Does anyone have experience selling on Etsy?

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I have done research and I'm still lost. I have been wanting to sell on Etsy for a couple years now, but I just can't figure it out. Any tips would be greatly appreciated!

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I started an account to start selling my photography prints but haven't actually started or posted. I'm lost when it comes to how much to charge. I'm also nervous to start it lol

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Just for some of you asking about pricing, a generally easy way is to double the cost of the materials needed to make the product. For example, if your paint brushes and paint costs $10 to make a painting, charge $20 to cover your materials and make $10 in profit. Some people also factor in time/labor into their cost if its extensive work. If you determine who you’re selling to (aka consumer profile - example, are you selling to the average middle class woman/man, to the affluent housewife, to broke college students, etc), you’ll be able to price better because you’ll know what you’re customer is willing/able to pay for the product. I haven’t sold on Etsy (but I am a small business owner), but I find a lot of Etsy pages on Instagram so I would consider promoting there; posting your work, using tags, following other Etsy shops and linking your page in the bio. Hope that helps! ❤️

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I just started putting things up on Etsy; I found it easiest to literally just start the shop opening process; they walk you through it pretty well! The biggest things you need to focus on that they don't as much is wrighting good descriptions, and deciding how to price. 
Advertising is useful, bit not needed to get started, and they have some good information about that too. I started my shop, then opened a FB shop page to go with it. FB gave me some free advertising money so I went ahead and did that.
It's been almost a month, I haven't sold anything yet, but there IS some traffic so I think I'm doing okay

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I’ve sold a few different methods on Etsy. I’ve done clothes and physical art and also a digital printable shop. The printable shop was super easy once I created all the downloadables I wanted to post, since there’s no shipping out. I didn’t research shipping enough when I was doing the clothes and paintings so I ended up not making enough money for my time.

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I would also love some advice . I have an easy to sell knitted products .I am hoping to branch out and add other items. I dont have anything posted yet due to same issue of priceing.

Does anyone have experience selling on Etsy?

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