How To Make A Treasury

What Is An Etsy Treasury?

Treasuries are a member-curated shopping gallery of handpicked items. In the past, only a certain amount of treasuries could be made at any one time, which made making a treasury time consuming.  Now there is a new treasury called Treasury East which has changed all that.

Why Create A Treasury?

The biggest reason : Any treasury created has the potential to be featured on Etsy's Front Page.  This is a big deal!  Imagine having one of your Etsy Shop items on Etsy's home page where everyone visiting could see it.

Even if a treasury is not featured on Etsy's Front Page, it still gets exposure.  Many people (buyers and sellers) browse treasuries.

Treasury East

The new Treasury East (beta) has no limits to how many treasuries you can make and no expiration date.  Anyone can create a Treasury East at any time.

Example Of A Treasury:

This treasury, "Gifts From The Woods Of Vermont" was created by Kelly Todd owner of All Things Simple Etsy Shop.  Every item in this Treasury comes from a MIVEST's member's shop.

How To Make A Treasury East Using MIVEST Members' Shop Items

First: Go to Treasury East. There you will see a lists of treasuries that Etsy members have created.

Second: Click on + New Treasury.   This will take you to the "Create A New Treasury" page.

Next: Go to our MIVEST blog and find the "Members Etsy Shops" link section on the right hand side of the blog.

In separate browser tabs, open up some of the members' shop links.

Now browse through some of the member shops to get inspiration as to what you want your treasury theme to be.  Once you have decided that, you can create your title and description on the "Create A New Treasury List" page. You can change the title and description at any time right up until you post your treasury.

Here is the title and description of the treasury I am making.

Next: Select an item from one of the MIVEST members shop that you want to put in your treasury.  Copy the URL of the item you have selected.  Now paste the URL below one of the boxes on the "Create A New Treasury List" page. As soon as you do that, the picture of the item you've selected will appear in the box above.  The first item I have selected is Russian Serpentine Doily Earrings from Inspired Jewelry by Ann Burke Etsy Shop.

Keep doing this until you have all the boxes filled.  You can delete any of the items by hovering over the picture and selecting "Delete."  To move items around, drag and drop an image into a different box.  The picture that was occupying that box will automatically be moved to another box.

Once you are finished creating and editing your treasury, click on "Save This List" in the bottom right corner.

That is all there is to making a Treasury East!

The treasury I've used as an example can be found here.

Once your treasury is finished, send the link to it into the MIVEST group so the rest of us can see your creation.