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Wow, looks like youve nailed the costs. I'm thinking of doing a specific niche around motorbikes, the biker scene etc ...cant envisage all that faffing about with family prints.

Yes I have always avoided the ones with all the hairstyles and stuff. It would be a nightmare.
 

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I've put a few things on Etsy now, had them up for a month or so but still awaiting my first elusive sale! Anyone got any tips on how to get my first sale?? :LOL: They are getting views, just not getting the important sale.
 

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I've put a few things on Etsy now, had them up for a month or so but still awaiting my first elusive sale! Anyone got any tips on how to get my first sale?? :LOL: They are getting views, just not getting the important sale.

Are you using Etsy Ads?
 

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I haven't. Are they as affective as, say FB ads? Do they cost a lot?

You can choose what you pay. I think it’s between $1-25. I start off $6 and then increase it towards the evening to about $10. Sometimes I get orders from it, I haven’t today so far. You can turn it on and off whenever you like.
 

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You can choose what you pay. I think it’s between $1-25. I start off $6 and then increase it towards the evening to about $10. Sometimes I get orders from it, I haven’t today so far. You can turn it on and off whenever you like.

Ahh I didn't know about that to be honest so i'll take a look at that. Thanks Rich.
 
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@rich110991 - are you finding etsy slow just now? My daughter in law has been selling hand made hair bobbles and ties on facebook and has done quite well on it but has listed some of them on etsy a month ago and isnt getting views at all...and tbh theyre quite a nice little product. Ive found ebay to be very slow with my clothing sales as well
 

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@rich110991 - are you finding etsy slow just now? My daughter in law has been selling hand made hair bobbles and ties on facebook and has done quite well on it but has listed some of them on etsy a month ago and isnt getting views at all...and tbh theyre quite a nice little product. Ive found ebay to be very slow with my clothing sales as well

Etsy was slow for me a few weeks ago but it’s picked up recently, not sure if it was Father’s Day or because I’ve been doing a 30% sale every day, or maybe a bit of both.

I relisted my prints on eBay a couple of days ago and i clicked “promote listing” on all of them and they’re not even getting views. I got views in the past without promoting them.
 
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Hi all! @rich110991 / or anyone who is doing Etsy prints - if you don't mind telling me, what are you putting the prints in, in the envelope? I've got hard backed envelopes but looking to put the print in something within that....
 

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Hi all! @rich110991 / or anyone who is doing Etsy prints - if you don't mind telling me, what are you putting the prints in, in the envelope? I've got hard backed envelopes but looking to put the print in something within that....


I buy these envelopes with stiffeners, the envelope is board backed but only on one side so the extra stiffener really protects it. I don’t really get anyone saying their print has arrived damaged anymore. Hasn’t happened for a long time. I get 250 envelopes but they always seem to send more than 250 stiffeners, so next time I order some I only need to order envelopes because I’ve got loads of stiffeners now.


I buy these clear cellophane bags off eBay. 500 for £23.90.
 
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I buy these envelopes with stiffeners, the envelope is board backed but only on one side so the extra stiffener really protects it. I don’t really get anyone saying their print has arrived damaged anymore. Hasn’t happened for a long time. I get 250 envelopes but they always seem to send more than 250 stiffeners, so next time I order some I only need to order envelopes because I’ve got loads of stiffeners now.


I buy these clear cellophane bags off eBay. 500 for £23.90.
Thank you!
 

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Just read this whole thread, what an amazing achievement. I’ve been considering doing something similar for a while, after working for a start-up printing company and seeing the £££ they make. They had thousands of designs though and I’m certainly not artistic… how many designs do you stock?
 

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Just read this whole thread, what an amazing achievement. I’ve been considering doing something similar for a while, after working for a start-up printing company and seeing the £££ they make. They had thousands of designs though and I’m certainly not artistic… how many designs do you stock?

Thank you. I only have 13 prints at the moment. The first year or so I only had about 6 though, I’ve added more this year. I am panicking a little bit a the moment because I’m sure this time last year it seemed busier, but then I’ve made a little more than I did last August, I don’t know. I just always worry that my shop is dying :ROFLMAO: I need to chill out I think.
 
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I think that’s natural, but I wouldn’t worry, there is always peaks and dips in business and for only having 13 prints you’re doing amazingly well. The company I worked for started off selling stock prints on eBay with one printer and now have huge premises and a team of staff so it can definitely be done, just keep going
 

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I might need to find a new way to make money.

I made more in September than I did last September, just about, and then since around the 26th, something has changed and sales have plummeted. I’ve seen lots of sellers on the help forum saying the same thing. Lots of people are saying Etsy has changed certain things on the site, like advertising other listings right above your listing images, driving sellers away from your store. I know the economy is bad but I don’t see why October would be quieter than September in the run up to Christmas. Really gutted about it at the moment. I said to my mum that no one is buying anything, she said “no orders? You’ll have to shut the shop”. Thanks for the support mum!
 
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could you sell locally on facebook? Avoid teh fees and much less competition.
 

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I might need to find a new way to make money.

I made more in September than I did last September, just about, and then since around the 26th, something has changed and sales have plummeted. I’ve seen lots of sellers on the help forum saying the same thing. Lots of people are saying Etsy has changed certain things on the site, like advertising other listings right above your listing images, driving sellers away from your store. I know the economy is bad but I don’t see why October would be quieter than September in the run up to Christmas. Really gutted about it at the moment. I said to my mum that no one is buying anything, she said “no orders? You’ll have to shut the shop”. Thanks for the support mum!

Same has happened to me Rich, I was getting loads of views and favourites on some of my stuff but in the last 2 weeks i've had 1 view... I had to turn ads off the other day because nothing was happening and the ads were costing more than what I was making!
 
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