How do I open a new Etsy shop after turning 18 without duplicating listings?

Hi! The safest way to “move” an Etsy shop from a parent-owned account to your own is to open your new Etsy account/shop under your legal info and then migrate listings in a clean cutover (or near-cutover)—meaning you don’t keep the same products actively listed in two shops at the same time for long. Etsy allows you to run multiple shops, but they’re strict about “duplicate shops” (multiple shops set up to look/behave the same to show up twice in search), so minimizing overlap is what keeps you safest.

Here’s the approach I’d use to reduce policy/suspension risk:

1. Set up the new shop correctly (before you copy anything)

• Create a new Etsy account with a different email and open a new shop on it.
• Add both shops to the Public Profile section of each account (this is required when you run multiple shops).
• Put your own bank/taxpayer details on the new shop (don’t reuse your parent’s identity info if you’re trying to make the new shop truly yours).

1. Plan a “no-overlap” listing migration (best practice)
   Instead of running identical listings in both shops until the new one “gains traction,” do this:

• Pick a small batch (like 5–10 listings).
• Deactivate those listings in the old shop.
• Then publish them in the new shop.
• Repeat in batches every few days/week.

This keeps you from having the same items double-listed across Etsy at the same time (which is the scenario most likely to get flagged as duplicate shop/search manipulation).

1. If you must keep the old shop “active,” keep it from looking like a duplicate shop
   If you’re worried about income dropping during the transition, you can keep the old shop open, but try to avoid having it mirror the new one:

• Don’t keep the same products live in both shops.
• Don’t copy your shop branding 1:1 (banner/logo/About text). Make the new shop clearly its own shop identity.
• If any listings must overlap briefly, at least avoid making them carbon copies (same photos, same titles, same descriptions, same pricing), because that’s what “duplicate shop” patterns look like.

1. Use “soft redirects” that stay within Etsy
   You can use the old shop to help customers find you without doing anything sketchy:

• Add a clear Shop Announcement like “We’ve moved to: [NewShopName]” (keeping it factual and not spammy).
• You can also update the old shop’s About section to explain the transition.
• If you have open orders on the old shop, keep fulfilling them there normally (don’t ask buyers to repurchase elsewhere).

1. Expect you can’t transfer history
   Etsy generally doesn’t provide a way to transfer/merge shop info, reviews, or sales history between accounts. So your new shop will start fresh—totally normal.

One extra safety tip since you mentioned you started as a minor: if anything about the old setup didn’t match Etsy’s minors requirements at the time (like whose email/name was on the account, or whether you were listed as a shop member), I’d keep this transition very “by the book” and consider asking Etsy Support the best way to document the change. You don’t need to overshare—just say you’re now 18 and want your own shop under your own details and you’re trying to avoid duplicate-shop issues.

If you tell me whether you sell physical items, digital downloads, or POD (and whether the old shop will continue operating for anything else), I can suggest the cleanest batch-migration timeline for your exact situation.