A Starter’s Guide to Creating Beautiful Etsy Banners for Your Shop

Of the limited ways to customize your Etsy shop, banners stand as one of the two prominent visual cues (the other one: logo). It’s not the sort of thing that makes or breaks sales but an Etsy shop banner is where you can get creative, exude personality and, on occasions, announce discounts!

This is an extract from the complete guide. Check it out here.

Keep it Simple

BenuMade uses a plain white background and a logo. Plain and simple. It does the trick (although I’d prefer a non-white background).

VApinx sells paintings and art prints and the banner — nothing but the shop’s name — has a themed background that kind of depicts what the shop is about. Paints.

Tell us what your shop is about

At BubbleGumDish, Dawn makes “home decor pillows, wreaths, baby gifts and prints”. Simple. Clear.

As simple as BenuMade but going one step further, Buntmal lets us know that it sells “handmade notebooks and other paper goods.”

Show your products

DendroCo‘s banner is a simple but elegant collage of what they sell. The logo fits right in the center.

Match the theme of your shop

The off-white color scheme on Noe Marin Studio is reflected on the banner.

Use Banners to Announce Discounts!

A creative use of banners is to announce discounts like Arajera. This is, in fact, the most suitable use for Etsy banners. The fact that you can change your banner frequently means you can put up a different message each time.

For more info on the tools you can use to create cool Etsy banners (and on image size, visual ideas etc.) check out the full guide here.

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