Why do Etsy Sellers Ignore THIS Product? ($16,143/month)

About this video

The creator argues the most profitable, ignored Etsy category is altered products — buying existing products and altering them — and says she made over $400,000 in one year selling in this category herself, with orders taking as little as 10 minutes to fulfill. She walks through a garland example: a shop started in 2020 that she says has done $537,000, and a listing sold 675 times. Using Hobby Lobby garlands — a lamb’s ear garland at $10.79 on sale for 6 ft, combined materials totaling $19.18 — zip-tied together and sold at $74.99, she calculates $48.24 profit after Etsy fees (with $10 shipping paid by the customer) and $289 per hour at 10 minutes per order. She also cites engraved Stanleys, with one shop Alura estimates at 377,000 in the last 2 years, and jewelry, with a listing estimated at $9,000 a month and a shop estimated at $1.79 million in the last 3 years. Her personal favorite is altered apparel, brought into her shop around 2021-2022 among 131 listings in the category, which she says made her over $50,000 in certain months. Her profitability matrix shows sweatshirts at $55 with $15 cost of goods, a 62% margin or $34 per transaction, and over $200 an hour ($206), allowing hiring at $18 an hour. The $16,143/month figure appears only in the video title, not as a spoken transcript figure.

Key takeaways

• Sell altered products: buy existing items, alter them, and resell at a premium; she claims over $400,000 in one year in this category
• Garland example: $19.18 in materials, sold at $74.99, gives $48.24 profit after fees and $289/hour at 10 minutes per order, she calculates
• Altered apparel is her favorite subcategory; she says her 131 listings in it made over $50,000 in certain months
• Her sweatshirt matrix: $55 price, $15 cost of goods, 62% margin ($34 per transaction), $206/hour, enabling hiring at $18/hour
• If you cannot do a skill like embroidery yourself, she suggests buying the machinery and hiring an experienced employee to run it

Episode details: published March 13, 2025 · 7:30 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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