15. From Zero Sales to Over $5000 a Month with Lizzie Smiley

In this episode of the Etsy Seller Podcast, host Cody McGuffie talks with Lizzie, a successful Etsy seller who started from scratch and now generates over $5,000 a month in sales. Lizzie shares her experience of initially getting no sales and how she persevered to build a thriving Etsy shop. She also discusses the impact of having a new baby on her business and gives valuable advice to new and existing Etsy sellers. Lizzie challenges the belief that only "OG" Etsy shops make money and proves it wrong. The Etsy Seller Podcast is hosted by Cody McGuffie, CEO and founder of EverBee. In each weekly episode of this podcast, you’ll hear from experienced Etsy Sellers on how they run their Etsy business, how they got their first sales on Etsy, how they marketing their Etsy shops and so much more.EverBee is a Etsy product analytics tool that helps Etsy sellers find best selling products and keywords so they can sell more on Etsy. It helps Etsy sellers speed up product research and product discovery so they can get their first Etsy sales and grow their business.Sign up for EverBee for free at the link - https://everbee.ioKey points and timestamps:[00:00:45] Proving new Etsy sellers wrong.[00:03:01] Starting a Business on Etsy.[00:06:11] Persevering through slow growth.[00:11:02] Etsy shop success.[00:14:01] Unusual print on demand products.[00:14:56] Passive income on Etsy.[00:17:52] Overcoming creative blocks.Most Popular Episodes:Automating Print-on-Demand: Strategies for Etsy Sellers to Make $100,000/year with print on demand Etsy shopsGrowing your Etsy business to $50K/year by constantly discovering unique product nichesHow to Make $70,000/Year Selling Digital Products on EtsyEntities mentionedEtsy, Cody McGuffie, Lizzie Smiley, Everbee, SEO, revenue estimates, monthly sales, tags, keywords, search volume, online entrepreneur, new sellers, existing sellers