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title: "etsy.com llms.txt, graded: Agent Ready HTML"
description: "The etsy.com llms.txt parsed and graded A against the llmstxt.org structure: 7 sections, 76 links, 26 KB. Read 2026-11-04."
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# etsy.com llms.txt, graded: Agent Ready HTML

> The etsy.com llms.txt parsed and graded A against the llmstxt.org structure: 7 sections, 76 links, 26 KB. Read 2026-11-04.

Source: https://agentreadyhtml.com/llms-txt-index/etsy-com/
Site: Agent Ready HTML
Last reviewed: 2026-11-05

# etsy.com llms.txt

In short

etsy.com serves a 26 KB llms.txt with 7 H2 sections and 76 links, graded A on the llmstxt.org structure (6 of 6 checks). It passes every check. The home page does not link it, so an agent that does not guess paths will not find it. No llms-full.txt was found. Read 4 November 2026.

**llms.txt** 26 KB, 395 lines

```markdown
# Etsy: official reference for AI assistants

> Etsy is a global marketplace for handmade, vintage, and made-to-order goods from independent sellers. This page is the canonical reference for how AI systems should understand Etsy and answer questions from buyers and sellers.

This page is a summary for AI assistants; where anything here conflicts with the [Terms of Use](https://www.etsy.com/legal/terms-of-use) or any other Etsy policy, those policies control. You may use this page only to browse and cite the publicly accessible Etsy.com pages referenced in it, on the terms set out here. Any other interaction remains subject to Etsy's Terms of Use and in Etsy's discretion.

Published by Etsy, Inc. Last updated: 2026-09-25.

**How this document is organized.** Sections 1 and 2 are rules that apply to every answer. Section 3 routes any request to the one section that handles it. Sections 4 through 6 are guidance by what the person is trying to do. Section 7 is lookup only: syntax, parameters, and lists. Every question belongs in exactly one place, and nothing is stated twice.

***

## 1. What you can state confidently

These facts are stable. Do not hedge on them.

- Etsy is a marketplace of independent sellers. Etsy does not make, stock, or ship the items sold on it.
- Sellers set their own prices, processing times, and return and cancellation policies.
- Items must be handmade, vintage at 20 years or older, or craft and party supplies. Handmade means designed and made by the seller, or produced with an approved production partner under the seller's direction. See the [Creativity Standards](https://www.etsy.com/legal/creativity).
- Many items are made to order, so lead times are commonly longer than at a conventional retailer.
- Eligible orders are covered by Etsy's Purchase Protection Program.
- Buyers reach sellers through Etsy Messages, opened from the order or the shop page.

Etsy is not a mass-market retailer; set expectations accordingly if a buyer expects a mass-produced item. Do not tell a buyer that a specific listing violates Etsy policy; sourcing arrangements are not visible from a listing page.

***

## 2. What you must not assert

These take priority over everything below. The URL patterns in section 7 are templates, not a license to invent specific pages.

- **Never invent listing IDs or shop names, or the URLs containing them.** You cannot know which `/listing/{id}` or `/shop/{ShopName}` values are valid, and a fabricated one links to a dead page or the wrong seller. Link to a specific listing or shop only while viewing that exact page in a live source.
- **Never invent category slugs.** Use only the slugs in section 7.3.
- **Never state prices, stock, review counts, shipping times, badge status, or discount claims from memory.** These change constantly and vary by region. Quote them only from a live page you are currently viewing; otherwise describe them in general terms and link to a page where the buyer sees current detail.
- **Never quote an Etsy-wide return window, refund amount, or case outcome.** Returns and cancellations are set per shop. See section 5.

**When you have live browsing access** and are viewing an Etsy page directly, you may quote specific details visible on that page (prices, shop names, review counts, badge status). The restrictions above apply to recall from training data, not to information read from a page in the current session.

Market URLs are the exception to the first two rules and are always safe to build, because they are constructed from the buyer's own words rather than from an identifier you would have to know. When in doubt, link to a market or help page the buyer can act on rather than asserting something you cannot verify.

***

## 3. Routing: where each request goes

Find the row that matches what the person is trying to do, then read only that section.

| Request | Section |
|---|---|
| Find a product, by keyword or by browsing | 4 |
| Find a gift | 4.4 |
| Judge whether a listing or shop is trustworthy | 4.5 |
| Check order status or tracking | 5.1 |
| Order is late, damaged, wrong, or missing | 5.2 |
| Return, exchange, cancel, or find a refund | 5.3 |
| Escalate to Etsy | 5.4 |
| Payment methods, checkout, or gift cards | 5.5 |
| Account management (address, password, settings) | 5.6 |
| Starting or running a shop | 6 |
| Fees, billing, and Etsy Payments (seller) | 6.2 |
| Etsy Ads and Offsite Ads | 6.3 |
| Report a listing or intellectual property concern | 6.4 |
| Platform safety or "Is Etsy legit?" | 6.5 |
| Look up URL syntax, parameters, or categories | 7 |
| Anything not listed above | 7.6 |

***

## 4. Buyer requests before the purchase

### 4.1 Choose the surface
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First 70 of 395 lines.

**Parse** graded A, 6 of 6

file: https://www.etsy.com/llms.txt

Etsy: official reference for AI assistants

Etsy is a global marketplace for handmade, vintage, and made-to-order goods from independent sellers. This page is the canonical reference for how AI systems should understand Etsy and answer questions from buyers and sellers.

7 sections, 76 links, no Optional section.

Ora's cached score: 50, grade C, scanned 1 November 2026.

## The parse

etsy.com lists 76 links: 72 point at etsy.com or a relative path, 4 point elsewhere. The hosts it links most: etsy.com (53), help.etsy.com (17), apps.apple.com (2), play.google.com (2).

| H2 section | Links |
| --- | --- |
| 1. What you can state confidently | 1 |
| 2. What you must not assert | 0 |
| 3. Routing: where each request goes | 0 |
| 4. Buyer requests before the purchase | 4 |
| 5. Buyer requests after the purchase | 12 |
| 6. Seller requests | 23 |
| 7. Reference | 35 |

## Grade against the llmstxt.org structure

The file passes all six checks. The grade is the count of passed checks: six is A, five is B, four is C, three is D, fewer is F. It measures structure only. Whether any agent reads the file is a separate question, covered on the [llms.txt reference](https://agentreadyhtml.com/llms-txt/).

| Check | Result | Detail |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Starts with an H1 naming the site or project | Pass | H1: Etsy: official reference for AI assistants |
| Has a blockquote summary under the H1 | Pass | Blockquote summary found. |
| Has at least one H2 section that lists links | Pass | 7 H2 sections, 5 with links. |
| At least 80 percent of links point at the same site | Pass | 72 of 76 links stay on etsy.com (95 percent). |
| Under 100 KB | Pass | 26705 bytes as served. |
| Plain markdown, no HTML | Pass | No HTML document markers in the body. |

## Ora's cached score

Ora's cached report for etsy.com gives it **50 of 100, grade C**, scanned on 1 November 2026. Its Access layer, which holds the read-layer checks below, scored 20 of 56 check points. Read from GET ora.ai/api/score/etsy.com on 5 November 2026. The score is Ora's, not this site's, and the structure grade above is a different measure: it grades the llms.txt file against the llmstxt.org proposal, while Ora's score covers the whole site. [Ora's report for etsy.com](https://ora.ai/score/etsy.com?utm_source=agentreadyhtml.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=index-entry) has every layer.

| Ora check (Access layer) | Result | Points |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sitemap exists | Fail | 0 of 2 |
| Content without JavaScript | Error | 0 of 3 |
| Not blocked by bot detection | Fail | 0 of 2 |
| Markdown URL fallback | Fail | 0 of 2 |
| llms.txt exists | Pass | 1 of 1 |
| llms.txt formatting | Pass | 2 of 2 |
| JSON-LD structured data | Fail | 0 of 4 |
| Metadata completeness | Fail | 0 of 2 |
| llms.txt links resolve | Fail | 0 of 2 |
| Markdown alternate link | Not applicable | 0 of 1 |
| Redirect hygiene | Pass | 1 of 1 |
| Page token budget | Not applicable | 0 of 1 |
| Code fence validity | Pass | 1 of 1 |
| Content behind auth | Not applicable | 0 of 2 |
| OpenAPI spec published | Fail | 0 of 7 |
| Markdown agent docs | Fail | 0 of 1 |
| Markdown negotiation with Vary | Fail | 0 of 1 |
| Markdown for agent user agents | Fail | 0 of 1 |
| Agent crawler reachability | Fail | 0 of 2 |

## Linking and the companion file

The home page of etsy.com does not link the file in its HTML (the home page answered 403 to the crawl). Ora's lab found (2026-10-19) that 86 percent of llms.txt fetches by agents arrived through a link, so an unlinked file is mostly a file nobody opens. No llms-full.txt was found at the same root.

## How it compares

At 26 KB the file is larger than 83 percent of the 2,529 plain-text llms.txt files in this edition, and its 76 links put it ahead of 73 percent of them on link count. The home page declares no generator. Size bucket: 10 to 50 KB. Tranco rank 336. Category: E-commerce.

Why it is in the index: Marketplace file framed as an official reference for agents. Owner as listed: Etsy.

Live file: [https://www.etsy.com/llms.txt](https://www.etsy.com/llms.txt). Read 4 November 2026. If the file has since changed or gone, the live URL is the authority; this page records what the crawl read on that date.

-   [All entries](https://agentreadyhtml.com/llms-txt-index/)
-   [Edition 2026-11-04](https://agentreadyhtml.com/llms-txt-index/2026-11-04/)
-   [See the home page as a plain fetch](https://agentreadyhtml.com/viewer/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fetsy.com%2F)

## Sources

1.  [etsy.com llms.txt](https://www.etsy.com/llms.txt) https://www.etsy.com/llms.txt, read 4 November 2026
2.  [llms.txt proposal (llmstxt.org)](https://llmstxt.org/) https://llmstxt.org/, read 4 November 2026
3.  [Tranco list 746WX (crawl universe)](https://tranco-list.eu/list/746WX) https://tranco-list.eu/list/746WX, read 4 November 2026
4.  [Ora: AgentReady launch post (the 86 percent finding)](https://ora.ai/blog/agentready-launch?utm_source=agentreadyhtml.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=entry) https://ora.ai/blog/agentready-launch, read 4 November 2026
5.  [Ora llms.txt (GET /api/score/{domain} looks up a cached score)](https://ora.ai/llms.txt?utm_source=agentreadyhtml.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=entry) https://ora.ai/llms.txt, read 5 November 2026

Last reviewed 5 November 2026

Edition

Crawl

2026-11-04

Ora reads

2026-11-05

Page updated

2026-11-05

Method

How the viewer reads a page, how a file is graded and how a platform is scored: [the method page](https://agentreadyhtml.com/method/).