Etsy Alt Text GeneratorAI-Powered SEO & Accessibility

Alt text (alternative text) is a written description of an image that serves two purposes: making your shop accessible to visually impaired customers using screen readers, and helping search engines understand your images for SEO. Alt text can significantly increase your visibility in both Etsy search and Google Images.

In Etsy Shop Manager, go to Listings, select a listing, scroll to Photos & video section, click the edit icon on each image, fill in the "Image alt text" field (250 character limit), and save changes. No need to re-upload images.

Yes. SEO experts observe that well-optimized listings with complete alt text rank better than those without it. Additionally, alt text significantly impacts Google Images rankings, which can drive substantial external traffic to your Etsy listings. One seller reported a 504% increase in Google Images traffic after adding optimized alt text.

Using our AI alt text generator, you can process an entire 7-image listing in about 1-2 minutes (vs. 14-21 minutes manually). Batch processing allows you to handle 20-50 images simultaneously.

Generic tools describe images but miss critical selling points. Our Etsy-specific tool understands e-commerce context, stays within Etsy's 250-character limit, incorporates relevant keywords, adapts to Etsy categories, and generates multiple variations emphasizing different aspects (SEO, accessibility, features).

No. Images are processed in real-time using secure servers and immediately discarded after alt text generation. We never store, analyze, or share your product images.

While ADA requirements for individual Etsy sellers are legally ambiguous, web accessibility is increasingly expected and occasionally litigated. More importantly, Etsy itself must maintain ADA compliance, and adding alt text is a best practice that protects you legally and ethically.

We support all formats that Etsy accepts: JPEG/JPG, PNG, GIF (non-animated), WebP, HEIC, TIFF, and BMP. Images are processed without format conversion.

Absolutely. Every generated alt text option can be manually edited before export. We encourage you to review and tweak descriptions to perfectly match your brand voice and product specifics.

Google Images results can appear within 2-4 weeks as Google re-crawls and re-indexes your Etsy listings. Etsy internal search improvements may show within 1-2 weeks. Full impact typically manifests over 60-90 days.