Ep. 3392 - Q&A: “Should I use Etsy's platform or build my own website?”
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 15 April 2026
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Summary
A listener with an Etsy shop wants to open her own site as well. What's the best way to branch out?
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Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.
Show notes: SideHustleSchool.com
Email: team@sidehustleschool.com
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Visit Chris's main site: ChrisGuillebeau.com
Read A Year of Mental Health: yearofmentalhealth.com
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| 0:00.0 | When you run a business, every minute counts. An accounts payable can take up way more time than it should. |
| 0:06.9 | That's why I recommend Intuit QuickBooks Bill Pay. QuickBooks Bill Pay automates your accounts payable in QuickBooks. |
| 0:13.3 | So you're not sending invoices at midnight or chasing vendors on your lunch break. |
| 0:17.1 | With QuickBooks Bill Pay, all your bills, vendor records, 1099s, financial reports, all that stuff. |
| 0:22.4 | It all lives in one simple dashboard. |
| 0:24.4 | No more manual bill entry. |
| 0:26.2 | You instantly see what's due, and you choose how and when money goes out. |
| 0:30.2 | You stay in control. |
| 0:31.8 | Spend less time on admin and more time keeping your business growing with QuickBooks Bill Pay. |
| 0:36.3 | Learn more at quickbooks.com |
| 0:37.7 | slash bill pay. Again, that's quickbooks.com slash bill pay. Terms apply. Money movement |
| 0:43.3 | services are provided by Intuit Payments Incorporated. License as a money transmitter by the New |
| 0:47.5 | York State Department of Financial Services. Hey, what's up, Saitool school listeners? Thanks for tuning in today. From time to time, |
| 0:59.9 | we talk about different website platforms. If you want to make a website, you often are going to |
| 1:04.5 | sign up with a plan from a company like WordPress, Squarespace, Wix, among others, Shopify, |
| 1:10.3 | some have been sponsors of the show in the past. |
| 1:12.8 | There's not really many bad options. They all kind of do the same thing, perhaps in a slightly |
| 1:17.3 | different way. But today we're going to hear a question from a listener. Should I use Etsy's new |
| 1:22.6 | platform? It's not that new these days, but it's still going strong. It's called pattern. |
| 1:27.1 | Should she use Etsy's new platform or build her own site? What's the best way to branch out? She's seeing some initial success. She's been selling, let's see, blankets, throws and scarves, monogrammed blankets, throws and scarves, I should say. So she wants to build her own website, which I think is smart, |
| 1:48.7 | expanding beyond the initial platform. And she's wondering about this option from Etsy called Pattern. Is it a good option or should she do something different? I'm going to break it down, |
| 1:52.9 | give her a helpful response on a short action-packed episode. Her detailed question and my |
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