Etsy Front Page

Ok so maybe I didn't ACTUALLY appear on the front page of Etsy, but from my point of view this was pretty cool.

Quick background on Etsy, for those of you who are completely unaware of what Etsy is, it is as their slogan says "The place to Sell and Buy all things handmade". This website hosts hundreds of thousands of shops for creative individuals. It provides a selling venue that allows crafters to publish their handmade pieces online. On Etsy you can custom request anything from hand made stationary to um...beef jerky underwear...(still not sure what that one was all about). You can find artists from every category imaginable, you can find artists who paint, sculpt, draw to artists who create clothing, jewelry, furniture and more.

So what is my giddiness about? Well Etsy has grown HUGE since 2005, and continues to grow. This growth has caused amazing features on Etsy to not function properly. So when you list you run a chance that your products never make it on the front of the search categories.

Etsy implemented a new feature which would allow your items to display beneath the featured showcase (the front page with all the different buyer's stuff in it, also called a treasury) so your items would gain exposure right there in the front page. Well if you ever peruse the Etsy forums, you would know this has been a big issue lately because seller's don't see their items, if Seller's don't see their items chances are their customers wont see them either.

I listed some stuff today, and it made it to the front page it really did! so here is a screen capture of it. I am a geek, I get excited about the strangest stuff and I am very excited about this one so here it is...