Shipping Improvements

So now you've activated direct checkout, but you don't like entering in all your buyers information manually on PayPal's ship now form. What now?

Lucky for you, Etsy has a team for sellers who accept direct checkout and are willing to beta test some new services concerning shipping. The team is called Shipping Improvements.

This Prototype is for people who want to test and provide feedback on improvements to Shipping features before they're available to everyone. Some features in the Shipping Prototype will have bugs at times, some will be beta-only for an extended period of time, and others may be discontinued.

I joined last week and so far I've noticed I now have access to two new features: printing postage through Etsy and providing 2 shipping times/costs for each item.

I edited out the personal information, but look, "Print Shipping Label"! It eliminates the problem of accepting payment through Etsy and needing PayPal to print a label. 

Then it allows you estimate a processing time:

And then you estimate a delivery time, allowing you to create two options for each location:

Sellers have been complaining about buyers purchasing items through direct checkout and asking if they can upgrade to have their order rushed. With PayPal, sellers can just send the buyer an invoice for the difference in shipping. With direct checkout sellers are not able to send invoices. Being able to provide two shipping times for buyers to choose from eliminates this problem. Personally, I wish we were able to add up to 3 options for: first class mail (3-5 days), priority mail (2-3 days), express (overnight). Overall, I think it's a great addition--I wish they had added this feature years ago.

Etsy is encouraging team members to post feedback on the team to help them improve the site. Things like this make Etsy such a great place and I think all sellers should take advantage of being able to voice their opinion and being heard.