Start a 3D Printing Etsy Store From Scratch | Things You Should Know

[@jackcoats4146]

It would be great to see update after 1 and 3 months. Thanks for supporting 'newbie entrepreneurs'!

[@Matrixas]

+1

[@Grumblepants]

Thanks!

[@mikereliford55]

Such a small percentage of Etsy shoppers even read the description as evidenced by all the questions you will get that are clearly answered in the description. On the mobile app the product description is not even displayed unless you click the see description link. Focus on pictures and videos, aside from that great video.

[@tonykitching5810]

You neglected to highlight the Etsy fees.

[@Karaon]

yep

[@schizogony]

Perhaps the thinking is that if you sell the way a store should sell, as in, many many sales, the fees don't matter.

[@dodokendo]

You can get free listings. The only thing you have to pay is 5% of the money

[@HueDiaries]

@@schizogony 14% fees always matter

[@jackcoats4146]

Yes, but that is part of why you MUST have a higher ROI that might seem reasonable. The fees have to be rolled into your COGS before thinking about profit. At least they are a variable (related to $ volume) and not a flat fee that would probably be much higher for small stores but better for high volume stores. IMHO

[@RNMSC]

Something else to look at when reviewing your impressions count is that list of search terms that your product appeared in the results of. Is there something that you see showing up there consistently, that you then check through other searches you make, is there a product that you can create that better fills that set of queries than what else is in the marketplace. Yes, 30 day review, as well as lessons learned towards making the store better.

[@Jessterrr]

Bi-weekly updates on the store, particularly click-through performance, would be nice to see. Unless a person already has a popular social outlet where they can push products to fans, it's very difficult to get sales without spending a lot on advertising. It'd be interesting to see if social media traffic to an Etsy product page makes much difference. For instance, would the advertising dollars be better spent on Facebook or TikTok? Maybe the click-through rate is better on Instagram or the ratio of sales to advertising spent is better on TikTok instead of advertising on Etsy. Spending $15 to get $18 minus fees is either a loss or a pittance in revenue. It'd also be interesting to see if there's a breakthrough point where the income suddenly increases and why. Cool project! There's a lot of valuable info in this for entrepreneurs.

[@riospablo]

Great work. Thanks for sharing. Will love to see how far or big you. Can take the store in two months.

[@glennfelpel9785]

Would you be willing to do a video like this one and walk us through a project where we have a design and want Slant 3D to print it for us. Where does one start in this process if we are not interested in an Etsy store at this time. But thank you for this video it is very well done.

[@Lionnnn.n]

I'd love to see how this Etsy store continues to develop!

[@agrariancraftsleather]

These are good tips, took me a while to figure out some of them on my own over time. I’ve shared this video with a few people I know. I would like to see more information about the shop progress

[@kennethbeal]

Thank you! Looks good. Couple typos I noticed on the landing page: "Connect Your Etsy Store to our Print Farms with out Print and Ship Plugin" -- should be "our" instead of "out". I also see inconsistent capitalization in the red text, and white text, at the top. A bit further down: "Speced for 3000 machines. So we can ensure that you product is made and shipped quickly." Should begin with "Specced"; and, "you product" should be "your product". These are minor nits (but important for "first impressions"). Thanks again!

[@barbaraviehmeyer1704]

I think this host did a great job. I am curious about how etsy pricing works and bottom line profits for items. Hopefully that will be included in future videos!😁

[@kacheric]

Yes, thank you. Great content.

[@rodrigob]

Looking forward to the 1 month and 6 months later follow ups.

[@ardemus]

This is great, and I'd like to see the ongoing results.

[@cdoodev]

Great selection of books in the shot there!

[@satrawa]

I definitely wish an update on the shop ❤

[@mikesheppard1966]

Great video and topic! Keep it up!

[@LoriAnneBrown]

I do not see the catalog under teleport dashboard - did you change this?

[@00000a0009]

Trying to do it, but Etsy gives me an error without explanation. Customer service is also really slow to reply and sort out the issue

[@CarpeUniversum]

Etsy is a mess. You probably just saved yourself a lot of money in fees by mistake. You can sell 3d models and prints in lots of places that aren't etsy.

[@00000a0009]

@@CarpeUniversum open to suggestions! Which alternatives do you suggest? I'm interested for 3D printed objects, no 3D models

[@circleofowls]

This is priceless information for a new shop, thanks! How is the new Austin facility progressing?

[@robertl6711]

was there ever a follow up on this video?

[@davidmann4436]

Yes, give us a report after a month.

[@MitzyGoose]

I'm curious if you have insight on what types of 3d printed things sell. Useful/practical things? Household things? "Things that look good on a shelf"? I have some hobby parts that I've sold on Shapeways but it was hard to expand due to the increasing cost of 3D printing.

[@nicocesar]

iPhone Taco at $1500.09!! 🤩

[@marinamarinx7655]

12:37 Advertising costs 15,13$ CPC for 1 Order Bad CTR Show us after a month or two

[@Collindraker]

Do you guys have plug ins for Shopify stores?

[@slant3d]

Working on it

[@Kah-Rah-Tay]

awesome being open about the entire process and not another gimmick video

[@TS_Mind_Swept]

I tried using Etsy before, stuff was there so long and ended up losing money on the only sale I ever made..

[@abhikadiyala7197]

@@TS_Mind_Swept what were you selling

[@abhikadiyala7197]

What were you selling

[@TS_Mind_Swept]

@@abhikadiyala7197 there's not only an echo in here, butt people liking their own comments as well 🤔

[@BasedLyon]

what were you selling

[@TS_Mind_Swept]

There's a strange echo in here..bout 2 months delayed 🤔

[@teckougeki]

I sent a feedback on your website. i couldn't create an account because it won't connect the payment method. Please help.

[@timetempest86]

I'm really sad Etsy is punishing us for having shipping over $6 now. most of what I sell weights over a pound.

[@ardemus]

Have you worked with an economist (or someone similar) to consider follow on effects to expect from a new, near zero up front cost, just in time (JIT), fulfilment model? Are there scenarios that you can't react to, and you'll have to prepare for instead? As an illustration, imagine a glut of stores drives a glut of copy-cat 3D printer fulfilment centers that together crash customer experiences and threaten to kill the JIT 3D printed product market. With foresight you might set up a Seal of Quality program that differentiates your good fulfilment customers from the glut of garbage and keeps your corner of the market alive.

[@ocoro174]

is etsy legit? from what I've seen the fees are extreme and the views are meh

[@charlesforbin6937]

HOW-BOUT MODEL KITS?

[@barbaraviehmeyer1704]

Follow!

[@allancolding991]

This sounds like a lot of work!

[@ocoro174]

not as much as being a coal miner

[@KenSchirrmacher]

The results aren't surprising at all, not a single person is surprised. Why would they be?

[@rodrigob]

I expected zero sales.

[@JerodBeeson]

The "good photo" is still an absolutely garbage photo. A step in the right direction from the "bad photo", but definitely not going to stand out. Still quite bad. I think you're understating the importance of good photography by not understanding what it is yourself. No offense, but it's not your best strength. Teach what you know you know,not what you think you know.

[@teckougeki]

I hope the stl files are guaranteed not to be used by other people other than it's original creator.

[@ChuckRayNoris]

i bet out of the 8500 views. 3/4 were bots.