Thank you! And yes, it is honestly just so much fun to create and design things and then know that people around the globe are wearing your creation.

Thank you! I highly recommend she watches my previous video if she is just getting started, hopefully it’ll help her have success faster: https://youtu.be/Phucc1uMllw?si=FLqXkpNxHZnOKtir

Thank you! And actually, I kind of did make that video. It was my latest video. Have you watched it? https://youtu.be/Phucc1uMllw?si=FLqXkpNxHZnOKtir
It’s really not that complicated. It comes down to:
1) Identify a product/customer base that you can do different/better.
2) Create products for it. Only add in products good enough that you would buy. Quality over quantity.
3) Be descriptive in your title/tags/description. Don’t overthink it, just do your best to be descriptive.
4) Keep adding new products regularly, because the way the Etsy’s algorithm works as I described in the video, it will help it a lot to just keep adding items regularly. You could set yourself a small goal, like add 1 per day.
If your products are both great, AND fill a gap in the marketplace, that is the key to fast sales. Most people don’t do that though. They just focus on niches with lots of great options already and don’t add to it/improve it.

Thank you! And I actually plan to make a video about digital products soon!

Thank you! And that is a great idea for a video, I’ll put it on my video idea list 🙂

So, due to large amounts of scam accounts being created every day on Etsy, they temporarily “ban” a lot of new accounts. That is what the suspension message I showed at 0:02 was – it was a “new account suspension.” If you appeal this “ban” they will reinstate your account very fast, usually within a week. This account was reinstated in about 3 days after appealing it. It is very, VERY common to get “banned” within your first few days (sometimes within your first hour!) and people mistakenly believe that they have been legitimately banned. They’ll sometimes even blame POD and say that is why they were banned, even though POD providers like Printify have a direct integration and are an official app partner with Etsy.
It sounds like this was your “ban” – however, they do NOT explain it. You can see my suspension message didn’t explain it. They just ask you to appeal it. It is confusing.
The reason Etsy seems to do it, is to stop the scam accounts. The scammers don’t appeal the ban, because they know they’ll get caught. From Etsy’s perspective, it is crucial that they stop scammers, because they are processing payments. Credit card companies like Mastercard/Visa do NOT tolerate scams. They have to be more careful than say, YouTube, which isn’t as vigilant at stopping scammers in the YT comments.
It is annoying, and frustrating, but it isn’t personal, and you weren’t banned for doing anything wrong 🙏