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Frequently Asked Questions from Handmade Business Owners

Hi! Mei here!

Our Creative Hive VIP Facebook Group has grown tremendously over the last few months. We have an amazing, supportive community and I love seeing people flourish in there!

We get a lot of questions coming in every day and while I would love to answer every one myself, I wouldn't have enough time in the day to do it! As you'll see in my responses below, I give extremely thorough and in-depth feedback.

So here's what I can do instead. I've compiled a list of frequently asked questions below along with my responses to them.

If you're reading this, you've most likely been linked to this post from within the group and your question has been answered here.

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5 Easy-to-Fix Mistakes I Made That Seriously Hindered the Growth of My Etsy Shop

You have a crafty hand.

People always compliment your work and say, “you should totally sell these!”

Then your wheels start turning, “how CAN I sell them? Maybe online? In a store?”

You do some slight research to see if those people were right about you selling your “stuff.”

You'll most likely come across Etsy on your hunt for information.

You've probably already heard of Etsy since it's been around awhile and you probably know someone you has also sold their craft there.

But shucks, that sure does look intimidating.

Well, that's where I come in.

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7 Lessons I Learned From Running A Full Time Etsy Shop and Homeschooling Two Toddlers

Do you ever look at your competitors’ or your peers’ businesses and got all frustrated at why your business doesn’t take off as quickly?

Here are 7 lessons I learned from running a full time etsy shop (plus two other businesses) and homeschooling two toddlers.

Firstly, let me say that I don’t know about you, but for me, it's not that I don't think I'll get there. It's that it takes me time. A really LONG time.

You see, I not only run two full time etsy shops, I also homeschool 2 toddlers while tending to my backyard flock and tiny homestead AND growing a third business where I teach other etsy sellers to do the same.

This leaves me, as you can imagine, with very little time (and fewer showers than I'd like to admit), but it did teach me a LOT of valuable lessons I want to share with you today.
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How I Made Over $2K in My First Two Months On Etsy

Wouldn't it be wonderful if you could just add your products to your Etsy shop and the sales just started rolling in?

Customers would leave you nice, positive comments.

You'd be the top shop of the search engine for your products.

Easy peasy.

If only it didn't take some major research and smart work to get there.

The market would be even more saturated if it were that simple.

You're probably wondering, how the heck can I sell over $2k?!

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5 Things You Need To Know About Etsy Teams

If you're a handmade business owner with a shop on Etsy, you could be worried that your shop is stuck in a rut.

You've read blog posts, articles on Pinterest, but your sales are not coming in.

How do you find the support need??

You’ve started an Etsy shop.

You’ve perfected your SEO.

Now you’re at a dead end.

You have nothing to do and nowhere to go, except sit and wait for those sales to come rolling in.

But more often than not, they don’t come quite as fast as we’d like.

And then, one of those days when you have nothing to do, you stumble upon the magical little button that leads you into the great big world of “teams”.

So it was with me, and I’m taking the liberty to assume that I’m not alone.

It's enchanting.

A whole group of crafters and collectors gathered to share, discuss, critique and help one another's shops.

While I readily admit there are benefits to teams, I just as quickly warn against the disadvantages and pitfalls.

I want you to enjoy your Etsy shop.

I want you to have that special light in your eyes when you tell everyone you know about your products.

I want it to be an endearing experience you’ll carry on for years and never once forget.

To assure that outcome, I hope you’ll keep reading.

We’re going to travel through the basics of teams, how they can help your shop, as well as a few words of warnings.

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