Wednesday Workshop Wrap-Up: Gift Certificates in Your Shop
This article was originally published on December 17, 2007 and updated on September 8, 2008. We've updated the content to be current as of December 16, 2009 for the current holiday shopping season. Etsy does not offer site-wide gift cards, but individual sellers may provide gift certificate listings that …
Fabulous Packaging and Wrapping With rikrak
Have you missed the first half of our series of holiday workshops for sellers? Don't worry, there are many workshops left to help you get your shop in shape this season. (View the entire schedule here.) Last week's workshop was hosted by Etsy seller, rikrak, our resident branding-with-packaging specialist! I …
Seller How-To: Tag-o-rama With Descriptive Keywords
Tagging is an essential part of the listing (and selling!) process. Many shoppers are using keywords to search for the exact type of items you make, and you want your work to show up in these search results! The key component in this search-and-rescue mission are your items' tags. Tags are keywords sellers …
Etsy Success for Beginner Sellers
Welcome to selling on Etsy! When you're getting started, it feels like there are so many things to do for your new shop. You'll also want to check out the Seller Handbook — it contains links to lots of great articles to help you sell. Other posts to get you started include Welcome to Your Online Presence and A …
Seller Workshop Recap: Tags, Titles, Descriptions and Most Relevant Search
Thanks to everyone who came to our May 28, 2009 Virtual Lab on Tags, Titles, Descriptions and Materials and the new Most Relevant option in Etsy's Search. We had some great questions come up, and we wanted to make sure we shared the answers with those who couldn't make the workshop. Here's a quick Q&A.Q: How long …
Quit Your Day Job: 5 Tips from 50 Who've Done It (and Counting!)
Over the past several months we have shared the stories of over 50 sellers who have been able to quit their day jobs due to their selling success on Etsy. We're far from finished and are thrilled at the response we've seen with this growing series. We've scoured past articles to find out just what it is all of …
Your Shop 101: Hitting the Sweet Spot with Etsy's Most Relevant Search
What's the ultimate goal of the Most Relevant option in Etsy's Search? To get shoppers more quickly to the exact items they want. But how does Etsy get them there? The answer is bound up in our site's collaboration with you, our sellers. We need sellers to create listings that accurately and fully represent …
Guidelines & Tips: Tagging on Etsy
Tags are keywords sellers attach to their items in the item listing process. When searching for the perfect handmade or vintage item or supply on Etsy, a shopper will browse Categories, or more often, use Search to find their items. Since tags are keywords for Search, and they are also used to organize items …
Shop Makeover: Welcome to Your Online Presence
Sellers, you may want to print out this Shop Makeover post and subtly plant it on the desk of your friend or family member who needs a nudge into the 21st-century and all that the web has to offer for independent artists and designers. Or, maybe it's you that has thought about taking the plunge to start …
Seller How-To: Fostering Repeat Business
I ran some very scientific and fancy tests here at the Etsy Labs and I found out a few things about customer loyalty. It costs a whole lot more (or some might say, a heck of a lot more) to gain a new buyer than to retain your current buyers. When those buyers come back, they spend more! This is because when they do come …
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