This year I have been talking a lot about a few businesses which moms can create at home in their spare time with just their computer and an internet connection. One of them is selling printables online.
If you are new here, this business can be free or very low cost to start, it can be done whenever you have free time, and you don’t need crazy design skills to do it.
Have you tried selling printables online?
Wait, better question…
Have you ever heard of printables before?
Well for those of you who aren’t sure, printables are digital products that customers can download and print at home.
Examples include grocery shopping checklists, gift tags, candy bar wrappers for party favors, printable quotes for wall art, and even sewing patterns.
Last year, my friends Julie & Cody launched their E-Printables course that teaches people how to make money selling these printables on Etsy and other online platforms.
They had no idea how popular this side hustle would be, but now they’ve helped over 1,000 students through their course and growing!
Why sell printables?
The best part about selling printables on Etsy is that once you create the design, you can sell an unlimited number of copies with no additional overhead. With a physical item, you have to create each product for sale individually, then package it, then ship it out.
With printables, you create the design once on your computer, list it in your Etsy shop, and there’s no difference in workload whether you sell 1 or 1,000.
Here’s a cool story to highlight the power of repeat sales...
Last February, Cody (one of the course founders) was skiing out in Lake Tahoe during Valentine’s week with his girlfriend. During the month of January, he had spent time creating designs specifically for Valentine’s Day.
Well, when Valentine’s day rolled around, the sales started pouring in! During that week, he earned almost $720 without touching his Etsy shop once.
To help you get an even better understanding of this side hustle, I asked Cody & Julie to distill the “selling printables” process down into just a few sentences.
Here’s what they came up with:
“First, you need to think of an idea. The reason for this is because you cannot open an Etsy shop without having a design ready to sell.
Next, you will need to create your printable. This could be in any design program like Canva or Adobe Illustrator.
Then, you’ll have to create your listing and optimize for things like tags, keywords, listing description, product images, title, and other search engine optimization factors. If all of these words are new to you, we break down this whole process step by step within the course.
After you list your product, you’re ready to promote! In addition to Etsy’s own search engine, you can drive traffic to your shop via Pinterest, Instagram, Facebook, or any other social media platform.”
There’s definitely a lot more that goes into having a successful Etsy printables shop, but don’t worry, everything is laid out for you in the course.
You can check out the E-Printables Course page for even more information.
Now you may be concerned that you don’t have time to do the coursework and create and list products, but I have great news.
What if you could get started in just a couple of hours?
Or maybe even 15-20 minutes?
In the E-Printables course, Julie & Cody give you pre-made templates that make printable design SO much easier.
These are basically drag-and-drop templates that even someone with no graphic design experience can start off on the right foot.
Some of the templates include:
Calendars
Wine Labels
Gift tags
Habit trackers
Journal pages
Instagram story templates
Snapchat filters
Greeting cards
Party favor stickers
Banners
Coloring pages
& Invitations
You could seriously have 12 listings created in a couple of hours just by following along with the pre-made templates and adding your own design elements and style!
Here are just a few examples from the E-Printables course to spark some inspiration.
Final Product using the wine label template
Final Product using the calendar template
Not only does the course streamline the design process, but also the research, listing, and marketing processes as well.
They’ve spent hundreds of hours tweaking, testing, and refining the course material over the past year to give you the best chance of success with your Etsy shop.
So the crazy thing about this course is that it’s only open a few times per year for enrollment. Cody & Julie like to bring in “waves” of students so that they can guide them and provide better support.
Lucky for you, course enrollment opened just YESTERDAY (and at a discount)!
That’s the good news!
The bad news is… the course is open for enrollment through Sunday only.
As an added bonus, if you sign up for the course before Sunday at Midnight, I’m going to give you:
A digital copy of my e-book Take Back Your Time: How to Become a Motivated Time Saving Mama
Just email me your purchase receipt and I will email you the book.
Plus, you’ll get $50 off when you use discount code “JUNE50”.
Learn more about the E-Printables course.
Plus, There is a 7-day refund if you decide the course is not for you. Just don’t proceed past the first module before requesting it.
There’s no reason not to try it. So if you are looking for an online business where you can create the hours and work when you want to check out the course!
Cheers,
Emily
