HOW TO USE INSTAGRAM FOR ETSY BUSINESS - watch this before starting your Instagram for your shop

[@RibbonNook]

Love it! I think it's the first time I heard someone say forget the social media and it's my kind of advice. I needed to hear that

[@amymerrow5418]

I was looking into Instagram today for my new shop, and I thought to myself why am I wasting time on this? I am so glad I found your video. Now I know my intuition was right!

[@apekcoolify]

This is goldmine! It's the intention similar like Amazon to Google, the traffic already have intention to buy. And its a lot of work to focus on social media with disappointing results as we're disrupting their feeds. Thank you for this video😊

[@kristsewshop]

Thank you so much for this info! I have an Etsy shop for 3 months now but my conversion rate is still pretty low. Now I know what I should prioritize!

[@katfrankie6484]

WOW! I started my shop on Etsy and so appreciate your eye opening advice. Thank you for sharing your tips and what has helped you gain success. Thank you for selflessly helping others grow by being so transparent. Hoping to turn your tips into actions that help my shop grow❤️sending you so much love and wishing soooo much goodness for you!!!!!

[@katfrankie6484]

P.s- I don’t have dogs but I already know I will be in your shop to support you at Christmas time.. my parents have 2 dogs so I surly want to give back to you in some way…thank you again!!!!

[@thetalkshop]

Aww thank you for the kind words!

[@emmanuel8310]

@@katfrankie6484 I'll be starting today too. Have you made any sales yet?

[@katfrankie6484]

@@emmanuel8310 amazing!!! Wishing you so much greatness and success… I have not had a sale .. yet… I do only have 4 listings so I will need to add more inventory and hope that helps

[@emmanuel8310]

@@katfrankie6484 Awesome! Thank you.

[@rubydooby5041]

Thanks for this video. You make a great point, time is money! I have to allocate my time on growing my etsy shop now 👍

[@pacificH2O]

I think this was great information! Something others KZbinrs have said is not to spend more than a few minutes on Instagram per day so the time spent doing this is really minimal.

[@lovelyletter7460]

Oh wow! This is excellent advice and something I have not heard from others who are doing these same types of videos. You have some great points! Thank you!

[@guevmor810]

God..!!! I was waiting for someone who said that..!!! I'm not too much Instagram or social fan and I want to start my etsy shop. But everybody always told me, you need to start build a instagram, a big one firts 🙄. Thanks..!!! Now I need to start learn how to use etsy, to open my store. Thanks a lot, I was waiting too much time. Thanks..!!!

[@thetalkshop]

Ya social media is good for brand building but with your just starting you need to get to 50-100 orders a day first and I think algorithm based marketplaces are your best bet

[@anitakurnia2812]

Thank you!!! I am bit stuck in how I can grow my handmade business but then I watch your video. Your video help me to back on track 👍🏻✨️ Thanks again.

[@thetalkshop]

Aww yay! I’m glad:)

[@tobanikofficial3854]

You are talking the truth bro, i also didnt agree to what gary vee teach us about posting as much as possible will help grow our business, its bull shit and waste amount of our precious time. Thanks for sharing

[@debbieb6245]

Wow that was awesome.! I have been wrestling with whether or not i should use instagram and pinterest to increase my etsy sales. You make so much sense. I need to focus all my energy into buiding a better shop where people are already looking to buy. Great analogy of the vacuum cleaner.

[@electriclindaland]

Thank you for this! I've been feeling very overwhelmed contemplating using social media for my new Etsy shop. I would much rather focus my energy on Etsy and my product.

[@christopher5148]

Very interesting points, thanks for sharing this info. I am curious to see your Etsy shop, could you share a link?

[@lukacetkovic5629]

Well it’s sounds interesting, but how do we grow only on Etsy ? Would appreciate if you made a video on this topic 🙏🏻

[@aw885]

You have a point, but driving traffic to your listing does juice your ranking; I know amazon loves outside traffic, and they reward you.

[@ricnyc2759]

I like the idea of getting the SEO ready... But it will only work when Etsy is not hiding the listings (because it has to let all shops be found... but they can't be found at the same time. Then there's a rotation). Is there any way to work around this?

[@chetansavani5090]

So much informative!respect from India 🇮🇳 👏

[@QueenSanity]

Thank you so much for this video. I was wondering if you could answer a quick questions for me. I currently have a website and an Etsy. My Etsy is 85% of my income. My Etsy shop is almost at $100k in sales this year. My views are 72K this year conversion 1.9% but my link to my etsy is on my instagram page but as a linktree. My shop is not connected to IG, my actual website is. I wanted stop my website and add my Etsy instead since I get way more sales on Etsy. Do you think I should add my Etsy? I notice you talked about conversion rates for beginners but wondering if it would be wise to switch it. I do run ads on IG sometimes and have gotten great sales from it. Hopefully you can help.

[@dmmmm2806]

Amazing video, 1 day 1233 social visits and 0 sale lol, thank you for your video

[@jennifert7127]

That time allocation for sure! I feel like it takes me forever to get posts ready and I'm only doing it 3x a week.

[@Blubbha]

I believe it's important to gain visibility. A through Etsy ads and focus on Etsy seo first getting reviews and first sales. Google SEO is not easy to influence as your Etsy shop needs to be indexed which takes time and depends how often Etsy gets crawled and puts you in their sitemap. I believe social traffic is essential. Because how etsies flywheel works: new shop brings new products and new products bri g new user, brings new sales to the marketplace. So Etsy will put you in front of users if they see you also bring new users to their platform. If you only focus on the intend traffic you focus only on 5% of your potential market. Instagram and pinterest will drive demand but a bit delayed but you focus on the other 95%. That's how you build a long lasting brand think mod to long-term instead of the short-term view.

[@StefShock]

Any guidance on high priced items above $600? Are conversion rates the same as what you make?

[@paulinalach90]

This hits very hard, I needed to hear that. Thank you for your great videos!

[@violethart4107]

This makes perfect sense

[@anksthase]

This is gold! Thank you!!!❤

[@thetalkshop]

I’m glad to hear;)

[@cadiusthegreat4530]

All hail the holy algorithm!

[@beagrateful431]

This is crazy helpful info - love this!!!

[@adrianestrada8099]

Great advice and very important to consider as I'm in the art world I think ig would be okay, gotta experiment thanks !

[@thetalkshop]

Ya fore sure!

[@penstar]

Great advice!

[@northway8377]

Another Excellent Video

[@taffiecurry2170]

Good point there!

[@helenaholubec1146]

Great advice, thank you!

[@justingirard9390]

Doesn't Etsy separate the traffic that you bring vs what Etsy brings in? Couldn't they use that in their algorithm to separate that in their calculations. I could be wrong, but logically, why would they not make it more advantageous for you if you are promoting Etsy independently? Seems like that's something they'd want us to do for the benefit of getting people onto their website. I agree it might not be the best use of your time, but you'd hope Etsy wouldn't penalize you for bringing people to the site.

[@JupiterxBlues]

This is correct. Pretty much all shopping sites(etsy, amazon, ebay, etc.) has implemented very detailed data analytics on each and every user that comes onto their sites. They are able to tell if you came from google ads, instagram, youtube, etc. or if you just came to the site on your own. They know what your interested in, how long you have been looking at the product, how long you scroll for, how many items you looked at before making a purchase, and so much more. They then use this data to tailor the site to you to increase your odds of making a purchase and even making other purchases. They know what is popular and what isn't. What is gaining traction and what isn't. What has increased odds of selling and what doesnt. At the end of the day, Etsy wants your money and they have spent more than millions to ensure that they'll get their money. So the "algorithm" to get sales of your product really boils down to getting as much traffic to your etsy shop as possible and get ANY sales you can get. You likely will have to pay money to advertise your product and drive traffic. It takes money to make money. The more sales you make, the more Etsy will push your product for more sales too because they want to keep that momentum going as long as possible. The conversion rate isn't the primary focus, its the amount of money that can be made from your product. The conversion rate is just a small factor.

[@mychautu5766]

Totally agree!

[@PositivitysDust]

Maybe it depends on the niche? How about you you sell digital products that is related to Instagram then you really need to use Instagram to promote your digital products. But for that it's more better use stand alone website too less fees.

[@juleswings_it7145]

This was so helpful, thank you!

[@VlogginTherapy]

Very Helpful!!!

[@thetalkshop]

Yay! I’m glad

[@MsRenaissance]

But when you're new on Etsy you won't get any visitors to your store to even convert because nobody knows about your products so how do you get attention if nobody knows about you.

[@foxdogs1st]

How do you get more traffic to esty when esty buries your products?

[@thetalkshop]

I don’t think they are actively doing that, I think Etsy is all about selling the best product they can. So our objective has to be to creat a superior product.

[@foxdogs1st]

@@thetalkshop why does esty not want repeating tags ? I was using Erank and it suggests not using repeative tags. Ex. Mom gift , gift for mom. I'm I not to use both ?

[@stebolavirus]

But how will my ego survive if I don't get all those likes?! hahahaha... Great video!

[@thetalkshop]

Lol 😂 right?

[@ChezVies]

Thanks for this video. I am going to turn off the Etsy link on my Instagram now 😀

[@therealdeal4492]

Wrong move!

[@dazoful]

really good advice'' appreciate it MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lol

[@SaveThatMoney411]

You haven't tested this. You're telling a just-so story. Why would Etsy penalize people bringing in outside traffic to their platform??!?

[@thetalkshop]

It’s not that Etsy penalizes it’s that the type of traffic that comes to Etsy, has a much lower conversion rate. And lower conversion rate hurt growth. I have see seen this because I bring people from KZbin to my shops and I see a very clear decrease in conversion rate. My hope is that I can monetize the viewership to make it worth it.

[@therealdeal4492]

Disagree with this vid.. When I pause or stall IG posts or pics... My etsy also stalls ... IG has its own sales btw... So to say its only for social is not even true... not only that etsy is free advertising! After watching this video it seems as if etsy is paying for this "info"

[@thetalkshop]

Your conversion rate coming from a Instagram is much smaller than what you would’ve got if you ranked on Etsy, that’s why your Etsy stalled the moment you stop posting. There’s nothing wrong with pursuing Instagram, but it doesn’t compare to Etsys customer and their conversion rate

[@thetalkshop]

It’s all about the kind of customer that you choose to pursue, and the customer from Etsy has a better ROI

[@therealdeal4492]

I have had an etsy store for a little over 3 years now... My cheapest item is over 400.00! There are less than a handful of people as my competition.. Of course taco sales have a higher conversion rate if your sitting in the taco shop drive through.. But you have to get them there in the first place..for a brand new etsy store that literally has next to no traffic then I guess you just sit waiting... Or you go outside of the platform to draw... Unless you are selling items which everyone else is selling... I guess we agree to disagree on this..

[@thetalkshop]

@@therealdeal4492 ya with larger ticked items that don’t get much search volume it is get traffic where you can, unless your selling product that has high search volume on Etsy. I guess my point is I would rather focus on researching and producing products that have high potential on Etsy then trying to grow my Instagram, that approach has found to be a better investment.

[@therealdeal4492]

@@thetalkshop yeah and I can understand that..if your product has a high search volume on etsy staying with etsy is not all that bad.. so it depend also on who etsy itself pulls in to its platform.. I can tell you very little of my friends etc even heard of etsy.. while everyone has heard of Amazon.

[@TheUnholyPosole]

Sounds like a social credit score

[@Fb1907kysf]

A man telling different story to get interest , waste of time

[@user-gd8wh9ip7q]

thanks,you are great then, without social media interaction .i am new to etsy as art2colors

[@robertajaraminaite753]

Hi, is it possible to contact you somehow?

[@thetalkshop]

Hey yes, you can try messaging me on the TagPup store and my customer services gal will forward the message

[@1jkr1995]

Needed to hear this 🙌🏽🤍