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Dylan Jahraus argues you cannot grow by copying what top Etsy shops are doing now, because you are seeing them in their mature ‘marathon’ phase, not the ‘sprint’ phase that got them there. She says the strategy to maintain a shop is completely different from the strategy used to grow to that level, comparing it to studying an Olympic or NBA athlete’s current day instead of what they did in middle school and high school. Looking at top shops today you will only see common mature traits — strong branding, consistent color scheme, good listing photos, many listings, filled-out policies, about section and announcement, and 15 to 20% off sales — which are not the steps to study. Instead, find shops in search results with bestseller, top picks or popular now signals that are only one to three years old, have 1,000 or more sales, and have positive reviews in the past week, sorting their reviews by most recent. She illustrates with her own claimed results: $134,000 in year one, $143,000 in year two, $245,000 in year three, then $360,000, and $300,000 to $400,000 a year since, for what she claims is $1.25 million total on Etsy over six years. She says the tactics she used to sprint to the first $134,000 and from $143,000 to $245,000 are totally different from what she uses now to maintain, and those early scrappy tactics for listings, pricing, marketing, promotions, customer service and margins are what she teaches. She recommends the NPR podcast How I Built This for studying how businesses started from ground zero.

Key takeaways

• Do not copy top shops’ current ‘marathon’ tactics; they reflect a mature maintenance phase, not the growth phase that got them there
• Study shops that are 1-3 years old max, with 1,000+ sales and positive reviews in the past week, sorting reviews by most recent
• Mature-shop traits like branding, filled-out policies and 15-20% off sales are common threads, not the growth tactics to emulate
• Creator claims her sprint results were $134k year 1, $143k year 2 and $245k year 3, using different strategies than she uses to maintain $300-400k/year
• Focus on a growing shop’s early steps — listings, pricing, marketing, promotions, service and margins — exemplified by the podcast How I Built This

Episode details: published August 18, 2022 · 9:02 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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