How to Write Effective Etsy Titles and Tags (step-by-step)

[@thulelamagatya7191]

I followed your tips step by step and after uploading my listing I saw alot of visist within the first 24 hours. Usually I get 9-10 visits but this time it is 44. Wow, I think with practice it can get better.

[@brandontimothy]

That is amazing! I'm so glad this helped!

[@lilypad8922]

When doing niche research, do you find Sales Samurai to be accurate? I am noticing a HUGE discrepancy between Sales Samurai, Everbee and E-rank. It makes me wonder which one I can trust... if any 😳

[@patrickmichaels2877]

I have heard a lot of people recommend marmalead

[@VictorFoote01]

I had a similar thought when I was doing my SEO reseach

[@YogaBlissDance]

@@MsKavl I tested 3 of them likehim I like soemthings abut Everbee, but it lacks some stuff so I tried Erank and it's awesome!

[@vintijeffect6384]

Exactly what I was wondering!

[@dulceortiz9730]

i paid for a course and you are offering this for free! i appreciate it so much. Thank you!

[@brandontimothy]

Glad you found it helpful! 🙌

[@withlindamarie594]

I'm very confused; I just watched another video about writing titles and tags (the right way for 2023 - Kara Buntin). She says not to repeat the titles in the tags. Her method is to use the main descriptive wotds in the title and supporting words for keywords. How do I know which method to follow? Thank you Brandon!

[@selenefroehlich9138]

of course, I totally understand all the etsy youtubers out there that want to protect their business, I mean, you are already helping us a lot by giving us this gold information, really appreciated!

[@brandontimothy]

Thank you for understanding!

[@WASP397]

Hi brandon, thanks fir the helpful content! I tried to use your research list but cant type anything in it...

[@WinWithBrookeMartinez]

This is truly the best step by step etsy seo video I've seen so far. Can't wait to implement these steps.

[@brandontimothy]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@vintijeffect6384]

Months and months of scouring KZbin and finally found a video that isn’t super long and hard to follow! This was awesome. Going to try it out first thing tomorrow. Thank you!

[@brandontimothy]

That's fantastic! So glad you found my video helpful. If you're interested, I'm actually hosting a free masterclass where I share my Etsy framework. You can join here: www.brandontimothy.com/join.

[@astral6909]

Thanks for the tips body, I have a question, I make wall art designs, and I've been thinking to turn those designs into print on demands, so is it ok to add those pod to my existing shop or make a new one.

[@sananurani740]

fellow Vancouverite here! love your videos, so helpful!

[@brandontimothy]

Amazing. Thanks for watching and the support 🙌

[@embodyharmonics]

Well spoken, explaining why you don't show your actual shop. A+ for clear boundaries with nonviolent communication

[@brandontimothy]

🙏

[@christinegeertsema2880]

Thanks Brandon! This was super helpful. You have a gift for explaining things. I hope your Etsy shops do really well this year! :)

[@brandontimothy]

Thank you! Wish you and your shops all the best too :)

[@shakedshamir3057]

Hi, thank you for this video. I've tried using your research spreadsheet, and the ratio numbers I’m getting are very low in my niche. Do you have any advice on how to approach this? Thanks 🙏

[@blancavr1]

Thank you, I appreciate your generous information. As a widow and retiree I'm needing to make additional income. I'm not very computer literate so sometimes your videos are super fast for me (lol). So I watch them over and over. I understand what you are saying about not sharing your personal stores with us...makes a lot of sense 👍

[@sophieca6906]

You know that you can play a video at lower speed, right?

[@blancavr1]

@@sophieca6906 no. I didn't know😁

[@Maryam_bashir]

thank you very much for all this free value, my partner and I are just starting on Etsy and I hear you said you are in vancouver BC and we leave there too. do you offer coaching? we would love to enroll

[@LifeLessons-p7v]

Thanks for this great video! Appreciate you 😊

[@Infinitemila]

Super helpful! Thanks so much for taking the time to share this important aspect of the business with such detail. 🙏

[@brandontimothy]

Always happy to share! 😊

[@avnhealth]

This was a fantastic video - and thank you also for the spreadsheet. I have been trying to work out a system for researching and - here it is! 🙂

[@brandontimothy]

Glad it was helpful!

[@thesoundofeverything8023]

Yes we do appreciate your free content 🙌 I am trying to first research what would take to sell what I wanna sell .. I already eliminate my 2 ideas.. but i keep going.. I will find

[@brandontimothy]

Keep researching. You'll eventually find a profitable niche that is aligned with your interests and skill set. 🙌

[@bbfamily8038]

Thank you for the VDO that very helpful. I just paid for the course and I hopefully i can get into it. I been trying on Etsy shop for 3years and been open for 3 shop but not success. Now I will give myself more serious about SEO and pick the right niche the sale.

[@reneesolana6697]

i've watched videos from a variety of etsy creators and this was the most grounded, practical, useful and complete video i've watched so far. many things i missed as well as everything i've learned and then some strung together in a complete picture. super happy i clicked onto your video! thanks so much for your videos. obviously instantly subscribed.

[@brandontimothy]

Thank you so much for watching! Makes me happy to know you enjoy this type of content. All the best.

[@shizzzybee]

Thank you for putting out videos with such great information and tools. I downloaded the keyword spreadsheet, but I'm unable to use it. Did I miss a step?

[@rafael19690]

The video is really helpful. Thanks Brandon

[@brandontimothy]

You're welcome! 🙌

[@ion.mardari]

Thank you very much for shring this! You said you took those photows on your phone? They look stunning! Do you have a tutorial on how to take such photos? :)

[@brandontimothy]

Thank you! Yup, I can make a video on this in the future :)

[@MoserTimmy]

thank you always for making these!

[@superdjv]

Amazing content! its a blessing to discover your channel. i have a question: when you have enough keywords, is it better to not put te same keywords in the titel to the tags so you have more different keywords?

[@brandontimothy]

Yea ideally you want a mixture of both. Some the same and some different :)

[@anjakoch13]

Such great info!! Thank you so much. Best video on the topic yet :)

[@brandontimothy]

Glad it was helpful! All the best to your in 2023 :)

[@mindyharding7187]

Where do we find your spreadsheet?! Please ☺️

[@kristinababakhanova3425]

Best video on how to actually attract customers on Etsy !!

[@brandontimothy]

Thank you for your kind words!

[@shopmillah]

I have a question! So, let's say some top key words for your shop are "skirt" "y2k" "preppy" (these are high comp words). Should/could you use up the character space they give you in just one simplified tag? "preppy y2k skirt" or is Etsy going to peg that as it's own sort of keyword tag? Should I separate them AND combine them in different ways or? Thanks ahead of time :)

[@lisayoung8707]

Awesome video! I do have a question. So I have many similar digital products that could use the exact same keywords as a description. How do I differentiate the product listing descriptions that are so similar, or are the pictures and mock-ups enough to differentiate each listing? I have been trying to find an answer to this on YT but maybe I am not asking the question correctly. Can you help? Thank you so much for your time.

[@brandontimothy]

Yes great question. You can differentiate the listings through mock-ups and variations of keywords and tags

[@lisayoung8707]

@@brandontimothy Thank you so much!

[@gloriahahn2606]

Brandon, you are SUCH SUCH a super teacher, This SEO/tags stuff can be pure torture, you made it so step by step. It really helps to have a starting 'product" idea vs just looking for a niche then finding a product. Thank you so very very much for your free work sheet and the time it took to make it... that's very kind to give to us (me). One less thing to "learn" hee hee. Love every one of your videos. God bless your busniess(s). btw a suggestion on your monitor stand listing...maybe a photo with measurements.? I know i look for them. Happy Holidays. :>)

[@scottiewardle]

Do you intergrate pinterest and IG with your stores?

[@crazyuriyeahhh]

Hi, thank you for your videos, they are so helpful! Etsy closed one of my shops a couple of months ago and the appeals didn't work, my questions is, can I open a new shop or will it be instantly banned? Thank you

[@reneehayes2629]

Hi Brandon! Thanks for the fantastic video! How do you figure out the formula for the ratio? I'm trying to use your research tool but can't edit anything inside the tool.

[@rebeccakocass2824]

Make a copy of the downloaded document :)

[@Stephenphillips29UK]

I like the Pokémon PSA cards in the background 😊 great video too

[@brandontimothy]

Thank you for noticing 😂😂

[@danielclark143]

Brandon, thank you for the video! I wanted some clarifications, is Everbee better than Sale Samurai? Or is it vice versa? Just wanted to know your opinions on those two, and additionally eRank as well if you have experience with that!

[@brandontimothy]

I use EverBee to research competition, and I use salesamurai or eRank for keyword research/data.

[@fionawebster1983]

Wonderful!!! 🌺 Thanks heaps. This is exactly what I needed to see today. Muah!

[@brandontimothy]

Amazing. Glad you found it helpful :)

[@Winterschant]

Thanks so much for this. Quick question: what if you have variation of a similar product - would you apply the same title, tags and descriptions across all of them?

[@brandontimothy]

Yup, you can pretty much have everything the same, but try to add just a bit of difference in the title and tag. Maybe to describe the new variation in a different way

[@Junkk29]

Thanks for the always awesome content Brandon!

[@brandontimothy]

Thanks for watching and supporting the channel!

[@Junkk29]

@@brandontimothy You should consider adding a Thanks button Brandon. Us fans would be so happy to support :)

[@kharmeniahildacomia1538]

Hi Brandon, is it advisable to use almost same titles on just different variations of a product? How should I do it? Thank you so much.

[@brandontimothy]

Yup that’s fine, just add subtle changes, and don’t have it 100% the same (not copy and paste)

[@kharmeniahildacomia1538]

@@brandontimothy Thank you!!!

[@syruppulse8246]

Thanks love your video

[@brandontimothy]

Thanks for watching!

[@tamalie25]

Super video! If a listing has good SEO how many times can you repeat title and tags for similar listings so they get the same traffic?

[@angelagutierrez_]

thanks so much for always creating quality content!

[@brandontimothy]

Thank you for watching!

[@philiplong8433]

Thanks for your excellent explanational video! I really appreciate you putting out free content. I also laughed super hard when the sun came in, since I've lived in Vancouver during the winter :).

[@feliciashermanpetty4573]

Thank you so much I appreciate everything you teaching me

[@YogaBlissDance]

If we dont' have these tools CAN U MAKE A VIDEO ON OTHER WAYS TO RESEarch such as Google or Trends etc?

[@brandontimothy]

Yes! I’ll see what I can do. Thank you

[@mostafaelbassuony1200]

Another great video !

[@brandontimothy]

Glad you enjoyed it! 🙌

[@anisia98]

Super useful! Thank you for clear step by step explanation :)

[@brandontimothy]

You're very welcome!

[@5r6v]

if i make and sell art inspired by basquiat (not actual basquiat art), can i put "basquiat style art" or "art inspired by basquiat" in the title or tags?? similarly, can i do the same for art inspired by pixar? (not copyrighted characters).

[@rolandhawbibata8029]

Thanks a lot for your sharing, this is exactly what I was looking for as a newbie on Etsy👌

[@brandontimothy]

Wow I’m so glad to hear that! Happy you found it helpful

[@koonyada]

Hi Brandon, thank you for enlightening me :D If I have a store in France. Do you think it's a good idea to focus on local people by using the french language? or I should use English to gain more attention? thank you :D

[@brandontimothy]

Great question. I would do both! Since you already spent a lot of time creating the digital product, you just need to change the text in the product and also the title, tags and description in the different language:)

[@anturiaia]

THANKS YOU BRANDON I STARTED MY OWN ESTY SHOP BUT I SUCK ON IT I WILL APPLY YOUR ADVICES INTO MY SHOP AND HOPE FOR THE BEST :) +1 FOLLOWER

[@eldean0]

did you have to ad a production partner for these?

[@adammann42]

Question about tags! Does word order matter? For example, would the tag “printable mindfulness planner” also cover “mindfulness printable planner”? Or would you need to use both? Thanks for all the awesome videos!

[@JJShalashaska]

I think it matters, depends on what people are searching. But also I know that you cannot write tags longer than 20 characters, you should put long sentence in long tail tags

[@28SongTube28]

@adammann42 Strong keywords are the ones when you have exactly that what the customer is typing in the search bar. If you have keyword 1 "mindfulness printable planner" and keyword 2 "digital calendar" it would match for "mindfulness planner", "mindfulness calendar", "printable digital calendar" and so on

[@linhha3576]

Hello, Can the keywords I wrote in the title be included in the tag?

[@marialaurasanzone3192]

Thanks for this AMAZING content Brandon. One question: what do you do when you find a nice long keyword that exceed the 20 characters limit? do you still use it? how?

[@brandontimothy]

Thanks for watching! Good question. unfortunately you'll need to break down the long tail into two tags for this :(

[@thesoundofeverything8023]

Your video is super helpful

[@brandontimothy]

🙏

[@sam8424]

Thanks for the tips ☺️👍

[@brandontimothy]

You're welcome! 😊

[@kendrayvonne3141]

Hey there! I am a new etsy seller and have had my shop open for a few months. I am having trouble finding high search volume key words with low competition in my niche, which is digital wall art. I know this niche is very saturated but virtually all the titles and tags I've searched for have extremely high competition. Any suggestions on what do to from here? And thank you so much for all your videos, they have really helped me thus far!

[@reneehayes2629]

Niche down in the type of Digital Wall Art. For example, Abstract Digital Wall Art, Line Digital Wall Art...

[@lmelyakim]

hi, do you think is a good idea to open a pod clothes on etsy?

[@nicolaspyhrr]

Thanks a lot! Always appreciate your videos! Quick question would you recommend creating different stores for different Categories? I have one print on Demand shop in one niche and I don’t know if it’s good to add more designs but from different niches or If Should create a new store for it?

[@jibbsonme2308]

im not brandon but i seen your comments so if you don’t mind I’ll just leave my insight here. Through all the videos i’ve been watching and secondary information i’ve gotten it would say yes you should create different stores. If you have any different products in your store falling in different whole categories the customer will be confused as to what your store is ACTUALLY focused on selling and will just leave to purchase at another store who is focused on selling one product to its best quality. It’ll never hurt to start a new store and in the long i know it’ll definitely help customers understand your brands identify which will in turn create brand loyalty. Hopefully this helps !

[@nicolaspyhrr]

@@jibbsonme2308 hey thanks for your answer I really appreciate it! Yea its kinda difficult as both kinda fall into the streetwear space but one is more on the meme side on more on the serious side. I selling both right now in one store but I might change that. Are you selling one etsy?

[@jibbsonme2308]

@@nicolaspyhrr Ohh okay since they are both apparel then for now that should be find just in the long run always keep the brands identity in tac because think about it... people wear Gucci because they want to identify with the brands image of "expensive" and others are loyal to places like Old Navy and Zara because they want to identify with " being cute yet affordable".

[@jibbsonme2308]

@@nicolaspyhrr also to answer your other question yes I am selling on Etsy. Currently getting my notebook shop ( MiAdmente ) to open up for the first time on Dec 19th and brandon is definitely helping me alot !

[@nicolaspyhrr]

@@jibbsonme2308 thanks man! Well good luck on your launch!

[@galapagoz1211]

I've seen a lot of videos about title, description and tags, but how important is it to actually fill in the optional details like the attributes (e.g. for printable wall art: Color, Orientation, what room they are for, etc.)? Should you always fill that out completely as well, or can you leave it out?

[@kalyanivasaikar5607]

So helpful 👍👍

[@brandontimothy]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching

[@fireadept007]

Thank you for the value.

[@chitchat4851]

Brandon what plan do you recommend for everbee. I’m currently using the free version but you don’t get much info

[@brandontimothy]

I’m on the paid plan. I’d recommend trying that out to get more info on competitions

[@chitchat4851]

@@brandontimothy which plan are you on? Growth plan or pro plan?

[@chitchat4851]

Brandon, could you sell digital downloads like planners, wall arts, checklists, digital wedding products etc in the same shop? Or should they be different shops

[@brandontimothy]

You technically can, but I personally don’t do that because I want to build authority in my shop by specializing in niche markets. Creating a story brand that Carrie’s the same message throughout all my products

[@chitchat4851]

@@brandontimothy That does make sense. How would you create more shops for different products? Can you use the same account or do you have to crest different accounts/emails?

[@rebeccakocass2824]

@@chitchat4851 Different emails :)

[@RickyCabanas-n1v]

I downloaded your data sheet but it won’t let me use it, it’s on view mode, how can I use it?

[@patbrazil1125]

Can you recommend a target file size for listing images. I saw an article recommending less than 1 MB which seems very small. I think max is 10MB so how about around 5 MB or less?

[@stivenmlsna2968]

Amazing video I really like it 🎉

[@brandontimothy]

I'm glad you like it!

[@minhphuongqb]

May I ask why the tags are blocked . Do I have to pay to show the tags ?

[@Emily-y7i4t]

Good video

[@MH22850]

🙏🙏❤Thank you for your useful and good explanations

[@christina9841]

Pausing at point <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="632">10:32</a>... this is such valuable information. At the same time, if there are a thousand people with that same tag, even if there are 5,000 people looking for that tag..what I don't understand is how we get OUR tag to be on the first, second or even third tag.. wouldn't the other thousand people be the ones that rank first for each of those 5,000 people? .. That is the part that is hard to understand. :( For example, when I type in one of the popular tags for my etsy shop, I get tons of listings, but none of them mine. :( Is there something I'm not understanding?

[@AG-iv1lu]

How do I use the Etsy keywords research sheet, it says view only

[@AG-iv1lu]

Oh I got it, for anyone else that has this problem I just clicked "File" on the top left, then "Make a copy" and "Make a copy" again. Then you'll be able to edit and make changes to the tool.

[@brandontimothy]

You have to make a copy, then you can use it :)

[@Krina16]

Do you have a program/course ??

[@sarahbarnes3051]

Etsy tags are only allowed 20 characters?

[@rz8759]

Hi I tried to use your keyword tool but it says I need access to edit it, I sent a request hopefully you see it. Thanks a ton

[@DebraJFrank]

EXCELLENT!! Thank you ;)

[@awenmerc5565]

Thanks. Why do you have to use 2 tools, neither one can give all the details you need to do keyword analysis?

[@patriciaonyemena5183]

Do you think you would need to do the same for digital products?

[@jimhalpert0]

This was genuine

[@brenondopp]

Hi Brandon! I love the content you create and would love to do a collaboration with you! I tried emailing you but I received an email saying the delivery was incomplete... Let me know if you would be interested and how I can connect with you!

[@Bedstorywithbunny]

Hi hope u can answer my question. If etsy remove my account can i create new account on same detail on new email

[@brandontimothy]

Yes you can!

[@janisr8397]

Can't modify the Excel file, nor it works when copy-paste 😞

[@cassandramurphy8029]

I am unable to download the spreadsheet it is view only.

[@brandontimothy]

Hi! You can easily create a copy by following these steps: Open the spreadsheet. Go to 'File' in the menu. Select 'Make a copy...' Give your copy a name and choose where you want to save it. Click 'OK' or 'Make a copy. Now you'll have your own editable version of the spreadsheet. Let me know if it works!

[@sezaykaragoz]

I bought your ebook but it is impossible to download it. Can you please take a look what’s going on your website ??

[@brandontimothy]

Oh! Ok I’ll message you on the side about this.

[@pwm-cod]

Bro, I was watching a TON of videos regarding eTsy, and no one, literally NO ONE, explains why they showed them shop, for you honestly i get me SUBSCRIBE, ej by the way more u going more u receiving, please do not turn in to those who reaping themselves over again just to realise video. Please keep doing great content 🫵

[@RiceRocket777]

Can't do this anymore on a free everbee account...

[@irfans6661]

your spreadsheet doesn't lettting me type, why is that?

[@CarlosRodriguez-vg2ob]

Didn’t the guideline not change for listing and they said not to use single words but to put it in like a sentence.

[@jeremystone2855]

Hey Brandon. Excellent video!! This really helps, but I am curious about something. When it comes to benchmarking the monthly searches competition, and ratio, is their a minimum that you would like to see before committing to using the tag?

[@28SongTube28]

You could have added that we need to pay for two tools in order to be that effective...

[@artgamesforfun]

some KZbin experts say that you should never repeat keywords from title to tags otherwise etsy drops you in search results. Does anyone have any advice on this?

[@cgc2300]

hello could I send you a PM, I'm not sure I understood everything correctly

[@ahmetkirhan5896]

Sir, when I write the title like this with commas, I get a warning that Etsy warns me as it follows "Looks like you title may have been written for computers not humans. Try writing it like a short sentence such as 'Monogrammed leather drop kit groomsmen gift'". Do you have any idea why Etsy warn me like this which is nonsense because every user writing like you did?

[@Lady_Tism]

All tags in my category are .20 or less fml

[@johnwick2138]

SEO doesn't rank your listing, it only makes it eligible for ranking. Please don't tell people wrong information!!!

[@keeRolX]

Please talk to slow i can't understand fast.

[@lovelinesswhite]

Hi Brandon Timothy, Your cursor is all over the place. I just cannot follow you. If you are teaching, you have to go step by step so that anyone interested can follow. I appreciate your effort.

[@brandontimothy]

I appreciate the feedback! Thank you