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Earn a Free Car Selling on Etsy!

By Tim Layton 17 Comments

You read that right! You can earn a free car this year selling on Etsy. But if you’re thinking “sweepstakes” or “giveaway”, I’m afraid you’ll be disappointed. Catch that first word… earn!

One Step at a time!

One of my favorite sayings or quotes is this:

You don’t have to see the whole staircase to take the first step.

I find that encouraging and it makes me braver than I would be otherwise. I realize that I don’t have to fly to the top of the steps, I don’t even have to know what’s there, I only have to take one little step. I (we) can do that!

What happens if you applied that same thought process toward the financial outcome of your online business? What if you set some baby-step goals financially.

Free Cable, Free Water, Free Car

Our online income comes in lots of little chunks. A little from selling jewelry, a little from selling felt, a little from advertising here on the site, etc. None of them are enough to live on, and even combined they don’t totally provide for our life. Yet.

But as these small income streams started to grow, I always associated the money with some cost of living, such as the cable bill, the water bill, or the car payment.

How much does your internet access cost? Ours is expensive at about $75.00 a month. But since it’s pretty important in our online business, the internet is the first thing I wanted to pay for when I started out. The next thing was to cover the costs of web-hosting and domain registration. When those were covered, I started looking toward living expenses, like car insurance.

Now once things grow, you have to be sure to do your accounting properly and you probably shouldn’t just pay your car payment with your PayPal account, but the point is the same. You covered it.

I can tell you, it makes the rewards of the work much more tangible when I can get in my car and drive down the road and think… “I made the money for this car entirely online. No boss. No schedule. No particular spot I have to show-up to every day.”

So, rather than look at how many items you have to sell to “make a living”, maybe look at how many items you have to sell to get a free car. Or free groceries, free haircuts, free shoes… 🙂

What “free” goal are you working toward today?

~Kim

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Filed Under: Motivation, Running Your Etsy Business

Comments

  1. Gladys says

    June 2, 2011 at 8:23 am

    Great encouragement to start the morning. Thanks Kim!

    Reply
  2. Geralyn Gray says

    June 2, 2011 at 8:32 am

    Great way to set goals……..and appreciate what we take in from etsy.

    Reply
  3. Beth says

    June 2, 2011 at 8:40 am

    Love the concept. It is much easier to take “baby steps” to reach a goal!

    Reply
  4. Natalie says

    June 2, 2011 at 9:16 am

    Great catchy article! I’m dying for an iPhone. I need business to pay for the data plan.

    Reply
  5. patricia says

    June 2, 2011 at 9:47 am

    Thanks for the article, it is right on target for me to keep things in perspective and reach achievable goals.

    Reply
  6. craftytammie says

    June 2, 2011 at 9:49 am

    what a great outlook! i’m afraid i usually use any etsy earnings to justify buying more fabric 🙂

    Reply
  7. ~Lisa :o) says

    June 2, 2011 at 10:47 am

    Nicely said words to live by. Small baby steps are important in the accomplishment of larger tasks and goals! :o)

    Reply
  8. Brenna says

    June 2, 2011 at 10:48 am

    Definately caught my attention! Very true indeed. I heard a neat quote the other day. “If you think you CAN’T then you WON’T. If you think you CAN then you WILL. Either way becomes the truth.”

    It is all up to YOU!!!

    Thanks for the encouragment this morning!

    Reply
  9. Victoria Rickert says

    June 2, 2011 at 11:32 am

    Beth stole the words right out of my thoughts, ‘what a concept’ Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  10. Daphne says

    June 2, 2011 at 5:27 pm

    I am still very much a ‘beginner’. I look forward to paying off my equipment purchases for making my books. lol 😉

    Reply
  11. Heathahlee says

    June 2, 2011 at 10:37 pm

    Kim, I love this post. I have been thinking so much about how much I should be earning, but didn’t put tangible things with it. This is one way to set realistic goals. Thank you!

    Reply
  12. Eileen says

    June 5, 2011 at 5:25 am

    Thank you, Kim! I’m looking from a whole new perspective! I love your favorite saying, too! 🙂

    Reply
  13. Leah says

    August 15, 2012 at 10:59 am

    Great post. I’m working on paying for dance classes for all three of my girls. If there is any left over it’s going to pay off debt.

    Reply
  14. Kitty says

    August 15, 2012 at 11:04 am

    I live these words everyday. Great post! Etsy is paying for my car!

    Reply
  15. megan says

    August 15, 2012 at 11:31 am

    Highly motivating yet again Kim, thanks for the motivation… now off to earn more fabric for my stash.

    Reply
  16. golu dolls says

    August 14, 2018 at 5:28 am

    looking good

    Reply
  17. kanchipuram sarees says

    August 14, 2018 at 5:29 am

    nice post

    Reply
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