Life has been so hard lately, I’m going to school which means I’m working less hours and barely scraping by. I have all these art skills and backgrounds in animation and design, a plethora of computer knowledge and I’m pretty crafty. But I cant for the life of me seem to figure out what I should sell. I’ve tried Etsy, with a few paintings, some 3d prints I’ve designed, even a coloring book I made, but alas, I’ve got a total of 2 views and no sales.
Maybe I just don’t know what people want, what would you guys buy online?
Following on this, I ran a successful Etsy store from 2019 to 2025 (I closed because of Trump). Etsy is terrible, and a lot of serious vendors move to their own site, usually via Shopify.
To give an idea, I used to sell a performance prop that was $90. I had to pay between $5 - $15 in shipping and lost about $25 to Etsy fees. At the end of the day, I was getting $60ish