How To Turn On Vacation Mode

Step-by-step guide of how to turn on vacation mode for your Etsy shop. Useful when you want to take a short break or you are overwhelmed with orders.

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Tip - It could be better to run a 'late-ship' sale if you want to take a short break. For more details, go to the Email Marketing For Etsy Sellers course.

Go to your Etsy dashboard

Click "Settings"

Click "Options"

Click the "Vacation Mode" tab

Click "On Your shop is on vacation" to turn on vacation mode

Put in your vacation announcement and auto-reply message like this:

Click save to turn on vacation mode

Now your Etsy shop is in vacation mode

This is what shoppers will see when your shop is on vacation mode. Your vacation mode announcement will be visible.