June Goals Thread and May Lessons Learned

[Former_Member]

Hey y'all,

I didn't see a thread like this, so I'm starting one. What are your June Goals AND May lessons learned.

Here's mine:
June Goal
1. Get my shop to 100 items
2. Get a sale

May Lessons Learned
1. Small changes add up
2. It's worth learning flat lay photography especially for instagram
3. don't be afraid to switch things up as your work life changes

[Former_Member]

Hi Brittany,
My June goals are
1. Get more admires
2. Retake pictures
3. Get 1 sale per week.

May Lessons I learned.
1. Things take time to generate
2. Treat Etsy like a job and not a hobby.
3. Need to do more research on how to create sales.

[peaceandstitches]

Goals

1. Work on photography
2. Promote more on social media
3. Eliminate items from my store I don't want to stock anymore

Lessons

1. Always pack packages securely
2. Read up more on Etsy Success articles before posting items

[fishcouple]

Goal:

1. List the custom made designs that I've made as regular items


Lesson:

1. Check the address to see if it's "confirmed" by USPS as soon as the order is in.

[BeanerooBaby]

June Goals:
1. Get two sales
2. Get one custom order

May Lessons:
1. Don't be afraid to promote yourself on IG and FB. Your friends and family will support you.
2. Calculate your shipping properly so you don't lose money.

[Former_Member]

"Treat Etsy like a job and not a hobby." If that's not a word.

[CustomPortraitArt]

I love goal threads!

June: Besides keeping up with commissions, start painting the plein air paintings and other paintings and woodblocks for my other etsy shop that is not portraits.

Learned in May: Keep promoting, don't assume summer will be slow.

[StuckOnSilver]

Reach 500 sales!

And work on new designs, photography, titles, tags and descriptions.

Have a great month, everyone!

[Former_Member]

June Goals:
1. Hit 3 sales this month
2. Edit my listing tags after doing some more research on SEO

May Lessons:
1. Keep persisting!
2. Since success does not happen overnight. :)

[Former_Member]

I've been doing some tag editing as well, Ann.

I like the advice to keep going because Summer may not be slow.

[RainbowBeeDesign]

I'm working towards achieving 5 sales per week so steps to get me there...
1. Improve my listings, accurate descriptions, re-take photos as needed
2. Working on perfecting my designs and getting a regular line of product
3. Continue to work on a couple of products I want to add by September
4. Get to know my customer, listen to what they have to say

Things I learned in May
1- Hard work is rewarded
2- Work hard
3- Working hard feels good

[CaliforniaCrownJewel]

Things I've learned in May:
* I've learned to double check the weight of each item including the mailing materials so I don't lose money on the shipping cost...especially on international shipping.
* I've learned that listing new items on a daily basis helps sales...
* So, my main goals for June are to continue listing new items daily to keep my orders coming in.
* I also have some ideas for a new section I want to get started working on.
* And I want to get my Christmas fabrics and items ready to list.

[Former_Member]

I'm definitely making it a goal to list daily for sure! Great lesson.

[Former_Member]

June goals:
- 3 sales
- Write my About me page

May lessons:
- Don't be afraid of taking risks

[Former_Member]

Here's mine:
June Goal
1. Get more items in for shop
2. Get more sells ( actually got two in the same day)

May Lessons Learned
1. Include as much info as possible about items
2. Be very patient
3. Use the promotion ads on all items not just most viewed

[AnExtraBlessing]

Great to read through everyone's goals and lessons! Encouraging thread.

June Goals:
1. Rewrite listing descriptions and add bullet points.
2. Improve photos and add them to current listings.
3. Make light weight summer blankets and add to shop.

May Lessons Learned:
1. Sometime you get conflicting advice from experienced sellers. Try them both and see which work for you.
2. Helping other shops (favoriting, pinning, sharing on IG and such) helps you.

Happy June Everyone!

[Former_Member]

so glad this thread is still going. happy june y'all. I think I'm going to swipe so of y'all's goals and add them to mine LOL