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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.

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#119 - How To Get Your First Etsy Sales Without Posting Everywhere

June 17, 2026 • Steph Cole-Lewis • Season 1 • Episode 119

0:00 | 11:07

👉 Grab the free guide here: https://www.handmadebosses.com/whynosales

❓ Trying to get your first Etsy sales can feel like you need to be everywhere at once.

Instagram. TikTok. Pinterest. Facebook. Email. Carrier pigeon. Absolutely not.

This Etsy for beginners video shows you what to focus on first when you’re new to

Etsy and want actual sales, not just endless content faff.

What you’ll learn:
✅ Why your Etsy shop needs fixing before you drive traffic
✅ How to get your first Etsy sales without posting everywhere
✅ What simple traffic actually looks like for handmade sellers
✅ Why one platform is enough to start
✅ How to turn views into buyers, not just nosy browsers

If you’re heading towards Q4 thinking:

RIGHT. I need to make more products, post more, change my listings and basically do ALL THE THINGS before Christmas...

ummmmmm, no 😂

From the 21st to the 24th of September, I’m running Listathon, my completely FREE four-day challenge for handmade business owners.

We’re going to look at which products actually deserve your attention, how to create listings that do their job, how to get more from what’s already working, AND how to build a simple marketing plan to get more people seeing your stuff.

Basically...

less random tweaking.

Less guessing.

More knowing what you should actually focus on.

And if Listathon has already started by the time you’re hearing this, you can still jump in and catch up on the replays.

Come and join us for FREE at:

handmadebosses.com/listathonweek