Ready to open your Etsy store and start selling? Our Etsy Shop Checklist provides everything you need to launch with confidence. It contains links, including the essential resources outlined below.
Watch the video below for step by step instructions that show you how to build your shop and get 40 free listings you can use to start your selling journey.
Whether you’re a beginner or you want to improve an existing shop, this checklist covers all the bases.
Make Sure You Don't Miss a Thing!
This is what's included with each checklist:
- Get 40 Free Listings: Learn how to score your first 40 listings for free and jumpstart your Etsy journey without listing costs.
- Etsy Profit Calculator: Calculate Etsy fees and costs, so that you'll know how to price your items for maximize profits.
- Analyze Bestsellers: Discover tools and strategies to research top-selling products in your niche, helping you stay competitive.
- Discover Keyword Research Tools: Maximize your product visibility by learning how to use the best keyword research tools to rank higher in search results.
- Build Your List/Email Marketing: Set up your email marketing campaigns to grow your customer base and keep buyers coming back.
- Setting Preferences: Optimize your shop’s settings, from payment and shipping options to store policies, making it easier for customers to buy from you.
- Optimize Your Product Listings: Unlock the secrets to writing compelling product descriptions, using captivating photos, and choosing the right tags to boost your sales.
- Promote Your Shop: Get tips on leveraging Etsy Ads, social media, and other tools to drive traffic and increase visibility.
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Track Your Progress Each Month
Once your shop is set up, we've included worksheets you can use to track key metrics on a monthly basis. Print them out, complete them and see how better (or worse) your shop performs from month to month.
- Sales Metrics: It's important to track data related to sales revenue on a monthly basis.
- Listing Metrics: This is where you can get really detailed about each listing. You can take a look at listings that aren't working, and the listings that are doing well. This will provide you with a strategy that indicates what works with your unique audience.
- Shop Traffic and Marketing Metrics: This gives you insight into how your shop is doing overall and things like where your traffic is coming from and which channels give you the best results.
- Profitability Metrics: In addition to the Etsy Fee Profitability calculator, you can track things like the cost of goods sold, shipping and more that can effect your bottom line.
- Improvement Metrics: This is where you can write down any changes or improvements you've made in your listings, and shop, to see how those changes impact your ability to reach your sales and marketing goals.
Start Your Business Building Journey on Etsy!
This simple 6 page checklist walks you through the essential steps, ensuring that you don’t miss a thing.
This Etsy Shop Checklist ensures that every step of your journey is well-planned and executed, giving you the tools you need for a successful store launch!