r/EtsyDigitalSeller

5 MONTHS ON ETSY

Hi! Anyone here who can advise if Etsy Ads is working for a new shop? I have 20 listings with 3 sales and 1 5 star reviews. Is it okay to apple Etsy Ads on the listing who has sales? Any advice please. Thanks in advance!

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u/MsJetsetter- — 23 hours ago
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First ever Etsy favourite — small win but I’ll take it

Just got my first ever favourite on one of my digital products. No sale yet, but it’s still a nice little sign that someone actually found the listing and saved it.

Only got 2 listings up so far, so this has motivated me to stop overthinking and keep uploading. Small milestone, but it feels good.

When did you get your first favourite or first sale and how did it make you feel?

u/drunkstoned94 — 3 days ago
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New seller no views

I just opened an Etsy shop a week ago. Right now I’m only making digital download invitations and pregnancy announcements. I’m not getting hardly any views and definitely no orders. Im trying my best and trying to learn quickly as a mother to a 3 year old and 2 year old with newly diagnosed health issues I really just need to make some money to pay for medical expenses. Could anyone please help me. I think that my problem is definitely not using good tags. I watched a YouTube video about generating tags for your listings and it told me to use the everbee website to search the keywords and use the ones with the highest score as your tags. Everbee keeps showing me misspelled words have the highest keyword rating so I started using those but then I’m seeing other things saying not to use misspelled words but the misspelled words are the only ones I see with higher scores than 40. Any advice will be much appreciated

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u/Admirable-Chicken256 — 3 days ago

Shop critique and any advice please :)

My shop has been open 9 months, started selling some pngs for shirts but I had a health issue to deal with that took a bit of time. Fast forward to about a month ago, I start my shop fresh with a new product - junk journal assets. I post slow (I'm following the Etsy Consultants advice on this) so I only have 14 listings so far, and I had 22 views and 11 visits. 1 favourite and 0 sales.

I'm worried I'm not on the right track - maybe I need to niche down to more specific topics, maybe it's the wrong aesthetic for etsy buyers, maybe my price point isn't right, maybe the square format isn't as good as the 8.5 x 11 format? I have only down background square papers so far and plan on including some ephemera packs and bundles as well, they just take me time to make.

I also struggle with "have I made the right choice" syndrome and constantly doubt myself, wanting to sell digital wall art or canva templates or tshirt pngs as I don't see any sales happening and my overthinking kicks in.

I really need to make this work, so any real advice will be helpful, thank you!

https://www.etsy.com/shop/InkandOtterCo

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u/FocusTimely9230 — 5 days ago
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Post Partum Layoff Shop Creation Help

I am very recently a post partum mom who was demoted upon returning to work and then laid off only a few months later (i worked at said place for 9 years).
So i decided to try and build something new and from scratch thats all my own… im not asking for anyone to go buy my products. I am attempting to find a use for my arts degree that i obtained in the early 00s.

I am however hoping people may just click through my shop on etsy and come back here and give me some advice thru comments on reddit?
im nearly 40
have little to no self esteem
even less sleep
and have a pile of bills stacking up around me
and two pre teen boys who are chomping at the bit to do sports and other expensive activities.
im still applying for my normal jobs every day but cant sit still for fear of failing my family and am hoping to try and make some kind of money on the side if i can.

am i wasting my time?
are my designs and art too boring?
ive had to reinvent myself SO many times in my adult life that im starting to loose motivation and steam. esp when im only sleeping 2-3 hours a night at max.

I appreciate any positivity or helpful criticisms or suggestions anyone might have for me.
please be kind
as my sanity is hanging by a thread
thank you for your time in reading this.

https://penandsendco.etsy.com

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u/FoxLark — 5 days ago

Is listing 100 simple digital etsy products still worth it?

Are simple items still being bought. I want to make a 100 digital etsy products in a specific niche however there are so many items in that niche about 700 that I am wondering whether the scale up with quick products is worth it?

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u/Resident_Kyle9 — 6 days ago

Shop critique - nerdy events stationary

Hi there! I'm 2 months into my store journey and was wondering if someone would like to critique my shop? I previously had a shop that made just the one sale, hence it saying 2yr open time.

https://naturaltwentystore.etsy.com

I started off with wedding based listing's (things i made fo3 my own wedding!) and have built out from there.

So far I've had lots of favourites but no sales. Any advice?

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u/TheLightThatBurns — 6 days ago

I would take any advise how do you like my shop and listings?

I was super excited to open my shop but literally has zero views and zero traffic in the past 2 days, I create book-inspired digital posters mostly about fantasy books, I read and try to generate the picture which is in my head... 😄 https://elenafaeart.etsy.com

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u/Nitaadbr — 9 days ago
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Started making digital products for healthcare students & academics, getting views but no sales yet. Any advice?

Hi! I’m new to Etsy and recently started making digital products for healthcare students & academics (study tools, templates, planners, etc.). I’m hoping to branch out into other areas too over time.

I also made a few healthcare-themed Mother’s Day cards for the holiday. I’ve been getting some views, but no sales yet, so I was wondering if anyone had advice for new Etsy sellers starting out? Things like improving listings, getting traffic, or building trust as a new shop would really help.

Thank you!

Link: https://leaflinenotes.etsy.com/listing/4501871421

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u/chrisrylemarie — 12 days ago