Are you losing money (or customers) with this critical setting for Etsy print on demand?

Shipping with Etsy and print on demand can be a trap for new sellers, resulting in frustration and loss of profits when done incorrectly. In this video, I'll guide you through the process of setting up Etsy shipping profiles specifically tailored for print-on-demand products. My goal is to demystify the complexities of Etsy shipping profiles and show you step-by-step how to create and optimize them for your print-on-demand business.
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[@studiomdesignsco]

Got a question you want me to answer in an upcoming video? Drop it here! I’ll be doing an AMA/Q&A style segment in an upcoming video! (Print on demand, Etsy, SEO, my past life in HR, ask away!) 🤓

[@Molliem72-]

Hi Mandy, I have a POD shop on Etsy, but I built it during the week before Thanksgiving 2022 in November. But then life happened, I have a full time job and it started to get busy and I neglected my shop until but now because I have a little bit more time on my hand and I want to leave my 9-5. What can do with my shop, I am doing free shipping but I want to take your advise and share the shipping cost and make my prices a little more lower so that it can be affordable yet not giving up a lot of my profit. Should I redo my shop to make it no longer free shipping and lower the prices? My shop also has a lot of the Holiday designs because I did it in November, where should I start? Should I start making evergreens first or keep doing holiday designs? Sorry for the long message but I love your content, its very authentic and real, and I just want to thank you for this amazing wisdom you have going on.

[@user-yb8by9ot9b]

A question for your upcoming video: Do you leave Christmas items up all year? And other holidays.

[@nicholeshelton4387]

I'm curious - when I have the customer pay for shipping - I don't see the shipping in my balance. Where does the shipping money go?

[@loveafterfifty8065]

I rarely ever comment on vids but I have to today. Thank you! This really was excellent. I know you qualified it by saying that it may not be as interesting as other topics you cover however, THIS topic is so critical to understand! I watched 100's of videos Feb, Mar, and April as I was learning how to set up a POD online store. I did not see anything that covered shipping as you have and I wish I had this info last month when I finally opened my store. I made two mistakes - I took Etsy's advice and offered free shipping to US customers immediately (I'm in Canada) and chose Printify's generic shipping option. I was excited to see my first sale on Day TWO!! I heard a "Cha-ching!" noise and had no idea what it was lol and I certainly was NOT expecting a sale that quickly. However, due to my two mistakes and my general newbie learning curve....I lost $ on my first sale. Lesson learned. SO! Thank you. If you're reading through comments but haven't watched the video- watch and take notes. You'll avoid my mistakes as a new shop owner on Etsy. :)

[@studiomdesignsco]

Thank you for the kind words! Wishing you tons more sales (and no more lost $$!) 💜💜

[@JC81082]

Thank you for another fabulous video. Also I'm enjoying your Master Class Course. Again, thank you so much... Blessings, Joan

[@magichoneylife]

This was just the information I needed! Thank you, Mandy!

[@jennbatesphoto]

Mandy, I'm pouring over your videos and I'm just so thankful and blown away by how much you share, and the detail you provide. You're a household name now, since I keep rattling on about you and my new POD business. I'm excited to grow and will check back to share my progress. :) THANK YOU.

[@amandajohnson5630]

Thank you so much!!! Your videos are amazing!! I have been clueless about shipping and this helped me a ton!

[@albertplouffe5146]

I never Knew so much went into POD its truely Amazing how complex and fun this process is. Learning so much thank you for taking time to explain all this.

[@jaliza3922]

Thank you for explaining shipping. That's something we need to know but somehow in all the other processes sometimes fail to learn. I understand a lot better now.

[@leannecrow2168]

This was so helpful! I’ve been confused with shipping and how Printify and Etsy link shipping to each other. Thank you! :)

[@ĐặngLệXuyên]

absolutely incredible info! thank you so much

[@MaiHồHà]

I appreciate you for sharing this, excellent!

[@HirotakaNii]

YES! JUST WHAT I NEEDED, TY!!!

[@melaniewijntjes5462]

Thanks so much Mandy, this was very helpful 😊

[@WilredMartins]

appreciate for sharing this with us, excellent video

[@DinhDoanQuyet]

Thank you, really helped me!

[@MeesonDyter]

ill definitely try that, thanks!

[@kathleen8765]

I absolutely love this!!! Thank you so much! I have so many shipping profiles so I will definitely be cleaning everything up and making sure I'm not losing money. Do you also do this with your other products (tote bags & mugs)?

[@NghiemHuuThach]

very helpful, worth the watch

[@gaston.]

Great info. thanks for sharing.

[@Fullstackdev-]

thank you, this is was very helpful

[@VincentScarlan]

Nice vid thank you for sharing with us

[@VoCucSuong]

thats amazing, ty for sharing

[@PhanHaQuyen]

amazing vid!!! ty

[@RobertsHilldrop]

wow, great video. thanks so much

[@ĐinhTốOanh]

AWESOME it really helped me

[@AlmeidaBuglar]

THANKS A BUNCH, AMAZING VIDEO!!!

[@LuuKieuKhanh]

Nice. thanks for sharing

[@YoungPearsall]

great content. ty

[@HaAiThuan]

You are AWESOME!!! TY

[@HerthaJulia]

you just convinced me on doing it

[@teachmemore_144.]

❤❤❤ thank you sooo much

[@loliloli7168]

Hello Mandy. I really enjoy the content creation of your channel. I spent a lot of time watching your videos and found many of them very useful. Thank you for the output. I have read your Printify Blog Story and you mentioned in the section 'The Design Hack That Made It Happen' that I selected idea or font that I liked and made several designs around a single element I think how do you identify these design elements as best-selling or popular, and how do you surround a single element to make seasonal designs? I think this is important but difficult. I hope you can output a video about this topic,Thanks for your reply 🎉

[@SamsonRedman]

TY!!! AWESOME

[@Mesohappy1]

Can u make a step by step video about personalized products and include pros and cons. Ty!

[@paulam4301]

Thank you 🙏👍

[@jacqulynduff661]

Hi, Mandy thank you for all you do I really enjoyed your free course. Is it possible to manually select a different pod provider in printify with cheaper shipping say the same t-shirt on the same listing and change, one to swift pod for the USA and then if I get a UK customer change the provider to MANm which is cheaper for uk customers? I am from Northern Ireland and postage cost are really high to European countries with the top providers based in the US. I hope that makes sense Jackie

[@bestketoshorts6195]

OMG Mandy I wish I had seen your video when I started my shop six months ago... My shipping profiles are a jumble... sigh I didn't figure this out until about 100 listings in - that I needed to have some order to the madness... Thanks so much for doing these great videos focusing on these 'unglamorous topics' that are so important... You're doing a great job! BTW - my shop is now over 400 Listings - It will be a task to clean them all up - but I'm going to tackle it with your clear info on 'how to' --- Alternatively, I've thought of opening another shop and start off clean and simple... WWYD? aka what would you do? BTW - I'm a former HR Gal like yourself PLUS - I stumbled upon your OTHER videos about a year ago and they really helped... You are such an inspiration :)

[@studiomdesignsco]

I wouldn't start over! Create each of the new shipping profiles that you want to use, and then use Etsy's bulk edit to make changes (you can select your entire store or even just an entire section at a time and move a bunch all at once). Even if you've already got some moved, you can still select them and move them. Sometimes I've done it by keyword too - for example if I want to move all of my totes to a new shipping profile and I know that I have "tote" in all of the titles, I can type in "tote" under my shop listings page, select all of the tote listings, click on the Editing Options drop-down, and then click on Change shipping profile. And it'll make the changes to all of the totes all at once. Hope that helps. You got this!!

[@bestketoshorts6195]

@@studiomdesignsco awww thanks Mandy - you ROCK!!! :)

[@bestketoshorts6195]

@@studiomdesignsco Mandy - this is VERY helpful... One more question... can I make a blanket Sweatshirt shipping profile even if I have sweatshirts from different sources, e.g, Monster AND Swift ??? does it matter???

[@studiomdesignsco]

@bestketoshorts6195 That’s fine - I do the same thing when it’s all the same product 😊

[@cindyleinwand5062]

Hi Mandy - it's so funny when you talk about all the shipping profiles. When I was new - I didn't understand how profiles worked - and I had over a 100 different profile one for each listing until I got a clue what was happening. But I do have a question - I have my first sale to Germany doing print on demand - and there is a note that says to provide courier with Etsy's ioss number - but then Printify says they have their own number. Do we have to do anything with Etsy's ioss number when using printify?

[@beatrixkiddo3964]

Thank you Mandy. My question for the Q&A: Is there as way to setup a shipping profile from a print provider in Canada, but to sell to US customers only? Can that work with Printify? Thank you!

[@juliesaffrin6083]

Learned this...yes, from a German buyer. Only took once to learn, and now my lesson is learned! Wayyy underestimated shipping. It wasn't on a POD item. Luckily, the buyer was going to Las Vegas to see her sister, so it saved me $75. I have shipped to Quebec and Germany on POD hats and have had no problems with returns or VAT, but I present a lot of pictures so buyers know exactly what the items will look like. What I find interesting is POD places do limit popular countries that they will ship to, such as France, Italy Norway, etc. Really depends on the product. Has this been your experience?

[@studiomdesignsco]

That first one is always painful!

[@lbcgaming260]

Hi, how much profit per tee shirt would you recommend when starting out?

[@TimelessTunesRewind]

Do you have a walkthrough of the process?

[@MarialeChirivella]

Hey Mandy! Could you please explain a little more about shipping to Canada ? How is that set up done? I am just opening up my shop and decided to just ship to US for shipping prices and to avoid delivery delays… now you say You have a different profile with duplium… when a friend in Canada looks at my shops there is a message that says I don’t ship to Canada to contact seller.. how do I set it up so they can just place the order… without having the no delivery to Canada message? Is it ok to double the listing with specific print provider and have it be seen only to the country it ships? Thank you so much!

[@livingblessedmusic]

Hi Mandy ... I've tried to change in my Etsy store the printify monster digital and clear out the long name (assign name) and it won't let me? I did create the printify in Etsy but when try to choose it from my printify creating area it will not let me use the printify monster address? It will not let me move/save it either when I'm on Etsy trying to edit it it is grayed out? I'm confused and stuck... lol. Don't know how to even try and delete it to try and make a new profile to start out it says the profile is already created? 🙄

[@lorirodgers9474]

Boy I am very flustered- I have 100 items that all need shipping updates. Once you create it in Etsy you have to go back to each item in printify and update it there? Is there a fast way to just indicate shipping to the USA in printify? I am not ready to ship anywhere else- I appreciate all you do!

[@michellerusnell1702]

Hi Mandy. I'm a newby. My shop currently is POD and I would like to add in some handmade items to my shop. What's the best way to list this so Etsy knows that it is all handmade? Thank you

[@nicholeshelton4387]

I'm curious - when I have the customer pay for shipping - I don't see the shipping in my balance. Where does the shipping money go?

[@ToniWall]

How do you name your shipping profiles? Exp: Swiftpod-T-shirts, Monster Digital T-shirts, Swiftpod Sweatshirts, Monster Digital Sweatshirts, etc.

[@indiacleckley2956]

Thank you, Mandy! Outside of Canada, are there any countries you see decent sales in?

[@studiomdesignsco]

I currently only ship to the U.S. and Canada so I don’t have to bother with customs or VAT. I’ve heard people doing pretty will with Australia though, and many people sell to European countries (you just have to be real careful about the extra costs involved and different return policy requirements) 😊

[@m2mdohkun]

Hi Mandy. My question is I don't understand how much the customer paid - let's say they buy 2 of the same sweatshirt. So both sweatshirt x the price and then add shipping services + additional item shipped cost? So it means by goving the price that covered on the first shipping is enough? Because the second is already give more profit? The thing is I don't understand how to craft the shipping profiles just in case they by two or more of my sweatshirt. Hahaha. I really want to be as passive once done just enough thing. Hahahaha. Thank you for the knowledge. I fell in love with the whole Etsy course. It's soooo goood!

[@studiomdesignsco]

I always use a profit calculator to price my items per unit and tend to prefer to roll most (if not all) of the shipping costs into the retail price the customer pays. By doing so, I can keep the shipping profiles much more simplified (or even offer free shipping) because I know that I've already covered the item and shipping cost up front in the price (so regardless of how many they purchase, I'm always making a profit). Hope that helps!

[@m2mdohkun]

@@studiomdesignsco Thank you. Sorry for the typo. I just recently dis5cover how to put the secondary shipping price. Hahaha. At first I was puzzled how to calculate the free shipping for more than two items bought, and then it clicks. I understand now. And yes, I do use the etsyhunt calculator. My next mission is to reverse engineer the price so when it includes the tax? the vat? (Etsy fee I think) so the final price will always end up .99. At first I always set the price .99, but the final price changes when the listing is live. Now it puzzled me again. Hahahaha

[@KJ-sd3oc]

Hi guys, anybody here maybe sells from UK? I'm really about to give up as I don't know how to set up shipping costs for products. Please, help ❤

[@marianeukamm7938]

Hi Mandy, do you have an email address? I have a detailed shipping question, thanks ❤

[@studiomdesignsco]

Yep! Feel free to reach out: [e-mail]

[@takeelahsunrise]

Hi Mandy! I really love your content. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge. When using a profit calculator which price do I add in for the sale price? I'm not sure if I should include shipping and taxes. Thanks in advance! 🙏