Seller Secret Society

New report every Monday

Know what sellsbefore you make it

A weekly research report on what Etsy buyers actually pay for, and the tools to check, write and price your listings.

Every list-by deadline, next 120 days

8 DEADLINES

Diwali · 9 Oct
OCTNOVDECJAN

Diwali · buyers need it by 8 Nov

diwali printablerangoli coloring pagediwali greeting card

10days left

19sellers in the Society

Founding price, $9 a month31 spots left
Report W41now

6 products worth making this week

Top pick: halloween bingo, 2,200 Etsy searches in 30 days. 9 ideas struck off.

Shop Guardnow

New trademark filing: Be Someone

Checking your titles and tags against it and 959 other marks.

Deadlinesnow

10 days to list for Diwali

List by 9 Oct so the listing is live before buyers start searching.

Free shop check

Is your shopone report away?

One brand name in a title or tag is enough for a takedown, and every strike counts against the whole shop. Type your shop name and see what a rights owner would find.

  • Titles, all 13 tags and the full description
  • 959 brands and protected phrases, judged in context
  • The riskiest listing shown in full, with a safe word to use instead
How the trademark checker works

Free, no sign-up. Reads your newest 100 active listings from Etsy's public data. 3 shop checks a day.

Free field guide · 2026 edition

Open. List.Sell.

Everything a first-year Etsy seller asks, answered with 2026 numbers and real Shop Manager screens. Where to start, what every fee costs, how to build a listing search can find, and what to do in the first 30 days so the shop is not invisible.

pages
70
pages
chapters, plus 4 appendices
18
chapters, plus 4 appendices
real Etsy screens
33
real Etsy screens
checklists to work through
19
checklists to work through
  1. IBefore you openIs Etsy worth it, what you can sell, picking a product people search for
  2. IIOpening the shopSetup step by step, every fee on one sale, Shop Manager, branding and policies
  3. IIIListings that get foundAnatomy of a listing, SEO that matches search now, photos, pricing
  4. IVThe first 30 daysThe launch calendar, reading Stats, orders and reviews, staying out of trouble
  5. VGrowth beyond searchAds for beginners, free external traffic, the 90-day review
Download the PDF No email, no sign-up. 5 MB.
Cover of Open. List. Sell., the new Etsy seller field guide, 2026 edition

Keyword toolsand what they miss

The popular Etsy SEO tools are good at search volume. None of them watch your shop for trademarks. Here is the honest side by side, from their own pricing pages.

Etsy seller tools compared, checked on 21 September 2026
Checked 21 September 2026Seller Secret SocietyeRankMarmaleadEverBeeAluraSale SamuraiListadum
Price to start$9/mo, first 7 days freeFree plan, paid from $5.99/mo$19/mo, $16/mo yearlyFree plan, paid from $24.99/moFree plan, paid from $7.99/moFree plan, paid $19.99/mo, 3-day trialFree plan, paid from $10/mo per shop
Keyword search volumePartlyWeekly, from Etsy's own 30-day countsYes5 to 500 lookups a day by planYesYes10 on free, unlimited paidYesYesUnlimited on paidYesKeyword Explorer
Whole-shop trademark screenEvery title, tag and description against known brands and protected phrasesYes959 marks, judged in contextNot listedNot listedNot listedNot listedNot listedNot listed
Alert when a new US or UK trademark filing matches your listingsYesUS daily, UK weekly, emailedNot listedNot listedNot listedNot listedNot listedNot listed
A weekly list of what to make and what to skipYesTargets plus a blacklist, every MondayPartlyTrend data, you decidePartlyTrend data, you decidePartlyProduct data, you decidePartlyProduct data, you decidePartlyTrend charts, you decidePartlyTrend reports, you decide
Competitor shop trackingYes10 shops, sales per dayYes5 to 200 shops by planNot listedYesSaved shopsYesYesCompetition trackerYesShop Tracker
AI listing writerYesScreened for trademarks firstYesPartlyAI description critiqueYesYesNot listedYesAI credits by plan
Lessons and a seller communityYesSkool group, weekly lessonsPartlyCoursesNot listedNot listedNot listedNot listedPartly1:1 call on the $100/mo plan

Where they are better

If you look up hundreds of keywords a day, the dedicated keyword tools do that at a bigger scale, and some of them work right inside Etsy through a browser extension. Nothing stops you keeping one of them next to us.

What none of them do

Watch your shop for trademarks. A keyword tool tells you what buyers search for. It does not tell you that the phrase in your best title is a registered brand, or that someone filed for it last week.

Prices and features as listed on each tool's own pricing or feature page on 21 September 2026; a dash means the feature was not listed there. Sources: eRank, Marmalead, EverBee, Alura, Sale Samurai, Listadum. eRank, Marmalead, EverBee, Alura, Sale Samurai, Listadum are trademarks of their owners. Seller Secret Society is not affiliated with or endorsed by any of them.

Why not just ask a chatbot?

Intelligence is free now.Memory isn't.

Any chatbot can write a listing. None of them has been reading the trademark registers and Etsy every day and keeping what it read. That record is what you get here, and it grows every day since 19 Sepember 2026.

Running now · read from the database, not typed by hand

US register
yesterday at 08:15 UTC
Last read of new trademark applications
Last 7 days
7,140
US and UK applications in seller classes read
UK journal
2026-039
Newest weekly issue read, cover to cover
Today
2
Etsy shops read for the day's sales
Shop Guard
3,038
Listings screened in the last 7 days
Brands
959
Names and phrases every listing is checked against

Don't take our word for it. Test it.

Type your shop. Copy the question into any chatbot you use, then run the same check here and compare.

Ask your chatbot

Look at my Etsy shop etsy.com/shop/YOURSHOP. Which of my listings use a trademarked word in the title or tags, and was any trademark application filed in the last 30 days that matches words in my listings? Give the serial number and a link to the official record for each one.

Ask this site

  • Your newest 100 listings, read from Etsy right now
  • Every title and all 13 tags against 959 brand names
  • New trademark applications from the last five weeks that match your words

Free shows the riskiest listing and the newest match. Members see every one, the whole shop, and get an email when a new match turns up.

Then put the two answers side by side. No sign-up for either.

To do this yourself, every week

  1. 1Read every new US trademark application. In the last 7 days we read 5,447 in the classes Etsy sellers list in.
  2. 2Download Friday's UK trademark journal (issue 2026-039), a file of about 170 MB, and search it.
  3. 3Check every title and all 13 tags against 959 brand names and protected phrases.
  4. 4Paste your listings into a chat, 100 at a time, and ask again.
  5. 5Tomorrow, start over.

Or let it run while you sleep.

Every finding links to where it came from: the official trademark record, the Etsy listing, the math behind an estimate. When something is wrong, there is a person to tell.

The slop filter

Chatbots writelike chatbots

Buyers skim past copy that sounds machine made. Every listing the Writer makes goes through the slop filter before you see it, then the trademark screen checks every word.

Caught in this draft

13

  • Filler words and phrases7
  • Hype and vague claims3
  • Pushy lines and shouting2
  • Dashes1

62 words in, 43 out. The same rules run on every draft.

Draft · written by a chatbot

Elevate your space with this stunning boho wall art — a must-have for any plant lover! Whether you're refreshing your living room or hunting for the perfect gift, this curated set of 3 prints is a testament to minimalist design. Meticulously made and ready to download, it's not just decor, it's a lifestyle. Don't miss out!!! Unlock your home's full potential today.

After the filter

Three botanical prints in soft sage green, for a calm living room or a plant lover's shelf. You get 3 high resolution files sized for 5x7, 8x10 and 11x14 frames. Print at home or at any print shop. Digital download, nothing is shipped.

Made with the help of AI tools, then edited and checked by the seller.

  • 0 filler words
  • 0 dashes
  • Trademark screen: clear of 959 marks
  • Your AI line, word for word

Six targetsand a blacklist

Research that says no to most ideas, tools that stay on our server, and the lessons behind both. Every figure comes from a page opened that week.

Latest report · 2026-W41

Members only

Six Ways In, Nine Ways Out

  • halloween bingo

    High conversion

    2,20030 days

  • halloween coloring pages

    High conversion

    4,80030 days

  • 9 terms struck off. The data ruled them out.

Why the yearly average lies · Report 2026-W39

<20

eRank yearly average for "santa sack personalized"

816

Etsy searches for the same term in the last 30 days

Seasonal demand hides inside a yearly number. The report reads the last 30 days, so you see the wave while there is still time to list.

Filed this week,in your tags next week

Everyday phrases get claimed as trademarks all the time. Shop Guard reads every new US application daily and the UK Trade Marks Journal every week, and emails members the day one matches their listings.

New US and UK applications · last month

Pending applications are not registered yet. Once registered, the owner can report every listing that uses the phrase. UK data: Open Government Licence v3.0.

What a fix looks like

Example listing

Building Block Birthday Party Invitation | Lego Theme Printable Invite for Boys

birthday invitelego partyblock partykids party printable

Critical: a registered toy brand in the title and a tag. The owner files takedowns on Etsy, and a strike counts against the whole shop.

Todor Todorov, founder of Seller Secret Society

Who runs this

TodorTodorov

Founder

Seller Secret Society is run by one person who sells on Etsy and designs for Amazon sellers every day. The research method and the trademark checker were used on his own shop before they came here.

  • 16 years in design

    F5 Design Studio, listing images for Amazon sellers since 2010.

  • Sells on Etsy himself

    Runs his own digital product shop, with the same fees, deadlines and trademark risks as yours.

  • Trademark screening

    The same 959-mark database he uses on his own listings.

  • Runs the research himself

    Every weekly report is his own sweep, with every figure read that week.

Traffic · Pin Creator

Free Pinterest traffic,on autopilot.

Official Pinterest API

A listing goes in, a stack of on-brand pins comes out, and they publish straight to your Pinterest board.

01

Pick a listing

Start from any Etsy listing. Pull in its photos and its style.

02
PIN
PIN
PIN

AI builds the pins

Five to ten on-brand pins, each with a title, description and alt text written for you.

03
Your Pinterest board

One click to Pinterest

Publish straight to your board. No export, no copy and paste.

Create my pinsIncluded with your membership. Publishes through the official Pinterest API.
sellersecretsociety.com/app
The member dashboard: this week's report with 6 keywords to test and 12 struck off, the seasonal deadline timeline and the profit on a digital sale.
The member dashboard: this week's report with 6 keywords to test and 12 struck off, the seasonal deadline timeline and the profit on a digital sale.

Hosted toolbox

Tools that runon our server

Real screens from the members' area. Nothing to install. Log in with your Skool email and every tool is there, in light or dark.

  • My ShopShop GuardShop Health Report
  • ResearchProduct ValidatorDossier VaultTag RadarShop TrackerSeasonal Calendar
  • WorkshopVector Forge (coming soon)Sticker Sheets (coming soon)Coloring Pages (coming soon)
  • StudioListing Designer (coming soon)Mockup Studio (coming soon)Lightbox (coming soon)
  • ListingsListing WriterListing CheckerDelivery Sheet Creator (coming soon)
  • TrafficPin CreatorSocial Post Writer (coming soon)Content Calendar (coming soon)Traffic Report (coming soon)
  • MoneyProfit CalculatorDiscount LabStatement Decoder (coming soon)Sales Report (coming soon)
  • LibraryTemplatesPrompt Library (coming soon)Workflows (coming soon)Skills

Profit Calculator

$4.07

What you keep on a $5.00 digital sale in the US, after the transaction, processing and listing fees.

Seasonal Calendar

10days

Until you should list for Diwali. Buyers need it by 8 Nov.

Dashed tools are coming soon. Members get each one the day it goes live.

40 lessons

From research to KDP, one lesson a week.

  • Trademark safety
  • SVG factory
  • Coloring automation
  • Listing images
  • Pricing and bundles
  • Pinterest traffic

Each topic has a free lesson that shows the result and a members lesson with the prompts and templates.

Member prices

The services stay services. Members pay less.

Trademark Scan

Every listing checked against 959 marks, with a fix sheet.

Shop Audit

Tags, titles, pricing and timing, rewritten for you.

One scan at member price can cover a month of membership.

Pricing

Early memberspay less

The price goes up in public steps as the community grows. Your price is locked the day you join, for as long as you stay.

  1. YOU ARE HERE

    Founding

    0 to 50 members

    $9/mo

  2. Early

    50 to 150

    $19/mo

  3. Growth

    150 to 300

    $29/mo

  4. Full

    300+

    $39/mo

Annual plans come with a free Trademark Scan from the Early step, and a Scan or Shop Audit from Growth.

Free every Monday

Not ready to join?Take one pick a week

One product idea from that week's report, with its Etsy searches and conversion. One email, Monday morning, unsubscribe in one click.

Questionsbefore you join

Why is the membership on Skool?

Skool runs the community, the lessons and the payments. This site holds the tools and the reports. Once you are in the Skool group, open the Join page here, type your Skool @name and your tools open right away.

What do I get in the free week?

Everything except two things: you get 10 AI credits instead of 100, and template and skill downloads open on day 8. Shop Guard scans, the Shop Health Report, the weekly research reports and every lesson are open from day one.

Can I cancel?

Yes, any time, from your Skool settings. Cancel inside the first 7 days and you pay nothing. Your price stays locked for as long as you stay a member.

I am just starting. Is this for me?

Yes. The weekly report tells you what to make before you spend a week on it, and the Listing Checker catches brand words before your first listing goes live.

Does it work for Amazon?

The tools are built for Etsy. The lessons cover KDP too, and members pay less for Amazon listing images from F5 Design Studio.

Do you change anything in my shop?

No. Shop Guard reads your public listings and shows you what to fix. Nothing changes on Etsy unless you change it yourself. We never ask for your Etsy password.