Etsy Set Up

How to set up an etsy account!

Something you will need, if you don’t have already, is an email address. I personally suggest using gmail, which is owned by google. They are reliable, trusted, and free. They also offer many other useful tools such as google docs, and blogger, which we will be talking about later. Just incase you’ve never set up an email here is a quick “how to” before we get started on registering for etsy!

Simply go to www.gmail.com and click “create an account” at the top right corner.

Fill in all of the required information and BAM! You have gmail!

Now lets get you an etsy account (next will be ebay)

All right, now it’s time to go to www.etsy.com!

First you are simply going to click on “register” to start filling in your information.

It is super simple to follow and you can even sign up using your facebook account!

Once all of your info is filled in and your account it up and running, it’s time to register your shop! So click on that tiny button on the upper left corner that says “sell”.

From there please click “open an Etsy Shop”! This page also gives great examples of the things you can sell on etsy. So don’t hesitate to take a few minutes looking through it.

Luckily etsy is very easy to use. From here you are going to start filling in all of the information needed. Don’t worry about pictures or banners just yet. We’ll go over it all in the next post. Just make sure you have the rest of the information filled out!  First you are going to click on the link that says “Enter Your Shop Name” and fill in your shop name! Luckily if you change your mind on a name, you can change it later! Next are a few things to also fill out.

1)   “Add Shop Announcement” – This is where you can write things like “SHOP SALE” with all the info. I like to have it say a quick summary of what my shop is about at all times though. Ex) Handmade & Vintage Dresses by Jane Doe

2)   “Add Shop Section” – Shop sections are a great way of organizing your shop. They show up on the side of your page and are used to navigate to specific types of items. Ex) Prints, Original Art, Buttons, Etc. This can also be changed at a later date so don’t worry if you change your mind.

3)   “Shop Owner Edit” – This gives you a chance to do a quick write up about yourself and your shop.

4)   “Add Location” – Sometimes it’s helpful to mention where you are situated. It’s not your address; it’s just the city and country you are from. This way local customers have an easier time finding you. Plus you seem more trustworthy and real if you say where you are from.

5)   “Add Shop Policies” – Chances are I will go over this one in further detail later but for now it’s good to know about. There are different sections to fill out that give you an opportunity to share things like how often you ship your items out, your return policies, etc.

Once you’ve filled in all of the information it’s a good idea to click on “Get Paid”. Then choose the payment options you will accept. The safest is to just accept PayPal but it’s always up to your digression. Next you’re going to want to fill in “Billing” with your credit card information so that you can pay your bills. You will have to pay the $.20 for every listing and the 3.5% every time something sells.

Next we will go over how to make a banner and a profile picture! After that we will move onto doing listings! If you wanted to watch a great informational video on photo taking then click on “List Items” and watch the video. I found it incredibly helpful and well done!