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0:00 Intro (general tool: EverBee Product Analytics) 0:18 Product Idea 1 : product label templates (tools: Canva, Difficulty: 5 of 10) 2:13 Product Idea 2 : social media templates (tools: Canva) 5:12 Product Idea 3 : custom portraits (tools: midjourney, AI, Automated system like Zapier (google form + email), Difficulty: 7 of 10) 6:55 Product Idea 4 : spreadsheet templates (tools: excel or google sheet, Difficulty: 6 of 10) 8:57 Product Idea 5 : order and intake form templates (tools: Canva, Difficulty: 3 of 10) 11:23 Product Idea 6 : wedding templates (tools: Canva, Difficulty: 4 of 10) 13:14 Product Idea 7 : balloon templates (tools: Canva) 14:48 Conclusion

@carloscodling5084

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@justeatmyshit

5 ай бұрын

Good looking out bro

Beautifully executed video. Love how you sprinkled various tips within each idea that relates to any shop type. Wish I had the patience for your upcoming coaching program!

This was so engaging and informative. It instills the confidence for us to go out there and get things done. Please make a video for the AI and Zapier piece you mentioned in Idea 3.

Honest and quality video. Subscribed🎉

Lots of value love that he actually mentioned the details like what’s actually going to be the hard part for each idea💯

@brandontimothy

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the tips too! Thanks for watching :)

Your videos are very informative. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

while selling AI art myself in one of my stores (not custom product) i have a hugh negative point about your product 3 suggestion: do NOT upload images of your costumers on midjourney! by subscribing and using MJ you automatically give MJ the right to use any image you create or upload. I‘m pretty shure uploading images of costumers without their consent can get you in lots of legal trouble at some point. pls do not follow every suggestion from „yt ets gurus“ blindless and without researching and informing yourself in all business relevant aspects.

@AIPulseNow

Жыл бұрын

plus midjourney can't create images like this based on a portrait anyway. he's out of his league here.

@TranquilWanderer

Жыл бұрын

It’s okay you can create imaginary people

@Lilinhati5678

Жыл бұрын

That's what I'm thinking..

Love love loveeee this video So helpful thank you

Another beautiful work from you!

@brandontimothy

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙏

This video is so helpful and came at the right time. I just opened my 2nd shop and still undecided about my current niche. Thank you!

@B_Migs

Жыл бұрын

Haha, same. Keep pushing forward, I wish you good luck. 👍

The video is useful by the way. Thank you.

Why was that first shop open for 10 months but the products all seemed to be 1 or 2 months old? Thanks so much for all the knowledge you keep dropping on us. You are incredible, Homie! 👏 👏

@lewi2180

Жыл бұрын

Probably they just listed 2 months ago?

Your content is the best recourse to consider starting etsy shop. 💪🏻

@brandontimothy

6 ай бұрын

You got this!

incredible amount of timely, actionable info with zero fluff! new fav business channel (:

brandon, when you smile, your'e such a cutie! thanks for all your help with etsy

i always learn something from you. the personalization automation. wow. thank you.

@brandontimothy

Жыл бұрын

Hey, that's awesome to hear! I'm happy to help. ☺️

Hey Brandon. I love your videos and have been binging them! For my store I had 2 ideas. One is fantasy clipart and the other is (game) card templates. I already niched down from clipart to fantasy clipart but that section is also quite saturated. Do I have to go deeper down the rabbit hole? 😂

Thank for your videos I just start with one of these ideas

@brandontimothy

Жыл бұрын

Amazing! Best of luck on your Etsy seller journey

Hi Brandon! The examples that you are using in this video, do they have enough search volume that it’s worth it also to create and sell on Etsy?

Really enjoy your videos. I've watched about 3 of them back-to-back-to-back so far and I have to say, I'm pretty convinced I should at least give it an attempt! But I was wondering, how would offering multiple types of products (for example: selling digital planners and t-shirts) would affect profits? Would the increase in product variation negatively impact sales or would the product diversity increase profits enough to justify putting in the effort? I was thinking of starting two shops, one to sell a digital download of some kind and the other to sell t-shirts and other things of that nature, which lead me to the question "why not both in one shop?" You seem to be very knowledgeable and I'm still in the research phase (obviously), so I figured I'd ask. Thank you! :)

Cool. Nice video. Can you make a follow up video about using Zapier to automate those processes???

Great videos. You have been very inspiring in creating and pursuing plans to launch online stores. And the way you have explained your own processes has given me a great understanding of how online stores can function and so on. All the best to you 💯✌🏼❤️

@brandontimothy

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Glad you’re enjoying my videos and find it helpful :) all the best on your Etsy seller journey!

Also that Zapier tutorial would be nice

Hi Brandon, thanks for the great video. Just a question, I am a designer and I would like to start a Etsy store with Digital Products, should I have Product Label Templates, Logo Templates and Brand Strategy Templates all in one store?

Thanks for motivating me.

@brandontimothy

6 ай бұрын

you got this in 2024!

@amazingdany

3 ай бұрын

Taking action is EXCEEDINGLY hard, even more mentally torturous is... staying consistently proactive afterwards!

Your voice is so relaxing to listen to 🥰

@brandontimothy

Жыл бұрын

Oh, thank you! 😊🙏

❤....real talk 👄.

Watching your video from Switzerland 🇨🇭 What a very good idea . I will try this

@brandontimothy

Жыл бұрын

Wish you all the best on your Etsy seller journey!

@filipinabisdaknurseswissvlog39

Жыл бұрын

@@brandontimothy thanks for your best wishes

Hi Brandon, thank you so much for this video. I was wondering if it's possible to create these products in a program like illustrator or photoshop and make them editable in Canva? I do use Canva but it's not my favorite for graphic design program, I prefer using my go-to graphic design programs

@brandontimothy

2 ай бұрын

Yes you can!

Can u pls add what equipment and aoftware, techniques u use to make ur yt videos? They are very elegant and id like to be able to make videos that have the same quality and lighting 😁

Hi Brandon, can I make portraits but not AI rather more on manual drawing? Thank you so much.

@brandontimothy

2 ай бұрын

Yes, absolutely

Great video and content as always ! I just started with the spreadsheet templates, 5 listings until now, using keywords used by competitors, and with good search volume and competition as per Erank, with very small Etsy ad budget, and very few visits a day and favorites, got 2 sales so far since I opened my shop mid January this year with two 5 star views, I hear from many sellers that spreadsheets is a great niche, and see many competitors selling right now (a bit frustrating, knowing that my products are much more better designed with formulas to make it easier for the user to get the info he/she needs) Do you think Brandon that it might be because I have very few listings?

@B_Migs

Жыл бұрын

This is a great question! I wonder this often.

@tacklynator

Жыл бұрын

I'm a sucker for spreadsheets and love buying them.....can you DM your shop?

@malikastar9265

Жыл бұрын

@@tacklynator I'd love to, the templates I've listed untill now are for budgeting, savings and Debt trackers, does it match your needs?

@tacklynator

Жыл бұрын

@@malikastar9265 yes that does actually

@malikastar9265

Жыл бұрын

​@@tacklynator did you take a look? I don't know why I can't find my reply to your last message

At this point I feel like "unsaturated" digital products are simply a unicorn, but let's see!

Do you have any recommendations on how to learn to do the personalized art? I’ve been playing with Midjourney and would be very interested in this type of product but wouldn’t know where to start.

@AIPulseNow

Жыл бұрын

he has no idea what he's talking about. Midjourney can't create this type of thing.

Start a Etsy challenge video series where you will show us niche selection to build a successful 4-5 figure per month Digital Empire LIVE......❤❤❤❤❤❤ I hope you will reply the message....

Hi, can you look into if it's possible to create these templates without a Canva Pro account? I came across a KZread channel that said it is possible but you have to work around some stuff but they never explain how. If someone is just getting started having a pro account with no sales would not be beneficial starting off. Maybe later once salses are generated but not starting off. With Etsy .20 a post is not bad but I don't want to pay for a Canva Pro account starting off. There has to be another way. Can a template be designed in Photoshop and then uploaded to Canva using the free version and it still be editable?

@_thinkwealth

9 ай бұрын

Hi. You can totally create a template without Canva pro. You're bringing your creativity into this. You don't have to use the paid background or photos, you can upload yours and work your way through it.

Thanks Brandon! How do you find these unsaturated products on everbee? like what do you search for to get these ideas

@brandontimothy

Жыл бұрын

I start with general broad niche keywords, then refine afterwards

Hello. Any chance you can explain the use of Canva Pro for selling digital products to someone who does not understand tech? Lol. ✌️

Can you do a detailed separate video of automating the inputs into mid journey through zapior like you mentioned in the video?

@B_Migs

Жыл бұрын

YES! PLEASE, this would be amazing.

@AIPulseNow

Жыл бұрын

midjourney will not produce images like this. he has no idea what he's talking about.

@bitcloutrhynelf2297

Жыл бұрын

@@AIPulseNow if you start with an example image. Definitely possible.

@AIPulseNow

Жыл бұрын

@@bitcloutrhynelf2297 No it isn't. Try. I'll give you 1000 tries. I'll wait.

I can’t have an Etsy seller account from my country, are there any alternatives I can use?

hey Brandon, i love your content and your vibe. do you think digital art prints are over-saturated these days? i am pretty passionate of art and art painting styles. i really like how it can change home interiors. even if it's saturated, i think i'll do it because i like it, I was just curious what do you think.

@B_Migs

Жыл бұрын

I know I’m not the same Brandon you were asking but I run a few businesses outside of Etsy and can tell you that even if a market is saturated you can break into that market with great success if you follow what the other successful shops in that market are doing. They are all there for a reason, must be money there. 😎👍 Just do great work, and you’ll do great. That’s my take on it.

@zedzara4122

Жыл бұрын

@@B_Migs hey Brandon, good and wise advice is always welcome from anyone! thanks for taking the time to reply! i'll keep on going!

@EnlightenedHustlers

Жыл бұрын

@@B_Migs Facts

I’m going to put my tin foil hat on for a conspiratorial rant here: I believe there are sellers who “know people” within Etsy and get their help to build their store. There is NO freaking way that a brand new store with FOUR LISTINGS gets that amount of business so quickly when there are literally THOUSANDS of people (myself included) who spend months or years listing HUNDREDS of items and are lucky to even get ONE SALE within the first few months. There, I said it. Rant over.

@MrReubenTishkoff

Жыл бұрын

Maybe. Either that or they already had a pre existing audience (youtube channel, Instagram, etc) they could direct to the shop to increase traffic.

@goilo888

Жыл бұрын

@@MrReubenTishkoff I suppose that is a possibility, yes. But that traffic certainly did not come from legitimate Etsy searches.

@oreofatcat

Жыл бұрын

I'm just as skeptical but if you can use that logic for other things, then it doesn't hold up. Such as mobile apps, restaurants, clothing brands, even KZread channels. There were hundreds that came before it yet, the new ones may gain popularity. I think it's luck and persistence.

@barbarascott1233

Жыл бұрын

Etsy has millions of sellers so it seems marketing is the real key to selling. Virtually ALL listings are very competitive. So, being at the top of search results is critical. I had great listings, 400+ but paid no attention to keywords or any other marketing strategies and, predictably, got just two sales.

@barbarascott1233

Жыл бұрын

Spent virtually all my Etsy energy on the listings themselves to essentially no avail. After a while I didn't even check my email for possible sales and of course ended up with a couple bad reviews AND the listings themselves disappeared.. Etsy is a real business. "Passive income" is a misnomer. It actually requires close attention. Tech skills can be enormously helpful.

Forgive me, I’m new to Etsy. Would you set up a different shop for each type of digital product or are all of your different digital products in one shop? If setting up multiple shops, do you name them similarly so that others know which shops are yours? Do you link multiple shops together? Thank you so much for your time!

@brandontimothy

Жыл бұрын

For me, It's better to focus on one niche per Etsy shop. When you create separate shops for different types of products, you can build a strong brand identity, target specific customers, manage your shops efficiently, and increase visibility in your chosen niches. 😊

I need a course to understand this .

which website is he using for looking at these

So the customer does not need the Canva pro account, even if I insert some elements that are in the pro version? Sorry, bit out of topic but it's been on my mind for a while...Thank you🙂!!

@rimpybhatia1395

Жыл бұрын

@Ursulacatify Hi.A customer needs to create a free canva account & use template but if you insert pro elements, customer will get them as watermarked. So another way is to upload elements from other resources which have commercial licence or use canva free elements.

@Nia_Dannai

Жыл бұрын

@@rimpybhatia1395 thank you for your reply🙏

Would you do a video of that streamlining automation process with Midjourney, Google forms and Zapier, also Etsy listing of Ai portrait customizations?

@goilo888

Жыл бұрын

Those custom portraits he showed are DEFINITELY not done using MidJourney. Not even close. They are all hand drawn in apps like Procreate, Photoshop, etc. And I have NO doubt that the shop owner is outsourcing a lot of this work. $6 for one custom drawn portrait is insanely cheap. So, either outsourced or this person has no job and basically sits at home all day and night drawing these portraits.

@AIPulseNow

Жыл бұрын

He doesn't know what he's talking about. You can't make images like that with Midjourney. I'll bet him all of his "stores" he can't do it.

@YogaBlissDance

Жыл бұрын

@@goilo888 I use MJ and that one went by fast, and I did question really...in Midjourney? So good to hear that at this point not likely....

Tutorials Please!!!!

Does anyone know how to make the first 50 sales? Because even with a good, unique product, people will be more reluctant to buy from you if you have only 10 sales and a few reviews (even if 5 stars) I must admit as an Etsy buyer, for some reason I also put a lot of worth in the number of sales and would rather pick an established shop over a small, new shop with only a few sales :/

is this can at phillippines

❤

I am just not sure how to validate a digital product. Like I get ideas of what I want to do but am not sure if they are good enough that people would want to pay for them. Any tips on how someone could validate a product before listing them?

@B_Migs

Жыл бұрын

Search for that product. See if anyone else is having success with it. If no one else is selling it, find out why. Even in an unsaturated market there is a market. So why wouldn’t someone else already be selling this product? Are you the first? If so, don’t waste anytime. GOOD LUCK 👍

take a shot every time he says tap in

@brandontimothy

Жыл бұрын

😂😂

As always, great video. I wonder if these sellers have multiple shops. I'm getting into digital products recently from traditional t-shirts pod. And my store is getting messy 😱 Should i create a separe store ? I've heard some horror stories about getting suspended due to multiple accounts. What do you guys think?

@moonlightxyz8728

Жыл бұрын

I opened my 2nd shop end of March and it was suspended on Day 1 (as expected). I emailed Etsy and got the new shop reinstated after 13 days. Just make sure your 1st shop follows all their rules and terms in case Etsy do the cross-check, make sure all your personal and payment details in 1st & 2nd shops are consistent and don't contain misinformation. These are what I've heard and from my own experience.

@qwestpond1687

Жыл бұрын

@@moonlightxyz8728 thanks for sharing your experience. I don't mind if they suspend my 2nd shop on day 1. But if they suspend it when the listing is like 30, it's super annoying. If they suspend my 1st shop, I'll be dead ! My shop was suspended when I opened for no reason (and unsuspended without any communication), so I'm so afraid to risk it now.

@shannonpalmer

Жыл бұрын

You’re allowed to have more than one store. I have three so far. If you have more shops, and make more money, then Etsy makes more money. They don’t have any rules against that.

@qwestpond1687

Жыл бұрын

@@shannonpalmer thank. i know officially more than one shop is allowed, but unofficially they keep suspending them randomly.

custom portraits are one of THE most saturated etsy markets - why would you promote that?

What does conversion rate mean in Etsy?

@brandontimothy

6 ай бұрын

Hi! The conversion rate on Etsy is the percentage of people who visit your shop and end up making a purchase. It shows how well your shop can turn visitors into customers.

I want to double check! I don't have a Pro Canva account yet still have access to the "template link" button and it seems to work! I'm just wondering if this is true for anyone else or if I'm looking at the wrong button? I gave an etsy shop a try once and it didnt quite go as planned but I want to take another try at it! :) Good luck everyone! We got this.

@ohreally404

Жыл бұрын

That is inaccurate, you don't need Pro account to share the template. I use it all the time and I don't have Pro version

A shared Canva template via a template link opens a copy and does not change the master even if you’re using Canva free…

hello, im from Brazil, my english is good but i cant hear very well yet, could you start subtitling your videos in english to make it easier to understand? ty btw

@brandontimothy

6 ай бұрын

Hi there, we will look into this. Thank you for your feedback!

great ideas but to get mid journey to make that perfect prompt for you is the challenge! I don't know where these people get the prompts for the art. I went to "explore" section where different people show their art on mid journey. I came across what I was looking for! Guess what? The creator DELETED all prompts and those images had no prompts. Basic Mid Journey will give you crappy prompts and to get a prompt for someone else, you'll be extremely lucky if you'll even get something similar. Also Mid Journey put a limit on number of art you can make for $30 a month its now 250 or 500. I ran out of basic subscription even though it tells you "unlimited" it's not true. The work requires a lot of time to invest, make your products and shop look professional etc. Sure it's great to count someone else's income, but the amount of skill/time and money goes into this is something to be said!

I created a shop on Etsy in 2021, but never listed anything, so there's no reviews or anythng. Now I wanted to start taking selling on Etsy more seriously, but I am questioning if it's okay to use the old unused shop (that's created 2 years ago) or should I create a new one? You and some other people keep mentioning and checking the shop's age a lot so listing the first product in a shop that's created 2 years ago, seems like a situation a lot of people get confused in.

hey brandon i just recently opened my shop and it got suspended immediately, i didn’t violate any etsy policies

@suziesparkle2260

Жыл бұрын

Apparently, that happens often to new shops. Appeal it and it should be fine as long as you are sticking to the Etsy rules :)

Hello, Brandon! Can you help me to reinstate my shop. My shop blocked for intellectual infrigement. But who wrote to my shop that i use his item do not answer to my messages.

@loveyhernandez5203

Жыл бұрын

@@obyybo wym?

@brandontimothy

5 ай бұрын

Try requesting a call from Etsy Support so you can speak directly to a representative who can address your concerns. Here's the link: help.etsy.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?segment=selling#issue_sell_manage_listings-callback

The customized AI art- PLEASE A WHOLE VIDEO ON THAT! As I would think I'd have to manually do it then yeah it' would have to be like 20 bucks minimum???

@AIPulseNow

Жыл бұрын

he has no idea what he's talking about. you can't do this with midjourney.

Which part of the video specifically explains the $14,828 from the video thumbnail? A timestamp will suffice.

@brandontimothy

Жыл бұрын

It was from one of the estimated revenue count from EverBee

I swear to gaaawd, either I listen to videos too fast or ppl totally skip or graze over alot of the prerequisite steps and skills needed to start selling a type of digital product in these *insert # here* digital products that you can make bank off of.. take my course.

Template the KZread how to vid

Does anyone know what the buyer actually receives? The actual downloaded deliverable. eg: Product labels. Do they get a collection of PNGs, a PSD, JPEG files? Thank You.

@_thinkwealth

9 ай бұрын

Hi. What happens is you create your downloadables in different formats, that is in png, jpeg, etc. Then when someone downloads, they are able to select which format the want to download in.

Cringed at the custom art section, extremely over saturated and unethical ai usage

I got an email from you supposedly launching a training program. Let me know as I've been approached by your scammers. If this is to be true please make a video about it if not let me know

@brandontimothy

Жыл бұрын

It’s good to be cautious, but yes that was from me haha 🙌

Pretty basic stuff, some details not really workable. All the zoom-in-zoom-out tbh is very annoying. Fine as long as it's not every 2 seconds. Overall, some interesting tidbits here though.

8 months old so i guess all these products are totally oversaturated by now?

@brandontimothy

6 ай бұрын

It still depends, I would still always recommend doing product research first before jumping into a specific niche.

Really? Social Media Templates have around 150.000 competetors. Wedding Template around 600.000. Isnt that really saturated?

@brandontimothy

10 ай бұрын

Those are really general keywords, if you dig deeper and research more niche keywords, you’ll find that there are so many other sub niche keywords with way less competition. (Under SM templates and wedding templates)

@curly_curvy_caroline1821

10 ай бұрын

Thanks!@@brandontimothy

I don’t understand how your shop jumped from 300 to 7k in the second month , you leave out a lot of information, like ads spend , number of listed products, granted I understand you don’t want to tell us the exact product but give more decent information please

Great video but, dude, stop publishing the stores' names!!! You drive traffic to them which significantly decreases their conversion rate, which in turn, affects how the algorithm ranks them. Why don't you share your stores' names instead?

@brandontimothy

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for your feedback! I appreciate your concern. I'll keep that in mind.

genuine question, who wants to buy AI generated art when they can do it themselves for free?

You talk too many words per second. It makes me dizzy. Why dont you take the time to articulate? Is this cool? It is really uncomfortable.

@brandontimothy

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, I appreciate the feedback

Great video just a question to ask - is printable art business is saturated?

I'm an actual artist...do you have, or can you make a video that explains the process of creating a POD with my original art...for both a digital download and to print on canvas or poster paper? My work is already on digital files but not certain what the process is to turn it into a download or to transfer to a printable canvas. Thx.

@geekalicious8725

Жыл бұрын

Please check out some of Brandon's other videos. He has made a few where he talks about dimensions for printable files. Wish you all the best.

Followed on ig!

@brandontimothy

Жыл бұрын

🙌🙌

I designed wedding template, it didn’t do that well 🫣

@michellemuller8358

Жыл бұрын

Super competitive