Free checks and practical guides for Etsy sellers — starting with why listings don’t show up in search.
Listing not showing up in Etsy search? Check status, notices, title and all 13 tags, and get a prioritized fix list.
Open the tool →Tool · EtsySee every Etsy fee on an order — listing, transaction, processing, Offsite Ads — and what you actually keep.
Open the tool →Etsy verifies new sellers through Persona with a government-issued photo ID and a live selfie. The ID must be current and match the name on your payout bank account. What to prepare, express vs manual review, and what to do if it fails.
Usually you missed a criterion at Etsy’s monthly re-check (on the 1st, using the last three months), or have an overdue bill or account issue. How to get it back.
Most Etsy suspensions come from an unpaid bill, a missing taxpayer ID or unfinished verification and lift once fixed. How to find the reason, fix it, or appeal a permanent one.
Etsy Ads only charge for clicks, from a $1 minimum daily budget, and listings must qualify in search before they can win an ad slot. What clicks cost, why your budget goes unspent, why views stay low, and what to fix first.
Google decides when to index Etsy shop and listing pages, and new shops can take a while. How to check, what Etsy lets you control (titles and descriptions), and what’s out of your hands.
A new Etsy listing or shop with zero views usually has one of a few causes: it isn’t live, it’s missing basics Etsy checks, or its keywords don’t match real searches.
Lots of Etsy views and no orders is a conversion problem, not a search problem. Check your numbers, then photos, price and shipping, description and reviews.
Etsy views tanked overnight? Rule out expired listings, vacation mode, notices and recent edits first, then check seasonality, shipping price and customer service.
Etsy counts visits per shopping session and views per listing click, so views are always higher. Why visits update later, drop at the end of the day, and which to use.
On Etsy, the category you choose decides which attributes you can add, and attributes decide whether your listing shows up when buyers filter search. How to choose the most specific category and fill attributes well.
An Etsy instant-download listing can hold up to five files of up to 20MB each, and buyers download them from their Purchases page. File rules, what happens after a sale, and how to choose categories and photos for digital products.
When a rights owner reports your listing, Etsy removes it and sends an IP notice. Copyright and trademark reports are handled differently — when a counter notice is possible, and when it isn’t.
Etsy recommends listing photos at least 2000 pixels wide and tall, and your first photo needs at least 635 pixels or it can rank lower. Ratio, thumbnail crops, file size and why photos look blurry.
Etsy titles can be up to 140 characters, but Etsy recommends short, clear titles — under 15 words, ideally around 40 characters — because shoppers and Google only see the start.
An inactive Etsy listing isn’t always a removal. How to tell expired from deactivated from removed, where Etsy shows the reason, and when an appeal is possible.
Etsy listings expire after four months and drop out of search completely. Here’s how to find expired listings, renew them, and set auto-renew so it doesn’t happen again.
Each Etsy listing gets 13 tags of up to 20 characters. How to fill them with phrases shoppers actually search, and the mistakes that quietly waste slots.
Only the seller can cancel an Etsy order. Cancelling gives the buyer a full refund and Etsy credits back your listing and transaction fees. The steps, the difference between refunding and cancelling, and the 180-day limit.
On Etsy each seller sets their own return policy, and “no returns” is allowed. But a no-returns policy doesn’t stop a buyer’s case when an item doesn’t arrive or isn’t as described. How it works, and why an order shows as refunded.
Etsy sends a 1099-K when your Etsy Payments sales reach $20,000 and 200 sales in a year, though some states set lower thresholds. Where to download it, why it shows gross sales before fees, and what to do if you didn’t get one.
Etsy calculates, collects and remits US sales tax on qualifying orders for sellers anywhere in the world. What “sales tax paid by buyer” means, when your own tax settings still apply, and what you may still have to file.
Closing your Etsy shop turns your account buyer-only; closing your account and permanently deleting it are separate steps. What you must settle first (balance, open cases, orders), why the Close button can be missing, and how to reopen.
An Etsy shop name must be 4 to 20 characters with no spaces or special characters, not already taken, and not infringe a trademark. How to check if a name is available, tips for choosing one, and how many times you can change it.
Vacation mode hides every listing from search until you turn it off. Copy-ready announcement and auto-reply examples, what happens to open orders, how long listings take to return, and what to do if Etsy turned it on.
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