Etsy Tests Changes to Search - Positive or Negative?

by: The End

Too early to tell.
200 views a day with 7 - 10 sales a week is the norm.
I never pay for exposure.
I will NEVER pay for exposure.
I don't play that.

by: White Rabbit

you can bet one thing .. this is all about screwing the regular sellers and helping the commercial resellers of chinese slop. Etsy need to show a profit and they care nothing about the sellers on the site.

by: White Rabbit

The Etsy Liar test.....

If Etsy's spokespersons Lips are moving.. they are lying.

by: aim04744

When I am shopping and search for something, I want to see what I searched for. That is it. I want to see ALL my options, not what they THINK I want. Is it really that hard to figure that out?

Sigh.  

by: mindelec

Yet another company goes down the amazon/ebay path of deciding that they know what I'm looking for better than I do.  It's a dark path filled with false search results.

by: Interesting Antiques

So why charge the same amount to list if others' listings will be 'boosted' while some others' listings will be 'suppressed' doesn't seem fair to charge  the same? What kind of stupid underhanded logic is that?
Get your own websites people,  enough giving your hard earned money to these idiots!
And with such a huge company no phone support and e-mail support is a joke!  

by: Rexford

Is etsy search broken? Are they trying to fix what isn't broken?

Sounds like the eBay game.

by: askalice59

Suddenly my listing views went way down. Go figure.  

by: jdbok

I'm not sure as I am not a wiz at analytics but it seems my sales have gotten a boost ( I don't pay attention to views or favorites only sales)and more importantly my paid promotions have come in at a way better % per revenue.
way way better
I have problems with etsy but on the whole after so many years with ebay I really love etsy-- my sales have doubled in the past year & 1/2!
it seems they are more up front with the algorythm I just make sure my keywords are everywhere I can put them and I list new stuff as often as possible and pay whatever extra they --promos scheduling etc give me a hoop and I will jump through it to get a sale

by: Flying Childers

Etsy search has been broken forever and this is not an attempt to fix it. The only thing Chad & Co. care about is how to better sell the phony Chinese crap that masquerades as vintage and handmade. The legitimate sellers of handmade and American vintage are getting ground into dust. The guys with the money don't care. They have to show a profit now that the stocks are in the the tank.

My guess is that this latest fiasco is going to make it harder for the genuine sellers to get found.

It's all about the Ali Baba stuff at this point. Do a search for any category and see how many thousands of items that cost less than $5.00. That's where it's at.

by: Owen

All of a sudden this afternoon, my views went way up. I hope they are doing something helpful. When they changed their categories, it was dreadful, and in many cases, not logical. So search has to have been affected.

by: Volvo351

It would appear that Etsy learned NOTHING from The Hoe's despised Can'tSeeMe search engine!

by: Bloggo

I just had my worst month ever, on Etsy. Whatever they are doing, or have done, hasn't worked in my favor.

by: NiciArt

Kind of neutral really. January was disappointing, however V-Day sales have been very strong. Can't really tell if its search or just V-Day shopping. Too bad they won't dump the declumping. It seems like ever since the de-clumping we've been working harder for the same amount of business. No matter how frustrating, Etsy continues to produce some great business though

by: Bijoux Dragon

Noticing team members who have always had more sales are doing extra well.  Slower shops are falling into the abyss.

by: Siobhan

About this time last year they were tweaking the search algorithm and since then, my sales came to a screeching halt, after being on etsy since 2011 with steady, repeat customers. That's when I put my shop on a permanent vacation.

by: NiciArt

Interesting observation from Betsy Bijoux. In looking the lower sales and views threads in the forums, there does seem to a pattern of lower volume and slower shops getting even slower while higher volume shops are getting a boost. We are usually busy for Valentine's Day, but the last to days have been abnormally high.

My question is why make changes right before a major selling holiday though? This couldn't wait until after V-Day?