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Importing Line-Breaks and Symbols in Etsy Listings

Welcome to the guide on how to import line-breaks and symbols in the description field of your listings on Etsy. This guide will provide you with clear instructions and examples for enhancing your listings with formatting and symbols.

Adding Line-Breaks
To include line-breaks in your listing description -- follow these steps.

Use the short-code 
 exactly as shown. This code will create line breaks in your description field as needed.

Below is an example of how to include line-breaks in your import file:

title	description
the title	the description line one. line two of the description. line three of the description is two line-breaks down.

The resulting listing description will appear as follows.

the description line one.
line two of the description.

line three of the description is two line-breaks down.

Adding symbols
To add symbols to your listing description, you must locate the associated Unicode and add them to the import file in the format `&#xUNICODE_CODE_HERE;`.

Below is a table showing examples of symbols and their associated codes.

Symbol	Code
☀	☀
à	à
ê	ê
®	®
©	©
½	½
⌚	⌚

Click here for a list of symbols and their associated codes.

Below is an example of how to include symbols in your import file.

title	description
the title	Watch symbol: ⌚ Copyright symbol: &#x00A9; Sun symbol: &#x2600;