How to Renew an Etsy Listing

If your Etsy listing has expired, or if the item has sold and you want to restock your shop by offering a new, identical item, the easiest thing to do is renew your listing. You can also renew an active Etsy listing. When you do, the listing gets a new listing date and a new expiration date (120 days from the date of renewal). A renewal can breathe new life into the listing, placing it closer to the top of item searches and briefly in the Recently Listed Items section.

When you renew a listing, even an active listing, you're assessed a 20-cent listing fee.

To restock your shop by renewing a listing for a sold item, log in to your Etsy account and follow these steps:

1. Click the Your Account link along the top of any Etsy page.

   The Your Account page opens.

2. Click the Sold Orders link, under Orders, on the left side of the page.

   The Orders page opens.

3. Click the All tab to view all sold orders.

   

4. Find the listing that you want to renew and click its Renew Sold link.

   

   An Edit Listing page appears.

5. Edit the listing using the same techniques you employed to create it.

6. Click the Renew button to renew your listing.

   Etsy posts a new listing and directs you to the Currently for Sale page.

Renewing an active listing

Here's how you renew an active listing while you're logged in to your Etsy account (it's a cinch!):

1. Click the Your Account link along the top of any Etsy page.

   The Your Account page opens.

2. Click the Currently for Sale link, under Items, on the left side of the page.

   

   The Currently for Sale page opens.

3. Click the check box next to the listing that you want to renew.

   To renew more than one active item at a time, click the check box next to each active listing that you want to renew. To select all your listings, click the check box just above or below the list. This same trick applies when you renew expired listings.

4. Click the Renew button (there's one at the top of the list of active listings and another one at the bottom of the list).

   Etsy prompts you to confirm the renewal.

5. Click Renew again.

   Etsy renews the listing and directs you to the Currently for Sale page.

You can also renew an active item from within your Etsy shop. To do so, log in to your account, click the link to your shop in the Etsy header bar, open the listing that you want to renew, and click the Renew link in the Listing Tools toolbar along the top of the listing. When prompted to confirm the renewal, click the Renew button.

Renewing an expired listing

Renewing an expired listing is a lot like renewing an active listing:

1. Click the Your Account link along the top of any Etsy page.

   The Your Account page opens.

2. Click the Expired Listings link, under Items, on the left side of the page.

   The Expired Listings page opens. This page looks a lot like the Currently for Sale page.

3. Click the check box next to the expired listing that you want to renew.

4. Click the Renew button.

   Etsy prompts you to confirm the renewal.

5. Click Renew again.