How I Made Over $10,000 Selling Printables on Etsy
Today I wanted to share about how I made over $10,000 selling printables on Etsy my first year.
I seriously never thought this would be possible for me.
I’m not a techy person, nor did I have any background skills in graphic design before I started.
I would always read about people starting successful side hustles and small businesses.
But I never thought in my lifetime (maybe I should have bit more faith in myself lol) that I would be sharing my success story on Etsy.
So if you’re wondering if this can be you, too – YES, it is SO possible to make income selling printables on Etsy!
As someone who now has 3 Etsy stores, I generate passive income on Etsy every single day.
I’m not spending hours and hours creating products anymore.
I’ve gotten to a place where the sales just come daily!
I have written quite a few blog posts about how to get started with your Etsy shop and sell printables.
If you are not familiar with it and want to learn more about what it is first:
- How to Start an Etsy Shop With No Money (100% Free Tools and Tips)
- How To Make Passive Income on Etsy Selling Digital Products
- How To Sell Printables on Etsy with No Tech Skills Required
Basically, the process of selling printables on Etsy is pretty straightforward. You create printable product and publish it on Etsy. Once a customer buys it, you get profit! YAY. The best thing about printables is that it can be passive income.
What is passive income? You just have to post a printable on Etsy once, and you can earn from it for months or years into the future. Some of my products from when I first started my Etsy shop are still selling today!
Now let’s get into how I actually make money from selling printables on Etsy!
What are printables?
Printables are designs that customers can download and printed without receiving a physical item.
Printables offer a huge advantage: once you create it, you can sell it an unlimited amount of times. Once your product is out there, you don’t have to do anything else.
How much can you make selling printables?
This is the golden question that you’re probably wondering about!
Many beginner Etsy sellers can make around $5-200 a week. How much you make will vary according to the products you create and the niche you’re in.I made over $10,000 from printables in under a year after taking this Etsy printables course. This course changed how I viewed passive income and realized it could become MY reality.
In this course, 6-figure coaches, Jules and Cody teaches new and seasoned sellers how to create and sell profitable printables on Etsy!
The e-course includes many modules that teaches you how to create listings that sell and a list of best-selling products that will skyrocket your sales.
If I can make over $10,000 from printables, you can do it, too!
Check out the Etsy printables course here!
But if you cannot afford the full online course right now, they also created a great FREE ebook about the best seasonal products to sell on Etsy which you can get here!
3 tips that made me $10K selling printables on Etsy
#1: I chose a low competition and high demand niche
You won’t believe the struggle I was in before I launched my Etsy shop!
I was totally stuck trying to figure out the perfect niche.
My inner perfectionist was going nuts trying to decide what and what not to create.
Let me tell you, spending hours and hours doing research was making my head hurt.
I realized then that this confusion is probably why so many newbies struggle to get their Etsy game on.
And that’s when the lightbulb went off: I came up with the Etsy Success Blueprint.
This little eBook was specifically created for those just starting out on Etsy and feeling a bit lost choosing their niche.
Why waste time figuring things out when you can fast-track your success, right?
It’s basically your cheat code to turning your Etsy store into a money-making machine—the guide I wish I had when I was starting my journey.
I put this eBook together to help out fellow Etsy sellers, sharing the secrets that turned my side hustle into three thriving Etsy shops!
Get the Etsy Success Blueprint for only $7!
#2: I focused on etsy seo
From the get-go, I made a conscious decision to dive deep into understanding Etsy’s SEO and market trends.
SEO, which stands for search engine optimization, is key to getting noticed online.
If you’re curious about boosting your Etsy SEO game, there’s plenty to explore on that front.
Especially for Etsy, it’s crucial to tap into what people are searching for.
Before kicking off my shop, I brainstormed a bunch of digital product ideas within my chosen niche.
It’s CRUCIAL to know what your potential customers are searching for.
#3: I stayed consistent
I spent 6 months creating a digital product every single day. I kid you not!
I would create on the weekends, even if I was super tired, lazy, or reluctant.
Starting off strong really helped me to build a solid foundation with my Etsy shop.
I established myself as an authority in my niche because I was constantly using SEO keywords to rank.
Maybe 6 months seems a bit extensive, which honestly, I thought it was, too when I first started.
Originally, I just wanted to be consistent for 2 weeks and then, 2 weeks turned into 1 month, which turned into 3 months.
The momentum just kept building, and I was able to keep up this habit.
I encourage you to start off with 1 week and challenge yourself to be consistent.
So I hope this encourages to not give up when you FEEL like it. You never know when you’ll hit that first $1k, then that $2k, $5k, and $10k!
It’s a crazy feeling, for sure. But I wouldn’t have hit that milestone if I didn’t keep going.
Let me know if you have any questions, I’d be happy to answer and help.
This blog post was all about selling printables on Etsy.