7 ESSENTIAL Tools for Etsy Sellers in 2026 (the Must-Haves)

About this video

Kate Hayes, who says she has sold on Etsy for 10 years and earned multiple six figures, walks through seven tools she considers non-negotiable for Etsy sellers. Canva is her everyday design tool for digital products, print-on-demand designs, branding, and marketing graphics; she notes Canva Pro on the annual plan works out to about $10 a month at the time of filming. Sales Samurai handles Etsy SEO research, keyword search volume, shop audits, and a pricing calculator that factors in materials, fees, and shipping, and its Chrome extension shows estimated monthly search volume beside Etsy’s suggested phrases. Creative Market supplies licensed graphic assets, fonts, and photos beyond Canva’s library. QuickBooks Self-Employed syncs with the shop and bank account to automate bookkeeping and tax tracking. The Etsy seller app covers orders, messages, listings, and stats on the go. Kit is her recommended email provider, since she argues email converts far better than algorithm-dependent social media and she wishes she had started her list years earlier. Finally, she urges sellers to actually read the Etsy Seller Handbook for Etsy’s own research, best practices, and seasonal trends.

Key takeaways

• Use Canva for product designs, branding, and marketing graphics; the Pro annual plan was about $10 a month at filming, with a 30-day free trial via her link.
• Sales Samurai supports keyword research, shop audits, and profit-aware pricing, and its Chrome extension shows estimated monthly search volume inside Etsy search.
• Buy graphic assets from Creative Market with the commercial or extended commercial license that matches how you intend to sell them.
• Automate finances with QuickBooks Self-Employed, which syncs with your Etsy shop and bank account and can auto-categorize transactions.
• Start building an email list with a provider like Kit from day one rather than relying only on social media algorithms to reach customers.

Episode details: published July 1, 2025 · 13:02 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Kate Hayes’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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