In last week's Etsy Teams round table meeting in the Virtual Labs, some fantastic Team members were sharing their Teams' upcoming holiday plans. One idea that was mentioned with great enthusiasm was a scavenger hunt through Team members' shops. Scavenger hunts are a great way to get people browsing through all the wonderful items your Team has listed, and is even easier now that links within Etsy are clickable in your shops!

To arrange a successful scavenger hunt for your Teams, begin with these steps:

1. Organize with your Team which shops will be participating, and agree upon what type of hunt you'd like to run. Will searchers be looking for an image or a text clue in your item descriptions?
2. Have the participating shops edit their listings to include the image, phrase or text your Team agreed upon in the listings that will be part of the hunt.
3. Figure out the nuts and bolts among your Team. You might require that searchers collect the item ID's of the listings they "found" while hunting through your shops if your scavenger hunt is image-based, or maybe they might answer questions based on clues found in your Team's listings. The searchers then should be instructed on how to Convo their results to Team members to collect their "reward".
4. Give your searchers a little incentive. If you choose to offer a prize (like free shipping, a discount, or a gift certificate) to go along with Scavenger Hunt, make sure everything is legal.  Check out this article on article on Teams and contests for more information. Other options for the winner include featuring a shop of the winner's choosing on your Team's blog or sneak peeks at upcoming products that your Team will be listing in the future, for example.
5. Don't forget to promote! There are all sorts of ways to get the word out about your Team's scavenger hunt! Your Team's blog and the blogs of participating shops are a place to start, of course. Check these previous Team Tips for more great ways to promote an online event:

• Team Promotion!
• Press Releases
• Places to Promote a Team Event
• Promoting Your Team through Email

Team Tips are a weekly series of tips and ideas from the Etsy Teams. You can find more Resources at team.etsy.com. Etsy Teams are growing quickly, and we love that so many sellers want to join in to promote their shops, Teams and Etsy. For more information on Etsy Teams, check out the Teams pages and this page of Frequently Asked Questions. Don't forget to read our interview with this week's Featured Etsy Team. Keep up the great work, Etsy Teams!