The Handmade Shop: Etsy Business Strategy for Makers with Physical and Digital Products

Here’s a question I get a lot that I want to address.

What percentage of visits should be from Etsy? And what percentage should be traffic brought by you?

And the answer to this question isn’t as black and white as you think it might be because here’s the deal…I don’t want you to measure this by percentages. Ever.

Learn more about why by listening this episode. Then join my free Facebook group for more information about how to increase your traffic.

The Handmade Creative opens next week. I’ve been talking about that course on social media a bit and someone told me the other day that your ability to get daily sales on Etsy depends on your niche. Want to know what I think of that??

I think it’s a bunch of junk.

Listen to this episode to learn why.

Then sign up here for my free class on October 6th.

Learn more about what happens if your Etsy shop gets hacked, my experience with having my photos stolen by another shop, and how to protect your account!

Then join me on Instagram here to follow along with the story.

Recently, I was thinking about a few things that I need to be reminded of in my business regularly.  So that inspired today’s episode. Here are the top 5 things you didn’t know you needed to be reminded of for your Etsy business.

For more resources on getting more Etsy sales, join my Facebook group or follow me on Instagram.

Today we are talking about the myth that you need to add new listings to your Etsy shop daily to grow your business. I hear sellers of all different levels recommending this, but this is not true. And actually can hurt your business.

Let's talk about the two times that I see this getting recommended to Etsy sellers and what to do instead.

For more resources on getting more Etsy sales, join my Facebook group or follow me on Instagram.

I have something that may be a bit of a revelation for you today.

Your worth is not determined by your productivity.

Listen to this week’s episode to learn why this mindset matters and what you can do to get yourself out of this cycle that leads to burnout.

For more resources on getting more Etsy sales, join my Facebook group or follow me on Instagram.

Let’s chat about the most common Instagram mistake that I see Etsy sellers making…and how to fix it this week!

For more resources on getting more Etsy sales, join my Facebook group or follow me on Instagram.

Frustrated that your shop can have an amazing week one week then get 0 sales the next? Then you need to listen to this episode.

Then join us here in The Handmade Creative. Doors close Friday August 26th.

The second most common objection that I get when I talk to Etsy sellers who are afraid to start their email list, is I don't know what to say to the people who sign up.

So today I'm gonna give you a bunch of really easy ideas of emails that you can type and send out in just a few minutes.

Links:

Get 50% off your first 3 months of Craft Kit here.

Sign up for The Handmade Creative waitlist here.

Over the next two weeks I'm going to give you some of my best tips for starting and maintaining your email list.

I get two common objections when I talk to Etsy sellers about starting an email list.  I don’t know how to get people to sign up and I don’t know what to say.

In the next two episodes I’m going to answer those questions for you.  Listen to today’s episode to learn how easy it is to get people on your email list while following Etsy’s rules.

Links:

Get 50% off your first 3 months of Craft Kit here.

Sign up for The Handmade Creative waitlist here.