How to Make Money and Be Successful Selling on Etsy

Would you like to make money every month doing what you love (crafting, designing, thrifting, taking photos, etc.)?

 On your schedule?   Without spending loads of cash?

I know I do, or should say I did before I found this wonderful place called Etsy.  

Etsy has fulfilled my dream of working on my schedule and doing what I love while providing a good income.  I will tell you all about selling on Etsy and how I make $3,000 to $7,000 a month on Etsy.  Keep in mind, that I work part time and still make this income.  

If you want to make more, it is entirely possible.

I will walk you through

• What is Etsy
• What you can sell on Etsy
• My 5 best tips to be successful on Etsy

What is Etsy?  

Etsy is a website of sellers who offer items or services for sale.  

What can you sell on Etsy?

 You can sell

• handmade items,
• crafts and supplies,
• vintage items (items made before 1990),
• and/or services.

 If you knit baby booties, make jewelry, take photographs, design greeting cards or websites, or just have Auntie Em’s old dishes to sell, you can make money by offering it for sale on Etsy.

 The only thing you can’t sell on Etsy are items made from 1991 – today, unless you made them or they are a craft or supply.  For example, you can’t sell a lamp you bought last year, but you can sell a pattern you bought at a craft store last week.

How does Etsy work?

 Each seller sets up their own shop. I know that sounds intimidating, but if I can do it, you can too.  I am known as “technology-challenged” so when I say it’s not hard, I mean it.

I even wrote  step by step directions on how to do it in my post Opening an Etsy Shop – A Step by Step Guide.  

Okay, now for the big question – What does it cost to sell on Etsy?

Setting up your shop is FREE (yes, I said free).

There is a fee for every item you list – a whopping $0.20.  Yes, I said 20 CENTS.  

You list an item for $0.20, which will keep it in your shop for 4 months.  If it doesn’t sell in 4 months, you will renew it for another $0.20.

 Of course, there are fees when you sell your item, which equate to about 9 %-12% of the total. Your buyers even pay the shipping so you don’t have to.