How To Be A Handmade Boss
Whether you’re a complete beginner on Etsy, or want to scale your handmade business to multi-6 figures, the “How To Be A Handmade Boss” podcast gives you actionable advice and workshop style full length episodes to grow your handmade business on Etsy and beyond.
We get it. Starting or growing a handmade business can be really overwhelming, and sometimes you feel like you have an expensive hobby rather than a profitable business. If you have questions like “How can I make sales in my business?” “How do I start a handmade shop?” “How can I make this passion my full-time gig?” or “How do I sell my crafts online” then you’re in the right place boss!
I’m Steph, a multi 6-figure handmade business owner (in the top 0.1% of all shops on Etsy), bestselling author of “How to be a handmade boss”, visionary and coach behind Handmade Bosses.
However, It wasn’t always rainbows and unicorns though. Today, my business(es) are bustling, but way back in 2014 when I started, it was HARD. Favourites but no sales, slow sales and low profits seemed in the beginning, like the trajectory of my business. Luckily following the system I’ve now curated, All of that changed and I went full-time in my handmade business in 2016.
Let’s focus on turning your passion into profit, because the world really does need these special creations that you only bring to life.
How To Be A Handmade Boss
#109 How to Write Etsy Listings Like a Human (That Actually Get Sales)
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If your Etsy listing sounds awkward, stiff, or like you panicked and copied bits from 12 other shops… this one’s for you.
Because here’s the thing: your traffic probably isn’t the problem. Your listing just isn’t doing its job yet.
In this episode, I’m showing new Etsy sellers how to write Etsy listings like a real human (without ditching SEO), so buyers actually understand what you’re selling and feel confident enough to click Add to basket.
We cover:
✅T he simple Etsy listing structure that works for any handmade product
✅ How to write Etsy titles that sound normal but still include keywords
✅ The first 3 lines of your Etsy description that matter most (because people SCAN)
✅ What to write when you don’t know what buyers care about yet
✅ How to use bullet points + FAQs to reduce “Should I buy this?” hesitation
✅ Why keyword stuffing makes your listings worse (and what to do instead)
Examples included for:
✅ handmade candles
✅ handmade jewellery
✅ crochet + knitted items
🧠 Plus: I teach the Buyer Brain Map (what people are actually looking for when they read a listing) and the Listing Anatomy you can copy/paste into every product description.
👍 If this helped, subscribe for more Etsy selling tips for handmade businesses.
🎧 And if you want to listen instead, search The Handmade Bosses Podcast.
If social media feels harder than it should, especially when summer routines start getting messy… this is for you.
Fix Your Socials Week starts Monday 20th July… it’s a free challenge for handmade business owners who are fed up with overthinking content, disappearing when life gets busy, and still not seeing enough sales from their socials.
Because you don’t need to post more for the sake of it.
And you definitely don’t need to spend your summer glued to your phone.
You need a simpler plan.
One that helps you stay visible, show up clearly, and know what to post without it taking over your life.
Inside Fix Your Socials Week, I’ll help you work out what to post, what to stop faffing with, and how to make your socials easier to stick with, so you can get back to making.
No fluff.
No pressure.
No trying to keep up with everyone else.
Sign up free at www.handmadebosses.com/fixyoursocials
The link’s also in the show notes.