Open an Etsy Shop

Open a shop, list products that get found, and make your first sales.

Start with How to Make Etsy Listing Videos (5 Easy Methods) (19 min, Printify), then How to open an Etsy Shop for Beginners - 2024 Print on Demand Guide (15 min, Printify). All 37 lessons in Open an Etsy Shop are free. No degree. Something to sell, a phone camera. A starter kit costs about $285. Side income first; many shops grow into full-time businesses.

To start: No degree. Something to sell, a phone camera. Earning: Side income first; many shops grow into full-time businesses.

  1. Set up the shop

    Listings, policies and branding.

  2. Digital products

    Sell the same file many times.

  3. Photos that sell

    Phone product photography.

  4. Get found

    Etsy SEO and Pinterest.

  5. Make it well enough to sell

    Consistent quality, honest pricing for your time and materials, and photos that sell.

  6. Sell it

    List on Etsy and marketplaces, post where buyers look, and try a local market.

  7. Build your own shop

    Your own store, shipping and packaging, and being found on Google.