Etsy Xero integration that keeps your books in step with your stock
Etsy and Xero connect through an app: each Etsy order becomes its own draft invoice in Xero against the buyer, with the quantity on hand moved on the matching tracked item. For sellers on Etsy who would rather not retype a day’s orders into Xero. Every Etsy sale arrives as a draft invoice in the organisation you pick, and stock follows for items you post as tracked inventory. Etsy’s 32-character SKU shortens to the 30 Xero accepts as an item code on the way in. Stock stays right on the shop, and the books match the shelves without anybody typing it twice.
From $19 a month for two shops · no credit card · connected in about ten minutes · nothing changes until you say so · Updated 10 September 2026
Etsy
XeroHow to connect Etsy and Xero
Four steps and about ten minutes. The two connections are a login each; most of the time is us matching your catalogues, and nothing changes until you switch it on.
Connect Etsy
You approve QuickSync from your Etsy account for the shop you want connected.
Connect Xero
You sign in to Xero and pick the organisation. QuickSync writes to that organisation and nothing else.
Let it match your products
We line the two catalogues up by SKU, then by title, and hand you a short list of anything we could not match. You decide what happens to those.
Watch, then switch it on
Leave it watching for a few days and check the numbers agree. When you are happy, let it start making changes, one shop at a time.
What an Etsy Xero integration actually moves
One row per job, based on how QuickSync connects to Etsy and Xero today. Where a side does not allow something, the cell says so.
| What | Etsy | Xero |
|---|---|---|
| Stock count | Both ways | Both ways for tracked items, as a book figure |
| New listings | We can create and update | Not a storefront, so no listings |
| Prices | Sent, with your rule applied | Written to the item |
| Orders in | Into QuickSync | Draft invoices go in, nothing comes back |
| Tracking back | Sent to the order | Not applicable |
| Photos and options | Etsy allows two option types | Not a storefront, so no photos |
| How fast we update it | Under a second | Under a second |
| How fast it tells us | Stock every two minutes, orders every five | We check Xero every two minutes |
Running Etsy alone versus with Xero
Every Etsy sale that is not written into Xero is a stock figure and an invoice someone has to type twice, and a wrong stock figure is how you oversell. Connecting them removes that second pass.
| Two shops, run by hand | Two shops, connected |
|---|---|
| The last one sells in both shops within the same hour | Whichever shop sells it, the other one drops to match |
| Typing the same stock numbers into Etsy and Xero each morning | One count, sent to both, without anyone opening a spreadsheet |
| Changing a price means editing the same product twice | Change it once and each shop gets the price you set for it |
| Orders in two dashboards, matched up by hand at the end of the week | Every order already matched to the right product |
| A refund leaves your numbers wrong until someone notices | A refund puts the stock back and tells both shops |
| Guessing how stale each shop’s number is | A sale on Etsy is found within five minutes and Xero is corrected straight after |
One Etsy order, start to finish
Real timings, including the wait.
Etsy · order #447114:02:11Etsy41sourceXero41+0.3sCorrecting Xero takes under a second once we have the sale. The order is in your packing list with the Etsy order number on it, and a tracking number added later goes back to Etsy on its own.
There is no other direction: nothing is ever bought in Xero, so it only ever receives.
The limits: know them before you connect
Every Etsy Xero integration has constraints. These are the ones that apply here.
Etsy waits; Xero does not
A Xero sale reaches Etsy in under a second. An Etsy sale reaches Xero on our next look, which is within five minutes. Hold back a little safety stock and that window stops mattering.
Two option types on Etsy
Etsy allows two kinds of option per listing, so a product that is size, colour and material elsewhere has to fold down to two. We show you which products are affected before anything is published.
Stock moves when you say so
Xero is not a storefront, so there is no listing to publish. Stock and invoices move once you turn sync on; nothing invents a product page on Etsy.
What a Etsy order writes
One invoice per order, in draft, in your currency.
Each Etsy order becomes one draft invoice in Xero: the buyer matched or created as a contact by name and email, one line per item at the price actually paid, and the order’s own currency. It lands as a draft so you approve it in Xero the way you approve anything else; nothing is posted to your accounts behind your back.
Etsy does not announce a sale, so we find it on our next order check, up to five minutes later, and the draft invoice follows straight after. Cancel the order before you approve the invoice and the draft is removed. Anything you have already approved is yours to credit in Xero.
Stock needs tracked items, and Xero is checked on a timer
Two things to set up before the stock figure means anything.
Invoices work from the first connection. Stock does not move until you switch on Track inventory in QuickSync’s Xero settings and pick three accounts from your chart of accounts: an inventory asset account, a cost of goods sold account and an inventory adjustment account. From then on a Etsy sale takes one off the tracked Xero item, and each change we write arrives as a bill or credit note against a QuickSync Inventory Adjustment contact, because that is how Xero moves a tracked quantity.
Nothing sells in Xero, so there is no sale there for us to hear about. What can change in Xero is the quantity itself, and Xero does not tell us when it does; we check every two minutes and send the new figure on to Etsy. Etsy’s 32-character SKU shortens to the 30 Xero accepts as an item code on the way in, so codes that only differ after character thirty collide.
Two shops fits the smallest plan
Your catalogue size picks the plan, and your plan price covers two connected shops with every shop after that adding it again. Three shops on Lite is $38 a month.
Lite
$19/mo for two shops1,000 items and up to eight connected integrations, with stock matched on both sides automatically. Enough for Etsy and Xero on their own, at $19 a month for the two.
Pro
$29/mo for two shops2,500 items and up to eight connected integrations. Listings and orders sync here as well as stock. Most sellers running two shops properly end up here.
Ultra at $69 and Ultra+ at $99 add larger catalogues, price rules and setup help. Every plan starts with a 14-day free trial and no card.
Questions people ask about this pair
How quickly does Xero update after something sells on Etsy?
Within five minutes. Etsy has no way of telling us the moment a sale happens, so we check it on a short timer instead. Once we have the sale, correcting Xero takes under a second. The other direction is much quicker: Xero tells us straight away. If either shop has an outage, we hold the update and retry until it goes through.
Does Etsy integrate with Xero?
Through an app rather than a built-in link. QuickSync writes each Etsy order into Xero as a draft invoice against the customer and, once you have switched on tracked inventory, moves the quantity on hand on the matching item, so the books follow the shop without anyone retyping the day’s sales.
Will anything flow back from Xero to Etsy?
Orders never do: Xero takes invoices in and sends nothing back out, by design. A quantity you edit on a tracked item in Xero does reach Etsy, on our next two-minute check. Your Etsy listings, prices and photos are never touched from the ledger.
What do I need to set up in Xero first?
Nothing for invoices; connect and they start arriving as drafts. For stock, open QuickSync’s Xero settings, switch on Track inventory and choose an inventory asset, a cost of goods sold and an inventory adjustment account. If your chart of accounts has none of a kind, add it in Xero and reopen the settings.
How quickly does an Etsy sale reach Xero?
Within about five minutes. Etsy does not announce a sale, so we find it on the next order check and write the draft invoice straight after. Sending to Xero is the quick half; finding out is the slow one.
Do my Etsy products show up as listings in Xero?
No. Xero is your books, not a storefront, so there is nothing to list. We write the item and the quantity as a bookkeeping figure, and orders arrive as invoices.
Do prices sync from Etsy to Xero?
One way, yes. The price you set on Etsy is written to the matching item in Xero, so the books read what you actually charge. Xero never writes a price back, so that number stays yours to set on Etsy.
Does the tracking number go back to Etsy?
Yes, to Etsy. When you add a tracking number to an order we send it back and the buyer gets the shop’s normal notification. Xero holds the invoice rather than the buyer, so there is nobody there to notify.
Do orders flow both ways with Xero?
No. An Etsy sale becomes an invoice in Xero. Nothing is imported back out of Xero into your shops; it is a one-way accounting sink by design.
What do I have to set up before stock syncs to Xero?
Stock moves for items posted as tracked inventory. Switch on Track inventory in QuickSync’s Xero settings and pick an inventory asset, cost of goods sold and inventory adjustment account from your chart of accounts; until then invoices sync and stock does not.
What happens if I refund an Etsy order?
The stock goes back on Etsy and the quantity on the books updates with it. Handle the invoice credit in Xero the way you normally would; we keep the quantity right, not your accountant’s credit-note workflow.
Which plan do I need for Etsy and Xero?
Lite covers Etsy and Xero. Lite is $19 a month for two shops and holds 1,000 items, with up to eight connected integrations. You would move up a plan for catalogue size, and your bill goes up by another $19 if you connect a third shop.
Selling somewhere else as well?
Each combination has its own page, including the limits that apply to that pair, not a generic Etsy write-up with the logo swapped.
Or read about one shop on its own
Every channel has a page covering exactly what syncs, what does not, and how fast.
Connect Etsy and Xero and watch one correct the other
Make one test sale and watch the other shop’s count drop. If it doesn’t work the way this page describes, you’ve spent ten minutes and no money.
No credit card required
Setup guides for this pair
Connect each shop with its own walkthrough, then come back to this page for how Etsy and Xero stay in step.