What are your goals for 2016?

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Happy New Year, Etsy Success Team!

I hope you’ve had some time to relax and reflect on all you accomplished last year. As you’re thinking about your goals for 2016, you may find it helpful to check out a few resources we recently shared in the Seller Handbook!

In this article, find out how four sellers achieved their goals in 2015 (and get inspired as you make plans for the year ahead): http://etsy.me/1Z3Bs4M

Discover tips for investing in your personal and professional growth this year, from designer Vana Chupp of LePapierStudio: http://etsy.me/1OxEA7z

And lastly, check out entrepreneurship coach Kari Chapin's strategies for setting achievable goals and reaching them. Get ready to dream big! http://etsy.me/1Z3BCt8

What do you hope to achieve this year?

[Former_Member]

Just to have fortune, I've opened my shop yesterday! Finger crossed

[TandRHandweaving]

This year my goals are to keep weaving the traditional hand woven textiles I love to create and sell in my Etsy shop. I hope to reach 500 sales before the end of the year. The second goal for my weaving studio is to purchase a 12 shaft loom so that I can create and weave more complex patterns in my work.

[CALAPHYA]

Hi to everyone!!! I've finally opened my shop on Etsy! Need some advises from you how to make it popular rapidly! My main gole for 2016 is to build a good reputation here!

[LauraLeeArtist]

I made loads of plans and I haven't stuck to any of them so far, I think I'll treat March as my new year and re-focus again. Being an Artists and a business woman if VERY hard! xx

[studiodct]

Ha, saw this thread, and as I read all the posts and saw so much talent, formulated my 2016 goals! Probably big goals, but that's what goals are for, right? Besides, this is my 10th year on Etsy, come March 6th!!

~ Reach 1000 sales total by the end of 2016.
~ Get up to 200 listings on my Etsy. Got close last year, but the good news is sales kept me from getting there. I need to get better about listing Not my favorite thing to do!
~ Add earrings. I LOVE earrings. I always wear earrings. I need to create and list them for my shop.
~ Be better about my Fb page, and my blog. Tsk, tsk.
~ Approach a gallery in the area I hope to relocate to when I retire.

Whew. That's a lot.

Success to all of us this year!

[Former_Member]

My artistic goal for 2016 is to learn how to weave kahelelani shell strands without destroying the tiny little shells. They are the size of a fairy's foot and easy to smoosh but pretty when woven into a necklace.

My financial goal is to make enough money to be self sufficient despite the fact that I am disabled. I feel I deserve better medical care than what the conventional state programs have to offer. So I'm going to have to sell a lot of sea shells and glass jewelry to make it happen.

My social goal is to learn to work with people on a team. I am usually a one woman show but I think success comes more readily when we work together. Fortunately I have already met a lot of encouraging artists on etsy who have shown me that there are good people out there.

[AsherTailored]

I wrote in my board today.
Goal #1. Sell 2 bow ties a day, average.
Goal #2. Reach 300 followers
Goal #3. Trademark my Co. name this year
Goal #4. Move to a be a part timer at work.

[Former_Member]

Hi everyone!

Our goal for this year is to make a few more items, to fill couple of pages, And, of course, to find more clients.

Hope everyone's wishes come true.

Bellani

[Former_Member]

Hi! I'm new to the team. I had another Etsy shop in the past that did well but decided to close it and focus on the one I am working with now, which I love.

At the end of last year, I set a goal of making $100 in sales each month. Well, that occurred in November and December and last month it was over $200 and it looks like I will probably make that again this month. I'm thinking I should raise my goal for this year to $200 a month in sales. I know this isn't a lot but as I keep adding and designing items, I believe my sales will continue to grow. Also, my items are not high-priced. My other goal is to figure out how to make more money and think it will be with more patterns and more premades. I'm sure the coloring fad will end and my sales in that area will drop. I will have to have other options to fill any voids.

It also helps that I have developed a product for which I have published a pattern for, the Rollup for Coloring, and also have them premade. They are selling well. One of my other goals is to create another, larger version of this to hold more pencils as I have had requests for those. Addtionally, this year I plan to add other Rollup patterns, which are already in process and also premades, for crochet hooks rollups and knitting needles rollups. I have two distributors now for The Rollup (original version ) and The Rollup for Coloring. So that is good. I think it's important to find other revenue streams. I also sell vintage, which I love, and have introduced a couple lines of card that haven't yet sold but I love to make. I know I need to rethink that but can't seem to help myself. :)

One of the changes I made was to start using Promotions in Etsy. It has changed a lot over the years. I encourage folks to try it for a couple weeks. Read all the fine print, then find a dollar number that works for you. I use the promotions with a maximum dollar amount of $2 a day. Rarely, do I use up the $2. I also let Etsy do my bidding for me, but that is optional. So far, by my calculations, it costs me about $1 for every $3 in revenue which is an okay return, I have found over the years. It typically covers my cost, time, and profit, etc.

The other cool thing about using the Promotions is that after a little time you can look at the analytics it provides. There it will tell you for every item you are promoting (and you can be selective), how many impressions there were, how many clicks (what you pay for) and how many $s in sales it generated. It also will tell you which words were searched for the highest (you want those in your keywords) and also which had the highest click-through rate, also very important. Another cool thing is it can tell you which product a person clicked on along side the item they actually bought. For example, I had a sale based on someone clicking on one of my premade Rollups but eventually purchased the pattern to make it, instead. I have also had a person click on one Rollup but then bought a different one. I find this fascinating.

I don't know if many people use the Promotions but it works well for me and it works way better than the Facebook ads that I had been using, and I think it's cheaper, too. So, for this year, I plan to keep using Promotions through Etsy.

Good luck. I hope this information helps and I hope we all have great sales this year with our new or improved goals.

Betsy at Betty Alderman Designs

[VitrailLeJarry]

Hi all!
After a few weeks' illness, I am determined to get back to crafting. My goals for the year are to double my income and work much more on social networks, mainly getting to grips with Instagram. I need to be more organised at home and set a timetable for craft-working apart from house-working or garden-working!

[Pleasingtodeye]

Post new items daily!
www.etsy.com/listing/269189324/beautiful

[BerlinBrocante]

Hello everyone!
I sell mainly vintage and antique items in my shop, which I opened two years ago. My goal for this year is to have at least 200 items in my shop and to have more sales than last year.

Happy sales to all!

[ItsVera]

To cruise the Carribean in February - done!
To work on new designs - started.
To produce new jewellery - in the works.
To put a new twist on my shop branding - still working out new ideas.
To con't to promote my shop thru social media - daily.
To enjoy 2016!!!

[DamianMilesJeweller]

Last year was pretty good as far reaching goals went. I finished my new website (www.damianmiles.co.uk),and now have a direct link to my Etsy shop, its mobile optimised and I've got the loading speed down. I set up a emailing list through Mailchimp. I also set up a second Etsy shop (fuelyourcraft) and need to invest a little more time in that one.

My list for this year includes;
Finding out a bit more on how to use social media more effectively. Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest are a bit lost on me, so I need to learn more.

I need to learn a lot more about how Facebook works, how to optimise, get more "organic" likes etc. as things only seem to happen when I pay for it.

I'm planning to use Etsy updates and add a video.

Sort out new packaging and display (for events as well).

Invest in photographic equipment (already started with a DSLR)

Bringing my listings up to 150 as a minimum.

Make more One of a Kind pieces.

Make my ranges more coherent.

Lose weight, relax more, start playing Badminton again and enjoy life more.

That's just to start.

Good luck with your plans everybody.
D

[Former_Member]

My goal is to discontinue purses and take my feltig in a different direction. Help me with a sale 20% off all felted wool purses and totes over $25.00 with code PURSES20
www.etsy.com/shop/felting4you?

[Former_Member]

My goal is to get my business off the ground and have a great time creating beautiful products! Proving difficult so far but I am a fresh face to this!

[Former_Member]

Lots and lots of new listings/varieties and sales:).

[ParthKothekar]

https://www.etsy.com/in-en/listing/225192508/shipping-free-love-you-mom-miniature?ref=shop_home_acti...

https://www.etsy.com/in-en/listing/225394450/shipping-free-love-you-mom-miniature?ref=shop_home_acti...

[Former_Member]

My goals for the 2016 year with my business is to make $20,000.00 with my Etsy shop and selling at craft fairs. I love the way that I can now sell at craft fairs and my Etsy shop is my inventory and shows my sales and I have the Etsy reader for my credit cards sales. The Etsy reader was the best thing they have done for growing my shop. I also have a goal to work 15 plus shows this year, last year I only did 6 shows, with two of them being a bomm but the other 4 made up for them. And the last thing for my goals is to take better pictures and write better descriptions for my items.

I have done one of my goals and that is my pictures are looking fantastic with my new items I have taken pictures of and I have 4 of my 15 shows booked already and I am sending out my applications for 4 more this week.

This year is feel is going to be my break through year and I am totally excited!!!

[Former_Member]

This is my first year trying to sell anything through etsy, so my goal is just to make a bit of pocket money and work to improve my crafts.

[Hollowtreillustrator]

Hello all!

I have a little book that I set goals for every three months, in my studio.

So here goes ~

More visibility & sales - paint & draw more - do more craft fairs

Wish everyone well & thanks for looking!

[Former_Member]

I really just want to turn my vintage shop from a hobby into a full-time or at least a part-time business which I can run along side my part-time job.

I have been dilly-dallying around with Etsy for the last few years and have never found the time to take it seriously but I feel that this year is the year!

[Madewithbeads90]

May this year carry all the happiness & success to each one
My goals are to add more items to my shop, help many people as much as i can, make more sales, create new jewelry and add more friends :)

[Former_Member]

This is my first year on Etsy. Hello everyone! :)

Mr goals for 2016 are:

1) Sell minimum 100 items by Dec 2016.
2) Gain 2000 followers on Instagram
3) List 4 new listings/designs every month
4) Work on my photography techniques
5) Learn about tribe marketing from Seth Godin's book
6) Improve my screen printing skill

My ultimate goal is to reach '1000 true fan' in 3 years from now.

[BentonParkPrints]

2000 Sold orders for the year! Really hoping for this!