How to Upload Digital Products To Etsy - No Matter Your File Sizes or Types (Ep. 7)

[@rayvinrey24]

You have truly been a lifesaver! I could not figure out the uploading logistics for the life of me. I watched so many videos before I finally found yours. Frustrated is an understatement. You made this so clear and so easy to understand. A million Thank Yous for not gatekeeping a damn thing! I am finally getting a product uploaded 🙏💓

[@HeatherMichelleCo]

You are so welcome! I am glad I could help. I completely understand the frustration because I was there too

[@amyj2510]

I am almost give up for my business process because I sososo difficult 😢to do this,but I listened to this videos over and over again I feel better now,thank you very much

[@HeatherMichelleCo]

You are so welcome. I am so glad I could help. Tbh, I often feel like giving up. It def gets hard sometimes, then you just have to remind yourself why you are doing it. Good Luck!!

[@samanthahendricks4363]

This is EXACTLY the video I needed. Thank you so much for breaking this part down. Total life saver!

[@HeatherMichelleCo]

You are very welcome 😁

[@donnatrull6668]

Thank you so much for explaining how to use the google drive option. I've been struggling with files too large to upload to Etsy. I've been searching for a video tutorial like this forever! Your explanation is thorough and easy to follow. You've got a new subscriber. I'm off to check on your other videos!

[@HeatherMichelleCo]

Yay! Welcome to the community. I am so glad that the video was helpful

[@movieminglespectrum]

Just found your videos and I love them, I've been sitting digital ebooks I made and had no clue how to upload to Esty, keep up the good work and thanks.

[@HeatherMichelleCo]

Great!! I am so happy that I was able to help.

[@shannonjohnson6381]

This is an absolutely gem of knowledge! No one talks about this! Thank you so much!!!!

[@HeatherMichelleCo]

You are so welcome. I am so glad I could help 😄

[@rockstarnurse2693]

This video was good, but a step by on how to now get the links into ETSY would have helped. Super new to selling digital products.

[@HeatherMichelleCo]

Hi there 👋. By links do you mean the Google drive links? If so, those would be added to the pdf that you create. Then you attach the pdf to the Etsy listing. You cannot add links as your product in Etsy. Just make sure you are saving your pdf as an interactive pdf so that the links will work. I hope that helps. 😁

[@caseyb.4410]

This video was soooo greattt!!!!!! Thank you so much, for all the information and walkthrough you def have a new subscriber will be watching the rest of your videos!!!!

[@HeatherMichelleCo]

Thank you so much. I am glad it was helpful

[@silviocesar75]

nice video cleared step by step and very slow thanks

[@HeatherMichelleCo]

Thank you so much. Glad it helped.

[@martyrey2837]

Excellent video! You are so awesome and seriously gave me so motivation with all this information and direction and l'm on a mission to watch all your videos because you really hold the viewers by the hand how to do everything. Thank you soooo much!

[@HeatherMichelleCo]

Thank you sooo much Marty! That is so sweet of you to say and amazing to hear. You have just made my day. Seriously! And you can do it!! If I can you can 😉 believe me. I am so glad I could help.

[@jenna0616]

Hey Heather! Super happy I discovered your channel today. Appreciate the thorough walkthrough with the PDF instructional process. In the midst, I wanted to check out your website as well (beautiful btw!) I noticed that you are selling physical options for your planners-Mind me asking who you source your planners through? Are you doing this via POD like a Printify option or other?

[@HeatherMichelleCo]

Thank you so much. I am glad the videos are helping you. I actually make my planners myself.

[@AmariyahStewart]

Hi! Thank you so much for the video, it was very helpful. The only thing is now I get lots of emails a day with my customers asking to access the files usually because they want to access the files with a different email. I’m getting a little worried because this is happening a lot and It seems like an inconvenience on both sides. Have you dealt with this before? If so how did you handle it?

[@HeatherMichelleCo]

Hi there. I am so glad that the video helped you out. If you are getting people requesting access, then they are not doing something right. You DO NOT want to give anyone access to your file. They will be able to change it. They should download the file/folder onto their own computer and then they can save, use and make changes depending on what you are selling. You may just want to make it a point to explain that on your download pdf and probably in your item descriptions.

[@rinafachr2116]

Hey awesome people, thanks a lot for share this amazing information. Gorgeous!

[@HeatherMichelleCo]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@BestDamnSelf]

Hello, I am going to be selling a digital download planner but have 4 different color options. Do I have to make 1 listing for each color?

[@kashiala9574]

Good question cause I need to know as well about wall art.

[@HeatherMichelleCo]

Hey there. You can do whatever you think would work best for your particular business. You can make it one listing and then they have the option to choose which color they want to download by including the different links to each. But, you can also make them 4 seperate listings so that if they want more than one color option, they would have to order each different color that they want. For this, you would just have a different pdf download with a different link to the color. The choice is totally up to you. It is your business. Don't let anyone tell you what you can and cannot do, even Etsy 😉 Sometimes I think Etsy forgets that we are running our own businesses and are not working for them.

[@mukeshkumawat2127]

Very nice u and ur explain heather 😊

[@HeatherMichelleCo]

Thank you so much 🙂

[@geoffchatfield1160]

Thank you .... good info

[@HeatherMichelleCo]

So are so welcome. Thank you 😁

[@Cand_Bossbabe]

Thanks 😊

[@HeatherMichelleCo]

You are very welcome 😁

[@kimmydredd72]

Hi Heather. This video is a life saver for me. Really great info, thank you so much it's very much appreciated x Quick question for you, please could you elaborate on zipping files and how we let our customers unzip? I hope I'm making sense. Thanks again xx

[@HeatherMichelleCo]

Hi Kim. I am so glad it helped you. To zip a folder on a PC, you can just right click on the folder, click "send to" and then click "Compressed (zipped) folder". That will give you a zipped copy of the folder. To zip it on a Mac, Control-click it or tap it using two fingers, then choose Compress from the shortcut menu. The customer should automatically have the option to unzip the folder when they bring it up on a computer or ipad.

[@kimmydredd72]

@HeatherMichelleCo Oh, I thought it was going to be a lot more complicated haha. Thanks for this. May I ask if you always convert your creations to PDF? I was thinking of converting mine to jpeg.

[@HeatherMichelleCo]

I have always used pdf. I have never used, or thought to use jpeg. I suppose as long as you can add hyperlinks to it then it could work.

[@kimmydredd72]

@HeatherMichelleCo OK, good to know. Thanks again for replying to my messages and so quickly too. Have a good day xx

[@HeatherMichelleCo]

😉

[@amyj2510]

Hi heather My question may be silly,I do a digital paintings , little bit different from your products,can I upload in the same way with my images

[@HeatherMichelleCo]

Absolutely! I do not see any reason it would not. Sometimes it is the only option depending on the size and format of the products you are selling. Hope that helps! Thanks for watching

[@analiaf.j.6131]

Hi, do you think the PDF method would work with digital prints? I'm an artist, and I want to offer the files for printing the digital version of my handprinted art, but I struggle with the size of the file to upload to Etsy, even after zipping in, is still more that 20 mb. You think the would the links to files on a pdf would be a good idea?

[@HeatherMichelleCo]

Yes, absolutely. I think that could be a great way. Especially if you want to offer different sizes. Just make sure you explain how the download will work in the description.

[@brajeshsoni9194]

Hi Mem I want to ask to you that 20 MB is 5 file size or 1 file size. Tnx

[@HeatherMichelleCo]

Hi there. Etsy downloads for listing items are max 20MB per file, and max 5 files. For custom made-to-order it is much larger at 80MB per file and max 5 files.

[@jasminehayward3061]

So, maybe a silly question, but essentially the buyer will have made one purchase but have access to multiple versions/products?

[@HeatherMichelleCo]

Not a silly question. Yes, if that’s the way you want to sell them. You may want to sell everything individually and then you would have a different pdf with a unique link for each product. If you want to offer multiple variations as part of one product listing, then you can have all of those files linked on the same pdf. It is all about your preference.

[@jasminehayward3061]

@@HeatherMichelleCo ok thank you! & one more question! I followed the directions of adding the links to the pdf but when I download the pdf it won’t let me click the links. Am I missing something?

[@HeatherMichelleCo]

I apologize for the delayed response. Hopefully you figured this out already. If you are opening the document in Acrobat, you should be a able to click any working links. What are you opening it up in?

[@krismakes7]

Hi Heather, great video thank you. I just wanted ask a about the gmail account that you said don’t use your personal gmail account for sharing the links to files, do you mean to create another gmail account for your biz or do you mean to get a (paid) business gmail account? I’m getting a bit confused with all the google products lol. Thanks so much 😊

[@HeatherMichelleCo]

@krism7163 Hey! I am glad you enjoyed the video. My suggestion is that you create a google email that is specifically for your business to use for your google drive. For these purposes it does not have to be a paid gmail necessarily. It is just to keep anything personal separate from your business. You may need to pay a small amount per month for extra storage depending on how much you are storing, but you would need that either way.

[@mestayno]

I think if you ask for newsletter signup you're elligible for a ban

[@HeatherMichelleCo]

Hey there. Would you be referring to Etsy? If so, you can ask people to sign up according to Etsy’s seller handbook. What you cannot do is add people’s emails from Etsy to your list yourself. You absolutely must ask for permission to sign up and allow them to enter their email themselves. That is actually not just an Etsy policy but a law.

[@mestayno]

@@HeatherMichelleCo Oh I see thanks for clearing that up!

[@auberge7]

Aren’t digital products against the Etsy terms of use? They suspend accounts around this point!!

[@HeatherMichelleCo]

Hi there. Maybe someone might get suspended for the type of download they are selling but digital downloads are absolutely allowed on Etsy. Or maybe I am misunderstanding your question. I’m sorry if I am.

[@auberge7]

@@HeatherMichelleCo it was 20oz skin for Tumblers download…

[@HeatherMichelleCo]

@@auberge7 Did Etsy give a reason why it was a problem. Was it a copyright issue perhaps? Copyrights and trademarks can be tricky if it was anything related to a movie, tv show or brand.

[@auberge7]

@@HeatherMichelleCo no clear reason was given and the items was not copyrighted or trademarked. A creative fabrica full POD license. The suspend was just after the first sale.😒

[@HeatherMichelleCo]

@@auberge7 I am so sorry that happened. I have heard of this happening to all types of Etsy shops, especially at the beginning. My channel is still brand new so I do not have a video about this topic yet, but I will definitely do some more research on the topic and see if I can come out with something soon. But for noew, here is a link to a video from another youtuber that explains the possible reasons for this and what to do about it. I think it may be helpful. 👉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/gpnOnomkbZ15es0