What is Etsy marketplace? Is it suitable for my business?

what is etsy

Etsy is the biggest marketplace for handmade items, vintage goods, and craft supplies with over 2,500 active sellers and 33.4 million buyers! 

What makes Etsy so attractive for DIY entrepreneurs is their community of makers, small-business owners, and shoppers who all share a passion for rare goods of all kinds. 

If those points resonate with you, you’ll definitely reach new heights for your business by joining Etsy. 

Do I need a business license to sell on Etsy?

As of 2021, Etsy doesn’t require their sellers to have a business license to sell on Etsy.

That being said, you will still need to follow any regional laws that apply to you as an online business. 

We suggest that you consult a professional business lawyer before joining Etsy just to make sure your business idea is legal by all means. 

How much does it cost to sell on Etsy?

Listing fees: You will be charged a listing fee of $0.20 USD for each item that you list for sale on Etsy.com or Etsy’s mobile apps.

Transaction fees: You will be charged a transaction fee of 5% of the price you display for each listing plus the amount you charge for shipping and gift wrapping.

Etsy will automatically deduct all fees owed from your payment account.

What do I need to get started on Etsy? 

Getting started on Etsy is fairly straightforward. Here’s a basic list of everything you need.

  1. Create a new Etsy account
  2. Create a unique name for your Etsy shop
  3. Prepare the details for your product which include
    • Digital product photos (800 – 1000 pixels wide)
    • A list of words that best describe your product – use these for tags and titles
    • Know the appropriate selling price
    • Keep shipping costs into account
  4. Go live with your Etsy shop!
    • Creating an account is free of cost
    • You’ll need to to link a debit/credit card
    • Your checking account info (account and routing number)

Setting up your Etsy shop the right way

Banner and shop logo: Upload high-definition images that represent the style of your brand and make a strong first impression on your potential customers. 

Shop announcement: Share a brief welcome message with shoppers. 

About section: Let your customers know how your business came into existence, your vision for your brand and the story behind your products. 

Shop members: Introduce any other members of your team or people you collaborate with. 

Shop policies: Clearly state policies for shipping, returns, exchanges, payments, custom orders, or any other guidelines that are important for shoppers to know before they place an order.

If your business is based in the US, we suggest purchasing USPS Shipping Labels on Etsy. You can save up to 30% than the USPS retail rates you would pay at the post office or elsewhere online. Learn more about USPS here.

Listings your products to your Etsy shop

Once you fill in all the information required for your shop section, you’re ready to start adding products to your Etsy store. 

Displaying your products for sale is basically called a listing. 

Things to remember while listing your products

  • Optimize your Etsy shop for Etsy search. 
  • Add your location to make your store visible to local buyers
  • Link all of your social media accounts to benefit from Etsy’s exposure
  • Explore paid advertising for keywords related to your products
  • Promote offers to incentivize the value of your products
  • Join Etsy community and teams and network with your niche’s best sellers

At this point, you might be wondering whether it’s better to sell on Shopify or Etsy.

Take a look at this article where we dive deep into whether selling on Shopify or Etsy is better for your business!

Have  more questions about Etsy? Feel free to contact our support!

Real-time and metafield sync for Etsy Released!

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We’re starting 2020 strong with a much-needed feature that has been requested by ExportFeed’s customers for some time.

Our development team has been quite busy working on new features while making sure they’re quality-tested very meticulously before releasing them. 

Let’s dive right into it!

Real-time sync

ExportFeed customers will now be able to sync all of their orders and inventory in real-time instantly. Pretty self-explanatory. 

This will be a huge benefit for Shopify stores that have hundreds of thousands of products. You can be assured that you do not oversell or undersell because of slow sync time.

Pricing packages eligible for real-time sync

Since this is an exclusive feature that is suitable for bigger stores, we’re offering real-time sync to two packages:

  • Super Seller ($89.99/month with 100k SKUs) and
  • Platinum Seller ($129.99/month with over 100k SKUs)

Metafield sync

ExportFeed is one of the first companies to roll out this exclusive meta-field sync feature.

It will not only help you stay visible across multiple search engines but also help you reach a significantly bigger audience and ultimately result in higher sales.

Here’s what meta-field sync can fetch from your products and feed them to search engines like Google and Bing:

  • SEO title
  • Amazon bullets
  • Custom price
  • Google Schema support
  • Search engine friendly data

Pricing packages eligible for metafield sync

You will be able to enjoy the full benefits of ExportFeed’s metafield sync feature with three packages:

  • Advance Seller ($59.99/month with upto 50k SKUs)
  • Super Seller ($89.99/month with 100k SKUs) and
  • Platinum Seller ($129.99/month with over 100k SKUs)

What if I am already subscribed to these plans?

You have nothing to worry about.

If you have purchased any of these eligible subscription packages, you will still be able to integrate the metafield and real-time sync feature through your existing dashboard.

Interested to learn more about these features? Get in touch with our support team and we’ll set everything up in no time!

 

Tips to sell more Home Decor products on Etsy during Holidays

Tips to sell home decor products on Etsy during holidays

Home Decor products are suited for the Houzz marketplace, right? Yes, that’s true but if you’re dealing with handmade or antique products, you also have the Etsy marketplace. Why Etsy? Because Home Decors is among the top-selling category during the holidays for Etsy.

During the holiday season, you need to improve the physical presence of your home. Renovating the looks and feel of your house begins with small changes like the image on your wall, or the flower vase, or something similar.

Top-selling Etsy product categories for holiday season

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The holiday season is right about here. It is already high time that any online retailer should get started on promoting and optimizing products on the marketplaces. Especially if you are selling on the Etsy marketplace, you cannot neglect the fact that buyers are already scanning and selecting the products that they want to buy. So, here are the top-selling Etsy product categories for this holiday season.

Home Decor

Two Important Functionality Added in our Shopify Etsy App

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If you’ve been using our Shopify app to send your products to the Etsy marketplace, you probably already noticed what has changed.

  1. We’ve added a flat shipping template to allow Etsy sellers to send their products to Etsy including the shipping information required for those products.
  2. Ability to configure sync settings for products on a detailed product attribute level has been added.

How to ensure a high-quality listing of Shopify products on Etsy?

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When you are already selling through a Shopify store and you want to expand your market – Etsy offers you with a great opportunity. Moreover, missing to list your products on this marketplace will only make you weaker than your competitors in the business world.

However, just listing your products on Etsy isn’t enough! If your competitors don’t know this, you will have an advantage over them after you reach till the end of this post.

Here, we’ll provide you the ideas of creating a high-quality listing of Shopify products on Etsy marketplace.

But, before anything, if you are already listing products on Etsy, take a quick look at them and try to find the weak points in them – like the title attribute of your products or the dull images and so on.

While listing your products, if you listed them manually, there’s a high possibility that you made some errors or you listed just a few products of your Shopify store to Etsy. This is a blunder.

Orders & Inventory Sync and Direct Upload from Shopify to Etsy – Coming Soon

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Listing your Shopify products on the Etsy marketplace will help you to reach potential customers and increase your sales revenue. As Etsy is a marketplace which is more popular to sell handmade, antique and custom products if you’re selling such products on your Shopify store you shouldn’t miss to list them on Etsy.

But a major challenge while running multichannel sales approach is to keep track of inventories and orders. Especially when you are selling products that are limited in quantity.

Key considerations to sell Shopify products on Etsy

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Looking for ways to increase your sales revenue? This article will cover the main building blocks that’ll set you on the right path to increasing sales of your Shopify products on the Etsy marketplace. We’ll cover the basics to start selling Shopify products on Etsy if you’ve not started yet. And, if you’re already selling, we’ll offer you some tips that’ll pay off in the long run. So, let’s begin!