How I Built a $1K-a-Month Etsy Shop as a Manifesting Generator… and What Happened When Etsy Suspended My Account



How My Manifesting Generator Spark Led Me to Etsy

If you’re a Manifesting Generator like me, you’ll understand this perfectly: when inspiration hits, we move fast. That’s exactly how my Etsy journey began. One random day, I felt a surge of creativity, watched a youtube tutorial, opened my laptop, and designed a few digital downloads. No overthinking. No strategy. Just pure MG excitement.

I uploaded them, went on with my day, and honestly didn’t expect anything. But within days, sales trickled in. Then more. Then more. Soon I was earning around $1,000 a month, all from simple digital products that required no shipping, packaging, or inventory.

For a while, it felt like the perfect business: I could create when inspiration struck and watch the sales roll in passively.

The Part No One Tells You — Your Etsy Shop Is Never Fully “Yours”

As my shop grew, I started to notice something unsettling: Etsy controlled everything. The traffic. The visibility. The rules. The algorithm. The fees. I was building a business on land I didn’t own.

And then the thing I feared most — but never thought would happen — actually happened.

The Day Everything Disappeared: Etsy Suspended My Account

One morning, I logged in like normal… and my shop was gone. A red banner. A suspension notice. No explanation I could understand, no warning, no appeal that actually helped. Overnight, my income, my hard work, and my digital products were erased.

And here’s the part that still stings:
It was completely out of my control.

I hadn’t broken rules. I hadn’t done anything dishonest. Yet Etsy decided my fate without a conversation. I wasn’t just “taking a break.” I was forced out.

That moment changed everything for me. It taught me the most painful — yet powerful — lesson in online business:

If you don’t own the platform, you don’t own the business.

Losing My Etsy Shop Crushed Me… But It Also Redirected Me

At first, I was devastated. Angry. Confused. How could a platform erase a business I built with so much heart?

But then something shifted in me.
My Manifesting Generator energy — the part of me that pivots quickly when something is out of alignment — kicked in. Once I accepted that Etsy had closed that door, I finally opened myself to the opportunity that had been in front of me all along…

The Aligned Path I Found: Affiliate Marketing + Blogging

When I started exploring affiliate marketing, I immediately felt relief. No storefront. No suspensions. No algorithm holding my business hostage. No customer service.

And when I combined it with blogging?
It felt like freedom.

Here’s why this model works so beautifully for me:

  • I create when inspired — not when pressured.

  • My content becomes long-term traffic and income.

  • No one can “shut down” my blog.

  • I don’t need to chase trends or upload daily.

  • There’s no inventory, no refunds, no customer messages.

  • I earn by recommending tools and products I already use.

It’s a model that supports my energy, my faith, my family, and the lifestyle God has placed on my heart.

So Why Don’t I Sell on Etsy Anymore?

Because I didn’t choose to leave — Etsy chose for me.
And honestly? I thank God for that now.

Losing my shop pushed me into a business model that is more stable, more aligned, more flexible, and truly mine. Today, I no longer sell on Etsy. Instead, I run a business built on affiliate marketing and blogging, and for me, it’s by far the best model I’ve ever worked with.

It gives me freedom. Peace. Creativity that doesn’t burn me out.
And most importantly — it’s a business that no platform can take away from me.



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