Articles — etsy tips

After reading this title you may be a bit confused. First of all, what even are “Etsy Sales Stats”? Why should I care about them? Are maybe its just one of those mornings where you haven’t had your 1st, 2nd, or 3rd coffees of the morning yet and you just honestly just glazed over it. Let me explain :) SALES STATS MATTER To give a quick background, just in cases you are new to Etsy or just haven’t really paid much attention to them, Etsy posts the amount of sales a shop has on their home page. Etsy also gives...

Now that you have picked out what product you want to sell and you have taking stunning photographs of the items, you now need to get selling. However, this is much easier said than done. There are countless ways to sell, each with their own benefits and disadvantages. I have used all of the platforms I have listed below and I have put together my thoughts about each one. (Numbers as of October 2018)   Selling Platforms   FEES   Etsy eBay Amazon Handmade Transaction Fee: 5% of selling price + 5% of shipping price   Listing Fee: $0.20 per...

Let’s first imagine that you are sitting on your couch, watching one of those classic James Bond movies and all of a sudden you hear a loud Ch-ching! No, that wasn’t the sound of Daniel Craig getting hit, that was the sound of the Etsy app notifying you of your first order. As you watched TV. On a Saturday night. At 11pm. Can’t get much better than that.