How to Sell Your Stuff on Etsy Ep 216 | What We Wish We Knew About Etsy—Before We Ever Opened Our Shops
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Jan 15, 2026 Preston Cox, a handmade product maker who turned Etsy into full-time income, and Becca Miller, a digital-product seller and AI-assisted design coach, share quick, practical takeaways. They talk templates and mock-ups to speed scaling. They cover shipping, pricing, taxes, AI for research and design, beating perfectionism, and treating a shop like a real business.
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Standardize Shipping Process
- Standardize packaging and shipping dimensions to simplify fulfillment and control costs.
- Charge customers shipping rather than absorbing it unless you can afford to include it.
Use AI For Research And Prompts
- Use AI to analyze top listings and generate product ideas, prompts, and design tweaks.
- Treat AI as an assistant for research and iteration, not as the final decision-maker.
AI As Analytical Assistant
- AI excels at repetitive, analytical tasks like cleaning logos or generating font/placement suggestions.
- Keep human judgment in charge; use AI outputs as inputs, not final answers.