HOW I STARTED MY STICKER BUSINESS: an easy way to make thousands of dollars every month!!

Many people know Elyse Breanne Design for my patterns... but STICKERS are actually my top-selling product every month! We sell so many stickers that I have to keep about 200,000 on hand at all times. There are so many reasons that selling stickers are great - including total customization, low shipping costs, and great margins! So watch along as I take you through every step of the process to start your sticker shop and offer tips to help you through it.
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If you're new here - welcome! I started my business on my 18th birthday selling paintings I made in my free time. I continued to run and grow it throughout college and graduate school, and into law school at Duke University. Now I'm running the business full time, law degree in hand, and I wouldn't have it any other way! I sell my art on my website, wholesale on Faire.com and I license my work to be sold in stores including Home Goods, Marshalls, At Home, and World Market.
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[@priscilla9593]

i'm in love with all your videos! so much valuable info:)

[@almostpronto2286]

Thank you for the education. It’s fun to watch you go back & forth from artist mode to lawyer business mode. “The force is strong in this one.” Oops, probably trademarked.

[@violetmoon5257]

This was a super helpful video! Looking forward to the video on which sticker company you prefer!

[@Elysebreannedesign]

Awesome! I promise it's coming soon. Next few weeks :)

[@Sarafara7]

This was really helpful.. thank you! I'd love to hear about the sticker companies you worked with. There are so many!

[@Elysebreannedesign]

Thank you! I'm actually working on that video already, it'll be coming in the next few weeks! So stay tuned :)

[@FutureWealthWarriors]

Love this. My 8 year old wants to start selling stickers. This is a great help!

[@tschoiy]

Just recently stumbled over your work again here on KZbin and honestly it inspired me soo so much to reopen my shop soon and work on more products and really just go for it 😍💕 thanks for all your advice and sharing your journey! ✨ I want to reopen my etsy but also sell on a local swiss platform but i’m not sure how to keep track of selling on two pIatforms!😳

[@shannon7288]

please please tell me how you keep track of all your inventory while selling across so many platforms. the thought of doing inventory while only doing etsy and in person stresses me out

[@tschoiy]

Oh i’m wondering about the same thing! So scared of making a mess with multiple platforms! 🥺

[@ToniImlay]

I love your art! 🤩 Thanks for sharing all these great tips!

[@Elysebreannedesign]

You are so welcome!

[@CheerfulHeartCr8ions]

Thanks so much! Can't wait to see part two.

[@ChantelleArts]

This is fascinating, thank you for sharing Elyse ☺☺

[@Elysebreannedesign]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jengilbert578]

It’s generous of you to share - thanks ! How do you know how much inventory to invest in intiially? I guess as minimal as possible til you see what sells? Love all your designs and you sharing your business story is super inspirational.

[@LilyTrabold]

Such a great video, thank you for sharing SO much helpful information with us! Wondering if you could go into more detail about how you sell stickers on TikTok shop? Thanks so much!!! ♡

[@kalirally]

I’ve tried to incentivize purchasing multiple stickers on Etsy but my customers typically purchase one or two of the same design. So I’ll be uploading packs. Do you still feel that it’s beneficial to list each sticker individually on Etsy? I saw you have them listed as singles but wondering if you were to do it all over again, if that’s still the route you’d take, thank you!

[@myartpixie]

Curious about where you outsource. I’ve used Sticker Mule. Can’t wait to see your follow up video about your favs! 🎉

[@Elysebreannedesign]

Coming soon, promise! Hopefully next week

[@myartpixie]

@@Elysebreannedesign yayayayya!

[@cyramclennan2580]

I want to start this by saying you've been a big inspiration to me. At around 3:45 you mentioned to stay away from trademark or copyrighted stuff... how do you get away with having your taylor swift inspired designs? I mean even the term dog mom is trademarked, and you can't put it on a shirt or anything without getting a takedown. I'm not trying to start beef, just trying to understand. I have wanted to start a business for so long, but i feel like there are no original ideas anymore, and everything has a chance to be considered 'copying' anymore.. It's just discouraging. And i dont feel like starting a business to hopefully make $500 a month, just to get sued and lose everything i own.

[@ginaressner3713]

Thank you for sharing so much ❤

[@eleanorratzlaff4827]

Very helpful. Thanks for sharing your journey.

[@spiritualcosmeticss]

Thanks for this video!❤

[@helenw6243]

Great video. Please can I ask if you fulfil all your orders yourself, or do you use a print on demand company ?

[@debbiekennedy6030]

Thanks so much for this video!

[@Elysebreannedesign]

You are so welcome!

[@debbiekennedy6030]

Thanks for sharing, so many keep their business secrets just that.

[@garnerlove9292]

Pop up markets are best for marketing and getting your name out there. I’ve hardly ever made much more than the vendor fee.

[@ofeliaguzman8640]

I’m curious how you make your planners or notebooks. I have tons of wildlife and nature of my own and thought it may be a good idea to create some, but I could also be wrong 😅

[@HisHolyPromisesCompany]

This was great !!!

[@Elysebreannedesign]

Thank you!

[@Kawaii.Sprinkles]

Love your video, so helpful!! I have a question concerning quotes stickers. Which type of fonts do you use? Free fonts? Do you purchase licences? That's where I'm lost!

[@Elysebreannedesign]

I have purchased the fonts that are part of my company branding, but I use my own handwriting for most of the stickers I make! I just write in Procreate as I draw

[@Kawaii.Sprinkles]

@@Elysebreannedesign that's what I was thinking of doing too....

[@bedhead-studio]

I would only outsource stickers if I knew the designs would sell. I have had MANY designs that didnt sell and thankfully I only made a couple of each. Most people starting out probably wont be able to sell the MOQ (50-100) of any one design.

[@Elysebreannedesign]

It depends on what business you work with. Some will do as few as 5-10 stickers, which is really helpful when you're testing designs!

[@bedhead-studio]

@@Elysebreannedesign oh that would be helpful to know. i havent looked into it enough

[@junebrezgis1652]

This is very good

[@miekestrauven1411]

Love this video. I always struggle to export transparent stickers in procreate. Red dots appear. Do you have suggestions?

[@debbiekennedy6030]

The information in the yellow banners with white writing is difficult to read, especially on a phone. Just letting you k know.

[@beautifullyplannedbylouise]

How was making your website was it easy and do you get to keep profit I’m not making on Etsy

[@LL-ex1gp]

How do you actually make a profit with Etsy and Faire? Especially Faire when wholesale is half your retail and their fees on top of that? Is it worth it? Or does it just drive traffic to your shop? Their fees are high and your prices are really reasonable.

[@marygerber1413]

Have you designed and created each one of your stickers yourself? Or can you use designs from AI or clipart from the internet?

[@Elysebreannedesign]

I design every one of my stickers and patterns myself! I would be very careful using anything AI because that's creating based on other people's art. The same goes for clip art, photography and any other design. If the artist hasn't expressly said it's free to use, assume you can't - or reach out and ask.

[@meowyimeow]

I would definitely like to see more videos about this! As someone at the beginning I’m nervous to invest a lot of money into one design and I’d like to see how you grew your inventory, if you tested designs, etc. Thank you!

[@gabzwilson2750]

How do you decide what size the sticker should be?

[@Elysebreannedesign]

Vibes!

[@HeatherValentineMsFoodie]

💕👏👏👏👏👏 Thank you.

[@kikiob3628]

How do you design your stickers? Do you hand draw them?

[@ddrse]

Do you have an llc?

[@cathxvln]

What printer and ink do you use?

[@Elysebreannedesign]

Hi there! I don't print any of my own stickers, but do you mean for printing cards and art prints?

[@lauriesica]

Why do you have stickers shipped to you, then you ship to customers? That seems like extra work. Why not use print on demand instead? Did you have to incorporate yourself to sell on Etsy?

[@bigoldjim4696]

A 3 x 3 die cut sticker on Printify, for example, is $3.05 with $5.67 shipping for the first sticker. No matter how many you sell it's $3.05 per sticker, your cost. Sticker Blitz, which Elyse has said she uses, charges $.29 for the same sticker in batches of a1000 (and she sells hundreds of thousands of stickers per year). I'm sure she can ship for less than Printify charges too. Very little profit in print on demand stickers. Would you rather sell a 29 cent sticker for 4 dollars, or a 3 dollar sticker for 4 dollars?

[@denisewebb5073]

Where do you outsource?

[@Elysebreannedesign]

I use sticker blitz! There's information in the video about a discount code to save on your first order!

[@livinginflow2702]

🙏💖☺️🙌✨️

[@denisewebb5073]

What if I unknowingly make a sticker that already exists by someone else?

[@Elysebreannedesign]

If you're using your own art, that's not possible!

[@tjduprey]

"Try" to stay away from copyright theft? How about just don't violate copyright?

[@Elysebreannedesign]

I didn’t say that. I said “in general stay away from copyrighted and trademarked material.” Crucially, not all uses or applications of copyrighted and trademarked material is illegal or violates intellectual property laws. As a copyright holder myself, I would never advocate or suggest infringing on copyrights. There is a lot of gray area in intellectual property law that I am happy to get into in another video as it was my main area of focus when I was in law school!

[@infinitelyblessed1778]

@@ElysebreannedesignI would be interested in a video on this. I am an artist but I find that one of my biggest blocks for putting my work on public display and selling it is people taking my art and accusing me of stealing something they designed. I have heard that companies like TEMU will steal product designs from small creators and then start mass producing and selling the designs, then they reach out to the original creator and accuse them of copyright infringement. I wonder if NFT’s would help but not sure how that could be managed. I would love to hear any insights that you have on this. 🙏

[@CupcakeCottage]

Too bad I don’t trust tik tok or Instagram.

[@tschoiy]

Just recently stumbled over your work again here on KZbin and honestly it inspired me soo so much to reopen my shop soon and work on more products and really just go for it 😍💕 thanks for all your advice and sharing your journey! ✨ I want to reopen my etsy but also sell on a local swiss platform but i’m not sure how to keep track of selling on two pIatforms!😳