What's the best software for doing market research on Etsy?

The only one I am aware of is EtsyHunt... And it provides Google search data vs actual Etsy Data - im pretty sure the data is not even remotely transferable

My process you ask?

I will do a search for something very broad say "Dog Collars" and I look at the "Results" number in this case as of right now the number is 198,470 (with ads )

For comparison we can look up "Cat Collars" and see the toal number of listings is 156,184

this will give us an overall picture of how many items are for sale, and then give us an idea of the overall demand of the item - if the item wasnt selling there would not be so many listings.

So next you can get more specific with the search right - so say "Dog Collars with Monkeys" and that number drops all the way down to 563. - less product and we can equate that to overall less demand - again for comparison we can look at "Red Dog Collars" and see 61,907 listings - I would say more people are looking for "Red" than they are looking for "Monkeys"

From here we can start looking at specific listings within this search (dog collars with monkeys) I will generally click on the 1st listing that is not an ad... and then I look for an add with the "best seller" notation, and a "Star Seller" listing" and maybe a few more. what I am looking for is below the "Add to Cart" button is something like "X people has this in their cart" ( obviously the higher the number here, the greater the demand. I am then looking at Reviews on these listings and if there are reviews for that specific product listed.

Something that you can start doing today... that wont really help you today ( it might depending on your niche ) but more so later down the road...is to go onto etsy and just click on the search area and "Popular Right Now" and a set of listings shows up. I do this 3 or 4 times a week and write down the results to keep track of them.. you can get an idea for future use when things like "Christmas" starts trending ( a lot sooner than you think ) and "Halloween", and "Summer" and "bridal" etc etc After a years time you have the beginnings of a blueprint of what should be listed when.

Hope that Helps!

This etsy seller has all sorts of info. Have no idea how the data is collected, but it may serve some purpose? If nothing else, I love when people sell electrons on etsy, eBay or anywhere online...these can be "guides" for any platform.

No affiliation here, just as information which could be relevant to OP

https://www.etsy.com/shop/CreationsO...g_id=807707045

GordonJ

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Here's the list:

1. Sked Social
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3. Wix
4. Putler
5. Marmalead
6. Sell On Etsy
7. Craft Task Manager
8. LeadDyno
9. WiseStamp
10. Whatify

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