9 Etsy Shop Ideas That Can Make More Than Your Job

In this video, I go through 9 highly lucrative Etsy shop ideas/niches that have the potential to make more than your job.

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[The_Real_Les]

The 9 Etsy Shop Ideas:

1. 3D Printed Cookie Cutters
2. Resume Templates
3. Bridesmaid & Groomsmen Boxes
4. Pet Portrait Prints
5. Gender Reveal Decorations
6. Instagram Highlight Covers
7. Map Prints
8. Nursery Decor

[beagrateful]

You’re the first Etsy YouTuber I’ve found that talks about barrier to entry. My son is an economist and he says if the barrier to entry to too low the business is on a trajectory to fail, the lower the barrier, the sooner it will fail. This is so important to understand at the beginning before an entrepreneur makes their first move

[edkayan]

Just a small technicality: if startup cost is low, it should get a *higher* star rating 😅 Same with skills required: low skill required = higher star rating

[thedoubleboiler]

Hey just wanted to fill in here. I make candles and will soon move on to soap among other things.
To fill in costs to get started, there's testing involved, which can take some time to get the hang of. Between filing for my LLC and Trademark, that was a cost of $500 combined, plus another $500-$1000 for materials to make the products. Not to deter anyone, but it definitely costs way more than people let on.
By far, not passive, I make all of the design work on Photoshop. I use Avery label to make the tampletes for printing labels and can either print them on sticker paper at home or have the company print and mail.

[bricerising]

very cool vid! One minor suggestion is that you might want to reverse how you did the stars. That would be more intuitive to me at least (i.e. 5 stars means it's easy and everyone can try, 1 star means big barrier to entry)

[dianaearich]

I have a soap and candle company.I learned both crafts by my mother who made soaps and candles my entire life! I used to spend my summers helping her. I established my company back in 2001 when my mother handed me her recipe books. I feel so blessed. I have an Etsy, a Shopify and an Amazon hand crafted account. I do A LOT of events and marketplaces to get my name out there, & that does help to drive traffic to each site. 👍😁 publicly

[terrimiller]

I do handmade soaps and candles and it's really not that expensive. Moral to the story is you want your candles to smell extremely well you may have to put a dab more of scent into it. As for the soap you want to make sure that it's good quality soap. It's always nice to throw in something that is a form of an exfoliator and one or more that is something that will moisturize your skin as well. It really doesn't cost that much and all it takes is about 4 months to become somewhat of an expert. It takes time and patience and if you take your time and pay attention to all that you're doing I can promise you you will prevail and your money will be coming in. Beware there is a lot of competition out there so don't be stingy when it comes to doing the very best you can because after all you want to be the best out there don't you?

[jordanshaffer]

There is no way anyone is making genuine custom pet art with that many sales unless they have a massive team of artists. It's most likely some automatic conversion process that takes the photograph to make the art.

[hindwo]

You have to think about being business consultant, you have a pretty way of convincing people, and you attract their attention to hear you... 👏

[yasinnabi]

“The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty." — Winston Churchill $$

[YvonneDiva]

Can you talk about advertising costs? Because I'm pretty sure these shops don't become visible and popular just by creating them and putting them out there, that's generally not how online commerce works! The market, no matter which one you enter, is saturated and finding a way to stand out and/or tweak the algorithm is a MUST. What did you do to get seen and how much did you spend?.

[kelllefae]

Most of the nursery stuff can be made on a cricut machine.... i paid 150 quid for my machine from local ad, to see if i could master it before buying brand new... it can be used to cut things out, write in caligraphy ... add ons include mug press and t shirt press.... cricut fab for starter hustles

[lilak]

This is a good informative video. As someone else says further down on the comments, Part 2 needs to be how to promote and advertise these shops effectively

[amandastrickland]

I'm curious if you use other social media to drive your sales to your etsy shop. I've seen small etsy businesses blow up overnight on TikTok. Even just doing order packing videos might gain additional traffic. Just a thought.

But thank you for this video; I stalk youtube waiting for your content because I find it so valuable and inspiring. Thank you!

[printshoptalk]

Like your videos especially the one on Etsy shops vs expectations. Although our shop has cut back about 25% from last year we still are fans of selling on Etsy yet we do realize that fees start to add up. As one of the original shops that sold Stickers before the big explosion clearing 3 to 400, 000 a year we replicated a brand new shop not having any entry on the Etsy market about six months ago and was able to bring the sales to about 20% of where we are now within six months. It takes a lot of patience but I think your videos are extremely well done and directly to the point

[user]

something i think to keep in mind with 3d printing i think is also just the amount of time it takes to print something, it can take several hours to print something small which isnt as big a deal given you dont have to do much while its printing but its not as easily scalable as other businesses, like you'd have to get a whole extra printer just to make 1 extra unit at a time

[Hopeinformer]

3D printing food safe products require more work than just printing them. Regardless of the plastic 3D printing leaves a lot of tiny layers sand voids for bacteria to grow so you'll have to coat the print with something like polyurethane or shellac. Shellac needs to be reapplied later on since it'll wear off. Polyurethane, once fully cured, is food safe and will last a very long time.

[ValerieBoyco]

You fail to recognize just how SLOW 3D printers are. A shop making anything in any numbers requires a printer farm.

[stephyg]

You have inspired me so much! Thank you for blowing the cap off of my limited way of thinking of going about business, money and possibility! Thank you!

[Beccaespinoza]

I had no idea embroidery kits were that popular! I started an embroidery shop on Etsy but the turn around time took me too long. I wonder if I should start selling kits 🤔 thanks for the video!