I still remember the day I looked at my Etsy dashboard and felt a sudden pit in my stomach. I had just finished what I thought was a highly profitable month. My revenue numbers on the screen looked fantastic. But when the actual deposit hit my bank account a few days later, the amount was…
When I first started selling handcrafted leather goods on Etsy, I thought I had my pricing figured out. I calculated my materials, added an hourly rate for my time, and slapped a 20% margin on top. It felt like a solid business model. Then the first payout hit my bank account. The number was…
I still remember the exact moment I made my first sale on Etsy. It was a handmade leather wallet, and I was thrilled. But a few days later, when the deposit hit my bank account, my excitement turned into confusion. The payout was significantly less than the sale price. I opened a spreadsheet to…
When I first started selling handcrafted leather goods on Etsy, I thought the hardest part would be the craftsmanship. I was wrong. The real struggle was figuring out if I was actually making money. I spent hours tweaking a massive spreadsheet, trying to account for listing fees, transaction fees…
When I first started selling handcrafted leather goods on Etsy, I genuinely thought the hard part was making the products. I was wrong. The real nightmare was pricing them. I spent hours tweaking a massive, fragile spreadsheet, trying to account for Etsy’s labyrinth of fees. One Tuesday morning, I…
The Democratic Party now controls the House and the Senate, and savvy online sellers are putting out merch to commemorate the victory
JEWELLERY branded as sterling silver on popular shopping sites has been found to contain toxic chemicals. A number of items were found to contain illegal amounts of a substance known to cause cancer, despite claiming to be made of the precious metal. As part of a BBC Watchdog investigation, 25…
New rules target AI-generated listings, but shoppers say copied designs and fake “handmade” goods were eroding their confidence long before.
