Many Etsians have been asking for a cut and dry way to get only the important site news from Admin. The Etsy Blog is great and all, you say, but there’s so much content, it’s hard to pinpoint what’s what in the Etsy News Section.
We are up for the task, sending out the Etsy News emails as a monthly news digest. If there’s breaking, vital announcement that you need to act on, we’ll send out an additional email as an Etsy News Alert.
Just sign up for the Etsy News Emails listserve here, or by clicking on the envelope icon on the homepage of Etsy.
You will get breaking news headlines straight from Etsy Central, delivered to your email inboxes. Hello, synchronicity!
Included Topics:
- Downtime & site outages
- New site features launched
- Statistics
- Policy & legal announcements
- Important Customer Support how-to’s
- Major posts from Etsy’s founder Rob Kalin, a.k.a. Rokali
- Town Halls or other community-wide events
- Other news important enough for us to bug you
We realize the need for a swift, targeted and convenient way for Etsians to get headlines. We know your are busy and you need the headlines that will help you run your businesses on Etsy. As with any curated content, we’ll be making judgment calls on the fly as these stories break, and those calls may fall prey to human error once in a while. But we promise to do our best! Of course, we hope you’ll read the rest of the Etsy Blog too for other Etsy News on Competitions & Opportunities, as well as insightful and useful posts about Legal Info for Artists, EtsyTeams, Virtual Labs Schedule, Shop Makeover Series, etc. But these can be read at your leisure if you feel the urge…
And go subscribe here!
33 comments
Sign in to add your ownfernfiddlehead says:
Sounds good.
4 years ago
SalmonStreetStudio says:
Great idea, thanks!
4 years ago
ArtMind says:
I follow the Storque on Twitter and I find it a great way to keep updated. :)
4 years ago
bluesnailpapers says:
Yay, thank you!
4 years ago
operatic says:
Thank you for the email I'm SO glad you guys are doing this -- I think it will make a big difference to sellers here.
4 years ago
AllAboutTheButtons says:
If you get all the e-mail already do you have to re-sign up?
4 years ago
GreenMamba says:
I'm going to love this improvement! Many Thanks! Just wondering, though, if Etsy will consider e-mailing the News (just the News, as it is non-fluffy-essential-info) to all Etsy sellers, whether they've signed-up or not? It would certainly help keep everyone informed and on the same page. Might even cut down on some repeat threads in the fora . . .
4 years ago
GreenMamba says:
AllAboutTheButtons, Vanessa said in the announcement thread that no further action is required for members who are already on the News e-mail list.
4 years ago
Vanessa says:
GreenMamba, I'm not sure about your suggestion for all Etsy sellers, whether they've signed-up or not. I will ask engineering and see if it's feasible. When you send out truly massive emails (70,000 is a lot!) I think you run the danger of aol thinking you're spam. And other email providers too. There's also the Community aspect of people being upset when they get emails they didn't sign up for. We will discuss! We will look into it!
4 years ago
RaeGun says:
A step in the right direction, thanks. Yup I agree I think etsy sellers should have to opt out not opt in. ANd then when you go to opt out it should say something like "are you sure, you could miss important changes like if we change the fees." and something like "if you opt out of these emails you are responsible to go to the storque and keep up with any policy changes" And I would really prefer to get a convo from "etsynews" rather than a convo, not sure if that is feasible though
4 years ago
RaeGun says:
oops I meant rather than an email
4 years ago
beadyize says:
I think this is a fantastic idea. It's a very convenient way to be sure sellers will stay on top of the latest critical news. I try to check out the Storque & forums once or twice a week but sometimes get so busy I forget. This grabs my attention by putting the info right in front of me in my inbox. Thank you!
4 years ago
esdesigns says:
good idea, thanks
4 years ago
greygoat says:
Great stuff! Thanks for adding this feature. It's important to know new stuff soon, often by the time I catch something in the Storque I hop over to the forums and everyone's been talking about it for 24 hours and all the excitement has gone :)
4 years ago
judysnow says:
Like this so much have subscribed already thanks for doing this. You are appreciated.
4 years ago
Vanessa says:
I will ask about the seller-site-wide convo suggestion. Also, we are talking about a prompt to have people sign up for the Etsy News email alerts when they first sign up to be sellers. There are more things we can do when people are "initiated" on Etsy that would let them know where to get info.
4 years ago
GreenMamba says:
Thanks again, Vanessa! It's great to know you all are brainstorming ways to keep everyone in the loop. I love RaeGun's suggestion to have sellers manually opt-OUT, rather than having to opt-IN. I do understand the possible Spam issues, but am hopeful there will soon be a way to implement a reliable all-inclusive news-delivery system, whether by convo or by e-mail. Hip Hip Hurray! for timely communication!!
4 years ago
dancingcircle says:
Thank you! I also posted in your forum this morning that I think it's so important to have everyone get at least the first one whether they've signed up or not and then have the option to "opt out". I definitely agree it should be mandatory for new sellers to opt in or out at time of registration. Can't wait to see the first one!
4 years ago
cynthiadelgiudice says:
This link doesn't work for me: http://mailinglist.etsy.com/ Anybody else having problems?
4 years ago
paintandink says:
This is great. Thank you.
4 years ago
521art says:
Thank you I like to see how you are keeping up with all you have going on . Doing a great job .
4 years ago
RaeGun says:
Very cool. thanks for all your hard work.
4 years ago
quirkybags says:
Thank you!
4 years ago
SupergirlStickers says:
A perfect enhancement. Thank you!
4 years ago
baharcollection says:
Thank you for taking the time to look through them. Bahar Collection
3 years ago
VintageZen says:
alright!
2 years ago
jazjewels says:
Thanks! its great!!
2 years ago
2harrisons says:
Sounds like a great idea. I never seem to have time to read through everything I might like to, so this should help us,as sellers, be sure we get the most pertinent info . Thanks.
2 years ago
SweetandSassyCards says:
Sounds like a great way to keep informed
2 years ago
DevineDesignStudios says:
Great idea, will be very helpful!!!
2 years ago
OnTheRoadVintage says:
I like it!
1 year ago
sweetpeamixedmedia says:
Im new at this,just now starting to take advantage of all that you have to offer, need all the help I can get. Sounds like you are doing everything you can, to help your Etsy family.
1 year ago
sweetpeamixedmedia says:
You guys are doing a great job.I am 73 years young, I really appreciate your efforts to make it easy to follow along.BLESS YOU
1 year ago