How To Be A Handmade Boss
Whether youâre a complete beginner on Etsy, or want to scale your handmade business to multi-6 figures, the âHow To Be A Handmade Bossâ 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 âHow can I make sales in my business?â âHow do I start a handmade shop?â âHow can I make this passion my full-time gig?â or âHow do I sell my crafts onlineâ then youâre in the right place boss!
Iâm Steph, a multi 6-figure handmade business owner (in the top 0.1% of all shops on Etsy), bestselling author of âHow to be a handmade bossâ, visionary and coach behind Handmade Bosses.
However, It wasnât 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 Iâve now curated, All of that changed and I went full-time in my handmade business in 2016.
Letâs 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
#121 - Etsy for Beginners: Build Your First Product Range Without Making 47 Random Things
Use Left/Right to seek, Home/End to jump to start or end. Hold shift to jump forward or backward.
đ Free resource mentioned: Why Your Etsy Listings Arenât Selling Yet - and What To Do About It - www.handmadebosses.com/whynosales
This will help you spot where your listings might be confusing buyers, missing key information, or stopping people from clicking and buying.
đĄ Are you new to Etsy and wondering how many products you should start with?
In this episode, weâre talking about how to build your first Etsy product range without making 47 random things and confusing every poor buyer who lands in your shop. â
Because yes, you might be able to make loads of different handmade products.
But that doesnât mean they all belong in your first Etsy shop range.
Youâll learn:
⨠Why random products confuse Etsy buyers
⨠What a beginner product range actually is
⨠How to choose one clear buyer, occasion, theme, use, or product type
⨠How to build variations instead of reinventing everything
⨠Why 5 to 10 focused listings can be stronger than 40 chaotic ones
⨠How to use Etsy stats to decide what to make next
⨠How to make your shop easier for buyers to understand
This is perfect for Etsy beginners, handmade sellers, and hobbyists who want to turn their products into a proper business without getting stuck in niche panic.