Valentine's Tags

[ThePlaidPineconeCo]

To those with experience with Valentine's Day on Etsy, what have you found is the best way to tag items? Valentine's Day? Valentine's gift?

[Former_Member]

I tagged all my items for Christmas, etc. and it did not do anything except give me work to untag them. If tags work for you, I would use Valentines Gift because that is what it is and how you are marketing it.

[ThePlaidPineconeCo]

You know what, Harriet? That's so true. I tagged all mine Black Friday Etsy and Thanksgiving, and all the other stuff everyone said to do, and on my shop stats it didn't show one view due to those tags.

Good point. Thanks!

[IstriaDesign]

I'm a beginner (just opened before Christmas), but I see I don't get a lot of views through tags. What brought me the most traffic and sales was a showcase. So I don't know, I'll probably do the tagging and get a showcase for my Valentine's Day things as well.

[Former_Member]

Ivana what do you mean about a showcase. outside etsy? or some sort of promotion here?

[Former_Member]

Dani: http://www.etsy.com/help/article/262

Tells you all about buying Showcase spots here on Etsy :)

[sherischart]

Jaime thanks for asking this question.
Harriet I did the same exact thing and I'm beginning to edit Christmas today so they will be current by new year.
Ivana that is awesome you rec'd sales through showcasing. I usually hear the opposite.
Going to the article. Thank you.
Still curious as to tags, always. :)
Thanks.

[thedots]

Valentine
Valentines
Valentine's Day
Heart
Hearts

[foreverandrea]

It is against Etsy's TOU to use words in tags like "valentine gift" Here is the blurb I copied/pasted from the TOU.

•You should only state what the item is, not what the item may become or potential uses for the item (for example: yarn should not be labeled as "sweater," beads should not be labeled as "bracelet," small gift items should not be labeled as "stocking stuffer").

[Former_Member]

I have changed a couple of listing tags to Valentines Day. ( You can't use Valentine's Day). They have already been searched. Go figure. Wal-Mart probably has their Valentine display up already too. Haven't been there to see but wouldn't be surprised. Merry Christmas Everyone!

[Former_Member]

It's funny, I heard of people either getting a TON of sales from changing their tags to Black Friday Etsy or getting no sales from it. I personally didn't get any sales but i did get a couple of views. But I am not going to make an opinion about how helpful something is based off only my experience with something one time. There were still a lot of people those tags worked for, even if I wasn't one of them.

That being said, if you start typing Valentine's into the search box you will start to see a bunch of suggestions appear. Like Valentine, Valentine Card, Valentine Decorations.

I wouldn't do just Valentines Day Gift because that is in the same realm as "Stocking Stuffer;" it is a vague tag that could be used to describe nearly anything. And really, let's face it. Who here found a gift for someone this Christmas by typing "Christmas gift" into the search box?

People will type in things like "Valentine Card," "Jewelry," Heart Jewelry," "Heart Candy" etc. It is a waste to be too vague with your tags. Definitely use the word Heart to describe any heart shaped items you have though!

[IstriaDesign]

Daniblu, Colourspace covered the whole showcase thing with giving you the link. I found it to be very helpful, don't really know how it worked for other people, but I will definitely purchase a showcase spot every now and then.
As for tags, I was thinking to go with Valentines Day Gift, but now I think not lol. Thank you guys. Very helpful tagging tips :)