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  • Etsy Names New CEO as Growth Stalls

    The CEO transition rumors we flagged briefly last weekend are confirmed: Josh Silverman is stepping down as Etsy’s CEO, with Kruti Patel Goyal, currently the company’s growth chief and previously the executive overseeing Etsy’s Depop resale app, named as his successor, effective January 1, 2026, per Etsy’s official announcement. Silverman will move into the role…

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  • ListingView for Etsy Sellers: 3 Features Most Sellers Never Turn On

    ListingView’s free plan includes 50 uses a month across its core research tools, Listing Explorer, Shop Analyzer, Search Term Analyzer, and tag tools, with no credit card required to start. Table of Contents Introduction Most Etsy sellers open a keyword tool, run one search, glance at a score, and close the tab. That’s not a…

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  • Insight Agent for Etsy Sellers: A Full Walkthrough

    Insight Agent’s own guidance points to at least three Etsy algorithm shifts worth watching in 2025, natural-language title preferences, a shipping-cost threshold, and heavier weight on engagement signals, and most sellers heard about each one secondhand, days or weeks after it mattered. Table of Contents Introduction Most Etsy sellers find out about an algorithm change…

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  • This Week on Etsy: Search Filter Additions

    New buyer-facing search filters rolled out this cycle, timed conveniently right as holiday shopping search behavior starts to build. What changed Etsy added new price-range filter options for buyers, showing clickable price brackets directly on listings, building on the category and attribute expansion rolled out earlier this cycle. Expanded style and occasion filtering in several…

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  • S27 POD for Etsy Sellers: 3 Features Most Sellers Never Turn On

    S27 POD Listing Pad charges $5 for a one-time listing rebuild, with no subscription required, and its free audit tool will score your current listing before you pay for anything. Table of Contents Introduction Most print-on-demand sellers on Etsy treat their listing text as a one-time task: write a title, fill the tags, move on…

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  • Seller Mailbag: Why Did My Shop’s Search Visibility Drop Overnight?

    “My views and sales dropped sharply this week with no warning. I haven’t changed anything in my shop. What happened?” A sudden, unexplained visibility drop is one of the more stressful things a seller can experience, mostly because Etsy rarely tells you exactly why it happened. Here’s how to actually investigate rather than guess. Rule…

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  • This Week on Etsy: Listing Photo Requirement Changes

    A small adjustment to photo requirements this cycle, worth understanding given how much weight Etsy’s search puts on photo quality as a ranking signal. What changed Etsy’s current listing-photo guidance calls for higher-resolution images (at least 2,000 pixels on the shortest side) and more complete visual coverage of a listing (multiple angles, in-use shots, scale…

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  • This Week on Etsy: Shipping Profile Tweaks

    Small changes to how shipping profiles work in Shop Manager this cycle — nothing dramatic, but worth understanding given how much weight Etsy’s search algorithm now puts on shipping cost. What changed Etsy adjusted a few details in how shipping profiles handle multiple item quantities within a single order, refining how additional-item shipping discounts calculate…

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  • Getting Your Shop Ready for Back-to-School Before the Rush Hits

    Two-thirds of back-to-school shoppers had already started buying by early July 2025, the highest share since NRF began tracking early shopping in 2018. If you’re waiting for the rush to “feel” urgent before you prep your shop, a large share of your buyers have already started spending. Table of Contents Introduction Back-to-school is one of…

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  • eRank for Etsy Sellers: A Full Walkthrough

    eRank’s free tier lets you run 5 keyword searches and 5 listing audits a day, covering your top 50 active listings. That’s enough for most small shops to run a full SEO check without paying a cent. Table of Contents Introduction Most Etsy sellers pick tags by guessing. They type a few words that sound…

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