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by Jered Robinson
Learn how to think like a marketer and grow like a business. Hosted by a professional growth marketer, this podcast simplifies proven marketing, SEO, and conversion strategies for Etsy sellers. Discover how to stand out in a sea of shops, attract more traffic, improve your listings, and scale your Etsy business with confidence.
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- 5 days ago17 min
Answering Questions From Real Etsy Sellers
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/VZbWncyWv-0 Why do some Etsy listings get attention but still struggle to convert? In this episode, I review two real Etsy listings and break down what they're getting wrong, what they're doing well, and what I would change to help them sell more. We'll cover: • Whether you should create new listings or improve existing ones • Why perfecting a listing too early can waste your time • What your first listing photo should actually accomplish • How to structure the beginning of your Etsy title • Why shoppers do not care about colors and options yet • How AI-generated listing photos can hurt trust • What your first three listing images need to communicate • How to sell the result of your product instead of just its features Your customer is not sold just because they clicked your listing. Before you show them every color, customization option, or installation detail, you need to help them understand why they should want the product in the first place. Join The Etsy Growth Society and connect with other seasoned Etsy sellers who are ready to grow even faster: https://www.skool.com/grow-my-etsy-shop-3051/about
- 1 weeks ago17 min
I Know Why Your Etsy Shop Isn't Growing
Watch on Youtube - https://youtu.be/1lR3jFYxKyY Growing an Etsy shop can feel like trying to survive in a jungle. There are thousands of competing products, changing algorithms, and endless advice about what sellers should do next. But growth becomes much easier when you understand what stage your business is in and focus on the right problem. In this episode, Jered shares ten principles that Etsy sellers can use to move from struggling for their first consistent sales to building a profitable and scalable business. Newer sellers need to stop obsessing over profit and concentrate first on earning trust. Etsy promotes shops that consistently create good customer experiences because Etsy makes money when buyers are happy. A newer shop cannot compete with an established seller simply by copying its prices. It must first generate sales, prove that customers want the product, and establish a track record. The next problem is visibility. Most struggling sellers act as though everyone is watching their shop, when the reality is that very few people even know it exists. Sellers need to become memorable, stand apart from similar shops, and actively bring people to their listings. Advertising can accelerate this process by generating visibility and quickly providing useful data. Customers then become one of the most valuable sources of business information. Sellers often believe they already know what shoppers want, but real customer behavior can challenge those assumptions. Every order, question, review, and response teaches the seller more about the market. More customers also create more repetition, helping the seller improve their products, fulfillment, service, and overall skill. Many things feel difficult in business simply because the seller has not developed the necessary skill yet. Once someone has repeatedly sold, fulfilled, and improved a product, the process becomes easier. That increased ability is valuable, and it eventually gives the seller a legitimate reason to charge more. For sellers who already have consistent sales, the next stage is about focus. A shop should serve one core target audience, even when it expands into multiple niches. For example, a sticker seller can create products for hikers, students, drivers, and other groups while still serving people who buy and use stickers. The niches change, but the fundamental customer and product remain connected. Rather than constantly searching for a completely new idea, sellers should look closely at what is already succeeding. A proven product, niche, design, or marketing angle often has far more growth potential than the seller realizes. Becoming exceptionally good at something that works is usually more profitable than being average at many unrelated things. Once traffic and demand are established, sellers should improve how effectively their listings sell. That means understanding why customers want the product, what problem it solves, why they choose it over alternatives, and how to communicate those reasons clearly. Better photos, positioning, offers, descriptions, and pricing can improve conversion rates. When more visitors become buyers, Etsy receives stronger evidence that the listing deserves additional visibility. Established sellers eventually face a different problem: they become too busy fulfilling orders to grow the business. At this stage, raising prices can create needed breathing room. Higher prices may reduce order volume slightly, but they can allow the seller to make the same amount—or more—with fewer orders. They can also filter out bargain-focused shoppers and attract customers who are more committed to the product and the value behind it. Successful shops should also give loyal customers more opportunities to buy. A customer who trusts the seller should never reach the end of the product line with nowhere else to go. Shops can create bundles, premium versions, larger packages, complementary products, and high-end offers. Some customers genuinely want the best option available, but they cannot purchase it unless the seller creates it. Finally, experienced sellers do not always need another new strategy. They often need to be reminded of the principles they already know. Constantly searching for the next trick can distract them from the proven actions that built their business in the first place. The
- 2 weeks ago14 min
Replay - How to Use Price Anchoring to Sell More on Etsy
00:00–01:05: Introduces price anchoring—the idea that showing a high-priced option first makes later, lower-priced options feel more affordable. Shares a classic beer menu example where listing expensive beers first increased average spending. 01:05–03:15: Demonstrates price anchoring with service pricing ($500 vs. $150 package) and recounts a sales technique from the speaker's father, who would casually mention a much higher number before revealing the real price, making the actual offer seem inexpensive. 03:15–05:17: Applies price anchoring to Etsy. Recommends including a photo showing your entire product line (not just one item) to build trust, demonstrate experience, and help shoppers quickly identify products they like. 05:17–07:44: Warns against the paradox of choice. Claims that around four options is the ideal number because too many choices increase friction, reduce buyer confidence, and can lead to fewer purchases and more returns. 08:02–10:19: Shares general pricing psychology tips: Remove commas from large prices. Avoid currency symbols when possible. Use smaller font sizes for prices to make them feel less intimidating. Certain wording (such as "low") can subtly influence price perception. 10:19–12:53: Explains how to build effective bundles. Keep bundle pricing easy to understand so buyers can quickly recognize the value without doing difficult mental math, reducing decision fatigue. 12:53–14:11: Suggests using price anchoring inside bundles by presenting the highest-priced package first, making mid-tier options feel like the best value. Reinforce this with labels like "Most Popular" to add social proof and guide buyers toward the desired purchase.
- 3 weeks ago18 min
The Copywriting Test That Can Save Your Etsy Website
WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/tybUEk1vTS4 If Etsy is such a powerful platform, why doesn't every brand just open an Etsy shop? That question sounds simple, but it reveals something really important for Etsy sellers. Etsy can bring traffic. Etsy can make it easier to get found. Etsy runs Google ads. Etsy gives you a marketplace where buyers are already searching. So if Etsy does all of that, why would anyone need their own website? The answer is because Etsy is not built to grow your brand. Etsy is built to grow Etsy. In this episode, I break down why Etsy sellers need to think differently when they move from Etsy to their own website. A website is not just a place to copy and paste your Etsy listings. If you treat your website like Etsy with a different logo, it probably will not work. On Etsy, buyers are usually already searching for something. They land on your product, compare it to other similar products, look at the pictures, read a little, check the price, and decide. But on your own website, the job is different. You have to slow the buyer down. You have to help them understand your brand, your product, your mission, and why they should care. That means your website needs stronger messaging. A lot of Etsy sellers make beautiful products, take great pictures, and still struggle to explain why someone should buy from them. They say things like "handmade," "unique," "high quality," or "perfect gift," but those phrases are usually not enough to build a real brand. Everyone can say them. They are not visual enough. They are not specific enough. And they often do not give the customer a real reason to believe. So in this episode, I walk through a simple three-part test for better brand messaging: Can they visualize it? Can they prove it? Can no one else say it? First, your customer needs to be able to see themselves using the product. If you sell handmade mugs, "handmade ceramic mug" might describe the item, but it does not create much desire. A stronger line paints a moment. Something like, "The mug that makes 6:30 worth waking up for." Now the buyer can picture the morning, the coffee, the quiet moment, and the feeling of reaching for that specific mug. That is what good website messaging can do. It helps people see the product inside their own life. Second, your claims need proof. If you say your product is the best, the perfect gift, cleaner, softer, more relaxing, or higher quality, you need to explain why. A claim without proof is easy to ignore. A claim with a reason becomes believable. For example, instead of saying a candle is "the perfect candle for winding down," explain what makes it good for that moment. Is it the scent? The ingredients? The burn time? The way it is made? The emotional use case? Give people something they can believe. Third, and maybe most important, your brand needs to say something that no one else can say in the same way. If every other shop can make the same claim, it is not a strong positioning statement. "The perfect gift for mom" is not enough because every candle shop, jewelry shop, mug shop, and print shop can say the same thing. But if your product is connected to your story, your mission, your point of view, your customer's specific life, or the problem you are trying to solve, now you have something stronger. I also talk about the difference between getting sales and building loyalty. Etsy can help you get sales, but your website needs to help people remember you. It needs to help people understand what you stand for. It needs to make them feel like they are buying from a brand, not just buying another product they found online. This is where I bring in examples like Spindrift and Sonnet James. Spindrift is not just another sparkling water brand. Their message is built around real fruit and no mystery "natural flavors." That matters to a certain kind of customer. Sonnet James did not just sell dresses. She sold the idea of being a playful mom who could get down on the floor with her kids and still feel beautiful. That is brand-building. It is not just describing the product. It is connecti
- Jun 26, 202621 min
The Etsy Listing Fix That Can Improve Conversions
Watch On Youtube: https://youtu.be/_rCGbo6Utsc Most Etsy sellers put all their answers in the description, but buyers usually are not reading that far. In this episode, I break down how to use your listing photos to answer buyer questions in the right order: emotional selling first, logical details in the middle, and final reassurance near the end. I also explain why having a friend review your listing can reveal the exact questions buyers are having before they purchase. We also get into Etsy FAQs, why they still matter even when they are hidden, and how written text can help search engines and AI understand what your shop sells.
- Jun 19, 202624 min
Your Etsy Dashboard Is Telling You What to Fix
Watch on Youtube - https://youtu.be/qqJL9-qY8Fw Etsy's dashboard can feel overwhelming, but the numbers are actually telling you where your shop is healthy, where it's leaking sales, and what you should work on next. In this episode, I break down how to look at your Etsy stats without emotionally reacting to one bad month. We talk about comparing year-over-year data, why you should look at at least a three-month snapshot, and how to tell whether your shop is actually declining or just following a normal seasonal pattern. I also walk through what I look for when auditing an Etsy shop, including traffic sources, Etsy organic traffic, top-viewed listings, best-selling products, and the keywords bringing buyers into your shop. The big question is this: are people clicking on what Etsy is showing them, and are those listings actually converting? You'll also learn the difference between inspirational keywords and detailed keywords, why both matter, and how to use your dashboard to find new listing opportunities without messing up your best-performing listings.
- Jun 12, 202620 min
The New Etsy Ads Update: How to Control Spend, Boost ROAS, and Scale Smarter
Etsy just rolled out one of the biggest changes to Etsy Ads in years, and most sellers are missing what it actually means. In this episode, I break down Etsy's new listing-level ad controls and show you how to use Efficient Spending, Greater Visibility, and Lower Cost Per Click strategically instead of applying a one-size-fits-all approach to your entire ad account. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/IZeN9MeJdHU You'll learn: • When to use each Etsy ad optimization setting • Why "Lower Cost Per Click" isn't always the best choice • How to stop one listing from eating your entire ad budget • Ways to push more traffic toward underperforming listings • What your ad account can reveal about the overall health of your Etsy shop • How to identify hidden conversion problems through ad performance • Practical experiments you can run right now to improve ROAS If you're spending more than $25/day on Etsy Ads and want more control over where your advertising dollars go, this episode will give you actionable strategies to test immediately. Whether you're trying to scale a winning product, revive a struggling listing, or simply get more from your ad budget, this update opens up opportunities Etsy sellers haven't had before.
- Jun 5, 202618 min
5 Steps to Make Your Customer The Hero
Watch On YouTube: https://youtu.be/NLQNnebSKG8 Most Etsy sellers show their product. The better Etsy sellers explain their product. But the best Etsy sellers show the customer what their life looks like after they buy. In this episode, I'm breaking down how to win your customers over by making them the hero of your listing. We'll look at real Etsy examples and talk through how to move beyond basic product photos, features, and options so your buyer can clearly see the transformation your product creates. You'll learn how to sell the desire behind your product, create stronger emotional clarity, stand out in a crowded market, and increase the perceived value of what you sell. If your Etsy listings feel like they are just showing the product, this episode will help you start selling the result. Join The Growth Society: https://www.skool.com/grow-my-etsy-shop-3051
About Grow My Etsy Shop | Marketing, SEO & Sales Strategies for Etsy Sellers
Learn how to think like a marketer and grow like a business. Hosted by a professional growth marketer, this podcast simplifies proven marketing, SEO, and conversion strategies for Etsy sellers. Discover how to stand out in a sea of shops, attract more traffic, improve your listings, and scale your Etsy business with confidence.
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