Etsy asks for some details on every listing that your Shopify products don't have, such as who made the item, a shipping profile and an Etsy category. Shuttle fills these in from your settings each time it transfers a product. So a few minutes on the settings below means your first listings reach Etsy with the details you chose.
Most of these settings have a fallback, which means a transfer can still run if you skip them. The fallbacks may not suit your shop, so check each one before you transfer.
Choose the Etsy shipping profiles for your products
Etsy needs a shipping profile on every physical listing, and Shuttle can't transfer a physical product without one. Digital products don't need a shipping profile.
Go to Settings > Catalog Mapping > Shipping Profiles.
In Match shipping profiles, click Refresh to load your current Etsy and Shopify shipping profiles.
Match each Shopify shipping profile to the Etsy profile its products should use. Matching is optional.
Under Default shipping profiles, pick a profile in Etsy default. Shuttle uses it for any product whose Shopify profile has no match.
Click Save.
If Etsy default is left empty, Shuttle uses the first Etsy profile on its list. If the No Etsy shipping profiles notice appears, create a shipping profile in Etsy and click Refresh again, or click Create temporary profile to start with a placeholder you can edit in Etsy later.
If your Shopify store uses market-driven shipping, Shuttle chooses the Etsy shipping profile from the product's Shopify collections instead. Set this up in Settings > Catalog Mapping > Shipping → Collections.
Set the About Listing defaults
The About Listing section holds the basic details Etsy requires on every new listing. Shuttle applies the same values to every product you transfer. To set them, go to Settings > Products > Shopify → Etsy and find About Listing:
Who made it?: I did, A member of my shop or Another company or person. If you don't change it, Shuttle uses I did.
What is it?: A finished product or A supply or tool to make things. If you don't change it, Shuttle uses A finished product.
When was it made?: Made to order or a date range. If you don't change it, Shuttle uses 2020 - 2026.
Click Save when you're done. Who made it? and What is it? are set only when a product is first transferred, and no update changes them on listings already on Etsy.
A changed When was it made? reaches listings already on Etsy only when you update them from Shopify with the When made field ticked. Ticking Select all fields or Overwrite all fields does not tick When made, so tick it on its own.
Pick a return policy and processing profile
The Return policy and Processing profile settings decide which of your Etsy return policies and processing profiles new listings get. You'll find both in the About Listing section of Settings > Products > Shopify → Etsy. Both are applied only when a product is first transferred, and later updates leave them unchanged.
Return policy: if you don't pick one, Shuttle uses your primary Etsy return policy. This setting only appears when your Etsy shop has return policies.
Processing profile: if you don't pick one, Shuttle chooses one for you and prefers a ready-to-ship profile.
If your Etsy shop has no processing profile, Shuttle creates a made-to-order profile with a processing time of 3 to 5 days. This happens as soon as you open Settings > Products > Shopify → Etsy, or when you transfer a product. To use your own processing times instead, create a processing profile in Etsy before you open that settings page.
Add production partners if someone else makes your products
Production partners tell Etsy who helps make your products. Shuttle adds the partners you select to every listing it transfers. Partners are managed in your Etsy shop, and you select them in the Production Partners section of Settings > Products > Shopify → Etsy.
If you set Who made it? to Another company or person, select at least one partner. Without one, Shuttle lists items as supplies when When was it made? is set to Made to order, 2020 - 2026 or 2010 - 2019.
Choose an Etsy default category
Every Etsy listing needs a category, so Shuttle finds one for each product you transfer. It checks your Category mapping table first, then tries to match categories by name. If neither finds one, it uses your Etsy default category.
Go to Settings > Catalog Mapping > Categories.
Under Default categories, click Select category next to Etsy default and choose a category.
In Category mapping, click Add mapping for each Shopify category that should go to a particular Etsy category.
Click Save.
With a default set, products that match nothing go to a category you chose.
Fill in Etsy attributes automatically
Etsy attributes, such as colour or occasion, help shoppers find your listings on Etsy. You can set them up once so Shuttle fills them in on every transfer. Go to Settings > Catalog Mapping > Etsy Attributes. Use Configure Global Attributes for values that apply to every product, or Add a new category to set values for one Etsy category.
Etsy attributes are optional, but setting them before your first transfer saves editing each listing in Etsy afterwards.
What happens when you run your first transfer
Every product Shuttle transfers arrives on Etsy as a draft. That gives you a chance to check your first listings in Etsy before you publish them.