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S27 POD for Etsy Sellers: How It Stacks Up Against the Free Alternatives
S27 POD’s per-listing rebuild costs $5 with no subscription attached, and the audit that scores your listing first is free. That changes the actual comparison worth making against doing the same work by hand. Table of Contents Introduction We covered S27 POD’s algorithm-tracking and title-compliance features back in October, when the tool was still new…
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Valentine’s Production Planning: The Final Two-Week Window
USPS Priority Mail is a 1-3 business day service, and it isn’t guaranteed. With Valentine’s Day 2026 landing on a Saturday and only two weeks of runway left, there’s a lot less room to fix a wrong capacity assumption than there was during the December rush. Table of Contents Introduction With Valentine’s Day now roughly…
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Week in Review — January 25, 2026
The discount-transparency story dominated this week, alongside a related scam attempt and continued Valentine’s momentum. Discount investigation: no formal Etsy response yet As of this writing, we still haven’t seen a detailed public statement from Etsy addressing Thursday’s investigative reporting on discount display practices. Seller discussion this week has been substantial, with a fair amount…
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Scam Alert: What’s Targeting Etsy Sellers This Week
This week’s pattern: fake “discount audit” or “pricing compliance” messages, riding directly on this week’s news coverage of Etsy’s discount-display scrutiny. The setup Following this week’s investigative reporting on how Etsy represents seller discounts, several sellers reported messages claiming to be from Etsy or an affiliated compliance service, stating their shop’s discount practices are under…
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Is Etsy Lying About Seller Discounts? A Look at the Numbers
Concerns have circulated among sellers this month about how Etsy represents seller-offered discounts to buyers, echoing a pattern raised in earlier trade reporting on Etsy’s automated discount messaging (labels like “Rarely on Sale” or “Biggest sale in X days” that don’t always match a shop’s actual discount history), and raising the same underlying question: whether…
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Valentine’s Day and Galentine’s: The Keyword and Listing Guide
The National Retail Federation’s most recent Valentine’s Day survey projected record spending of roughly $29.1 billion, with shoppers budgeting an average of about $199.78 in gifts. Thirty-five percent of that spending now includes gifts for pets, not just partners. Table of Contents Introduction By the third week of January, Valentine’s Day search volume on Etsy…
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CedCommerce for Etsy Sellers: 3 Features Most Sellers Never Turn On
Most multichannel sellers connect CedCommerce once, confirm inventory is syncing, and never open the settings panel again. That leaves three of its more useful automation features sitting unused, often for years. Table of Contents Introduction We covered CedCommerce’s core multichannel inventory sync back in September, and our read on it hasn’t changed: it’s a strong,…
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This Week on Etsy: Shop Manager Dashboard Tweaks
Another round of dashboard reorganization this cycle, similar in spirit to the changes we tracked back in September, worth a quick orientation pass now that things have settled into the new year’s quieter pace. What changed Etsy adjusted the layout of several stats and performance panels within Shop Manager, apparently continuing the gradual reorganization around…
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Week in Review — January 18, 2026
A steady, quieter week, with Valentine’s Day preparation now the clear focus for a lot of sellers. Valentine’s prep momentum building Following Wednesday’s piece on early Valentine’s and Galentine’s keywords, several sellers reported already publishing new listings this week, consistent with the early-mover pattern we’ve emphasized for every seasonal category throughout the past year. Restocking…
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Seller Mailbag: Why Did My Shop’s Search Visibility Drop Overnight?
We’ve answered versions of this question in August and October. With January’s quieter pace, worth a version specifically addressing the post-holiday seasonal transition, since this time of year has its own particular explanation worth ruling in or out first. “My views dropped sharply after the holidays. Is this just the season ending, or is something…