shirts, seeing what they use in their titles and then scrolling down to the bottom of their listing to get tag ideas. But I had no idea which tags were the most helpful or being searched for more than others.
@@KC-ed1dj I replied back but I’m not sure where it went. 🤔 Sorry about that. I didn’t want you to think I ignored your response so to sum it up: I don’t have a niched down store. I have a general store. And although my store is in line with most other POD shops, I try my best to make my own versions and arrange my listings nicely, using what I hope are cute mock-ups (that’s improved bc my first are not that great tbh). My best sellers are somewhat unique so that advice rings true - to do your own versions. It’s hard to compete with an already established best seller but I can gain insight and inspiration from them and just learn how to get better at making my own. I also bought some designs from Etsy and creative fabrica but they are not really my best sellers. Guess there’s too many? Pinterest is handy for inspiration as well. A handful of my 1000 listings are actually the bulk of that revenue. I try to list daily, try to use everbee for research now and listen to people like this who are willing to share such valuable insight (they’re also super motivating). It’s because of them I feel I was able to do ok in my first year. I try to apply as much of what they say as possible. Lastly, I advertise to my daily max on shirts that are already selling and new shirts (temporarily). I’m not sure if that’s worth it yet. I started in February but it’s increased views. The downside is that it seems to have decreased conversion. So while I’ve made some additional sales and received additional views, I’ve only really broken even. I’m not sure if I’ll continue that strategy or not. I’ll definitely be on here more now trying to figure that advertising piece out because I’m still pretty clueless there. I just don’t really get it. Yet. Lol
@Melissa Dierna Thanks so much for taking the time to respond. Super helpful! 😊 Doesn't Etsy force you into off-site ads? Or do you mean in addition to those you are running more ads on Etsy? Ads never seemed to work for me. I concentrate on trying to create repeat sellers so that Etsy will give them high placement in search.
Wonderful interview! Thanks ladies.
So glad you enjoyed it, Mary! Thanks for watching! ❤️
@@CassiyJohnson Always. :)
This is off topic and not what your channel is about but would you ever do a video about how you take mockup photos? Like lighting, props etc.
I am definitely not a pro at all with this and struggle with those things every time my sister and I do a photoshoot lol Wish I had good advice to share but I don't have enough good advice I could share yet.
I do half the time pay to go to a photographers studio and have them use their lighting and camera and they just send me all of the unedited pics at the end! So feel free to find a local photographer to help you if that is something you'd want to invest in as well as a beginner.
Nice. thanks for sharing
Thank you for another great video! You have been my inspiration to open my Etsy shop this week!! YAY... This afternoon I went to post my products and it stated my account was suspended? Not sure why as I just opened it 2 days ago with no products listed yet. Do you have any insight on this?
Thanks for this, Cassiy. Very inspiring.
Do you suggest starting up ads?
Maybe you have another episode that I have not found about it?
Cassiy, I'm curious about how many bestseller badges you have in your store? Do u have any goals for that? Cause the more bestsellers = more stable income right?
This is an amazing and inspiring video for a newbie who wants to develop a market for various niche items.
Excellent interview. I'd had a few of your video, and you are the best I am a brand newbie and learning as much as I can. I have a simple question, if I want to design two or three items should I open different stores for each one ?
Thank you.
Hi Cassiy, I just watched this video. Please make a video explaining Canva's TOS. Everything I have been working on is primarily done in Canva. Until now. We can't even use Canva for printables. So, I'm going back to Photoshop, Word, Combination. Thanks for your help.
Thanks ladies. Very inspiring.
Great interview, and very inspiring!
You ladies rock! Xxx❤
your both awesome! Thank YOU!!
Hey there Cassie, love your guidance. I have a question, are there some special steps I need to take if I start my Etsy shop from Africa and want to sell my products to the US, or Europe?
Hello, I opened my Etsy shop by following your videos. Two hours later, my shop was suspended for no reason. It says they sent an email explaining why but I did not receive anything. What should I do now?
Thank you. I’m just starting and this was helpful. rookie question- is one listing equivalent to one design? So if you have 700 listings that is 700 designs on your store?
Cassiy! What do you do if someone steals your designs?? The exact designs that you created?!!
I am so sorry this happened to you! You can either message them and ask them to take it down or you can just report them for copyright infringement to Etsy. Etsy will take down the listing, but if the person denies your claim, then after 10 days if you don't bring legal action against them, then the listing go back up on Etsy.
@@CassiyJohnson Hi Cassiy and thank you for your excellent video.
Can you explain more about what Etsy would consider a legal action?
It sounds expensive.
I'm sure in most cases, it would involve hiring an attorney, and probably start with something like a "cease and desist" letter, which could still cost hundreds of dollars to have drawn up.
And I'm sure that the thief of the design(s) has been at it long enough to know that the sellers they are stealing designs from cannot afford to pursue any legal action to an end result (like suing).
It's sad that Etsy makes that stipulation on the original designer.
Those that steal are usually stealing all the designs they are selling.
I've seen shops (not just on Etsy), that had a mishmash of designs of which were done with various skill levels, and the owner of the shop "About Me" or profile page suggested that they were the artist behind the work, yet it was obvious that was not the case.
It's just really disheartening. I would love to do original designs but I've had things stolen in the past and figure it's better just to do things like pet and home portraits and similar custom things that no one would have the need to steal.
Great interview Cassiy! I have been following both you and Christina for the past few months now..
How much profit did you both say (for T-Shirts?)-- $10? That's good, but that's quite a lot from what
I've been hearing. Most of the POD sellers I've heard from say a few dollars *at the most* for T-Shirts!
I'm in Printables anyhow, but will probably branch into POD eventually. Thank-You
I love this is so inspiring ❤
great content. ty
Hi great video! I noticed you said you haven't listed in months and are still making an income which is amazing! I wonder why you haven't listed in so long?
Hey Jasmine! I’ve been more focused on filming videos for my course that I’m about to release over the last few months. It’s been nice to take a break and still have sales come in ❤️
Thank you!
Lots of good advice in this video! :)
Great video Cassiy - it's funny I follow you and Heather and Christina on CZcams - it really is a small world. I'm very curious - for both of you - how long did it take before you were getting a lot of views on your listings? I've been doing this a little over 3 months and I notice when a shirt gets views it gets a few sales - but I have almost 800 listings and majority of them, when I toggle on the stats button - have no views??
i think they are paying for as and not disclosing the full truth
As always, amazing video! Can you please do an update about Canva and their recent terms? I'm so confused now. We can't use PRO designs if I plan on reselling my design? Any information appreciated.!!
I don't know where all these recent rumors are coming from! The only thing you can't do with Canva is put a canva graphic onto an item by itself and sell it as is. You need to add things like other graphics and text to make it your own unique design. Here is a link to their license explained on their website where it literally says the following
www.canva.com/licensing-explained/
Can I sell products or merchandise with my design on it?
Yes! All of our photos, fonts and graphics can be used to create designs for printing on products for sale (like t-shirts, mugs, books and other merchandise). Please note, you can’t sell standalone prints of Canva content, such as a printout of a stock photo (without any other design elements) on a t-shirt.
@@CassiyJohnson Another youtuber said Canva said we can sell the products but not as POD because we would be giving them Canva's file which is file sharing so thought I would ask you because I have been with you the longest and trust your opinion. TY
Thanks for motivation 😊
Since Christina is traveling, if she logs into her Etsy account from another country, how do you handle that? I've always been curious about what happens when you travel while working.
Nothing changes. I was living between 2 countries for 1 year and half.
Yup, I've been OK using a VPN and without a VPN and my VA works remotely from another country as well. No issues to date and I travelled last year as well :)
@SuccessfulQueen m Was your bank, residence info still listed as US (based) in Etsy?
Wow so inspiring
Love! Which one sweatshirt and one hoodie do you recommend from printify? And are they available from Monster Digital? (Because I followed your advice fully with the 3001 etc etc). Thank you, as usual :) - Gabe in south Florida.
I started in November. I was doing awesome until Christmas was over. Now I average about 3 sells a week. Don't know if that's good or not haha 😆
Hi Valerie! I would say that’s a normal thing to happen! Most shops make the majority of their sales in November/December. Just keep listing and hopefully your weekly sales will keep increasing! 😊
Hi, i just open my store in Etsy, and my account was instanly suspended, I apeal and Etsy activated again, did my first listing and Etsy suspended my account again, no reason, no warning, I sent the apeal again, so is this something one nedd to deal with always with Etsy? how can I feel motivated to build a store if this keep happening? I dont know hat im doing wrong, I actually following your tutorial step by step so I can do everything right but Etsy keep suspening my account.
Hi Cassiy.. creative fabrica’s commercial license for POD states that we have to remove all of the designs we made using their resources from our stores when we end their subscription. They don’t have a lifetime subscription available so we are locked in with them for life if we decide to use them to create our POD designs. In this case what do you suggest as an alternative to creative fabrica?
If you use their graphics to create your own designs with instead of just using their designs as is, then you are able to leave them up after cancelling the subscription under their normal commercial license. You can always purchase designs one by one on Etsy from sellers but I don't know of any other similar services.
Such sweet girls. I loved this interview!
I'm just starting out and setting up my Etsy account. What do you recommend for returns and exchanges?
Hey Cassiy, loving all your videos and have been inspired to start an etsy store thank youu :)) Can you help me figure one thing out - If i am selling physical wall art, is it possible to create a listing where if the customer picks the smaller size options I will print it myself and post to the customer but when they choses a larger print size in the same listing, it can be handled by a print on demand company ? Sorry for the weird random question but it would really help me figure out how to start listing my products. Sizing is confusing me atm 😊Thanks so much ❤
Yes you can do this no problem! So this might sound confusing but you would create the listing in Etsy with all of your size variations. Then say that the “skus vary for each size” on the page where you create the variations in Etsy.
Then when customers order your larger sizes, you can go into your “other orders” tab on Printify. This is where orders show up that are not connected to Etsy already. So all of your orders would show up here even for the smaller sizes, but you would just connect the sales that are for the larger sizes!
Hope that helps and makes sense!
@@CassiyJohnson Thank you so much Cassiy, you are so knowledgeable, i think a lot of coaches wouldn’t even have that kind of expertise you just gave me! I understand now but i would have to go through the process before it properly makes full sense, which i am going to do this week as an Etsy noob :) but now i have the info thanks again, looking forward to your next vid ❤
Hi Cassiy! is printify pop-up only for US residents
hi! i have a question. and if you mentioned this is a video i must have missed it so i am sorry!
Ok so i realize that all of the orders so far that i have recurved have taken over ten days to arrive. Is this something I am doing? When you make a shipping profile in etsy, which shipping provider and type of shipping should I be choosing? if i choose say, fedex two day, wouldn’t this increase the $4.95 shipping cost i am charged by printify? I’m just confused in how that works. I hope this makes sense.
I think Christina's link is typed in incorrectly because when you select it says it is no longer available? :/
Link to Christina channel doesn’t work
thanks for alla good information
Of course, thanks for watching!
So I finally had some friends order shirts from my Etsy store but when I went to printify there it wanted me to pay for the order is there a simple way to make this automatic? Like where the money for the order on Etsy goes to printify and auto applies payments to start the production? Idk if that makes sense
No the payments are not connected, the payments will always come off of your own card to product items.
I follow Christina, I learned a lot from her ! But, I don't understand: how do you make all of these sales? I work more than 8 hours/ day and nothing after 2 months in my store :(
Just wondering, have you had any sales since you posted on here 6 months ago? Bring us up to date. Thank you
@@LilytheContessa Nope :(