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Etsy Success Tips: Make Your Shop Work for You

Caroline, who runs the successful Etsy Shop Paloma’s Nest, has some expert advice for sellers. Read on to find out some of her tips! Etsy sellers are known for the time, love, and energy they dedicate to their craft — using quality materials, originality, and great attention to detail. Buyers come to Etsy for a …

Tech Update: Sorting Your Item

Tags are keywords sellers attach to their items during the item listing process. After selecting a category for your item, sellers can attach up to 13 keywords or tags. These tags are used to help surface items in Etsy's Search, and they currently determine which subcategories your item falls under. For …

Tech Update: Introducing Rearrange Your Shop

Today we released a new feature for all sellers that allows you to rearrange the order of the listings in your shop. When the preview video got a record-breaking response, we knew this was a feature many sellers wanted as soon as possible! We want to thank all of our beta testers over the last few months who …

Tech Update: Beta Test of New Rearrange Your Shop Feature

UPDATE: We have completed the final phase of beta testing for the Rearrange Your Shop feature. During this final phase, the shops included in beta testing will be available for everyone to view. If you come across one of these shops, you will see that the sort order for the shop's items will say "Custom" instead …

Tech Update: Caching and Site Speed on Etsy

In recent weeks, Etsy has been experiencing record site traffic, and we are grateful to the buyers and sellers who are visiting Etsy now more than ever, even in summer months. In fact, the past three weeks have been the three biggest traffic weeks in Etsy's history. With the surge in traffic, the demand on our …

My Top 10 Monogram Pendants

Giving (and receiving) a generic gift is always such a letdown ("Another toaster? ...You shouldn't have..."). Becoming a guru in the art of gift giving need not be brain surgery: simply give the joy of customization! Knowing that something was handmade just for you elicits a warm and fuzzy feeling, and if you've been …

Etsy Finds: Access Yourself

C'mon, girls: access yourself! Etsy's summer accessory hot list is here to save your weary wardrobe with juicy jewel tones, cool classics and the latest in summer trends. These accessories are must-haves for summer and fall, so go ahead and layer it, belt it and top it with these Etsy gems. Be sure to check out  …

Etsy Finds: Trendspotting

Etsy shoppers are seldom satisfied with the conformist culture of mainstream retail. Ever edgy and innovative, Etsians share the collaborative role of global tastemaker. Today’s Finds are a virtual trend map, so that you might explore all of Etsy's hot product trends before they translate over to the …

Tech Updates: Share Your Favorites

Today we rolled out a number of improvements to Etsy's popular Favorites feature. These enhancements are designed to make Etsy Favorites more usable, visible and sharable.Use 'emSold items can now be added to your Favorites. Sometimes you just aren’t quick enough, and an item you want is sold out by the time …

Tech Updates: Facebook Connect

Today we made it easier to share your Etsy activity with your friends on Facebook, a social networking site many Etsians use. When you sign in to Etsy, you will see a link at the top of the page (next to "Conversations") for "Facebook Connect." Click that link to activate an overlay that you can use to establish a …

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