While many Etsy sellers have been able to quit their day jobs and make a full-time salary through their Etsy shops, not many can say they rake in more money per year than, say, an orthopedic surgeon. However, Etsy seller Alicia Shaffer certainly can.
In a February 2015 Fast Company profile, Shaffer revealed her clothing company, Three Bird Nest, raked in a whopping $80,000 per month, meaning the mother of three saw an annual revenue of $960,000. While Shaffer's company did have an independent website, a large part of her sales were made through Three Bird Nest's Etsy shop.
Despite Shaffer's mega-success selling on Etsy, the business owner announced in August 2015 that she'd made the decision to pull her shop from the site, writing in a blog post, "Etsy success story Three Bird Nest announced its decision to depart from the Etsy Marketplace, effective immediately." The post continued, explaining, "The decision was made by Three Bird Nest in 2015 to leave Etsy in order to better focus on their customers through their own boutique website [and] wholesale channels."
