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Rss Feed :”Really Simple Syndication”.
It allows you to easily stay informed by retrieving the latest content from the sites you are interested in. To connect to any Rss feed you need to find it on the site you are interested in subscribing to. Here is the RSS feed for Handmade Spark: By subscribing to Handmade Sparks RSS Feed you be notified when a new article has been posted automatically. So if you want to know about the latest handmade items and learn about the best tips for selling handmade goods online, subscribe to our RSS feed.
Can an RSS feed Help your Etsy sales? Yes, your Etsy shop RSS Feed can help your Etsy sales. If you have people subscribing to your Etsy shop RSS feed it will keep them up to date when you are adding new items. Which may lead to more sales.
Where is your Etsy RSS Feed?
Your Etsy shop RSS Feed can be found in the right hand column under the page tools. Your feed
Etsy Shop Rss Feed
Here is what your Etsy Rss feed looks like. It is updated every time you add a new listing or renew an item. Below you can see what my Etsy shop RSS feed looks like. You can subscribe HERE.
Etsy Shop Rss feed Updates
Here the link you want to copy and paste into your Etsy shop announcement.
How can you promote your Etsy shop RSS Feed?
The first way to get your RSS feed out there is to put a link right in your Etsy announcement. This can be super powerful, because your buyers will get updates as soon as you list new items or renew items. Adding a link here gets this right in front of your buyers.
Promote Your Etsy RSS Feed
The second way to promote your Etsy RSS feed is with a button on your blog. You can link a button on your blog straight to your RSS feed where your buyers can subscribe quick and easy.
Etsy Rss blog badge
Here are a few My Etsy RSS Feed badges that I put together. Feel free to right click on the images and save them to your computer. After you have them saved just add on to your blog and link it to your Etsy Shop RSS Feed.
Something to consider:
Let’s say you promote your Etsy shop RSS feed and you get 100 people subscribed to your feed. That is 100 people that are interested in the items you sell. Every time you update your shop with new or renewed items these 100 people are going to get notified that you have a new and fresh shop. Ok… now let’s consider this… you have 1000+ people subscribed to your RSS feed. Think of the potential views… sales… and growth your Etsy shop will receive.
Take Modish for example… yes this is a blog and an awesome one at that… but this blog has over 7000 subscribers…think….think….think!!
In conclusion:
Your Etsy shop RSS feed and your Blog RSS feed are a very important part to your Etsy business. The great thing about your Etsy RSS is it is already set and ready to go. Promoting your Etsy RSS feed and getting your buyers and lookers to subscribe are vital to the growth of your Etsy shop.
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Hi Tim, I have a question this morning. I did the auto Etsy shop updates on Twitter last night. I went into my twitter this morning and looked under my connections to see if it was there and it isn’t or does it not show up there? I had recently linked my fan page from facebook to twitter and it is there so I am just wondering if I was supposed to do something else to get it there. Also I disabled the link from facebook to twitter because I was afraid if the same info went to twitter from two different places it would look like I was spamming. Am I correct on this or am I looking at it wrong.
Thank you, Hazel
Hazel,
I don’t have my Facebook linked to my Twitter. There is to much going on on Twitter that your Facebook friends would not understand. Like conversations between you and other Twitters. I keep them separate!
Thank’s Tim on the info about facebook and twitter. My other question, is my RSS from Etsy supposed to be in my connections on Twitter for it to work? It wasn’t there this morning so I wanted to know if there is something I missed when I did it last night or does it not show up there.
Thank’s, Hazel
Hi Tim, I just did a test. I renewed an item on Etsy and then went to twitter to see if it was there and it’s not. What am I doing wrong?
Thank’s, Hazel
Hi Tim, Sorry I was such a pain !! I got it all figured out
Thank’s,
Hazel
Thanks! Appreciate the hints and the graphics =)
Thanks so much for the how-to for adding my RSS feed address to my announcements. It’s a great idea and one I never would have thought to do.
Thanks, Tim! Hope you’re having a good time waiting for your new baby
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Thanks so much Tim! Such simple instructions for something that I really needed to do.
All the best:)
Is there a way to tell how many subscribe to your Etsy RSS feed?
Such great info, I posted in my blog! Thank you! http://www.raigecreations.blogspot.com
Looks great.. and thanks for the great post about my Etsy shop, blog, and Handmade Spark!
This is one thing that I’m confused about. There’s already an RSS feed in the shop, so what is the advantage of linking it to your shop announcement? More visibility Also, for some reason when I try to subscribe to an RSS feed on my current computer, all I get is a page full of text, very weird, I’m not certain what causes this & if I add a button to my blog, if it will actually work. Thanks for the tips! I usually get all this stuff, so I’m not sure what I’m missing here
samsstuff,
Yes adding your rss feed to your announcement is to give it more visibility. Most shoppers will not spot it where it is.
Here is your rss feed link: http://www.etsy.com/rss_shop.php?user_id=5956156
Hi Tim, Afraid I don’t understand how to set up my own RSS to bring people to my shop. Can you help this technically challenged but enthusiastic newby? What is the cost? Kat
Kats,
Your rss is free. Just follow the instructions in this article.
Tim, thanks so much for this. I saw this in the forums the other day and followed your instructions right away.
Wanted to also congratulate you and your wife on your upcoming baby!!
Thanks Mindie!!
Thank you for this article. I will be sure to add my RSS feed to my shops and my blog
Marilyn aka G-Ma http://GrandmaMarilyns.etsy.com http://GrandmaMarilynsToo.etsy.com http://AngeliquesCreations.etsy.com http://www.blog.grandma-marilyns.com
Tim, THANKS for the info! I honestly never would have thought about the shop announcement or blog. Steph
Tim, thanks so very much for allllll the info you post. I have benefited from many of your articles and I really do appreciate it. PS: Hope you, your wife AND your baby are getting some sleep!
I am really new at this, thank you so much for the idea and the great explanation on how to do it! So many times people tell me what to do but I never have a clue how.
Lindsay…. I am glad the instructions were clear!
Tim, Thanks so much for not only the information but giving us the images to link our RSS feed to. I have been on your site for over a week and have learned so much. I love the blog and all that you and the other contributors share with us.
You are welcome Nikki!
Wow thanks for the tip. I’m new to selling on Etsy and any help is always very much appreciated. I’ve added the feed to both my etsy shop and my blog. TJ.
thank you Tim!
Great advice, and so simple to do. I’ve added my RSS feed to Twitter, and I’ve updated my shop announcement with the link to my feed. Now I’m going to give the blog link a shot. Thanks for the use of the graphics!
I am glad my instructions were easy to follow!!
Thanks again Tim for breaking it all down for us!
Great article, I will implement that straight away.
I am really in a slump no matter what I do to promote my shop….HELP!!!
Thanks for the info. I will give it a try. Konstanze