Starting your business is super exciting!

You have waves of creativity and excitement wash over you, mixed with dreams and goals
for those things you most want from this new business...
Until you realise it's not all rainbows🌈 and unicorns 🦄.

It can all quickly get really overwhelming and completely derail this exciting time!

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Helpful Blog Posts

HBSA Student Jen

How Jen Turned Her Craft Hobby Into a Real Business – The Honest Journey of Indy Bee Crafts

How to succeed in your handmade business with ADHD
A beginners guide to the Etsy algorithm

How the Etsy algorithm works 

The Communication Game

Should you speak with 'we' or 'I'?

REAL TALK

Does the HBSA actually work?

What Handmade Sellers Need to Know

Etsy's Algorithm Change (Etsy Q Score) + Etsy’s Q1 Results

Most Popular Videos

The Truth About Etsy Policies

And How To Stay Out Of Trouble

Understanding the Seasons of Your Handmade Business 

And How To Thrive In Each One

Why Some Makers Stay Stuck

And How To Finally Move Forward

Building a Brand Around What You Actually Love

Fran's Handmade Story

Proven Etsy Listing Tips to Boost Your Sales and Get Found in Search

How To List On Etsy

15 Autumn Trends for 2025 Handmade Sellers Need to Know

What Handmade Sellers Need To Know

Top Instagram Posts

Etsy's "no-no" words...

SAVE this list words to avoid in your Etsy listings so you don't get caught out ❎

✨ Keep your listing relevant ✨...

My top piece of advice for ranking on Etsy... the 7 ranking factors on Etsy

Save my top tips...

For getting those professional looking Etsy product photos at home

 
Etsy fees

Here's a quick breakdown of Etsy fees 💙⁠

5 mistakes...

That every Etsy seller makes

Start September how you mean to go 

5 content ideas for your handmade business ✍️📸

Our most helpful lives

3 Things That Are Stopping You from Making Consistent Sales

And how to fix them

Why Your Products Aren’t Selling

And wha to do instead

The one thing...

Your Instagram Bio Might Be Missing

Slow Sales?

How to bump your sales if things are slow

You Don’t Need to Be a Social Media Expert

You Just Need This

Handmade Business Q&A

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