of your screen (refer to Figure 2-1).
The registration page appears (see Figure 2-2).
3. Type your first name in the First Name field and your last name in the Last Name field.
Note that filling out these fields is strictly optional. If you do fill them out, your name will be publicly displayed throughout the site. If you want, you can add simply your first name or a nickname or your initials – whatever. If you decide to leave both of these fields blank, your username is the one that other Etsy users will see.
4. Type your email address in the Email field.
5. In the Password field, type the password you want to use to access your Etsy account.
Create a password that’s at least eight characters – one that you can remember easily but that won’t be too obvious to anyone else.
6. Retype the password in the Confirm Password field.
7. In the Username field, type the username you want to use on Etsy.
This name must contain fewer than 20 uppercase and/or lowercase letters or numbers (no spaces). Etsy notifies you if someone else has selected your username. In that case, try another one until you find one that’s available.
8. To read the terms of use, click the Terms of Use link, and to read Etsy’s Privacy Policy, click the Privacy Policy link.
You find out more about the Terms of Use in the next section. Flip to Chapter 6 for more on Etsy’s Privacy Policy.
9. Click the Register button.
Etsy creates your account and sends a confirmation email to the address you supplied in Step 4.
10. Open the email from Etsy and click the link that it contains to confirm your account.
You’re ready to go!
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FIGURE 2-1: Etsy’s main page.
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FIGURE 2-2: The registration page.
Accessing Etsy’s House Rules and reviewing its Terms of Use
Before registering with and using Etsy, take a moment to access the site’s House Rules and review its Terms of Use. Follow these steps:
1. Click the Help button in the bottom-right corner of any Etsy Marketplace page.
The Help page appears.
2. Scroll down to the Still Have Questions? section and click the Read Our Site Policies link.
The Our House Rules page appears.
3. Click the Terms of Use link.
The Terms of Use page appears, as shown in Figure 2-3.
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FIGURE 2-3: Review Etsy’s Terms of Use.
Etsy’s Terms of Use page is kind of like the site’s constitution. It sets out your rights and responsibilities on the site. This 14-point document covers maintaining your privacy, content requirements, proper use of services, termination, warranties and liability, indemnification, handling disputes, and other important legal-type stuff.
In addition to its Terms of Use, Etsy has several more House Rules. We cover these in a bit more detail in Chapter 6.
After you’ve created your Etsy account, signing in is a snap. Just go to www.etsy.com and click the Sign In button in the upper-right corner of the screen. (You can see this button in Figure 2-1, just to the right of the Register link.) Then, in the pop-up window that appears, type your email address or username in the Email or Username field, type your password in the Password field, and click the Sign In button (see Figure 2-4).
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FIGURE 2-4: Use your username or email address and your password to sign in to your Etsy account.
What about signing out? That’s even easier than signing in. Simply click the You button that appears in the header bar when you’re signed in and choose Sign Out from the menu that appears.
Everyone who joins Etsy has a public profile page. Why? A couple of reasons. For one, being able to check out other Etsy members helps to inspire
