People love seeing what Etsy sellers are upward to. That'due south why Etsy created Shop Updates. With Shop Updates, you tin can testify every Etsy user who has purchased from you or favorited your shop (or an item you lot listed in it) what'due south happening with your Etsy biz.

You may use Shop Updates to offer a sneak peek at a new item. Maybe you'll utilize it to announce an upcoming sale. Or maybe you just want to share a cute picture of your canis familiaris in your studio. Whatever'southward itinerant, Shop Updates are a cracking way to share it — and potentially bulldoze prospective buyers to your shop to kick.

Posting Shop Updates is easy. You lot tin can practice then by using the Sell on Etsy app on your mobile telephone. (Notation that simply Apple iOS and Android phones offer this app.) Here's how:

  1. Open the Sell on Etsy app, tap the More than button in the bottom-correct corner, and tap Shop Updates. The Shop Updates page opens.

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    Choose Store Updates from the More bill of fare.

  2. Tap the camera push at the bottom of the page.
  3. Tap Take Photo or Choose Existing Photo.
    • If y'all cull Take Photo, the app volition access your phone's camera and allow you to take a photo. Do so, and so choose Use Photo.
    • If you lot select Choose Existing Photo, the app will display photos already on your camera to choose from. Tap the photo y'all want to use.
  4. If you want, adjust the photo by zooming in on the subject. Then tap Next.
  5. Tap the photograph. Etsy shows your active listings; tap one to tag it to your Shop Update, and tap Next. If you lot're sharing a photo of a piece of work in progress, you probably don't accept any listings that relate to that item notwithstanding. The point is simply to bulldoze potential buyers to an particular — any item — in your shop.
  6. Blazon a explanation for your photograph, tap Done, and tap Share on Etsy. Etsy shares your Shop Update.

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    Caption and share your Shop Update.

  7. Click Continue to consummate the Shop Update.

You lot aren't limited to sharing Shop Updates on Etsy. You tin also share them on social media, including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, as well as ship it out via email or text. To practice so, tap the appropriate push button on the screen that appears when Etsy shares your Shop Update and follow the prompts.

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Share your Shop Update on social media.

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Kate Shoup is the author of numerous crafting books, including Not Your Mama's Beading, and Rubbish: Reuse Your Refuse. Kate Gatski is an artisan, an entrepreneur, an educator, a veteran Etsy seller, and a member of the Full Time Etsy Crafters Team an exclusive group for full-time or high-volume Etsy sellers.

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