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Start Your Etsy Shop | Beginners Edition

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Hi friends, I'm currently on my second Etsy store and here are some of my favorite recommendations to get started. My advice is truly to keep everything simple and understand all your tools. After that you can really hone in on perfecting craft. My f...
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Market Research

Step 1: Market Research- What I've noticed is the more in depth research you have done prior to selling anything the more you are set to WIN. You can spend hours on end creating a product that is not 

 
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Really affordable SEO tool you can use. Don't know what to sell or what will sell on Etsy? This tool is seriously so helpful. You can find low competition, high search volume keywords.
eRank - FREE Etsy SEO, Keyword Research, Top Seller, and Trend ...
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Another tool to add to your stack for SEO research (pictured below)
Marmalead | SEO
 
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AI is super helpful in creating templates for titles, descriptions, and general research
Chatbox AI: Your AI Copilot, Best AI Client on any device, Free ...
 
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The best way to research what's already out there and fast selling is using Etsy as your first stop in product discovery. Check out the best seller list to run a cross comparison of why they are successful. Ex: fonts, descriptions, good keywords, etc
Etsy - Shop for handmade, vintage, custom, and unique gifts for everyone
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great etsy tag tools and profit caluclator
Free Etsy Rank, Products& Shops Research Tools-EtsyHunt
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Designs

Step 2: Create Unique Designs- Etsy is know for some of the most creative, unique, and perosnalized items in the market. Take your time using tools that will really stand out and have customers want to shop with you vs big brands.

 
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The best investment to start a business. You can easily design your shop’s logo, banner, listings, and images all in one place. They also incorporated a mockup app so you can create visually appealing mockups.
Canva: Visual Suite for Everyone
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One of my favorite print providers: great for apparals. I would purchase the premium subscription once you have recurring sales
Printify
 
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The best designs website for shirts / sweaters / apparel. They are working on creating an app to make it accessible (coming soon).
Kittl - Unleash Your Creative Power
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Such a fun tool if you enjoy AI and want unique designs not seen anywhere.
Free AI Design Tool: Logos, T-Shirts, Social Media - Playground
 
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love how these make my images stand out and look clean above the rest
Online photo editor | Photoshop Lightroom - Adobe

Marketing

Once you feel your Etsy shop is filled out (shipping profiles to Introduction page) it's time to start promoting your products to the right crowd.

 
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Note: this is my personal account. Pinterest will by far be the best and most effective way to market your store. It takes 2-3 months for your pins to optimize but once they do it’s free clicks and purhcase to your store. I love that Pinterest stay e...
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You can create videos to attract a new audience. There is also the option of connecting your printify store shop to a Tiktok shop
TikTok - Make Your Day
 
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You are already here so might as well create a recommendation list of your shop products.
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Encourage customers to be on your email list and create special disocunt codes for them
Mailchimp: Marketing, Automation & Email Platform
 
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They have great Pinterest & Instagram scheduler tools. Pinterest is my favorite tool for free traffic. It's a long term platform but results will come if you schdule posts a day
Tailwind Social Media & Email Marketing Tool
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