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I guess it is survivorship bias, but I’d never be one of the survivors if I don’t even try.

I have an Etsy product, Christmas tree ornament, has made about $600 gross last year and another $400 or so this year…

It’s not much but now I have an Etsy shop with 5 start reviews all across. Planning to make a few more non-seasonal products and see where I can take it.

But, I also have a graveyard on my GitHub!

I guess the stats are like 9/10 entrepreneurial projects fail… so if I try 20 things…




Makes sense. One of my projects is bound for etsy. How do you find selling there?

I also have the distinction of publishing a halloween item on cults, but a month after halloween ended, so I am waiting 10 more months to see if theres any interest.


I quite enjoy selling stuff n Etsy. The products and buyers there are not on a race to the bottom for the absolute cheapest thing (maybe it is so in things like shirts or mug or whatever) but instead I see the buyers as people expecting and unique thing that resonates with them.

So I think the key is unique and then using keywords, videos and Etsy ads are not bad to get some traction, even for a brand new store




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