Etsy is a professional online marketplace specifically engaged in online trading of vintage and handcrafted products. The site also regulates the buying and selling of art products such as jewelry-making tools, wire, and beads.
Etsy provides a very easy and quick way to add products in your shop. Adding products in your shop is a cakewalk, through which you can showcase your products to your customers. This article will walk you through the process of adding a product or activating/deactivating the product listing in your Etsy shop.
A) STEPS TO ADD A PRODUCT ON ETSY MARKETPLACE:
Step 1: Login into Etsy
Got to https://www.etsy.com/. Login to your Etsy account by clicking the “Sign in” option provided in the top right corner.
Step 2: Shop Manager
After you have successfully logged in, click on the “Shop Manager” in the top right corner.
Step 3: Listing
In the “Shop Manager”, you will find an option “Listings” on the left menu. The option displays all the products you have added to your marketplace.
Step 4: Add a listing
Click on the “Add a listing” button in the top right corner, the option lets you add the product’s photo and other details of the product.
Step 5: Adding Photo
Click on the “Add Photo” option and upload a photo of the product/item. After this, you will be able to see the image of your products listed by you.
Step 6: Add details
Fill all the details of the product/item like title, categories, description, production partner, a primary and secondary color, size, price & quantity of the product and other relevant details. The description of the product should be accurate and meaningful so that customers can understand the product in detail and can go for instant purchases without any inconvenience.
Step 7: Shipping Method
Choose “Shipping Option” for the product you have added. You can add or update the shipping profile accordingly.
Step 8: Publish the item
Click on the “Publish” button to make items publish in your store. Now your products are visible on the front end of Etsy Marketplace.
Once the above steps are completed, the item will be public on your store.
Video for adding a product on Etsy
B) STEPS TO ACTIVATE/DEACTIVATE THE PRODUCT LISTING ON ETSY MARKETPLACE:
Etsy also offers sellers access to renew/hide and activate/deactivate items from the Etsy Marketplace. There are times when you add product to your store and you can’t have enough supply to deliver. That is when, Etsy lets you deactivate your listings for items you can’t provide to your customers and then reactivate them later.
After logging in to Etsy. Complete the first 3 steps listed above. After that you can follow the steps as follows:
Step 4: Settings
In the listing tab, there is a “Settings” option, which will give you options to manage the product.
Step 5: Activate/Deactivate Product
Click on the “Activate/Deactivate”. The store will ask for confirmation, on confirming the same, the store will activate/deactivate the product. Once deactivated, the listing will not appear in your public shop.
For reactivating the items, the seller needs to check the whether the listed item is expired or not. For expired items, the seller needs to pay 0.20 USD to renew the item. For inactive items who haven’t expired, reactivating is free of cost.
Video for activating/deactivating product listing on Etsy Marketplace:
Over to you:
Selling on Marketplace like Etsy could be the best decision as it provides huge audience access all over the world. This could let sellers earn a huge chunk of profits. Now the decision of selling on a Marketplace is totally up to you! The Etsy marketplace is doing everything to be the best in the industry and certainly, a good opportunity for you get on the bandwagon. Are you looking to integrate your store with the Etsy marketplace? Knowband’s offers Etsy Marketplace Integration for various CMS platforms like PrestaShop, Magento, Shopify, and OpenCart. It offers an easy interface to integrate your store into an Etsy marketplace.
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