4 SIMPLE Tweaks to Make BEST Seller Listings!

About this video

The creator gives four steps to earn Etsy’s Best Seller badge, which she calls the biggest symbol of success among Etsy’s badges. She says she is an 8-year Etsy seller who claims over $1 million in profit in her first five years before teaching, with a corporate e-commerce background. Step one is an equal attempt on every listing, because competition shifts and unexpected listings win badges — she cites a fine jewelry shop whose sole bestseller was a $5.99 ring sizer used as a loss leader driving order velocity. Step two is focusing on order velocity, not lowest price, using traffic from social media, blogs, email and planned drop-model launches close to publishing. Step three is the value proposition: the winning combination of photo and price in search results, without deceiving buyers with irrelevant low-priced variations, noting a low price cannot make up for a bad photo, design or mockup. Step four is keeping your foot on the gas for months — raising price or lengthening shipping too soon loses the badge, which she compares to wet concrete for the first 3 to 5 months. Her bonus is staying vigilant on competition and adding a genuine lower-priced variation of the same product to keep the search price attractive while average order value holds.

Key takeaways

• Give every listing an equal attempt — unexpected low-priced items, like the $5.99 ring sizer example, can become a shop’s sole bestseller and drive new traffic.
• Best Seller badges come from order velocity, not lowest price: drive concentrated traffic via social, blogs, email and drop-model launches near publish time.
• Win on the photo-plus-price value proposition in search results, without deceptive variations; a low price cannot compensate for a bad photo, design or mockup.
• Keep doing what earned the badge for at least 3 to 5 months — raising price or lengthening shipping early is how sellers lose it.
• Defend the badge by watching competitors and adding a genuine lower-priced variation of the same product to improve the search-result price while holding average order value.

Episode details: published October 23, 2024 · 12:02 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Dylan Jahraus’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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