- On Etsy, Alchemy is a feature that allows buyers to request custom items from sellers and give sellers a way to send bids to buyers.

- This allows someone who is great at custom design to give their customers an easy way to request custom items.

- In order to enable Alchemy in your Etsy account, first click on Your Etsy and then Appearance.

- Now you can enable the option to allow custom requests and then create a custom announcement that will go to all buyers who visit your Alchemy page.

- You can also leave a message that will go out to all of your buyers, regardless of whether or not you enable Alchemy.

- When someone wants to request something custom from you they'll have that option in your shop.

- Your potential buyer can simply fill out a detailed request and then you'll see that you have a message and that it's Alchemy.

- You can read their request and accept it, then you can place a bid for how much you think it will cost you to make it along with shipping charges.

- You can add more descriptions of what you'll make, how you'll ship it and how payment will be received.

- Place your bid and then the customer can choose to accept it.

- Alchemy makes it easy for you to create custom works for people, and that's a great way to make money.