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Pride Month: Engaging Authentically Rather Than Performatively
Roughly 70% of LGBTQ+ consumers say they’re actively spending with businesses they see supporting the community, and a nearly equal share are avoiding companies they see walking that support back, according to a 2026 Human Rights Campaign Foundation consumer report. Table of Contents Introduction Pride Month is underway, and it gets treated differently than a…
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Father’s Day Keywords, Round Two: Sharpening as the Date Approaches
Google’s own holiday shopping data shows searches for dad gifts climb steadily through the weeks before Father’s Day, then shift from broad (“gifts for dad”) to specific, decision-stage phrasing as the date closes in. Etsy search behaves the same way inside a single shop’s traffic. Table of Contents Introduction Three weeks out from Father’s Day,…
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S27 POD for Etsy Sellers: Is It Still Worth Paying For?
S27 POD Listing Pad’s current pricing is pay-per-rescue: $5 for a single listing rebuild, or $20 for a five-pack that works out to $4 each. There is no monthly subscription. That’s worth clarifying up front, since the framing has shifted since we first covered this tool. Table of Contents Introduction We’ve checked in on S27…
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Balancing Father’s Day, Pride Month, and Summer Wedding Season All at Once
To earn Etsy’s Star Seller badge, at least 95% of your orders need to ship within your stated processing time. That single number is why three overlapping demand windows, one with a hard deadline, one with none, and one with dozens of scattered ones, can quietly wreck a shop’s on-time rate if you manage them…
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Week in Review — May 31, 2026
Closing out May with Father’s Day and Pride Month both ahead, and summer wedding season’s peak still building. Father’s Day and Pride Month planning underway Following our coverage this week, sellers report getting Father’s Day listings live with the hobby and humor-driven framing we discussed, while beginning thoughtful Pride Month preparation for shops where it…
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Scam Alert: What’s Targeting Etsy Sellers This Week
This week’s pattern: fake “summer sale partnership” pitches, a warm-weather variant of the promotional-feature scams we’ve tracked at multiple points this year, adapted to the summer wedding and Father’s Day shopping season now underway. The setup This week’s version of the pattern: unsolicited messages offering inclusion in a supposed “summer gift guide” or “wedding season…
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Father’s Day Production Planning, With Pride Month Right Behind It
Father’s Day spending is projected to hit a record $27.9 billion in 2026, with average spending per person climbing to $226.58, according to the National Retail Federation’s annual survey. That volume is landing on shops that are still finishing wedding season orders. Table of Contents Introduction With Father’s Day keywords now live if you followed…
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Father’s Day Keywords: Getting Ahead of June’s Gift-Giving Occasion
Father’s Day spending is projected to hit $27.9 billion in 2026, with shoppers expecting to spend an average of $226.58 per recipient, according to the National Retail Federation. That’s real budget moving through a search pattern that behaves nothing like Mother’s Day’s. Table of Contents Introduction With Memorial Day now behind us and summer wedding…
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CedCommerce for Etsy Sellers: What Changed in Their Latest Update
CedCommerce’s newest update adds temporary, time-bound order routing rules built specifically for seasonal volume spikes, rules that automatically revert once a peak like summer wedding season passes, instead of sitting in your settings as a permanent change you have to remember to undo. Table of Contents Introduction Most multichannel sellers set up their routing rules…
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This Week on Etsy: Messaging and Inbox Changes
A messaging interface refinement this cycle, arriving as attention shifts fully toward summer wedding season’s expected peak. What changed Etsy made further adjustments to message threading and response-time display, continuing the periodic refinements we’ve tracked at several points throughout the year, this time apparently incorporating feedback related to the Purchase Protection changes, since disputes now…