Etsy Tips

Tips for selling and buying on Etsy, the world’s largest handmade marketplace.

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  USPS Shipping Calculator for 2018

  Jan 18th, 2018 | Etsy Tips, Tools | Brittany | 14

  The U.S. Postal Service updated shipping rates on January 21, 2018. This shipping calculator turns the near-indecipherable USPS rate charts into an easy to use tool for updating your...

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  USPS Shipping Calculator for 2017

  Jan 16th, 2017 | Etsy Tips, Tools | Brittany | 23

  The U.S. Postal Service will be changing shipping rates on January 22, 2017. This shipping calculator turns the near-indecipherable USPS rate charts into an easy to use tool for updating...

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  USPS Shipping Calculator for 2016

  Jan 4th, 2016 | Etsy Tips, Tools | Brittany | 26

  The U.S. Postal Service changed shipping rates on January 17, 2016. Many Etsy sellers came to rely on my shipping calculator for 2015, so I’ve once again taken the...

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  USPS Shipping Calculator for 2015

  May 24th, 2015 | Etsy Tips, Tools | Brittany | 40

  The U.S. Postal Service changed shipping rates on May 31, 2015. Many Etsy sellers came to rely on my shipping calculator for 2014, so I’ve once again taken the near-indecipherable...

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  Seller Secrets: Working with Professional Photographers

  Feb 4th, 2015 | Etsy Tips | Brittany | 4

  I never imagined that I would hire a professional photographer to take pictures for my Etsy shop. I don’t know about you, but money doesn’t have time to burn a hole in my...

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  The Foolproof Formula of Successful Sellers

  Sep 4th, 2014 | Etsy Tips | Brittany | 9

  If your Etsy sales have plateaued, or never made it past a trickle, you must be wondering what you’re doing wrong. I assume you’ve already polished your product descriptions...

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  The Shop Critique: Product Photography

  Aug 14th, 2014 | Etsy Tips | Brittany | 52

  Jessica of Emilia’s Luxe Linens was convinced that she was terrible with a camera. She felt stuck, thinking she’d need to hire a photographer to get dazzling product shots...

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  5 Ways to Save Time with TreasuryBox

  Jul 15th, 2014 | Etsy Tips | Brittany | 24

  TreasuryBox, my free tool for treasury-making on Etsy, has been used to make over 200,000 treasuries. I’ve been humbled by the response and proud that so many people find it fun and...

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  9 Trademarks That May Surprise You

  Jun 24th, 2014 | Etsy Tips | Brittany | 11

  Trademarked terms can become so well-known that they become regular words; if you call a vacuum flask a thermos, or a hookless fastener a zipper, you’re using a genericized...

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  Getting to 3,000 Facebook Likes Without Being Sleazy

  Jun 12th, 2014 | Etsy Tips | Brittany | 6

  I’ve witnessed a Facebook miracle. Someone on my Facebook feed has gone from 200 to 3,000 fans in less than six months. The explosion of fans had me doing double-takes – a few...

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