10 Ways to Grow FAST On Etsy as a Beginner ($0 to $1.3 M) What I Would Do If I Was Starting Over

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Dylan Jahraus shares 10 steps she would take if starting over on Etsy. She says she would start a supply business serving a growing handmade category such as embroidery, laser engraving, jewellery making, plant propagation, or wedding/party decor, becoming a focused authority rather than a general store, because B2B products that help customers make money are easier to outsource and scale. She would target non-price-sensitive customers, use about 30% of launch listings as loss leaders, and accept low or break-even margins through a ‘sprinting phase’ of roughly 500-1,000 sales to build momentum. Tactically she would turn 100 items into about 200 listings, publish 15-20 per day without waiting for perfection, grow to 500 listings by month three, return what does not sell within 30 days and repeat, and create five variations whenever something sells. She would say yes to every customer request and turn it into a listing, source locally first for unique supply and pricing, and drive first sales through Facebook groups. She attributes her own trajectory - by her account $134,000 in year one rising to $300,000-$400,000 per year - to this approach.

Key takeaways

• Starting over, she would choose a focused supply shop for one or two growing handmade categories and sell B2B to non-price-sensitive customers
• Use roughly 30% loss-leader listings and low margins through the sprint phase to buy order volume and momentum quickly
• Scale listings fast and imperfectly: 100 items into ~200 listings, then toward 500 listings by month three; return non-sellers after 30 days and iterate
• Treat every sale and customer request as data: add five variations of winners and create new listings from custom requests
• Source locally before AliExpress/Amazon for differentiation and pricing, and use Facebook groups to reach warm, problem-aware buyers

Episode details: published October 3, 2022 · 13:37 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Dylan Jahraus’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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