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Getting Creative with Moo

Every time I'm at a craft show, there are always a few sellers giving away Moo MiniCards (which are mini business cards that display photos of your work). There's something about the compact size and design that draws a lot of attention.  What's more, you can use up to 100 full color photos on your mini …

Tech Update: Introducing a New Recently Listed Items Site Feature

Etsy admin/guru/spiritual leader Jared Tarbell has developed a new site feature: Recently Listed Items. With Etsy's marketplace growing along with some sellers' concerns about the traffic jam of items being uploaded to the site, we want to do our best to show you as many fresh items as we can. Recently …

Sellers' Top Items of 2008: Shop Makeover Community Vote!

UPDATE: Voting ends tomorrow!!! In an effort to better understand which of their items are workin' it, sellers shared links to their top selling items of 2008 in the comments of this post. Now we want YOU to pick your favorites from this pool. The hottest items will be featured in the Gift Guides and here on the …

Tech Updates: New Tools for Flagging

Today we released an update which will make it easier to flag an item on Etsy. If you notice an item listing that violates Etsy's site policies, you can "flag" it to notify the Etsy Support admin who work on Content. Previously, the "Report this item to Etsy" link would lead you to contact Support by email; now the …

Team Tip: Merchandising!

There are many benefits of joining an Etsy Team, including cross promotion among Team members.  With the holidays quickly approaching, joint merchandising and promotional efforts are a really great way members can help each other and boost overall sales — and help shoppers find those perfect holiday …

Virtual Labs and How-To Schedule: July 28th to August 1st, 2008

The Virtual Labs are Etsy's interactive classrooms, a place to hang out, throw paper airplanes and share skills. We've also started Show and Tell for Buyers, so if you have a bit of an Etsy shopping addiction, these are your peeps. Come on by and show us what you've bought on Etsy this week!  It's also the last week of  …

Tech Update: Related Items on Sold Listings

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 …

Tech Updates: Placing Items in Sections During the Listing Process!

Dear Sellers, You asked for it, and now it's here!  We've just integrated the step of placing an item in your shop sections into the listing process.  No more annoying extra step after you are finished, and no more forgetting once an item is listed.   Here's a screen shot of what it looks like during step 3 of the …

Team Tip: Creative Marketing for your Team

In marketing, just getting your name out there is great. But what's better than simply advertising yourself? Doing so in a really creative, memorable way.  The best marketing tactics are the kind that people want to tell their friends about and really stick out in people's minds. A few weeks ago in a weekly …

Etsy Statistics: May Flowers Indeed!

Thanks to all of the terrific members of the Etsy community who made May 2008 another record month with all-time highs in both amount of goods sold, new listings and page views.    The numbers for May:•    $6.5 million sold here on Etsy last month —  8.3% more than April. •    449,000 items were sold to make up that sales figure.  •    A …

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