#105 “How to Set Up an Etsy Shop Without Overthinking Everything”

If you’re stuck setting up your Etsy shop and haven’t made your first sale yet, this video is for you.

In this episode, Steph breaks down the bare minimum you actually need to open an Etsy shop properly, without overthinking, over-preparing, or faffing with things that don’t matter yet.

This is for complete beginners who feel “busy” but not progressing and want clear permission to stop tweaking and start selling.

You’ll learn:
👉 What you must set up before opening your Etsy shop (and what can wait)
👉 How to avoid setup limbo and perfection paralysis
👉 What a “good enough” Etsy listing actually looks like
👉 The most common beginner mistakes that waste weeks
👉 How to know when your shop is ready to go live

No branding chat.
No social media talk.

Just practical, Etsy-only advice for getting your first product listed and published.

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If you’ve made somewhere between zero and twenty sales on Etsy… or you’ve made sales but they feel completely random and you have no idea why they happened…

I need you to listen for a second.

Because I’m about to run something I only do a couple of times a year.

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And it’s a completely free, live challenge starting 16th March where I’m going to walk you through fixing the foundations of your listings properly.

Not “add more products.”

Not “post more on Instagram.”

Not “work harder.”

We fix what’s already sitting in your shop.

The titles.

The photos.

The structure.

The bits that quietly decide whether someone buys… or clicks away.

If you’re tired of refreshing your dashboard and hoping something changes… this is the moment you stop hoping and start fixing.

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