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
#117 - How To Start Your Etsy Shop Without Overthinking Everything
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Starting your Etsy shop does not need to become a full-blown personality crisis.
If you’re new to Etsy and trying to get everything perfect before you list anything, this Etsy for beginners video will help you focus on what actually matters first.
The free guide, Why Your Etsy Listings Aren’t Selling Yet - and What To Do About It, will help you avoid the listing mistakes that stop new shops getting sales.
What you’ll learn:
What you actually need before you start your Etsy shop
What to stop wasting time on
Why your first listings matter more than your branding
How to get your Etsy shop live without overthinking
What to focus on if you want your first Etsy sales
Start your Etsy shop simply. Fix the basics. Then improve as you go, like a normal human, not a frazzled craft goblin with 19 tabs open.
Grab the free guide here: https://www.handmadebosses.com/whynosales
Quick heads-up because you do not want to miss this…
From the 24th to the 28th of August, we’re running our 5 Days of Deals at Handmade Bosses.
There’ll be a brand-new deal every single day, with up to 80% off.
I’m keeping the exact offers under wraps for now, but they’ll help you get more organised, improve your shop, plan for Christmas and Black Friday, write words that actually sell, and grow an audience full of potential customers.
Basically, we’re tackling quite a few of those “I know I need to sort that…” jobs without costing you a small fortune.
Each deal will only be available on its specific day, so make sure you’re following us on Instagram at @handmadebosses to see what’s available.
Five days. Five different deals. Up to 80% off.
It all starts on Monday the 24th of August.