The author shares their experience of starting an Etsy shop and how it turned out to be a successful venture. They provide six Etsy shop ideas that can be started with little investment and have the potential to earn thousands of dollars in profit per month. The author has included ideas from their own successful shops and other shops that are almost completely passive, giving readers a variety of options to choose from.

Print-on-demand business model allows starting a gift shop or clothing brand with no upfront costs. All you need is a computer and a unique design to upload to a t-shirt. Printify connects with Etsy directly, and when someone purchases the item, the order gets sent directly to Printify, who prints the design on the item and ships it directly to the customer. This business model can be started for free by selling basic custom text designs.

Selling Digital Stickers on Etsy Selling digital stickers for applications like GoodNotes or OneNote can be a highly profitable business, with Happy Downloads selling digital sticker packs for an average of $8.63 and estimated sales of around $990,

This business can be low-skill, almost completely passive, and has room for creativity, making it a great option for those looking to make money on Etsy.

Selling custom jewelry on Etsy can be a profitable niche, with shops like Caitlin Minimalist making over $31 million in sales. By dropshipping similar items from AliExpress, sellers can avoid holding inventory and make an estimated $18 profit per order. However, it's important to refine listing images and keep in mind that after product costs and Etsy fees, profit margins for jewelry average around 42-47%.

This business idea involves selling pre-made and custom logo designs on Etsy. The logos are sold for around $10 each, and the profit margin is likely high due to the availability of multiple packages. Canva is a great tool for creating logos, and sharing the logo file as a template allows customers to edit it without affecting the original design. This business has a low startup cost and a potential for high profits.

The idea is to sell professional and small business resources like resumes and business information sheets on Etsy. This niche has a high profit margin and requires very little customer service compared to selling physical products. Using Canva, one can create classy-looking resume templates and sell them repeatedly. One can also use mid-journey AI to generate design inspiration for resume templates.

Selling digital art on Etsy is a profitable and passive business idea that requires generating art using AI, resizing it into printable aspect ratios, and listing those images as digital downloads on Etsy. The costs to start this business are at least $30 a month, and it could be worth investing in a program like Photoshop to get rid of any graphical errors that the AI creates.