Nope! Handmade Alpha Academy is designed with newbie-business owners in mind. If you already have a computer and *printer (recommended but not technically required), the only thing Starla recommends purchasing is a binder (aka: your Alpha-Journal).

Barely. With Etsy, you are of course responsible for your own seller and listing fees ($0.20 per listing). You’ll also be learning how to purchase a domain email address, which will typically only cost $12-$15 per year. Any other course expenses are completely optional, as the course is designed to keep your start-up expenses at the absolute minimum.

Nope. When you join the Handmade Alpha Academy, you’re an Alpha for life and will receive anything and everything added to the course, forever more!

Nope! The price of your enrollment covers your lifetime membership. Once you’ve paid for your enrollment, you’ll continue to receive lifetime access, lifetime support, as well as everything added to the course – forever more!

Yes! You will be granted access to the exclusive Handmade Alpha Academy Student Campus facebook group where you can ask for help 24/7 from fellow Alpha Alumni and Academy staff, including Starla.

You will also be granted access to Starla and Marc’s very personal email address’s for private questions.

Completion time 100% depends on you. Because the course is self-paced, the time it will take to complete the course will entirely depend on how many hours you dedicate to learning and applying the action steps.

Most Alphas who dedicate at least an hour per day to the course are able to complete it within 60 days.

Unfortunately, no. Every piece of the Handmade Alpha Academy fits together like a big puzzle. If you only have on piece of the puzzle, it won’t create the over all picture that will lead you to success and may end up leaving you more confused than when you started.

Think of it like picking up Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien and trying to understand the story by only reading chapter 8. That would be pretty hard, right?

Yes! If you already have an Etsy shop but you aren’t achieving the sales that you want,  the Handmade Alpha Academy will walk you through the process of building a successful Etsy shop from the ground UP so that you can re-evaluate your current business model and evolve it into an Alpha Brand.

Nope! HAA can be used for handmade products as well as digital products, supplies, and print-on-demand products!

Nope! In HAA, we have 100s of sellers from around the globe! As long as you can easily read and understand English (as the course is recorded in English), HAA will work for you.

It may not be best for you. The Handmade Alpha Academy is designed for Etsy sellers. Though some lessons could be beneficial for Handmade business owners selling on other platforms, you won’t truly get the most from your experience if you aren’t selling on Etsy.

If you do not already have an Etsy shop, I’ll help to walk you through the process of starting one in HAA!

Absolutely! Before becoming and Etsy seller and business coach, Starla was actually a Preschool teacher and uses a combination of audible, readable, and visible teaching styles to ensure even the most complicated lessons are broken down into easy to digest pieces.

If you can do all of the following…

• Copy and paste text on a computer
• Save an image file (picture) to your computer
• Find and open a folder on your computer
• Upload a photo from your computer

…then you’ll do just fine! BUT if you do end up having any questions, you’ll also have access to staff support and the Handmade Alpha Academy private Facebook group for additional help.

The Already Successful seller: If you are an Etsy-All-Star and are already bringing in thousands of dollars a week with your Etsy shop, you may not find much use from this training. If you’re still interested in checking it out though, feel free to enroll! We’ll happily refund your enrollment if you decide it isn’t for you. Just be sure to contact us within 30 days of your enrollment.

The Strictly One-Of-A-Kind seller: Don’t get us wrong, we have a TON of successful on-of-a-kind sellers in HAA that have adapted the material to fit their shops, but if your products are absolutely OOAK and you aren’t willing or able to create duplicate products or a line of cohesive products, you will find it very hard to rank in Etsy search. This is due to Etsy’s algorithm, which favors products that can sell multiple times. If you’re interested in HAA and you are a OOAK seller, we recommend creating a small line of repeatable products (example: 10 repeatable beaded bracelets) to sell alongside your signature OOAK products, as this will help you to appeal to Etsy’s search algorithm. If you have questions about this, please email me at starla@handmadealphaacademy.com

The Vintage seller: If you only sell vintage or re-purposed items on Etsy and cannot create or sell duplicate items, you will find it very difficult to follow this course as intended, as Etsy favors listings that can build a quality score through repeat sales.

The Cell Phone seller: If you run your entire shop from your phone or tablet, the Handmade Alpha Academy probably won’t be the best fit for you. Though you can take the course itself on a mobile device, many of the action steps and technical aspects will need to be performed on a desktop or laptop computer.

The ‘I Want Instant Success’ seller: If you think success comes from the click of a button or the wave of a magic fairy wand, the Handmade Alpha Academy absolutely isn’t for you. Success comes from Alpha Wolf focus and Predator Determination. Starla will walk you through the steps that will bring your Etsy shop to success but it is 100% up to you to do the work.

Due to the vast number of students we have (from all around the globe), the Handmade Alpha Academy does NOT cover the legalities of setting up your business, filing for a business license, or how to manage/collect/file your business taxes.

Basically, I’m not a lawyer and cannot legally give you advice that covers any of these topics. HOWEVER, I can direct you to legal resources that may be helpful to you.

If you have any questions or need to know if the Handmade Alpha Academy is a good fit for you feel free to drop me a quick email at starla@handmadealphaacademy.com 

Yes! If you already currently pay for an eRank BASIC or eRank PRO account, you can still claim your free 12 month membership. Upon enrolling in HAA, Starla will send you an email requesting your shop URL.

From there, Starla will personally cancel your existing eRank payment plan and take over payments for the next 12 months. After your free 12 months of PRO expire, you are free to re-subscribe to eRank PRO in order to keep your membership if you choose to.

Yes!

The Handmade Alpha Academy passionately contributes to:

• The Planetary Society 
• The Wolf Conservation Center 
• The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention