For embroidery shops on Etsy

Etsy Messages is a chat box. A custom embroidery order needs a form, a proof, and a payment, and Broidry puts all three in one link.

Keep your Etsy shop and the shoppers it brings. When a buyer messages “can you do this with a name on it?”, answer with a Broidry link instead of a list of questions.

The order arrives complete instead of in pieces

A Broidry order form asks for the size, the color, the spelling, the placement, and the thread before the customer can finish. In Etsy Messages you ask for each one, and the answers arrive across a week of replies.

The customer approves a picture, not a description

Broidry shows the customer a mockup of their exact piece and records the approval on the order. In a message thread the approval is a 'looks good!' you have to scroll back to find.

Payment is part of the same conversation

A Broidry quote is accepted and paid on one page, and the order moves to your stitching list on its own. Etsy Messages has no payment in it; the money happens in a listing you build afterward.

Collecting the details

Every remake starts with a detail that was never confirmed.

BroidryEtsy Messages
Required fields the customer fills in
as many as your product needs
free-text chat
Spelling confirmed by the customer before you stitch
Live preview of their text in your real fonts
Attachments
photos and stitch files on the order
3 files per message: .jpg, .gif, .pdf, .png

Approving and paying

An approval you can point to, and money that starts the clock.

BroidryEtsy Messages
Photo-real mockup the customer approves
Quote with itemized lines
built from your rate card
Payment or deposit in the same flow
card, or record cash and Venmo
through a custom listing you create
Approval and payment recorded on the order
it lives in the thread

After the yes

The conversation should turn into a schedule.

BroidryEtsy Messages
Order goes onto a stitching list sorted by due date
Customer sees status without messaging you
a tracking page per order
Etsy order status only
Thread colors and design file kept for the reorder
Works for customers who are not on Etsy
Facebook, text, email, in person

What it costs

Etsy Messages is free to use, and a custom order that closes on Etsy pays Etsy's normal fees: $0.20 to list, 6.5% of the sale, and payment processing of about 3% + $0.25. Broidry is free to start, with up to 15 orders a month and a 2% fee on payments that go through Broidry. The Maker plan ($19 a month) makes orders unlimited and drops the fee to 1.5%, and the Shop ($39) and Atelier ($79) plans add more on top. Standard card processing (2.9% + 30¢) applies to card payments the same way anywhere. The full math is on the Broidry vs Etsy page.

Etsy Messages details from Etsy's help center as of September 2026.

Next time a buyer asks “can you personalize this?”, send one link.

The customer fills in every detail, approves the mockup, and pays, and the order shows up on your stitching list with nothing missing. Your Etsy shop stays exactly where it is.

The Free plan costs nothing until your first sale, and signing up does not ask for a credit card. The Free plan covers 15 orders a month, and any month a customer pays you by card through Broidry has no limit at all.