Can I Have Multiple Etsy Shops?

You may be wondering if you can have more than one shop on Etsy and the simple answer is YES. However there are a few important rules that you need to be aware of or you could risk losing your shops. In addition it's not possible to manage two stores under one account, you need a new account.

YES, You Can I have two shops on Etsy?

You might want a second shop to start selling in a new niche or to have a dedicated Esty shop for digital downloads. This make perfect sense, especially if you already have a successful shop in a specific niche. You don't want to risk confusing or alienating your existing customers and followers by adding unrelated items. A 'Dog Lovers' niche shops customers might not take kindly if you start posting items for 'Cat Lovers'.

Below are a summary of the rules related to multiple Etsy shops:

Etsy Rules on Multiple or Duplicate Shops

1. You must publish the names of all of your shops in your Public Profile.
2. Duplicate shops are prohibited, most or all of your items must differ.
3. Avoid duplicate identical listings, unique one-of-a-kind items cannot be listed in multiple shops.

So opening a second Etsy shop to sell different items and with different shop branding is fine. Opening a second shop just to sell the same items and get more exposure is not OK and could be closed down. Hence you should only consider opening a second Etsy store if you want to sell something totally different from your existing store. The other benefit of keeping one store is that it will benefit from more exposure if you have more listings in one place.

Requirements For Two Etsy Shops

• Firstly you need a new email that's different from your first shop
• You must set a separate account up
• You can use the same financial information (Bank/Credit Card)
• Sell on Etsy App you can add both shops
• In each account profile you must place a sentence saying "My other shop is ____________."
• Etsy requires that all your shops are mentioned in all your profiles.

How Do I Open a Second Etsy Shop?

Follow these easy steps below to open a second Etsy shop:

1. On Etsy.com, click You from your Etsy homepage or click your shop name from Shop Manager.
2. Click to Sign out.
3. Next click on the Sell on Etsy button.
4. Click Open your Etsy shop.
5. Enter an email address not associated with your other Etsy shop and click Continue.
6. If you’re creating a new account, enter your name and create a password. Click Register.
7. Click Open your Etsy shop again.
8. Follow the full steps to open your shop on Etsy.

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