Etsy Listing Description From a Photo: Bulk CSV Worksheet

Sample file

Three sample rows from the Etsy export. Price and quantity are left for you.

TITLE,DESCRIPTION,PRICE,CURRENCY_CODE,QUANTITY,TAGS,IMAGE1
Hand-poured beeswax candle in a small amber glass jar,"A hand-poured beeswax candle in a small amber glass jar with a cotton wick, shown on a wooden shelf.",,USD,1,"beeswaxcandle,handpoured,giftforher,amberjar",beeswax-candle.jpg
Chunky cream knit beanie with a folded brim,A chunky knit beanie in cream wool blend yarn with a folded brim and a soft pom-pom on top.,,USD,1,"knitbeanie,winterhat,chunkyknit",knit-beanie.jpg
Thin silver stacking ring with a hammered finish,"A thin silver stacking ring with a hammered finish, photographed on a grey stone surface.",,USD,1,"silverring,stackingring,handmadejewelry",silver-ring.jpg

Steps

1. Add your product photos to the product description from image tool and describe your shop's tone in the context field.
2. Read every draft. The model sees the photo only, so add materials, sizes and care details yourself.
3. Choose the Etsy listings CSV export and open it in a spreadsheet.
4. Check each title is within 140 characters and each tag within 20 characters, with no more than 13 tags.
5. Copy the text into your listings one by one, or into a third-party bulk tool that you trust.

Start with the Product description from image, then check the text with the alt text checker.

What the file contains

The Etsy export has seven columns: TITLE, DESCRIPTION, PRICE, CURRENCY_CODE, QUANTITY, TAGS and IMAGE1. The title is cut from the alt text or the first sentence of the description, at a word boundary. Tags come from the model's hashtags, lower-cased and without the hash sign. Price is left blank, and quantity and currency are filled with defaults that you should change.

IMAGE1 holds the original file name, not a web address. It tells you which photo the row came from.

Etsy limits to check

Etsy's help pages say a listing title can be up to 140 characters, and that a listing can have up to 13 tags of up to 20 characters each. The export enforces those numbers by cutting long titles and dropping tags that are too long or beyond the thirteenth. Etsy also suggests keeping the text alternative for each listing image to 250 characters or fewer.

Etsy does not publish a firm limit for the description in the pages we checked, so write what a buyer needs and leave out filler.

There is no native bulk upload

Etsy's help centre says it has no way to bulk upload new listings, though you can copy one listing to save time and edit many existing listings at once in Shop Manager. So this CSV is a worksheet. Some third-party tools accept spreadsheets, and their formats differ from ours, so read their documentation and map the columns yourself.

The time saving comes from drafting. Instead of writing forty descriptions from scratch, you review and improve forty drafts.

Keep it truthful

A small on-device model can misjudge a material, a colour or a size. Never publish a claim you have not checked, such as solid silver, hand made, or organic. Buyers rely on the description, and you are responsible for it.

Limits and facts

Frequently asked questions