# How to use a Righthand with Etsy

Prepare a reviewed sold-item production preparation list from approved Etsy inputs, with a worked example, complete brief, access checks, and reconciliation.

By Righthand Team · 2026-10-10

Source: https://www.righthand.ai/blog/how-to-use-righthand-with-etsy

## Quick answer

Use an Etsy sold-transactions CSV to prepare an internal production list keyed to the actual ordered item and variant. Righthand can organize the supplied slice and flag ambiguity while the shop owner retains order and customer decisions.

Start with a **sold-item production preparation list** that the shop owner can check against the original records. Righthand prepares the review artifact; the source application remains the operational record.

## Establish the input route

Etsy’s download guide distinguishes order items, orders, Etsy Payments sales, and deposits as CSV choices, selected by month and year. [Official Etsy reference](https://help.etsy.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000343508-How-to-Download-a-Spreadsheet-of-Your-Sold-Transactions), checked October 6, 2026.

The shop owner should choose the order-item file when the task needs individual items and variations. Include the chosen month, year, and CSV type with the approved extract. Supply personalization instructions only where they are necessary for this internal preparation.

Check the current [integration directory](/integrations) and [Righthand setup documentation](https://docs.righthand.ai/introduction). A listed app does not establish every read or write action. For a connected route, verify the assigned account, available operation, object scope, and one permitted sample read. This guide also works from an explicitly supplied, approved extract; it does not require an unverified native operation. Keep credentials out of the article brief.

## Worked input and output

These three records are synthetic illustrations, not customer results or a hands-on integration test.

| Approved input | Proposed review output |
| --- | --- |
| E51: two mugs; blue variation; SKU supplied | Prepare two-unit blue-mug production item with source reference |
| E52: listing title matches E51; red variation | Keep separate variation; do not merge by listing title |
| E53: personalization field conflicts with approved note | Flag owner review before production preparation |

The production list should keep variation and personalization evidence beside the quantity. E52 illustrates why a listing title is not a sufficient grouping key. E53 should identify the two conflicting sources without choosing the wording that sounds more plausible.

## A complete first-run brief

> Use an approved Etsy order-item CSV and shop production rules for October 12–16, 2026. Fields: order reference, item reference, title, SKU if present, variation, quantity, personalization reference, ordered date. At Monday 9 AM America/Los_Angeles, prepare a sold-item production preparation list as source-linked Markdown in my private review thread. Preserve record identities and the extract timestamp. Group unresolved items by next action and responsible owner. Reviewer: shop owner. Do not modify listings, promise shipping dates, issue refunds, contact buyers, or change orders. Result check: Check item counts by order and variation; compare every personalization exception with its approved source.

A permitted preparation step does not authorize a consequential write or an external send. Resolve proposed changes through the app's supported process after the responsible owner approves their exact scope.

## Reconcile before widening the task

A payment deposit file answers a settlement question and cannot substitute for order-item instructions. A missing SKU also does not authorize inventing one. Preserve the original item identity and let the owner decide how to map it to their production system.

Begin with one day’s approved orders inside the downloaded month. Have the shop owner verify the list before handing work to production. A later cancellation or changed customer instruction requires a fresh check against the current order before anyone acts.

For the first acceptance review, keep the original input slice beside the result and mark which items were checked. If access or evidence is incomplete, return that gap with its record identity rather than a confident completion statement. Review [Pricing](/pricing) using the actual preparation workload and correction effort.