Your thumbnail sells your product before your title ever does. If nobody clicks then nobody buys. It does not matter how good your SEO is. Agree or disagree? Drop it below.

What is something you THOUGHT you knew about Etsy that turned out to be completely wrong? For instance, I thought when I first started that I could open up my shop and the floodgates would open and I would be making a few thousand $$ immediately. It didn't happen and I learned that Etsy like any other business has a huge learning curve and takes time. What was your aha moment? Someone in here right now believes the same thing you used to — and your confession might save them months of wasted effort and frustration

What To Do: - Think of your tags as another way to say the same thing as in the title, for instance, if your title says " Personalized Dog Mom Mug For Her, then your tags should include things like dog lover, canine mom gift, etc... - Always use all 13 tags as each one left blank is a missed sale opportunity and use long tail keywords (3 or more words). The more specifically targeted to your product the better. - If a keyword phrase is over 20 characters, split it in to two tags. The algorithm can put them together. - There is always some debate on this, but I put my most targeted keyword phrase (the one that is in the front of my title) in my tags as well. What Not To Do: - Never use your shop name as a tag unless you have a shop that is a name brand that people are searching for. - Never add a tag unless you have validated that there are customers using this exact phrase each month (Use a good keyword tool like Everbee.com) - Never trust AI for the tags. If you want to use it as a starting point you can, but it doesn't get used unless you validate it with a keyword tool... even if other competitors are using it.

Let’s talk about it 👇 Do you think Etsy is saturated? YES NO OR it depends on the niche?

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