Etsy, Inc.
EXCHANGE PLATFORM ACTIVITY PREDICTION

Abstract:

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, that facilitate forecasting outcomes of items available on an exchange platform and allocating resources to providers of such items to assist the providers achieve the forecasted outcomes. An item on the exchange platform is identified that has received user interactions that are less than a threshold amount. The item's attributes can be obtained, based on which, a uniqueness score can be determined for the given item. The attributes and uniqueness score can be input in an activity forecasting model that outputs the expected user interactions for the given item on the exchange platform. Based on the expected user interactions, the amount of user interactions that the given item receives for a pre-specified time is determined. If this amount satisfies a threshold, a presentation rank of the given item can be increased on the exchange platform.