Improve Tags – Action Words

Improve Tags – Action Words

Do you utilize “action words” in your tagging?

To reach the goal of Etsy’s allowance of 14 tags per item, consider using keywords that describe what a potential buyer can do with the item!  Our team has found many Etsy shops, as well as handmade shops on other selling platforms, do not take advantage of this tagging technique.  In other words, you have a better chance of reaching buyers they miss.

At the bottom of this article is a list of words that may help answer, “What can someone do with my handmade item?”

Which ones work for your items?  Any to add to the list that we missed?

Remember, if any handmade item in your online store is not tagged with care, you are not reaching all your potential buyers!

Alert	Decorate	Imagine	List	Park	Repair	Unpack
Announce	Dream	Inform	Listen	Pass	Seal	Wash
Bake	Educate	Instruct	Manage	Peel	Shade	Welcome
Bathe	Entertain	Invent	Marry	Perform	Signal	Wipe
Behave	File	Invite	Measure	Pinch	Ski	Wish
Bless	Fix	Join	Memorize	Plant	Stamp	Work
Bounce	Fold	Joke	Miss	Play	Surprise
Boil	Frame	Juggle	Mix	Pop	Talk
Calculate	Fry	Kick	Nail	Post	Taste
Call	Greet	Kiss	Nest	Practice	Thank
Carry	Guide	Knit	Note	Pray	Tie
Carve	Heal	Label	Notice	Pretend	Trace
Challenge	Heat	Laugh	Observe	Print	Travel
Clean	Hope	Learn	Offend	Record	Twist
Curl	Hug	License	Paint	Relax	Unlock

5 Responses to “Improve Tags – Action Words”

1. Jeanna says:

   March 24, 2009 at 11:48 pm

   This is a great list…..going to print it out and put in a binder so it is handy!
2. Jan says:

   March 28, 2009 at 8:20 pm

   These action words are great for Etsy tags! Thanks.
3. Kristy says:

   March 28, 2009 at 8:26 pm

   What an excellent idea! I look forward to trying action word tags for my new Etsy listings.
4. Loren says:

   May 20, 2009 at 10:05 am

   Terrific ideas and very inspiring! I need to revisit my tags now!
5. Shannon says:

   June 10, 2009 at 9:27 am

   this is a great idea…in some industries though, like bath & body, you have to be very careful with the words you use…using the word “heal” in a listing for soap or lotion is making a claim and it now becomes a drug instead of a cosmetic & the laws & requirements change…