If I Started an Etsy Shop Today, I’d Do This

[@vaskojabata7]

😊 Alek, can you try a 30 or 60 day challenge, opening a new Etsy shop without running ads and record your real progress, selecting and designing products, so everyone can see if opening an Etsy shop in 2024 still works or not.

[@alekSheffy]

I've got something liked this planned 🤝

[@oliviag8323]

Yes also please address why & how shops are being closed right in the beginning.

[@Ustus592]

​@@alekSheffy That's great please give us an update on a video before you do that as I will open a shop alongside and follow the guidelines you upload

[@facentoes4821]

@@oliviag8323 Yes! I still hear Etsy shops closing for no reason.

[@shankerm3959]

Yes! This would be great for beginners.

[@kingzclothes]

Hi Alek I'm 11 years and I run a clothing store and I just been going back and forth from Etsy to Printify I just cant thank you enough for these videos they helped a lot!

[@alekSheffy]

That's so awesome, I'm glad they help 🤝

[@vikasrajput1864]

Whats your shop :-) - Congratulations.

[@sandman4224]

My goal was to get 100 listings by the end of June - I hit 207 and got my FIRST SALE of a poster with a profit of $15.21. I'll never forget that. Thanks, Alek!

[@shannonhenning1177]

When did you start?

[@oliviag8323]

How long did it take you? I’m struggling 😢

[@CoasterkidVlogs]

Hello Alek I’m a 13 year old entrepreneur starting a candle Etsy shop this video helped a lot

[@alekSheffy]

If you're being serious you're going to kill it. Just the fact you're watching business content at 13. You'll need to use your parents info to start since you need to be 18, but you can probably figure out the rest. I'm rooting for you.

[@CoasterkidVlogs]

Thank you

[@Mergebossfuntimes]

I hope you do a black Friday sale on your course this year ❤

[@CindySimpson-h8o]

ANOTHER super great video full of completely usable info for newbies and experienced Etsy sellers!! Thank you for sharing your success and systems that brought you so far! Your positivity makes me think I can actually do this too! 🙂 I hope you have a blessed week!

[@jkgayarox]

This is such an information-rich and great video! Thank you!

[@spicyrescue3996]

Bought your program and I’m loving it. Thank you! Looking forward to be apart of the 20k a month club soon! Thank you brother 🙏🏼

[@ShirlineJeffrey]

Love the video❤️ I just started my print-on-demand journey and found Crafted Threads. They have a ton of designs and it saved me so much time. They have something in every niche. And lifetime updates too!!

[@lilwaffless]

i really love your videos, because of you Alek i just couldn’t stop grinding and trying to have a successful shop on Etsy, thank you Alek

[@Luk_21]

Keep going you will 💪

[@hareltzanani9560]

I just wanted to start my own Etsy shop today Thanks for the video, great timing 😂

[@alekSheffy]

Go for it!

[@hareltzanani9560]

@@alekSheffy I will

[@jannatulferdousaditi6110]

Did you make any sell??

[@willlloyd9480]

Hi Alek. Thanks for all the positives videos. Really giving us some hope in our pursuits My question is this, we have a really great professional printer at home, can we use this to print and dispatch ourselves? Or would we still use printify?

[@AIWizardTech]

Hello Alek, Thanks again for a concisely informative Practical guide to Action

[@MillerG-g4u]

Thank you Alex your content is always informative and engaging

[@Jaimo78]

Really appreciate your easy to understand videos.. I started watching you videos a couple of years back and they have contributed to my Etsy stores success. Now I want to scale by putting my best designs on POD items. Would it be best to start a second Etsy store using my digital designs to use on POD products or just expand the existing store with POD options? I want the business to be as passive as possible.. will POD be a lot more hands on?

[@debraschwartz557]

Great video, Alek! Thx...Question : you point out the price of good difference between Printify and Printful, but what is the difference in quality between the two?

[@alekSheffy]

I really think the quality is the same, and the biggest difference is the price. Printify has way better prices.

[@deejay1964]

Your videos are always interesting Alek. However, I have just closed my shop on Etsy, it's just a waste of time, the site is massively over saturated with everything from T-Shirts, Mugs to digital products and the only way to make any money is to spend a fortune in advertising and even that's no guarantee. I work 9 hours a day and I am far too tired to spend time creating new designs for either T-shirts, Mugs, etc. But I do enjoy your videos.

[@alekSheffy]

I hope you find something that will work for you 🫡

[@fitsideof4098]

I am just starting out with a POD shop and have learned a tremendous amount from you thank you! But with that being said I feel I am seeing EVERYTHING on Etsy is discounted - sweatshirts that I know seeing the production cost via printify that won't bring in much profit or even lose money- as a new creator how can I compete with such lower prices that other long time big money making companies are doing and make any profit ???

[@Bliparama]

Exactly, that very first shop he shows have all their T-shirts at 60% discount and selling for $8….doesn’t cover the cost of the raw T-shirt?

[@StygianStyle]

Good question. I think you have to position your products as premium and charge more. He says you can just make minor adjustments to what others are doing, but I don't know if that really works.

[@autowatch69]

Hi Alek, Great video. Just wondering why you rank Gelato so low typically when until 2 monthd ago they were by far the cheapest supplier for mugs and even now are typically cheaper then printify for shirts, especially internationally.

[@IngridaKuria]

Alek, just started to follow you, and the information you provide is priceless! A huge thank you for that :) However, I'm living in Baltics, Europe, and though about concentrating to sell only in Europe. As I understand you're selling globally / USA, so are there any differences how I should apply the information you share when choosing to sell in Europe? Thank you in advance!

[@silversobe]

More shop reviews and success stories please!

[@shortkid8599]

Your videos inspired me to give this a try, but when it comes to setting up a shop/shops I have a few unanswered questions. I understand that you just open a bunch of different specialized shops to in essence diversify your portfolio, but when it comes to money, do all of your various shops link back to 1 personal bank account? Do they all link back to a bank account(s) associated with a singular LLC or similar? Do you open every shop under a unique LLC or similar, each shop having aunique bank account(s)?

[@upbreaker7055]

Thanks as always. Great info mate

[@alekSheffy]

Thank you 🙏

[@berkaypnarl4589]

Hey, thank you for everything. I have a little questions here, can we sell tshirts on winter? Does this make sense? I wonder how it will affect sales

[@Active-gm9gg]

I opened a shop months ago, I was trying to get traffic using sub niches like Gym Sayings. My goal was to make about 10 to 25 designs for each sub niche. I was using merch informer to get ideas on keywords and niches i should go after along with everbee. I too noticed the more postings I've created the more traffic I would get. One of my designs gets views but no sales im not sure why. I made my first sale in the political niche in april, I lost money on it due to fees however it did prove it to me that this could be viable. Unfortunately, I've gotten side tracked and haven't kept up with it. I need to start grinding on this, seeing 100 sales within 1 or 3 months is amazing results IMO and i don't think it is typical. I need some help getting the ball moving and I'm interested in the systems your using to generate designs as well as upload them to etsy. I upload my design to printify and then it publishes to etsy, should I do this differently?

[@carolabraham9629]

I got traffic on the election but nothing else. It’s strange

[@NicolasBare]

absolutely incredible info! thank you so much

[@MaxieMartins]

appreciate for sharing this with us, excellent video

[@WillyJade]

you just convinced me on doing it

[@XenoAidenCustance]

I appreciate you for sharing this, excellent!

[@JowettWaldrum]

ill definitely try that, thanks!

[@OliviaSilvase]

YES! JUST WHAT I NEEDED, TY!!!

[@CarolannMarcos]

THANKS A BUNCH, AMAZING VIDEO!!!

[@giuliana4_]

@Alek, i got lost when you refer to "fix" system 5?? system 1&2?? when did you mention them??

[@janetm.8723]

Thank you for your video. I'm following your free start guide, is the 2 months premium for Printify still working?

[@neil5819]

Alek, who's doing your motion design? It's on point!

[@alekSheffy]

I found him on X

[@Shadowmind_5]

Hi Alek I would Love of you focused more on Digital Prints

[@alekSheffy]

Good to know thank you

[@rasmusvinn6736]

Have you used the new Alura attributes for automated tags? Does it work or is coming up with your own tags still the better option?

[@alekSheffy]

I still like manually doing it, but the best is to test it yourself

[@snickerdimple9294]

Do let us know if your new shop gets suspended please.

[@popsmojo]

Alex, I love your videos. The loader doesn't work all the time, I keep getting errors. I was only able to use it for 2 days out of 60 days. I have been unloading old school... manually.😂 please help.

[@MotivationPulsse]

Hi Alek How long does it take to gain traction to your store i have 30 plus listings so far and only 1 or 2 visits per day. My seo is good and so are my designs.

[@readytrivedi]

depends on your designs, time of year, etc. average can take upto 1 year for a shop to get proper traction.

[@Phelia.Yuranovev]

very helpful, worth the watch

[@NerissaRibeiro]

wow, great video. thanks so much

[@ArhurCaroso]

Thank you, really helped me!

[@EcomSnif]

Hey Alek. Thanks a lot for sharing valuable information. Can we sell either apparel and digital products in the same shop? Is it allowed by Etsy?

[@readytrivedi]

Yes it's allowed.

[@EcomSnif]

@@readytrivedi Thanks for your help!

[@LuisJ.Martin]

thats amazing, ty for sharing

[@KathyD.Rhoades]

AWESOME it really helped me

[@la_la_land_twig]

I just started etsy, I really need advice on t-shirts so I can sell it well

[@davidbolivar-j3q]

Alek - you'll be happy to know that your nomination has been submitted for President of the KZbin Liar's Club. To generate $1 in sales on Etsy one must spend $10. Sure there's income - but no profit in sight. Perhaps your Etsy income is mainly from social media influencer fees? Or perhaps you don't care about running a business that looses money? In any case Etsy is NOT as you describe and you need to be called out.

[@SpencerKeon]

Nice. thanks for sharing

[@LauraJ.Greene]

You are AWESOME!!! TY

[@TugceEbrar]

Thank you🌸

[@rajnomadheart]

Hey Alek, Do I need to register as Business in order to accept paypal payments from my US based clients for my digital products/services or having a website is enough?

[@Bliparama]

That first shop you showed sell all its t-shirts for $8….that doesn’t even cover the cost of the T-shirt, can you explain this?

[@MatilaMonu]

Thank you so much!!!!!!

[@theenoblesavage]

Alek, do you know if you need a buisness license in order to do this on Etsy?

[@BeltSamways]

amazing vid!!! ty

[@mrrashid-z4o]

i like your videos and currently i am also trying to get into selling products on etsy by printify but we dont want to know about what would you do if you started an etsy shop we want you to actually open a new store at etsy and give us proven methods on how to actually run a new etsy shop and make profit out of it i know that you are not going to see this comment or make any videos but if you really care about your subscribers then please show us the methods practically my english is not that good but i hope you understood what i said

[@Simbecile]

Gelato's prices are way more reasonable than Printify. Every single thing I priced on Printify cost more than on Gelato.

[@LearnLaughnThrive]

regarding the business name... Do I need a business license to create a fictitious business name?

[@RyanWu-i5g]

How do you match the color of the coths to the mock up on Etsy?

[@BarbaraNellie]

great content. ty

[@yokosumida9286]

Alek in the download you offer you don't explain what could/would get your Etsy shop temporarily shut down?

[@popsmojo]

Privacy Policy

[@yokosumida9286]

@@popsmojo Oh! Thank you!

[@PryorBeeching]

TY!!! AWESOME

[@wfbcwfbc7884]

🎉🎉🎉

[@tabsking]

hay Alek How do you guys handle gift messages on etsy?

[@kathycava246]

Thank you

[@charlietrends2100]

How do you compete with stores selling t-shirts for $9 before they're printed in-house when the cheapest I can be with print on demand is $19 making around $2 profit?

[@laraedenshop5813]

That shop sells everything underpriced. Les of the cost of a shirt on Printify.

[@alekSheffy]

Look at the shipping costs as well.

[@volkoff6357]

I've watched a few of your videos, and you know your stuff. I have some unique ideas for products that I and my close friends think will be very successful using some of your methods. My problem is that I want to produce high-quality products that someone won't just blatantly plagiarize like you showed us how to do in one of your other videos. What about those of us who want copyright our designs so guys like you can't rip us off?

[@jordananderson3665]

When it says Revenue is that before or after taxes and fees?

[@alekSheffy]

Usually before

[@MarioStingerPerpetualTraveller]

Etsy in 2024. 1. Open account. 2. Add 1000 products. 3. Pay 300$ in fee. 4. Account suspended. 5. Appeal denied with no reason. 6. Open a Shopify or Woo store.

[@snickerdimple9294]

Don't forget about the $15 fee that they are not refunding. It's not a lot but if they close a million + shops it adds up.

[@PatrickSteil]

What were you selling? Did you bulk upload too many products at once maybe?

[@HugoOalacio]

very good I like

[@susanravella6261]

I have a really stupid questio for you... how are they selling items cheaper than I can get them from my print provider?

[@PrincessAnnabelle789]

They are print providers themselves.

[@edgardumea]

any reason you won't accept email addresses that have the "-" in the ID? tried to get the 9 minute thing but i got denied.

[@skooliecatwilderness6346]

I did research, took notes etc. Started up opening Etsy. BUT! Etsy autocorrected my last name. I messaged them, no reply. I tried and tried to correct them....I shut down my shop.

[@alekSheffy]

they'll get you sorted soon enough

[@skooliecatwilderness6346]

Thank you. They finally got back to me, told me that clearing my cache would help. I will try again.

[@alymetz2020]

Thank you for making content ❤🎉

[@alekSheffy]

🙏

[@Begal-500]

Hi alek, The other day I saw this method of boosting your Etsy sales it was to have a hundred products and post one everyday this method is from Etsy consultants KZbin channel would you recommend doing this I’ve seen people who have had no sales for a long period of time then when they started using the method they said they started to get sales what do you think

[@alekSheffy]

I don’t know about the method you’re talking about, but usually most people share what works for them. I’d pick something and make it work

[@CosmicHealerPain-369]

can i use printify in indonesia??, and how to make account in etsy, is it same difficult like amazon?

[@_g4m3r_]

You forgot to tell us how to avoid getting the account closed in the beginning.

[@readytrivedi]

It's part of their basic process. You have to file an appeal and it will get reinstated within a couple of days, unless there is some major issue. It's stupid since they are now charging $15 to open a store.

[@_g4m3r_]

@@readytrivedi Wait what?? They charge you $15 to open a store now? Why is no one talking about that?

[@readytrivedi]

@@_g4m3r_ Yeah apparently this is a new thing Etsy rolled out a couple months ago. Luckily I had opened a shop before this came into effect but I guess it's a deterrent for people to post low quality listings. No idea why they restrict the account from the beginning though. This is a bot issue that needs to be fixed by Etsy. The way I see it is that the decision makers at Etsy must be thinking that if even 2 out 10 people don't bother appealing the ban after the store is created, they've pocketed $30 in pure profit.

[@snickerdimple9294]

@@readytrivedi I've appealed probably 5 times they are not responding at all. The last appeal I told them just give me my $15 bucks back and keep it closed, no response. I violated nothing, had 1 listing of a flower I created shop immediately suspended.

[@LiilReyy]

🙌🏻

[@janeamylabejar5573]

thanks

[@BlueMacawHouse]

hi Alek im new on Etsy shop. but im not doing any sale/... can you help with a good tragedy ?

[@alekSheffy]

Gotta keep posting products for sale 🙏

[@hivestudio1]

the products featured at 2:25 are lower than the cost to print. isnt that store taking a loss?

[@LHM6438]

as a benglai how can i do this help me

[@vishalsikriwalstopmotion4535]

Is it normal for etsy to ask for your social security number while opening your shop

[@PrincessAnnabelle789]

beware of scammer

[@felixthecat9347]

Alek, I like you and have watched many of your videos. But what you don't talk about is the fact that you already have a built in following of thousands of people.

[@pcmklop]

How can I create an Etsy seller account to sell in the US living in another country? Meaning I am not a US citizen and don't have SSN. I want to do POD. Thanks for the help in advance 👍

[@pcmklop]

Please help

[@alekSheffy]

It depends what country you’re in. Etsy does support some other countries

[@Danpron109]

With markets experiencing significant volatility, inflation on the rise, and the Federal Reserve implementing substantial interest rate hikes, treasury yields are climbing rapidly. This has resulted to lot of losses for portfolios this quarter. I'm currently at a crossroads, considering whether to liquidate my $125k bond and stock portfolio. In this market conditions, I’m seeking guidance on how to navigate this uncertainty and potentially capitalize on the situation.

[@gracegomez109]

I agree, just because the market presents opportunities doesn't mean we should rush in headfirst. For this reason, we should look for appropriate market analysis or guidance or, alternatively, seek advice from certified market strategists.

[@kigletmary56]

A lot of folks downplay the role of advisors until being burnt by their own emotions. I remember couple summers back, after my lengthy divorce, I needed a good boost to help my business stay afloat, hence I researched for licensed advisors and came across someone of utmost qualifications. She's helped grow my reserve notwithstanding inflation, from $275k to $850K.

[@Donaldsmith109]

Can you share details of your advisor? I want to invest my increased cash flow in stocks and alternative assets to achieve financial goals.

[@kigletmary56]

There is a lot of people sharing advisor's name here which i think is common now, but my advisor's name is `BONITA JEANETTE RODRIGUEZ’. i will recommend you to search her up and see the difference.

[@kigletmary56]

Her name is 'BONITA JEANETTE RODRIGUEZ’. Just research the name. You’d find necessary details to work with a correspondence to set up an appointment.

[@Ustus592]

Please someone answer this, How are people able to see the shirts with 10-11 $ price?

[@alekSheffy]

One of the variants is priced lower than all the others

[@DigitalWealthPath]

😊

[@SeanH1984]

No offence, but how many times are you going to keep regurgitating the same information Stop selling people a dream. You know it and I know it.

[@jiteshkhandelwal2500]

We have sell so many products in etsy but in my country etsy is not working anymore so if someone wants to sell my product then dm..

[@birds466]

Did anyone else see that Etsy is now $29 to start up?

[@kavan4137]

I just spent 19.. I’m hoping that this works out for me but I’ve not even started the hard part and I’m stressed😂

[@jordananderson3665]

13:34 did you mean 10 sales per 1 review?

[@alekSheffy]

Yes I did lol

[@idxstudios]

I don't think my products would sell

[@MyintMyintHtay-x5p]

❤🎉

[@Begal-500]

First

[@Hibob_12]

Hello

[@alekSheffy]

hi

[@AndreaMagdalenaKosha]

I suspect one needs much room on their credit cards when Printify starts charging. That's why this business model is not suitable for everyone.

[@readytrivedi]

You do need some room in your credit card. Ideally, you should have about $1000 credit to start with, because Etsy will pay you after 1 week and they may even hold back some amount as "payment reserve"

[@Andrea-do5ok]

@@readytrivedi Thanks. That's what I figured. I'll wait a little longer then.:)

[@readytrivedi]

@@Andrea-do5ok I mean you could technically start with $500, but I’m just keeping a buffer in case a design or item becomes a best seller and you end up getting like 50-60 orders in the week.

[@Andrea-do5ok]

@@readytrivedi I appreciate the info. You are the first person to give actual numbers. I watched many videos and no one talks about the start-up money only the millions you make.

[@snicksabea]

who sells 10,000 mugs? really??