Etsy

Variants are the hard part of keeping Etsy on the record.

Etsy is a listing surface. Price and stock have to match the record, and the match usually lives on the variant. A size, a scent, or a color can be one SKU in the catalog and one variation on the listing. When that variation drifts, the shop and the record disagree.

What Unison reads

Orders by variation, and the stock each one still has.

The shop can look fine at the listing level while one variation is gone. Unison reads Etsy onto one record across channels, with the variation kept attached to the SKU it belongs to.

Orders, including which variation sold, so last month on Etsy is revenue and the change, in seconds.
Catalog of listings and their variations, matched back to the product everywhere else.
Inventory on each variation, which is the count that usually falls out of step.
Payouts for the shop, so the month has a settled line next to the orders.
Etsy · variation on the record
orders · by the variation that sold
catalog · listing · variations
inventory · stock on each variant
payouts · the shop, for the month
days of cover · on the variant that is moving
What a write looks like

The variation is what gets launched, priced, and restocked.

A write to Etsy names the listing and the variant. Price and stock change inside a band. A new SKU brings its variations with it. The copy can be rewritten for the shop.

Launch

A SKU the shop is missing, variations included.

When Etsy is missing a product the record already has, the launch opens the listing and the variations that SKU needs. Price and stock for each variant come from the record, and you see the shop accept them.

Price and stock

One variation, inside the band.

The small size can sell out on Etsy while the catalog still has it. The write updates that variation's price or quantity, inside the band, so the listing and the record show the same count.

Listing

Rewritten for the Etsy shop.

Title and description can be rewritten for Etsy from the brand's own catalog. The variations stay tied to the SKU. The words on the listing are the ones the shop shows.

Guardrails

Publish, wait, or block.

A variation write inside the band can publish. A new listing can wait until a person has read it. A price or a stock change that leaves the band is blocked, on that variant, before it reaches the shop.

Last month and a launch

The product shows this example. Etsy is $9,480, up 7.8%.

The product film shows an example month. Etsy returns with the other marketplaces: revenue and the change, in seconds. In that example the shop is $9,480, up 7.8%.

Charts for the shop are drawn from orders, catalog, inventory, and payouts, with orders readable down to the variation. Restock and revenue forecasts include days of cover on the variant that is actually selling, so the reorder follows the variation, and the revenue line still belongs to the shop.

The product's launch of the Aurora Candle reaches Etsy when the shop is missing that SKU, variations included, price and stock from the record. Ask what moved the month and the answer comes from the brand's own orders, ads, and catalog.

Example month · the product
Etsy $9,480 +7.8%
revenue and the change · seconds
Launch · Aurora Candle
missing from Etsy · variations on the listing
Forecast · days of cover
on the variant that sold
What the call asks

Is the shop live, who holds the login, and does Etsy have a clean API.

Variants are often the hard part, so the call asks about them in the same breath as the connection. A shop with three sizes per listing is a different read than a shop of single SKUs.

Which channels are live

Whether Etsy is live today, and which other channels are already selling: Amazon, Walmart, Faire, Shopify, WooCommerce, eBay, TikTok Shop, and any shop you plan to open. The variant map depends on knowing that list.

Who holds the login

Who can open the Etsy shop today. Listings and variations are edited from that login. If the person who writes the listing and the person who watches stock are different, both belong on the call.

Whether it has a clean API

We ask whether Etsy has a clean API. That is what lets orders, catalog, inventory, payouts, and writes for listings, price, and stock come through. We keep the question at the channel and skip the name of any API product.

Variants, publish, wait, block

Whether variants are the hard part on this catalog. Then which variation writes may publish, which wait, and which are blocked outside the band. Price and stock per variant are the rules worth setting first.

The other marketplaces

The variant on Etsy is a SKU everywhere else.

A size that sells out in the shop has to match the record the other channels sell. The full loop, from connect to write, is on the platform.

See how one SKU holds every variation
The shop and the variants

Bring a listing where the variants are the hard part.

We'll ask which channels are live, who holds the Etsy login, and whether the channel has a clean API. If a variation's price or stock has pulled away from the record, that is the write to scope first.

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