IPSY is hiring a director to make partner-brand listings "maximize discoverability and conversion" on Amazon and TikTok Shop, but its own store's listings are hard for search engines to find. The sitemap lists 24,968 product entries (only 15,035 unique), all in an old address format. In 44 sampled entries, 35 redirected to the shop front with "error=product-not-found" and the other 9 redirected to a different address. None matches the canonical address the product pages declare.
First action
Export the live product list and compare it with the current sitemap.
How to measure it
Sitemap product URLs returning 200
- Now
- –
- Target
- 100%
- By
- 30 days
Steps
Measure the gap
Share of sitemap product URLs that redirect or error.
SEO Lead 1 day
Build the generator
Nightly sitemap from the live catalogue with canonical addresses.
Senior Software Engineer, Digital Experience Team 1 week
Handle retired items
Permanent redirects to brand or category pages.
Senior Software Engineer, Digital Experience Team 3 days
Split the sitemaps
Products, brands, blog and program pages.
SEO Lead 1 day
Resubmit
Submit in Search Console and watch coverage.
SEO Lead 1 day
Track
Organic sessions and quiz starts from product pages.
Data Analytics Lead weekly
Keep it clean
Alert when sitemap entries stop returning 200.
Senior Software Engineer, Digital Experience Team ongoing
Why it works
Generate the product sitemap from the live catalogue each night: one entry per product, using the canonical "_pr-" address, with a last-modified date, and no sold-out or retired items. Give retired products a permanent redirect to their brand or category page, or a short "this was in our boxes, members get similar picks" page, instead of a temporary redirect to an error. Split sitemaps by type (products, brands, blog, program pages) so Search Console shows coverage for each.
Searchers looking for a product or brand IPSY carries then land on a live page that sells the membership, and search engines spend their crawl on pages that exist. It also gives the new e-commerce director a clean baseline of how IPSY's own listings perform in search.
Ready to use
ChecklistProduct sitemap rebuild list
[ ] One entry per live product [ ] Canonical "_pr-" address in every entry [ ] lastmod from the catalogue [ ] Sold-out and retired items removed [ ] Retired items 301 to brand or category [ ] Separate sitemaps per page type [ ] Daily check that every entry returns 200
Risks and how to handle them
Traffic dips while search engines re-crawl
Keep redirects in place and resubmit the new sitemap at once.
Sold-out items come back
Re-add them automatically when stock returns.
Evidence
- HiringDirector, E-Commerce Growth and Marketplace Partnerships (posted October 20, 2026): will "lead the strategy and execution of marketplace growth for third-party partner brands across Amazon, TikTok Shop, and emerging e-commerce platforms", act "as a general manager for partner brands", "Manage marketplace storefronts and listings to maximize discoverability and conversion", "Architect the TikTok Shop Affiliate strategy" with creator-led "Live Shopping" funnels, monitor "Share of Voice" and improve "CAC, ROAS, and contribution margin". Reports to the Chief Business Development Officer.Source
- Your websiteSitemap (read October 23, 2026): 31,283 URLs, of which 24,968 are product entries under /p/, but only 15,035 of those are unique. Every product entry uses an older "_p-" variant address; none uses the "_pr-" address that the product pages themselves declare as canonical.Source
- Your websiteTwo random samples of sitemap product URLs, fetched a few minutes apart on October 23, 2026: of 44 URLs, 35 sent visitors to the shop front with a temporary (307) redirect to "/shop?error=product-not-found", and the other 9 permanently redirected (308) to a different product address. Example: the Kevyn Aucoin Precision Brow Pencil is listed as "..._p-llkix7gomhoq" and redirects to "..._pr-KEVYEYE1048000?variantKey=...".Source
- Your websiteAn IPSY Shop product page (Kevyn Aucoin The Precision Brow Pencil, $30.00, "LAST CALL"): title "... - IPSY Shop", no meta description, Product schema and breadcrumbs present, a "Subscribe to IPSY" prompt, and related products marked "Unlock Access". The page shows no member ratings or reviews.Source