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Tech Update: Related Items on Sold Listings
Story by kfarrell, marymary, TechUpdates
Published on July 16, 2008 in Etsy News 		Photo by bethberg

Dear Sellers,

We're happy to announce a new feature on Etsy: your sold listing pages will now show available related items. This means whenever shoppers come across one of your sold items, they'll see three items currently for sale from your shop. So if a shop is featured on a blog or website and your items sells out, the buyer is immediately shown other items from that seller still available for purchase. And if there's an item that has the exact same title, that one will be shown first to make it easy for buyers to find.

Here's a peek at what it might look like from a shopper's perspective:

 

FAQ's

Q. Where will I see related items?
A. Related items will appear on the listing and transaction pages of sold items. So any way a buyer gets to a sold item's page, they'll see related items from that shop. The only place you won't see related items is if you are a seller looking at your own sold listing, or if there are no other items in a shop.  

Q. How many items will show in the related items?
A. Up to three related items will show on your sold listings pages at one time.  If there are less than three items to show, we'll show as many as are available.  If there are no items to show, then the page will appear in the same way sold listings originally appeared — without this new feature.

Q. How does Etsy choose which items to show for each sold item?
A. First off, we search the shop for an item with the exact same title as the sold item. If there is an exact title match, we'll show that first. If there's more than one match, we'll just show the first one. After that, we pull from the seller's featured items; this will help give the seller a little control over what may appear on their sold listings pages.  Finally, if there are no featured listings in the shop, we show the seller's most recently listed items. 

Q. What if there are no active listings in a shop?
A. No related items will appear on the sold items page if there are no active listings in the shop at that time.

 If you'd like to discuss this feature in detail, please see the forum thread. For more announcements about site features, please check out the TechUpdates featured column.

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July 16, 2008 at 3:24 p.m. KathrynRiechert

Thank you for this feature!

July 16, 2008 at 3:24 p.m. vitamini

What a cool feature! Thanks!

July 16, 2008 at 3:24 p.m. vaeda

I'm very happy about this!
:D

July 16, 2008 at 3:24 p.m. chakrapennywhistle

This is great! Thanks:)

July 16, 2008 at 3:25 p.m. sassalynne

This sounds a really good idea. Tnanks

July 16, 2008 at 3:26 p.m. KellyLovesWhales

This is AWESOME! Thank you ETSY!!

July 16, 2008 at 3:27 p.m. JustAnotherDay

wow, this is a pretty neat feature i must say. glad you pointed out the blog feature part, that has happened to me a lot in the past while looking for stuff people put on their blogs!

July 16, 2008 at 3:27 p.m. katelynjane

Very cool feature!!

July 16, 2008 at 3:27 p.m. solidio

sa-weet

July 16, 2008 at 3:29 p.m. CreationsbyCat

Thanks for this wonderful feature!

July 16, 2008 at 3:30 p.m. walkonthemoon

WOW! Fantastic!!!!!

July 16, 2008 at 3:31 p.m. MagpieCollections

SWEET FEATURE

July 16, 2008 at 3:33 p.m. theRocketWorkshop

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

July 16, 2008 at 3:35 p.m. knitstyle

Wow! What a great feature. Thank you, Etsy!

July 16, 2008 at 3:37 p.m. vistahsoap

interesting!

July 16, 2008 at 3:41 p.m. foodchic

Great feature! Glad someone thought of that

July 16, 2008 at 3:46 p.m. triciamckellar

Wow! Thanks!!! :)

July 16, 2008 at 3:49 p.m. girlsavage

Hey, very cool feature!
Thanks!

July 16, 2008 at 3:50 p.m. dmollison

Thank you ;)

July 16, 2008 at 3:52 p.m. SleepingForest

Great idea - thanks!

July 16, 2008 at 3:55 p.m. hattielicious

Thanks! ^_^

July 16, 2008 at 3:57 p.m. OneHappyTree

Love it!!!

July 16, 2008 at 3:58 p.m. sarawearsskirts

This rules super hard. Thanks, engineers!

July 16, 2008 at 3:59 p.m. MetalheartDesign

love it, thank you!!!

July 16, 2008 at 4:05 p.m. kimonomomo

Excellent! This is a wonderful tool for buyers.

July 16, 2008 at 4:07 p.m. mmmfiber

Hey - I like it! Makes a lot of sense.

July 16, 2008 at 4:14 p.m. BululuStudio

Thanks sooooooooo much. (Clap Clap) Cool Feature.

July 16, 2008 at 4:25 p.m. LoucheLab

It's a really good idea, however, I just saw it on a listing and were pretty appealed by the design of this - it's so huge! to me that goes totally against Etsy minimalist design, it actually felt like the visual equivalent of someone yelling in my ear.

So I'm happy, but not as happy as I would have been if this was about 20% in size then it is now...

July 16, 2008 at 4:26 p.m. JennMaruskaDesign

YAY!!!! I like this feature! Thank you.
: )

July 16, 2008 at 4:26 p.m. cutiefruity

Wonderful! I sell the same thing over and over, after people have hearted it. This will let those who come back to my shop know that all is not lost! There are more available!

July 16, 2008 at 4:28 p.m. relovedboutique

Very cool feature!

July 16, 2008 at 4:31 p.m. Karmacrochet

sweeet!

July 16, 2008 at 4:32 p.m. juliepeach

thannkkk yooou! loving it!

July 16, 2008 at 4:32 p.m. kjcowan

Awesome feature! Thanks Etsy :)

July 16, 2008 at 4:39 p.m. stephaniegibson

Thank you! I am thrilled!

July 16, 2008 at 4:50 p.m. juliebcreative

LOVE IT!!!!

July 16, 2008 at 4:51 p.m. nowvember

I am crazy excited about this, though I may need to tone down my perpetual item-title tweaking.
Thanks Etsy!

July 16, 2008 at 4:54 p.m. jjceramics

great idea! thanks etsy.

July 16, 2008 at 5 p.m. luchi

Very cool! I like this!

July 16, 2008 at 5:06 p.m. lachapina

Very good idea.

July 16, 2008 at 5:16 p.m. juicychristians

love it!

July 16, 2008 at 5:26 p.m. farrellb

Count me in on the praise...Well done!

July 16, 2008 at 5:27 p.m. Theothersister

Excellen feature! Well done!

July 16, 2008 at 5:43 p.m. dgordon

wow wow wow!!! GREAT idea!!! Thanks!!!!

July 16, 2008 at 5:53 p.m. edithweezie

Thanks Etsy, I heart you more today than yesterday.

July 16, 2008 at 5:58 p.m. spongetta

Great change! Thank you!

July 16, 2008 at 6:01 p.m. cicrafts

I like it, I like it!

July 16, 2008 at 6:03 p.m. soap

yay! :)

July 16, 2008 at 6:12 p.m. Solanah

Very cool idea, thank you!

July 16, 2008 at 6:14 p.m. GreenSpaceGoods

Nice. Thanks :)

July 16, 2008 at 6:34 p.m. blockpartypress

Love that! Thanks!

July 16, 2008 at 6:34 p.m. SalmonStreetStudio

Yay, this is useful.
(and SO glad it is only OUR own other items and not the item's from other shops)

July 16, 2008 at 6:35 p.m. SalmonStreetStudio

oh, and thanks!
should be a win win win (buyers/sellers/Etsy)

July 16, 2008 at 6:41 p.m. siiri

A great new feature! Many thanks!

July 16, 2008 at 6:50 p.m. Whimbrella

This is a terrific update. Thank you guys for instituting it.

July 16, 2008 at 7:02 p.m. daniellexo

This is GREAT GREAT GREAT. I love you Etsy Engineers and Product team!

July 16, 2008 at 7:19 p.m. monkeypowered

that's a big YAY! thanks!

July 16, 2008 at 7:29 p.m. GracefulBabies

Another great etsy feature!! Just when I thought I couldnt love it anymore....I fall harder :)

July 16, 2008 at 7:39 p.m. SylviaAnderson

This is awesome!! Thanks for another great added feature! :)

July 16, 2008 at 7:41 p.m. curlyfrysc

If it's not exact (title) please let it pick matching words in the title. my sold Halloween items have a related search of my most recently listed rather than the other Halloween items in my shop.

Thanks. This is a great idea but needs to be more refined!

July 16, 2008 at 7:48 p.m. palomasnest

love it love it love it

July 16, 2008 at 8:12 p.m. RubyBeets

How Cool! Thank you for this great Feature!

July 16, 2008 at 8:17 p.m. wiredoriginals

sweet! Now if I could just sell something :)

July 16, 2008 at 8:29 p.m. alteredvintage

SOooooo A M A Z I N G!!!
Keep up the great work guys and gals!!!
;)

You ALL rock!
xo
>s + J

July 16, 2008 at 9:08 p.m. ArgyleWhale

wow! I am so happy to have this. I've wanted it ever since I had my first big feature and "sold out" of prints that I had many of. It hurt so I'm glad you've invented this sweet customer keeping device!

July 16, 2008 at 9:32 p.m. ennadoolf

This is a great feature!

July 16, 2008 at 9:33 p.m. blackmustard

This is an awesome feature! Thanks for bringing this into being for us and for buyers!

July 16, 2008 at 10:09 p.m. gretchenmist

great!

July 16, 2008 at 10:11 p.m. backwoodsophisticate

Oh, I like this a lot!! Thanks!

July 16, 2008 at 10:58 p.m. ValKinman

This is great, thanks!

July 16, 2008 at 11:52 p.m. photoglassworks

Very cool! Thank you!

July 17, 2008 at 12:23 a.m. MikeandMary

This is a great feature. Thank you!

July 17, 2008 at 1:05 a.m. re4mado

BRILLIANT feature! Bravo!

July 17, 2008 at 1:33 a.m. boygirlparty

this is SO SO S OS OSOSOSOS OS OSO SO SO SO AWESOME. thank you!

July 17, 2008 at 3:02 a.m. tizzalicious

That's really awesome, thank you! :)

July 17, 2008 at 4:10 a.m. babastudioPrague

I like this feature a lot - many thanks!

July 17, 2008 at 5:05 a.m. mystudio

This is such a great idea.
Thank you.

July 17, 2008 at 7:23 a.m. hobbledehoy

that's fabulous!

July 17, 2008 at 7:24 a.m. JTsBoutique

Toot Toot!!!!

July 17, 2008 at 8:07 a.m. Sallyent

I loves it I tell ya

July 17, 2008 at 8:11 a.m. dragonhouseofyuen

That's a good marketing tool - and I know that looking at sold items already means someone is interested in your work.
So - great idea! Since I have joined etsy there have been some great improvements to this site.
thanks

July 17, 2008 at 8:32 a.m. louloubell

i LIKE it! This is a fantastic idea!

July 17, 2008 at 8:52 a.m. futurowoman

Very rad! Thanks so much :)

July 17, 2008 at 9:28 a.m. westcorinthstudio

Oh, this is terrific! Thank you!

July 17, 2008 at 9:38 a.m. AnthroPoMorphCo

oh wow! thank you so much!

July 17, 2008 at 9:41 a.m. KimsCustomCaps

Now this is cool! THANKS!!!!

July 17, 2008 at 9:49 a.m. wildflowerdesigns

very exciting, thanks!

July 17, 2008 at 9:54 a.m. Salzanos

You guys are always working so hard for us, thank you all very much. It is very appreciated.

July 17, 2008 at 10:07 a.m. magnoliastreet

As a frequent buyer and (less-frequent ;) seller, I *love* this feature. Nice work! Thanks!

July 17, 2008 at 10:59 a.m. fetishghost

Got-ta say LOVE IT!

July 17, 2008 at 11:25 a.m. serendipity2wenty2

Thanks for this wonderful addition. Here's some applause to the Etsy team, for continuously evolving for the better :)

July 17, 2008 at 12:44 p.m. PortButtonsViNtAgE

me likes it!

July 17, 2008 at 12:50 p.m. malam

wooooooooooooow

July 17, 2008 at 3:19 p.m. YATOIL

Whoever came up with this idea should get a raise:)
It's really neat!!!

July 17, 2008 at 3:44 p.m. sakurakittycreatives

I think it looks wonderful! Thank-you.

July 18, 2008 at 10:59 a.m. FluffyFlowers

Groovy :)

July 19, 2008 at 4:35 p.m. PrettyinPosies

love it! thank you!

July 20, 2008 at 9:07 p.m. blendastudio

Great idea,appreciate your efforts

July 20, 2008 at 11:49 p.m. laralewis

hurray! keep up the great work, etsy!

July 21, 2008 at 11:07 a.m. everydaymoments

YAY!!!!

July 21, 2008 at 12:32 p.m. hadesigns

Hip, Hip, HOORAY!!!!!!!!

Thanks sooo much! :)

July 21, 2008 at 12:33 p.m. lovemaryxoxo

That is very useful and a great marketing technique. Thank you.

July 21, 2008 at 1:20 p.m. ScribbleNation

OOoo la la! Cool idea. I love this!

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