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to today's video I hope you guys are so
excited because this has been a video
that has been requested
many times you guys have reached out to
me in my DMS asking me how I started a
crystal business now I know a lot of you
guys have been wanting to start a
crystal business and you're wondering
where to start and that's what we're
gonna be talking about in today's video
now I will be going super in-depth today
with everything I know about the crystal
business I will be sharing everything I
know that I've learned over the past
year of running my own crystal business
be quiet crystal bar I will be sharing
all of my secrets now big disclaimer
this is based on my experience in my
experience alone now other sellers may
have completely different advice that I
have this is just my advice in my
experience and what I've learned over
the past year of growing my own crystal
shop but this is what has worked for me
and worked for my lifestyle now some of
you may know that I have a 9 to 5 job as
a fashion designer so I do not have a
full-time crystal business I run my
crystal business at night and on the
weekends so I'm just gonna be talking
about my experience around that if
you're looking to jump in with just more
of a part-time or full-time experience I
think you can apply what I'm gonna tell
you today for both so I will be
discussing everything today that you
need to know to get your crystal shop up
and running please make sure to watch
this video all the way through so you
don't miss any tips that I'm gonna be
sharing with you guys today like I said
this is gonna be super super in-depth
it's gonna be a long one you guys so if
you guys want to learn everything I know
about running a crystal business stay
tuned
let's get on into the video all right
you guys so today's video is going to be
super in-depth it's going to be a long
one so get ready so grab a snack grab a
coffee grab a notepad and let's get
started so the first topic we're going
to be talking about is aware to sell
your crystals now we are going to be
starting with this because this is going
to dictate the rest of the video are you
gonna be selling them on Etsy or a
similar website are you gonna be selling
them in live sales or are you gonna be
selling them in a crystal shop this will
truly dictate how the rest of the video
plays out so that is where we are going
to be a starting today next we're gonna
be talking about where to source your
crystals I've had a lot of questions
specifically around this topic so we are
gonna have a huge focus on where and how
to start sourcing your crystals and then
number three we are going to be talking
about initial investment how much money
should you be investing into your
crystal shop starting off how much is
too much and how much is not enough
number four we're going to be talking
about how to open your shop in what you
need to include things such as taxes
that people don't tend to think about
when opening a business and then the
last top are going to be talking about
is how to price your crystals this can
be a tricky one because you don't want
to under price but you don't want to
over price so we're gonna be talking
about how to hit that sweet spot on
pricing alright guys so let's jump in so
like I said the first topic we're gonna
be talking about is where to sell your
crystals now why is this important this
will be dictating everything else we
talked about today and I'm gonna tell
you why so we're gonna be focusing on
live shows versus Etsy or Shopify we're
not so much gonna be talking about if
you're going to be selling your crystals
in a store but a ton of these tips are
going to apply now I'm going to be
walking through the major differences
between selling on and Etsy or a Shopify
versus a in
gram or Facebook live show because there
are some major major differences that
will dictate how you source how you
prize and how you sell so let's start
with the pros and cons of live sales
alright so crystal live sales a lot of
you guys shop crystal live sales on
Facebook or Instagram
I personally shop live sales a ton and I
love it as a shopper I think the
experience is amazing I think you get
great crystals it's fast-paced and
profitable now what are some of the pros
of doing live shows as a crystal seller
I'd say number one the biggest perk or
pro of doing live shows is you're going
to make a lot of money some of the
crystal live shows I shop and some of
the most successful sellers make
anywhere from three thousand to twenty
thousand a night that's right
three thousand to twenty thousand and
night if not more you guys so live shows
are extremely profitable so number two
you will grow extremely fast doing live
shows people love tuning into live shows
every single night so they will continue
to come back and when you're going at
live Instagram and Facebook well boost
those live shows out to other people and
a lot of people are engaged in live
shows so it's easy for them to tune in
easy for them to get sucked in and easy
for them to join also on Facebook you
can share your live show and easily get
hundreds and hundreds of people in your
live show so you will grow extremely
fast doing live shows you could have a
successful business in a matter of
months doing live shows then selling on
an Etsy or a Shopify so number three you
will grow a crystal family now this
family will continuously shop with you
they will be loyal to you they will
spend hundreds and hundreds of dollars
with you you will build connections in
relationships with real people who love
your crystal shop these people will show
up for you every single time you go live
that is the beauty of
live shows so number four on the list of
pros is because you will be making so
much money you will have a bigger budget
to buy better crystals so that is really
great for when it comes to suppliers
with bigger budgets you'll be able to
buy more rare or unique crystals or
you'll be able to buy a bigger wholesale
lot which means you'll be able to get
better prices so that's one really big
Pro of live sales and for number five
one of the biggest pros is you will have
hundreds and hundreds of people in your
live shows every time you go live once
you get to that level because you will
get to that level which means you will
sell out almost every live show if not
selling out getting really really close
to selling out of all of your inventory
so that's another really huge Pro of
live sales now let's talk about the cons
because there are many many more cons to
doing live sales and I do want to just
be really transparent about this because
I think a lot of people don't talk about
this so I want to share some of the cons
of going live and doing live sales
number one the first time you go live
people aren't gonna show up you know
they don't know who you are they don't
know your reputation
so the first times you go live it's
gonna be a struggle it's gonna be
awkward there's not gonna be a lot of
people there but you just can't make it
awkward you just have to keep going so
you got to push through that awkward
phase until you start gaining a
following number two people are gonna be
constantly asking you to reshow stuff
even if you just showed it 30 seconds to
go people are gonna be coming in and out
of the live shows I'm gonna be asking
you hey can I see that again hey can I
see this hey can you show that and
you're gonna be constantly having to
reshow things over and over again which
is what causes live shows to go on for
so long so number three speaking of live
shows going on and on typically Krystal
live shows lasts anywhere from five to
eight or nine hours you guys eight or
nine hours and then after you're done
with your eight or nine hour live show
you have to spend an equal amount of
time invoicing everything that was sold
for an example be sage and crystals I
shop with her all the time she goes live
for eight hours she goes live Sunday for
eight hours and then she spends eight
hours invoicing on Mondays sometimes
bleeding into Tuesdays so it is a lot of
time dedicated to going live and selling
crystals that is the typical if you want
to make those big sales in that big
dollar amount you really have to put
eight or so hours and every week to
capitalize on those sales and then for
some of the smaller crystal shops they
tend to go alive more frequently so they
tend to go live five or six times a week
two to four hours at a time so you're
constantly on live trying to gain an
audience so they have to go live more
frequently now I think a lot of people
don't realize when you're sitting there
showing crystals for eight hours your
back starts to hurt your arms start to
hurt you start to get tired fatigued
you're talking to people constantly
you're showing things constantly you're
reading the chat constantly it is
exhausting your eyes it is hard hard
work so now one of the biggest issues is
people not paying their invoices now if
one person out of a hundred doesn't pay
their invoice you know it happens but if
you end up selling a hundred crystals
and fifty people don't pay that is a
waste of your time a waste of your money
and then people who really wanted those
crystals aren't getting them so it's a
huge huge problem with live shows you
guys every seller that I've talked to
says that's one of their biggest things
is people won't pay and they'll block
the seller and leave with 100 or 200 or
300 dollar invoice they'll just vanish
why is this a problem you have to spend
more time riche owing those crystals or
you have to mark them down and now you
have to reshow them instead of showing
new inventory another downside of
selling live shows is you will need a
helper 100% you will need a helper if
not two helpers especially when you have
over a hundred people in your live show
why do you help her because when you're
getting people commenting sold sold sold
your need to be able to track who claims
first need to be able to put that
crystal in their basket you need to be
able to
record the price you'll need to be able
to get that person's email so you can
invoice them it is a lot of moving
pieces and that's why you need a second
person they're gonna be the ones who are
gonna be doing those things so you can
continue running the live show because
people are really impatient and they
want you to keep the live show going you
can't spend twenty minutes on one
crystal you got to keep it moving so you
need two people to track claims make
sure you're not missing anything make
sure people are being taken care of
so another downside of selling on live
shows is you're gonna need new inventory
constantly like I was saying before one
of the pros is that you sell out really
quickly a con to that is that you will
need a new inventory because people are
gonna continue to shop with you if you
keep showing the same things over and
over again so you are constantly going
to be needing to have inventory
especially new inventory or trendy
inventory as people are looking to you
for that so one of the biggest downsides
to crystal live shows is you disappoint
more people than you make happy now what
do I mean by this if you only have one
or two maybe a few available of a
super-special crystal and you have a
hundred people in your live show only
two people are gonna get it and even if
there's 20 people who want those two
crystals 18 of those people are gonna be
disappointed so that's one thing to
really keep in mind you're gonna make
more people sad then you're gonna make
happy but the people who you do make
happy are really gonna love it alright
guys so that was a pretty long list of
cons but there's also some really great
pros in there but let's go ahead to jump
into selling on Etsy we're gonna go
through the same thing at the pros and
cons of selling on Etsy
okay so for pros on Etsy one of the
biggest pros if you have kids or a
full-time job is you can decide when you
want to sell your crystals when you want
to post your listings when you want to
ship stuff out when you want to process
orders when you want to answer customers
questions when you have an Etsy shop
it's on your time it's not on the live
shows time another huge perk about
working with Etsy is you get a shipping
discount and this adds up you guys so
shipping is expensive and unfortunately
crystals are heavy so shipping is always
going to be pricey so that shipping
discount is a huge bonus feature so one
of the biggest pros to selling on Etsy
or Shopify is it's a guaranteed sale you
will not be wasting your time selling to
people who do not pay and that is a huge
thing or is on Etsy a hundred percent of
the time it's a guaranteed sale so I've
mentioned this before in a another video
I did on my Etsy shop but if you offer
free shipping over thirty five dollars
Etsy will promote your shop this is huge
you guys that is free promotion free
marketing and yes you can offer free
shipping I do that and it helps my sales
so much just remember you're competing
against things like Amazon people are
using free shipping so if they come to
your shop and they spend $100 and then
have to pay $20 for shipping that's not
great nobody likes that so if you can
offer free shipping find a way to do it
with your pricing and I will talk about
that when we get to the pricing section
another bonus to Etsy is people can
leave reviews now this is really great
because if you have a five-star review
people are gonna be more likely to shop
with you they trust that your crystals
and your product are good when you go
into a live show for the first time when
you're a first-time shop right you
question if the quality is good because
you see that crystal for maybe two or
three seconds you don't know if the
quality is good sometimes you can't tell
if it's heat treated or not especially
if the seller is moving quickly and not
calling it out so when you shop on
let's see all of the details are listed
for you and you really know what you're
buying versus on a live show sometimes I
bought stuff that I thought was bigger
than it actually was and I've been kind
of disappointed you get less than 10
seconds to decide if you want to
purchase it on a live show so it is
better for your customer and then next
one of the best things about Etsy is
shipping is made so easy you just type
in the measurement of the package type
in the weight and then print a label
straight from Etsy and you can now
schedule a pickup straight from Etsy
when you're on live shows you have to do
it through PayPal you have to send an
invoice you have to price out each
invoice separately for shipping because
some people may only buy one crystal
that weighs you know 10 ounces and some
people may be buying 5 pounds of
crystals so each one of those shipments
has to be individually weighed and
invoice whereas on Etsy it's already
included you don't have to be in voicing
people for shipping so it's a lot faster
and a lot more seamless ok so let's go
ahead and talk about the cons of selling
on Etsy or Shopify you don't make as
much money I'll just be straight-up
honest you will not make 20,000 dollars
a night selling on Etsy so why is this
right in a live show you can sell 200
crystals in a night the likelihood of
you selling 200 crystals in a day on
Etsy is just not likely at all another
con of Etsy is as he takes a cut of what
you make whereas when you sell on
Instagram Instagram doesn't take a cut
of what you sell
so Etsy does take a cut I'm gonna read
to you exactly how much Etsy takes just
so you can see how much they're taking
from each sale
so as of 2020 XE charges 20 cents to
list each crystal they charge a 5%
transaction fee and they charge a 3% fee
plus 25 cents for payment processing so
if you guys do the math it's not a lot
but they are taking a cut so just
remember that another downside of Etsy
is if you don't offer free shipping they
will not promote you and if you're
selling something like rose quartz your
listing is going to be buried in all of
the other sellers who are selling rose
quartz who are offering free shipping so
if you don't offer free shipping you're
really at a disadvantage and not
everyone wants to offer free shipping
crystals are expensive you can lose a
lot of money if you don't price your
items appropriately for free shipping
another downside of Etsy is once you
have a bad shop rating it is hard to
come back from that this is especially
critical in your first few months on
Etsy if your shipping orders late if
your crystals are damaged if they're not
as they were described these are things
that are gonna get you at bad ratings
and if you get enough of them
you cannot come back from that so it's
something to be really really cognizant
about another downside of Etsy versus
live shows is you will need to
individually photograph write a
description price out and list each item
now in live shows you could show an item
for five to ten seconds and sell it like
that so that is a lot more efficient so
that's the end of the pros and cons of
live shows versus Etsy in my personal
life Etsy works better for me because I
have a full time job but you guys can
decide what's better for you that's the
beauty of having a crystal business and
you can do both you could go live twice
a month and then the rest of your
business is on Etsy there's no right or
wrong on how to run a crystal business
now let's jump in to crystal sourcing
now this is one of the questions you
guys have asked me the most is where do
you find suppliers how do you get your
crystals so this is going to be kind of
a lengthy section since I know this is a
question that a lot of you have had for
me
so the first topic is where do you find
crystals and where do you find suppliers
honestly the answer is everywhere and
anywhere what I mean by that you can
find crystal wholesalers all over the
world crystals are all over the world
there are mines all over the world but
the biggest way that I've been able to
source my crystals is either at gem
shows trade shows or online and with the
state of the world right now when your
best bet is going to be online because
all of the gem shows are closed or
postponed until later in the year so the
best way that I've actually been able to
find suppliers online is actually
Facebook groups now if you don't have
facebook you're gonna want to make one
so on Facebook
there are hundreds and hundreds of
crystal groups out there there are ones
for international only there are ones
for domestic only there are some that
are combo there are some that are
wholesale only there are some that are
crystal review groups for sellers there
are endless amounts of crystal groups
out there with thousands and thousands
of members so Facebook is a great place
to look for these groups you literally
go to your search bar and type in buy
sell crystals and hundreds of groups
will pop up you just request to join and
boom you remember you can start sourcing
browsing through the post asking where
to find suppliers if you have specific
questions on where to find domestic
suppliers you can post that and people
will get back to you pretty much
immediately now there are also Facebook
crystal groups that rate and review
sellers so I will show you the one that
I'm in and it's a simple rating system
of sellers that are currently out in the
market that are pretty popular whether
it's wholesale or just live show sellers
where you can check of that seller is
reliable if their product is as
described if they have good prices if
they've ripped people off and people
rate them so this is a good way to avoid
getting into a bad business relationship
with a bad seller so another fun way to
buy wholesale crystals is through
crystal live shows just like you guys
shop for live shows on Instagram and
there are wholesaler crystal live shows
where you can go and buy a kilo of moss
or a half a kilo of grouse court and
they won't package it up and put it in a
basket for you so it works the same way
so that's how I actually buy a lot of my
wholesale crystals is through a live
shows and it's funny because when you're
shopping an Instagram show you're like
wow they have so many crystals but when
you shop a wholesalers live show they
have a huge warehouse or huge office
with hundreds of crystals even thousands
of crystals in there for you to shop so
that's a great way to shop suppliers is
through their live shows some crystals
you can only get from certain parts of
the world for example Larimar or
bumblebee jasper or ocean jasper they
only come from certain parts of the
world that's just one thing to keep in
mind just because it comes from
Madagascar or Indonesia doesn't mean
it's gonna be sold out of Madagascar in
Indonesia it may be sold out of the
United States it may be sold out of
China it may be sold out of Brazil so
that's one thing to keep in mind just
because that you're buying it from a
country doesn't mean it actually came
from that country now I know some people
are only comfortable shopping with
domestic sellers but just keep in mind
when you're buying from a domestic
seller in the United States the price is
always going to be higher now why is
this because they are actually a lot of
the times getting their supply from all
over the world so there is an upcharge
so they're almost like a middleman
sometimes now not always but sometimes
so like I said you guys it's purely how
you want to run your business if you're
not comfortable buying from
international suppliers and you only
want to buy from domestic suppliers that
is completely up to you the price will
most likely be higher but not always now
a lot of crystals are actually shaped in
carved or polished in China so a lot of
crystals may be sourced from Madagascar
but may come out of China because they
are actually shaped and polished there
or Brazil I've seen a lot of the top
polish points those come out of Brazil
but they're not actually sourced there
they may be sourced in Madagascar
Indonesia those are just some things to
consider just because it says Made in
China doesn't mean it's actually from
China now I want to talk about China
with you guys because when I
her started selling people would tell me
don't buy from China everything in
China's fake all this negativity around
China now that just simply isn't true
not everything in China is faked and I'm
gonna talk about why and there is a lot
of negative stigma around China and
crystals because there are a lot of fake
crystals that come out of China but let
me just give you guys some facts so you
can be a little bit more educated so you
can feel more comfortable shopping in
China I'm not necessarily saying that
you should or shouldn't shop in China
but a lot of people do and a lot of
people don't like to disclose it because
there's such a negative stigma but let
me give you guys some additional
information on China now China provides
up to 95 percent of all of our rare
earth elements that is a huge percentage
you guys but China only has 23 percent
of the world's supply of rare earth
elements this includes crystals that
just shows how many mines there are in
China and that shows how many mines are
outside of China crystals are abundant
all over the world now many people I
know shop and buy from China it's hard
not to purchase from China and let me
tell you why there is an entire city in
China called crystal town this is also
called dong high that's the official
Chinese name of the city now
dum high makes the Tucson Gem show look
like a flea market
that's how abundant crystals are in
Donghai China that's why it's called
crystal town some of the sellers who
live in dung high have been selling
crystals for over 40 years now you guys
ask yourself would you be able to run a
40 plus your business with fake crystals
probably not let's talk about them hi a
little bit so millions and millions of
millions of years ago where dong hai is
located in China there were many many
volcanic eruptions which created the
perfect condition for crystal formation
so dung hai has many many crystal mines
and resources there where there are
hundreds of thousands of crystals there
there are millions of crystal formations
in dong
hi that's why it's almost impossible to
not get some crystals from China because
there is such an abundance of them in
the crystal town some of the biggest
crystals in the world have been found in
dung Hina so it's just really
interesting I think the more you know
about China the less she'll be scared to
purchase them there if needed now let's
talk about the United States and how
some of their crystal mines work so some
crystal mines in the United States offer
a dig yourself your own crystal so I
know they have some of these in North
Carolina where I live I know they have
some of them in South Carolina this is
all over the United States you can go
and dig your own crystals if that's how
you want to sell your crystal business
you absolutely can now a lot of people
who buy domestically don't buy straight
from the mines some of them do some of
them do have relationships with the
miners in the United States and they
will buy directly off the mines but a
lot of them go through a middleman or a
supplier in the United States so at the
Tucson Gem show some of them are
suppliers and some of them are direct
from the mines so basically what I'm
trying to say is suppliers import and
export crystals from all over the world
including the United States so don't be
afraid to purchase from China don't be
afraid to purchase from the United
States don't be afraid to purchase from
Mexico there are stigmas out there on
why you should or shouldn't buy from
things but do what's right for you and
your business so when finding a supplier
do your research make sure that supplier
is reputable make sure they're not
selling fake crystals if you are gonna
be doing live shows you're gonna want to
look for a supplier who sells wholesale
bulk if you're gonna do Etsy or Shopify
you're gonna want to work with a
supplier who sells smaller amount you
want to make sure you're finding
suppliers who meet your business needs
so that's why you really need to
determine how you're gonna sell are you
gonna sell in live shows you're gonna
sell an Etsy because that's gonna
determine what kind of supplier you need
all right now let's talk about initial
investment now I'm not gonna spend a ton
of time on this but I just want to give
you an idea of what an initial
investment should look like when you're
first starting to buy your crystals
now I open my crystal shop with about
$300 and I made the mistake of finding a
supplier who only sells bulk crystals so
I ended up buying half kilos of crystals
but I could only buy so many with $300
so that's what I'm trying to say if
you're gonna be starting off and you
only have two or $300 to invest
you're gonna want to find a supplier who
will meet that so you're not ending up
only getting six types of crystals for
$300 because $300 doesn't go very far
when you're buying bulk crystals now if
you're gonna start off investing only
two or $300 I would make sure to find
the time to find a supplier who will let
you buy quarter kilo or buy Peas
so that you can buy a variety of
crystals straight off the bat now if you
can afford to invest more than two or
$300 absolutely do it especially if
you're gonna be doing live shows if you
can invest five hundred to a thousand
dollars your dollar will go a lot
further and you'll be able to get a lot
more inventory especially with wholesale
the more you buy the more you save so
that could be a great way to save money
off the bat now a lot of the time
whether you're buying it domestically or
internationally you have to make sure to
budget in the cost of shipping shipping
wholesale crystals is expensive you guys
one kilo of crystals could cost around
$20 to ship one kilo is equal to a 2.2
with zero pounds which is not very many
at all you guys so for example this
dolphin is 1.5 kilo so it's over the
2.20 pounds so this alone would cost
more than $20 to ship so shipping is
extremely expensive you guys know let's
say you buy over 10 kilos of crystals
which is roughly about 22 pounds of
crystals it will cost you around 75
dollars to ship now I'm basing use off
of my suppliers prices they could be
more expensive or less expensive
depending on your suppliers pricing so
before you go ahead and buy hundreds of
dollars worth of crystals make sure you
understand their pricing and
processing fees make sure you are always
calculating these shipping prices into
your budget for buying crystals you also
want to be including these shipping
prices in your crystal a markup which is
what we will be talking about next okay
next let's jump into how to open your
crystal shop you're gonna need to see if
you need a license to sell crystals in
your state / City so make sure you look
this up before you open up shop you're
gonna need to pay taxes not the fun part
right but this is a source of income so
you're either gonna be having to do a
1099 Schedule C type payment now if
you're not familiar with that you're
gonna need to pay estimated taxes on the
amount of money you think you will make
estimated taxes are paid four times a
year it's not like a w-2 employee so I
would highly recommend especially if
you're planning on doing live shows that
you talked to an accountant before you
open up shop because if all the sudden
you're making three to five to ten
thousand dollars every live show you are
definitely gonna be needing to save
anywhere from thirty to forty percent of
that income to be able to pay those
estimated taxes four times a year now if
you're doing this just as a hobby and
you're planning on making under a
thousand dollars or around twenty five
hundred dollars a year you can just
report this as extra income on your tax
return but make sure you pay taxes guys
because you don't want the IRS coming
after you so like I said I am NOT an
expert so make sure to consult a tax
expert to figure out what types of tax
you need to set up based on what kind of
business you're gonna run okay guys and
we're finally to our last topic on how
to price your crystals
now this is critical you guys let's say
you got your inventory and you're ready
to price you don't want to be pricing
too low and you don't want to be pricing
too high so let me talk through how to
price though it was crystal so you are
profitable they're gonna be customers
who care only about price and not about
quality and they're gonna be customers
who care only about quality and not
about price and you really need to cater
to both of those you want to have some
pieces in your shop that are less
expensive and you want to have some
pieces in your shop that are more rare
or more expensive and then you want to
have some that are in the middle so it's
good to have for a variety of price
points in your shop now if you're gonna
offer free shipping whether it's on live
shows or on Etsy you're gonna need to
make sure you include that in your
pricing now how I do my shipping is I
offer free shipping on perches over $35
or more and then the rest of my listings
are only $3 shipping so the price point
for shipping is really low now this sets
me apart from other Etsy shops or other
Krystal sellers because a lot of the
times they're charging $8 at a minimum
to ship a tiny crystal so you have to
think of the strategy now this is good
to know if you are a crystal buyer or a
crystal seller if you are shipping with
USPS anything under a pound should it
cost around three to five dollars now if
you're shipping crystals that are over a
pound you can use USPS flat rate
services USPS flat rate boxes are
provided to you for free that means you
do not have to buy any supplies besides
tape no flat rate shipping is anywhere
from eight to twenty dollars now another
thing you want to consider is how much
you're gonna mark up your crystals are
you gonna mark them up two times what
you paid are you gonna mark them up
three times what you paid are you gonna
mark them up four times what you paid
now you may be thinking that's a lot but
it's not unusual a lot of companies will
mark up their products three to four
times what they pay for them so if you
bought a rose quartz fear for ten
dollars you could charge 20 30 or $40
for that crystal it's all how much you
want to mark it up what may
sense for your business now it may seem
like a lot if you paid $10 for a rose
quartz fear and you're selling it for
$40 but remember you have to subtract
that $10 that you initially paid for it
you have to subtract what it costs to
ship it to you if you're offering free
shipping you have to subtract from that
if you're selling on live shows you have
to subtract the time you are paying
yourself to sell that crystal I think
especially if you are doing live shows
your prices are gonna generally be
higher than what you would see on Etsy
because you have to pay yourself to sell
those crystals and you have to pay the
people who are helping you the two or
three people who are potentially helping
you sell these crystals stuffed at you
how much money you want to pay yourself
and you want to pay your partner who's
helping you but if you're paying 10 to
15 dollars per hour per person you're
gonna have to include that price markup
in the crystals you are selling all
right guys I think this video has gone
on long enough I have no idea how long
I've been recording for feel free to
reach out on Instagram if you guys have
any specific questions about anything I
talked about today I'm super happy and
super open to answer any question you
guys have now again I'm gonna say this
one more time all of this is based
solely of my experience in my experience
alone I've had a successful crystal
business on Etsy for a little under a
year now I've had over 300 sales and a
five-star review and over 5000 people
visiting my Etsy site this year alone so
far this year on my Etsy shop I've made
over $5,000 in the passive income
selling crystals now some people that
may seem like nothing into some people
that may seem like a lot regardless this
is based on my own experience and take
what I've said today and turn it into
your own successful crystal business
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