How to Create a Professional Etsy Store

It may seem unimportant but how your Etsy shop looks will directly affect how many items you sell. The more polished and thought out the look of your overall ship is, the more successful you will be. With only a few improvements, you can give your Etsy shop an edge.

Instructions

1. Consider how you want your shop to look. If your shop name is unique then you can use the name to help you begin a designed a look for the shop. A theme for the overall shop will help make it look more planned and clean.

2. Look at the shops that appeal to you. Figure out why they look so put together. This will give you an idea of where to start.

3. Create the shop banner. This is the picture that will be featured at the top of your main shop page and is important because it will be one of the first things that your potential customers will see.

4. Look at the "Shop Update" section. This will also be a section that you will want to try to use to catch a new customers eye. You will want everything in this space to be straight forward, engaging and perfect. Make sure that everything in this section is correctly spelled and has no grammar mistakes. This simple mistakes will seem sloppy to customers.

5. Consider your items. These are the items that customers are really interested but they have to look good in order to catch someone's eye. Make sure that the pictures that you choose are well light, in focus and eye catching. You will also want to make sure that all the title and item descriptions are perfect with no simple spelling or grammar mistakes.

6. Look at your profile as well. A lot of people will check your profile to find out about the person that they are thinking about buying from. You will want this section to be correct and professional as well. Your profile reflects on your items and shop as much as anything does.

7. Once you have done all these steps, you will have an Etsy shop that will catch your customers and exude confidence.

Tips & Warnings

• Write everything that you are going to post up on Etsy, including the item descriptions and shop updates, in a Word program first so that you can check the spelling and grammar.