Favorite Free Etsy Tool

[HildaLea]

Hi All! Someone thought it was a good idea to put me in the team spotlight (they have no idea what they've done).

When I started my shop it seemed like there was a lot of great advice about different tools available online for everything from comparing keywords to picture editing...but scouring the threads for those awesome sites was hard. Let's make a running list of our favorite *free* Etsy tools, along with what we use them for.

My newest find:
www.canva.com for making banners.

It was a little trickier than some other banner sites, but the results look way more professional. I also like TagWars (www.tools4etsy.com), but the site is currently under maintenance.

[Former_Member]

Great idea to make a running favorite Etsy tools.
Thank you for your tips! I love canva!

[BubalinaDesignStudio]

Tnx, canva is great.
If I don't have acces to Photoshop I use picMonkey

https://www.picmonkey.com/

[NoDittoDesign]

free tools.....er.....treasurypin.com and treasurybox.

[Former_Member]

Wow! This is so great. Thank you everyone.

[Former_Member]

Has anyone ever tried Crafty Base? A website to help track inventory. You get the first 14 days free but then have to pay. Has anyone ever used this site before?

Thanks!

[ilPiccoloGiardino]

I love canva. I made my shop icon with them.
I should improve my banner, but I just like the picture from Tuscany and haven't changed it.

[UniqueSewingBoutique]

This is great info, thank you, need to check out canva

[Banba]

I have been looking for a good banner app. Thank you so much!!

[KIVVERS]

Hello Bee! Congrats on the spotlight!

I absolutely loved the tools4etsy site. I thought it had been discontinued and was no longer available. It was the most useful site I had ever come across. I've not heard of canva. I'll have to give it a "look-see!"

[Former_Member]

I just discovered this one:

https://marmalead.com/app/

You can see what items get most views for a specific tag search.
It also gives you an info about average price etc..

[LittleCreekMapleFarm]

I love marmalead.com
I learned a lot about tags and titles.

[Ear2There]

Do you guys have the dabbler version of marmalade or the entrepreneur? I'm debating on what to get and if it's worth spending $19/mo.

Picmonkey.com is another good one for editing photos and whatnot!

[StuckOnSilver]

I have found bannerfans helpful.

[HanoverMerryMakers]

I always use fotofuze either free or pay for more features monthly. I don't mind paying the fee, it's not much and you choose which charity your fee goes to. minhttp://fotofuze.com/

[Former_Member]

Wow great tools ,I'm fairly new so all of these sound great. I am definitely going to try!
Anyone know the exact dimensions to create a banner on canva?

[Former_Member]

Wow Denise great tool fotofuze¡¡¡ Thank you¡

[BubalinaDesignStudio]

omg marmelad... this is usefull! :)

[KatrinaLoganJewelry]

I agree with Pic Monkey and for photo Editing forget about Photoshop, not worth the monthly payments you have to do to get the new version, try out Affinity, you can get a free trial, it is just like photoshop but easier to use and you only have to pay once if you want to buy it! So happy I found it :) You can Google it to find it too :)

[Former_Member]

Ooh, some great leads to try out here, thanks!

With the marmalead ..... do you guys use the free or the paid for options?

[SableSol]

I love Canva and Picmonkey!

[Amamelis]

I found this free calculator for etsy seller fees and paypal as well! https://craftybase.com/etsy/fee-calculator

[Former_Member]

Kiki Kaloudi, this calculator is a very good tool¡¡¡ Thank you¡

[FredsDiscoveries]

Great thread idea!
for making treasuries go to Brittanysbest.com and download the treasure chest for free. Icon is added to menu bar. Has number counter & tracks items placed in a treasury, create tags, save it, and send one email notifications to everyone in the treasury. Don't forget to copy the treasury URL and post it back to proper team thread.

Have a pinterest account? Paste that treasury URL into treasurypin.com and post to a pinterest board.

Don't forget the other social media sites, post those treasuries to twitter, and any number of Facebook/Etsy groups.


Here about Orangetwig.com Free link to social media, especially Facebook. Create a poster page to advertise your items, or create a sales flier. Will also put a link on your Facebook managed page where people can see your items for sale from FB and it links it back to your shop.

[FilomenaMehendi]

Thanks for sharing.