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The Final Ten Days: Executing Valentine’s Cleanly
Etsy’s Star Seller program requires 95% or more of orders to ship within your stated processing time to keep the badge. Ten days out from Valentine’s Day, that number gets decided by the tactics in this list, not by good intentions. Table of Contents Introduction Ten days out, strategy is done. Whatever keyword work, listing…
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ShieldMyShop for Etsy Sellers: What Changed in Their Latest Update
When an entire platform’s worth of sellers respond to the same trend report at once, the odds of two shops landing on the same color, texture, or motif go up. That’s the exact overlap ShieldMyShop’s newest check is built to catch. Table of Contents Introduction Every seller planning new spring listings this month is reading…
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Week in Review — February 1, 2026
January closes out with Valentine’s Day now the clear near-term focus, and the discount-transparency story from last week still without a formal Etsy response. Discount story: quiet on Etsy’s end, still discussed by sellers No detailed public statement has emerged addressing last week’s investigative reporting, though seller conversation about their own discount transparency practices has…
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Seller Mailbag: How Do I Price for International Buyers After the Tariff Changes?
We’ve answered versions of this question in September and again in November. With a full year of this new cost environment now behind us, and Valentine’s Day bringing its own smaller wave of international orders, worth a version reflecting what’s actually settled into place versus what’s still evolving. “It’s been almost a year since the…
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Reviewing Your 2025 Ad Spend Before Setting a 2026 Budget
Etsy’s own guidance is to let a campaign run about 30 days before touching it, because the optimization system needs time to find patterns in your traffic. A full calendar year gives you twelve of those windows stacked end to end. Most sellers still never look back at more than the last one. Table of…
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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 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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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…