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Etsy is becoming a search engine, how one grocer drives sales with shoppable recipes, and more. May 20, 2022 [Read in browser]( [logo] [sponsor]( Hey, happy Friday! Recently we discovered [“Bionic Reading,”]( a method that helps you read and understand text faster and more efficiently with bolding. It looks kind of like this. Maybe we’ll start using it in our daily newsletter… E-COMMERCE Etsy is upgrading its search engine capabilities [article-image] Time to become a Search Etsy Optimization expert… [The e-commerce platform]( announced it will now consider keywords in listing descriptions, tags, titles, and more when ranking them on the platform. Wait, that sounds familiar… Etsy also recommends incorporating your top keywords naturally and organically, including essential product information as well. Why this matters: More and more e-commerce platforms are fine-tuning their native search engines—and they shouldn’t be underestimated. Here’s why: - [Most people start product searches on Amazon](, not on Google. - Pinterest, another site widely used for e-commerce with its own “search engine,” [gets more than 5B searches monthly.]( - Etsy has 373M monthly visitors and is [ranked the #71 most popular website]( in the world according to Similarweb. Why we care: Customers are already using native search on platforms like Pinterest, Etsy, and Amazon… and those search tools are becoming increasingly powerful. Optimizing products for these new search engines could be a new way to drive customers and revenue. Speaking of search… ADVERTISING Are you overspending on search ads? WordStream just released [their industry benchmark report]( for 2022… and it could help you optimize your ad spend. Here are the most important insights: - The typical cost-per-click (CPC) ranges from $2 to $4. - Travel and furniture industries saw the biggest increase in CPC. - Shopping, collectibles, and gifts have seen click-through rate (CTR) decrease by 13%. - Legal services have the highest cost-per-lead (CPL) at $80, while the pet industry has the lowest at $18. Why we care: Industry benchmarks can help you make educated decisions when optimizing your campaigns and planning budgets. For example, you may think a $4 CPC for your pet food brand ads is fine… until you realize $2 is the industry average. … It can also provide useful context: A widespread decrease in CTR for shipping and gifts correlates with e-commerce slowing down. 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Get access to Insights for $99/month, risk-free—if Insights is not for you, you’ll get a refund within your first 24 hours. [Sign up for ROI-boosting marketing insights.]( E-COMMERCE How this grocer uses recipes to drive sales [article-image] Umamicart is an e-commerce store selling Asian groceries. And as [Maria Monteros reveals in this post](, Umamicart sells close to 2,000 products for preparing Asian recipes. 50% of their sales come from their shoppable recipes, with some viral posts bringing over 400k views. And while Umamicart doesn’t share their revenue figures, we do know they recently raised $7M in capital… So clearly something’s working. Let’s take a look at the ingredients of their success: Shoppable recipes: Umamicart creates posts that look like most recipe blog posts… with one key difference: They give users the opportunity to “Add the kit to cart.” In other words, if you landed on the “[mango sticky rice dessert recipe](,” you could add all the necessary ingredients to your cart with one click. Why this works: Andrea Xu, the co-founder and CEO, said that most of their customers either grew up eating that food or discovered the dishes through friends or restaurants. But while they know a dish, they don’t know what ingredients they need or how to cook it. So Umamicart satisfies these different needs in each post: - They show readers how to prepare the dish. - They give readers the chance to buy all the ingredients with one click, saving them time on research and shopping trips. Usually B2B companies are the ones creating “how-to” content. But Umamicart shows this kind of content can work for almost any business. The takeaway: No matter what your product is, show customers how to use it. Satisfy their need for information. Then, plug your product. The more useful and actionable your content, the better your sales will be. FROM THE CREW Want to be appreciated by your teammates today? [article-image]( Share the Stacked Marketer newsletter with them! Not only will you help make their jobs easier… You’ll look insanely well-read, too. Plus, you earn rewards whenever you refer new readers to the newsletter, like: - The Crew’s Top 10 Insights (2 referrals) - Access to the growing library of The Crew’s Insights (4 referrals) … And more. All you have to do is refer new subscribers using your custom link. Takes 30 seconds! [Share the newsletter and start unlocking rewards!]( THE CREW'S INSIGHTS These three copywriting formulas will instantly upgrade your copy [article-image] Selling is both an art and a science. Today, let’s talk about the science. 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