Etsy is the biggest online marketplace devoted to selling handmade products. Here is a collection of tips and tools for Etsy sellers to help their productivity and success.
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Articles about Running an Etsy Shop
- Etsy :: The Storque :: How-To :: Etsy Seller Inventory Worksheet
- This is the first in a series of downloadable business tools for our community. We really want you to be successful in the new year, so I hope you can use these spreadsheet to keep your shop organized! This will help you to track your inventory, shipping and profits, making your life at tax season a breeze. This spreadsheet will help you figure out your monthly profits, track orders, look over top selling items and keep on top of your shipping.
- Etsy :: The Storque :: How-To :: Tech Update + How-To: Download your Sales and Billing Data to a Spreadsheet
- Sellers who do their own accounting will be excited to hear this: you can now download your sales information to your computer in CSV format ( Here here! for "comma separated values")! A CSV is a type of file that can be opened by programs such as Microsoft Excel or Open Office Calc (a free spreadsheet program)
- Etsy :: The Storque :: How-To :: The Etsy Seller Handbook: All Our How-Tos about Selling
- Dear Sellers!Below you'll find a handy index of all the useful How-Tos about Selling on Etsy. We're calling it the Seller Handbook. We'll be adding all new how-tos for sellers to this index.You can also search the Storque tags for
- Etsy and Google Base
- Get your Etsy Shop items to the top of Google search results. Google Base is a service that lets you tell Google about the items you have for sale. After your items have been loaded in, they will appear above the normal search results for relevant google searches.
- Preparing an Effective Etsy Listing
- Once a buyer reaches your listing, it is important to keep them there. You want to do everything possible not to have your potential buyer hit the back key and leave.These are a few tips for preparing and writing a basic listing and be sure to check out our Etsy listings for an example of what we do
- Surviving Etsy: why you need a domain name... and how to point it where you want it to go.
- I think the most important advice I've given, and seen... is not to ever invest in advertising your Etsy shop, or any "shop" url.
- The Handmade Business Blog
- Articles and advice about running a business selling handmade products.
- Etsy :: The Storque :: Etsy News :: Tech Updates: Feed Enhancements, Google Base and More
- UPDATE: Detailed instructions for scheduled uploads to Google Base below.We've rolled out some small but important improvements to Etsy's RSS feeds. (What is RSS? Check out this post for an introduction.) These enhancements are designed to make...
- Blog Handmade: analytics
- Using Google Anaytics with Etsy
Useful Videos from Etsy
curated content from YouTube
Web-based Etsy Tools
There are some passionate Etsy users creating great tools for sellers. From scripts that change the way Etsy functions to fee calculators and stats.Even more will be coming soon as Etsy has just opened up it's API for developers.
Cool Tools
- Heartomatic - Shop Hearts
- Basic stats about your shop.
- Let's Ets - Tools for Etsy Sellers
- Tool to generate an xml file for use with google base. Also a custom Etsy search.
- Etsy Buttons and Banners
- Images to help promote Etsy and your shop
- Etsy Fee Calculator
- Web-based Etsy fee calculator. Used to calculate fees and profit when selling on Etsy.com.
- PayPal Fee Calculator
- Web-based PayPal fees calculator. Used to calculate PayPal transaction fees using different rates and currencies.
- Etsy Banner Generator
- You can use this tool to create a banner for your Etsy shop. Just fill out the form, select your design, and click "Create my banner!"
- #!etsyhacks Greasemonkey script
- A collection of tips and tricks for making your Etsy experience even better - buy and sell faster and more efficiently. Requires the Greasemonkey extension for Firefox.
- Featsy
- Search for an item or a seller, enter your E-mail address, and get updates via e-mail or RSS when you or a product has been featured on Etsy.
- Etsyfeeder
- Tools for etsy buyers and sellers. Organize your favorite shops and items. Get RSS feeds for shops, complete with pictures
- Etsy Fee Calculator
- A free web-based Etsy fee calculator. Used to calculate the fees involved when selling on Etsy.com. Also calculates with Paypal fees or a reverse calculator.
- #!etsyhacks | feedback
- Get Etsy shop feedback as RSS or Atom. Use this feed to display your feedback on your blog, website, or Squidoo lens.
- #!etsyhacks | shop csv
- Get your shop as CSV. Use this to create and keep spreadsheets of your inventory up to date.
- Maker Spot
- Built specifically for Etsy shop owners, Maker Spot allows you to setup your own website in seconds and provides features found no where else. *This is a fee-based tool, $15 per month.*
- Craftopolis - Etsy Treasure Hunt
- Find out if you're featured in any treasuries.
Latest from the Storque
The Official Etsy Blog
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Miscellaneous Etsy Links
- Main Page - EtsyWiki
- A wiki is a website that can be edited by anyone, even you! Here members of Etsy can share their knowledge and suggestions.
- Surviving Etsy
- A seller's guide to sales.
Latest Etsy News
- Handmade items in big demand
- The Web site Etsy.com also has helped popularize handmade items, giving access to crafts around the world. The site was launched in 2005 by Rob Kalin, ...
- Survey Shows Sellers' Views on Customer Ownership Vary by Marketplace
- and offered a sparse, 4-question survey asking respondents to whom the customer belonged across four different venues: eBay, Amazon, Etsy and Bonanzle. ...
- Inside Etsy
- Business Insider take an intimate look inside the Brooklyn headquarters of Etsy -- an e-commerce hub for buyers and sellers of handmade goods, vintage goods ...
- Etsy Shares Progress Report and Product Roadmap with Users
- By Ina Steiner Etsy periodically updates users about its product and marketing priorities, and this week it published an installment of "Talking Product" to ...
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- MomwithAHook MomwithAHook Aug 4, 2009 @ 4:46 pm
- Love this page.
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- SimaG SimaG Jun 28, 2009 @ 2:20 pm
- Thank YOU.great information here!
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- Mountainside-Crochet Mountainside-Crochet Mar 27, 2009 @ 3:03 pm
- Nice list of tools for Etsy sellers and buyers. Here's a new one you might want to add to your list for sellers - very quick and easy way to see if you are featured in a Treasury or Gift Guide: Craftopolis http://www.craftopolis.com/index.php -
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- Happiegrrrl Happiegrrrl Feb 20, 2009 @ 11:04 am
- Lots of great information here! Thanks for submitting this lens to Etsy Informationals. Welcome to the Group!
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- ArtsyTartsyJewels ArtsyTartsyJewels Dec 28, 2008 @ 8:12 am
- I agree with Intuitive. :)
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