I Tried Selling Ai Art For 90 Days & Made $_,___

[@WholesaleTed]

⚠️ POLL! Question 🤔 I have had some comments saying I am talking about Ai tools too much. Do you enjoy Ai videos? Please let me know YAY or NAY 🙏

[@Filip4-4]

No, it's totally ok to talk about AI tools. I would rather suggest that you emphasize that there is already too much competition for some ideas (like the KDP). I really like your content, keep it up! :)

[@learnspanishwithmark]

Yay!!!

[@PaidfromHomewithTee]

YAY

[@janetdugbatse1610]

YAY!!

[@MONEYFREEDOM3030]

We like AI tools videos , ignore nay sayers and keep producing them please !

[@SpencerRoss-h2n]

Thank you for explaining "Pun" & "Ironic" so clearly! Had me lost for a moment 😅

[@MONEYFREEDOM3030]

@WholesaleTed love your videos especially where you are direct and say how it is, when it comes to mistakes or big no no's, thank you, have been watching your videos for years and you certainly provide value Sara

[@catherineingalls7357]

I love AI videos. I would love a in depth video on AI prompts. Thanks for all the ideas over the years

[@ArmySigs]

Dam Sarah, how are you not a billionaire by now? Love your energy.

[@monarchhomes865]

All your videos are gold !!! I'm working on POD as we speak. You're transparent and detailed. My brain follows your brain so well 😂 AI is such a wonderful tool 🔥 you're good !!

[@Onlinepropertyexplorer]

if you are new to POD don't get your hopes up. her results are not typical

[@dinorossi6611]

I was like that too ... but still trying.

[@n1vca]

Happy New Year and get better soon. Thanks for sharing your business experiment and greetings from the other side of the planet - Germany🙋‍♂ Love your accent.

[@KeithEverett]

Very useful video, I like the integrity of your videos, it makes a pleasant change.

[@katarinabencicova2726]

Sarah, I am your long time subscriber, love your videos , I always learn something new. And you energy is amazing. Keep up the good work.

[@elainekim73]

Happy new year and thanks for sharing. It looks like complicated processes but I will try. Why not.. 😊

[@rjsimpkins2911]

I came for the brilliant advice and insight, but your personal vibe is icing on the cake. Your content makes me smarter and happier. Thanks my little Ray of sunshine!

[@mihael333]

Yes and store ranking from old store from the perspective of etsy and its recommendation is also higher because it has sale history

[@WholesaleTed]

Yes and I don't try to hide or shy away from that in this video. In Phase 1 I uploaded these products to a brand new store, and they sold well (for a new store). In Phase 2, due to having less time from my arm injury, I uploaded them to a pre-existing store with social proof. That absolutely sped up it's process of getting integrated in the algorithm. Phase 1 had already proved that ai products in a new store can sell great when done well. I added in Phase 2 to see how well they can truly sell once they are posted in a store that's got some social proof behind it. The answer is Phase 1 & Phase 2 show that yes - they do sell well, regardless of the circumstance!

[@kneelbeforezod2160]

New year guys. Let’s get it!

[@ThatGuy-rb5yw]

I tried it and made absolutely nothing! Yay!

[@4UallVirals]

Hehehe

[@ThatGuy-rb5yw]

@ I’ll have to try harder

[@UpInTheSky2025]

The thing is how are these etsy sellers keeping their prices so low? Can't compete with that through POD unless you do it yourself which is time consuming and expensive.

[@WholesaleTed]

I think you might have unrealistic profit margin expectations. T-Shirts sell for anywhere from $16-20 on Etsy on average. They cost around $9-10 to buy from Printify from my favorite supplier, Monster Digital. That usually leaves over 30% margin after Etsy fees. An average business profit margin is 10%. So POD having a 30% profit margin is frankly fantastic. I have to be honest, I have noticed a lot of new entrepreneurs have unrealistic expectations surrounding realistic profit margins. If you want closer to 80-90% profit margins, you'll need to look at products that have no production costs (such as digital products).

[@UpInTheSky2025]

@@WholesaleTed do you use printify premium ?

[@trueCrimeGuruYes]

How do you factor in shipping though.

[@RhondaRoooFL]

What a great video! I always learn new things from you! I hope you are feeling better! Hugs! 🤗

[@GofaSmee]

Feel better soon 🌸💜 and Thank You for all the value you put out there, seriously it’s appreciated

[@rashn2065]

I opened an Etsy store last year and immediately got a few sales but then I got pregnant and had a not so good pregnancy so I couldn't focus on uploading many listings and that's when the sales also stopped. My Etsy search stats are also in the negative now. I m still getting traffic from my Pinterest pins to the store but no sales lately. I think the key is to keep uploading and staying active in the store. Even if it means uploading only two new listings a week Hope u feel better soon, thank u for making the video. It made me feel positive in a way.

[@paolo1616]

Hi Sarah, firstly happy new year! 🎊 I feel like you also replied to my last comment on your video about how to drive traffic to your store - through etsy seo and niche picking - so that’s great 😁

[@digitalincometactics9858]

Yay some great tips Wholesale Ted! 🙂

[@eltrigo2001]

Hope you're getting to feeling better soon.

[@WholesaleTed]

Thank you! I am working with a physio, with the hope to gradually take it back to full strength - and then even better 🙏

[@Cryptocityny]

Sarah you should learn to meditate and the body can heal itself! This is no joke it's science. Look i to it you will be amazed at the a little of one's brain and heart and how you can rewire yourself to heal just about any and all disease and I jury. I have learned so much from you I thought maybe it was time to return the favor. All the best in the new year! If you need a more info on meditation and the process of rewiring just let me know. Tatafn

[@BOYCEE2003]

As AI is here to stay, we should all be riding the wave and help make a passive income. If you are doing this then we all love to follow along. Love it, keep up the great videos Sarah.

[@amwartwork]

ye what a beautiful attitude. just contribute to the destruction of digital artists. encourage the robbery of their work with AI's 'data mining'. do you even nkow what that is? what a pacificst ignoranus you are hey!

[@howardlake6178]

Love your videos Sarah, and sorry to hear of your injury. Happy new year. Is it 2 years now since I subscribed and thought I should do something as a side hassle inspired by you? Probably! Well now it’s critical I do so, to get my Classic .Alfa Romeo out this Summer! And I have 7 big brand ideas 👍

[@javier9609]

You're so freaking brilliant, I look up to you a lot (I hope it makes sense, English is not my first language haha)

[@Flex-mex]

YAY!!!! Wish you the best! Happy new year!!!

[@ThatSinjiaporean]

Amazing video as always Ted. Happy New Year to you and may you be safe from injuring yourself. Take care

[@youwanttorepostthis]

i hope you feel better and thank you so much for uploading!!

[@s.venkateswarpatnaik2484]

Hi brilliant work you have designed and congratulations🎉 Happy New year🎉

[@dreamlife808]

You are obviously an Aries! ❤

[@glyphicon330]

Sarah!!! Could you please create a video offering alternatives for people in countries where Etsy Payments is not supported, making it difficult or impossible for them to open stores on Etsy

[@BibleVaultStories]

A lot of popular T-shirt are selling under 10 POD can’t compete

[@WholesaleTed]

Two things: 1) No they aren't. Point to me 5 t-shirts that are popular that are selling for under $10. Instead, what happens is these people are using fake pricing tricks and people don't check to see if they are using the pricing tricks and assume the price of the t-shirts are all $10. They aren't. They will include 1 single variant - often not even a t-shirt, usually a onesie - and price that at $10. This is a trick designed to fool you into thinking their t-shirts cost $10, because it will set their listing price to $10. But when you go to select your variant, you'll discover that all the t-shirts cost a lot more than $10 and only one variant (either a random color no one wants in a size no one wants, or again, a onesie) is $10. 2) Even if they were, it is entirely irrelevant. I don't price my products at the lowest price. I price mid-high tier pricing because you actually sell more statistically when you do that. Trying to price match the lowest price point is a bad idea anyway. I have a video that discusses that here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYmnk5aopayFqKM

[@BibleVaultStories]

@ wow they’re sneaky with the prices I just checked. thanks for your wisdom

[@scotttovey]

Happy New Year Sara! Have a blessed and prosperous 2025. 🎊🎉🎊🎈

[@Charles-Sweeney]

Wonderful as ever, Sarah. Happy New Year to you! You must have injured your hand counting all that money you made over Christmas!

[@GulayPenahli]

Sarah, the notification I received from your channel is my favorite on KZbin. I love you so much. There was always Turkish subtitles, I'm sorry there wasn't any in this video.

[@WholesaleTed]

Ah! Sorry. They are added by youtube and their ai. They might appear in a day or two!

[@GulayPenahli]

@WholesaleTed ok ,Sarah. thank you 😊

[@helengren9349]

It aparently takes some time for subtitles to appear, depending on the lenght of the vid! ...🤔

[@GulayPenahli]

@@helengren9349 Thank you very much!

[@audriusmentorius]

Happy new year Sara❤ Nice to see you again darling ❤

[@WholesaleTed]

Happy new year! I wish you and your family success and happiness! 🎉🥳

[@ReinaPeace]

Happy New Year!🎊

[@WholesaleTed]

Happy new year! I wish you and your family success and happiness! 🎉🥳

[@TheMetalViking666]

said it a million times and i'll say it again... There's no such thing as saturation. There's good marketing and there's bad marketing, good stores and bad stores. There's never "saturation".

[@angelagantuah4986]

Yay! Keep posting about ak tools please!

[@charnebezuidenhout7486]

I have learned sooo much about passive income since I've been following! THANK YOU FOR EDUCATING OTHER PEOPLE.

[@igotbit9454]

Feel better happy new year

[@Elise10000]

OK, brand new here and I’ve subscribed. I haven’t even liked the AI thing (kinda creepy, no I’m not a fuddy duddy, but some aspects are :). Here you’ve done a lot for me. You show that creating a shop and designs takes real pragmatic steps (not just thinking). You mentioned real tools you use and showed enough to make me want to learn more. You many also have taken me out of stuck mode thinking I have to dust off art supplies (my passion, but burned out from job) and put my “babies” out there and instead try this practical method of building a shop and designs quick where it’s less “personal.” And I do have some ideas already. Thx 😊 learning from comments also

[@owenramkeesoon4224]

You are a genuine genius.Well done!

[@dogscratchedoor]

When I was young a long long time ago we read stories in books and for some reason there were only a few kid's books. Anyway, there was this fable about a man who anything he touched turned to gold and I suspect you're like that guy, Sara.

[@3723tina]

Love you Sarah!! Happy New Year 🎊 😊

[@WholesaleTed]

Happy new year! I wish you and your family success and happiness! 🎉🥳

[@3723tina]

@@WholesaleTed😊❤

[@maemae1752]

Can you explain why you had to close the shop? Why would it not have worked to leave it open? I’m new here, also have a chronic condition and looking for ways to earn. Sorry if it’s an obvious question (I thought the print in demand would automatically send out the products once someone ordered them.). Also how was the other shop able to keep trading and not this one (considering your condition) Hope you are on the mend. 🙏

[@WholesaleTed]

Thank you - my arm is on the mend but it is a slow process! The reason I closed it was that keeping it open as a "abandoned shop" with just 20 products was going to mean that I remember to check in-on it each day in case it received emails, yet because I wasn't actively growing it, wasn't worth my time to do so. Part of what I wanted to do was lessen my responsibilities and this was an easy one to cut.

[@Elise10000]

That was a good question. I also didn’t understand why she moved the products over into the other shop. I better understand from the answer, thx

[@rosalindalozano233]

You are a blessing!! Thank you❤

[@brandond2868]

If you "stop" how long will this keep going? Do you have to keep refreshing the designs constantly to keep the sales coming in? How many hours per week would you guess this would take to keep this going and scale?

[@WholesaleTed]

You are asking questions that unfortunately are impossible to answer. I left the store I used untouched for about 8 months and it kept doing great. How much longer could I left it? Impossible to say. I see some stores with less designs that never change them and haven't for years, but because their designs remain better than the competition, people keep buying them, therefore the algorithm continues to favor them. In my experience, it has nothing to do with adding designs that keeps your store favored in the recommendation algorithm: it is simply by having the best products that match with the customers.

[@Munymasta]

I’ve been watching for a few years and finally decided to start a print on demand store. One thing I’m curious about is if you have any advice on what to do about sales tax. I live in the United States and am selling to the United States. I understand you’re not in the U.S but was just wondering if you had any resources about this. I am using Shopify to run my own website and not going through Etsy at this time. Thanks in advance.

[@WholesaleTed]

I'm not a qualified accountant so I don't feel comfortable giving tax advice. What I can say is that Tax Jar has a lot of resources & a great app that is worth checking out!

[@Munymasta]

@ thanks for the advice. Tax jar has an awesome program. It was a lot to wrap my head around but I figured it out after a few hours and some other helpful vids. Selling on a platform like Etsy does a lot more for you than I originally thought in the way of ease of use.

[@johndoe-qo8cy]

Sarah, I love your vids. Been a sub for a lil while now. Im just super curious thou as something doesnt make sense to me. Im sorry for your injury but I dont get how closing the New store and uploading all the Ai content you just made into the Old store lessens your work load, it screams of " The new store doesnt work and didnt get the results you wanted so went to old established store where ETsy already has you as a good seller." Doesnt make sense to me. Just wanting to understand. Not making any accusations.

[@WholesaleTed]

That's OK. So, no, that isn't what happened. It's just that with an Etsy store, I can't create a VA login, which I can do with a Shopify store. So I do have to pop in every 1-2 days to check if there are any customer emails. If you neglect an Etsy store and it gets a customer issue, then that can impact all of your stores, almost like a virus. So if you have one open for business, as a safety precaution, it's important to pop in and check for emails, even if it's unlikely you'll get any that day. Well, with my injury, I decided to lessen my workload. Which meant I didn't have time to grow the store anymore. So, it wasn't worth my time to pop in every 1-2 days to check on emails, for a store I wasn't scaling. It's worth it for a store I'm scaling & growing into a serious source of income. It's not worth it for an abandoned store project with 20 product designs in it.

[@WholesaleTed]

And the reason why I went to my old store, isn't because the new store wasn't successful. Based on those early analytics, I think that store was on track to be even more successful, the conversion rate was excellent for it's first 2 weeks in the algorithm. Instead, it's because it takes time for a store to build up in the algorithm. As I explained in this video here, in my experience, you need to allow for at least 6 months: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYmnk5aopayFqKM That had been my original plan. Open the store in May, run the store for 6 months, create the video. But, with the injury, it put me out of action. By the time I felt like I could do it again, 3 months had already passed. To get the video out in time, I needed to utilize a pre-existing store to be able to see their true sales potential.

[@johndoe-qo8cy]

@@WholesaleTed I Appreciate you replying. Thanks Sarah

[@coltonl832]

Good question

[@stevenfaber3896]

Would or when would you allow for customization for these ones, especially for dogs, many often want not generally X Breed, but their specific genotype?

[@WholesaleTed]

I don't do customization honestly because it is a lot less passive to organize that for customers, but that is just a personal preference, customization would make me even more money.

[@dragonyukichan]

Happy Newyear

[@shykat2218]

Do you ever answer questions? Or would joining the club house allow be to ask others who are doing print on demandto answer my question. I have made one design and have it on hold until I can get my question answered. I am a pre-novice at this thing. I decided to use Printify. Once I tell Printify that I want to list on Etsy how does the money transfer from etsy to printify? Is there a little mouse inside etsy that runs to printify, gives the orders and says the 'check is in the mail'. As a pre-novice and assuming my design will fly off the shelf like hot cakes I don't want to be stuck with $3000. worth of merch to pay for. In artwork I do not find that AI is such too much of a big issue. In writing I believe there must be some plagiarism involved.

[@WholesaleTed]

I do try to answer questions, especially in the first 100 comments of a video, after that it usually becomes too much haha but I do try to answer as many as I can! Basically, it doesn't do what you think it does - for better or for worse. Etsy does NOT pay Printify. Instead, here's what happens: 1) Etsy collects the money the customer pays. Then they pay YOU the money. Depending on when you select for it to pay you, it can pay you each day, or each week, or each month. 2) YOU, out of your own pocket, pay Printify the cost of the products. Etsy can't legally pay Printify's printing costs out of your money because it is legally your money, not Printify's. Etsy can legally only pay you the money. So yes, you do need to have a way to pay for products upfront. The easiest way is to get a credit card. That solves this issue. You can use it to pay for products upfront, then pay it off with the money Etsy sends you.

[@launchboxworkshops6742]

Are you able to get a sample of your product? How do you know the quality of the product is good?

[@MYLS-ne5zm]

I loved when u said meeeee 🎉❤❤❤

[@SimonRiley25]

His Shara I was wondering if you do one on one talking like tutoring.

[@paulschuppener]

Another great video! I would love to see you share tips for building your product mockups for so many products. I try not to use the canned POD supplied mockups, but this, for me, is the biggest time consumer with Etsy.

[@WholesaleTed]

I've actually tested it. I've had good results if I'm selected with the canned photos that POD providers use. Some are terrible, some are OK! But my favorite way to get mockups is Placeit, or buying them off of Etsy.

[@Nimby45]

Still Plays With Blocks is a brilliant slogan!

[@benrunningbear4]

YAY!!! I like a.i. videos and thank you Sarah.

[@HUBRISTICAL]

Using Printify means you have to pay for the production. Would this really be feasible for beginners?

[@UpInTheSky2025]

higher prices, the ones she showed were so cheap so probably not POD.

[@WholesaleTed]

Absolutely it can be, but like with all businesses, it depends on everyone's unique circumstances! So, you might've noticed that at 16:42 that when put into a new store, the traffic is much lower. I gained 2 sales in 2 weeks with no marketing or advertising, which was a great result - but it's also a very manageable amount of printing costs as well (my profit margins were around 30%). As I explain in this video here, when it comes to ORGANIC traffic, that traffic for most stores builds over time on Etsy. It snowballs. It starts small, and grows, so that by the time it's bigger, you'll have amassed a lot more money that printing costs are usually not a problem thanks to this snowball effect: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYmnk5aopayFqKM The reason why my sales came in thick & fast was in the second half of the experiment, I uploaded them into a store already integrated into the algorithm due to my arm injury, so Etsy sent them even more traffic. But I did that as a second case study to prove that yes, customers do like & buy Ai products, just like other products. But of course, this all depends on everyone's unique circumstances. To me, I think that $30-50 in printing costs is very manageable. To some people, especially in developing countries, that might be a lot of money. In which case, this probably is a bad business to do! On the flipside, some people might have access to a credit card. If they do, then all of this is frankly irrelevant. With a credit card, you just put your printing cost on that, and pay it off a few days later with your Etsy payments. I use credit cards which means I both get to manage cashflow easily for POD products, but it also lets me get business class seats with my points.

[@douglasmhann3493]

Right I also would like to see a video that I’ve been learning over the last few months is that certain things you guys don’t talk about and that’s how is everything paid for so you get an order and then you have to pay for that order and then when the order is shipped and a certain day on the of the month, you get your money minus their fees. The question I have is what you sell $10,000 worth of product where the hell are you going to get to $10,000 to pay for the product so if you don’t already have the $10,000 in your bank, then people are gonna get pissed off because you have to pay order pay order as you go.

[@jacsreactions2487]

She got 2 sales in 2 weeks on her brand new store, and considered that as proof of success. You think you're going to upload some images, go to bed, and when you wake up there will be $10,000 worth of orders? If you get 1 sale per day, you can either close the store once you hit the max amount you can pay for, then wait for Etsy to send you money, and then re-open, or you could try borrowing money (since you are essentially guaranteed to get paid more than you spend) a credit card solves this issue as well.

[@WholesaleTed]

Mate, you said I don't talk about cashflow. Yet, I do. I have many videos that do. Take this video here that talks about it extensively. It was one of my most popular videos, with over 1.4 million views: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2jNg4app5ykmLM And that's just one video. I have talked about it extensively in many other videos as well. For example, in this past year I made an entire video basically dedicated to this topic in the past year, where I talked about a unique type of print on demand store builder, Fourth Wall, which pays for products for you in-advance so that you don't have to pay for them yourself: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5_aqauIoLuVnbM So yes mate, I do talk about this. I have talked about it a LOT 🙏 please watch all of my videos, before saying I do or don't talk about certain topics. In regards to what do I do? That is a good question. I do have several videos that discuss what I do. Basically, I choose to use credit cards. Credit cards let me pay for my products on credit. I then pay them back with the money I earn. It takes anywhere from 2-7 days for money from Shopify/Etsy to process into my bank account, so I am able to pay off the credit card well before it is due. I actually discuss this process in-depth in this video here, which is also one of the most popular videos on this channel: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHTUenqudpqGY80 However, I've also discussed ideas for things to do, if you don't have a credit card. One of them is to not use paid traffic and to instead let sales grow organically. If you do that, then usually, stores build up slowly over-time with the algorithm. I have a video that explains that here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYmnk5aopayFqKM Stores using free, organic traffic from algorithms don't usually go from $0 to $10k overnight. They gain sales slowly in the beginning and grow. So you only need $100-200 usually to cover any initial startup costs. If you choose to use paid ads, then you will need a lot of capital to cover this.

[@TheEditHub24]

Hey Sarah, I am growing my channel with ai videos. The problem is i use tiktok, which ive recentlky learned that the creator program doesnt apply to ireland which is where i live, and it has come to my attention that it is harder to grow on youtube. Also, I am a teenager so im not sure i can even get paid. What should i do?

[@grumpyfather2964]

But you have to list all shops you run in your public profile, so existing customers could ne seeing that and purchasing because they already trust the owner. Also, moving the products to an existing successful shop doesnt mean AI generated products sell, it just means the shop is trusted and people will purchase from it regardless.

[@WholesaleTed]

Haha, that is true, and I did do that - but studies show that very few people actually read your Etsy listings. That is why it's quite important to add info you want people to actually read in your product title, or as an image on a product listing, because chances are, not a single person actually read my full store description which had that noted in it.

[@meme-rx4vb]

Hi Sarah Did you already have reviews for other products in this shop? That is what I find hard, trying to make a sale when you are bew and have zero sales or reviews

[@juliest-louis6891]

Il faut avoir un excellant SEO . ET UN COURS précis sur ce sujet. car honnêtement... J'ai que des tendance dans ma boutique a prix modique pour satisfaire tout le monde. Et aucune vue.. aucun rien. Pourtant, c'est des image de très haute qualité , et Personnalisable et avec des fiche qui explique tout. Dans un beau design comme les tendance actuelle. Mais rien rien rien ... 😭

[@animegirl16091]

Where is the were you showed us how to open an etsy store step by step? I didnt see it in the description?

[@WholesaleTed]

Oh sorry! It is here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYvPi3mGd7x2bZY - I'll go through and double check my links, if you spot anymore that are missing please let me know. When uploading a video, there are boxes you can tick that let you pull data for descriptions from other videos, I did that with this video so I might have accidentally written over my links.

[@juliest-louis6891]

Et il faut du capital. Car Etsy exemple ici : ne te donne pas les sous tout suite mais après un 72h... Alors il faut débourser de nos poche. Mais quand il nous manque déjà du loyer. Et des sous mettre sous la table... Oui je vous écoutent , je prends mon temps de vie pour essayer d'apprendre une compétence qui est beaucoup beaucoup trop large et surtout exploiter. Nous rêvons d'avoir un petit 2000$ / mois et que je me concentre sur ma guérison. Bien non.. je met plus de 20h.. et rien. Je suis pourtant pas une amatrice. J'analyse. Joptimise. Rien rien rien 😭😭😭

[@SpectrumSounds16]

First 🥇🏆 🙌🏽👍🏽🎉😊💯

[@Lalitaburton.official]

I found you last night and you are the missing link in my story. Thank you for sharing the cross idea formula, this is a fucking game changer. Thank you for your service and channel. May God continue to bless and prosper you. Incredible information on this channel. So grateful 🫶🏼💖

[@sbsevenart]

That beautiful amount at the end of the video (6k, 7k weekly) is total from sales, or are they total profit? Because if they are total from sales, the profit would be around 30% of that, right? Thanks for the great video and amazing info.

[@elephantintheroom5678]

That's $150-$200/product/week..... Amazing.

[@WholesaleTed]

Not quite, it's more like $10-20 per design haha, but that's just an average. Some sell nothing, some sell a lot! And that is usually what happens in a store, most of the money is made by the top 20% of products, but to find those winners, you try out lots of designs to test them.

[@elephantintheroom5678]

@@WholesaleTed It's funny that you can't tell which ones will be successful even with all your experience. Are there any specific subject matters that seem to do better than others on average, Sara?

[@WholesaleTed]

My best hit rate is when I'm designing something I really want. If I really want it, it more often becomes a success. But even then, market research is a crucial part of any business success. Most billion-dollar corporations guess incorrectly what products will be successful, which is exactly why they do market research. It's something I discuss in this video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYmnk5aopayFqKM

[@Mjbphotos]

so how did the injury affect your Etsy store? Isn't it something that would run by its self once you uploaded your art? Couldn't you had kept it open even if the revenue wasn't as much and then run it as well on your other store?

[@WholesaleTed]

Lol! Yes, I'm sorry. That was poorly explained upon reflection. Basically, when I had my arm injury, I mentally gave up on the experiment. I didn't think I would make the video at all. So I closed the store. Why? Because while it now had algorithmic data which would mean it would get sales passively & grow overtime, because it only had 20 designs, no matter what, it's sales were going to be limited to just those 20 designs. Yet because it is open, I am obligated to check on it every 1-2 days for customer emails, since unlike with Shopify, you can create a VA account to get someone to do that for you. It's not a big deal per-say, but considering I never planned to finish the experiment, I didn't want to bother with the time and - more importantly - mental space to remember to pop in and check on it. So, basically, it's a bit complicated, which is why I glossed over it in the video to not make it boring (which was possibly upon reflection a mistake) - but it's early success was both a blessing and a curse. It was a blessing because if I had grown & scaled it, well, that original outcome was awesome. It would grow & scale fast because the algorithm had quickly found a target audience to use to expand it's data set from in it's original test impressions for my store. But it's also a curse. Because it found it's audience quickly, it meant it was likely to keep making sales. And while I get very few customer emails/support issues, it only takes 1 customer who needs help, doesn't get it because it's not being checked, and lodges a complaint, to get a strike on the store, which could then like a virus impact my seller standing with Etsy for my others. Now, for some people, they wouldn't care, they'd be happy to pop in every 1-2 days just to check and let it passively tick over and make money. But honestly? I don't mean this in a bad way, but I do make quite a bit of money already. It means my time/brain power proposition is a bit different. If I'm going to dedicate my time & brain space to a daily task, at this point, I either want it to be really fun and enjoyable that I want to do it - or I want it to be making me enough money to be worth my time. There's a phrase I often have to tell myself: just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should! LOL! So, for me, with just 20 designs, with no intention of doing anything further with it - as I had to reduce my workload, closing that down was an easy choice. And it was definitely the right choice.

[@WholesaleTed]

The behind the scenes of making a KZbin video is that I'm in a constant battle with the retention graph. If people get bored, they click off. Advanced viewers interested in proper tactics would like to hear the algorithmic reasons why I closed the store down, and the time:money equation that went into it. My more casual viewers would've gotten bored and clicked off, hurting my retention. I usually try and strike a balance. I think I did not succeed this time. It's a good lesson for the future!

[@Skans7]

Thank you for the informations. Best wishes

[@YouTechrive]

Hi, can u suggest a good website or free service for these T-shirt mock up photos

[@DarleneToday]

Are you saying $6000 -7000 a week on ONE store? I couldn't tell. Thx!

[@boskomilicevic8842]

Are all 20 products related to Husky t-shirts or you used other products?

[@djaffiliatemarketing]

Sarah tried to get your ebook and nothing arrived in my email ( yes I checked the spam) how else can I get one please

[@WholesaleTed]

If you email [e-mail] the automated email reply will include an alternative link to the ebook you can try instead!

[@mandyrobertson11]

YAY, but a mix would not go amiss😊

[@simonbelmont1986]

Furry art is always a gold mine. It caters to kids and adults. I don't understand it but man I wish I was a furry artist now more then an anime artist lol

[@iaincampbell4422]

Thank goodness you pronounce niche correctly. People mispronouncing it Nitch is so low key irritating (often Americans I suspect)!

[@magicalex21]

how many T-shirts did you display under this niche ?

[@christyviolet926]

Will this work on Zazzle too?

[@im_Polyhedrons]

so older accounts get more sales?

[@techbytes_zaid]

Can you tell me How to start print on demand , account creation Etsy

[@juliest-louis6891]

😭😭 je suis tellement triste et si impuissante. Je veux tellement tellement huhuhu😢😢😢😢

[@ai-man212]

I love AI.

[@koraxacollins9645]

So is constantly adding new products a part of why this works or is there some other reason you couldn't just have those 20ish designs up on the new store and see what happens? feels like a missed opportunity for additional research

[@WholesaleTed]

It takes time for a new store to build up momentum in the algorithm. I really wanted an experiment video for the new year, but to do that, realistically I needed to do it for six months in a new store. That was why when I decided to give this video a new shot, I added them to a pre-existing store. I discuss the time frames for a store and why it realistically takes about 6+ months in this video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYmnk5aopayFqKM

[@koraxacollins9645]

@WholesaleTed that's fair, appreciate the response. I guess There might have just been a different video, "Can you set and forget your POD in 2025?" Maybe one day lol.

[@WholesaleTed]

The thing though, is that combined, both experiences in this video prove the same thing. My new Etsy store was on the pathway to success regardless. With no paid marketing, and no external social media promotion, I gained 2 sales in 2 weeks just off Etsy's recommendations. That was a higher conversion rate than my initial store in it's first 2 weeks. If I hadn't injured my arm, that store would probably have succeeded last year's Canva-only store. So, that proved that new Ai stores are still doing great when done well on Etsy. Then the second part of the experiment proved on a mass-scale that customers do indeed like & buy products. Put the two parts together, you get the same conclusions anyway than I would have, even if I'd run the new store for a full 6 months!

[@reycaribe]

So Sarah I noticed you weren't sponsored by Honey. Is that why you sponsored yourself? What do you know?

[@WholesaleTed]

Haha! That is exactly why I have taken very few sponsors, because so many turn out to be dodgy, even if on the surface they initially looked legitimate. A hard fast rule is I would only sponsor something that I actually personally liked before they asked to sponsor my videos.

[@aquachikik]

Is this an old experiment because the results you showed are from May of this year

[@WholesaleTed]

No they aren't, please watch the whole video 🙏

[@mbcase]

Fascinating accent, where is it from?

[@WholesaleTed]

New Zealand! :)

[@SteveM45]

Do you have your Book in german?

[@donn513]

Don't drop AI videos. :) Keep the content coming ;-)

[@cyborgar15]

Yes, let's flood the market even more!

[@marlene97992]

Thank you!!!❤❤❤❤ Happy New Year to all!!😍

[@PaidfromHomewithTee]

Im trying again. Nothing is happening for me either. Have you tried these using a pseudonym? You have a loyal audience. If you put it out, it's going to work. But what if no one knows it's you?

[@WholesaleTed]

I released my products under a pseudonym. I never announce them. That would not be a fair experiment.

[@PaidfromHomewithTee]

@WholesaleTed Okay. I wasn't sure. I know you create new shops but it wasn't clear to me that they were under a pseudonym. My apologies.

[@juliest-louis6891]

A l'instant de cette vidéo. La tendance est déjà terminer... C'est dommage. Je fais que écouter tout les créateur quinrussient et finalement j'ai aucune amélioration. Je met pas loin de 20h par jours. C'est décourageant. Je suis a veuille d'y croire que c'est un scan du point A au point B.

[@Hat_Uncle]

Husky T-Shirts, only available in 2X, 3X, 4X, and 5X sizes ONLY. LOL

[@sassoahmed2869]

Luv luv youuuu❤❤ happy. New year sarah 🎉. Hope to start my channel soon 2025

[@WholesaleTed]

Happy new year! I wish you and your family success and happiness! 🎉🥳

[@bogechoginson3728]

Hey Sarah I know you discuss free shipping vs non and it’s not clear cut which is superior in terms of getting sales, but I see most clothing brands making customers pay shipping. Is that typically the better option?

[@WholesaleTed]

I also now do shipping as an extra charge. It's just easier: different locations have different shipping charges, so if you leave it as an extra charge, your POD app of choice will select the right shipping profile for your customer 🙏

[@ChristianDube-q8i]

Hello

[@UpperCaseX]

doubt thats shaddows your youtube revenue. good job tho

[@WholesaleTed]

Thank you - but yes, my POD income does indeed on some days outshine my YT revenue. But on the flipside, my YT revenue can outshine my POD revenue to. It depends on the day, the season, etc, it's something I discuss in this video here about the story of why I decided to diversify my income sources: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eH6oqpmBrrSoeLM