How-To: Brighten Your Photos with Paperama
I love to see Etsy sellers sharing their skills! I caught a great Flickr photo tutorial by Etsy seller Paperama and I thought I would share her wisdom with you! Inspired by other Flickr members commenting on her beautiful photos, Paperama, responded with a handy photo-tutorial. Paperama uses Picnik, a …
Tech Update: Vacation Mode for Sellers now live!
We're thrilled to announce today that we've just launched two new helpful tools for Etsy sellers to manage their shops: Vacation Mode and Batch Deactivate. These features provide different solutions for sellers to quickly and temporarily "close" a shop or make certain items inactive when they will be …
News From the Craft + Style Blogosphere: September 4, 2008
September: It's finally here! Fall is so close I can taste it. Here's what's going on around the ol' blogosphere water cooler this week. Look for lots of interiors (romantic ones at that!), Icelandic fashionistas and multiplying girls. Onward! This midcentury house tour is pure amazing: so bright! (P.S. It's Dave of …
Getting Started in Video: Editing and Publishing
The easiest way to edit video is to shoot it in one take. Here on the Etsy Video Awesomeness Team, we call those videos "One-Take-Wonders." But you can't always get it in one take, or maybe your take is too long. That's when you need to learn how to edit. MP4 | Blip.tv | Youtube | Subscribe in iTunes In this video you'll learn …
Tech Update: New Batch Shipping Update Tool
Based on the community's feedback and suggestions, sellers now have the ability to update the shipping on multiple items at once! The new batch shipping feature works very similarly to the sections feature in which you can assign sections to a list of your items all at once. Keep in mind, you will need to …
Audio Treats: Etsy on National Public Radio
UPDATE: Here's the link to the story on NPR. We just got word from Jon Kalish that NPR postponed the airing until Sunday, March 9th. Please tune in then!Back in January, Jon Kalish came to visit the Etsy Labs. Jon is a radio producer for NPR, and he was creating a series about DIY culture, and recording the sounds of …
"Last" Button Added to Listing Edit
Today we've added a small but useful feature to the listing editing process. At the bottom of every step of editing a listing, you can now find a "last" button. This button will take you to the last page of the editing process, so you don't have to click through every step to reactivate your listing. We hope this …
Hot Tip: Resizing your photos the easy way!
Ever wondered how some sellers always seem to have their images perfectly sized and cropped to make the perfect looking thumbnail? You want the secret? Well, search no further and check out this great little video tutorial I found on YouTube all about how to resize your photos! Watch it by clicking the …
