Etsy Competitor Research: Spy on Top Etsy Shops, Sales & Tags
Paste a keyword, your shop or a listing. Get the market, the top sellers and a plan to beat them.
Guessing what your competitors do is how you end up underpriced, under-tagged and invisible. Successful sellers study the market: who ranks, what they charge, which keywords and tags they use, and where they leave gaps.
RankBuddy's competitor research tool shows all of it in one report: the top listings and the shops behind them (sales, ratings, age), the price spread, the tags and title phrases the market targets, a difficulty-to-rank score, buyer demand, and — if you paste your own shop or listing — how you compare and what to change.
On Etsy, RankBuddy reads shops, listings, reviews and marketplace counts from Etsy's official Open API, so the numbers are real, not estimated.
Example — “crochet bag pattern” on Etsy
- Competing listings38,412
- Difficulty68/100 · Hard
- Top shop48,210 sales · 4.9★ · since 2016
- Tags you're missing5 of the top 15
Illustrative example of the report format.
Competitor Research for Etsy sellers
What's different about competitor research for Etsy, and the Etsy rules the report checks against.
Built for Etsy
- Real Etsy data from the official API: shop sales, ratings, ages and listing counts.
- The 20 most-used tags among the top 100 Etsy listings — with your gaps marked.
- Favorites, views and listing age for each competitor listing.
How Etsy search works
Etsy search first matches a buyer's words against your title, tags, categories and attributes, then ranks the matches by listing quality (clicks, favorites and sales), recency, customer and market experience (reviews, policies, shipping), and shipping price.
Etsy listing rules at a glance
- Title
- Up to 140 characters — lead with the phrase buyers type most.
- Tags
- 13 tags of up to 20 characters each — use multi-word phrases, not single words.
- Attributes & category
- Count as extra search matches — fill every one that fits.
- Photos
- Up to 20 images plus a video; the first photo is your thumbnail in search.
- Digital files
- Up to 5 files of 20 MB each per digital listing.
Etsy tips
- Repeat your strongest phrase in the title and in a tag — exact matches help Etsy connect the two.
- Use all 13 tags; an empty tag slot is a search you can never show up for.
- Fresh listings get a short visibility boost — renewing and updating can help a stalled listing.
- Star Seller and fast replies feed Etsy's customer-experience score.
What you get
Everything the Competitor Research gives you on Etsy.
The shops you're up against
On Etsy: each top shop's sales, rating, reviews, year opened, listing count and how many top spots it holds.
Price spread
Lowest, typical and highest prices, plus the band most top listings sell in.
Tag & keyword gap
The tags and phrases the top listings use — and the ones you're missing, ready to copy.
Difficulty score
How hard the market is to break into (0-100), from competition size, top shops' sales, favorites and reviews.
Buyer demand
Whether searches are growing, the season and when to list.
Your plan to win
Opportunities the competition misses and a step-by-step action plan.
How it works
- Step 1
Paste a keyword or link
A product keyword, your shop link or a listing link.
- Step 2
RankBuddy maps the market
Top listings, shops, prices, tags, demand and difficulty.
- Step 3
Follow the plan
Close the tag gaps, price smart and target the openings.
What's in the report
- Competing listing count (Etsy)
- Top listings with favorites, views, age and tags used
- Top competitor shops: sales, rating, age, listings
- Price spread and typical price
- Most-used tags and title phrases, with your gaps
- Difficulty-to-rank score
- Search demand and seasonality
- You vs the market, and an action plan
Who it's for
Entering a new niche
Know how crowded it is and what it takes to rank before you start.
Pricing a product
See the price band top sellers use.
Beating a specific competitor
Compare your listing with the ones outranking you and close the gaps.
Ready to try the Etsy Competitor Research?
Sign up free and get 30 tokens every day. One competitor research run uses 10 tokens.
Try Etsy Competitor Research freeFrequently asked questions
Does RankBuddy's Competitor Research work for Etsy?
Yes. On Etsy, RankBuddy reads shops, listings, reviews and marketplace counts from Etsy's official Open API, so the numbers are real, not estimated. The report follows Etsy's own rules — for example: title: up to 140 characters — lead with the phrase buyers type most. tags: 13 tags of up to 20 characters each — use multi-word phrases, not single words.
How does Etsy search rank listings?
Etsy search first matches a buyer's words against your title, tags, categories and attributes, then ranks the matches by listing quality (clicks, favorites and sales), recency, customer and market experience (reviews, policies, shipping), and shipping price.
What can I enter?
A product keyword (like “crochet bag pattern”), your shop link or one of your listing links. With a shop or listing, the report also compares you with the market.
Can I see my Etsy competitors' sales?
For Etsy, the report shows each top competitor shop's total sales, rating, reviews, year opened and listing count from Etsy's official API — real numbers, not estimates.
How is the difficulty score worked out?
In code, from the number of competing listings, the top shops' sales, the favorites and reviews top listings have, and how many carry sales badges. The reasons are shown with the score.
Which platforms are supported?
Etsy (with the deepest data via Etsy's API), Amazon, eBay, Shopify, Walmart, TikTok Shop and other stores via live search results.
How much does it cost?
10 tokens per report. Signed-in users get 30 free tokens every day.
Competitor Research for other platforms
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