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LaCresha Sims

Etsy Printables One Hour Daily

Etsy digital printables built from edited PLR templates, worked one hour a day for 90 days

Video published Oct 30, 2026 by LaCresha Sims

Startup cost: Very low startup cost (Etsy listing fees, PLR templates and Canva; Everbee optional) (our estimate; the video doesn’t give figures)

What It Is

You spend one hour a day for 90 days building an Etsy shop of downloadable printables such as cleaning checklists and chore charts, finishing one product before starting the next. Each product starts with research in the Everbee tool: pick items with a bestseller or popular badge, at least 30 sales in the last 30 days and a listing under 12 months old. You buy a PLR (private label rights) template that allows resale, change the colors, wording and layout in Canva, make at least 10 listing photos and a short video, and use high-scoring keywords from similar bestsellers in your title and tags. After 2-4 weeks you check views, favorites and sales to decide what to fix, then repeat and later bundle products.

The Pitch

The creator says she has made $30,554 on Etsy as a homeschooling stay-at-home mom without ads or social media, and that her Etsy shop outsold an identical Shopify store she promoted daily because Etsy buyers are already searching. She argues that a fixed daily hour and a 90-day window let you focus on what you control rather than waiting for sales, citing a student whose first sale came on day 34 and who later reached 1,000 sales.

Who It’s Best For

Parents and others with a small, regular block of time who want a low-cost online shop they can work on at their own pace.

The Truth (as we see it)

Selling digital printables on Etsy is a legitimate, low-cost model, and her research-then-list process is sensible and specific. Her sales figures and student results are her own and unverified, and her own history (almost no sales for two years) shows that results can be slow. Products based on PLR templates can look like many other shops' listings, so real changes are needed, and you should check that each template's license allows resale. She sells a paid course (the Sales Sprint) with a student community and promotes it throughout, and Etsy can suspend shops over setup or policy problems.

Our assessment, based on the video and what’s typical across similar videos. We don’t independently verify income claims or prices.

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