These top 4 MISTAKES are costing you sales on Etsy

[@LimpiezaPersonas]

clear, concise, and genuine KZbin creator. Thank you for sharing this video. You're a great :)

[@MileyonDisney]

Thank you. Your videos are always so intelligently created and produced. Much appreciated!

[@grungepuppie]

Thank you 😊 I’m about a month in, a little over 100 listings, 2 sales. Started ads last night. I’m going to pay better attention to my titles going forward. That’s for sure. Thank you for your help ❤

[@jessicasweet4565]

😂I am in the same boat . 2 sales 83 posts. 30 days in. i feel your pain I am in the process of review and fixing tags, description and titles

[@beccagreene9630]

My favorite part was the part where you talk about linking the different mock ups to the variations. I noticed that my listings were not doing this and I didn’t realize that it was something extra that I needed to do. Thank you for bringing that to my attention!! Also, I would love if you did another video about what kind of videos we can make for print on demand products as we don’t have the actual products in our hands.

[@appodemus2937]

I love love love your videos! You are a brilliant teacher and talk total sense, I have had so many epiphany moments listening to your videos. Thank you so much for helping to tame the overwhelm and inspire at the same time 😊

[@studiomdesignsco]

I’m so glad they’ve been helpful! Cheering you on! 💜

[@betha2396]

I've been cooking along on views right up to October when they fell off a cliff. Maybe 5-6 views a day now for 150 listings. This is a great reset/check yourself video. Thanks so much!

[@InesLaos]

Thank you so much Mandy! you are an Angel that I was looking for to help me. God Bless you, I will watch your Mastering Print on Demand Curse, Im in the process of open my Etsy store.

[@intentionalallie]

Such good advice! I love your content and commitment to teaching, THANK YOU. I’ve been getting discouraged because everyone hyped up Q4 and here we are and it seems like my sales are declining. This is month 6 for me and I’m just hoping to have a month where I’m not negative something in profit! I’ll be trying your strategies 😊

[@studiomdesignsco]

Do a mini self-audit in your shop based on the 4 topics, and then keep at it 💪🏼 Cheering you on! 💜

[@anakersyblanchard7323]

Feel you, its happening to me too, but let's keep working hard and hoping that by next month with Thanksgiving, black Friday and Cyber Monday, don't forget to register for Etsy sales during the Holidays!

[@danaeA13]

I love your teaching style. Just joined your club!

[@Elizabeth-w5v9w]

Great Info! Can you do a step by step for Product Variations ? That would be wonderful!

[@jewarrior]

Thank you very much for valuable information.. Can you make video about combination products like tshirt+sweatshirt+hoodies in one listing using printify, 🙏🙏

[@hilarygilliam]

You are my favorite… great info, explained very well.

[@williamcrosby1061]

I was getting quite a few abandon baskets when I first opened my shop but I haven't had any in the last 30 days. I was making a sale every other week starting my first month but ive only made 2 sales in the last 2 months now... I feel like my designs have improved so that has been pretty surprising. I'm doing all over print patterns that pretty much have no parrallel so theres not really any research I can do. The main thing I see people wearing when it comes to AOP patterns are seamless tropical and flower patterns or logo seamless patterns which I'm quite sure have a large amount of competition so I'm not super interested in making those kinds of designs.

[@TeeJamma]

Right, Mandy’s awesome!

[@CreateYourBestLife777]

Great video! Thank you.

[@kathiee.2013]

More great content! I love when you show concrete examples. I’ve learned so much from you, Mandy! I’ll “keep going!”

[@studiomdesignsco]

Cheering you on Kathie! 💜

[@kathiee.2013]

@@studiomdesignsco I know you are! ❤️

[@PreetiS777]

I feel exposed!😅 Thank you for your tough love Mandy! I needed this today.

[@studiomdesignsco]

💜💜💜

[@williamcrosby1061]

I do need to work on my SEO im hoping with a large amount of various listings and a mix of tags can attract attention. I just dont know who my target audience is.

[@jojodesigns777]

Hi Mandy, thanks for the wonderful tips! There is one aspect that you haven't covered in depth and that can be the Pricing factor. I have noticed that a lot of successful sellers use very low price points to have buyers click on their listings. They combine products like t-shirts with sweatshirts, to show a very low price point. I'm new at this so haven't adopted this strategy but wondering if this is the best way to go.

[@studiomdesignsco]

I personally don’t use that strategy - I talk about my pricing strategy in my course playlist for setting up a shop and the battle of the sweatshirts video. I personally don’t like the loss leader strategy or hiding low price items like baby onesies as variations to show lower prices. Plenty of people are successful with it (and it works for many), it’s just not a strategy I choose to implement in my business 😊

[@jojodesigns777]

Thanks Mandy for your feedback. I have watched many of your videos, can you please provide a link to this price strategy you are talking about. Thanks@@studiomdesignsco

[@lasaboteur]

I know this is probably a hard thing to answer, but I'm really curious what a resonable click rate is for Etsy ads. Like if say 50, or 100 people see my item as an ad and no one clicks on it, is that bad and I should work on it, or is it more like 200 or higher?

[@sonz4205]

Thank you Mandy.

[@reneedaivs]

Thank you, Mandy!

[@pamelahowell6064]

Thanks for the good advice Mandy! I dont think AI can make exact product mockups, my experience says no they cant make bella canvas or comfort colors accurately

[@studiomdesignsco]

Agreed! A reference photo could be used in the prompt to get a little closer, but even still - it’s not a real photo of a real product (which is what a mockup is supposed to be) 😊

[@runningclueless]

I was getting a sale or two a day recently but then the mockup crisis hit and I’ve swapped my nice mockups out for printify or white background ones and the sales have stopped 😢 help

[@AndreeaBerinde]

Hi Mandy. Really love your videos and I want to thank you for all the things that i learned, watching your videos. I have a question for you, if you can help me. I opened my Etsy shop 3 years a go with my handmade items, i had some sells, but i kinda abandoned my shop, being busy in my day to day job. I started with POD 2 months ago, doing my research, checking best selling items, using their keywords in my SEO, but I’m not getting traction. I have less then 100 views per week. I put on my add with 5$ a day, same, just a few views. My question is : is because maybe those keywords are in high competition? Or can be the fact that i abandoned my shop , before i started with POD. Hope you can help me with an answer

[@studiomdesignsco]

Lack of views generally comes from a keyword/SEO issue (if you’re only using high competition keywords/niches it’s going to be a lot harder to show up in searches and get seen) 💜

[@AndreeaBerinde]

@@studiomdesignsco thank you for your reply xx I’m new in POD and i was watching so many youtube videos, where they suggested us to use the keywords that we see in bestseller items. But recently I checked some of them on Erank, and the competition is very high for them. Of course i will be on the page 100, as a new POD seller. Thank you again for clarification and keep posting and posting videos 😬 really helps us new sellers xx

[@joannelord5015]

What if i see my products in lots of baskets but it's not selling. Is that the shipping cost? I'm using Printify shipping prices

[@katandpancho5513]

Do you have to use the word "gift" with every keyword? Or can you just use it as a single keyword on its own?

[@studiomdesignsco]

Don’t use it on its own (you want longer keyword phrases, not shorter), but it’s also not necessary to repeat it after every word. I actually try to minimize repeating keywords in the title where possible (which is where combining phrases helps too). Some listings are harder than others to do that 😅

[@xrp20238]

Why does Etsy remove some of my listings that don’t have any particular reason to get removed? 😭😭 It’s so frustrating. The listings that got removed don’t have anything in common, and nothing in the policy applies to them. How can I prevent it from happening and even more so, prevent suspension, if I don’t know why they remove listings?! 😭😭

[@shirtsbyangelynn]

How do you add images to your variations

[@surendersubramaniam9829]

Thank you so much for the tips Mandy ❤. Just a quick question: I know people have already started shopping for Christmas but when does the q4 rush begin? I'm really looking forward as it will be my first q4(Christmas).

[@studiomdesignsco]

November is usually the biggest month! Wishing you tons of sales my friend!! 💜

[@surendersubramaniam9829]

@@studiomdesignsco thank you Mandy. I'm running ads and have made about 5 sales so far (4 from ads) but this is literally my first month on Etsy. I've been researching and doing all the right things possible with the help of kind individuals like yourself. I know God will make it happen for me. Thank you x

[@trishely4895]

Love your videos.

[@surendersubramaniam9829]

Sorry Mandy quick question again: When would you say is too late to publish Christmas listings? I'm still publishing and hoping to meet my goal of 100 listings soon.

[@studiomdesignsco]

Up until mid-November is fine, but make sure you have plenty of evergreen designs too, since that’s where the gift-giving happens 😊

[@surendersubramaniam9829]

@@studiomdesignsco thank you Mandy ❤️Yeah I'm trying to focus on both but right now trying to get all the Christmas listings out asap. Really excited to see what God has in store for me this year. Wishing you all the best xx

[@beccagreene9630]

@@studiomdesignscowhat is an evergreen design??

[@studiomdesignsco]

@@beccagreene9630 Evergreen means non-seasonal (meaning it is more likely to be warn or used all year long) 🙂

[@joseeflores4637]

Mandy, what could you do for prevent big stores to stole your designs? I'm thinking to use watermark or something. I don't post anything anymore because how I can compete with big store with 100s of reviews?

[@studiomdesignsco]

I don’t worry about it, I just keep making more listings based on research and demand. Don’t let the fear of competition hold you back - competition is a normal part of business, just keep working on your designs and your listings. There is plenty of room in the marketplace for everyone, and plenty of new shops are doing great in 2023. Keep going! 💜

[@joseeflores4637]

​@@studiomdesignscoI only have few designs and Etsy took one of them as Etsy's Pick. My store had so much traffic but in the same time big stores copy all my designs, my tittles and tags. Some stores are selling them as digital for $1. I felt horrible because I tried to do something different. My listing had my logo on it and they cropped it.

[@studiomdesignsco]

Super cool that you got the Etsy Pick, but I’m so sorry that happened with the other sellers! There are definitely some sellers out there that can be truly awful. In your particular situation it might be worth going through the IP reporting process on Etsy. Yes some will still appeal it and try to get their listing back, but it does stop some of them 💜

[@joseeflores4637]

@@studiomdesignsco got it!! I'll try to do it, also I would like to say thank you because your step by step videos helped me with the process of creating my business. I love how you simplify the methods and make it more efficient for people like me. Sending blessings for you, your family and your businesses.

[@Art-ifishl_Intelligence]

You are a god send :)

[@senorG35]

What can you do with someone copying your listing with 100% accuracy ? Title tags pics everythinggggg

[@kristinc8384]

It's frustrating. I have a new shop and my most promising listing got copied. It's not identical but almost. They did however copy my whole title word for word.

[@TheEmptyHoliness]

So, I've noticed that you as well as other youtubers promoting POD selling that you guys do not put your Etsy shop links anywhere front and center. Why is this? Is it to keep your niche secrets so that others do not pollute your niches?

[@zmartie78]

The worst part of researching is finding that a lot of "bestsellers" have trademarked features on them. 😑

[@studiomdesignsco]

I hear ya! Definitely always an annoying thing to see!

[@ourtravellifevideos6885]

I thought Etsy is shutting down sellers with Mockups bought and not from the print provider?

[@studiomdesignsco]

It’s a bot issue and all sorts of listings were getting caught up in it (including handmade items and POD listings with mockups from the print provider). POD items fall under the “made to order” section of Etsy policies which does allow for mockups - but they need to be an accurate representation of the actual item. This is also why I do not recommend using AI mockups at all.