Selling Digital Printables and Templates on Etsy
Originally published Aug 5, 2026 — LaCresha Sims
LaCresha Sims · I Make $13,964/Month FROM HOME (& Here's Exactly How) ↗
Create simple digital products like Canva templates, routine charts, budgeting bundles, or checklists, and list them for sale on Etsy, where Etsy's own search and marketplace traffic does most of the ongoing promotion once a listing is set up.
Sims, a stay-at-home mom, made her first sale nine days after listing her first product, and says her Etsy shop alone has continued to generate weekly income with no new listings added in over six months, no social media presence, and no face-showing required.
Someone who wants the lowest possible barrier to entry, no following, no camera, no paid ads, and who's willing to research what's already selling well and make a solid version of it rather than searching for an undiscovered niche.
Sims is unusually transparent about the difference between revenue and actual profit, and shows real month-by-month numbers from her first 90 days rather than only a flattering total. She also builds three additional income streams on top of this one (affiliate marketing for the tools she uses, YouTube ad revenue, and selling a course teaching this same Etsy process), which she's candid are progressively more effort-intensive and depend on already having some track record or audience, worth knowing if the plan is to stop at just the Etsy shop.