How did you become world's #1 Etsy consultant? What can you offer to back that up?
I keep getting my answers taken down, if I answer this I am promoting myself, so I cannot post any links to anything that has this information. Stick with me, you will see.
Any legit shops for gold ring that you reckon?
No idea what this means, sorry.
I kinda just realized your pfp. Do you work for Etsy?
Hi, no I don't work for Etsy.
easiest way to make money?
how to rank? what to sell?
Hi, here are some examples that will work:
$20 -$40 personalized niche jewelry (EG vegan, alchemy/witchfraft/parenting/trauma based eg inner child)
Conscious parenting products (EG sensory toys)
Funny rude giftable mini metal wall signs (Q4 setup)
$3-$15 digital downloads in niches like the following: vegan influencer/travel + IG + youtube covers + stories
$69-$99 digital shopify niche themes (witchy/food/spiritual)
Ranking is done through quality score, so you need to have a plan to get to 100 items, do it slowly and steadily and cover the $20 - $40 price points
I don't have one.
See my post to bel 1616, plenty to think about there.
Let me know about Keyword/Topic/Niche research process, choosing designs and how many to upload to reach $10/$50/$100 per day?
You don't do it like this. Keywords are the last thing you should be thinking about.
Etsy has all the information you need to identify stuff that sells, but you have to twist your product ideas to add value to them to get you a foothold.
I deal with countless clients coming in to me, who have dont crappy POD courses that seriously tell them to open a POD mug store and slap some prefab designs on them.
That would have struggled to work in 2018 and won't work now.
Please see my advice on niches/products in my other answers.
Do you have skype or discord so can have chat with you ?
Hi, no I dont and I am not allowed to send you anywhere to talk as that is self promoting, I am having a hard job just getting my replies on to this AMA without breaking rules.
What are the most prominent Etsy listing ranking factors from top down?
1 Quality score.
There isn't anything else. Everything comes from quality score.
SEO does not rank anything.
Whats your advice on listing renewals? I see my top competitors renewing their top listings multiple times per day. Im currently doing it twice a day. Am I wasting my money?
You are wasting your money.
Hey Nik, Lol worlds number 1 Etsy consultant! That's a bold claim that even I would not make, and I have had a top 10 selling shop out of the whole world for a few years running. I assume you have searched Etsy on the forum during your short time with us?
As you have come in that strong and with your last thread stating the worlds number one is now on BHW I assume you have the knowledge to back it up. But with titles like that I can see why BHW was probably having none of it as you put it. So lets have it then. What are the keys to selling on Etsy? Based on your last post it seems like you just sell Etsy info? I did not see any mention of a shop selling goods like most people, just claims of being a consultant for a few years and helping other shops with selling. how many 100k sales shops have you got personally and I don't mean 100k$ I mean 100,000 sales shops?
I'm all for people sharing knowledge though so please don't feel like I'm calling you out. I would love to see more Etsy people on the site sharing valuable info. As long as you're not here to try and make a quick buck off unsuspecting people selling generic info and promises I'm sure we will all get along fine
but you know what they say, those who can do and those who cant teach full time, when consulting is all one does its hard to see past that. If you are able to create so many wonderful shops I'm sure you make vastly more doing that over selling a few consultations, if you're just here to share your knowledge then great. Since the day I have been here I have never sold a consultation to anyone, just shared info.
As some pointed out in the other thread you started with a similar title coming off this strong is generally not welcomed here. it's a bit cringe but i'm sure we are all guilty of it at some point and like I say if you can back it up then I'm sure the forum will benefit.
May I ask what you sell other than being an Etsy consultant?
Do you sell physical items yourself?
or do you sell digital items?
How many sales have you managed to get overall?
What credentials/achievements do you have other than giving hard working business who are building their shops info
What services do you offer as a consultant. is it just info or do you actually sell services too, can we expect a sales thread from you?
You were asked a question in your other "What are the top tips for ranking a store?" you answered with the following which based on the fact you are saying you are the worlds number one consultant I would have expected actual info that was not so generic. You did not ask the person any questions to get more info, you just replied with the following:
"1 Stock depth
2 List 100 items at 1 per day
3 Never use social media pointed at your Etsy store
4 Target $20 - $40 price range
5 Have a listing management plan
6 Use video in all your listings
7 Don't waste time on SEO beyond getting it functional - it's not how products are ranked
8 Offer personalization on as many items as you can
9 Ship worldwide
10 Sell items that people want to buy
Oh, and if you are in the USA it is all a sh*tload easier."
Looks like The mods closed that thread. I can guess why and yet you have started a very similar thread here making the same claims.
You said the following too:
"8 years in the business, there are only a handful of other rated consultants, and I have had to pick up the pieces from their mistakes with clients. The knowledge and information they put out is inaccurate and simply does not work, and the clients end up with me. As I say to the clients when we first talk: "I'm the guy you talk to last". I have a list of feedback going back 7 years, and have personally built dozens of stores to over $100k for clients, including a top 5 apparel store that does $250k+ per year, every year. There is nobody else out there that can say that, I guarantee it. I know that all sounds egotistical, but we all have to set our stalls out, and the above is all true."
Not being rude but I have every single one of these beat and by some fucking way too so for you to sit there and post all this stuff is kind of funny. I didn't bother with the first thread you posted but now you started a new one, saying the same stuff. you say nobody else can say it. I can. I consult Etsy themselves and have done so for a few years. I can say a lot lot lot more too. I've had dinner with the last two CEO's, I was at the stock exchange when they rang the fucking bell lol.
I'm not your competition though by the way. I DO NOT take on new clients or any clients for that matter. I get emails every day here on BHW and I turn them all away as anyone will attest to. I simply don't have the time for activities like that. Again I'm not here to bash you, well not too badly anyway and not at all if you are here to genuinely help. I welcome people who are actually willing to share info and as any consultant knows sharing info is by far the easiest way to gain clients so I'm sure we will be seeing more of you no matter what. And I'm in no way saying you are a fraud and I'm sure you're very talented but maybe curb your claims a teeny tiny bit
That all said I wish to give you a genuine welcome to the forum and I hope you help a lot of people here.
Hi William, good to hear from you, and thanks for taking that amount of time to write in my AMA.
Yes I am new to BHW so I am learning quickly how it works, and am adjusting my writing style, it is noted. I did come in strong to get some attention to my posts, I can see that some would not have liked it, and that's fine.
I honestly make the claim because I believe it to be true, you can come along for a while sharing in what I post and maybe we can have some interesting conversations.
I cannot post any links to anything about me because the post gets shut down, but you should be able to see from what I talk about that I am not like other people who talk about Etsy.
Right, let me work through what you have asked me:
I assume you have searched Etsy on the forum during your short time with us?
Yes, I have, which is why I am here. There is a big gap for someone genuinely knowledgeable to help people with Etsy.
What are the keys to selling on Etsy? Based on your last post it seems like you just sell Etsy info?
Keys to selling on Etsy is to understand how Etsy works. Once you understand and leverage the key fact of selling on Etsy (the trade of a unit of quality score which is sale value non differentiating, to the purchase made), you can then work on your niche. (No one knows what I just mentioned, maybe you do).
No, I dont sell any Etsy info (if you mean courses), I run a full time Etsy consultancy, and 2 Etsy stores myself.
How many 100k sales shops have you got personally and I don't mean 100k$ I mean 100,000 sales shops?
None. I have 2 shops an established store and I also have a new store. Main store has 7000 sales and new store has 650 odd. I use these for work with my consultancy, clients like to see stores working. I don't focus on them as my main business, because they are not my main business.
As long as you're not here to try and make a quick buck off unsuspecting people selling generic info and promises I'm sure we will all get along fine.
I don't have time to sell anything, I have no courses, and most of the information I provide is not generic, I pick up the pieces of crappy generic advice from youtube and course creators every single day.
I'm sure you make vastly more doing that over selling a few consultations, if you're just here to share your knowledge then great.
I sell on Etsy, and I teach others how to sell on etsy. My system, process and workflow works very well and clients pay me accordingly. I will be clear, I work with clients full time, not just consulting.
I am here on BHW to establish myself, if i can actually move up the ranks then I will do that, everyone here wants to make money, so that is a no brainer. In the future if I work with people here, then that's great, why wouldn't I do that? BHW allows us to do that, that's one of the points of the existence of this website.
May I ask what you sell other than being an Etsy consultant?
Crystals, gemstones, metaphysical items, home decor and digital downloads
Do you sell physical items yourself?
Yes as above
or do you sell digital items?
Yes as above
How many sales have you managed to get overall?
7500
What credentials/achievements do you have other than giving hard working business who are building their shops info
A lot but I cannot post anything here relating to this, or my AMA will be closed down.
What services do you offer as a consultant. is it just info or do you actually sell services too, can we expect a sales thread from you?
I build and grow stores for my clients full time.
There is no sales thread coming from me, I don't have time for it.
You were asked a question in your other "What are the top tips for ranking a store?" you answered with the following which based on the fact you are saying you are the worlds number one consultant I would have expected actual info that was not so generic. You did not ask the person any questions to get more info, you just replied with the following:
"1 Stock depth
2 List 100 items at 1 per day
3 Never use social media pointed at your Etsy store
4 Target $20 - $40 price range
5 Have a listing management plan
6 Use video in all your listings
7 Don't waste time on SEO beyond getting it functional - it's not how products are ranked
8 Offer personalization on as many items as you can
9 Ship worldwide
10 Sell items that people want to buy
Oh, and if you are in the USA it is all a sh*tload easier."
Seeing as you gave me a bit of a hard time, I feel it necessary to point some things out on what you said above.
This information is not generic, you see point 1?
Point 1 is one of the most non generic points in the list. When you understand stock depth you understand sales velocity.
Point 3 is anything but generic, I am the only person in the world telling people this, and the only way you would know why this is true is if you found the information as to why this is true, from me...or you know yourself. Etsy themselves tell everyone to use SM to promote their Etsy shops...terrible advice.
Point 7, again I am the only person in the world talking about this, categorically there is nobody else telling anyone that SEO does not rank products on Etsy, in fact go look anywhere and you will always see the words "ranking" and "SEO" together.
The whole Etsy SEO industry is borderline snake oil, I am waiting for the marmalead/Alura/erank/SS questions and ill happily expose them all.
Not being rude but I have every single one of these beat and by some fucking way too so for you to sit there and post all this stuff is kind of funny. I didn't bother with the first thread you posted but now you started a new one, saying the same stuff. you say nobody else can say it. I can. I consult Etsy themselves and have done so for a few years. I can say a lot lot lot more too. I've had dinner with the last two CEO's, I was at the stock exchange when they rang the fucking bell lol.
I will keep my answer to this one brief. Size of stores are numbers to attract attention (which obviously I want people to comment in my AMA), it doesn't matter if you have those figures beat, it means nothing other than you sell well on Etsy, and for that well done, it is hard to do.
If you can get others selling well, that is another story.
I cannot talk about what I have done, and do in that way, as you saw.
If you consult Etsy on things, great, but by what you have said it is not related to what I do, that's for sure, and I think you said so.
It is a real rites of passage coming in to BHW, I am prepared for that, I hope I have answered your questions.
