I gave Etsy 3 months - this is what happened

This is what happened after my attempt at Etsy.
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[@gavreid94]

As one of your customers, I am thrilled with the items you have made so far and will order more when your stores are back online. The 100m Magnetic dust shoes are the best I have ever used

[@TheSwedishMaker]

So glad you enjoyed the magnetic dust shoe! It's definitely my favourite too

[@mancavefire]

Hey brother, I've been following your progress for a while now and love your format and particularly your dry wit. I couldnt help noticing in this video that you look a bit defeated so just wanted to drop in and say, dont lose the faith. I also threw away a great salary to follow my passion almost 4 years ago at 43 and there's been some dark times when I've asked myself "what have I done?". So I'm here from the future to tell you, its going to be OK! Keep kissing the frogs (products you thought would sell but dont) and run with the princesses (the products you least expected would make you rich). Most importantly, continue to be; the happy, yet cynical, Swedish maker on KZbin. As we say in Yorkshire, England; Don't worry, thi sen, tha'll be reet lad.

[@TheSwedishMaker]

thanks for the support mate! Truly appreciate it! you've got a good eye for catching things :)

[@neculailucan64]

best coment that I read on Etsy videos

[@annitagalvan9049]

A very warm encouraging comment for any of us who wish to start a shop at Etsy, but feel a bit Yes and No because of some negative comments.

[@SYigit]

I can't thank you enough for this encouraging message, I am writing from the age of 43, I recently quit my job to pursue my dreams, and as you said, there can be times of disappointment. Your message reminded me again to keep trying and keep my motivation high.

[@annitagalvan9049]

If anyone is interested, I've recently came across a KZbin channel named "Etsy Consultant", his name is Nick and lives in Cyprus. According to several comments, his approach is realistic compared to many other gurus.

[@monkeysausageclub]

I think the hardest part is actually getting noticed on Etsy, there is probably a hundred thousand sellers and 10,000 in the 3D printing space. Unless you have something that is very niche.

[@financialchimes4546]

There are 6 millions active sellers on Etsy, not a couple hundred thousand.

[@Robc509]

@@financialchimes4546a couple of hundred thousand in the 3d printing space!

[@Raz_Tactical]

It really depends. I don't find getting noticed super difficult. My main issue with selling physical goods with my day job I just don't have the time to commit to dealing with postage as I generally work during post office opening hours. I have posted stuff on lunch time before but that is not an effective long strategy. I currently only sell 3d models and I'm constantly asked if I can print and post stuff and I'm missing about 4 out of 5 sales because I don't have the time and can't commit to doing it full-time. As for getting noticed on Etsy and other platforms. I think there are two main errors the majority of people make. One is they don't pick a small enough niche and second is selling 3d prints rather than products that happen to be 3d printed. If you try and sell flexis or other crap there will be 100s of other sellers competing with you. People will challenge you on price and a lot of people will not want to pay for 3d printed toys as they are not as strong as injection moulded. On the other hand say you start designing replacement parts for classic cars that have difficult and or super expensive parts to buy. For example indicator lenses. You could resin print them and sell them as replacements. For some cars original parts can go for 100s so if you can offer your printed model for 50 posted after postage cost (as well as a nice box, business card and good packaging) you're still profiting 40. I know this is the case as I regularly get approached by friends in the classic car community asking me to design and print parts for them. You just gotta find a problem that you can create a solution to.

[@financialchimes4546]

@@Robc509 That's not what he said. He said "probably a hundred thousand sellers and 10,000 in the 3D printing space".

[@lucas23453]

Genuinely had a friend of mine from work ask me to 3d print a Harley Davidson ornament for his motorcycle he was working on, he eventually found it, but I wish I had some modeling skill at the time and an FDM printer instead of resin.@@Raz_Tactical

[@Marcus_Caius]

The first disadvantage I found with Etsy is it totally remove local market. Your neighbor can buy your stuff and no one will know it's from next door. Shipping cost is a nightmare for both buyers and sellers.

[@neculailucan64]

why? whu pay the shipp buyers or sellers?

[@versatileduplicity9313]

The local market is fuckking trash !! You’re not a real business if you can’t sell across the USA.

[@versatileduplicity9313]

Shipping cost is a matter of patience with figuring it out. You’re lazy minded.

[@cyrez]

​@@neculailucan64the seller can choose how much the shipping is for the buyer but the seller has to pay like 8 bucks and that can't be changed, that's why a lot of sellers have higher price with fee shipping, the shipping is included in the price

[@BensMiniToons]

@@neculailucan64 I quit etsy after 3 years I was making 700-2,000 month 3-5k around holidays. When I did etsy if a order was less then 25$ buyers payed shipping, and over 25$ sellers payed. Buyers would add something cheap to the cart and the shipping cost forced me to quit.

[@heyimamaker]

My wife sold thousands of stitch markers and knitting bags on Etsy. Her frustration came from shipping, being forced into using Etsy Shipping, being charged fees on those shipping prices, and then how much they take as a fee when she drove 80+ percent of the traffic through her Instagram. Shipping within Canada is just not economical unless people are spending $100+

[@TheSwedishMaker]

I get what you mean. If you have your own stream of sales - the fees of etsy are expensive.

[@ohmgrinderhaugerud609]

if she has 80% of her customers from here insta page i would definatly just set up a own website! a woocommerce or shopify would be the best way to go i think. within a week(depends on how many items) she would have that up and running. =)

[@abitw210]

i have etsy shop from 4 months, literally 0 people from "natural" movement on website, everything flooded by AI-garbage and cashgrabs sellers

[@Mike-eb2kn]

Etsy doesn't force you to use any specific shipping, nor does it require you to buy the labels from them. The fees are less than 10% unless you use their ads which you can opt out of if you are under $10k sales in a year. Most places will charge the fees on shipping as well, and it's because the rampant scammers trying to avoid fees in the first place. They did this by selling items for a penny, but then massively overcharging for "shipping". This was very common on Amazon and Ebay for a while. This is actually a good thing for buyers, it lessens the amount of scammers listing items for "cheap" and then inflating the shipping cost, which you often won't see until you go to place the order.

[@adampatterson]

@@Mike-eb2kn it has been a few years since my wife used ETSY but I don't know if this is the case in Canada. It probably is. But I seem to remember ETSY charging a free for the shipping price regardless of them doing the shipping. In Canada it's expensive to mail something within the country so if you eat a bit of that cost cost and still pay 5% to mail it yourself + packaging it's too much. I guess it depends on the price point of the thing you ship.

[@financialchimes4546]

5 to 10 USD for shipping internationally are amazing prices. In my country the post is extremely expensive and it costs 50 USD to send the smallest size of boxes internationally.

[@TheSwedishMaker]

There's no tracking on those orders tho...so it doesnt work out great in the end. I never know if the customer has recieved or not.

[@Dollectable_Dreams]

​@TheSwedishMaker if you don't hear from them, you can be sure they got your package

[@thedr00]

I was shocked at Postnord's prices when I first moved to Sweden. They are a considerable cost, with frankly very poor levels of service in comparison to other state delivery organisations I've used. It's admirable that you're absorbing that cost into your product prices, but you shouldn't have to. It bothers me so much that "the little man" has to bear the burden for their inefficiency. You Swedes, in fact, everyone living in Sweden, deserves better. Bravo to you for caring for your customers though.

[@TheSwedishMaker]

thank you! Appreciate it

[@ViscountCharles]

I started out making just for myself, and putting some of the designs online. I opened my Etsy store in a fit of pique after the site I usually upload my designs to rejected one item, so I thought "oh, I'll open an Etsy shop". In six months I've filled and posted almost 250 orders, which is crazy. Not making huge amounts of money - it's basically paid for my new Bambu + AMS, as well as paying for filament and design time, but it's worth it to me. Like you, my products are niche - in my case, VERY niche. Certainly not enough to let me scale back my day job, let alone give it up! But I wouldn't want to do this full time - it't enough that the hobby pays for itself. Etsy takes a LOT in commission, and the fact that they take commission on postage costs as well is taking the mickey. But it gives me a presence and a marketplace, so I put up with it.

[@seanburke997]

Thank you for posting these videos, I enjoy watching your process and your honesty. As an introvert who likes to dabble, tinker, and make things, I've thought about doing something like this, and it is illuminating to watch you document how it's going for you.

[@awlthatwoodcrafts8911]

My first time watching one of your videos. I think it came up because I'm new to Etsy (3+ months) and I've been watching a lot of Etsy-related content recently). Your experience sounds very much like mine, in terms of juggling home life, a full time job and an Etsy shop. I hand make wood crafts. I have a bottle opener, a wine bottle holder, some plants stands and such in my shop but they're not selling. I also have some bird and squirrel feeders and they are very popular. I've made almost 40 sales since I started my shop. I added some Halloween-related items a few weeks ago and the visit/view count for my shop has really gone up. I'm excited to see what Halloween and the holidays will bring for me. I only sell in the US so shipping has not been a problem for me, cost-wise. I don't offer free shipping (unless it's a sale) so I don't have to worry about how to work it into my prices. I think the most anyone has paid, i.e. the furthest point from me, is about $12. Not too bad. The fees Etsy charges can seem excessive but they're really not. When I compare my product sales (just the price of the product) to the amount of fees, it works out to be 15%. Shipping and sales tax are a wash. Etsy collects those and then I end up paying those back out so it's like they don't exist. I'd love to have a website but I don't have the desire to do all the marketing that's required to make it successful. All of my business on Etsy has been organic. I've tweaked my SEO here and there but otherwise, I have just sat back and let Etsy do it's thing. The results I've seen for the work I've put in tells me that Etsy is where I'll be for the foreseeable future.

[@150nitrodude]

Inspirational man! Thanks for the openness and authenticity! You're doing amazing!

[@elizabethlaws9128]

I think "fully ready" isn't something that can happen before you start. I've had a lot of things only improve or get figured out through the process of doing. The annoying bureaucratic stuff like business licenses, knowing how and when to collect taxes, and finding out how to do shipping quotes need to be done first. Some of the things you mentioned I don't think you would have just known before hand to do. I'm thrilled for you doing that well so quickly though! I've been floundering for longer mostly because [with the work and 3 kids and] not being focused enough on WHAT I want to make and do the limited time I can dedicate goes to poking at all the things instead of making meaningful improvements in specific areas. 🤷‍♀ Choosing is hard when as you said, everything is market testing in way. It is hard to say that anything is or isn't working when there are limited views on them.

[@mewraz]

Great video! I also ship as international letter from sweden and I can drop my orders at any postnord office (usually it's an ICA store). The limit for doing this Postnord told me is 10pcs a day. I preprint all my shipping labels via the postnord business portal and just hand them in. Both letter and tracked letter works fine.

[@No1projects]

Glad to hear the etsy business is working out for you Nice video , loved the little cheeky text that popped up 😁

[@TheSwedishMaker]

haha thanks mate! :)

[@trevorodell5564]

As part of a sentence, I hardly would've noticed your accent (a de-emphasis of the U, and not a mispronunciation) of Bambu Labs. When you say it all alone, I can't help hearing it against the background of "Black Betty." "Whoa, Black Betty--BambuLabs..." I may never unhear this, and I thank you for the little smile you have given me every time I see this logo. If you actually want to "correct" your "pronunciation," then all you need to do is emphasize the BamBU part... although why you would want to is beyond me. It's your thing, it's honest and sincere, and it shares smiles. It's beautiful.

[@duncanstreet4955]

Thanks for the honest review, good luck with the venture going forward.

[@TaniaGail]

Etsy is what Etsy is. Congrats on your successful project proposal to Bambu Lab, I look forward to seeing what else you create with that 3D printer.

[@philvale5724]

Hi 👋, The Swedish Maker , great content, explaining you’re good and bad problems of setting up a business, I work for myself are probably best part of 40 years. Something I didn’t do when I first started out who is putting in the cost of the electric travelling costs going and picking up supplies and this all has to be accounted for, I was a specialist joiner cabinetmaker working from the UK, I’m now retired and living in France. That sounds great., but I’ve had a big problem with my ex partner, I’m now even thinking of starting a small business up, trying to earn extra money, not very good with computers, but I am capable of doing Woodturning making furniture and things like that so that’s what I think I might be doing in the future, all the success for you in the future. Hope you get sorted soon in your new property . Phil from the moulin France.

[@TheSwedishMaker]

thanks man! I hope you work something out starting a small business and enjoying it

[@locosmuevenmundo]

wow I'm your fan, not that many people withstand that amount of work/dedication. keep it up an best wishes from Mexico

[@timurpashekahmad4225]

@TheSwedishMaker I suggest you get the Bambu labs P1S combo or just the simple P1S, it is only $100 more expensive and has an enclosure, all fans and the carbon filter! it is an amazing printer for you needs also because it can print materials like nylon, ABS and ASA, Bambu labs has a material called PAHT-CF (CF High Temp reniforced Nylon) which is perfect for you needs, strong and temperature resistant which seems suitable for wood-working.

[@rosswoolley2854]

Nice and down to earth. Hope you do well with your new adventures!🙂

[@ToddDunning]

I have two Artillery Sidewinders in my attic! And huge parts bins to go with them. So funny to see you in the same predicament.

[@jlynch877]

Thank you so much for all your work and insight.

[@BigBoysWorkshop]

Success with an Etsy shop is hit-or-miss just like having a KZbin channel. I have over 65k subs on my channel yet I'm not monetized, so zero income, even with millions of views. I also created an Etsy shop a few years ago (totally unrelated) and while it will never generate enough income to be my primary income I have had several thousand sales. You just have to keep throwing out different ideas until something sticks. The alternative is getting a "real job" and working for someone else, like 99% of the world. We're the 1% who actually dare to do something different. It eventually pays off.

[@davidmeyer9204]

Thank you! IMHO you can pronounce names anyway you want. Good luck on the move.

[@franzruberl1583]

Good luck with the move!❤

[@TheSwedishMaker]

thanks!

[@Rouverius]

Thanks for the update. This was very helpful. Hey, Hope the move is going well! (P.S. Your pronunciation is fine. From my experience, trolls will be trolls. No reason to let them live rent free in our heads)

[@Mcfazio2001]

Good for you. Keep doing what makes you happy. You videos are great

[@mogsyman]

Really interesting video, thanks for sharing. I started a side hustle during Covid and I now sell through eBay, Shopify and just last week Etsy. The business generates about $40,000 (gross) with a fairly healthy profit margin. It’s certainly going to be interesting to see how the sales rack up on Etsy, first month is slow with a 1.7% conversion rate but that could be worse. The one thing that most folk don’t think about is the huge amount of money these platforms take. You can right off 50% of your gross sales with fees and postage, you then have packaging, your manufacturing method and associated costs (mine is also a 3D print business). I use promotions with eBay and Etsy, you have to be in eyesight otherwise you just get lost. You are absolutely right, being organised is the key to helping streamline your workflow and reduce time and wastage. I’m not sure how long I’ll continue with my second business (I already own a 7 figure turnover main business), the problem is now it’s making enough money to warrant the little amount of time I spend on it. Keep up the good work 👍

[@EPortillo5000]

About the shipping some Ebay sellers states that they ship certain days of the week, like some only ship on fridays or mondays so maybe consider that policy so you have a bit less stress by habing more time for the preparation of the shipping and less trips to the post office.

[@djVania08]

I'd wanna see ROI in this project. Or projected ROI. Because the printers, your time, shipping, packaging. Etc... Good thing is that you can make a video about it a sunk the cost that way too but still

[@AjayVerma86]

I also started a shop on Etsy recently. I only sell one SVG file of a chair for CNC machines and it makes me around 1k$ a month without any shipping involved. Working on more files to add. But I have to constantly market it in FB groups or pay for ads. Have you thought of selling the stl files?

[@annebokma4637]

In general I take 15% of the gear purchase price and set that aside for repairs. It does give you a given number to use for pricing your items

[@penchant4]

Really enjoy and appreciate your videos. Thank you!

[@TheRoben]

Literally saw the first video yesterday and wondered where the follow-up was, and low and behold. Today it arrived

[@jermainedaniels4423]

Thanks for sharing buddy, you seem like the kindest guy in the world. I hope it all works out for you 🙂

[@dennisolsson3119]

Thank you! I needed this. I loved the "nothing is crucial but might help" vibe. I am in the starting phase. My plan on the repair costs is to bake in (or allocate) a printing cost of 1-2kr(10-20 cents) per hour of print time. My thoughts being that if my 2k printer dies after 2k hours I can replace it. If it doesn't break I can either save the money or expand the farm.

[@canadianavenger]

A year late, but just ran across this one today. I've seen many makers use "shipping days" where they ship out all their orders one day a week, and the same day every week (sometimes the interval is different based on their volume, but mostly I've seen weekly). Basically state that orders before Wednesday each week will be shipped out on Thursday, any orders after Wednesday will be shipped the following Thursday (for example). This could help with your international stuff, basically pool up everything you have for the week, and then drop it off at the post office on that day. (you can do this with your domestic stuff too, to help structure your shipping better)

[@mavrikmavrik3032]

Great video and thanks for sharing your experience!

[@mpower1956]

Thanks and keep up the good work sir!

[@sephineminien3230]

Some of the items that sell well and are soap stamps, either customised or you can deside on some designs- Look what others are doing. Another thing is bath-bomb and shampoo bar presses

[@bennuter]

Some shipping companies allow you to pre bulk buy shipping for small packages in advance this can come out quite cheep per package as long as you use enough of them

[@Leosarebetter]

Etsy is BS, had a store with original products - got suspended for no reason - 2.5 weeks later they got back to me and said sorry, but these things happen - I did nothing wrong - I closed my store and havent been back.

[@NolanNonprivate]

thanks for the tipps, might be useful!

[@OldGuyAdventure]

In Canada, we are restricted to letter mail; Etsy only uses Canada Post and shipping to a city 14 minutes drive from home costs $20. No one shipping in Canada uses Canada Post because they are slow, your parcel could be damaged or stolen by Canada Post (this has happened even with automated shorting), and they are expensive. So, of the printers I have seen, they focus on shipping to the US, where they can flat rate ship for $7 CDN. So, I stopped selling on Etsy; it was way too troublesome with shipping.

[@kingoreo3642]

Same. Shipping from Canada was just too expensive.

[@TaniaRouserArt]

Dude, you are a rockstar introvert! Keep going!

[@hillno]

Thanks for keeping it real! I want to start a shop in the future

[@samh-smith2931]

I just moved too,, it was realy stressful, tale some time off mate put your feet up and spend time wit your loved ones

[@grumpywoodchucker]

Good luck with the move!

[@scottdrayton6754]

Thank you so much for this video, I have been thinking about how to put products on Etsy and this has helped me understand what I could do.

[@norm5785]

Congratulations, sounds like younare working theough any issues you have encountered. Hope the more go smoothly. Thank you for sharing. Everyone stay safe, happy and healthy. From Henrico County Virginia

[@svend-erikeriksen6138]

You should keep shadows off of your solar panels.....to keep the max output happening!

[@elus89]

Thumbs up just for the Silhouette purchase for the wife that she had never used once admission! 🤣🤣🤣

[@mafketeltje1988]

respect and keep going strong. I think there is good margin in printing bigger parts since the offer is reasonably low.

[@bembelknecht]

I'm printing a little in the Philippines since I moved here, completely different market than back in Europe. Only way to compete in that sphere in terms of shipping cost internationally is a network of printing hubs, so you print & ship locally

[@kumariashamaki4151]

I tried Etsy once and they banned me before I even did the email verification and refused to tell me why. Even made me wait weeks and for one email nearly over a month to even get a response. Claimed I violated TOS somehow. Went over the TOS and there were no clues at all as to what I violated. The only thing I could think of was maybe my name as some bots think it's profanity. I asked if this was the case and they still would not tell me.

[@Hfgh564]

Holy cow man...full time job and three kids!!! Respect!!!🎉

[@luismorales6351]

thanks for the tips and honesty

[@JesperMakes]

"It ususally happens that I wake up before I go to work...." I'm so glad you're not going to work anymore, because not waking up before you go to work sounds a bit risky to me 😅.. I hope everything is going to plan with the move. Love the video!

[@aaronblackford981]

Repairing stuff or replacing. Just do a number, kinda high from start. Maybe 36 or 200 products you can sell off of the replacements until you kinda know how long it lasts and keep good records of how many and what size. A lot to keep track of but it’s a job of business owner

[@sundance2005]

Maybe my hearing is screwed up, but it sounds like you are saying Bambu Lab correct to me.

[@radry100]

Any tips on how to choose potential items to sell? I mean it was natural for you as a woodworker to sell accessories for that..

[@TheSwedishMaker]

I often go by the simple device - Do I want it myself? - Im not sure thats the best route but it seems to be working quite good for me

[@andykg73]

great vid, im like you and have Etsy as a bit of a side hustle. I really like the photo box idea, I found it'll take ages clearing an area, setting up a white background card and then lighting to get a few pics of something i just made. Im definitely going to get one.

[@weserman95]

THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO!!!! I been woodworking for awhile but I plan on stopping due to forest fires in my country(aka Canada), which means there might be a shortage of wood where I live as trees after fires take 30 years to grow big eoungh to become wood! So I am thinking of getting into 3D printing and making money that way! Thanks for the info!

[@TheSwedishMaker]

Best of luck! You can do it! Sorry for you guys having to deal with those forest fires.

[@christiegriffith5883]

Do you offer customization? I actually love the idea of mic cover, looks smart, but would look twice a good with the persons logo on. People love to promote themselves and would 2x as much for that

[@TheSwedishMaker]

Not currently, but I hope to in the future. I might sell the digital files for people to customize on their own.

[@hiyalove333]

Excellent video, thank you.

[@fasspot]

Really great video, thank you for that!! I have another boring stuff with my sales on etsy that you maybe never experienced: the resin stuff comes broken with the shipment!! ^^ Just spending some hours more to produce and paint another one for free!! That's great!! 😌

[@quimblyjones9767]

I've got an Etsy store for my knives and in 3 months I've had 6 favourites and like 50 views.. got those same numbers today when I put them on eBay 😅

[@spiritburners]

yes I find Etsy irritating they have been advertising heavily on the UK tv systems , I assuming its an american company and is suited more to american markets, I find the shipping on there ridiculous.

[@jayedwin98020]

You may want to see if "Pirate Ship" is available in your country. I've found them very inexpensive here in the U.S.A.

[@nutsbutdum]

6:58 I can picture The Swedish Maker's wife watching this part and realizing that he tricked her into buying himself another gadget and called it "*her* Christmas gift"... genius!🤣🤣🤣

[@DennisDavisEdu]

Just like when Homer Simpson bought a bowling ball for his wife. To save time he had his name etched into it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWGliIt3ltWHZrM

[@patrikjarl8650]

Coolt att du satsar på detta! /support från din gamla hembygd

[@michal4561]

if you want another weird submarket, vacuum bag adapter plates. there is a ton of different formats of vacuumbags that have approx the same volume or close enough. The only thing currently preventing you from attaching them is the connector plate. dunno how big Vacuum feels about that though

[@RileyGein]

They probably think it sucks

[@Tjallemeister]

Great video. I have really thought about starting an Etsy shop myself

[@Nazguloid]

I think it needs to be said... Woah, black Betty, Bambu Lab!

[@ChristopherLMunoz]

Just passing by to give support as a comment 😄

[@miketype1each]

The time and effort spent in marketing, packaging, shipping, and etc. is often much more than the making of products. Years ago, I had an Etsy shop, and it was the customer service aspect which wore me out. Seems to me having an Etsy shop is a two-person job.

[@TotalFisherman]

Good job! Keep up the good work!

[@MarkKingAntony]

I don't know if you have PayPal shipping over there, but I know a friend here in Canada that saves a ton on shipping as a business.

[@saschadibbern339]

I am not an expert but a while ago I saw a video of an alike biz (leatherwork) and they had alike logistics problems (package time, sending price, transport to send...) until they had made a deal with a "fulfillment center" . They send batches of product to the FC and there things get repacked and send. Also FC has a better deal with postal companies.

[@cisco5400]

Tack, bra info! Du kan i ETSY se på dom som är framgångsrika om vad man betalar för dvs skickar man till USA så är priset för produkten 42 Euro samt 30 Euro i frakt, säljer det bra så vet man att man borde nog inte inkludera frakt i priset. Ens egna känsla är sällan rätt i sammanhanget, det här är en "handgjord" produkt och då betalar man gärna mer totalt.

[@woodenfigurines]

3 kids, a full time job, a successful YT channel and an Etsy side hustle. OK.. It's right here where I stop complaining about me not having enough time. I can't imagine how you can pull this off. Does your wife handle the garden? :)

[@gatoreye2000]

"That's what she said".......FUNNY! nice video. Well done

[@TheSwedishMaker]

Thanks! :) You noticed 🤣

[@____julia____]

Great video, very informative and interesting

[@SerendipitousProducts]

I like Etsy as well I also have a Shopify site, the good think for me is Etsy pays my taxes automatically. I think the issue with Etsy is exposure it’s so huge and so many people selling things it’s hard to make that break through. I have to artillery printers. Love them. I could see how speed would be an issue if you needed to print lots of the same thing. I do not sell 3d printed items on Etsy. I have thought about it but my store is pretty busy as it is. Shipping I use pirate ship or sendle both super cheap for small items. But yea. Shipping is a pain as soon as you said that I was like yep. I feel you brother.

[@cassidy7255]

Great info! Thanks for sharing!

[@GeorgeGraves]

Selling on Etsy from outside the US is hard. I've seen a lot of people that just can't get it to work well enough to make it worth it, even as a side gig.

[@fog1257]

Coulnd't help but to notice the poster on the wall "Harplinge", I live in the neighborhood! :D

[@bphotography9879]

I would love to buy the covers for the wireless go transmitters.

[@chuysaucedo7119]

Thanks for sharing. I like your videos

[@davewallace5008]

The market is saturated and making profit is difficult. I made rocket stoves but the shipping was so costly I decided to forget it.

[@adpromac]

Man, you need 1 week sleep….. love your content, sooooo honest

[@TheSwedishMaker]

Got it :) Thanks!

[@pedro8769]

Amazing video, thanks for that

[@davidstevensasidewayslook8831]

interesting vlog, what have been your capital costs? Have you done a bottom line and when do you expect to break even and start making a real profit? Don't undersell your products is key. Price up and do occasional offers.....

[@ChristopherPhillipsDev]

Thanks for sharing. Ive always felt Etsy only catered to sellers who crank out SKUs all the time and also who pay to push their content into others faces. I guess it really helps to have a following of some sort to begin with so you can at least highlight your goods to your audience. Greetings from Finland!

[@OmniSoundAI]

It's all about hitting the right niche if you try selling stuff that's saturated you will most likely never get found. Something I've done is find a niche with less than 10k listings and then make quality products, after awhile you start getting sales don't even need to run a sale or pay for ads to get noticed in this case. Also when searching if you set the filter to "Physical items" in most cases there is a lot less listings, way more people selling digital goods these days.

[@ChristopherPhillipsDev]

@@OmniSoundAI wow cool! Thanks for the great info 💪

[@Roxon321]

Well said sir!

[@kosielemmer]

Lovely sense of humour. Baaaambolab.

[@5084204]

I will not teach you how to earn money, but perhaps try some interfaces between quite popular Karcher vacuums and for example Makita/Triton/Erbauer/Bosch tools. As a customer, I spent about 60GBP last year on three of these: thicknesser + RO sander to Karcher and some bits and bobs to the Evolution table saw. (Actually Evo table saws offer quite a lot of potential for plastic makers!) Try to approach your native woodworking groups with the offer (In the UK, for all unusual connectors we have a chap named Dan Goodyear. You seem a bit low in mood - I wish you all the best and good luck.

[@bonovoxel7527]

Seeing that label cutter with her name reminded me of a bowling ball named Marge. 😂

[@GameOnOrganizers]

Thank you for the video

[@ngxmorpha]

7minutes in: you can just about feel his pain when he realises his wife never used his gift. RIP.