You may have noticed that the familiar Alchemy link has been replaced in the top nav menu bar on all Etsy pages with a brand-spankin’ new feature: Etsy Gift Guides. From Vanessa’s TechUpdate article:
We are happy to announce a new site feature on Etsy, just in time for holiday shopping: Etsy Gift Guides. These guides are organized by:
- Who are you buying a gift for?
- What’s the occasion?
- How much do you want to spend?
- and Other themes
Shoppers have been asking us for more curated content and since the admin are always sending each other links to items all day long, the admin figured we would put this to good use. You can email Gift Guides to your friends and family and you can also make Etsy Minis from the Gift Guides (what’s an Etsy Mini? Click here).
Etsy assures us that Alchemy has not been dropped from the engineering to-do list (though there is no ETA for its return):
. . . you probably noticed that Gift Guides replace the Alchemy button on the top navigation. Never fear, Alchemy has not been abandoned! We’re just re-tooling a little for the busy holiday shopping season, making it easier for buyers to find the items they’re looking for. If successful, the Gift Guides will become a permanent feature here on Etsy. Please let us know if you have ideas for other themes or categories.
November 27th, 2007 at 11:15 pm
andymathis says “… The whole site should be a gift store.”
That’s what got me about the “Have a good GIFT?” thread…
it seems to me like anything for sale on Etsy could be a good gift!
That’s why people have stuff for sale.. the idea is that other people would want it, as a gift or not.