Can you put free downloads on etsy

Here is a list of the most common items that are sold on Etsy for digital downloads to help you get inspired:. For instance, many shops sell Disney items. They use the word Disney on their listing title, description, and even on their designs. This is a big NO-NO unless you have a license to use it. Click below to watch the video! License to sell: Make sure to take the necessary time to make sure you have permission to use graphics or fonts for re-selling purposes in your design.

Anytime you purchase clip art or fonts read the terms and conditions to make sure that you can actually use them on your design for commercial purposes. The Hungry JPEG: is another market place that offers users thousand of premium graphic design resources available for instant download. Search Results: Keep in mind when you publish a listing it usually appears in the search results within minutes, however from time to time it can take up to 24 hours for listings to be indexed into search results.

What files can you upload? Etsy allows you to upload up to five digital files. The largest size for each upload is 20MB.

You can compress your files into zip files to be able to attach more digital downloads. Write a killer description: The listing description plays a big role in whether you will make a sale or not. The next step in this tutorial is writing a killer item description. For instance, a lot of my wedding signs I display my artwork with a mock-up of an easel. I always make sure to mention in the listing description, props and frames are not included with the purchase.

Even though I have this clearly stated in the description, I still receive messages asking me if the easel comes with the sign. I break down my listing into sections to clearly describe the product, what is included, how they will receive their digital product, our mission, printing process, refunds and exchanges, and terms of use.

Here is a sample of one of my listing description:. We take pride in creating beautiful prints at an affordable price. If you need something custom made feel free to reach out to us and we will love to create a unique design for you. The final project of the artwork will be determined by the quality of the printer and either the paper or card stock that you choose. Please keep in mind that colors on a monitor may vary slightly from how they appear in person or how they display on viewing device to another due to the color calibration of your device or monitor.

For the most visually stunning final results, we recommend printing the pages using high-quality paper, such as card stock. Please note, this listing is for an instant download, no print will be mailed. Every digital and instant download purchase is non-refundable, as there is no way for me to tell whether you have printed the design. If you have any questions or concerns about your order, please feel free to reach out to us anytime.

This artwork is copyrighted by Nancy Badillo Boutique. This purchase is strictly for non-commercial, personal use only. You may print and design in your home, business, or a public place but may not resell, reproduce, distribute by electronic means, or profit in any way from the design. If you cover all your basis even if the buyer opens a case against your store, Etsy will have your back and the case will eventually be closed.

Automatic Message: Lastly add a thank you message on your digital file section. After the buyer purchases from your shop, the message will appear on Etsy on the purchases and reviews section and they will also receive an email notification.

I personally use the automated message to thank them for their business, I give instructions on how to download their digital files and request a review from them. I hope this Etsy tutorial comes in handy to selling digital downloads. Make sure to subscribe to my blog to receive delightful emails on Etsy tutorials and how to build a thriving business!

Leave any comments or questions you may have below! Selling digital downloads is really tough. But it will be possible if you can follow procedure.

Thank you so much for this nice article. Best wishes for the next post. This is the perfect site for anybody who wants to understand this topic. You realize so much its almost tough to argue with you not that I really would want to…HaHa. Great stuff, just excellent! Rabindranath Tagore Poems in Hindi. There is no search feature in Etsy for just digital products so you can front load some success by picking a category that is part of the top level searches.

This is a really good way to make money. I never use Etsy and today learned something new. Thank you for sharing this. Hi, Thanks for sharing this blog with us, your blog contains very important information for us, I appreciate your work and effort.

I will be more than happy to explain how it works with Dropbox. You go to dropbox, upload the digital good, when the file has uploaded, create a link, and then share the link with the buyer. The buyer will click on the link and it takes them to a screen to download the file. Hi Nancy! My problem is that Etsy is not accepting my Dropbox link. I must be leaving out a step? I have a page planner that I am trying to get uploaded.

I get some sort of an error message that it has to be so many characters. Hoping you can help with this, thank you! You would need to include a document in JPG format that has the link on it for people to copy and paste. I hope this helps. Thank you for this article. I want to sell my art work on Etsy, and offer the digital download. My jpegs, which are just one unknown size, have been printed at several vendors in multiple sizes. Sometimes I need to adjust the placement to get the whole piece in, and sometimes I just give up and take what I can get.

I hope I am making sense and not rambling. Is there an app that you use? I currently use Adobe Photoshop to create and size my digital prints. In order to secure that your print will not get cutoff is making sure you are sizing it correctly. I am proficient with sizing images for print, but it is tedious to resize each and every digital image in my shop.

Time is money, as they say. Your blog was helpful. Good job. Nancy, I love that you are focused on women entrepreneurs! We have the mindset and I am so grateful for you sharing the skills. Thank you for a great blog. I am looking forward to starting a business on Etsy selling my artwork via digital downloads. I appreciate all the great advice and look forward to reading more. I am glad that you enjoyed the post and find it useful.

Thank you so much for the comment and good luck. I am about to publish my listings of printable art on Etsy. I have tried Keka and some archive app from app store on; none of them was able to reduce the file size significantly. Great question! Unfortunately, their is no way to add a file on Etsy that is over 20MB. What I do is sign up for Google Dropbox, upload the file their, and create a downloadable link.

I then upload a message on Etsy download section, saying use this link to download your purchase. It takes them to Google Dropbox where they can automatically download the file. This has been the alternative way to get the customer the file. Nancy, thank you for your guidance,. Or do I have to go back in once the payment is confirmed and add the link? So the customer first would need to pay for your product. Then you would insert the link into a PDF Format where they can copy the dropbox url and paste on their web browser to have access to the download.

Brilliant article Nancy! Hey Nancy. I am totally new to Etsy and digital downloads, not too good on computers either but i am interested in selling my art but have no clue how to put my name across the front of the image to stop theft and for it not to appear on the downloaded image if it sells.

You can create a mockup using Canva. You can add a watermark to your mockup. The actual digital download will not have the watermark. Thanks for stopping by. Thank you very much for this excellent guide- just what I needed before I open my Etsy shop! TY for this article very helpful. It seems that many DD sites on etsy upload only one file that can be resized at the printers, and some, like in your article, upload individual files by size.

Here is an example of what one store says.. I am glad the article was handy. I actually think for any new listings you make you set them as one large file that they can resize in different sizes. Its so much easier for Etsy sellers to do it this way and saves time. Thank you for this article! It is very helpful. I am wondering if I am supposed to be collecting sales tax on them? I cannot find a clear answer anywhere! I have done that several times in my other stores here when there's been difficulty downloading the file for some reason.

That is exactly what I did. This was her first purchase ever on Etsy. Not a good way to start out. MovingLines Post Crafter. Just had the same problem! Customer says the item don't stick in the chart and when she purchased it went 3 times, so I have to refund the two.

She also can't download it and I had to send the item by e-mail. Me too! Seems my shop has currently disappeared also.

I am sure Etsy will fix it soon. Hi everyone, If your buyers are reporting issues while trying to download their digital files, can you post those order numbers here? There is an issue that's currently impacting the ability to download your files from your invoices as a seller, but this issue doesn't seem to be affecting the buyer's ability to download.

We'd be happy to double check on this for you. LittleRedWindow Post Crafter. I am also having this problem today, the customer who complained had order When I go to any order on my page and click "view my files" and try the download button myself, I get the same order.

This is very very bad, I get too many orders to be emailing them all separately not to mention people are getting angry. Please let us know what you figure out! Thank you!!! I also had this person complain: , but at the time I just assumed that it was someone more "technologically challenged" I get a lot of those and sent them to the help files.

But I'm now thinking it was the same problem. Hi Cassie! So, for the first order you posted, it does look like the file was available, and we weren't able to detect any errors with the download on the buyer's side.

For the second order you posted, I'm seeing that the files for this order were successfully downloaded. WhimandWillowSt udio Post Crafter. I'm not US based so am waking up to irate customers wanting refunds as the mess ups are meaning I'm missing their events due to this. Hi Steph, I'm seeing that the files were downloaded for this order. It sounds like your buyer may be running into trouble opening them.

If you use a specific program to create or open the files, it's possible that sharing these details could be helpful. Hi Jessica, I'm sorry, I think you may have misunderstood the problem I'm describing. The download portal seems to be marking the files as downloaded because she has clicked the link, but it's taking her to the Uh-No the file doesn't exist error page.

Sharing the program I create and open files in isn't helpful to her if she doesn't have the file. This is 1 example, it's happening repeatedly. I've of course shared the file with this particular user, but the issue is that it's happening to multiple customers.

I'm spending extra time trying to fixing these. I'm sure you can appreciate that when I'm already working up to 12 hours a day, 7 days a week on my business, a little glitch like this means I spend even more time online instead of with my family. Again, another order. These specific files aren't corrupted as many other users have downloaded them directly through the Etsy download portal before. It's just been the last 24 hours. HopePhotoArt Inspiration Seeker. Problematic transaction: Thanks for looking into this.

We aren't experiencing issues at the moment that would prevent your buyers from downloading their purchased files. If your buyer reported seeing an error when they tried to download their files, it's possible that what they saw could've been browser-related. Can you post that order number here when you get the chance? Sorry, the number is I'd have to respectfully disagree that it's a browser issue at their end when I have the same problem when I click the download button on that particular order too.