Sellerwix Academy - Working with production partners on Etsy

Apr 21, 2023•5 mins to read

What is a production partner?

A production partner is a company or individual (who’s not part of your Etsy shop) that helps physically produce items based on your own, original designs, such as a printing service, an apparel producer, an engraver, etc.

Why is Etsy making me choose a production partner?

Some reasons that you might work with a production partner may include:

You don’t have the equipment or technical ability to manufacture items you have designed.
Your business is growing, and you need help keeping up with the quantity of orders that you are receiving, or you’ve outgrown your current production space.

Production partners do not include your own shop members or suppliers from whom you source ready-made products to resell.

Handmade items produced with a production partner must abide by Etsy Handmade Policy. We require sellers using production assistance to transparently share this information on the applicable listings. Buyers can see information about any production partners you work with from your shop’s About section.

Learn more about Etsy’s ethical expectations for sellers who work with production partners.

How to add a production partner?

There are several ways to add a production partner:

While adding or editing a listing, you can add a production partner in the Production partners section of your Listing details.
In the Listings section of Shop Manager, select at least one listing and choose Editing options, then Change production partners.

You can also create production partner profiles in the Production partner manager:

In Shop Manager, choose Settings.
Select Production partners.
Select Add a new production partner and fill out a form telling Etsy and the community about your partnership. The information not marked Private will be shared publicly in your shop.
Next to Production partner, enter your partner’s business name. Etsy requires that you disclose the business name, but you can choose to keep this private in your shop. In that case, you will enter a public title (such as “Apparel printer”) that describes what kind of business they are.
In the Location field, Enter your partner’s city, state, province, etc. As you type, select from the list that appears.
In the About production partner field, describe how you work with them. This public information can include why you chose this partner and the types of services that they provide for you.
The answers you select in the About your partnership dropdown menus are only for Etsy’s internal use. These won’t show up publicly in your shop or listings, but your partner’s location and the description of your production partner will.
Preview how this will look on your shop’s About Section.

For example:

When you are a partner of Sellerwix, and you want to add Sellerwix as your Production partner on Etsy. Please follow these steps:

Step 1: In Shop Manager, choose Settings
Step 2: Select Production partners —> Select Add a new production partner and fill out a form telling Etsy and the community about Sellerwix
Step 3: Next to Production partner, fill out Sellerwix’s information
Step 4: Enter our location

1309 Coffeen Avenue STE 1200, Sheridan, Wyoming 82801, United States

In the About production partner field, describe how we work together. You also can share this information:

Sellerwix – Print On Demand At Scale – A fully integrated solution to manage and grow your thriving eCommerce business.

How to remove or edit a production partner from your listings?

You can edit or remove a production partner in several ways:

Select Listings in Shop Manager. Choose a listing and you can de-select a production partner from an individual listing.
Select the listings you want to edit from the Listings page. Choose Editing options, then Production partners. De-select the partner and choose Update.
In the Production partners manager, choose Edit or the X near the name of the partner. These changes will automatically be reflected on all linked listings.

On the Etsy Seller app, production partner profiles can only be edited while adding or editing a listing. You can access the other editing tools on a computer or mobile web browser.

If the listing editor requires you to add a production partner but you don’t have one, review Etsy’s Seller Policy to make sure that your items meet our guidelines.

Production partners only apply to items that you are designing, then having made with production assistance. Production partners don’t apply to items that you or your shop members physically make or to products that you are not personally designing.

After you disclose your production partners

In order to make sure that your items and shipping details are accurately represented to buyers, you will want to:

Update your listings’ shipping locations to accurately reflect if they are shipping from a production partner’s location
Fill out your shop’s About Section to tell the story of how you design and create your items

You will always have my back

With insightful experiences in the eCommerce market, Sellerwix will be the fully integrated solution to manage and grow your business effortlessly. Let’s meet at business@sellerwix.com or support@sellerwix.com if you need any help. Follow our blogs to stay on top of Print On Demand trends!

Share this post

Level up your multi-channel print-on-demand business

Nhu Giap
Marketing Executive

Hello! Besides marketing and the e-Commerce world, I am keenly interested in innovations, culture, content writing, and much more. Let’s connect!

In this post

What is a production partner?

Why is Etsy making me choose a production partner?

How to add a production partner?

How to remove or edit a production partner from your listings?

After you disclose your production partners

Share this post

Sellerwix New Feature launch on August 2

Sellerwix Feature – Save Time and Streamline Order Management

•

Sellerwix Feature

What’s new in Sellerwix? Find out about the latest Sellerwix updates. Enjoy our new feature launched on August 2, 2023!

Sellerwix notification with late shipment

Sellerwix Feature – Notification of late shipment orders via Email and/or Telegram

•

Sellerwix Feature

Bid farewell to missed updates and delayed shipments with Sellerwix's latest feature! Our brand-new notification system sends out Email and/or Telegram alerts for orders with late shipments, enabling you to stay informed and on top of your business while keeping your customers in the loop.

Amazon seller fulfillment best practices (FBM/MFN Guide)

•

Sellerwix Academy, Amazon

Over the last several years, Amazon has invested over $30 billion in the fulfillment network and technology. And as the data shows, sellers who add FBM into their repertoire find more success in the long run! Get started with Amazon FBM now with Sellerwix!

New products

Bestsellers

Sellerwix Academy - Working with production partners on Etsy

What is a production partner?

Why is Etsy making me choose a production partner?

How to add a production partner?

How to remove or edit a production partner from your listings?

After you disclose your production partners

Level up your multi-channel print-on-demand business

Related posts

Sellerwix

Contact sales

Email

Phone

Contact support

Email

Facebook

Address

Vietnam

5th floor, 324 Nguyen Huu Tho, Cam Le District, Da Nang, Vietnam

United States

1309 Coffeen Avenue STE 1200 Sheridan, Wyoming 82801, United States

New
products