Here's what most Etsy sellers get wrong at the start of the week — they wait for motivation to show up before they take action. Motivation follows action. Pick ONE thing to do in your shop today and go do it. What's your one thing this week? Drop it below ■

Tomorrow: 5/12/26 Topic: Mini Hot Seats Personalized Help Looking forward to seeing everyone on the weekly coaching call tomorrow. Bring your questions!! To access the call, navigate to the calendar and click on the link at 4pm EST. **Just a reminder, all calls are recorded and can be accessed in the classroom under Growth Lab

67% of Etsy buyers are shopping on their phones. Go to your shop right now and look at your first listing photo on mobile. That tiny thumbnail is the only thing standing between a buyer clicking on you or scrolling past. If it's hard to read, blurry, or has too much going on — fix it today.

Drop a screenshot of your #1 listing thumbnail in the comments below 👇 I'll tell you honestly — would I click it or scroll past it? And more importantly — WHY. Because here's the truth nobody talks about enough: You can have perfect SEO. Perfect tags. Perfect pricing. And still get zero sales — because your thumbnail isn't stopping the scroll. Your photo is the FIRST thing a buyer sees. Before your title. Before your price. Before anything. If it's not doing its job in that tiny little square on a mobile screen — nothing else matters. So drop your screenshot below and let's see what's happening. I'll go through every single one. 👀

This is the exact research method I use to validate a product idea in under 30 minutes before I create a single thing. No guessing. No wasted time. No listing something and hoping for the best. I taught this at a summit and now you're getting it inside this community. Watch it before you create your next product. 👇