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Etsy Requires AI Disclosure for Digital Product Listings

As part of a wider tightening of originality rules, Etsy now requires sellers to disclose when artificial intelligence played a role in creating a digital product, alongside a new ban on real fur across the marketplace.

etsy.com/policy-updates
PlatformEtsy
ImpactMedium
EffectiveFebruary 10, 2026
StatusMonitor

What's changing

The disclosure requirement targets digital product listings specifically - print-on-demand templates, digital art, planners - where AI-generated content has become common, and it's paired with a broader originality crackdown alongside the real fur ban. Etsy has signaled more enforcement is coming as it tries to protect its handmade, original-goods positioning against a flood of AI-generated listings.

Who's affected: Sellers of digital products (templates, printables, digital art) that involve AI tools anywhere in the creation process.

What to do about it

  • Review current digital product listings and add AI disclosure where a tool was used in creation.
  • Document your creation process for any listing where AI involvement might be ambiguous.
  • Watch for further originality-policy enforcement, since this round is described as a first step.
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