We've interviewed some of the most successful sellers to get their best advice. Learn how they got their first sale, their best tips for selling on Etsy, how they attract customers to their shop, and much more!
Liana Carty is the owner of Pacific Sunset, an Etsy shop that sells decoupage paper napkins, paper die cuts and rubber stamps. As the pandemic shook everything, Liana’s career as a hospice nurse was also affected by the sudden changes. Luckily, this turned out to be a blessing in disguise. She discovered that she could turn her passion and creativity into a now successful venture - her Etsy shop now has almost 50,000 sales!
Leslie Gray Harmon is the Star Seller and owner of Made By Cleo, a successful Etsy shop that sells beautiful collars, and personalized tags and other accessories for cats and small dogs. She had been looking for functional yet stylish collars for her beautiful cat, Cleo but couldn’t seem to find the ones that would really last. This was how she knew other fur parents experience the same, and that’s how Made By Cleo (with more than 107,000 sales to date) was born!
Amanda is the owner of Hermit Grub, an Etsy shop that offers a wide variety of nutritious foods for hermit crabs. She started on this amazing venture when she got her first hermit crabs. As an animal lover herself, she only wants the best for them and this passion has led her to a now successful shop with nearly 34,000 sales!
Heidi Meamber is the owner and creator of Wintertime Crafts, a successful Etsy shop that sells beautiful stationery and craft supplies. Being an experienced graphic designer and a vintage ephemera collector, she has easily found her niche in Etsy. Her creativity has led her to an amazing Etsy journey, receiving more than 34,000 sales as of this writing!
Ilana is the owner and designer of 2x2 Stitch Art, a successful Etsy shop that sells beautiful and easy to follow cross stitch patterns. She has long been a huge fan of cross stitching, and this hobby has now become a rewarding business for her. To date, her shop already got almost 36,000 sales!
Eclipse Design SVG is owned by an avid designer of all types of art. The shop helps customers with their creative projects by providing high quality design files. To date, this successful Etsy shop already has more than 30,000 sales!
Alexandra is the owner of SVGbyCalligrapher, a successful Etsy shop that sells SVG cut and PNG files for sublimation prints. Although her professional background is entirely different from being an Etsy seller, her passion for creativity and calligraphy has driven her to take on this path. Her successful journey has earned her Etsy shop more than 23,000 sales to date!
Cassie Wright is the owner and designer of Sassy Tumbler Graphics, which offers unique and high quality PNG files for various crafting needs. Cassie isn’t new to selling on Etsy, as she used to sell hair bows as far back as 2014. In the midst of the pandemic, she has rediscovered Etsy selling and her successfully rebranded shop has already gained over 31,000 sales as of this writing!
