update category warning but nothing else to choose for anklets

[JonaraBluMauiJewelry]

HI! I'm super confused at what Etsy is telling me to do with one of my biggest sellers and think it has to be a bug. For the new transparency about our listing visibility on the dashboard I'm being told that one of my anklets "could be in a more specific category so they're easier to find in searches." It's an anklet, and I had keyed in 'anklet' and Esty picks up:

"Jewelry > Body Jewelry > Anklets"

So that is what I have had it under. It looks pretty specific to me. I don't see anything else even available for anklets. Nothing for 'ankle bracelet' either. There is nothing to change it to so why am I being warned to change it?

This worries me because 75% of my shop is anklets and if they all get a warning on it for this, there is not much I can do. I hope it doesn't effect my visibility. 

thanks!  jamee

[nineteen27]

it happens to me too.

one day.

i am expecting etsy to tell me...

to choose a category.

on ebay.

and sell it over there.

[JonaraBluMauiJewelry]

haha! 

[NanaLetha]

Same thing happened to me. I just ignored it.

[Amaradorn]

That seems to be a valid category and it's relevant. Just leave it where it is. I think Etsy gets a bit mixed up sometimes and gives out erroneous info - it's probably automated somehow.

[JonaraBluMauiJewelry]

Oh yes, I'm sure it's automated. I just hope it does not mess up how visable the anklet is

[ADKArtsBoutique]

Same thing happened to me.  I had my item listed as Handbags and Purses - Coin Purses, and it was after all a Crocheted Coin Purse.  I clicked on the Give Feedback tab.  I told them what it was and told them they needed to send their bots to school and get an education.  Lo, and behold it wasn't long and the notice was removed from my shop.  Hope this helps! 

[JonaraBluMauiJewelry]

Oh good they fixed that for you! Where is the give feedback tab? I'd love to give them some feedback on this

[ADKArtsBoutique]

Look for this:

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[GalleryAntiques]

Typical Etsy! Now they have made it impossible to browse and select a category like in the old listing form, it can be very frustrating trying to select the appropriate category with certain antique and vintage items and the stupid offerings Etsy throws out, some completely unrelated.

[LostCoastPebbles]

@JonaraBluMauiJewlery We are getting the same warning in our new postings of gemstone cabochons, which are in the exact category and sub category they should be in. After months of fighting with the new form to get our gemstone cabochons moved from “Hand Picked” to the correct “Hand Made” category, they are now telling us our  some of our items are in the wrong sub-category and our search visibility is at risk, whatever that means. I have posted in several other related threads about how we accidentally solved the Hand Made/Hand Picked highlight problem by finding the correct word sequence which was hidden in a bot generated drop down menu for sub-categories. The popup sub-category menu generated by the Etsy bots and the Etsy databases are a mess. For gemstones they have now mixed and matched attributes in two separate sections for Gemstones, changed only by the order of two word positions in each sub-category  (gemstones and cabochons). and the new attributes in each sub-category do not fit exactly for either section. It is a database mess. For now we are ignoring the search risk warnings, because searches on Etsy could not get much worse, but probably will.