Update, 29 September 2026: the codes 1515 and 4040 have expired. They worked when this post went up on 24 September, adding 540 free listing credits between them. Etsy has since withdrawn both, and the promotions page now rejects them with "Please enter a valid promotion code".
If you already claimed them
Expiry stops new claims. It does not take back credits already on your account. Check Shop Manager → Listings for your balance: new listings draw from it before you are charged.
What the credits cover is the listing fee only, $0.20 per listing (£0.15 on the UK page). Transaction fees, payment processing and Etsy Ads are charged as normal when something sells. The full breakdown is in Etsy fees explained.
Remember the four-month clock
Every Etsy listing runs for four months. Listings made with free credits renew at the normal fee after that, unless you still have credits left. If you published a big batch in one week, it all comes up for renewal in the same week four months later, so budget for that bill now. Etsy listing renewals covers what renewing does and does not do.
Without the codes: the fee is still the cheap part
At $0.20 a listing, the fee is rarely what stops a seller posting more. The work is. Each listing needs:
- mockup photos, up to 10 of them
- a title that reads well in the 50 or so characters a buyer actually sees
- 13 tags
- a description
- a price and variations
At fifteen minutes a listing, a hundred listings is 25 hours of work against $20 of fees. That is where to save:
- Start from designs you already have. Colourways, sizes and bundles of existing designs are the fastest listings you can make, as long as each one is a real product and not a near-duplicate. See listing cannibalisation for where that line is.
- Batch the mockups. Making mockups one at a time in Photoshop is where most of those hours go. A bulk mockup tool renders every design into every frame in one run.
- Write titles against the visible cut-off. The Etsy title grader shows where your title gets truncated in search, so each listing's first 50 characters count.
How many listings should you post?
More listings mean more places to be found, but only while they are distinct products. How many Etsy listings you need walks through the numbers, and what an Etsy listing costs covers the fee side in full.
Watching for the next codes
Etsy's promotions page is where codes are entered, but it does not list them. They arrive in Etsy's own seller emails and campaigns, and they disappear without warning, so claim one the day you see it.
In short: 1515 and 4040 no longer work. Credits you already claimed are still on your account, so use them on distinct products and budget for the renewals four months on.
Frequently asked questions
Do Etsy promo codes 1515 and 4040 still work?
No. Both codes were live in late September 2026 and have since been withdrawn. Entering them on Etsy's promotions page now returns 'Please enter a valid promotion code'.
I claimed the credits before the codes expired. Do I lose them?
The expiry stops new claims. Credits already on your account show in Shop Manager under Listings, and new listings draw from that balance before you are charged.
What did the free listing credits cover?
The listing fee only: $0.20 per listing (the UK promotions page quotes it as £0.15). Transaction fees, payment processing fees and any Etsy Ads spend are charged as normal when an item sells.
Where do new Etsy promo codes appear?
Etsy's promotions page (etsy.com/uk/promotions in the UK) takes the codes, but it does not list them. They are handed out in Etsy's own emails and campaigns and are withdrawn without notice.