Why You Should Add PayPal to Your Web Site
If you think PayPal is just for eBay sales, then you're missing out on a great opportunity to get revenue (or more revenue) from your Web site. If you're not already selling products from your Web site [more…]
Creating an Eye-Catching Etsy Storefront
When you first create your Etsy business, you'll no doubt be struck by one thing: its incredible plainness. Fortunately, you can personalize your Etsy shop in any number of ways. This personalization is [more…]
Composing Item Titles on Etsy
An item title on Etsy acts a lot like a good headline. It's designed to grab a buyer's attention and entice her to read more about you and your item. Not surprisingly, then, many headline-writing principles [more…]
How to Put Your Etsy Shop in Vacation Mode
Fortunately, Etsy enables you to put your Etsy shop in vacation mode. When your shop is in vacation mode, your Etsy listings aren't visible to anyone who visits your shop. In addition, you can add a special [more…]
How to Edit an Etsy Listing
Editing an Etsy listing is pretty simple. Maybe you made a mistake when creating your Etsy listing and need to change it. Or maybe a potential buyer asked a question about the item you have for sale, and [more…]
How to Feature an Item in Your Etsy Shop
One way to highlight items you want to sell in your Etsy shop is to feature them. When you do, those listings appear in a special "Featured" section on your Etsy shop's main page. You can feature as many [more…]
Software for Creating a Banner for Your Etsy Shop
To personalize your Etsy shop, you can add a banner that runs across the top of the page. You can make this banner from scratch using any number of graphics programs. The banner you create needs to give [more…]
How to Upload a Shop Banner to Your Etsy Site
Placing a banner on your Etsy site helps you establish your brand. You can create a banner yourself or have a professional do it. Once you have your Etsy banner made, uploading it to your site is a pretty [more…]
Creating a Banner for Your Etsy Shop with GIMP
GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a free, downloadable image-editing tool that is perfect for creating a banner for your Etsy shop. GIMP is also great for performing essential image-editing tasks [more…]
How to Add a Title and Announcement to Your Etsy Shop
Looking for a way to tell visitors what your Etsy shop's about? Look no more. Etsy lets you include a shop title on your shop's main page. Think of your shop title as a tagline. It needs to briefly sum [more…]
How to Divide Your Etsy Shop into Sections
Etsy enables you to organize your items by section. For example, if you sell different types of items — say, magnets, notebooks, and picture frames — you can use sections to organize your shop by item. [more…]
