Etsy shop name checker
Type the names you are considering. Each one is checked against Etsy’s own naming rules and looked up among Etsy’s shops through Etsy’s API, live. No ideas yet? Type what you sell and get names to check. Free, no signup.
Picked a name? Etsy asks for a first listing next.
Etsy’s guide to opening a shop: “Once you’ve completed all your shop sections, you’ll need to add your first listing before you can open your Etsy shop.” Drop a product photo and see the verdict and a first look at the title and tags Growtsy writes for it. Free, no signup.
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Try it on a product photo → Check a product idea with Scout →Also in Etsy’s shop setup
Etsy’s guide says: “You need to set up your shop using a desktop web browser.” Your shortlist stays in this browser, so copy the name if you finish on another device.
Logo and banner sizes →Etsy’s own sizes for the shop logo and banner, with a free cropper in your browser. Shop title and sections →Etsy’s rules for the shop title and shop sections, quoted, with a checker. Price your first product →Your cost and the profit you want in, the listing price after Etsy’s fees out. What opening a shop costs →Etsy’s set-up fee and listing fees, quoted from Etsy.Etsy’s shop name rules
From Etsy’s help page on opening a shop, a shop name must be:
4-20 characters in length
No spaces or special characters
No profanity
Does not infringe on another’s trademark
Etsy’s shop name help page puts it the same way: “Shop names can be up to 20 characters long, and they can’t have spaces or punctuation.” It adds a tip worth taking: “You may want to capitalize letters in your shop name to distinguish separate words.” WildFernStudio reads better than wildfernstudio, and both are the same name to Etsy.
The checker applies the length and character rules exactly. Profanity and trademarks it cannot judge: before you settle on a name that contains a brand, a character or a product name you do not own, assume Etsy will not accept it.
Can you change it later?
Yes, within a limit. Etsy’s page says: “You can change your name as often as you like before you open your shop. Once your shop is open, you can change your shop name up to 5 times in Your shop settings. After that, your name change will require approval from Etsy Support.” The name is still worth getting right first: “The name you choose becomes part of your shop URL”, and it is the name buyers search for when they come back.
Before the shop opens, Etsy asks for one more thing: “Once you’ve completed all your shop sections, you’ll need to add your first listing before you can open your Etsy shop.” And “You need to set up your shop using a desktop web browser.”
Common questions
How long can an Etsy shop name be?
Between 4 and 20 characters. Etsy’s page on opening a shop lists “4-20 characters in length”, and its shop name page says “Shop names can be up to 20 characters long”.
Can an Etsy shop name have spaces?
No. Etsy’s rule is “No spaces or special characters”. To make separate words readable, Etsy suggests capitals: “You may want to capitalize letters in your shop name to distinguish separate words.”
Can two Etsy shops have the same name?
No. Etsy says: “If the shop name you entered is in use, you will see suggestions for other shop names that are still available.”
If a shop closes, can I take its name?
No. Etsy says: “Once a shop name has been used on an open shop, it can’t be used again even if the shop it’s connected to is closed.”
Why does the checker say “no shop found” instead of “available”?
Because a name can be refused even when no shop turns up. Etsy says a used name “can’t be used again even if the shop it’s connected to is closed”, and that “the name won’t appear in search if it’s a shop that has been closed.” Etsy’s shop setup has the final word.
Can I change my Etsy shop name later?
Yes, within a limit. Etsy says: “You can change your name as often as you like before you open your shop. Once your shop is open, you can change your shop name up to 5 times in Your shop settings. After that, your name change will require approval from Etsy Support.”
Do I need a listing before my Etsy shop can open?
Yes. Etsy’s guide to opening a shop says: “Once you’ve completed all your shop sections, you’ll need to add your first listing before you can open your Etsy shop.”
Do you store the names I check?
No. Names are sent to Etsy’s API to look up shops with that name and the answer is shown to you; we save nothing. Your shortlist is kept only in your own browser (“Clear list” removes it). We count anonymously that the page was used and which result it gave, so we can tell whether the page earns its place.
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