"Setting up Shipping Profiles"
Hey y'all, Isabella from the Etsy team here.
Today, we're going to walk through how to create and use shipping profiles in your Etsy shop.
With shipping profiles, you can use the same shipping settings
for multiple listings, saving time when adding products to your shop.
Plus, adding shipping with your preferred shipping carrier
and mail classes for different destinations,
along with your processing times,
let's us show shoppers an estimated delivery date for when their items should arrive
Which can provide them piece of mind.
Our research in December 2019, showed that
knowing when an item would arrive was a key factor for Etsy buyers
in making their purchase decision.
There are a few important elements to adding
shipping profiles that we'll cover in this video.
Including things like, processing times, and international shipping.
Let's get started.
Once your shop is open and you've added listings,
you can add shipping profiles.
From the "Shop Manager" page, use the sidebar navigation to select "Settings"
then click "Shipping Settings"
Under the shipping profiles tab, select, "Add a shipping profile"
This is where you'll add the shipping details for your profile.
When setting up shipping profiles,
if you're a seller in the US or Canada,
you can choose to use calculated shipping when shipping with particular carriers
Calculated shipping uses your location,
the buyer's location, and the item's size and weight
to automatically generate shipping costs for orders.
With calculated shipping, the package details you set
are automatically imported into the shipping label purchase page
so you won't need to add them again manually
when creating your label.
Here's an overview of how it works.
1. You'll set up a shipping profile with calculated shipping.
2. Add the item's size and weight information to your listings.
3. Add your box sizes to package preferences in your shipping settings
4. Add the calculated shipping profile to your listings.
If you prefer to set your own shipping rates,
you can also choose to enter your shipping prices manually.
Next, you'll add the location you'll be shipping the item from,
and the processing time.
Processing time indicates how much time you'll need to get an order ready to ship,
and get it to your shipping carrier.
The processing time you list helps set expectations with buyers
before purchasing an item.
Shorter processing times may increase your sales.
Try adjusting your stated processing time to give buyers
what they want.
While staying realistic and accurate about the time it will take you to prepare
the item, and coordinate shipment.
In the next section, you'll determine where you'll ship your items
and which postal services are available.
By using calculated shipping, and adding your processing times
We'll be able to automatically show your shoppers an estimated delivery date
for when their items should arrive.
For example, if the processing time for an item purchased
is 3 to 5 days, and the transit time for the shipping method chosen
is usually 2 to 4 days, they'll see an estimated delivery date of 5-9 days when they place their order
Shipping internationally is also streamlined when using calculated shipping,
so you can kip the confusion of buying the right international shipping at the post office.
When purchasing an international label, you supply the weight
value and accurate customs description for each item in the order.
This weight and value will be used to calculate the package's totals for customs.
You can also add an optional tariff number.
Shipping to all countries is the default for sellers using calculated shipping
if you'd prefer to limit the countries you'll ship your items to,
you can choose to select, or deselect countries by region from the list.
You can also update the shipping services available through your postal carrier
in this section.
Offering the default range of services makes it simple
to empower buyers who decide to pay for expedited shipping options.
If you decide to offer free shipping, you can make that selection for domestic and international shipping orders here.
You can also decide whether to add an additional handling fee
which is included in the buyer's shipping total.
If you choose to manually enter your shipping prices
you'll first add information on the shipping carrier
mail class, and postage charge for domestic shipping.
Next, you can adjust your international shipping settings.
Shipping globally can help you reach more buyers around the world.
To add additional countries, select "add another location"
and add the relevant shipping details for that destination.
The pre-populated "Everywhere Else" option
includes everywhere in the world aside from your other listed shipping destinations
If you don't want to ship everywhere, you can remove "Everywhere Else" from your shipping list
by clicking the trashcan icon to the right of the country name.
If you're manually entering fixed shipping prices,
you can also offer your buyers more shipping options
like the option to pay for expedited shipping during checkout, by adding shipping upgrades
When adding shipping upgrades, you can enter either a Domestic upgrade
an International upgrade, or both.
The price of the upgrades is completely up to you and can be as little as zero dollars
The cost you set for a shipping upgrade is added to the base shipping price you set.
Your buyer will see the total of both amounts along with name of the upgrade in their cart.
In the last section, you'll add a descriptive profile name
based on the type of profile you've created.
For example, you can name it according to the shipping locations you've added
or based on the shipping cost or mail classes included.
Once your shipping profiles are set up
it's simple to link your profiles to your listings.
When adding a new listing, you can choose from your existing shipping profiles,
when adding additional shipping details, like weight and size.
To add a shipping profile to your existing listings
visit the listings manager, select the listings you'd like to connect to the profile
and click "Editing Options" then "Change Shipping Profiles" to select from the profiles you've generated.
Then, click "Apply" to save your changes.
We hope this information is helpful!
Check out the description below for additional shipping resources.
Thanks for watching.