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 "schema": "aiblocks-page/1",
 "id": "etsy-shop-opening-planner",
 "type": "skill",
 "name": "Etsy shop opening planner",
 "summary": "Say what you make and who buys it. Get a plan for your Etsy shop: listings, photos, price check and launch steps.",
 "headline": "Etsy shop opening planner",
 "subhead": "Tell it what you make or sell and who it is for. It plans your Etsy shop from start to launch: the name, a first set of listings, the photos you need, search words for titles, a price check, shipping and policies, and a checklist for the first month.",
 "job": {
  "id": "set-up-store",
  "name": "Set up your online store"
 },
 "level": "beginner",
 "thinking": "medium",
 "tested": true,
 "updated": "2026-10-27",
 "first_published": "2026-10-27",
 "inputs": [
  {
   "type": "question",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Question",
   "what": "the problem, decision or piece of work you want help with, and what a good outcome looks like"
  },
  {
   "type": "product_data",
   "required": false,
   "label": "Product data",
   "what": "one product's facts: price, variants, ingredients or materials, how it is used, photos by job"
  }
 ],
 "outputs": [
  {
   "type": "plan",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Plan",
   "what": "a dated plan: what to do, in what order, with a decision rule for each step"
  }
 ],
 "you_give": [
  "What you make or sell, and who buys it",
  "What each item costs you to make and send",
  "Your country and where you will ship",
  "The fees listed on Etsy's help pages today (optional but needed for the price check)",
  "Photos or notes on what you already have (optional)"
 ],
 "you_get": [
  "Shop name ideas and a first set of listings",
  "The photos each listing needs",
  "Title and search words for each listing, from what buyers would type",
  "A price check against your costs, and a launch checklist"
 ],
 "use_when": [
  "You want to open an Etsy shop, or start selling on Etsy, and need a plan.",
  "You have a shop with few sales and want to start the listings again.",
  "You are not sure your prices cover your costs and Etsy's fees."
 ],
 "skip_when": [
  "You want your own online store, not a marketplace: use the Shopify store setup reviewer.",
  "You only need a product description: use the Product description writer.",
  "You want to run ads for the shop: that needs a shop with some sales first."
 ],
 "output_sample": {
  "input": [
   "What you make or sell, and who buys it",
   "What each item costs you to make and send",
   "Your country and where you will ship",
   "The fees from Etsy's help pages today (optional)"
  ],
  "output": [
   {
    "name": "Your shop",
    "contains": "What you sell, who buys it and where you ship, as you told it."
   },
   {
    "name": "Name ideas",
    "contains": "Shop names that say what you sell, each with a short note."
   },
   {
    "name": "First listings",
    "contains": "A starter set of listings, with the photos each needs, a title and search words."
   },
   {
    "name": "Price check",
    "contains": "For each listing: your cost, the fees you gave, and what you keep."
   },
   {
    "name": "Shipping and policies",
    "contains": "The choices to make and the policies to write."
   },
   {
    "name": "Launch checklist",
    "contains": "Steps before opening and for the first month."
   },
   {
    "name": "Missing",
    "contains": "Anything you did not tell it that changes the plan."
   },
   {
    "name": "Checks missed",
    "contains": "One line for each of its own checks that still fails, or none."
   }
  ]
 },
 "output_shape": "YOUR SHOP\n<what you sell, who buys, where you ship>\n\nNAME IDEAS\n<names, with a line on each>\n\nFIRST LISTINGS\n<listing> | Photos needed: <list> | Title: <title> | Search words: <words>\n\nPRICE CHECK\n<listing> | Cost: <yours> | Fees: <the ones you gave> | You keep: <amount>\n\nSHIPPING AND POLICIES\n<choices to make, policies to write>\n\nLAUNCH CHECKLIST\nBefore opening: <steps>\nFirst month: <steps>\n\nMISSING\n<what you did not tell it>\n\nCHECKS MISSED\n<one line per check still missed, or none>",
 "how_to_use": [
  "Start a chat with the skill. Open it if you added it to your AI, or copy it and paste it in.",
  "Describe what you make, who buys it, and what each item costs you.",
  "Open Etsy's fees page and paste the current fees in. Don't rely on memory, since they change.",
  "Read the first listings it suggests and swap any that you can't make well.",
  "Work through the launch checklist, and check every step against Etsy's help pages."
 ],
 "checks": [
  "Every title uses words a real buyer would type.",
  "Each price check uses only the costs and fees you gave.",
  "No sales figure, ranking claim or fee appears that you did not give.",
  "Every listing names the photos it needs.",
  "Steps match what you can do in Etsy today, or say to check Etsy's help pages."
 ],
 "next": [
  {
   "name": "Online store pricing planner",
   "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/price-position-planner",
   "why": "Online store pricing planner"
  },
  {
   "name": "30-day launch planner",
   "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/thirty-day-launch-planner",
   "why": "Test the idea with real people"
  },
  {
   "name": "Go or no-go launch checker",
   "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/go-or-no-go-launch-checker",
   "why": "Plan your strategy"
  }
 ],
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