How to Dropship on Etsy

Published on: December 1 2022 by Bryan Guerra

How to Dropship on Etsy

How to Dropship on Etsy

How to Dropship on Etsy

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00:00:00	00:00:04	so today i'm going to teach you how to
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00:00:04	00:00:08	great opportunity for drop shippers both
00:00:06	00:00:10	if you're currently obviously
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00:00:10	00:00:12	you're just looking for another place to
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00:00:12	00:00:15	and you know dropship on another
00:00:14	00:00:16	platform right so it's a great
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00:00:16	00:00:20	there are some challenges presented with
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00:00:22	00:00:26	but that's a good thing in a lot of ways
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00:00:37	00:00:42	so for example like but on amazon okay
00:00:39	00:00:43	on amazon or ebay for example right like
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00:00:45	00:00:48	don't get me wrong it's been phenomenal
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00:00:50	00:00:54	but with that with that that sales
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00:00:55	00:00:59	on etsy there's a lot of sales velocity
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00:01:09	00:01:12	is not really there okay so we're going
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00:01:12	00:01:16	here when i show you the tutorial here
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00:01:23	00:01:27	be the same one that i've covered
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00:01:33	00:01:37	that is z drop okay if you guys want z
00:01:35	00:01:38	drop it'll be linked in the description
00:01:37	00:01:40	it is an affiliate link but you can save
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00:01:42	00:01:46	i still use it it's phenomenal i have
00:01:44	00:01:48	yet to see a better option out there
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00:02:09	00:02:12	other marketplaces or from etsy to other
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00:02:28	00:02:32	listings on like ebay for example
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00:02:39	00:02:41	so we're going to cover all that here
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00:02:53	00:02:57	and because the competition on there is
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00:03:00	00:03:04	it's still pretty easy don't get me
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00:03:05	00:03:09	see on an ebay or a facebook marketplace
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00:03:11	00:03:13	with that being said let's hop into my
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00:03:16	00:03:20	etsy is another marketplace that you can
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00:03:20	00:03:25	etsy is it works with z drop obviously
00:03:23	00:03:27	so a lot of amazon listings
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00:03:29	00:03:32	so we're gonna cover all the nuances of
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00:03:37	00:03:41	it also cross posts to etsy right so you
00:03:39	00:03:43	can post things to etsy and then also
00:03:41	00:03:45	post them to facebook to poshmark
00:03:43	00:03:46	to uh other ones like depop or you know
00:03:45	00:03:48	whatever it is that you want to do in
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00:03:48	00:03:51	have mercari listings that you think
00:03:50	00:03:53	work well on etsy
00:03:51	00:03:55	you can cross-post in the etsy facebook
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00:03:55	00:03:58	right so it works with both softwares
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00:04:05	00:04:08	there's a couple issues with etsy first
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00:04:09	00:04:15	you can only list vintage or handmade
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00:04:15	00:04:19	so vintage is like older older clothes
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00:04:26	00:04:29	normally drop ship on facebook that's
00:04:28	00:04:31	like an amazon product you probably
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00:04:31	00:04:34	so that's the first thing is you need to
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00:04:34	00:04:38	able to drop shipping
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00:04:38	00:04:42	charge you 20 cents a listing to even
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00:04:48	00:04:52	not max out on other platforms but you
00:04:50	00:04:54	start to get success on other platforms
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00:05:05	00:05:08	at that point it might be smart to
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00:05:13	00:05:16	think there's a lot of promise i think
00:05:14	00:05:18	that a lot of dropshippers avoid it for
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00:05:41	00:05:43	approach this a couple ways that i have
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00:05:47	00:05:51	so if you go to like amazon right or
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00:06:02	00:06:06	home depot etc because everybody starts
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00:06:06	00:06:09	sellers okay
00:06:07	00:06:10	but just to kind of show you if you came
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00:06:14	00:06:17	because they're all handmade okay
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00:06:17	00:06:21	though is it's got the handling time
00:06:19	00:06:23	because they're handmade
00:06:21	00:06:24	it might be an issue okay so if they're
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00:06:35	00:06:39	something that's like personalized with
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00:06:39	00:06:41	types of listings
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00:06:44	00:06:48	so let's find one that you can actually
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00:06:48	00:06:52	customizable that obviously you could
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00:07:00	00:07:03	the only issue is when you list the etsy
00:07:02	00:07:05	you want to do the same thing you just
00:07:03	00:07:06	want to copy it to etsy using z drop or
00:07:05	00:07:07	you can cross post it from somewhere
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00:07:07	00:07:11	using list perfectly right um and so you
00:07:10	00:07:13	just want to listen to etsy there's a
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00:07:15	00:07:17	very easily just like you would anything
00:07:16	00:07:18	else
00:07:17	00:07:20	but that's one way that you could
00:07:18	00:07:22	approach it listing like handmade or
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00:07:24	00:07:27	on amazon right
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00:07:29	00:07:31	again you can only list handmade in
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00:07:31	00:07:36	you do get charged 20 cents per listing
00:07:34	00:07:37	so you can't really play the volume game
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00:07:38	00:07:41	because you're going to be paying 20
00:07:40	00:07:42	cents for every listing that you
00:07:41	00:07:43	obviously list
00:07:42	00:07:45	right so you want to kind of go after
00:07:43	00:07:46	best sellers you want to kind of go
00:07:45	00:07:48	after things that are proven on other
00:07:46	00:07:50	platforms that you can potentially list
00:07:48	00:07:52	so you can even use like facebook or
00:07:50	00:07:53	makari or other things like that to test
00:07:52	00:07:55	products
00:07:53	00:07:57	and then once you have a winner that's
00:07:55	00:07:59	handmade or vintage then list it to etsy
00:07:57	00:08:01	and also sell it there right
00:07:59	00:08:02	another thing that you can do is you can
00:08:01	00:08:04	go to like obscure suppliers i know a
00:08:02	00:08:06	lot of people dropship on etsy like this
00:08:04	00:08:08	so you can just search for like vintage
00:08:06	00:08:10	products or like vintage
00:08:08	00:08:12	um vintage hoodies right or like
00:08:10	00:08:13	something like that right
00:08:12	00:08:15	and then find a supplier who sells
00:08:13	00:08:17	vintage hoodies online and list those
00:08:15	00:08:19	that see right or go to like
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00:08:19	00:08:23	handmade doormats handmade scarves
00:08:21	00:08:25	handmade whatever right like
00:08:23	00:08:26	and then find a supplier who does that
00:08:25	00:08:28	and then list from that specific
00:08:26	00:08:29	supplier on the etsy the issue with that
00:08:28	00:08:30	though
00:08:29	00:08:32	is you won't be able to use um you know
00:08:30	00:08:34	z drop because it won't integrate with
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00:08:34	00:08:36	like an e-commerce image downloader
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00:08:36	00:08:40	i don't have up right now but if you use
00:08:39	00:08:41	e-commerce image downloader what it's
00:08:40	00:08:43	going to do
00:08:41	00:08:45	is on a lot of different things it
00:08:43	00:08:46	should just download the pictures on the
00:08:45	00:08:48	actual thing right here
00:08:46	00:08:50	on the actual page and so you'll see
00:08:48	00:08:52	this pop up right here with the inc
00:08:50	00:08:53	ecommerce image downloader you hit
00:08:52	00:08:55	download all directly
00:08:53	00:08:57	and it just should just download all the
00:08:55	00:08:58	images on right here
00:08:57	00:09:00	so it downloaded all three of those
00:08:58	00:09:02	images to my to my uh downloads and
00:09:00	00:09:03	you'll see them pop up right there and
00:09:02	00:09:05	then i can just list them a lot easier
00:09:03	00:09:07	all i have to do is then copy and paste
00:09:05	00:09:09	the description in the title
00:09:07	00:09:11	and paste it into etsy it's very very
00:09:09	00:09:13	easy okay if e-commerce image downloader
00:09:11	00:09:15	is something you can't find because
00:09:13	00:09:16	they've changed their name twice now um
00:09:15	00:09:18	if they might change their name again
00:09:16	00:09:19	uh or you know maybe it's not working
00:09:18	00:09:20	with the integrated site that you're
00:09:19	00:09:22	working
00:09:20	00:09:24	with you can download there's a number
00:09:22	00:09:26	of uh e-commerce plugins that you know
00:09:24	00:09:26	are google chrome related just suit the
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00:09:26	00:09:29	the chrome store i can't tok today
00:09:28	00:09:31	apparently search
00:09:29	00:09:33	the chrome store and you will be able to
00:09:31	00:09:34	find one that just downloads the
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00:09:36	00:09:39	how you approach etsy again i'm not too
00:09:38	00:09:41	seasoned in this but i wanted to cover
00:09:39	00:09:42	it for you because i think it's a
00:09:41	00:09:43	promising up and coming drop shipping
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00:09:43	00:09:46	where you can take advantage of make
00:09:45	00:09:48	more money make more profit
00:09:46	00:09:50	that really nobody's doing right now
00:09:48	00:09:51	because of the issues that i outlined so
00:09:50	00:09:52	it's something i see on the horizon for
00:09:51	00:09:54	me
00:09:52	00:09:55	maybe you tackle it maybe you you know
00:09:54	00:09:57	maybe you hop in before there's a lot of
00:09:55	00:09:59	competition there and you really kind of
00:09:57	00:10:00	master it yourself there's a it's it's
00:09:59	00:10:01	not really high risk because they're
00:10:00	00:10:02	really
00:10:01	00:10:04	you know 20 cents listing isn't high
00:10:02	00:10:06	risk but it's more high risk because you
00:10:04	00:10:07	have to pay for your listings
00:10:06	00:10:09	as opposed to somewhere like facebook
00:10:07	00:10:10	and recarri but there's a lot more
00:10:09	00:10:12	reward potential there
00:10:10	00:10:15	because nobody else is doing it so
00:10:12	00:10:15	that's etsy hope it helped