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published 2026-07-22 / Astrava Labs

How to analyze Etsy competitors: 5 shops, 4 datasets, no sales estimates

Search visibility alone makes these five mushroom-lamp shops look similar. Their catalogs, merchandising, and recent reviews show where they actually differ: catalog depth ranges from 35 to 67 listings, video coverage from 50% to 100%, and seller responses from 0% to 79% of sampled reviews—all without converting public signals into invented sales numbers.

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dataset
2,029 records · 4 datasets · 5 shops
published 2026-07-18 / Astrava Labs

What 1,090 unique "mushroom lamp" listings reveal about Etsy pricing and promotion

A complete Etsy search run shows a market built around mid-priced products, constant discounting, and a sponsored tier that is materially more expensive than the organic-only catalog. The duplicate placements matter too: the raw export contained 1,275 rows, but only 1,090 unique listing IDs.

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dataset
1,275 captured rows · 1,090 unique listings · 561 shops