# MarketplaceExit

> MarketplaceExit: Helping Marketplace Sellers Move to Shopify

## Pages

- [About MarketplaceExit](https://marketplaceexit.com/about.md): Hi, I'm Shaddam Hossain. I'm an entrepreneur, software builder, and ecommerce developer with more than 12 years of experience building
- [Blog](https://marketplaceexit.com/blog.md)
- [Home](https://marketplaceexit.com/home.md): For Etsy, Amazon, eBay & TikTok Shop sellers Leave the marketplace.Build your own store.. MarketplaceExit helps sellers move from Etsy,
- [Tools](https://marketplaceexit.com/tools.md): Etsy vs Shopify Fee Savings Calculator Enter revenue, orders and listings. See your yearly fee savings on your own store.

## Posts

- [eBay to Shopify Migration: Export Listings and Orders Safely](https://marketplaceexit.com/ebay-to-shopify-migration.md): eBay to Shopify migration, step by step: export listings and orders from Seller Hub, import them, and check the limits
- [Should I Quit Amazon FBA for Shopify? Both Sides, Honestly](https://marketplaceexit.com/should-i-quit-amazon-fba-for-shopify.md): Should I quit Amazon FBA for Shopify? A two-sided framework that separates FBA, Amazon and your store, so you can
- [Is Amazon Brand Registry Worth Keeping After You Open a Store?](https://marketplaceexit.com/amazon-brand-registry-worth-keeping.md): Is Amazon Brand Registry worth keeping? See which tools stay with your trademark, which need a selling account, and what
- [Amazon Package Insert Policy on Your Own Website: The Rules](https://marketplaceexit.com/amazon-package-insert-policy-own-website.md): Amazon package insert policy on your own website, read from Amazon's own words, so you can plan an insert that
- [Amazon MCF Shopify: Keep FBA Logistics for Your Own Store](https://marketplaceexit.com/amazon-mcf-shopify.md): Amazon MCF Shopify guide: how FBA stock fills your own store's orders, how the fees are built, and the packaging,
- [Marketplace to Own Store Migration: Amazon, eBay, TikTok](https://marketplaceexit.com/marketplace-to-own-store-migration.md): Marketplace to own store migration for Amazon, eBay and TikTok Shop sellers: what moves, what stays, and the outreach rules
- [Domain Name for Etsy Shop Own Website: Before You Launch](https://marketplaceexit.com/domain-name-for-etsy-shop-own-website.md): Domain name for Etsy shop own website setup: register it in your own name, add authenticated business email, and launch
- [Best Shopify Theme for Etsy Sellers: A Fast, Safe Choice](https://marketplaceexit.com/best-shopify-theme-for-etsy-sellers.md): The best Shopify theme for Etsy sellers is usually a free one. Pick in an afternoon, trial paid themes safely,
- [Export Etsy Customer Emails: What Etsy’s Policy Allows](https://marketplaceexit.com/export-etsy-customer-emails.md): Can you export Etsy customer emails? See what Etsy's Seller Policy allows and how to build a consent-based list you
- [Transfer Etsy Reviews to Shopify: What Moves, What Stays](https://marketplaceexit.com/transfer-etsy-reviews-to-shopify.md): Transfer Etsy reviews to Shopify the careful way: what Etsy lets you download, what Shopify needs, and why imported reviews
- [Shopify Store Policies: Returns, Shipping, What to Write](https://marketplaceexit.com/shopify-store-policies-returns-shipping.md): Shopify store policies: returns, shipping and contact info after Etsy. What Shopify requires, what Etsy handled, and a pre-launch checklist.
- [Marketplace Facilitator Tax Leaving Etsy: Who Files Now?](https://marketplaceexit.com/marketplace-facilitator-tax-leaving-etsy.md): Marketplace facilitator tax leaving Etsy: see which sales tax jobs Etsy handled, which become yours on your own store, and
- [Shopify Shipping Profiles From Etsy: Map Every Setting](https://marketplaceexit.com/shopify-shipping-profiles-from-etsy.md): Building Shopify shipping profiles from Etsy settings? Map each Etsy field, close the per-item pricing gap, and stop losing money
- [Printify Etsy to Shopify Switch: Reconnect Safely](https://marketplaceexit.com/printify-etsy-to-shopify-switch.md): Making a Printify Etsy to Shopify switch? Reconnect your store without losing synced products or breaking fulfillment.
- [Sell Digital Downloads on Shopify Instead of Etsy](https://marketplaceexit.com/sell-digital-downloads-shopify-instead-of-etsy.md): Sell digital downloads on Shopify instead of Etsy? What changes: fees, delivery, file protection, and who brings the buyer.
- [Shopify Product Image Requirements for Etsy Sellers](https://marketplaceexit.com/shopify-product-image-requirements-etsy.md): Shopify's product image requirements differ from Etsy's: size, file limits, and consistency. What to reshoot before launch.
- [Etsy Tags vs Shopify SEO: What Actually Changes](https://marketplaceexit.com/etsy-tags-vs-shopify-seo.md): Etsy tags vs Shopify SEO: they run on different engines. See what carries over, what doesn't, and how to turn
- [Shopify Store Importer for Etsy: What Actually Transfers](https://marketplaceexit.com/shopify-store-importer-etsy.md): See what the Shopify Store Importer moves from an Etsy shop, what it drops, and how to prepare your Etsy
- [Export Etsy Shop Data to CSV: What You Can Download](https://marketplaceexit.com/export-etsy-shop-data-csv.md): Learn how to export Etsy shop data as CSV, what listings and orders include, and what Etsy leaves out before
- [How to Migrate From Etsy to Shopify: Step-by-Step](https://marketplaceexit.com/how-to-migrate-from-etsy-to-shopify.md): How to migrate from Etsy to Shopify: export your listings, pick a plan, and know what changes on day one.
- [Shopify Alternatives for Etsy Sellers: Honest Cost Guide](https://marketplaceexit.com/shopify-alternatives-for-etsy-sellers.md): Compare Shopify alternatives for Etsy sellers on real cost, sourced to each platform's pricing page, so you can pick with
- [Cost of Traffic: Own Store vs Etsy Compared](https://marketplaceexit.com/cost-of-traffic-own-store-vs-etsy.md): Etsy's traffic feels free until you add it up. Compare the real cost of traffic: own store vs Etsy, fees
- [Shopify vs Etsy Fees UK: How VAT Changes the Math](https://marketplaceexit.com/shopify-vs-etsy-fees-uk-vat.md): UK and EU fees differ from the US versions, and VAT moves who owes what. Etsy and Shopify rates plus
- [Shopify Payments vs Etsy Payments Fees: Card Costs Compared](https://marketplaceexit.com/shopify-payments-vs-etsy-payments-fees.md): Etsy Payments: 3% + $0.25. Shopify Payments on Basic: 2.9% + 30¢ (US, September 2026). Where each card fee lands
- [Shopify App Costs Per Month: How the Charges Actually Work](https://marketplaceexit.com/shopify-app-costs-per-month.md): Shopify publishes no app price. How app charges are billed, read from Shopify's own help center on September 8, 2026,
- [TikTok Shop Seller Fees: What TikTok Publishes, by Market](https://marketplaceexit.com/tiktok-shop-seller-fees.md): TikTok Shop's own seller docs, read September 8, 2026: the US referral fee, the UK commission fee, category exceptions and
- [eBay Seller Fees Explained: Final Value, Insertion, Stores](https://marketplaceexit.com/ebay-seller-fees-explained.md): eBay's own fee pages, read September 8, 2026: final value fees by category, the per-order fee, insertion fees and what
- [Amazon Seller Fees Explained: What Amazon Publishes](https://marketplaceexit.com/amazon-seller-fees-explained.md): Amazon's fee stack, from the fee schedule Amazon publishes itself: plan fees, referral percentages by category, and the FBA rates
- [Etsy vs Shopify Fee Calculator: How to Use It Honestly](https://marketplaceexit.com/etsy-vs-shopify-fee-calculator.md): Our Etsy vs Shopify fee calculator takes three numbers. How to find them, check the result against official rates, and
- [Etsy to Shopify Break-Even Point: Compute Your Own](https://marketplaceexit.com/etsy-to-shopify-break-even-point.md): Published Etsy to Shopify break-even points disagree because they answer three different questions. Here are the three formulas and your
- [Etsy Offsite Ads: The 12%/15% Rule and the $10k Trap](https://marketplaceexit.com/etsy-offsite-ads-mandatory-10000.md): Etsy's Offsite Ads fee is 15%, or 12% once a shop passes $10,000. Cross that line and the opt-out is
- [Trust Signals the Marketplace Supplied, and How to Rebuild Them](https://marketplaceexit.com/make-new-shopify-store-look-trustworthy.md): Your store feels sketchy because a stranger has none of the reassurance the platform used to provide. Here is exactly
- [Does Blogging Work for a Product Store? Honestly](https://marketplaceexit.com/ecommerce-blog-worth-it-small-store.md): For most small stores the answer is yes and not for the reason it is usually sold. The three kinds
- [An Email List From Zero: The First 90 Days](https://marketplaceexit.com/email-marketing-for-new-shopify-store.md): The only channel a platform cannot take away, and the one most sellers start in month eight. What to offer,
- [Product Pages That Do Not Read Like Marketplace Listings](https://marketplaceexit.com/shopify-product-page-seo.md): A listing was written for someone already on a shopping site. A product page is written for a stranger who
- [Collection Pages: The Ranking Asset a Marketplace Never Gave You](https://marketplaceexit.com/shopify-collection-page-seo.md): A marketplace owned the category page and you rented a listing inside it. On your own store the category page
- [Keyword Strategy for a Store, Not a Listing](https://marketplaceexit.com/ecommerce-keyword-research-for-small-store.md): You already have the raw material and it is in your own order history and message inbox. A free method
- [Marketplace Search vs Google: Two Different Games](https://marketplaceexit.com/etsy-seo-vs-google-seo.md): Your keywords stopped working because they were never keywords in the second sense. What each system is actually ranking, and
- [Store SEO for Someone Who Only Knows Marketplace Search](https://marketplaceexit.com/shopify-seo-for-etsy-sellers.md): You already know more than you think, and three of the habits you learned will hurt you. What transfers from
- [Honest Timelines for Organic Traffic on a New Store](https://marketplaceexit.com/how-long-for-shopify-seo-to-work.md): Every published timeline for this is a number with no assumptions attached. Here are the six variables that decide it,
- [The Zero-Traffic Problem: What Month One Really Looks Like](https://marketplaceexit.com/new-shopify-store-no-traffic.md): Nine visits, six of them you. This is the normal shape of a new store's first month, why it happens,
- [Where Your Customers Come From After You Leave a Marketplace](https://marketplaceexit.com/how-to-get-traffic-to-shopify-store-after-etsy.md): A marketplace supplied a service you never paid for as a line item. Here is what that service was, and
- [Wanting Out vs Needing Out: Am I Deciding This in Anger?](https://marketplaceexit.com/why-sellers-quit-etsy.md): A fee change or a bad week is a reason to be angry, not a reason to move. Six questions
- [How Much Does Shopify Really Cost Per Month?](https://marketplaceexit.com/how-much-does-shopify-really-cost-per-month.md): Shopify's own pricing page, read September 2, 2026: Basic $25/mo, Grow $65/mo. Here is the verified floor, and the costs
- [Etsy Seller Fees Explained: The Whole Stack, One Sale](https://marketplaceexit.com/etsy-seller-fees-explained.md): Etsy's fees look small one at a time. Here is every fee Etsy publishes, added up on one $46 order,
- [Etsy vs Shopify Fees: What Selling Actually Costs](https://marketplaceexit.com/etsy-vs-shopify-fees.md): Etsy takes 6.5% per sale. Shopify charges a flat monthly fee. The answer is a break-even, not a winner, and
- [Rewriting Marketplace Listings as Product Pages](https://marketplaceexit.com/etsy-listing-description-to-product-page.md): Your listing copy was written inside a marketplace that answered half the buyer's questions for you. On your own store
- [Should You Open a Store Before You Leave the Marketplace?](https://marketplaceexit.com/open-shopify-store-while-still-on-etsy.md): Almost always yes, but not for the reason people give. A new store cannot be tested against an established marketplace,
- [The Honest Case for Staying on Etsy](https://marketplaceexit.com/reasons-to-stay-on-etsy.md): This site is paid when sellers leave, and this page argues against that. Four seller profiles for whom leaving now
- [How Long to Replace Etsy Income With Your Own Website](https://marketplaceexit.com/how-long-to-replace-etsy-income-own-website.md): No honest page can date this for you. Here is what the timeline is actually made of, and the three
- [Running Your Own Store vs Etsy: The Daily Difference](https://marketplaceexit.com/running-your-own-store-vs-selling-on-etsy-daily.md): What actually changes day to day when you leave Etsy for your own store, from order handling to where your
- [Migration Readiness Checklist: Are You Ready to Leave?](https://marketplaceexit.com/migration-readiness-checklist-ecommerce.md): A practical checklist to score your migration readiness across revenue, traffic, margin, operations and how much risk you can absorb.
- [How Much Revenue Before You Leave Etsy? No Fixed Number](https://marketplaceexit.com/how-much-revenue-before-leaving-etsy.md): There's no revenue number that says leave Etsy. Here's the framework of fees, margin, traffic source and list size that
- [Etsy Shop Suspended? What Happens to Your Business Next](https://marketplaceexit.com/etsy-shop-suspended-what-happens-to-my-business.md): A suspended Etsy shop freezes your listings and payouts fast. Here's what you keep access to, Etsy's own appeal steps,
- [Migrating From Etsy Too Early: Mistakes That Break Shops](https://marketplaceexit.com/migrating-from-etsy-too-early-mistakes.md): Migrating from Etsy too early has symptoms you can check. Five tests to run in your own Etsy stats, what
- [Marketplace Dependency Risk: Score Your Exposure](https://marketplaceexit.com/marketplace-dependency-risk-seller.md): Measure marketplace dependency risk as a seller with six inputs you can compute today, plus the difference between being dependent
- [Products That Only Sell on Etsy: Test Your Category](https://marketplaceexit.com/products-that-only-sell-on-etsy.md): Some products stop selling the moment the marketplace stops introducing them. A demand-origin test, four category archetypes, and what transfers.
- [7 Signs You Should Start Your Own Ecommerce Website](https://marketplaceexit.com/signs-you-should-start-your-own-ecommerce-website.md): Seven measurable signs you are ready to leave a marketplace for your own store, plus the six signals that feel
- [Is It Too Early to Leave Etsy? Four Readiness Gates](https://marketplaceexit.com/is-it-too-early-to-leave-etsy.md): There is no magic sales number for leaving Etsy. Four readiness gates you can check in an afternoon, and what
- [Should I Move From Etsy to Shopify? Honest Framework](https://marketplaceexit.com/should-i-move-from-etsy-to-shopify.md): A neutral framework for deciding whether to leave Etsy for Shopify: three verdicts, five diagnostics, and thresholds you test on
- [Why I Built MarketplaceExit](https://marketplaceexit.com/why-i-built-marketplaceexit.md): The story behind MarketplaceExit and why I believe every marketplace seller should understand their options before moving to Shopify. I