Thanks Kara for keeping us informed!!

@KaraBuntinTutorials

Ай бұрын

Of course!!

Thank you, Kara!

@KaraBuntinTutorials

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Your insight is a great help to us Kara!

@KaraBuntinTutorials

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Thank you Kara 😊

@KaraBuntinTutorials

Ай бұрын

No problem 😊

best etsy channel

@KaraBuntinTutorials

Ай бұрын

Thank you, I appreciate that!

Honestly a lot of this sounds good, but as someone who has been on Etsy a very long time, I'll believe it when I see it. What I have seen lately is the nonstop sale, sale, sale and it is rather annoying. They constantly promote the less expensive stuff, but then say we want quality, etc. Well, sorry but if you want better quality, it WILL cost more. To make things by hand is not cheap. They want to put forth the better items, etc, but then they want us to put them on sale to get seen. This make no sense whatsoever.

@KaraBuntinTutorials

Ай бұрын

It makes sense as far as knowing that people are broke and sales attract people, but i hear what you’re saying.

@penelopesparrow

Ай бұрын

When they say 'quality items' they're not necessarily saying the item itself is of higher quality, it's that the listing and the shop are. Quick process/transit, competitive shipping, offering returns, good reviews, great photos, unboxing experience, gift settings.... it's about the quality of the customer's experience. They don't care what we sell as long as it's 'legal' and the buyer loves it.

Ohhh! I'm loving the carousel idea! For too long I've wanted categories to be divided, and hopefully us handmade/artisanal sellers will get some action.

@KaraBuntinTutorials

Ай бұрын

I know, I really like that one as long as it doesn't disrupt search too much. It will probably confuse people at first.

This was good Kara, thank you

@KaraBuntinTutorials

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

You are brilliant, thanks you I knew it we have been finishing up product videos these past slow weeks, thank you for blessing us❤😊

@KaraBuntinTutorials

Ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

We can hope...

@KaraBuntinTutorials

Ай бұрын

Fingers crossed

I think that would be exciting

@KaraBuntinTutorials

Ай бұрын

I think it would be an improvement, but I don't know what form it will take, so we'll have to wait to see.

We used to be able to make curated lists. I can’t remember what it was called, but I loved making them. Maybe treasury list or something like that? Maybe with the emphasis on curation we will get that back.

@KaraBuntinTutorials

Ай бұрын

That was treasuries!

Thanks for this! I hope they do separate out digital.

@KaraBuntinTutorials

Ай бұрын

Me too!

I had something pop up yesterday that gave me the option to have items in my shop have a 'Buy more and save' thing on my listings. (Near the options) They noticed some of my listings that they were set up like that, so I had to choose which listings it was relevant for. ALSO, all of the active listings in my dashboard say 'update required'. I looked but it doesn't specify what, so I'm assuming it's a glitch?

@KaraBuntinTutorials

Ай бұрын

I think the update was taped to shipping settings, but it could be a glitch. The bundle thing is new.

I have noticed an increase in my sales. I was anticipating slow sales due to summer. They're also promoting offering buy 2 items with discount code

@KaraBuntinTutorials

Ай бұрын

That’s a new badge they’ll be using, apparently.

תודה!

@KaraBuntinTutorials

Ай бұрын

Thanks!

Is there a link you can share to the conference, or what it was called? I'd like to listen to it thanks! There's been a number of strong hints in several bits of official Etsy releases lately, in their usual 'read between the lines' way there's lots of early warning signs here for people to get their ducks in a row. Putting the customer first is a bit of a hurdle for some people LOL

@tinanovoth6599

Ай бұрын

At the bottom of Etsy home page. Click on Investors. Then Latest Events. The webcast was May 30th.

@KaraBuntinTutorials

Ай бұрын

Go to the bottom of the Etsy homepage and look in the investors section, it’s in the events and presentations section from May 30

@penelopesparrow

Ай бұрын

@@KaraBuntinTutorials ah awesome thank you! 👍

Thanks Kara… also request cranky cat content 😼😁

@KaraBuntinTutorials

Ай бұрын

There's plenty of that around here most of the time, they're both on diets and they resent that.

I got a message on my dashboard asking if I would like etsy to make changes to my listings to improve them. I wish I had taken a screenshot because it disappeared.

@KaraBuntinTutorials

Ай бұрын

That’s the thing where they’re adjusting titles for google, most likely.

@LanieCr

Ай бұрын

@@KaraBuntinTutorials hmm, I didn't want to hand over control of my titles to them. Thank you for an informative video.

Another spur to have a video in every listing!

@KaraBuntinTutorials

Ай бұрын

You know it!

@tinaindina7032

Ай бұрын

Which is very time consuming when selling vintage. I have almost 700 listings in my shop and I take new photos every time I list a new item so the photo actually shows what the buyer is getting. And video on top of that. I’ll have to raise my prices again.

@KaraBuntinTutorials

Ай бұрын

While you're taking pictures, do a quick video of the item that lasts 6 seconds. It doesn't have to be edited at all, it just has to exist. I do a quick video on my phone while I'm cutting things out, then I upload them that way, no editing and it takes about one minute overall.

@tinaindina7032

Ай бұрын

I’m trying to use less time on listing. Optimizing. So the question is if having a video makes the listing that more attractive to a buyer and/or rank higher🤷‍♀️ to make it worth it.

@KaraBuntinTutorials

Ай бұрын

It's a piece of the puzzle. How big apiece, who knows, but I do know that there have been a lot of ecommerce tests that show video helps sell a product a lot faster.

That bit about "looking at customer engagement" sounds a LOT like the algorithms used on KZread, et. al. that steer people toward what the algorithm thinks it should show them, rather than what they asked to see. :-( The entire set of changes sounds like an overall approach along the lines of, "we're going to steer customers toward what makes Etsy more money, behave yourselves."

@KaraBuntinTutorials

Ай бұрын

It’s a basic engagement algorithm, most platforms are using them now. Nothing earth shattering…

When searching for vintage items I would really like it if Etsy made it obvious to get those results. I know there is a filter but you kind of have to know it’s there. So doing a search for example for “vintage botanical book” people could actually get shown just that, and not digital downloads of book pages, or something made to look vintage or in “vintage style” (hate that term when used in new items. Vintage style IS vintage = has some years behind it ((40+ in my view) well….

@KaraBuntinTutorials

Ай бұрын

We'll see how it shakes out...It sounds like some kind of category division might be in the works.

JS has a silver tongue. After all, he is the CEO. The latest fuss with Etsy, reports highlighting their weaknesses, ignorant and uninformed seller service, reign of AI, unsatisfactory results, angry and devastated sellers. He would be foolish not to try to save his company's image. For now I think he's a fairy tale writer, I'll start to believe it when I see actual changes and a greater focus on sellers.

@KaraBuntinTutorials

Ай бұрын

Tell me how you really feel hahaha!

They wouldn't know an accurate shipping price if it hit them on the head. They always expect sellers to take a hit on shipping. They also need to fix their shipping estimates and quit including the day the order is placed as one of your production days. That should not start until the next business day following the order. On a positive note, I like the categories idea.

@KaraBuntinTutorials

Ай бұрын

I use the calculated shipping so it’s always right and they can’t argue about it!

@cjbrockusrapp9438

Ай бұрын

Did they always have the handling charge option in calculated shipping? I don't remember it being there in 2010. That's why I set everything up with flat rate shipping when we started, to adjust for packing materials and time. Anyway, may switch over to calculated since I see an option now ​@@KaraBuntinTutorials

@KaraBuntinTutorials

Ай бұрын

I've never used a handling fee, that does increase the shipping so they'll probably say that you're charging too much because of that

As a consumer, I'm not sure I need categories when I am searching for a handmade gift on Etsy. I am usually looking for cool gift ideas and I don't care if they are POD or knitted with an Amish loom. But for the old school handmade sellers out there, categories might keep them from saying "that's not fair" for a little while! Finally, a way to separate the handmade goods and digital goods from my really, really handmade goods! 😂

@KaraBuntinTutorials

Ай бұрын

Considering that there are a lot of people complaining that they order something they think is handmade that comes with a “made in China” sticker on it, i think that people do care.

@richm34

Ай бұрын

@@KaraBuntinTutorials yeah that is the part that baffles me. You would think that attrition would take care of sellers that mislead, especially if buyers care so much about handmade with TLC.

@KaraBuntinTutorials

Ай бұрын

Not every buyer does care about it, but the ones that do, do care. The problem is that when Etsy says "handmade" and uses that as the value proposition for the entire site, people get mad when they receive something that isn't handmade. The grey line of POD is another part of that. We can debate all day about the "handmadeness" of POD products, but a lot of people expect everything on Etsy to be made by a person's hands, not designed by them then sent to a manufacturer. When Etsy opened the site up to POD they chose to try to navigate that grey line, and part of the problem is that they haven't done a good job of that. They're basically reaping what they've sown as far as not being strict about the definition of handmade.

Your cat is not annoying if she’s communicating with you that she’s hungry. She’s crying for help. 😢❤

@KaraBuntinTutorials

Ай бұрын

He’s whining because he weighs 20 pounds and should only be 13 according to the vet. He wants to eat all the time but that will kill him, so i have to wait to feed him at the right time.

So glad I dumped Etsy absolute bs

@KaraBuntinTutorials

Ай бұрын

This is actually going to be a good thing. There’s plenty of other BS for sure but this isn’t that.