Etsy’s new offsite ad policy has made a lot of sellers upset. In this post, I’ll be taking a look at what these changes might mean for you and exploring whether selling on Etsy is still worthwhile, or if it’s time to start selling elsewhere.

Should you have your own site? Or stay on Etsy?

In this series, I’m going to help you make that decision, and today, I’m going to share with you the pros and cons of both Etsy versus your own website.

I have both an Etsy shop and my own website. 

Before I dive in, you first have to understand that Etsy and your own site are completely different models.

Etsy is a marketplace filled with hundreds of thousands of other shops, just like Amazon and Ebay. It’s …

These aren’t things I regret doing, because I don’t! If I had never done them, I would never have known they aren’t things I want to do again in my business.

Having said that, here are the 4 things I’ll never do again in my handmade business.

In this post, I want to share with you my most successful product launch ever.

When I released this product for sale, I was able to bring in an additional $30,000 to my sales that year and it only kept growing from there. This year I made about $84,000 selling this product.

If you’re curious to learn more, keep reading.