Upcoming Changes to Search: Your Questions Answered
In our recent announcement about the exciting upcoming changes happening to the way searching works on Etsy, we found you had some burning questions that weren't covered as clearly as you would have liked. Below you will find the most frequently asked questions from the community concerning the …
Tech Updates: Upcoming Changes to Search and Categories
Hello Etsians!UPDATE:There's even more info in this post, Upcoming Changes to Search: Your Questions Answered. Ok, here's the original post... On Monday, May 5, 2008, some important and exciting changes are happening with searching and categories. These changes are in response to feedback from all around the …
Seller How-to: Making Category Suggestions
Dear Sellers: As many of you are aware, we are in the process of improving the Category system. This is a long-term project that we are very excited about! We get many suggestions for subcategories and sub-subcategories. Almost all of these will be in the new system. Keep making these suggestions, as we are …
Tech Update: More for your Money with Category Showcases
Dear Sellers, The Category Showcases now appear on each page when you're browsing the Top Categories. That means you get more coverage with your Showcase ads than before, since the Category Showcases previously only appeared on the first page. So enjoy and know that buyers will have their eyeballs on …
Seller Tagging Tips: "A Semi-Epiphany on Tags"
Sellers! Here's a great tip from a forum thread, which was started many moons ago, to help you with tagging your items: Dyno recommends this model of starting with the general and going to the more specific. She uses a sweater as an example:sweater (item)wool (material)cardigan (type)fine or thin (type of knit)blue …
Followup to Focusing on Handmade
As a follow-up to my previous article and the great forum post discussing it, here's a distillation of topics for further clarification and exploration. I tried to sort the questions into three baskets.Correct Tagging & Categorizationcastleman says:Commercial supplies often lack commercial and …
Tech Update: Search within Categories and Subcategories!
Have you every gone into a Category or subcategory on Etsy, and wanted to search within your results? Now you can! When you are in a Category — such as Jewelry — you will see the subcategories listed in blue.You can now search within Categories and Subcategories by simply typing more tags in the search bar. It's a …
Some categories appearing blank *RECTIFIED*
*UPDATE* We've since fixed this issue up, and an issue that was causing the categories and search to update sporadically.Everything should be working properly now, and you should notice a significant speed boost in category browsing.Let us know here if you have any further issues with the categories …
Tech Updates: New Sub-subcategories in Jewelry
We have added the following sub-subcategories in Jewelry:BRACELET - felt -polymer clay -wire wrappedBROOCH - metal - felt - polymer clayEARRINGS - wire wrapped - felt - polymer clayNECKLACE - wire wrapped - felt - polymer clay PENDANT - resin - wire wrapped - polymer clayRING- felt- polymer clayNOTE:Metal is in most …
