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Starla Moore

8,014 Sales in the fantacy key niche

Starla Moore is an Etsy shop owner, author and business coach that has achieved great success with her purposefully curated online community. As a lover of the fantasy genre, she channels it into her products and shares her love with customers who become members of her online community.

In this interview, Starla reveals her following secrets:

Carla Buntin

4,5132 Sales in the weding cake niche

Kara Bunting enjoys cake making and decorating and has managed to make a business out of it. She started 'A Cake to Remember' in 1999 and also helps others in her industry by supplying decorations and other crafts.

Kara has over 25 years of experience in making custom wedding cakes and cake decorations. Her start in the industry was a result of her decision to change careers after gaining experience in art, costume design, retail management and psychology. Her background ended up being the right fit for the marketing, design and businesses processes it would take to run her online business.

Her business ' A cake to Remember' has been given many awards and has legitimate positive recommendation and reviews. She also maintains a Youtube channel.

"That would be the number one thing that I would tell everyone. If you're gonna create duplicate listings, do the tactic that I did. Pick some type of template and just change the background."

Nancy Badillo

4,545 Sales in the invitation niche

Hi, I am Nancy, nice to meet you! I’m so EXCITED to have you here!

I work with Etsy Sellers who want to leverage online marketing such as SEO, social media, and branding but have no idea where to begin.

If you are looking to build a thriving Etsy business, grow your traffic, increase your brand awareness, and social media presence, then you are in the right place. I help small business owners turn their passion into profits by teaching them the EXACT steps needed to be taken to start, manage and scale their business to a full-time income.

My hope is to help you get on the right track to building a profitable business.

I’m a creator, coach, and marketer with over 12 years of experience in the digital space. When it comes to building an online business, growing your brand awareness, and creating a sustainable business for years to come, you’re in the right place.

" The click through rate ranks you big time. Click through rate is engagement, through one of the engagement points. That's click through rate, and click through rate can pull you through bad SEO as well."

Dave Denard

13,482 sales in the handmade niche

Dave makes a full-time income from his Etsy sales and uses his Youtube channel to teach others how they can do the same. He initially struggled with selling and growing on Etsy so he now helps others to avoid the steep learning curve he had to overcome in order to get to where he currently is. His expertise includes using Etsy ads to effectively drive sales. He also emphasizes the importance of picking a niche, sticking to it and enjoying the process as much as the benefits of having a business.

Dave lives in the Pacific North West and enjoys several hobbies with his wife including traveling, gardening, tennis, target shooting, cooking, hiking and running their online businesses.

"Generally, the more expensive stuff I put toward the back of the booth, that's just similar to what I do to with the jewelry."

Jim Snow

13,390 sales in the jewelry niche

Gem Snow is an artisanal jewelry and lifestyle brand specializing in handcrafted accessories and crystal minerals. He is an expert whnen it comes to selling at live events throughout th US.

Through hard work and tact, Jim has managed to convert Gem Snow into a successful company. Over the years, he has traveled across the country, setting up booths at various events and festivals. Jim has also established Gem Snow online, with an active Etsy store that allows customers to order bespoke items alongside their regular inventory.

Naturally, Jim has amassed quite a lot of experience selling crafts. Today, he has graciously shared his insights and business tips with other budding entrepreneurs.

" I think when somebody comes to a shop and they might see one thing they like but then they go oh! there's all these other things I might like too because they see the different categories I think that definitely helps."

Carrie Wood

14,009 sales in the fabric niche

Carrie Wood's sale of Global Textiles began as a way to adopt her kids and has since grown into a well-loved brand for those who love and appreciate ethnic fabrics. She enjoys sewing and appreciates the fact that it also allows her to earn an income.

Carrie Wood from More Love Mama Global Textiles sells unique fabrics from around the globe. Her collection includes African Wax Print Fabrics, South African Shweshwe Fabrics, and African Indonesian Batiks. More Love Mama initially began as Carrie's way to raise funds for adopting her middle kids from the Democratic Republic of Congo. She has a total of 6 kids who were brought together through international adoption from China and the DRCongo. Her shop has since expanded and so has her love for her collection of fabrics.

Carrie has lived in Cypress for over 20 years and appreciates the diversity it affords her multi-racial family. She loves the hot weather but greatly dislikes the traffic. She loves to laugh, play and sew.

“ You have got to have good photos. Because it doesn’t matter how great your SEO is, if your photos are not good, are not showing your product, then people are just not gonna buy them, they’re not even going to click.”

Zoe Horsefield

4,640 sales in the paper bead niche

Zoe Horsefield is a crafter and artist from South London who now lives in Jurassic Coast line in Christchurch, Dorset. She enjoys making beautiful and mundane things. She believes learning crafts can be magical as well so she also enjoys teaching workshops and sharing her love of crafts, up cycling and creating wonderful things.

She created Squeakerchimp in order to start selling on the major e-commerce sites.  Her passion is the answer to the question of ‘If you were ever stranded on a desert island what would you do?’ Leaves, vines and shells are perfectly fine base materials for entertaining herself with her arts and crafts if that ever happens.  She already turns scrap paper into unique beads.

In this feature, Zoe provides insight into the following:

" However, what I found is, I make like really unique and durable rings for people that last like a long time, and generally, people kind of remember me, so I actually do get quite a lot of return customers."

Dan Rees

1,724 sales in the custom ring niche

Dan crafts handmade wooden rings and sells his creations to customers all over the world. His Etsy shop is Zebrano Wood Craft and he prides himself on producing his pieces to a high standard. His business started out as just a past time with his friend where they used reclaimed pallet wood and he fell in love with handcrafts. He started working on his own projects and it has since grown into his business.

Dan is based in West Sussex, England and is living his dream as a self-styled sawdust creator. He also has a Youtube channel where he shares his projects and ideas. He hopes to be an inspiration to others.

In this feature, Dan provides insight into the following:

"I like taking pictures but I don't like editing them so I ended up hiring someone to do my photography." -Della

Della Redaja

894 sales in the custom rosary niche

Della Dedaja creates rosaries inspired by Mother Teresa's canonization. Her creativity and success as an Etsy seller is truly inspired and is also an inspiration.

Della Redaja has been making mission rosaries since she was only 8 years old when she would help her mother run their local church gift shop. Her created items have since evolved from wired rosaries and plastic beads to quality gemstone beads and heirloom quality replica bronze metals. She also uses actual silver medals and non-replica antique medals.

Her inspiration stems mainly from Mother Teresa's canonization as she hoped to honor Our Lady for the gift of the rosary as well as Jesus and the Saints for the exemplary lives they led.

In this feature, Della provides insight into the following: