This Etsy shop makes over $102,000 per month selling mostly framed wall art and canvas print.
It was opened only 3 years ago and they made an estimate of $3.6Million in revenue.
And there are dozens of other shops just like this!
I'll break down the whole game plan and business model for you - how to
do your competitor research, how to create amazing art with AI tools using just words
even if you are not a graphic designer. How to print these designs on products.
And get this – I'm gonna start my own shop in this video and guide you through every single step!
But wait, before you get all artsy with AI,
we need to check what's selling like hotcakes on Etsy.
Step #1 Niche / Product / Keyword Research
When I am doing this niche and competitor research, I am using this Chrome extension
'Everbee' for Etsy. If you never tried it, check my link anastasiablogger.com/everbee
in the description below and sign up to try the tool for free, no credit card required!
So, here this super handy trick you might wanna know!
When you're snooping around someone's Etsy shop, there's this sidebar thing
you can pull out on the left. Just hit ‘Product analytics’, and boom, you can
check out the stats for their listings! Click here on 'analyze ALL listings',
and you can even sort them – like by the monthly revenue or by еру views. It’s an awesome way to
see which products are getting the most clicks and sales. You'll see the product names, links,
and little preview images – everything that you need to figure out what designs would be
profitable and what kind of designs you should create FIRST for your own store. Cool, right? 🤓👍
You can also go more in-dept - just find Keyword research in the left menu. Then if we start with
Wall Art - this is a very broad keyword with high competition so we need to dig deeper,
I recommend you to click on Filters here and set the max volume to about 2000,
submit the keyword that HAS to be included, in our case it's art, and with this filter applied
we can find some narrow keywords like anniversary gift wallart or botanicals art print and more!
Step #2 Creating the ART Design with AI
I jumped onto this software called Kittl! Super beginner-friendly and packed with
tons of graphics and fonts for digital creations. And the best part is it has this new AI feature!
Just use my link in the description below to start a free account on Kittl.
Once you started a project, click here on Kittl AI button in the
left menu and then you can give it a prompt. You should choose the style of your image, I chose
here Oil Painting style and then I'll add the keyword botanicals art print in Japanese style.
If you are not sure how to generate the right prompt, click on this ‘Learn More’
link, which basically teaches you the language that AI understands the best.
I tried out different prompts for example, this one with Japanese trees
and I clarified that I want mostly green color scheme. Once you choose one image,
just drag it by the corner to get the right size. And what I love about Kittl? You can control the
quality of your image over here, and can even tweak the design to perfection. I played around
with contrast and, saturation to make the image colors look more like on old Japanese paintings.
If you wanna try it out, there's a free version (link’s down below). But a heads-up if you wan
to get a full commercial license without any attribution for selling your AI-generated art,
you'll need to get a paid subscription, you can start even with the $10/mo Pro plan.
Step #3. Quick Start the Business
First reate a new Gmail account, maybe something that vibes with your business
name. Thi wi'll keep things neat when you open other related accounts – trust me,
it’s a lifesaver, so you’re not mixing business with personal stuff.
Head over to Etsy, click on ‘sell on Etsy’ at the bottom,
then ‘Get Started. Use that shiny new business email you just made to sign up. You can use the
link in the description below and Etsy will give you 40 FREE listings for your new shop.
Alright, next: sign up for Printify using the same email. There's a link in the description
for you start a free Printify account. Once you’re in, connect your shop - and you
just need to find Etsy logo here and then make sure you are logged in to your Etsy
account and Grant Access to Printify. This syncs everything up, making life super easy later on.
Step #4. Make Advanced AI Design in Midjourney
Cool, setup’s done. Now, if you want to try designing your wall art with a
more advanced image generating AI, we should head over to MidJourney.
First, make sure you've got a Discord account and joined Midjourney there.
Now, heads up, MidJourney isn’t free IF you want to sell the images - it's
about ten bucks a month. But it's worth every penny for the commercial rights.
Now, start your Private chat in Discord, and to create your first masterpiece,
type a forward slash in the chat box. A prompt pops up.
Click on the imagine’ option. ..
So I will use a prompt to create colorful floral abstract art 4k quality.
Just look at the result I've got in a few seconds! This is beautiful!
Now if you want to use one of these images you can click on these U1-2-3-4 buttons,
I will choose U3 and it will upscale the image.
Then you can click on the result,
and View it in Browser and even save it to your computer from here.
Step #5. Upscale quality (AI Image Enlarger)
But this can't be the final quality of the image,
you have to make sure it will be good enough for printing it on any size of wall art.
So for that we'll use a free AI Image Enlarger, yep, it's the name of the tool. I'll give you a
link to it in the description below as well. Just create a free account and upload your
image from Midjourney and choose 400% size - that's the maximum available on the free plan.
Once it's done, just download the file, here is how it can look like!
Step #6. Create product on Printify
We have already connected your Printify and Etsy shop earlier in the video.
Now, head over to the Catalog on Printify and click on Home and Living section where
you will find Posters, that's what we need for the wall art.
Oh, and don’t miss out on the 'Canvas' section. It's a premium product option,
priced higher but totally worth it for those buyers who are looking for higher quality.
Inside the Posters section, you'll easily get lost because there are so many options!
My tip? Start with the best-seller and check how it looks and the reviews that it has, are great.
If you want to start saving 20% on all of the products,
you can upgrade from your free account to Printify Premium.
Selected your product? You'll see a list of fulfillment partners. For this product,
there’s only one, but always keep an eye out for ratings, shipping, printing costs,
and average production times. Ok, if you are happy with your pick..
Just click on this green Start Desinging button on the right side. Now, add your poster design
into the Printify window. Once uploaded, make sure all size variants are selected.
As sizes can have different aspect ratios,
you'll need to drag the image by the corners and make adjustments accordingly.
For a clean and consistent look across sizes, always opt for 'Make a Specific
Design for This Size'. It lets you tailor the placement without messing up the original.
If it all looks good, save your masterpiece by clicking 'Save Product'.
Now, check out the mock-ups on Prinitify. It's a critical step because the way your products look
on those mockups can affect the amount of sales. Though some mockups here on Printify are decent,
if you truly want your listings to shine, I recommend you to invest in professional mock-ups.
I found a ton of great mockups on Placeit! I'll give you a link to this site in the
description below as well as to all the other platforms mentioned today. Placeit
offers high-quality mockups, some are even video mock-ups. And some are totally free!
Just type here in the search bar wall art mockups, you can even add the word free here…
there are some nice options but if you remove free, you will see a lot of beautiful options.
So this is the whole process which I think can't be make any easier. AI tools help you design
the products, Printify prints and delivers, you just need to drive free traffic to your
Etsy store to get more sales, but that I already covered in my other video, you can check it up
there, but don't click away just yet! Like and Subscribe and I'll see you in the next one!