Tips, Ideas, Useful links - NO PROMO HERE

[Solandia]

Feel free to share interesting links with advice how to make our Etsy shops better.

Any advice, good ideas, SEO news, social media know how, tips that you may have found useful, welcome to share them here.

PLEASE, NO PROMOTION on this thread.

[Solandia]

I decided to open this thread because there is always something interesting you may want to share with your team.

Here is a blog article that I found very interesting about the new Etsy format. I think it deserves reading.

http://www.thedreamjobshop.com/new-etsy-homepage-means-shop/

[Solandia]

Great and detailed SEO article.
How to be found on Etsy - good for newbies as well as for advanced sellers:

http://orangetwig.com/blog/etsy-seo-get-found-in-etsy-search

[Solandia]

News from Etsy's Blog:

https://blog.etsy.com/news/2014/etsy-launches-in-person-payments-for-us-sellers/

I'll keep it to read it once again.
What do you think about it?

[rosesinthyme]

Thanks Savenna, The how to be found in Etsy search is worth a careful reading. What a learning curve! I'm new here, so I don't know if this was posted before, but it gave me a new look SEOs and getting found:
Busy Busy Busy, and THIS is the Secret to Why:
https://www.etsy.com/teams/7722/discussions/discuss/15399356/page/17

[Solandia]

Thanks for sharing, Ruth!

[Solandia]

Announcement and link to the NEW LISTING PROTOTYPE.

You can join if you want to try it and/or give feedback.
https://www.etsy.com/teams/7716/announcements/discuss/15475865/

[Former_Member]

Creating a blog really helps you expose your shop and boosts google search views (make sure you write helpful and interesting blog posts) I recommend using wordpress! :)

[Former_Member]

On my website Sundrip - Art for Life, I write about the process of crating my item be it a doll, painting or clay works. My paintings can be emotional so I will sometimes discuss the therapeutic value of creating. I want the viewer to really see the art and connect with it. My website includes galleries which would work for nearly any handmade item.
I just joined today. I'm Faith

[Solandia]

Welcome, Faith (few days later :)

I want to ask you if somebody has used this place and what you think about it:
http://www.shoptender.com/

[Solandia]

The PANTONE's Color of the Year 2015: Marsala:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/2014/12/08/marsala_pantone_announces_its_2015_color_of_the_year.h...

[Former_Member]

I have a question, how do you get a listing into a "reply"?

[Solandia]

@Amy what you mean exactly?

[StuddieBuddies]

Thank you guys for this info! It is so hard to promote your shop when you're not "popular" on social media (as I'm not lol) I'm diving into these articles, hoping to get some insight!

[PapuShoi]

Etsy Hearts Counter
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/etsy-hearts-counter/hbdfbbcfmphecnafcibfgnjbnfhfimng

[Former_Member]

Is there a way to give a discount on an item to someone that has marked it as a favorite? How would I go about setting that as a policy? The only thing I can come up with is make it a custom order and apply a discount.
Any suggestions?
Amy