Catch Etsy policy risks in your listings and messages before you publish, with checks that run on your own computer.
Get Pro See pricingListing Guard is a Chrome extension for Etsy sellers. While you edit a listing, a small panel reviews your wording and offers a "Try instead" suggestion for each finding.
Emails and phrases like "pay by PayPal" or "order directly" that push buyers away from Etsy.
A list of 1,362 protected brand and character names. Ambiguous words like Coach or Apple are flagged only when brand context is nearby.
Prohibited-item terms in titles, descriptions and tags.
Title and tag wording that often causes trouble, with a one-click "Copy safe version" that goes to your clipboard only.
Finds QR codes in your listing photos that point away from Etsy.
Warns while you type to a buyer if you ask them to pay or talk outside Etsy, with safe reply ideas. It never blocks, edits or sends your message.
Drop in the listings CSV that Etsy lets you download and get your whole shop ranked by risk, with counts per category. The file never leaves your computer.
Experimental and off by default. Only after you tick "Enable shop scan" and click Scan, it reads a shop's public pages from your browser (50 listings per run, one request every 2.5 seconds). Etsy's Terms prohibit automated scraping and Etsy may restrict your account, so use it at your own risk.
Guidance, not a guarantee. Etsy decides what is allowed. A clean result does not promise a listing will not be reviewed or removed, and a warning does not mean it will be. The rules are simple pattern checks and can miss things or flag harmless text.
Pro is a subscription sold through Lemon Squeezy and unlocked with a license key. See the terms of sale.
Yes. Your listing text, messages, CSV and photos are processed in your browser. Nothing is uploaded to us or anyone else. It never types into Etsy fields and never publishes or sends anything for you.
Only if you use Pro: your license key and a device name are sent to Lemon Squeezy to check the license. For the photo QR check, the extension downloads your listing photos from Etsy's image server and decodes them in memory. No analytics, no tracking. See the privacy policy.
No. Listing Guard is an independent tool, not affiliated with, endorsed or certified by Etsy, Inc. Etsy is a trademark of Etsy, Inc.
No. It is advisory guidance. Etsy makes the final call.
Anytime, in the Lemon Squeezy customer portal. See the terms.
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