We just found out about yet another useful 3rd-party application for Etsy sellers. Steve has put together Featsy, a simple RSS or email notification system for front page or gift guide appearances, plus some site stats.

Featsy! while it might immediately conjure up images of a podiatrist menacingly waving around cuticle clippers, it is in reality a concatenation for “featured Etsy”. As the name might suggest this site tracks featured items and users on Etsy’s front page and gift pages; armed with this information Featsy can than provide e-mails or RSS updates whenever the item or user that was searched for is featured. Featsy also provides exposure statistics, ranking featured users and placing them in their according percentile. currently the breakdown is by week and day, but as the Featsy database gathers more data, a month or even year breakdown will be added.

Featsy has two pages. The Search page is where you can enter your shop name and email address, and be notified by RSS or email when you appear either on the front page or in the Gift Guides. The Stats page lists the top 5 sellers appearing on the front page or Gift Guides for the past day or the past week.

Thanks Steve!

Edit 11/19/08:

Sadly, one of the sellers on the stats page has been abused and threatened by another individual. We have been in contact with both Steve and the threatened seller and in the best interests of all, Steve has suspended Featsy.