Your First Etsy Shop: A Step-by-Step Guide
A step-by-step guide to opening a first Etsy shop, with chapter checklists, 12 fill-in templates and a 30-day plan.
Guides for New Etsy Sellers
Everything here is for someone opening an Etsy shop on their own: what to sell, how to set the shop up, how to price, photograph and list, and what to do once the first orders come in. The blog teaches the methods for free; the guides add the templates, the checklists and the order to do things in.
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Etsy Seller Starter Bundle: Guide, Prompts, Blog Plans
Three tools for a new handmade or digital shop, plus a 4-week plan to use them together.
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200 AI Prompts for Etsy Sellers
200 copy-and-fill AI prompts that help Etsy sellers draft listings, customer messages, shop policies, posts and seasonal plans.
Handmade Business Blog Starter Pack: 50 Article Plans
50 blog article plans with keywords, hooks and outlines for a blog about running a small handmade or craft shop.
Your First 100 Etsy Orders: Reviews and Repeat Buyers
A practical guide for an Etsy seller with a shop open and a few sales: reading the numbers without paid tools, refreshing listings, packaging, reviews, repeat buyers, problems, outside traffic and a sustainable pace.
Email and Social Kit for Etsy Sellers
30 email templates, 60 social posts and 12 quick replies for Etsy and handmade sellers, with fill-in slots, ready to send.
Handmade Business Blog Articles: 50 Posts, Written
50 finished blog posts about running a small handmade or craft shop with keywords, meta descriptions and internal links, plus a zip of Markdown and Word files.
From the blog
Chapter 1 of Your First Etsy Shop
Should You Open an Etsy Shop? A Six-Question Self-Check
What running an Etsy shop actually involves, the good reasons to start, the reasons to pause, and six honest questions to answer before you buy supplies.
Chapter 14 of Your First Etsy Shop
Your First 30 Days on Etsy: A Day-by-Day Plan
A 30-day plan for your first Etsy shop: one small task a day, four weeks from choosing what to sell to your first ten listings, with room to fall behind.
Chapter 9 of Your First Etsy Shop
Selling Digital Downloads on Etsy: How Delivery Works and How to Prepare Your Files
How a digital Etsy listing delivers, which file formats cause the fewest problems, how to name and test your files, and what to say in the listing.
Chapter 5 of Your First Etsy Shop
The Etsy Shop Setup Checklist: What to Have Ready Before You Click Open
What to gather before you open your Etsy shop: shop details, a name that passes four tests, simple branding, policies and payouts, in the order to do them.
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