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Tech Update: Bookmark and Share


Story by sean11, twokb, zakj Published on December 30, 2008 in Etsy News	Photo by pommesfrites

UPDATE 11/5/09: Sharing is back! Look for our better, stronger, faster share module on item listing pages, shop pages and public favorites pages. With it you can easily share Etsy pages on Facebook, Twitter, Kaboodle, Tumblr or StumbleUpon.

UPDATE 10/27/09: This feature has been disabled temporarily. Learn more here.

Now on every item listing page, shop page and Etsy blog post, you can use pre-installed social bookmarking options to share and spread the cool stuff you find on Etsy. Whether you're into Twitter, StumbleUpon, Facebook, MySpace, Google Bookmarks, Kaboodle, Stylehive, Delicious, ThisNext or Digg, we've got you covered.

Look for the link that says "Bookmark and share" at the bottom of blog posts like this one or under Page Tools on item listing pages and shop pages:

Click it to pop open a box with options and start sharing!

Social bookmarking and social shopping sites are web tools people use to keep track of items—be it news headlines or things they want to buy or just point out to their friends. Which one of these social bookmarking sites is right for you? It's your call. They're all a little bit different, and you can always use different accounts to suit your different purposes. We've done some posts on these tools here on the Etsy blog, which might help you get started.

If you're in the know, post in the comments below with your tips!

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Dec. 30, 2008 at 4:54 p.m.

PetitPoulailler

is off to Twitter

Dec. 30, 2008 at 4:57 p.m.

PetitPoulailler

it works :)

Dec. 30, 2008 at 4:59 p.m.

pawandclawdesigns

wonderful! there are so many cool items i see i'd like to tweet :)

Dec. 30, 2008 at 5 p.m.

ElsiesAttic

How wonderful.... :) Thanks

{{Petit ... you twitter... I'll Stumble}}} LOL ;)

Dec. 30, 2008 at 5 p.m.

LaveMeSoapCo

interesting...

Dec. 30, 2008 at 5 p.m.

KisforCalligraphy

great new feature! off to waste time bookmarking! LOL
thank you!

Dec. 30, 2008 at 5:07 p.m.

AlloverArt

FANTASTIC!! I'm going to try it now. :)

Dec. 30, 2008 at 5:09 p.m.

foreverandaday

Wonderful! --- now Im Gonna' go try it on twitter : ) ---

Dec. 30, 2008 at 5:10 p.m.

timesandchimes

Yay! Can't wait to try!

Dec. 30, 2008 at 5:11 p.m.

MadeByLaura

So cool!! Love this Thanks :)

Dec. 30, 2008 at 5:13 p.m.

quirkybags

Nice feature.

Dec. 30, 2008 at 5:15 p.m.

shoofly

I noticed that today, very cool!

Dec. 30, 2008 at 5:15 p.m.

MelissasMelange

Great feature for networking. Thanks for letting us know!

Dec. 30, 2008 at 5:17 p.m.

sleepingcatbeads

great way to bring some stuff to facebook!

Dec. 30, 2008 at 5:18 p.m.

purplelemondesigns

Great! I am really going to use this!

Dec. 30, 2008 at 5:23 p.m.

Thompsondesigns

I can’t seem to add things to my Favorite Items on Etsy??

How do you do that using this new button?

Dec. 30, 2008 at 5:25 p.m.

piperewan

wow!

Dec. 30, 2008 at 5:25 p.m.

SalvageNation

and just when I didn't think I could find another way to annoy my facebook friends !! I'm going to wear them down now until they all sign up with etsy accounts.

Really cool feature.

Dec. 30, 2008 at 5:27 p.m.

KnitzAndFeltz

Thanks for the info! Time to become more techno saavy!

Dec. 30, 2008 at 5:28 p.m.

sweetirie

Weee! I thought I noticed something new in my shop! Thank you guys!

Dec. 30, 2008 at 5:37 p.m.

stephaniegibson

Very fun! Thank you!

Dec. 30, 2008 at 5:39 p.m.

BluCille

Neat stuff.

Dec. 30, 2008 at 5:45 p.m.

stellaloella

Thompsondesigns says: "I can’t seem to add things to my Favorite Items on Etsy?? How do you do that using this new button?"

This new Bookmark & Share feature is for sharing your Etsy finds on other sites. To add something to your Etsy Favorites, use the traditional "Add seller/item to favorites" link a little higher up on the sidebar.

Dec. 30, 2008 at 5:54 p.m.

steel

Woo. Started using it as soon as I noticed it! Rockin.

Dec. 30, 2008 at 6:11 p.m.

DAINTYCROCHETBYALY

it looks great!! :-) nice job! I like these options!! :-)

Dec. 30, 2008 at 6:16 p.m.

ennadoolf

great new options!

Dec. 30, 2008 at 6:33 p.m.

stoopidgerl

neato! :O)

Dec. 30, 2008 at 6:39 p.m.

lpdesigns

very nice!

Dec. 30, 2008 at 6:40 p.m.

lpdesigns

i use twitter and thisnext. i somehow became a maven on thisnext. it's a cool site, not sure i have many tips, tho. i'm there as 'rjax'.

Dec. 30, 2008 at 6:45 p.m.

faeriesfolly

I noticed the new button, but hadn't tried it out yet. ;) Definitely need to get to tweeting. haha. Awesome idea!

Dec. 30, 2008 at 6:46 p.m.

faeriesfolly

(Also those bookmarks are all so unique. Great choices!)

Dec. 30, 2008 at 7:13 p.m.

MaisyandAlice

brilliant!!

Dec. 30, 2008 at 7:43 p.m.

polkadotdreams

Wow! That is so AWESOME! Kudos to whoever came up with that idea!

Dec. 30, 2008 at 7:49 p.m.

larkspurfunnyfarm

You are making it too easy for this country gal to step into this century - I guess I should thank you !

Dec. 30, 2008 at 7:50 p.m.

theRasilisk

I knew something was different!!! :)

Dec. 30, 2008 at 8:24 p.m.

TheSingingBird

thank you :)

Dec. 30, 2008 at 8:43 p.m.

InuInspirations

cool!

Dec. 30, 2008 at 9:38 p.m.

bellajean

Hooray!!!

Dec. 30, 2008 at 9:46 p.m.

PiperBags

As an avid reader of 3 or more books at a time, bookmarks are my lifeline to where I left off.
Now with this new feature, my Facebook friends are going to be enlightened to the wonder that is Etsy!!

Dec. 30, 2008 at 10:01 p.m.

PoPkO

oh i just noticed that! I wondered how long it had been there. lovely! and that silver bookmark is lovely too (and not only because my big sis made it either i swear!)

Dec. 30, 2008 at 10:01 p.m.

KMCdesigns

Coolio :) I'm off to play with it now!

Dec. 30, 2008 at 10:16 p.m.

pennyshopgirl

ahhh, that's what it is...

Dec. 30, 2008 at 10:16 p.m.

daniellexo

So excited to shout about my favorites from the internet rooftops! Great work sean11, twokb, & zakj!

Dec. 30, 2008 at 10:50 p.m.

thecraftykitten

Too freaking awesome!! Love it!

Dec. 30, 2008 at 11:28 p.m.

ArtWhims

great bookmarks and great idea! I used it today to share on twitter!

Dec. 31, 2008 at 12:07 a.m.

Nikifashion

I love it! Thanks!

Dec. 31, 2008 at 12:13 a.m.

cocoachuchu

nice!

Dec. 31, 2008 at 1:13 a.m.

kricketbee

cool! :)

Dec. 31, 2008 at 1:37 a.m.

raegunfabric

very cool

Dec. 31, 2008 at 1:41 a.m.

SerendipityByErin

Great tool... I noticed it this morning and thought it was new but wasn't sure!

Dec. 31, 2008 at 2:22 a.m.

jewelrybyallison

I noticed it today and have been having fun with it all day, lets get out great etsy items out there!

Dec. 31, 2008 at 4:44 a.m.

surly

Killer! Way to go Etsy!!!

Dec. 31, 2008 at 8:40 a.m.

fantasybeader

Now I need to get twitter :-)
Been putting it off.

Dec. 31, 2008 at 9:23 a.m.

zlanarama

Thank you thank you THANK YOU! Such a fabulous, sorely-needed feature! You guys rock.

Dec. 31, 2008 at 9:57 a.m.

meeabee

This is great!! I can't wait to be able to add stuff to Blogger, will that be on the list?

Dec. 31, 2008 at 10:04 a.m.

colorshoppestudio

Great tool! Thank you.

Dec. 31, 2008 at 10:39 a.m.

LaireMarie

I really need to get up to speed with all of this!

Dec. 31, 2008 at 11:07 a.m.

breadandroses2

Etsy, you forgot something important: On copyrighted items/sites, don't forget to advise Etsy users to first contact seller for permission to copy, reproduce or use content. If copyright prohibits reproduction of content, content should not be copied in any way, even for social sites, etc. Lots of folks still don't understand copyright and this will make protecting copyrights that much more difficult.

Dec. 31, 2008 at 11:22 a.m.

pogoshop

Thank you, thank you for this great new feature! Etsy just keeps getting better!

Dec. 31, 2008 at 12:11 p.m.

zombuki

Wonderful! Yay for Etsy and new things to play with!

Dec. 31, 2008 at 1:02 p.m.

jillhannah

This is completely and totally awesome. I was ThisNext-ing the hell out of Etsy stuff all up to and during the holidays, and now it's so much easier and more encouraged! Yee-haw!

Dec. 31, 2008 at 3:32 p.m.

kingofmythrone

Thanks for this.

Dec. 31, 2008 at 3:41 p.m.

Mireio

This is FANTASTIC! I do a weekly twitter cast called "The Best of Etsy" and my work just got a whole lot easier. :D THANK YOU!

Dec. 31, 2008 at 4:51 p.m.

art2theextreme

Going to try it out now! Thanks!

Jan. 1, 2009 at 9:53 a.m.

sweensie

Fantastic idea, just twittered about it!

Jan. 1, 2009 at 10:40 a.m.

ReneeSuich

Yeah,,we needed this, thanks

Jan. 1, 2009 at 12:34 p.m.

jodieflowers

neato boneato!

Jan. 1, 2009 at 12:43 p.m.

LaCometaLab

Thanks :)

Jan. 1, 2009 at 1:05 p.m.

retrothreadz

Great idea ~ great update etsy

Jan. 1, 2009 at 1:15 p.m.

RunzwithScissors

This is a great feature. Unfortunately, for the Facebook version, it says "Buy...." and shows a $$ price. That is way too spammy for Facebook, and will turn off the friends and family who are subjected to the admonition to "BUY!" Is there anyway to modify that for Facebook, which is not a marketing venue?

otherwise, it's great for Twitter (the tinyurl), and MySpace, which is super spammy as it is.

But Facebook isn't, and the text is really inappropriate.

Jan. 1, 2009 at 3:41 p.m.

alterdesigns

I think you can adjust the wording and remove buy and pricing when posting...

Jan. 1, 2009 at 5:42 p.m.

threepeats

Oh no! More tech stuff I have to get saavy about!

Jan. 2, 2009 at 6:22 a.m.

sassalynne

Off to twitter!

Jan. 2, 2009 at 10:55 a.m.

storybeader

I was just introduced to social bookmarking through Timothy Adams Designs. Hadn't seen this, on etsy, yet. I guess it's the new and upcoming way to get your posts and pages out to the public! Good luck, everyone!

Jan. 2, 2009 at 2:05 p.m.

roseworksjewelry

Very cool! Thanks :)

Jan. 3, 2009 at 11:55 a.m.

AlisonDuBois

Hey Thanks!! Fantastic :)

Jan. 4, 2009 at 10:20 a.m.

mloartwear

I just noticed it and retrieved it in forums, it is great!
Thank you!
How about true bookmarks too!
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?...

Jan. 4, 2009 at 10:51 a.m.

waxandwool

Am new to the social bookmarking phenom, but will give this a try!

Jan. 5, 2009 at 12:55 a.m.

mylittlejo

Great feature!

Jan. 5, 2009 at 1:03 p.m.

SimplySusanJewelry

great onfo-tx

Jan. 5, 2009 at 7:42 p.m.

hempandmore

I am ON it! :-)

Jan. 9, 2009 at 2:32 p.m.

sean11

@RunzwithScissors, thanks for the heads-up. We removed the "Buy" text from the Facebook version.

Feb. 8, 2009 at 11:14 a.m.

Goofingoff

Thanks for the post. I finally got it right!! Whoohoo!

Feb. 10, 2009 at 4:35 p.m.

chickmunkfunk

hmmm...interesting, i'll have to see how this pans out for me

Feb. 26, 2009 at 10:11 p.m.

AWEshop

I had no idea there even were so many places to social network! and thinking about it, this is probably only a fraction of what's out there...

March 12, 2009 at 12:12 p.m.

BritmericaLane

Have had Twitter for a few days now, and keep learning more and more how to use it.
Glad I read this article - going to try it out.
Anything that to help sales!

May 3, 2009 at 4:09 p.m.