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Sell on Etsy
Only for what Etsy allows: your own designs, made by a factory you name as your production partner, and craft supplies. Etsy does not allow reselling finished goods you didn't make or design, and we won't set that up.
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What fits Etsy
Etsy is for items you make or design, vintage, and craft supplies. Read its standards before you list: Etsy's Creativity Standards.
| What you sell | Fits Etsy? | How we help |
|---|---|---|
| Your own design, made by a factory | Yes, when the listing names the factory as production partner | We buy from the 1688 factory, check that it came out right, pack it in your box |
| Craft supplies: beads, fabric, findings, tools | Yes, as supplies | Import them like any product |
| A finished item picked from a catalogue | No | We don't set it up. Sell it on your own store instead. |
How Etsy orders reach us
Our Etsy app connects your shop through Etsy's API: orders for linked listings come to us, and tracking goes back. Etsy orders don't pass through Shopify.
- Your designA print, a pattern, a shape you created
- A 1688 factory makes itNamed on your listing as production partner
- the NinjaBuy Etsy appA buyer orders on Etsy
- Paid from your balance, bought in ChinaWe pay the seller and follow the parcel to our warehouse
- Checked with photosYou see the real item before it leaves
- Shipped in your boxThe tracking number goes back to the order
Set it up
- Find a maker for your design
Paste a 1688 factory's link, search factories in Find products, or ask us to find one that does custom work. Agree samples with the factory before you list.
- Name your production partner on the listing
That is the factory, not NinjaBuy: we buy, check and ship, we don't make anything.
- Connect your Etsy shop: Connect Etsy in your NinjaBuy account
Etsy asks you to approve the app's access to your listings and orders.
- Link each listing to its maker, or to stock on your shelf
- Set an honest processing time
Etsy shows buyers when an order will ship. Count making, checking and the trip from China.
What syncs
| What | Direction | How |
|---|---|---|
| Orders | Etsy → NinjaBuy | Paid orders for linked listings, through Etsy's API. |
| Tracking | NinjaBuy → Etsy | We mark the order shipped with its tracking number. |
| Stock | NinjaBuy → Etsy | For craft supplies: a sold-out source sets the Etsy quantity to 0, by your sync rules. |
| Listings | – | Yours to write on Etsy. We never create Etsy listings for you. |
Etsy's Creativity Standards come first
No resellingFinished items you didn't make or design don't belong in Etsy's handmade listings.
Your design, a partner's handsItems you design and a production partner makes are allowed when the listing names the partner.- Craft suppliesSupplies may be bought in, so they are the one place a 1688 item can be sold as it is.
Processing time is a promiseSet it for making, checking and shipping from China, and update it if a factory runs late.
Troubleshooting
| What you see | Why | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| The factory's first batch doesn't match your sample | Custom work varies between runs. | The QC photos show it before it ships. Request a return from the order; see Packaging and QC. |
| A paid order never reached NinjaBuy | Etsy sends us the order. If the site was down, or a security tool blocked the call, it waits on your side. | Check the connection status in the app. The app sends what it missed once the site can reach us again. |
| An order arrived with a line we skipped | That product is not linked to a NinjaBuy listing, so it stays with you or your other supplier. | Link it in the app; the next order for it comes to us. |
| The order shows as held | Your balance could not cover it. We never buy on credit. | Top up; held orders go ahead on their own. See held orders. |
| No tracking on the order yet | Tracking is written back once the parcel has left our warehouse. | Check the order's step in your NinjaBuy account. If it shows Shipped and Etsy doesn't, reconnect the app. |