Is Selling Vintage on Etsy Worth It | ETSY PROS & CONS | Reseller Tips

I sell around 10 items a week on Etsy, I am in Canada and sell items typically in the $30 to $300 range. The fees are not 10%, more like 15% to 18% when you add them all up and the worst part is when an item sells from an off site ad and then the fees can by 30-40% ! Recently sold a $59 item and with off site fees, they took $28 in fees. I wish the fees were only 10% !

As a seller of Etsy for many years, their fees can now be as much as 35% , nickle and dime you to death

I just want to say thank you for inspiring me to list. I've procrastinated but love to thrift and source. I honestly think it was a Godwink that I found your channel. Why not do what I have a passion for? I currently have some extra time and tend to buy some of the same types of items you do but you've also taught me a lot about hot sellers, top dollar you would pay for an item and I like the clean look of your photos. Thank you for sharing about not offering free shipping to international buyers because I was looking for advice on this and wondering how you could make it financially if you did this. You answered my question on that and I thought this was a wonderful video. I really have had fun watching you the last week and look forward to getting more tips. I've probably annoyed my hubby with my newfound energy and excitement. I appreciate you and love your humor, preparedness and style! Really love your wall of brightly colored art! Thanks again!

Is there a fee to list regardless of whether or not the item sells on etsy?

Great tips!!! Very helpful!!! Listening and learning!!! U are one smart cookie!!! (cookie in a respectful manner).💞💞🙃💞💞

Very helpful thank you!

Great video as always. I have been selling on EBay for 10 years and their fees are getting absurd. I pay a monthly store fee in addition to 20% on jewelry sales. Making a profit is becoming impossible. I am considering Etsy either in addition to or in place of eBay but need to do more research so this video was very helpful. Does Etsy collect & pay state taxes for you the way eBay does?

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Love your channel - Maybe I missed it but I think you may have forgotten to mention the surprise 12% charge Etsy levels if your vintage item is sold via onsite ads. This infuriating rule can make a dent in the profit of a vintage sale, especially if you have turned "make an offer" on and accepted less. I do well-selling vintage on Etsy -- so I play the averages - if only 5% of my sales get this additional charge then it really isn't that much overall -- however when you look at an item that gets charged this fee then the bite they take is over 18% and that does not include the processing fee which is about 3% - and don't forget that if the item has been on a while you are paying 20 cent relisting fee every 4 months -- if you have 500 items on - that can add up...

Good Morning. Love this video. Can you please tell me the free program to help with title key words Through AI. I tryed to rewind it a few times to see what you were saying but couldnt figure it out... Very inspiring video. Love the content. Love how fast you move through. Learn alot quickly and on point. Awesome.

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Thank you for all of the wonderful advice. Great tips. Can't wait for your next energy-filled video!

PLEASE. PLEASE do the videos! And then the vintage show videos….

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Thanks Andi for another great video! My Etsy shop has just gone live and I'm really excited about trying different marketing tactics but agree, the least you can do is to shout about your business over the social rooftops 😅 looking forward to some more marketing tips from you 💛

I don't offer free shipping on Etsy, and I do very well. I don't think the free shipping is a must anymore in my opinion. I also find it infuriating that none of the commercials feature vintage at all. Why? Half the site is vintage!. Etsy needs to advertise this, why are they not doing this?

This was so informative for me. I am trying to decide on opening an EBay or Etsy account. I sell a variety of items vintage, clothes hand made crafts, so I’m wondering if it depends on what I sell?
Have you done a shipping video?

Etsy infuriates me with the cheap Chinese and Indian goods! I am very careful when buying but yes, it is very difficult to search for true hand-made or antique or vintage items without the garbage too. This was very helpful! ❤

Very helpful. Look forward to more

Had 27,000 sales on Etsy and the free shipping killed my business. It was a slow death lol. I was selling handmade so it was bad all around for everyone. That and inflation. I started reselling vintage on eBay and prefer them because of this alone. Even with the higher fees.

Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us I know that it helps a lot of resellers. Have a wonderful blessed Friday and weekend.

Very interesting.

Thank you! Love these tip videos.