How to Catch the Attention of Etsy’s Marketing Team
Etsy's Merchandising team published four criteria they use to select products for featured campaigns including Editor's Picks, gift guides, and TV ads. Sellers with strong keywords, lifestyle photography, compelling brand stories, and positive reviews have the best shot at free promotional placement.
Etsy editorial features are essentially free advertising with zero CPC cost — sellers who optimize for these criteria can reduce reliance on paid Etsy Ads. If you run multi-channel brands that include Etsy, audit your shop's About section and photo mix before the next seasonal gift guide cycle.
As paid ad costs rise across all marketplaces, organic editorial placement becomes a higher-value channel; Etsy is signaling it rewards brand-building, not just listing optimization.
Audit all active Etsy listings for tag count — if any listing uses fewer than 13 tags, add long-tail keyword tags now to increase discoverability by Etsy's merchandising crawls.
Rebuild your Etsy shop's About section and banner within 30 days to tell a cohesive brand story, as editorial teams explicitly use it to qualify sellers for campaign features.
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Etsy editorial features are free ad placements — optimize now or leave money on the table.
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Etsy editorial features are free ad placements — optimize now or leave money on the table.
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recently shared some tips for sellers on how to catch the attention of its merchandisers who look for items to feature in Etsy marketing campaigns, including Editor’s Picks; seasonal gift guides; trend roundups; emails; and TV ads.
An Etsy Merchandising team member wrote in Friday’s post, “Our team is always looking to spotlight the special items you’re creating and curating – and help amplify the meaningful stories behind them.” She included four tips to catch the attention of the teams behind those features.
The first was to “Make it easy to discover you” and provided tips on keywords, titles, descriptions. She also suggested sellers use all 13 tags available to them, “including a couple of relevant long tail ones.” The second tip was to “Elevate your visuals.”
Tips included making the most of product photos, such as “Mix detail-focused shots with lifestyle images that show your product in use.” And she recommended sellers include a video of their item.
The third tip was to “Build up your brand,” something that may be easy for sellers to overlook: “We want to get to know you: who you are, what inspires you, how your shop came about, and what it means to you. A compelling ‘About’ section can often let us know exactly why you would be a good fit for certain campaigns.
And while you’re at it, build a consistent brand around your story – from your shop banner to your social media pages. Everything should feel like it belongs together.” The fourth tip was to “Provide a great buyer experience.” Etsy marketing teams determine that by evaluating sellers’ reviews.
“Shipping on time, responding quickly, receiving positive reviews, and communicating clearly in your descriptions and FAQs would definitely increase your chances of getting featured.”
Some sellers took the invitation to market their items to heart by commenting below the post with links to their Etsy shops, no doubt hoping to boost their chances of being seen by the company’s marketers. As of March 11th, 84 sellers had left comments, many of them sharing what makes their items special.
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This briefing is based on reporting from eCommerce Bytes. Use the original post for full primary-source context.
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