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Matt Foster is a master blacksmith (I don’t know if that’s an official title but I’m conferring it on him 🙂 ) and he runs the Etsy shop Black Dog Ironworks. He actually runs a larger business than an Etsy shop alone and our convo we talk about how he’s building his business around the […]

Creating success on Etsy seems elusive when you first start selling on the platform and my guest this week certainly experienced that feeling in the beginning. Rebekah runs the Etsy shop My Joyful Endeavors where she sells her hand-crocheted one-of-a-kind rugs. After waiting six months for her first sale she started to figure out what […]

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Any creative person with a strong desire for an outlet for their creativity will relate very easily to Nicole’s story. She’s going from tax accounting to graphic design and doing so very well in her Etsy shop Lost In Lettering. Nicole started her Etsy shop in late 2017 and it was meant to be her […]

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If you thought that opening up your Etsy shop was the hard part of getting started, sometimes it’s not. If you’ve experienced the rhythm of starting and stopping then you’ll relate to Anastasia’s story when it comes to finding your Etsy niche. Anastasia runs the Etsy shop Shawl Pins By Lirimaer and  when she first […]

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Whether you’re a U.S.-based seller or you’re a seller based outside the U.S., when it comes to money, the states want their cut. There have been some significant changes in how it all works now so it’s time to get caught up on the latest sales tax updates for Etsy sellers. It’s been three years […]