How Can a Product Startup Begin Selling on Etsy?

[0:00] hey everybody today we are going to

[0:03] start an Etsy page it's close to

[0:05] Christmas so why don't we sell our own

[0:07] thing on Etsy and see how it goes I'm

[0:10] going to walk you through the steps of

[0:12] setting up your own Etsy account and it

[0:14] should be pretty much straightforward so

[0:16] hopefully you won't have any

[0:19] issues so first thing you want to do is

[0:22] go to the Etsy account and then click

[0:24] log in set up your account we're going

[0:26] to assume you've already logged

[0:28] in and uh so now we're in here where you

[0:34] have account settings and offers and

[0:36] things like that and then your shop

[0:45] manager so I already created a name the

[0:49] name of this store is going to be called

[0:52] The Cursed

[0:55] kitchen and so now photos create a

[0:58] listing add a photo so we need a photo

[1:02] of the product that we are going to be

[1:05] selling so let's grab a

[1:08] photo all right so you're going to click

[1:10] and add some images you can crop them

[1:12] down if you'd like to get rid of some

[1:14] extra area that you don't like in there

[1:17] so for

[1:18] example I can come in here

[1:21] and crop this down and get rid of those

[1:23] Corners a

[1:26] bit oh kind of like

[1:28] that

[1:34] all

[1:35] right and

[1:37] then you can come down here you can add

[1:40] a video if you need it title I entered a

[1:43] Title Here murder weight rolling pen

[1:45] extra large gold

[1:47] anodized uh did you make it I did is it

[1:50] a finished product what year did you

[1:52] make them where category does it go

[1:55] in and

[1:58] then um here it's part part of baking

[2:01] what is it made of it's primary and

[2:03] secondary colors is it part of a set is

[2:06] a dishwasher safe uh

[2:09] occasion

[2:11] Christmas uh

[2:13] renewals um automatic so it'll renew and

[2:17] charge me 20 cents each time is it

[2:20] physical or digital

[2:25] yes I have in here this rolling pin

[2:28] belongs in a game of C blue Etc and then

[2:32] it's

[2:33] Hefty weighing in

[2:38] at

[2:40] 4.4

[2:44] pounds s

[2:47] 15.5 in

[2:51] Long by

[2:54] 3.5 in

[2:58] diameter

[3:00] okay so all that info is in here

[3:04] now and then add some

[3:08] tags add your

[3:13] price quantity I've got 75 of

[3:18] them I don't know what a fair price for

[3:20] this is let's make it $75 for

[3:24] now and then and no

[3:28] variations click personalized

[3:30] information for this listing

[3:33] off and then shipping is

[3:36] calculated origin zip code processing

[3:39] time in here where it is USPS mail class

[3:43] is optional they're going to calculate

[3:45] it all for

[3:46] me uh no free

[3:50] shipping no handling

[3:55] fee and then we can get Etsy labels if

[3:58] we want

[4:02] um and then let's see

[4:07] here we could save as a shipping profile

[4:09] if we want weight four pounds so you

[4:13] cannot just enter in the poundage it

[4:17] needs pounds and ounces if you try and

[4:19] do 4.4 pounds it will not end up correct

[4:22] here and then

[4:25] um item size length width height of its

[4:28] package dimension

[4:30] gives you estimates of how much shipping

[4:32] will be based on its

[4:33] location and then your return info here

[4:36] so you can click save and

[4:39] continue

[4:42] so we got two items in

[4:45] there now we're going to

[4:49] continue how are we going to get

[4:54] paid where is my Bank

[4:58] located United States okay am I a

[5:02] business or an

[5:04] individual well enter what you are tell

[5:07] us a little bit about yourself country

[5:09] of residence first name last name date

[5:11] of birth address for

[5:15] taxpayer have you ever lived in a

[5:17] sanctioned

[5:19] region no and then your bank info which

[5:23] I am not going to enter right here but

[5:25] I'll enter all of this and then get to

[5:27] the next

[5:28] page

[5:31] okay so I just finished adding my bank

[5:33] account

[5:34] info and now it's asking me to finish

[5:37] setting up all the billing now on the

[5:39] last screen if you needed a uh Fe n

[5:43] number or if you needed your articles of

[5:47] registration number from whatever

[5:49] government you registered or state you

[5:51] registered your business in uh check out

[5:54] my how to start a business episode and

[5:56] that will help you figure that out and

[5:58] then you can enter that that info there

[6:01] so anyways add a credit card billing

[6:04] address and then hit save and continue

[6:07] I'm going to do that right now also and

[6:10] then we'll check out with the next

[6:12] page next page they're asking you if you

[6:15] want to have any two Factor

[6:17] authentication and you can get either

[6:21] SMS phone call or use an authenticator

[6:23] app and so that's awesome the next

[6:27] section is where you enter your phone

[6:29] number here and then they can text you

[6:32] an SMS code if you want for two factor

[6:34] and then you can enter it in here so

[6:37] again I'll uh do that and then jump to

[6:39] the next

[6:41] page after that you basically get some

[6:45] two- Factor authentication backup codes

[6:47] which you can save into a file and keep

[6:51] safe somewhere in case you ever lose

[6:53] your to factor authentication and then

[6:55] it sends you on to your main portal

[6:57] which is this page here and then

[7:00] basically uh remember to verify your

[7:03] business and

[7:05] then uh and spec the rest of everything

[7:09] that's in

[7:10] here and if uh there's anything that

[7:13] seems to be a Miss well you can figure

[7:15] it out all right well I hope you guys

[7:19] thought that was

[7:20] useful and if you liked what you saw

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[7:27] next time with something new and

[7:28] exciting

[7:29] thanks