Preview glitches? Or will this be what the final published listing looks like?

[SparkBirdStudioLLC]

I am new to Etsy and am getting ready to open my shop. I am  having some spacing issues in the "new" listing form description "preview".  My bullet point description view as a non stop paragraph instead of bullet points. Does anyone know if this is just a preview issue or will the spacing problem also occur once it is published live? I don't want to list with the "new" form if my bullet point description is going to be all smushed together.  There is no spacing issue when I preview in the "old" listing form... BUT my pictures seem clearer when viewed in the "new" listing form "preview". So I'm in a position to choose between clearer pictures or better formatted description depending on which listing form I use. Does anyone know if these are just preview issues/glitches, or is there an actual difference in how your listing descriptions and pictures will look live depending on if you use the "new" form  or the "old" listing form to "publish"? Thank you

[DaysofYoreTreasures · Accepted solution]

The preview problem with the new listing form does not carry through to the published listing. Your spacing will be fine.
I have not noticed any problems with image clarity using either version of the listing form. Best of luck on Etsy!

[WithStringsAttached]

Thank you so much for clarity on this! I contacted Etsy help a couple of times and kept getting what appeared to be bot responses that sent me general information, but never answered the actual question I asked.  Your answer is very helpful. Thank you!

[VibeEnvy · Accepted solution]

Regardless which one you use, the images on your listings that buyers see will be the same, one does not provider higher resolution or clarity over the other, there's just two different ways to provide etsy with your listings details. Once you hit publish, if you enter the same images and details into either (old or new) listing format, the end result will be the same and will not have any actual impact on your listing on the buyers side of things.

[WithStringsAttached]

Thank you for taking time to respond.  Clears things up for me and gives me confidence I can publish with either form and not have to worry about differences. Thank you!

[SparkBirdStudioLLC]

@VibeEnvy Do you happen to know anything about JPG KB's. I'm saving my images as JPG 2000px X 2000px. What KB resolution is optimal? I was saving them around 500 KB, do you think it would be better to up it to 900 KB (keeping it under the 1MB so loading doesn't slow down). I find lots of suggestions about px but nothing about KB. I'm about to launch my shop and don't want my pictures to be blurry.

[VibeEnvy]

@SparkBirdStudioLLC The KB size would actually usually be more the result of the quality of your image and not a number to base the quality off of. I can create something that is massive (several feet by several feet) that is 2 tone, solid black and white (no grays or other tones) and can have a very small KB size, or i can design something in 32 bit with a bazillion colors and contrasting details all over the place and it may only take an image several inches in size to already get into the MB sizes. As another example, if you have a photo of something, that file will be a certain KB or MB size based on the information in the image, but if you use a background removal tool and the subject is then over a solid white background instead, it may be the same exact "quality" as before but because the background is all one color now it should caused a reduced file size because there's less information to process, so the KB goes down without changing quality. Now if you lower the quality of your image when saving you can bring the KB down because it's lowering the quality to achieve the lower KB size.

[BagmakerSupply · Accepted solution]

@SparkBirdStudioLLC: "My bullet point description view as a non stop paragraph ..." It also depends on how you implemented bullet points in your description. If you are using HTML in your descriptions there is a very good chance it will break the way it is displayed since Etsy does not allow / support HTML in descriptions.

[WithStringsAttached]

Thanks for this info. I appreciate it.

[PinkBirdCottage]

There does not appear to be any advantages to the new listing form. Disadvantages have been noted on it though.  I use the old form only and recommend it especially to a newbie. 

[SparkBirdStudioLLC]

Thank you all for taking the time to share your insight and knowledge! It is so incredibly helpful for newcomers.  I am looking forward to becoming part of the Etsy Community and hope someday I will have  enough experience to pay it forward  

[SparkBirdStudioLLC]

@VibeEnvy Thank you for this information. I pretty much don't know what I'm doing when it comes to sizing pictures, lol. But I'm learning from people like you. THANK YOU. I was reducing the quality of my image by reducing the KBs, Im going to put them back to 100%. Thank you for your response.