Lots of Etsy sellers have recently been de-bunking the myth that listing renewals don’t help your search relevancy. Obviously, we won’t know for sure unless we get an answer from an Etsy developer, but based on one recent datapoint on my store, I’m starting to think that the age of your Etsy listing does actually effect your search ranking.
Case in point. I checked search results for my Etsy store, Harbor Hangings. Didn’t see anything interesting. Then, a few minutes later, I apparently showed up in search results when someone searched for literally nothing:
Now, I’ve been working (a lot) on my SEO, but even this is too good to be true. Clicking on Blank Search shows me one listing:
The one single listing that I renewed in between search term checks (10-15 minutes, tops), my 8×10 Goldfish Print, is the only listing I renewed today. And is the only listing I’ve ever seen show up for Blank Search. And is no longer available when you submit a Blank Search.
Count my vote in the affirmative that listing renewals helps your search relevancy.