#134 Etsy Updates 2026: 3 Changes Sellers Need to Know

Change number one, shipping to the US has changed.

And this one matters particularly to UK and other non-US shops selling physical products to people within the US.

Etsy's current guidance says that from the 9th of July, 2026, Sellers shipping from outside the US to US buyers, right, are expected to use delivery duty paid or DDP.

DDP basically means that tariffs, duties and import fees are all accounted for up front rather than the customer unexpectedly asking to pay them in a weird way.

And I think for a lot of people, this is better because you're not going to get those random messages saying, oh, I've just received a letter in the post from FedEx saying I owe them like 60 quid.

Like, I think this is actually quite a good change myself.

But I'll leave that up to you.

Let me know in the comments what you think.

Etsy says that using DDP is now required for US-bound orders to qualify for Etsy purchase protection.

So Etsy is actually enforcing this.

For UK sellers specifically, Etsy is saying that Royal Mail international tracked DDP labels can also now be bought through Etsy.

Etsy also recommends just having a little gander at US specific pricing so that those extra costs don't come as a surprise.

Now, side note here, digital products are not affected by tariffs because there's no like physical item crossing the border.

The important bit here, this is not a stop selling to America.

It is simply, if you sell physical products to US buyers, you wanna make sure that you understand how your postage and how your pricing now handles those particular duties, okay? So it's not a case of, oh, shipping to the States is too complicated.

I don't know.

My personal opinion is that I actually think this DDP makes it a lot easier.

So basically all it means, DDP means everything is paid upfront.

That is all it means.