Can you really make $200 a day selling art on Etsy? Yes! In fact, some of the top sellers of art products are making over $1,000 a day.
But what’s their secret to success? How can you follow in their footsteps? In this guide, we’ll be sharing all of our top tips for finding products, promoting your shop and more.
Why Should You Sell Art on Etsy?
Today, artists and creatives have so many avenues for selling their artwork. Why bother with opening an Etsy shop?
- Etsy shoppers love art. After all, Etsy first launched as a marketplace for handcrafted items, including arts and crafts. Your target market is bound to be an Etsy shopper.
- The platform has a huge user base – 96+ million active buyers. This means you can spend less time and money on marketing and more time on creating awesome art.
- Setting up a shop is easy and free. Setting up your own website requires significantly more time and money.
Although Etsy takes a percentage of your sales, you save a ton of time and money by not having to build a reputation and find buyers from scratch. When you open a shop, you immediately gain access to millions of shoppers who are likely already looking for the products you sell.
But many of you are probably wondering: well, how much can you really make by selling art?
These 3 Shops are Making $200/Day Selling Art on Etsy
Is it possible to make $200 per day selling art on Etsy? Absolutely! In fact, these three shops are proof that you can build a highly profitable business selling art.
1. HeatherRobertsArt
Monthly Revenue: $55,369
Daily Revenue: ~ $1,845
Monthly Sales: 18,334
HeatherRobertsArt started her shop in 2020 and since then, she’s added 6,537 listings. She sells mostly SVG files and fonts. All of her art products are digital downloads, so her shop generates truly passive income.
2. MyPorchPrints
Monthly Revenue: $25,296
Daily Revenue: ~ $843
Monthly Sales: 8,321
MyPorchPrints launched in 2016 and now has 1,092 listings. Every day, this shop generates about $843 in revenue and boasts a conversion rate of 7.30% (pretty impressive!). Since its opening, MyPorchPrints has generated over $2.4 million in revenue.
Like the previous shop, they sell downloadable art and scrapbook papers, so their shop produces passive income.
3. WallBuddy
Monthly Revenue: $13,367
Daily Revenue: ~ $445
Monthly Sales: 553
WallBuddy sells – you guessed it – wall art. They sell physical products, so their business model requires a little more overhead. Right now, this shop has over 2,400 listings and has generated over $1.5 million in revenue since its opening in 2015.
Related: The Secret Formula for Making $20K Monthly Selling Digital Products on Etsy
Top Art Products to Sell on Etsy
You know that people are making hundreds of dollars a day selling art on Etsy, but like with any other market, some types of products are more popular and profitable than others.
What should you sell? Here are some of the top selling art products on Etsy.
SVG Files
SVG files are hands-down one of the best-selling products on Etsy. These art files are perfect for web graphics, like illustrations and logos, but you’ll find that most people are buying them on Etsy to create crafts with Cricut machines.
The best part? All you have to do is create the design (digitally) and upload the file. Customers can purchase your listing and receive the file instantly.
SVG files are a great option for generating passive income on Etsy and they are hugely popular with customers.
Printable Wall Art
People love to change up their wall art, but not everyone wants to spend a fortune on new prints and canvas art. That’s why printable wall art is so popular.
Customers spend just a few dollars on a file, and they can print it at their local print shop to hang on their walls. Simple.
That’s why printable wall art is one of the top digital products to sell on Etsy. If you’re a traditional artist, you can still sell downloadable prints of your work by either scanning your art or having professional photos taken of your work.
Clipart and Junk Journal Files
If you have a knack for creating AI art or digital art, you can sell clipart and junk journal files. These are also digital downloads, so you don’t even have to worry about shipping out physical products.
Original Handpainted Art
Yes, you can still make money selling art on Etsy as a traditional artist. There are thousands of artists on Etsy selling original works and fine art prints. Many of these artists have hundreds or even thousands of reviews, so there is certainly a market for fine art on Etsy.
Personalized Pet and Human Portraits
Personalized products are the most popular and profitable on Etsy (in most cases). Offering pet and human portraits is a great way to put your artistic talent to work and make customers happy in the process.
Ceramics and Pottery Items
If you’re into ceramics and pottery, you can also sell these items on Etsy. Some of the top selling products in this category include:
- Mugs
- Plates
- Decorative pieces
- Ceramic decor
Many of the shops selling mugs and other pottery have thousands of sales, and they are getting top dollar for their items.
How to Promote Your Etsy Shop and Art
Selling art on Etsy takes the right approach and a lot of persistence. You might make a sale in minutes, or it may take months to make your first sale, and in both cases, it will feel amazing when you do.
“Build it and they will come” is very unlikely for your store – a bit of promotion needs to go into it. Aside from having stunning photos and interesting items, you’ll also need to do the following:
Optimize Your Listings
Buyers are searching using keywords that need to be added to your shop’s and listing’s:
- Title
- Description
- Images and videos
- Policies
And if you’re not optimizing your listings, the chances of your store showing up for certain queries are very low. You can optimize both your shop and each listing you have. Etsy has a basic guide to help you get started with optimizing your listings, but additional tips that can help include:
- Add relevant keywords to your listings (more on that soon)
- Get backlinks to your shop to improve rankings in the search results
- Refresh your listings routinely to keep them “fresh”
- Add product categories for each item in your shop
- Ditch low-quality images
Etsy allows you to add catchy descriptions and titles, and these are great areas for adding keywords when you can, naturally. I also recommend avoiding using the same keyword too often on different listings because you’ll end up competing against your own products.
And, for keyword research, be sure to use a tool like:
- eRank
- Alura
- Etc.
Research Your Competitors
Competitor research is a part of business, and what is your Etsy shop? A business. If you haven’t done so already, it’s time to search for keywords related to your shop and begin spying on your competitors.
You want to analyze:
- Pricing
- Sales
- Biggest sellers
- Positive and negative reviews
Shop owners must read through reviews, too, to see what other sellers in their niche are doing right or wrong.
Use Pinterest to Drive Traffic to Your Shop
Pinterest has been one of my go-to methods of getting traffic. You can get traffic from Pinterest using my approach of:
- Organizing Pinterest boards
- Designing pins that get traffic
- Using a group board strategy
- Leveraging the power of Tailwind to repin new pins to related boards
- So much more
If you have a truly unique item on your shop, Pinterest can drive heaps of traffic to your store and also sales.
Make a YouTube Channel to Promote Your Shop
If you don’t have a YouTube channel for your shop, it’s time to make one. Promoting your shop on your YouTube channel will help you:
- Build awareness for your products
- Expand your online visibility and reach
- Sell more products as you get more views and subscribers
I even recommend going beyond YouTube to other social media platforms, such as TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and X.
Get Active on Instagram and Share Your Art
I touched on this in the last section, but you really need an Instagram account for your art. People love artists with true talent, and you should use Instagram to:
- Show off your latest listings
- Open your creative process to the world
- Connect with potential buyers on a deeper level
Instagram has over 2 billion monthly active users, so it’s time to try and reach them on the platform.
Invest in Etsy Ads
One of the best ways to promote your shop and drum up sales is to invest in Etsy ads. Ads will put your products in front of the right people and help you get those all-important first few sales.
When enabling Etsy ads, you can set a budget and other parameters to give you full control of your spending.
Start Selling Your Art Today
Selling art on Etsy takes time, planning and persistence, but if you’re willing to dedicate yourself to the business, you can make money. I’ve shown you three shops that are absolutely killing it on the platform, and do you know what they all have in common?
Each owner decided to post their first listing with the chance that they would never make a sale.
And over time, all of these sellers watched as they made $1 a day, $10, $100 and $200+ per day. If you take the plunge today and begin selling your art, you never know, you might be the next person added to this very list.
