How to Find an Etsy Team
Etsy teams act a lot like Etsy forums. People start discussion threads, and others add their two cents. The difference? With teams, you must join to participate. Although non–team members may be able to view posts in a team — when team members start new threads, they specify whether those threads are public (visible to anyone on Etsy) or private (visible to team members only) — they can't respond to those posts or start new threads of their own. Literally thousands of Etsy teams exist, meaning that you can surely find one for you. Log in to your Etsy account and follow these steps:
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1 Click the Community link at the top of any Etsy page.The Community page opens. |
2 Click the Teams link on the left side of the page.The Teams page opens. |
3 Type a keyword in the Search box at the top of the page and click the Search button.Etsy searches teams for the keyword that you entered and displays a list of matches. You can sort your matches by Relevancy, Most Recent, and Least Recent by clicking the appropriate link at the top of the list. |
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4 Click a team in the list of matches to learn more about it.The team's page opens. The team's page includes information about the team and who's eligible to join; a Discussions area, which lists recent threads (click the Discussions link to view more); and a sampling of team members. |
Each Etsy team has its own captain (usually the person who started the team), who may appoint other members as "leaders." The team captain and team leaders are responsible for administering the team — that is, approving membership applications (some teams are open to any and all Etsy members; others require that you apply), moderating the team's discussion forum, and so on.
