The Seller Education team has collectively been critiquing your Etsy Shops for over 9 years! We’ve watched many of you grow after our critiques and we’ve also seen you successfully critiquing each other on the Forums and in your Etsy Teams. I’ve created this list of the most important questions you should ask when critiquing… Continue reading
From SEO to photography to advertising, find it all in this thorough index of resources for running your small business.
The first step to a successful online business is product photography. Learn to photograph like a pro with this how-to video.
Preparing for your shop’s first launch? Make sure not to leave these essentials behind.
A round-up of must-read photography tips from the Etsy Blog, the Forums, and the blogosphere.
There’s a bit of a who-had-the-worst-photos competition between a few of us Etsy Admin who also run Etsy shops. Thankfully, we learned from our mistakes and over the years we worked hard to now have clear and well lit photos, but we definitely weren’t exempt from the bad lighting, blurry shots and funky graphics that… Continue reading
A friend and I recently had to get last-minute party dresses for an event. We’d heard about a hidden vintage dress shop in Manhattan. As we walked down the street I was told it was on, I looked at the buildings and something red and flowy caught my eye — a gorgeous lace and tulle… Continue reading
It’s that time again, and those of us behind the scenes at Etsy would like to share our merchandising plans for January. As we continue to plan Etsy’s calendar for the year ahead with thematic merchandising, we will be incorporating many of the concepts you shared in response to December’s report and continue to welcome… Continue reading
Welcome to selling on Etsy! When you’re getting started, it feels like there are so many things to do for your new shop. You’ll also want to check out the Seller Handbook — it contains links to lots of great articles to help you sell. Other posts to get you started include Welcome to Your… Continue reading
Danielle Thompson is a blogger, graphic designer, illustrator, crafter, photographer and Etsy seller. She is a part-time graphic designer and also designs her own digital and printable kits, which you can find at Kitschy Digitals online. She also designs her own embroidery patterns, vinyl wall decals, paper goods, stamps, Blythe accessories and more, which you… Continue reading
Kristin, the jewelry designer and emerging business woman behind KristinFriesen, was able to quit her jobs working in cafes and nannying due to the growing success of her jewelry shop. She now juggles motherhood, jewelry making, and being her own boss — something Etsy has allowed her to do for almost two years. Keep reading… Continue reading
There is a proverb which says that experience is a formidable teacher — it hands the test first and the lesson afterward. Graphic design, the studiously crafted personality profile of an individual, is one of most formidable teachers of all. A graphic designer has to tread on speculation and potentiality, and there is a certain… Continue reading
In celebrating Etsy’s origins and its future, we continue the Old School Etsians series with this interview of Heather Nowell, a.k.a. zencreations04, who joined Etsy June 19, 2005. Please introduce yourself and talk a bit about what you make:My name is Heather Nowell and I live in Mercersburg, PA with my husband Lance and our daughter Zoe. I started Zen… Continue reading
UPDATE: Please see the most recent information on this topic in our Help section. Click here! We’ve been making some changes around the site that we hope will have a big impact. Over the past several months, we’ve implemented a series of changes to improve Etsy’s SEO (search engine optimization). Improved SEO means that it’s… Continue reading
Yoola shares her own Shop Makeover story with us, as a follow up to Mary’s Broaden Your Target Audience with Tiered Product Lines. I want to tell you about how I achieved successful sales figures by stretching my design into new dimensions. Many Etsy sellers have successful designs in terms of high views, many hearts,… Continue reading
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