Chapter 16
Business as Usual: Managing Your Etsy Shop
IN THIS CHAPTER
Tracking shop data and payment activity
Working with deposits, recordkeeping, and tax issues
Choosing a business structure
Going on hiatus and closing your Etsy shop
If you’re a fan of Chinese food, you’re probably familiar with the pu pu platter — you know, the appetizer that features a little bit of everything. This chapter is the literary equivalent. It covers an assortment of topics that relate to managing your Etsy shop.
As you see in Chapter 7, you manage your shop from … well, Shop Manager. Chapter 7 shows you how to use Shop Manager to create and administer your listings, orders, and promotional activities. In this chapter, you find out how to employ Shop Manager to track and analyze shop data and to oversee your shop’s finances. This chapter also gets into more general info about running your shop — things like keeping good records, collecting and paying taxes, growing your thriving shop into a legit biz, and more.
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