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Printify for Etsy Sellers: How It Stacks Up Against the Free Alternatives
Printify’s free plan has no subscription fee at all: 5 connected stores, unlimited product designs, and access to its full print provider network. The company’s own pitch is blunt about the model: “we only earn when you sell.” That puts the real comparison where most sellers don’t think to look: per-order pricing and provider quality,…
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Production Scheduling for the Back-to-School Rush
Two-thirds of back-to-school shoppers had already started buying by early July this year, according to the National Retail Federation. If your shop makes anything personalized, that means the order volume you’re seeing in early August isn’t the peak. It’s the middle. Table of Contents Introduction These are the exact scheduling habits shops making personalized goods…
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Week in Review — August 3, 2025
August opens with back-to-school clearly the dominant story, alongside a few threads still carrying over from July. Back-to-school is the real story now Multiple sellers across labels, dorm decor, and personalized kids’ items reported their strongest sales week of the summer. This tracks with what we’ve been saying since mid-July: shops that got listings live…
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Scam Alert: What’s Targeting Etsy Sellers This Week
This week’s pattern worth flagging: fake “bulk order” inquiries aimed specifically at back-to-school sellers. The setup With back-to-school buying picking up, several sellers in labels, apparel, and classroom decor categories are reporting a specific scam attempt: a message claiming to represent a school, PTA, or teacher requesting a large bulk order, often with a rushed…
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End-of-Month Shop Audit: What to Check Before August Hits
Three separate stories (a Creativity Standards appeals process, a tariff-driven cost squeeze, and an ongoing platform boycott) are all live in Etsy seller forums at once this month, on top of the usual back-to-school and wedding season volume. That combination is exactly why a routine end-of-month check is worth more than usual this time. Table…
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Closing Out Summer: Getting Your Sourcing and Merchandising Ready for Fall
On July 30, 2025, the same week this guide was written, the White House signed an executive order suspending duty-free de minimis treatment for imports from every country, effective August 29. If your fall or holiday line depends on imported materials, that’s a four-week window, not a vague “sometime this fall” problem. Table of Contents…
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Craftybase for Etsy Sellers: 3 Features Most Sellers Never Turn On
Craftybase’s own customer data shows the most common gap isn’t a missing feature. It’s sellers who track revenue closely and never track true cost per item, so the “bestseller” on their sales report can quietly be the least profitable listing in the shop. Table of Contents Introduction Most Etsy sellers know their revenue down to…
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This Week on Etsy: Shipping Profile Tweaks
Small changes to how shipping profiles work in Shop Manager this cycle — nothing dramatic, but worth understanding given how much weight Etsy’s search algorithm now puts on shipping cost. What changed Etsy adjusted a few details in how shipping profiles handle multiple item quantities within a single order, refining how additional-item shipping discounts calculate…
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Week in Review — July 27, 2025
Closing out July with the boycott story still the biggest thing sellers are talking about, plus a few smaller items worth knowing. Boycott: still loose, still ongoing No major escalation since our deeper look earlier in the week, but no sign of it fading either. Message volume from concerned or protesting buyers is still elevated…
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Seller Mailbag: How Do I Actually Reach a Human at Etsy Support?
“Every time I have an issue, I get routed through the same automated help articles that don’t apply to my situation. How do I actually get a real person to look at my case?” This comes up constantly, and the honest answer is that it takes more persistence than it should, but there are ways…