How to get printED items to stand out against printABLE items?

[MandalaBunnyDigital]

I recently posted a plea to etsy (https://www.etsy.com/teams/7714/ideas/discuss/12358340/page/1/) to make it easier to sort out printed physical items from digital ones. In that post I mentioned how frustrated I got when I was looking for physical items because I couldn't weed out the digital ones!

Unfortunately, until they add a digital category or filter I will have to figure out other ways to make my physical items stand out when customers are searching. Have you figured out any ways to do this? Are there certain tags you've had luck with, etc?

[Former_Member]

I'd be interested in this, too, as I start out trying to sell printed scrapbook paper that I've designed. It seems most printed scrapbook paper being sold here is commercial while most self-designed paper is sold as digital. I'm hoping this will give me a niche that is kind of open, but it's hard to market to.

[MandalaBunnyDigital]

That's what I was thinking! I don't know if some of these items just aren't listed by anyone, or if they are just buried in the black hole that is Etsy search... It's true you can put "-digital" or "-download" into the search but what if some items are BOTH digital and physical versions? I feel like it would weed out some legitimate search results.