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If you want to start an online business to earn passive income<\/a>, print on demand, or POD, is one of the most popular business models.<\/p>\n

With print on demand, you don't have to worry about creating and shipping products yourself. This lets you focus on creating unique designs and effectively marketing your stores.<\/p>\n

However,\u00a0choosing the\u00a0right\u00a0<\/em>POD partner and platform to sell on can make or break your business.<\/p>\n

But, thankfully, using reputable POD companies like Printify<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and massive online marketplaces like Etsy provide you with everything you need to make money online<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So in this post, I'm sharing my personal experiences with opening a Printify Etsy shop.<\/p>\n

This guide is covering how to start using Printify with Etsy, from designing your first products to launching your store. And, I'm also sharing some marketing tips that I found helpful in getting my first sales.<\/p>\n

My Experience With Opening A Printify Etsy Store<\/strong><\/h2>\n

When I opened my Printify<\/a> Etsy shop in college, I decided to try making money with memes<\/a> since these types of viral products can do well in the POD world.<\/p>\n

I wanted to design and sell cheap merchandise that was funny and eye-catching. And I didn\u2019t want to put in hours of painstaking graphic design work since I'm not good at graphic design.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, I opened a shop called Easily Amused Designs <\/strong>– a store specializing in plastering silly images on mugs or other common gift items and selling them for low margins.<\/p>\n

\"etsy-shop\"
I still don't know why my logo is this Eggplant, but I liked him.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you think this post is a joke and are wondering who in their right mind would buy this stuff, you\u2019re not alone.<\/p>\n

I mean, this is a list of the Printify Etsy products that I was ready to sell:<\/p>\n

\"Etsy-items-in-shop\"<\/p>\n

All of these items required about five minutes of work to create, and they certainly look the product of a low effort endeavor.<\/p>\n

But hey, after running my Printify Etsy experiment for a few weeks and putting in less than 10 hours of work, two customers purchased my Spongebob Caveman Mug:<\/p>\n

\"Esty-mugs\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now, unbeknownst to me at the time, you can\u2019t use POD websites to sell copyrighted material. So, after Printify refused to manufacture my merchandise, I refunded both customers.<\/p>\n

While I\u2019m disappointed in this result, I still consider this a win. My experience with sell Printify products on Etsy really proves that you can make money by selling these types of products.<\/p>\n

And, if you look to the Etsy marketplace, you find scores of other sellers who are generating substantial income by selling hastily manufactured gift items and meme products:<\/p>\n

\"Etsy-meme-merchandise\"
Yes, 478 people have purchased a creepy Nicholas Cage notebook.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I\u2019m not advocating for intellectual property infringement or suggesting you rip off some artwork and plaster it on your own merchandise. But this entire process has proved that the barrier to entry for starting your own Etsy shop with Printify is low in terms of skill and effort.<\/p>\n

So, if you lack artistic capability like me, using Printify with Etsy could be worth considering.<\/p>\n

And now it's time to break down the exact steps you can follow to start dropshipping on Etsy with Printify!<\/p>\n

How To Sell Printify Products On Etsy<\/strong><\/h2>\n

One of Etsy\u2019s main strengths is the low barrier to entry and ease of setting up your own shop.<\/p>\n

Etsy is a marketplace, not a eCommerce website hosting solution\/website builder like Shopify or WooCommerce. When you open your own Etsy shop, it\u2019s basically the virtual equivalent of opening up a stall in a marketplace or bazaar.<\/p>\n

You still have to design your shop and list items, but when you sell on Etsy, you are ultimately just a shop in a marketplace. This will come with some inherent advantages and disadvantages.<\/p>\n

Anyway, starting your own Etsy shop doesn\u2019t take much time<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

And when you add in Printify products<\/a> to the mix, it's possible to start selling on Etsy without ever having to make and ship products yourself. Here's how it all works.<\/p>\n

1. Create Your Etsy Store<\/strong><\/h3>\n

To begin, head over to Etsy and hit the ‘Sell on Etsy' button in the top right corner:<\/p>\n

Etsy then prompts you to provide an email address for registration, so be sure to use the email you want to associate with your Etsy shop.<\/p>\n

2. Enter Shop Preferences<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The next step in setting up your Printify Etsy shop is to enter the shop preferences for your store.<\/p>\n

\"Etsy-open-shop\"<\/p>\n

This should take less than a minute. Just be sure to select the right shop language and currency to start off correctly.<\/p>\n

3. Name Your Shop<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Etsy lets you name your shop, and this is the customer-facing name people see. I named my Printify Etsy store Easily Amused Designs, but you can basically pick any name you want as long as it's not offensive.<\/p>\n

\"Etsy-name-store\" I suggest going with an Etsy shop name that is either brandable or directly explains what sort of merchandise you sell.<\/p>\n

4. Sign Up For Printify<\/strong><\/h3>\n

You have to add products to your Etsy store to launch it. This means it's now time to create some Printify products for Etsy so you can finish setting up your store.<\/p>\n

Personally, I recommend using\u00a0Printify<\/a><\/strong> as this is the POD service I use and got sales with on Etsy.<\/p>\n

\"Sell-on-Printify\"<\/p>\n

To get started with Printify, you create an account and provide an email address.<\/p>\n

I suggest using the same email used for your Etsy shop. This video from Printify walks you through the process of connecting your Printify store to Etsy:<\/p>\n