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Create an Etsy Banner in 10 Easy Steps – How-To Photoshop Elements

By Tim Layton 11 Comments

(We now have over two dozen free Etsy banners, as well as a tutorial for the free web-based software, Pixlr – If you have Photoshop Elements, this page is for you! If not check out the Free Banners Page)

Hi!  When we first started the Everything Etsy Blog back in December 2008, we knew that we wanted to make it a great resource for Etsy sellers and those who WANT to be Etsy sellers!  One of the ways we figured we could do so was to offer a resource to the community as a free download.  So that’s what we did!

Create An Etsy Banner Using Photoshop Elements

At the bottom of this post, you’ll find a link that will open a PDF file on your screen.  It’s about a 9 page tutorial with very detailed, step by step, instructions.  It’s not entertaining, but it’s very informative and it will give you some good basic information for making a banner for your Etsy Shop.

I chose to do the tutorial using Adobe Photoshop Elements.  I did this because Elements is a very powerful software at a great price. There are other programs you can use, some are even available for free. I’ll do a post soon about those and link to it here.

No link, means I didn’t get to it yet…you can give me a talkin’ to in the comments!  (and I’ll probably hop-to) To be sure you don’t miss these new tutorials and other great information related to selling on Etsy, sign up for our email blog updates.

Much of the information in this tutorial is specific to Elements, but some of the tips apply no matter what!

Banners Make Your First Impression

The first thing anyone sees when they come to your Etsy shop is your banner.  Making a great banner is one of the first steps to success on Etsy. Sure, you can find plenty of people willing to do it for you, but if you do it yourself you not only save a few bucks, but you then have the ability to go back at any time and modify or change your look, add highlights for sales, etc.  Plus it’s fun.

Learn to make this simple Etsy banner

Learn to make this simple Etsy banner

Check out the tutorial here.

This tutorial has been downloaded hundreds of times, but I never thought to add this question:  Was it helpful to you?

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Filed Under: Running Your Etsy Business, Tutorials Tagged With: Banner, Etsy, Photoshop, Tutorial, Tutorials

Comments

  1. LittleLovables says

    April 24, 2009 at 9:14 am

    do you have any other tutorials for gimp or paint.net ?

    LittleLovables’s last blog post..Special Touches

    Reply
  2. Lee-Ane says

    May 24, 2009 at 7:39 pm

    Thank you, thank you, thank you. I have P/shop7 and it was a little different but I eventually got the idea. I decided to go for something very simple but now I am confident I can change it when ever I want.Even my ‘computerised’ 20+ kids couldnt get me this far! xxx

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    Reply
  3. Kwong says

    May 28, 2009 at 3:23 am

    Thank you for posting this!

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    Reply
  4. Liz says

    June 23, 2009 at 6:08 pm

    I would love to see a tutorial using paint or microsoft office! Thanks!

    Liz’s last blog post..Silt Organic Cotton Skirt – Large

    Reply
  5. Gwendolyn's Design says

    June 12, 2010 at 9:43 am

    Great inspiration! just might (finally) get around to this shop upkeep detail! LOL

    Reply
  6. Amanda Cargill Austin says

    September 7, 2010 at 6:06 pm

    This is awesome! Thanks! I just paid $10 for a PS tutorial last week 🙁 …this one is great!!!
    .-= Amanda Cargill Austin´s last blog ..30 days of doomday 7 =-.

    Reply
  7. Bette says

    May 11, 2011 at 10:26 am

    Thanks for offering this to Etsy folks. I have elements 9 and I was wondering how i was going to use it to make my banner. I will try your tutorial and let you know if I accomplish my goal.

    Reply
  8. Aaisha says

    November 1, 2012 at 5:58 pm

    Thank you for a great tutorial. I was struggling with photoshop but after this tutorial I can make banner, avatar and ad buttons with ease. A very well explained step by step info.

    Reply
  9. Jeremy @ Kodi Box Pros says

    September 28, 2016 at 8:27 pm

    Thanks for the great article – did you make the everythingetsy banner yourself? In your opinion, at what point should I pay to have a professional develop a banner for me? I find the process difficult and i’m worried my finished product will not look professional to anyone but myself 🙁

    Thank you for the excellent article.

    Reply
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