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Etsy’s New AI Tools, Tested
Etsy rolled out a set of new AI-powered seller tools this month, as first reported in early September, aimed at reducing the time cost of listing creation and buyer communication. Worth a practical look at what each one actually does and where it genuinely helps versus where it falls short. Attribute suggestions Etsy’s system now…
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Q4 Production Planning: Deciding Now Whether You Need Help
Retailers nationally expected to hire between 400,000 and 500,000 seasonal workers for the 2024 holiday season alone, according to the National Retail Federation. Etsy shops feel the same volume spike, just at a smaller scale and without a corporate HR department to handle it. Table of Contents Introduction September is the last real planning window…
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Craftybase for Etsy Sellers: 3 Features Most Sellers Never Turn On
Craftybase’s own customer data shows the most common gap isn’t a missing feature. It’s sellers who track revenue closely and never track true cost per item, so the “bestseller” on their sales report can quietly be the least profitable listing in the shop. Table of Contents Introduction Most Etsy sellers know their revenue down to…
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Seller Mailbag: Why Was My Listing Removed With No Clear Reason?
This is the question we’ve gotten the most since the Creativity Standards update earlier this summer, so it’s the one we’re starting with this week. A few versions of the same message, combined into one: “My listing just disappeared. The notice said it violated Creativity Standards but didn’t say what specifically was wrong. I’ve had…
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Etsy’s Creativity Standards, One Month In: What Actually Got Removed
It’s been almost a month since Etsy quietly rewrote a core piece of its Creativity Standards, and the effects are still showing up in shops that had no idea the rule had changed until a listing disappeared. What changed on June 10 On June 10, Etsy removed the long-standing allowance for items built from “templated…