Forget Etsy! Here Are 7 Alternatives For Selling Handmade Goods
Forget Etsy! Here Are 7 Alternatives For Selling Handmade Goods
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Etsy is a great starter platform for buying and selling handmade, custom and vintage goods. But they are not the only option when it comes to selling handmade products.
This video will teach you about 7 Etsy alternatives and sites like Etsy that are as good or better for making money.
0:00 Etsy Alternatives For Selling Crafts And Handmade Goods
00:45 Etsy Alternative #1 一 Shopify
2:23 Etsy Alternative #2 一 Amazon Handmade
4:37 Etsy Alternative #3 一 Bonanza
7:00 Etsy Alternative #4 一 Redbubble
9:18 Etsy Alternative #5 一 eBay
11:24 Etsy Alternative #6 一 Folksy
13:03 Etsy Alternative #7 一 Just Artisan
14:37 Which Etsy Alternatives Are Best for Selling Products Online?
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The advice in this video is extremely biased and full of issues and glaring omissions.
This review is too general. You should have been more specific on the handmade aspect of each app, which was the title of the video.
Etsy has horrible customer service. In fact, you are not allowed to contact Etsy
Shopify is awful. Not user-friendly, and expensive.
Very helpful for my clothing line. Ive decided not to sell online. I use local gift shops. Thank you from Lavoie Boho!
Friends don’t let friends shop on Etsy. Or Amazon. Or eBay.
Shopify does not work without a separate card . If it had a card to get at grocery stores it would be the main marketplace .they fail when they demand credit cards rather than allow all ages to get a card at stores. Gift card shops work. Amazon commits crime blocks buyers sellers and will end after law suits. They demand too much. Also their attempt to limit people is harm.
Shopiy is a Joke! They charge extra for everything – they make it complicated so you have to "hire an expert" plus it takes forever to shop up in google listings
What about "Go Imagine?"
They seem awesome. I just applied. Does anyone know about this?
I think that no matter what platform. The basic is still the same…all in the marketing and promotions. Build yourself a budget for that reason to help boost your platform traffic
Great video, Zazzle is cool too
I have an Etsy store. They do not pay immediately after every purchase. There is a wait period unless you are a significantly large store.
Shopify is to expensive learn wordpress backend control almost no fees
Your products do not show up on Amazon unless the customer goes to the handmade section or puts in the search “handmade”. Hardly anyone does that.
Amazon handmade is just as much a shill as etsy when it comes to being artisan only. I’m seeing the same 3rd party products on their site as Etsy.
It’s misleading to say etsy only charges 6.5%, that’s just the transaction fee, they then add VAT / sales tax on top of that fee, then there are other fees, so many fees then more VAT on those fees. They don’t provide a clear way to see how much they have charged on each sale like you can on ebay. Altogether the total fee etsy charges is more like 12.6% of each sale, more if it’s an international sale. If you promote your listing then that’s another 15% on top of the transaction fee. If you’re not careful you can end up losing money!
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I am very impressed how concisely you have laid out the pros and cons. You really did your research. Thank you!
Thank you so much. This was so very insightful for me
Etsy is just a website builder which means a person has to build traffic of customers, which is difficult to build.
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Newly added to the game is Poshmark. I sold two things on etsy last year vs 42 on Poshmark with barely trying in a few months
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Shopify IS NOT a selling platform/market…. is simply a Online Store Creating app…. its a great App, but it is not an online marketplace like amazon, Etsy and other online marketplaces…. sick of hearing these youtubers promoting Shopify as if it were an online marketplace….. Shopify does not create any online traffic….. its a web design app and then its all up to you to get traffic to your own site….
Every company that becomes big corporation, I quit shopping. Period. I don’t like them and they bring harm to society. My ground for that is that I can live without them.
Sorry but their is a selling fee with shopify
I want to expand my business to marketplaces like Bonanza. Has anyone tried the ZeeDrop crosslisting app?
Any advice on how to promote my shopify store? I haven’t sold anything!😢
So many programmers out there someone create a better etsy!!
So really, DO NOT forget Etsy, as the video title suggests. I’d choose Etsy over every other listing given, even with the cons. Selling online and/or in person is NOT an "either/or" proposition;" it’s a "both/and." If you throw enough manure against a wall, some of it is bound to stick. So, the more platforms you list on to sell, the more that some of what you’re offering will "stick."
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etsy is a great platform ? It’s the most unfair platform I know. They charge you however you have ZERO profit from the site. They are charging you anyway. Also when you didn’t sell anything you will pay to Etsy. If they would take percentage from your profit, it would be ok. I didn’t sell even not one thing through Etsy, nobody even didnt’ find my products there and I paid around 50 dollars in one month of being there with my products. Really great platform. Minus 50 dollars is my result.
This coming from a guy who goes around saying “Forget (company)” on YT…
Doesn’t seem like legit advise outside of ETSY being garbage to begin with
Thank you for the video! The challenge with Shopify is that I wish it allowed to have 2-3 stores on the same account, not to pay per website, because in CAD it comes to quite a high monthly fee. If you need to take a few weeks/ months to set up the store or take a break, I assume you still need to pay the fees.
Etsy used to be great.
Taxes are 1 perk for Etsy. Each state has different sales tax requirements and having your own website you are responsible, therefore your paying for an additional “feature” approximately 60$ a month for sales tax to be handled appropriately. I believe the same goes for Amazon handmade but not certain, it’s a part of the % fee Etsy- 6.5% and Amazon- 15% is handling sales tax for you.
Does the channel know that Etsy started as an alternative to EBay? Etsy is also just completely buried under mass produced junk that only qualifies as handmade if anything touched by human hands is handcrafted 🙁
This is a great video, but with how the landscape has changed in the last 2 years, would you consider making an updated one. Thanks for the great content!
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That was super-helpful! Thanks!
Sooo…..what is the best place to start if you want to sell? I see a lot of what isn’t good but that leaves me with no idea 🤷♀️ of what is…..
Etsy, Amazon Handmade and Ebay are Xenophobic! They don’t allow people from South America and some other countries to enter!
Etsy seems to promote mass marketers over small volume sellers. Their algorithm pushes small volume sellers to the back of the bus. There you get far fewer views.
Etsy is easily the best. Rest, other than ebay, are pretty useless.
Etsy has taken soooo much of my money it’s sad and ridiculous 😢
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Good info