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Cherry Picked Radar

I sell digital products on Etsy. This is the sourcing intelligence I run my own shop on — data-driven, judgments only, no filler.

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real bet in our own shop, every issue
01same structure, every issue

What you get on the 1st

Seven fixed sections. No essays, no recycled listicles — each claim carries the number it stands on, and every recommendation gets a confidence grade. We also tell you what not to build, with evidence.

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Executive summary

The three judgments that matter this month, one page.

2

Rising niches Top 5

Search volume MoM, live listing counts, opportunity score, entry angle, confidence grade.

3

Saturation alerts

2–3 niches to stay out of — with the supply data that proves it.

4

The deep dive

8–10 pages on one niche: winner anatomy, buyer complaints clustered into product gaps, how to enter.

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Holiday radar, 60 days out

What to list now for the next seasonal spike — you can't rank cold into a surge.

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Our own shop's bet

We act on our own data every month and publish the results next issue — units, reviews, win or lose.

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Scorecard & methodology

From issue #2: last month's calls graded in public, including the wrong ones. Plus sources, sample sizes, and limits — so you know exactly how much weight each number carries.

02from issue #01 · july 2026

The kind of call you're paying for

Three rows from our July snapshot (EverBee keyword data, 2026-07-04). Same niche cluster, opposite verdicts — this is why averages and "trending now" lists lose money.

KeywordSearches/moLive listingsVerdict
executive function worksheets 198543 Build  highest opportunity score of the issue — we listed one ourselves
adhd bill tracker 32220 Build  lowest competition of any term we recommend this issue; winners are spreadsheets, not PDFs
that girl planner 922101,000 Do not build  4.6× the demand, 186× the supply — a red ocean wearing a trend costume

Source: EverBee keyword research, single snapshot 2026-07-04. Estimates are directional — and we say so in every issue's methodology page.

The judgment is the product. Data is just where it comes from.— the editorial rule every page is held to

Each issue also names the format the niche actually rewards (PDF vs spreadsheet vs GoodNotes), the price shelf to sit on, and the main-image play — the seller-craft details generic trend reports don't know exist.

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Who writes this?

A working Etsy digital-products seller (multiple shops, one of them rebuilt live in these pages). Not an agency, not a content team. The report exists because I built this pipeline for my own sourcing decisions and it costs almost nothing extra to publish it.

Where do the numbers come from?

Four layers, cross-checked: keyword demand (EverBee/eRank + Google & Pinterest Trends), live supply counts from Etsy search, top-listing validation (prices, review velocity), and a complaint-mining layer — low-star reviews and community threads clustered into product gaps. Every issue ends with a methodology page that states sample sizes and limits honestly.

What if your calls are wrong?

Then you'll read about it — from issue #2, every issue opens with last month's calls graded in public, including misses. We also bet our own shop on one call per month and publish the sales numbers. If the scorecard stops earning your $19, cancel in one click; no retention tricks.

Why not just use EverBee myself?

You should — tools give you data. This gives you judgment: what the data misses (supply quality, format mismatch, seasonality windows), what to skip, and the seller-craft details — price shelves, main-image plays, where demand is heading 4–8 weeks out. Ten hours of pipeline work a month, compressed into twenty minutes of reading.

Is this affiliated with Etsy?

No. Independent publication. "Etsy" is a trademark of Etsy, Inc. — we're sellers on it, not employees of it.