Trend Buzz

Discover what people are searching for on Etsy, Amazon, eBay, and dozens of other marketplaces.

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Written by Anthony Wolf
Updated over a week ago

Trend Buzz helps you discover which keywords are currently trending on Etsy and other popular marketplaces. eRank updates Trend Buzz daily. We flag the most popular search terms from the previous day and list the Top 100 most-searched terms for Etsy and a variety of other marketplaces.

Benefits

This feature give you daily, weekly, and monthly updates on some of the most popular marketplaces' most searched terms.

Trend Buzz also helps you improve keyword SEO (Search Engine Optimization) for your listings and gives you insight into why your shop’s traffic may have increased or decreased during certain times of the year.

Use this knowledge to stay ahead of trends and plan what to stock during different seasons.

How to use

There are two ways to access this feature.

  1. In the Main Menu, click "Trends" and then "Trend Buzz."

  2. Alternatively, you can click the "Hot!" button at the top of your eRank dashboard.

Use like a top 20 chart

The report displays the most popular keywords that buyers are searching for on Etsy and in many other marketplaces, both e-commerce and brick-and-mortar. Use the panel on the left to find the marketplace you'd like to research.

Come back each day (after 9 AM EST) to see if these keywords are one-offs or part of an ongoing trend. Free members can view the top 5 keywords for each marketplace while paying members can view the top 100 keywords for each marketplace.

If you plan to use any of the terms you see here in your listings, please heed the warning in the orange bar regarding trademarked terms. If you are unsure if a keyword or phrase is trademarked, click the link to the USPTO Trademark Database and search the word or phrase to check.

Choose and filter data

Choose a marketplace from the section on the left.

Use the first dropdown menu to select which country you would like to view data from. Please note that the variety of countries we are able to provide data for differs between marketplaces.

Use the second dropdown menu to set your timeframe to Yesterday, Past 7 Days, or Past 30 Days.

For the 30-day timeframe, this feature also lists the following information for Etsy (however, this information is specific to the US):

  • Most searched colors

  • Top 100 most searched Products

  • Most searched Recipients

  • Top 100 most searched Styles

  • Top 100 most searched Materials

Please note that if you change your timeframe to anything less than 30 days, you will only be able to view the top keywords.

The trend graphs in the "Search Trend" column under the "Keywords" tab (available for select marketplaces) display each keyword’s changes in popularity over the past 15 months. From this data, you can get a sense of a keyword’s seasonality and whether it is becoming more or less popular.

View which keywords are gaining popularity and which are losing popularity In the "Change" column on the far right. Increases in popularity are denoted in green, while decreases are denoted in red. “Hot” next to a green arrow means that particular keyword is rapidly increasing in popularity.

Under the remaining 5 tabs, use the Relative Popularity column to compare the popularity of the different terms.

Utilize keywords

Click the gray star next to any term to add it to one of your Keyword Lists. Once you have added a term to one of your lists, the star next to it will appear gold. Take a shortcut to your most recently edited list by clicking the floating blue button in the bottom left corner of the page.

Who can use this?

This feature is available to all eRank members.

We'd love to hear what you think of this feature. Feel free to click the button below to check out our Facebook group. Start a discussion, exchange ideas, or ask questions. Someone friendly is always there to help you!

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