#Digital Success Etsy

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[soulfulscriptor]

Another New Shop Section

This coincides with my Clip Art, but there is some art I don't want to actually make clip art and I'd been at a creative block in what to do. But the Block is no more. Welcome to Digital Art, single art pieces sold with their original backgrounds, can be used as Wall Art, Backgrounds...etc. I hope you all enjoy. My First Piece I attached is an Aether Fairy painted in water colors and given a steampunk style to her look.

[rajiyagemjeweles]

Natural Amazonite Pair Oval Shape Pair AAA+ Grade Cabochon Calibrated Gemstones Making for jewelry, Pandent, gift for mother.

Price - 12.25 US$

Dm me more details for price intrested buyers.

Shipping worldwide available.

Payment Paypal accept.

Custom orders also accept making jewelry and gemstones comment mine & Pm me.

https://www.etsy.com/in-en/listing/1482851586/natural-amazonite-pair-oval-shape-pair?click_key=7fb54feb029f74b1b4bb7fc479d7e41ce5e8ed9d%3A1482851586&click_sum=68340a8b&ref=shop_home_active_11&pro=1&frs=1

[thefinancialstoryteller]

Side Hustle Success Stories: Inspiring Tales of Financial Growth.

In the post-pandemic world, side hustles have become a powerful tool for individuals seeking to augment their income and achieve financial goals. The journey of starting and succeeding in a side hustle is often filled with challenges, creativity, and perseverance. In this blog post, we’ll dive into inspiring side hustle success stories, shedding light on individuals who turned their passion,…

[fraterharambe]

🧙‍♀️✨ The Broke Witch’s Guide to Manifesting Rent Money (Before the Landlord Comes Knocking)

By Frater Harambe

Tagline: Because your altar is thriving, but your bank account is in retrograde.

📖 Chapter 1: When Your Manifestation Powers Work for Everyone but You

You’ve helped your friends manifest love, success, and even free concert tickets—so why is your own rent spell failing harder than a Mercury retrograde ex? The truth is, financial magic requires more than good vibes and moon water.

This guide is for every witch who has ever: 🔮 Lit a green candle and still ended up overdrawn. 🕯️ Burned bay leaves only to watch their money go up in smoke—literally. 💸 Chanted “Money flows easily to me” while dodging debt collectors.

It’s time to turn that chaos magic into cash magic.

🔥 Step 1: The “My Rent Is Due” Emergency Spell

What You’ll Need:

A candle (green for money, black if you're feeling dramatic).

A coin (preferably one you found—free money attracts more money).

A bill you need to pay (rent, utilities, credit card—pick your battle).

Incense (or cinnamon, because let’s be real, it’s in every witch’s kitchen).

The Ritual:

Light the candle and place the coin beside it.

Hold the bill in your hands and chant:"Wealth unseen, come into view, Rent is due—money renew. By fire and fate, by silver and gold, Prosperity flows, my wealth unfolds."

Visualize your bank balance increasing. (Or at least stabilizing.)

Blow out the candle and carry the coin for luck.

Effectiveness Rating: 🌟🌟🌟 (Improved by taking real-world action).

💻 Step 2: Side Hustles & Sigils—Summoning Digital Coin

When your spellwork needs a boost, let’s turn witchcraft into a business.

🔮 Etsy Witchery – Sell spell jars, charms, or “haunted” thrift finds. 🎴 TikTok Tarot – Read cards live and hope someone tips. 💀 OnlySpirits – Post aesthetic altar photos and monetize your mystique. 📲 CashApp Conjuring – Post a thirst trap and manifest a generous simp.

✨ Bonus: Combine this with a sigil charging ritual for extra potency.

🕯️ Step 3: Protective Money Magic (A.K.A. “Stop Going Broke” Spells)

Sometimes the best money spell is just not losing what you already have.

💳 Anti-Spending Sigil:

Draw a sigil for self-control on your debit card.

Or just freeze your card in a block of ice—same effect, extra dramatic.

📜 Landlord Distraction Charm:

Write their name on a bay leaf, set it on fire, and hope they "forget" to email you.

If that fails, Mercury Retrograde is a great excuse for delayed payments.

📞 Debt Collector Banishing Spell:

Write “Denied” over any unpaid bills.

Place under a black candle and chant, “Not today, capitalism.”

Block their number—sometimes real magic is just setting boundaries.

💰 Step 4: Is It Manifestation, or Are You Just Justifying Dumb Purchases?

If you’re spending more on crystals than groceries, it might be time to reassess your financial witchcraft.

✅ Manifesting: Setting intentions, taking aligned action, and using magic to amplify your efforts. ❌ Witchsplaining Your Debt: “But I needed that $50 candle for the full moon ritual!”

💡 Money Mantra for Broke Witches:

“I am financially wise. I do not need another tarot deck. The spirits understand.”

(They don’t, but your wallet will.)

🚀 Step 5: “Free Money” Spells That Actually Work

🔹 The “Bank Forgiveness” Ritual – Call customer service and ask for a fee reversal. 🔹 The “Unexpected Windfall” Charm – Check unclaimed funds websites (the government might owe you). 🔹 The “Reverse Capitalism Curse” – Apply for grants, scholarships, and mutual aid. 🔹 The “Passive Income Potion” – Start a monetized blog or sell PDF spellbooks online.

🌟 Testimonials from Broke Witches Like You

"I did the rent spell, and suddenly people started paying me back. Magic works!" – @HexMeLater "My Etsy spell jar business is thriving! Turns out capitalism can be enchanted." – @CursedCommerce "Still broke, but now I have ✨hope✨ and a lucky coin." – @FinanciallyFeral

📢 Join the Coven of Financial Chaos!

🔄 Reblog if you’ve ever considered hexing your landlord. 📌 Tag a witch who needs a financial miracle ASAP. 📲 Follow for next week’s guide: “Hexing Billionaires—A Beginner’s Guide.”

[thehaberdasheress]

Now at my Etsy shop: The secrets to my success! Do what I do in the comfort of your own home!

Which is to say: I'm finally selling loose sheets of the material I use for all my embroidery patterns, the stick-and-stitch interfacing that dissolves in water. This means you can turn whatever design you want into a super-easy embroidery pattern.

Right now this is an improvement on just buying this paper on Amazon because you can try out a few sheets to see what you think before buying a full multi-pack, and the optional printed grid can really help when sketching out complicated or repeating embroidery patterns. So that's the loose option.

The loose pages are intended for drawing your pattern out by hand with a pen or pencil. But what if you want to print your own digital image onto this paper? That's what my whole business is based on, after all. And I am willing to help other people do that, too!

But, small warning. Pro tip. Do not just buy the loose packs if you want to use your home desktop printer. It will make you cry and waste so much valuable material.

If you want to use a computer printer, buy these packs instead.

It took me most of a year to figure out best printing practices for this material. It's soft and easy to handle when you stick it on fabric, but that makes it a giant pain to run correctly through a printer. So after months and months of testing, I'm finally willing to say I've found a solution I'm happy with.

I make these sheets in my workshop, by coating cardstock pages with a spray that makes them into a kind of beefy post-it note. When you stick your interfacing sheet to one, the backing sheet holds it steady and helps it feed through your printer with minimal fuss, muss, or printer jams. Then you can pull the interfacing off and do whatever you want, and re-use the backing sheet for your future projects. So if you want to print, I've got bundles of backing sheets and blank pages to help you out.

And oh my god, do I love this material a lot. It opens up so many cool creative avenues.

Sound good? Come try it out for yourself!

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[emohorseboy]

I'm so interested in all of your posts about mad liberation. I've never seen anything that puts my thoughts on the whole psych complex into words. I'm really curious to learn more about this. No pressure if not, but do you happen to know of any more comprehensive resources on this? Like books maybe?

Hi, I can definitely give you some recs! My list is a little bit UK centric because that's where I'm based but hopefully it's useful:

In terms of books:

I read 'Mad World: The Politics of Mental Health' by Micha Frazer-Carroll this summer and I can't recommend it enough.

I'm also making my way through 'Call Me Crazy: Stories from the Mad Movement' by Irit Shimrat, which I think is out of print but can be read as a PDF here (hopefully)

I've only dipped in and out of his books for my dissertation but Andrew Scull has written several well regarded books about the history of psychiatry ('Museums of Madness' is the one I've read bits of, 'Desperate Remedies' is on my TBR)

Some books on my TBR: 'The Protest Psychosis: How Schizophrenia Became a Black Disease' by Johnathan Metzl, 'Drop the Disorder!', 'Searching for a Rose Garden: Challenging Psychiatry, Fostering Mad Studies', 'Anatomy of an Epidemic' by Robert Whitaker

Some really good articles:

'Abolition Must Include Psychiatry' by Stella Akua Mensah

'Mad Activists: The Language We Use Reflects Our Desire for Change' by Lisa Archibold

'Not a naughty child: people’s experiences of service responses to self-injury' by Alison Faulkner and Rachel Rowan Olive

More resources!

The Campaign for Psychiatric Abolition - UK based, they have a lot of really great resources including an extensive recommended reading list, a Psych Abolition 101 Zine, and a resource for making a crisis support plan.

Asylum Magazine - again UK based, radical mental health magazine. To read full issues you need to subscribe (I recently paid for a subscription for a year of digital editions for £10, physical copies are a bit more) but the website has plenty of articles that you can read for free so well worth exploring.

Psych Survivor Archive - US based this time, there is so much on here, the Psych Survivor Zine is the main event but they also have a really great resource list (some of the links are dead though).

Mad in America - publish a lot of really interesting and impactful stuff on their website, I also really like their podcast (particularly recommend this episode about ECT, this one about esketamine, and this one about 'prolonged grief disorder'). There is also Mad in the UK and a number of other country specific sites that exist as part of their Mad in the World Network.

Folks to follow:

Dolly Sen - UK based artist who does and is doing a lot of cool stuff, notably at the moment they are the lead artist for the Birdsong From Inobservable Worlds project. This podcast episode they did is also great.

Nicole / lacey_art_ - another UK based artist, she wrote a poem about a bird recently that I can't stop thinking about (she does a lot of other cool things too).

Rachel Rowan Olive - brilliant and funny artist, she is also on instagram and etsy.

Luna Tic - artist and activist who has been involved with a lot of really brilliant stuff, including the successful StopSIM Coalition here in the UK which managed to bring an end to SIM.

There are so many more I could name and so many more things I could recommend but this post is already so long! I really hope it was helpful. I started trying to be brief and then gave up but I did cut out a fiction and literature recs section because I thought that was overkill lmao. Thank you for giving me an excuse to make this list I had a great time.

Learning about the Mad and psych survivor movements has been so transformative and empowering for me and I could honestly talk about it all day. Please do feel free to send me a message if you want to chat about it more!

[cindylouwho-2]

Etsy 4th Quarter 2024 Earnings: Sales Are Getting Worse, With No End In Sight

Slide 5 from the earning presentation, © Etsy. Yes, they are going to be adding the skill and craftsmanship of products to the search algorithm, all decided by AI, of course.

Well, Etsy sales were down again in the fourth quarter of 2024 - as expected - and no one announced any serious plans to fix that. If the C-suite isn't hiding some plans for growth that they aren't ready to announce yet, we should probably be very concerned about Etsy's future.

Let's dive into what we learned in the fourth quarter financial results materials and call.

First, here are the official sources:

the press release

transcript of the conference call

slides from the conference call

video of the call (click on “Webcast” under 4th Quarter on the left)

my summaries of the fourth quarter for 2023, and the third quarter 2024 for comparison

And the key numbers (covering October to December 2024, compared to the same period in 2023):

Sales (GMS) on Etsy were $3.3 billion, down 8.6% year over year

Total sales for all 3 marketplaces - Etsy, Reverb, and Depop - were $3.7 billion, down 6.8%

Revenue including all 3 sites was a record $852.2 million, up 1.2%

Seller service revenue was up 8.1% , while marketplace revenue was down 1.4% across all 3 sites

Net income was $129.9 million, up 56.0%, in part due to the layoff payouts of around $27 million at the end of 2023 cutting into last year's figures

Active buyers on Etsy alone stand at 89.6 million, down 2.6%

Active sellers on Etsy alone are at 5.6 million, down over half a million from the third quarter 2024 and down a whopping 1.4 million from the fourth quarter 2023 peak. [Note that “active” means one charge or transaction in the past 12 months; many “active” shops currently have nothing for sale] That's a 20% reduction in Etsy sellers in just one year.

75% of Etsy buyers are still in the US; they will no longer report the percentage of sales that involved at least one party outside of the US.

Note that the decrease in sellers has been greater than the decrease in sales over the past year, including in this quarter, so the average sales per shop is higher than 1 year ago. I suspect that is partly because fewer people who never would have made a sale now open in the first place, given the increased ID and cost requirements - they were likely pulling down the average.

Separating Elite Artisan Goods From The Pack

Remember when I questioned whether Etsy really wanted hand-assembled items on the site any more, despite them still being allowed under the Creativity Standards? And remember how the Creativity Standards have tiers of creativity, with "made by" being the top? Etsy is still looking at how to differentiate between listings with lots of "value added" or higher levels of skill compared to those with a lower skill level, and is currently testing machine learning to help determine that. This was mentioned in connection with listing quality scores, so it is intended to be added to the various algorithms.

No doubt there will be lots of errors, but even if the machine learning works correctly, it will change ranking and make some shops less visible, including currently successful shops. They still may end up doing more with the Creativity Standards as well, such as filters. In short, every seller should think about all the ways this could affect their business, and how to present their goods as higher quality/skill.

2024 Focus: Gifting. 2025 Focus: Personalization

They will continue to push gifts - sales of gifts are still increasing, compared to overall sales - but are also turning their focus to personalization and customization. Here is the main quote of interest from the CEO:

"Personalized or customized items make-up roughly a third of our GMS today and we're already experiencing strong growth in some subcategories like personalized party decor and personalized apparel, which both grew double-digits in 2024. Today, the personalization process on Etsy can be clunky and often very manual. So this year, our roadmap includes improvements to seller tools and buyer functionality." [my emphasis]

That is good news to anyone doing personalization and custom items! I expect variations will improve, at a minimum.

But I wonder if they are going to do anything about the Etsy rules that actually discourage offering truly custom goods, such as the inability to take down payments easily, and the relatively-short time frame that sellers have to ship an item? Many sellers refuse to risk doing truly custom orders on Etsy now.

Back to gifts for a moment. Remember last year's big release of Gift Mode? Touted as a revolutionary tool that would match your recipients with their perfect gift using Generative AI, it never really worked the way they said it did, probably because CEO Josh Silverman demanded the developers release it a year early, before it was finished.

It used to look like this:

Go to the Gift Mode URL now and check out the changes: https://www.etsy.com/gift-mode

The page is now called Gift Finder, and it simply lists a bunch of options for occasions, interests and recipients. The old Gift Mode personas - which as last year went on I thought were better on average than Etsy's gift guides/Editors' Picks, despite the AI errors - are hidden way at the bottom.

Sometime last October, they removed the original Gift Mode and put the far less ambitious Gift Finder page in its place. No announcement was made. If they were planning on a relaunch, they'd let us know, right? Over 6 months of development, and millions of dollars in advertising and promotion - including a very pricy Super Bowl ad - have vanished from all but our memories, without a mention. If any of us failed this hard, we'd lose our businesses.

New Discovery Tool

Since the app is the highest converting platform, they are spending more time there, including the addition of a Shop tab that is browse-able. For years, Etsy has been talking about adding more features that would allow visitors to find interesting items without actually looking for anything specific. This appears to be a new serious attempt at that.

They are going to carefully data mine users' every action to help personalize the shopper's future searches and feeds. Silverman described this as "dramatically expanding the signals we collect."

Depop

Depop US sales were up about 60% last year, "making Depop the fastest growing U.S. fashion resale player".

CEO Kruti Patel Goyal is leaving Depop and returning to Etsy, but a successor hasn't been named yet. It's hard to say if Depop will continue to grow at such a clip without the same management.

Why Were Sales Down?

The shorter US holiday shopping period led to higher sales in December, while November and October were down. In addition to the usual concerns about the economy, sales were down due to:

shoppers looking for deals on many types of items, which is not Etsy's strength, according to Silverman.

Etsy putting more effort into long-term goals (such as raising overall quality of merchandise) than their usual sharp focus on incremental gains in sales.

various international countries having difficult retail climates.

They do expect sales to improve in the latter part of 2025, but not in the first quarter. They were unable to articulate why sales should go up, other than that they expect their current initiatives to improve conversions and buyer retention, and that they will go back to refining the tools they introduced last year to also increase conversions.

The work done last year likely meant a loss of "at least a few hundred million dollars of GMS." In short, they admit that removing shops and listings, while also restricting new shop sign-ups, cost them a small fraction of the site's overall sales.

Miscellaneous

Etsy Ads were the primary reason for seller service revenue growth.

They will be using more machine learning in Offsite Ads, which they started doing last year.

Expenses were down due to less fraud.

Categories that were up in the 4th quarter were few, but included subcategories like personalized clothing and vintage jewelry.

Orders are currently producing a higher rate of 5-star reviews.

Etsy Insider is working okay so far; it is still in closed beta.

A higher percentage of shops are now making sales.

Silverman's answer to a tariffs question largely focused on China and the fact that few of Etsy's goods came from China relative to the competition.

The total number of weddings is down, and they are smaller than they used to be.

The seller census from November 2024 is summarized here, starting on page 12. Half of Etsy sellers only sell on Etsy, and 80% are women. We will likely get a more detailed analysis in the next few months.

Silverman proudly declared they were able to cut shipping estimates by 2 days last year, but didn't mention that some of those estimates were wildly inaccurate, leading to real problems for innocent sellers who were not the ones who said the order would arrive in 1 day from the other side of the country.

My Thoughts

While Etsy is trying to pivot to being known as a place for higher-quality goods, unfortunately the many years of reseller slop and people drop-shipping from hidden locations are making it really tough for the corporation to turn this around. Social media sites and even traditional media regularly feature posts and articles about Etsy scams, non-handmade items, and the impossibility of finding quality goods on the site.

Etsy can make it harder for new shops to sign up, and remove more listings and shops than they used to, but the negative perception is still out there, plus the site is still overflowing with resold goods passed off as handmade.

[I did a quick test, searching for a type of ring I re-sell on my website, which has a style distinct to my supplier. I easily found 2 shops apparently reselling these rings on Etsy in the first 3 rows of search. One is actually using the supplier's photos; the other took their About page manufacturing images from stock photo sites. The first shop is literally using an exact photo that the supplier has for sale currently, and the item on the supplier's site is unique. The second shop just opened last year, after Etsy changed a lot of the rules and procedures. Their reviews complain of quality issues and drop shipping from India despite a shop location listed in the US. They are averaging over 3 items sold a day since August. In short, Etsy's site clean-up isn't working, folks.]

But apparently Etsy's management aren't ready to give up just yet, so that is going to mean a lot more pain for established shops in the coming year. In particular, if your products do not display a high level of craftsmanship as determined by Etsy - and who knows how well that will work anyway?- your visibility will likely drop in the coming year. If you don't sell personalizable items, you are going to be less likely to benefit from Etsy promotions and site upgrades. The push for diverse items and a higher percentage of shops making sales is diluting the visibility of some of the largest shops, including successful shops in small niches, and it looks like that will continue.

If you are currently struggling for Etsy sales and do not fit into Etsy's new image, it's probably time to start making other plans. Again, Etsy might have some great idea that hasn't been mentioned yet, but it is going to have to be a doozy - and happen soon - to pull this out of the fire.

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30 ways to make real; money from home

Making money online from the comfort of your home has become increasingly accessible with the growth of the internet and digital technologies. In 2023, there are numerous realistic ways to earn money online. Here are 30 ideas to get you started:

1. Freelance Writing: Offer your writing skills on platforms like Upwork or Freelancer to create blog posts, articles, or website content.

2. Content Creation: Start a YouTube channel, podcast, or blog to share your expertise or passion and monetize through ads, sponsorships, and affiliate marketing.

3. Online Surveys and Market Research: Participate in online surveys and market research studies with platforms like Swagbucks or Survey Junkie.

4. Remote Customer Service: Work as a remote customer service representative for companies like Amazon or Apple.

5. Online Tutoring: Teach subjects you're knowledgeable in on platforms like VIPKid or Chegg Tutors.

6. E-commerce: Start an online store using platforms like Shopify, Etsy, or eBay to sell products.

7. Affiliate Marketing: Promote products or services on your blog or social media and earn commissions for sales made through your referral links.

8. Online Courses: Create and sell online courses on platforms like Udemy or Teachable.

9. Remote Data Entry: Find remote data entry jobs on websites like Clickworker or Remote.co.

10. Virtual Assistance: Offer administrative support services to businesses as a virtual assistant.

11. Graphic Design: Use your graphic design skills to create logos, graphics, or websites for clients on platforms like Fiverr.

12. Stock Photography: Sell your photos on stock photography websites like Shutterstock or Adobe Stock.

13. App Development: Develop and sell mobile apps or offer app development services.

14. Social Media Management: Manage social media accounts for businesses looking to enhance their online presence.

15. Dropshipping: Start an e-commerce business without holding inventory by dropshipping products.

16. Online Consultations: Offer consulting services in your area of expertise through video calls.

17. Online Surplus Sales: Sell unused items or collectibles on platforms like eBay or Facebook Marketplace.

18. Online Fitness Coaching: Become an online fitness coach and offer workout plans and guidance.

19. Virtual Events: Host webinars, workshops, or conferences on topics you're knowledgeable about.

20. Podcast Production: Offer podcast editing, production, or consulting services.

21. Remote Transcription: Transcribe audio and video files for clients.

22. Online Translation: Offer translation services if you're proficient in multiple languages.

23. Affiliate Blogging: Create a niche blog with affiliate marketing as the primary revenue source.

24. Online Art Sales: Sell your artwork, crafts, or digital art on platforms like Etsy or Redbubble.

25. Remote Bookkeeping: Offer bookkeeping services for small businesses from home.

26. Digital Marketing: Provide digital marketing services like SEO, PPC, or social media management.

27. Online Gaming: Stream your gaming sessions on platforms like Twitch and monetize through ads and donations.

28. Virtual Assistant Coaching: If you have experience as a VA, offer coaching services to aspiring virtual assistants.

29. Online Research: Conduct research for businesses or individuals in need of specific information.

30. Online Real Estate: Invest in virtual real estate, such as domain names or digital properties, and sell them for a profit.

Remember that success in making money online often requires dedication, patience, and the ability to adapt to changing trends. It's essential to research and choose the opportunities that align with your skills, interests, and long-term goals.

[chillart22]

Art prints from my Etsy shop 🌿

In the past 2 weeks I've been adding my favorite drawings to my shop as digital prints. I'm always happy when I see someone favorite my items because it meas they might think they're worthy for a future purchase. My art is not the most popular on social media but I hope it will take off on Etsy, I'm in dire need for money for a medical device so it'd be amazing if Etsy would turn into a successful passive income.