Can You STILL Make Money on Etsy in 2025? 💸 Tips for BEGINNERS Etsy Shops

About this video

The creator, who claims she built two seven-figure businesses and did $1.6 to $1.7 million on Etsy, lays out what she says a $30,000-a-month Etsy life actually requires. First, abandon balance in the starting season and prioritize the shop. Second, ’eat the biggest frog first’ — do revenue-generating activities before busywork or fun creative work. She describes a 5 a.m. routine: answering messages fast (buyers message 3-4 shops), printing labels, outsourcing low dollar-per-hour tasks, batching orders by product/ship date, working while consuming business content, and doing production, packaging, social media and prep into the night, five days a week plus weekends. Third, go opposite the crowd: copying EverBee bestsellers or YouTube trend lists leaves you 6-8 months late; be a market leader instead. Fourth, shape trips, media and shopping around business goals and hire out non-essentials. Fifth, say yes to customer requests and figure it out later — she claims this grew her from 2 to 800+ listings and that only about $600,000 of her claimed revenue came from her own ideas. Finally, apply 80/20 by doubling down on top listings, move fast without overthinking, and expect bigger problems at bigger levels.

Key takeaways

• Prioritize revenue-generating activities first each day and cut brainstorming, busywork and non-selling creative work.
• Do not copy trending bestsellers or YouTube trend lists — the creator says Etsy trends are reported 6-8 months late.
• Say yes to customer requests and figure out how to make them; the creator claims this expanded her shop from 2 to 800+ listings.
• Spend most time on the roughly 20% of listings driving most revenue instead of trying to fix the underperformers.
• Move quickly and decisively, outsource low-value tasks, and expect harder customer and order-volume problems as you scale.

Episode details: published February 15, 2024 · 13:12 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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