Listings have no result in main search, only handmade category
Hi people,
Ive been on handmade for 7 months now and sales have been frankly dire so i haven’t paid it much attention as i manly sell on etsy.
(when i say dire, in the last 7 months my amazon handmade sales have totalled £650.00, the same listings on etsy have totalled just over £48,000.00!!)
Thought id have a nosey today and do a bit of seo etc to see if i could start to grow my handmade sales…
So i turns out that my listings are only visible in search if the customer selects “handmade” from the categories. even though for my primary long tail keyword there is only 3 pages of results, my listings are simply not displayed for what is my main search term and best performing keword.
As a customer i just do a search, i never drill down categories to find a product that i want to buy. if i get to the end of search results i presume thats all there is, how does the customer know there’s more products that match their search but hidden away in the handmade category??
Beginning to think handmade isnt worth the effort if we’re basically hidden away in a corner!
Listings have no result in main search, only handmade category
Hi people,
Ive been on handmade for 7 months now and sales have been frankly dire so i haven’t paid it much attention as i manly sell on etsy.
(when i say dire, in the last 7 months my amazon handmade sales have totalled £650.00, the same listings on etsy have totalled just over £48,000.00!!)
Thought id have a nosey today and do a bit of seo etc to see if i could start to grow my handmade sales…
So i turns out that my listings are only visible in search if the customer selects “handmade” from the categories. even though for my primary long tail keyword there is only 3 pages of results, my listings are simply not displayed for what is my main search term and best performing keword.
As a customer i just do a search, i never drill down categories to find a product that i want to buy. if i get to the end of search results i presume thats all there is, how does the customer know there’s more products that match their search but hidden away in the handmade category??
Beginning to think handmade isnt worth the effort if we’re basically hidden away in a corner!
28 replies
Seller_7VbclcPFFRTnc
I always thought handmade was still visible in all categories - at least it should be.
There have been several issue with searches recently but apparently have been fixed
I’m not sure on the fee differences but if its a difference between sales of £650 and potentially thousands, maybe list it in the main category and see if that makes a difference
I still list my personalised goods in the main category rather than sign up for handmade so maybe someone who sells in handmade can confirm the searches issues
Seller_ZjZ4slOF0jHpk
I’m in Handmade and my items are showing up in the main search. No problems.
I had your concerns at the start about how visible Handmade is. I agree, there is still an issue there, but my items have - over time - appeared higher and higher in the results.
Seller_qpVfDUT1Mu5Xe
Some items do and others don’t appear under the main “All” search when I do very specific searches for my items (i.e. one where’s there a few pages of results rather than 1,000s). I have no idea why. I do have a case open with support to look at a few examples so I’ll see whether I get any reasonable response out of them.
Seller_EDUFTR4llCMEA
Hi @ChorleyOak. I have just searched “oak mantel beam” via Amazon.co.uk (‘all’ selected in the search bar) and I see 3 listings on the first page.
Your “120cm Solid Oak Mantel Beam …” is showing on the 3rd row, far right.
Directly under it is your 110cm version and under that is your 100cm one.
Seller_x5Ue9vlAZyPyq
Hello,
Thank you for the information provided. I will go ahead and check within our team to see about why your listings are not showing.
As soon as I have more information, I will let you know.
Thank you
Nancy
Seller_ajSDUSZB9lBAm
I was told by a Amazon Support person that the Handmade listings are not visible in the main category. A person has to look within handmade to find any handmade items. I was querying why i dont get many sales anymore and this was his answer. Says it all really.
Seller_CssBvn92een4I
I think they messed with it in January as my sales suddenly dropped off a cliff, yet all other platforms were still ridiculously busy. It’s never recovered here at all. Add the stupid VTR rule and I’m seeing my days out until they remove my listings. I started editing my photos last year but have given up with that too. It isn’t worth my time.
