How to make a living selling printables on Etsy

Etsy is a global marketplace for selling of arts and handmade items. It is a conglomeration of artists and creators under a platform called Etsy.

Etsy do record billions of visitors per year and has distinguished itself to help creators profit through their creativity.

With online sales expected to continue to soar to an alarming rate due to the covid-19 pandermic and all the underlying effects, people are now more comfortable to shop online from the comfort of their homes.

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Etsy has got millions of active sellers and most of them are smashing their goals of making a substantial living through their creativity.

In this post i included some screenshots of some shops on Etsy making it big and achieving financial independence. of the three screenshots i shared, all the shops are owned and run by women, some are even single mothers, if they can do it, then you too can do it.

While their has been a whole lot of criticism on Etsy for not caring about the sellers, for looking after the buyers only and caring only for their business as a platform.

It is undeniable that Etsy as a marketplace has been a source of rescue for those seeking to make some extra money online.

In this post we will discus how to make an absolute living selling printables on Etsy.

What is printables? Printables are some form of digital design or templates which helps the customer in anyway at all.

Printables like resume templates, business template, cover letter templates, proposal templates, company profile templates are all designed to help customer save some time and energy, and guess what? these templates are selling like wildfire on Etsy and anyone can leverage on it  and join this trend.

The candy on the ice about this business model is that you don’t have to ship any item, you don’t have to hustle about the shipping and deal with the stress from shipping companies.

The customer downloads the files instantly as Etsy will send them a link to which they can download their files after their payment has been recieved.

Another peck to this is that you call sell a particular item for as many times as you want. All you have to do is design the template, then upload to Etsy and you are on your way to making a living passively without your daily job.

If this sounds interesting, continue reading for the steps on how to set this up.

I will guide my readers on the simple way you can create and sell digital items on Etsy, on how to set up your Etsy shop within a couple of hours and finally how to drive massive free traffic to your Etsy shop.

This post will be direct to the point as i don’t wish to waste your time reading how to sell on Etsy when you can actually create your Etsy shop right away.

Firstly,  to sell on Etsy you must have a product, it can be a physical item like a piece of arts, clothing etc which you made yourself i.e. it must be Hand-Made item.

Or you can sell digital files like templates, courses, canva templates etc.

This post will cover how to sell digital files becaùse it is the easiest way to start on Etsy as you wouldn’t be dealing with shipping, also it is the ultimate source of passive income because you just have to design the item once, then upload to Etsy and that item can be sold and downloaded thousands of times.

The first step is to create your digital product. It is quite easy to create digital products like resumes, cover letters, company templates etc.

Platforms like Microsoft Word and Canva are free platforms where you can create any form of document you wish.

Creating a resume template or any template on Canva or Word is very easy, to get started just download the Canva on your phone or pad or Laptop and get started right away.

A whole lot of women are making extra cash selling Canva templates on Etsy and even with the free version you can design stunning templates to sell online.

After you have created an account on Canva, choose from predesigned templates, then modify them a bit to your taste them save them separately.

You can design as much templates that you wish, the more you design, the more good you will become with the design process but i assure you designing with Canva is super easy and fast.

Canva made designing super fast and easy but due to time factor, some businesses and entrepreneurs prefer to buy already made templates to save their time and that’s where you come in handy.

Once your products are ready, then you are half way to making money on Etsy

The second step is to create an Etsy seller account, click this link to get started immediately.

Creating an Etsy seller account is super easy you can even set up your shop within the hour.

Follow the link shared above or go to Etsy website, scroll to the bottom page, then click on sell on Etsy.

It will take you to the set up page where you will put in your details which will include your name, email, shop name, and other relevant information relating to the nature of the business you wish to sell.

Once you have added your information successfully, make sure that you add your correct email as you will be mailed a link to verify your email. Go to your email and verify your email.

Once your email has been verified you are almost there, your goal of selling online is about to be accomplished.

Now is the time to upload your listings, your first listing will be the hardest becaùse you are just getting started. From your subsequent listings you will find out that the process will become easier.

You are giving upto 10 slots to upload the image of your listings, make sure you showcase the best image of your products as it is the image of your product that will attract the customers to your shop.

Along the same axis, you will have to chose if your listing is either a digital or a physical item, in our case we are a selling a digital file, so you will check the digital file box, upon checking this box you can now upload the file which you designed on Canva, you just have to go to Canva, copy the link of the file you designed and paste it into the slot on Etsy and you are good to go.

Make sure the product name which you will provide best describes the product that you are selling. The best way to get a better description which is SEO friendly is to assume you are the one buying the product that you are selling; what will you type in the search box to help you find you are looking for?

Use the above idea on your product description and product name.

After you are done with the product upload, Etsy will now ask for your payment details where your money will be sent when your shop makes a sale.

Make sure you put in your  correct financial details like your bank account, SSN and your verifiable address. Once you are done with these, click the publish button and your product is live on Etsy to be purchased by anyone anywhere.

A big congratulations to you as you have launched a brand new shop, a brand new product, a Brand and a Business, a big congratulations.

The final step is now to drive free traffic to your shop. You can subscribe to Etsy Ads which will give your products and items more exposure, but if you don’t have the money to invest in Etsy Ads, then you can use a free traffic source to achieve your goal.

The free traffic source I’m talking about is Pinterest.  Pinterest is a virtual search engine with up to 500 million active users looking for ideas and inspirations.

85% of online shoppers use Pinterest to prepare and save their future purchases.
Digital marketers and online entrepreneurs are leveraging on this powerful seach engine to boost their traffic and resultant sales.

You can as well join this trend since you have created your Etsy shop. Pinterest allows you to create pins and save to different boards all named relating to your niches.

To get started with Pinterest, you will need a Pinterest Business account which is quiet easy and free to set up.

Once you have set up your Pinterest accout, you can as well link your Etsy shop to your Pinterest Business account, doing this will tell the Pinterest algorithm that the pins from this account are verifiable and thus will give your pins priority exposure.

You are done, you are absolute ready to keep on generating consistent income online.

It is advisable to continue creating more products and uploading to Etsy. The more you create, the more your chances of making sales. For the fact that you are active on Etsy, the Etsy algorithm gives active shops more exposure.

For the Etsy algorithm to favour your shop, i will advice you spend atleast 2 hours in your shop on a daily basis, just keep on designing and keep on uploading.

What i have explained thus far is super easy for anyone with the drive to achieve and if you need extra help creating either your product, your Etsy shop or even your Pinterest account, kindly reach out to us via the chat button, we are ever ready to assist you right away.

If you don’t wish to make your own products due to time and schedule, you can as well buy products from us, buying from us makes us partners and gives you access to templates you can resell on Etsy or any platform you wish or even your own website.

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