Want to finally hit that $12,000/month goal with your Etsy print on demand business? We all know running a successful Etsy print on demand business takes time and effort. But what if we could work smarter, not harder? These aren't your average tools; they're the secret weapons you need for 2025.

Using the right tools can help scale our businesses and run them more efficiently. They save us time, which ultimately makes us more money. In this article, we're sharing three specific tools that can help you achieve Etsy success in 2025.

ProfitTree: Unlock Your Etsy Shop's True Potential

ProfitTree is an automated profit tracking solution for print-on-demand and handmade sellers. It’s the first and only tool to automate this process, offering valuable insights into your Etsy shop’s financial performance. 

Our two core features include detailed profit tracking with COGS (cost of goods sold) management and an Etsy ads optimization tool—making it easier than ever to run a data-driven and profitable shop.

Master Your Costs with COGS Management:

COGS, or Cost of Goods Sold, is the total cost of everything that goes into creating your product. Whether you’re baking cookies using flour, sugar, and chocolate chips—or designing a print-on-demand shirt with ink, fabric, and packaging—these material costs make up your COGS. For Etsy sellers, that might mean beads, charms, blanks, or printing fees. Add them up, and you get the real cost to produce each item you sell.

Understanding your COGS is key to knowing if your products are priced for profit. It also gives you the full picture of your shop’s financial health—especially before you start spending on Etsy ads.

Think of it like a pie chart: your total revenue is the whole pie. Before you slice out a portion for advertising, you need to subtract the slice that covers product costs. Only then can you clearly see how much profit is left—and how much you can realistically afford to spend on ads without hurting your margins.

Ads Made Simple! 

For print on demand sellers, maintaining a healthy "ad cost percentage" is crucial. Ideally, we want to keep our marketing cost percentage below 12% to maintain healthy profits.

ProfitTree introduces the concept of TACOS (Total Advertising Cost of Sale) as the key metric for evaluating ad performance. The platform displays the ad cost percentage (aka TACoS) and helps us identify underperforming listings. We can then make data-driven decisions to turn off unprofitable listings and optimize our ad spend.

Why is TACOS so important? Because ROAS (Return on Ad Spend) within Etsy ads can be misleading. ProfitTree's TACOS calculation considers all revenue generated from a click, providing a more accurate picture of ad performance.

For example, ROAS only shows the revenue from the ad itself. TACOS shows all the revenue attributed to that click even if the purchase wasn't directly from the advertisement. This gives you a better visual showing whether the listing was actually hitting target profit or not.

For example if you are in Print on demand generally you want to clear a 15-20% profit after all fees, product cost and marketing. This means to keep a healthy advertisement cost you need your TACoS less than about 10-15%. In order to do this you must turn off listings that are not hitting your target TACoS of that 10-15% inside your Advertisement Report.

TACoS is far more valuable because it provides a complete view of all the revenue generated from someone clicking on your listing. In contrast, ROAS fails to capture this broader picture, making it less insightful for understanding the full impact of your ads. 

Want to learn more about Etsy Ads? Get clarity on how to run profitable ads without wasting your budget in our free Etsy Ads Masterclass.

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Simply Listed: The Time-Saving Mockup & Listing Automation Powerhouse

Simply Listed is a new tool designed to save Etsy sellers time. Launched just a couple months ago, it's already making waves in the print on demand world.

One of the most time-consuming tasks is manually creating mockups for new print on demand designs. We have to place our designs on different mockups every time we launch a new listing. But what if we could automate this process?

Mockup Automation: Create Stunning Mockups in Bulk

Simply Listed's mockup automation feature allows us to create mockups in bulk. We can upload our own mockups to create templates. Then, the tool automatically places our designs on those mockups. This saves us valuable time and effort. In just seconds, Simply Listed can generate up to 10 mockups for each design!

Currently, Simply Listed integrates with Printify. But they're planning to release a custom mockup feature soon. This will allow us to create mockups for digital downloads, group mockups, and more. We can even create mockups for products other than print on demand items.

The tool also intelligently selects design colors based on the product color. If we have a black design for a light shirt and a white design for a dark shirt, Simply Listed will choose the correct color automatically.

Streamline Your Multi-Item Listings with SKU Linking

If we're Printify users, the SKU linking feature is a game-changer for multi-item listings. It solves the challenge of connecting Etsy listings with Printify products when offering multiple variations. Think t-shirts, sweatshirts, and more, all in one listing!

Simply Listed grabs Printify product SKUs and automatically connects them to our Etsy listings. Imagine offering t-shirts, long sleeves, and baby onesies all in one listing – fully automated!

The tool also handles color variations. It automatically turns off unavailable options. This ensures that customers only see the sizes and colors that are actually in stock.

According to a video analyzing top clothing stores in 2024, the prevalence of multi-item listings suggests that it's a beneficial sales strategy.

Ready to save time and streamline our Etsy listings? Check out Simply Listed here

HelloCustom: Automate Personalization and Skyrocket Sales

HelloCustom is a personalization automation tool. In today's competitive market, offering personalization is almost a must.

Adding personalization can directly increase sales, even for already successful shops. So, how can we make the personalization process easier and more efficient?

Seamless Design Upload and Template Creation

HelloCustom allows us to upload existing designs from Canva as PDFs. This makes it easy to integrate our existing designs into the platform.

Creating templates within HelloCustom is a simple, three-step process:

1. Give the template a title (for internal purposes).

2. Connect the template to an Etsy product and its variations.

3. Tag the elements within the design that need to be personalized (name, date, etc.).

HelloCustom uses AI to identify the element that needs to be personalized. The AI element is tagged and connected to the product listings. This ensures that the correct personalization is applied to each order. The process is simple and easy to use, even for users with no design skills.

Effortless Approval and Fulfillment

HelloCustom displays personalized graphics for approval before they're sent to the print provider. We can review the personalized graphic and the Etsy order information side-by-side. Then, we simply click approve to send the order to fulfillment. Approving orders ensures the AI is correctly personalizing the graphic.

This saves a significant amount of time compared to manually recreating designs for each personalized order.

Ready to automate personalization and skyrocket our Etsy sales? Check out HelloCustom: here.

Conclusion: Take Your Etsy Business to the Next Level in 2025

These three tools can help unlock the potential for your Etsy print on demand store! Simply Listed, ProfitTree, and Hello Custom can save you time, increase efficiency, and boost sales. As print on demand, etsy sellers, it is critical to take a step back to look at all the tools.

Explore these tools and try them out for yourself. What do you have to lose?

Ready to unlock your Etsy print on demand potential in 2025?