Etsy Bans Duplicate Shops to Eliminate Advantage in Search
Sellers, if you have more than one shop on Etsy, pay attention to the latest news. Etsy has created a “multiple shops” policy, and in some cases, sellers will have to close some of their […]
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Etsy Enhances Checkout, Phone Support, Other Seller Features
Etsy reminded sellers of recent enhancements to the marketplace in a blog post called “Etsy Community News,” including a reminder of its expanded phone support and improvements to Direct Checkout and the shipping process. The […]
Sellers Protest Etsy’s Move Away from Curation
Etsy sellers says crowdsourcing is what makes the site special and have launched a petition protesting the decision to reduce curation in favor of algorithms on the homepage. 700 sellers “signed” the online petition on […]
A Breakdown of Etsy Pre-Holiday Changes – and Non-Changes
We’ve written a lot about the amount of testing Etsy conducted over the course of the spring and summer months, along with sellers’ reaction. Etsy has wrapped up some, but not all, of the tests […]
Etsy Launches New Navigation, Replaces Words with Icons
Etsy shoppers and sellers will have to get used to a new way of navigating the site after the marketplace launched new navigation and design throughout the site on Thursday. Some sellers were already posting […]
Complaints about Yet Another Etsy Design Test
Etsy is running a lot of “experiments” to test new layouts and navigation, and many of them are getting a thumbs down from sellers. The latest tests kicked off this week, and a discussion thread created by […]
Some Etsy Sellers at Wit’s End over Tweaking and Testing
After Etsy stirred controversy last week by initiating a test in which it hid shipping costs from some shoppers, sellers say the marketplace is at it again, with multiple threads popping up on Tuesday evening complaining about […]
Etsy Launches New Homepage after Months of Testing
Etsy launched a new homepage after several months of testing, and in a blog post for developers, it provided more information about the reasoning behind the new design. Etsy shows the new homepage design only […]
Etsy Tests Site Navigation, Expects More Traffic
Etsy is kicking off “experiments” in which it will test changes to the design and organization of its site navigation. The news comes on the heels of another announcement in which Etsy said it would begin testing […]
Etsy Retires Seller Ratings Known as Customer Service Stats
Etsy is retiring a seller rating feature called Customer Service Stats (CSS), a way for sellers to keep track of key customer service metrics. Launched last year, the CSS stats were initially controversial, as sellers […]