How to Start Selling On Etsy WITHOUT a Product Idea | What To Sell On Etsy

About this video

Dylan Jahraus introduces her channel by recounting her background in corporate buying (Zappos, Zulily) and how she started on Etsy after moving to San Diego and struggling to find e-commerce work. She says she turned down a $110,000 Petco offer after her shop was already making a couple thousand a month, went all in, and claims $136,000 in her first year, a first million in five years, and $300,000-$400,000 a year for the last three years. Her core tip for starting with no product idea, no money, and no leaving the house: walk around your home with a laundry basket and collect everything you have ever made or altered — jewelry, wall decor, clothing, knickknacks, even a bought backpack you added a bow or patch to — plus all craft supplies, however small (a metal ring, fake flower, felt, beads). Photograph each item, using portrait mode, taking about 10 pictures and a video of each, and list them. She stresses this is not what will make hundreds of thousands, but it creates momentum and teaches listing. Her own first product was a large floral letter from her wedding, held together with foam and toothpicks; after a sale two months later she had to engineer a shippable version, and she claims that item has sold $700,000-$800,000 across Etsy and Shopify over six years. The message is to start with anything rather than stay stuck for months.

Key takeaways

• Collect everything you have made or altered around the house into a basket and list it, instead of waiting for a new product idea
• Also gather all existing craft supplies — rings, fake flowers, felt, beads — as potential listings
• Take about 10 photos plus a video of each item, using portrait mode and good angles
• Treat these first listings as momentum and a way to learn listing, not as the eventual big sellers
• Her first product, a wedding floral letter, only became viable after a sale forced her to engineer a shippable version

Episode details: published July 22, 2022 · 8:21 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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