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Estimated Delivery Dates
https://www.etsy.com/seller-handbook/article/win-over-holiday-shoppers-this-season/397499798271You can now show shoppers when to expect delivery of their items with estimated delivery dates.
Why it’s helpful:
We’ve heard from a number of Etsy shoppers that knowing when an item should arrive is one of the most important factors for making a purchase. We’ve also received feedback from many Etsy sellers who say they spend a significant amount of time replying to questions from shoppers about delivery timing. Showing estimated delivery date ranges on your listings will help deliver a great customer experience for your shoppers and make it easier for you to manage.
How it works:
We’ve updated shipping profile settings so you can add your preferred shipping carrier and mail classes for different destinations and shipping upgrades. Based on your listing’s set processing time and shipping carriers, we’ll show shoppers an estimated date range of when their items should arrive. If you don’t input processing times and shipping carriers, we won’t be able to show an estimated date range for your listings.
For sellers using Calculated Shipping, there’s nothing you need to do. We use your set processing times and shipping carriers to show the estimated delivery date range. We’ll now show the city and state of the zip code you use for Calculated Shipping next to the estimated delivery date range.
Make sure your processing times on items are as accurate as possible so your items’ estimated delivery dates are accurate as possible as well. If you’ve accounted for shipping times in your set processing time, we recommend removing that buffer. Also, if you’ve written estimated delivery dates elsewhere on your listings (e.g. description, shop policy), make sure they’re consistent with the actual estimated delivery date range shown for the listing.
Shipping profiles
Shipping profiles allow you to re-use the same shipping settings for multiple listings. Once linked to a listing, updating a shipping profile will also update shipping on your listings.
