Etsy manual research methods, and the shop assignment criteria

This whole document is from Classes 12 and 13 of the Etsy module, EHunt, eRank and Manual Research Methods, taught by Sir Zafar Ali.

On Etsy, 90% of the game is niche research and keyword research.¹

The research methods

• Autocomplete method: put a short tail keyword into the Etsy search bar and keep watching what Etsy suggests. This gives you more keywords. Doing it in incognito is the best option.
• Alphabet method: type the alphabet into the search bar one letter at a time, a to z, and Etsy gives you suggestions itself.
• Category method: through a category you can see Etsy's products and take keywords out of them.
• Google search: you can also search for keywords through Google.
• Google related searches: you can take keywords out of Google's related searches too.
• Pinterest style search.
• Competitor title research.
• Competitor tags research.
• Word frequency: make a sheet of 30 to 50 competitors and add 50 titles to it. Have ChatGPT count which words are used the most times. The keywords are in those words.
• Competitor shop research: take out any competitor's shop.
• Keyword gap: search any keyword and open a listing. Put its URL into RankKW's keyword gap analysis option, and you get the keyword gap there.
• Product + attributes formula.
• Buyer intent formula.
• Google Trends: you can take keywords out of Google Trends as well.¹

Shop assignment criteria

For the assignment, find shops that meet all of these:¹

Once you find shops like this, you can replicate them. Their top listing can be copied.¹

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Footnotes

1. iSkills Quick Skills (Etsy) Classes 12 and 13 notes, EHunt, eRank and Manual Research Methods, taught by Sir Zafar Ali. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴