What Happened To Etsy?
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Күн бұрынThe online handmade goods marketplace, Etsy, is at a crossroads. After booming during the pandemic, the company's gross merchandise sales have been flat in 2022 and 2023. Etsy's stock is down more than 70% from its all-time high in 2021, and its first-quarter 2024 earnings report revealed another disappointing earnings miss. Some of its sellers say the company's laser-sharp focus on growth has pushed Etsy away from its core mission - to keep commerce human - and instead allows for an increasing number of drop shippers to join the platform.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:46 Chapter 1. A revolutionary idea
5:39 Chapter 2. At a crossroads
9:30 Chapter 3. The future
Correction (May 21, 2024): At 4.27 we misstated that Josh Silverman laid off 22% of the staff. The correct number is 15%. The other 8% coincided with his appointment.
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Animation by: Christina Locopo, Jason Reginato
Senior Managing Producer: Tala Hadavi
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What Happened To Etsy?
@samanthaball5980 24 күн бұрын
Etsy search results are flooded with cheap mass produced drop ship garbage instead of the handcrafted and well thought creations that made the site popular. Change it back!
@mykki.d 24 күн бұрын
Is it possible for a public company to revert back to private lol
@Bryan-od1lw 24 күн бұрын
@@mykki.d yes. Twitter was made public and once Elon bought it he made it go private.
@sunshine69962 24 күн бұрын
exactly, so tired of the absolute JUNK. I despise drop ship crap. Scum.
@Justcetriyaart 24 күн бұрын
@@mykki.dthey have to buy their shares back
@TomNook. 24 күн бұрын
It's basically turned into Amazon marketplace
@ItsMeHammie 24 күн бұрын
Going public was the nail in the coffin for Etsy. As soon as you become slaves to the shareholders it's all about making soul sucking decisions to increase profits.
@mykki.d 24 күн бұрын
When are we going to realize that this is a failed economic system? This “shareholders above all” ideology is destroying the country. Call me dramatic but it’s true!
@quirkyeerieepisodes. 24 күн бұрын
You read my mind, startups die in their first few years too
@the0ne809 24 күн бұрын
Companies cannot just grow forever. That's what shareholders want.
@WiscoTricks 24 күн бұрын
"Who cares about 5 years from now, I want a return NOW."
@rowinrowinson8455 24 күн бұрын
you realize private companies also have shareholders right?
@johannaverplank4858 18 күн бұрын
I used to sell my handmade silver jewelry on Etsy, but I stopped due to the deluge of fake and counterfeit products being sold. I can’t compete with people selling cheap, mass produced items. They’ve pushed true artisans off the site.
@Novastar.SaberCombat 17 күн бұрын
Profits over people. Coin over community. Economy over ethics. 💪😎✌️ THIS IS THE FUTURE. ⚔️🇱🇷⚔️ #Murica #Corporatism #Schlavery
@claudiaimmerzeel5415 16 күн бұрын
Same here
@dklee.01 15 күн бұрын
:((((( this is so sad. it’s not right !!
@dklee.01 15 күн бұрын
@@Novastar.SaberCombat😭😭😭
@mamapsims 14 күн бұрын
Same. I've been with Etsy since 2012 but it's really hard now because I can't lower my prices but so much to compete.
@jordankatz1660 18 күн бұрын
Josh Silverman completely destroyed Etsy for sellers.
@monbeauparfum1452 17 күн бұрын
Greed greed greed
@ts4231 16 күн бұрын
For buyers too. I’ve gotten scammed numerous times on products the seller claimed was homemade but was an extremely poorly made Chinese knock-off. The scam sellers even steal other legitimate seller’s photos. How is Etsy not catching this?
@WorldsEnd84 16 күн бұрын
And in doing that, he completely destroyed it for buyers like me as well.
@themeanmachine84 15 күн бұрын
@@WorldsEnd84 and now all the management will wonder and talk on countless board meetings about "why are we not making more money?!".
@bluewren65 15 күн бұрын
..and for buyers, I would argue.
@claudiaimmerzeel5415 20 күн бұрын
Etsy was supposed to be a marketplace for homemade goods, but now it's just an Amazon alternative. There's no room for home crafters anymore.
@blackcherry6877 19 күн бұрын
You can't even call it an alternative to Amazon because they don't have as much inventory as Amazon. I cannot remember the last time I brought anything on Etsy.
@heathercole2447 18 күн бұрын
Totally agree! Etsy used to be about the little guy and now it's just another mass produced money maker for the big corporations or those who have found a way to make bug bucks on something that isn't genuinely handmade.
@Beadsnweaves 18 күн бұрын
But atleast amazon gives volume in business. Etsy charges a bomb for a peanut of sales.
@kay-w35 18 күн бұрын
I bought what I thought was a homemade quilted bag for a knitting project bag, and it was packaged like it came out of a factory. I felt very duped and it was the last time I searched Etsy for something. I try to seek out small sellers who have their own website or shopify page first. I don't buy anywhere near the amount that I used to.
@deelee4639 18 күн бұрын
Ebay
@freedomthroughspirit 22 күн бұрын
The fact that they consider themselves a competitor with Amazon is a huge red flag... they weren't originally, they were totally different markets. Trust is gone. Sad to see this same old story repeat yet again; corporate profits over all else that ultimately ruins the unique gem that it was.
@justaname999 20 күн бұрын
It's even visible looking at Kalin's face when talking about Etsy and then comparing it to Silverman's face. One person is actually excited and honest, the other has no clue about what the platform is about.
@saint438 20 күн бұрын
They are using Amazon as an excuse for their failure. Any company that allows counterfeit products is not looking out for their customers.
@LittleMew133 20 күн бұрын
Completely forgot their roots
@piscinaiv7937 20 күн бұрын
This right here. 'Focusing on growth' where the foundation of the original business was predicated on creators being artisans.
@jenniferlynn3537 20 күн бұрын
Etsy has also tried to position itself as a competitor to EBay, with small shops angling to sell vintage goods to interior decorators at inflated prices. And then there’s the elevated cost of shipping which Etsy claims is to “offset its carbon footprint.” Well, I happen to have an exceptionally small carbon footprint already, and really resent having to pay more to have something delivered than I would if I purchased it on eBay, Poshmark, Mercari or Amazon. Why should I have to fund Etsy’s virtue-signaling PR campaign? As if that’s not bad enough, Etsy prioritizes displaying sponsored items over merchandise that actually matches the search terms. It’s very frustrating to shop on Etsy, and who the heck wants to scroll through 25+ pages of 75% inaccurate items to locate something you might be interested in purchasing? It’s not a great environment for sellers, either. My sister makes high quality custom make jewelry for a living, and attracts new clients by displaying her wares at different fairs, bazaars and local markets. I asked why she didn’t have an Etsy shop, and she wrinkled her nose and said that Etsy only shows sponsored items - so if a seller doesn’t pay the extra monthly premium to have their item promoted, their merch gets buried under pages of sponsored items. Since that extra premium doesn’t guarantee a sale (why would it when Etsy will advertise the item to people looking to buy something entirely different) she said it just wasn’t worth her time - and other craftspeople she knew agreed.
@davidjohnson6553 17 күн бұрын
If there's going to be nothing unique about Etsy, they have no reason to exist. We dont need another Amazon.
@marion1490 18 күн бұрын
As a long time Etsy seller, since 2009, there has been a change in 'customer'. I make linen clothing to order and have a handfull of PDF sewing patterns available in my shop. Since 2023 I regularly receive messages from customers asking why their ordered apron hasn't arrived yet. When I check their order, it turns out they have bought a sewing pattern for an apron for 7.50$ Since this year I have larger orders. No longer one skirt here, a pair of pants there, but customers buying 3, 4, 5 of the same model skirt at once. When the skirts arrive, they contact me wanting to send a few back. Apparently they purchase a few colours and send back the colours they don't like. The tendency seems to be that the current customer simply doesn't realize an item is handmade. And that is what happens when Etsy starts competing with Amazon, Temu and Shein.
@jeancunha6796 15 күн бұрын
Etsy is my go to for patterns! I wonder if I have some of yours? That's pretty much the only thing I buy there.
@rebaj5736 8 күн бұрын
How frustrating that must be for you. It also shows how some people maybe don't value/understand the difference between mass produced and hand made. I wonder if you could send them swatches in advance so they could choose a color before you did all that work.
@dtgboss-hu2ub 3 күн бұрын
Easy fix: Don't offer refunds/cancellations. Let your customers know up front with your store policy. That is how I handle it and it works fine.
@mimiii1788 3 күн бұрын
souns like the low iq customer of amazon is migrating to etsy
@bdml77 3 күн бұрын
💯
@chapelknight951 24 күн бұрын
The fall of Etsy's dedication to locally made, hand-made goods is tragic. The old Etsy was great for gifts and custom crafts.
@astroboirap 23 күн бұрын
its funny
@xlynx9 23 күн бұрын
Still is
@kenfern2259 23 күн бұрын
it still is u gotta know where to look
@OddWeird461 23 күн бұрын
@@kenfern2259It shouldn’t be so hard to find hand made items.
@fvr12345 23 күн бұрын
@@absolutefreedom8035You’re cheap.
@starvingbymidnight 23 күн бұрын
ETSY IS NOT AMAZON! THEY SHOULD NOT BE ASPIRE TO BE AMAZON! THEY NEED TO BE THE BEACON OF INDEPENDENT SELLERS! THEY NEED TO BECOME A PRIVATE COMPANY AND STOP PRIORITISING SHAREHOLDERS!
@sandragee2864 22 күн бұрын
Absolutely! Amazon is not Etsy. Etsy is not Amazon.
@TheAccidentalViking 22 күн бұрын
too late. It's already happened.
@kozad86 22 күн бұрын
Same for Walmart, Target, Newegg, or even Safeway - I hate searching for stuff on their websites only to see 3rd party stuff.
@telaportofficial 21 күн бұрын
TELAPORT IS TAKING OVER
@ThisisCitrus 21 күн бұрын
too late
@tahirisaid2693 16 күн бұрын
Our economy struggling with uncertainties, housing issues, foreclosures, global fluctuations, and pandemic aftermath, causing instability. Rising inflation, sluggish growth, and trade disruptions need urgent attention from all sectors to restore stability and stimulate growth.
@GeralynWinnifeld 16 күн бұрын
With the US dollar losing value to inflation and other currencies gaining traction, uncertainty looms. Yet, many still trust in the Dollar's perceived safety. Worried about my $420,000 retirement savings losing value, I seek alternative security for my money.
@chriswalter92 16 күн бұрын
With my demanding job, I lack time for investment analysis. For seven years, a fiduciary has managed my portfolio, adapting to market conditions, enabling successful navigation and informed decisions. Consider a similar approach.
@JalenBooekr 16 күн бұрын
this is definitely considerable! think you could suggest any professional/advisors i can get on the phone with? i'm in dire need of proper portfolio allocation
@chriswalter92 16 күн бұрын
Angela Lynn Schilling is the Iicensed coach l use. Just research the name. You'd find necessary detaiIs to work with a correspondence to set up an appointment.
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I appreciate it. After searching her name online and reviewing her credentials, I'm quite impressed. I've contacted her as I could use all the help I can get. A call has been scheduled.
@drnicolestewart 14 күн бұрын
I had an Etsy shop and they randomly closed it without warning and no explanation. When I tried to inquire, I got a clearly automated message with no real explanation. I’ve heard this happen to MANY others!
@JournalingTale 3 күн бұрын
Yes, this happened to me as well. I tried opening a different shop, and it wouldn’t let me 🫤
@youngaries8 23 күн бұрын
I remember the days when Etsy removed my listings for not being handmade enough and now they allow every piece of mass produced junk on there.
@naturalnashuan 23 күн бұрын
And bulk counterfeits
@DrKritter 23 күн бұрын
I've seen people reselling things from World Market on there. It's crazy.
@user-bi8ko7kc6h 22 күн бұрын
Last year they removed my 99% handmade product (excluding the materials), after I contacted the customer service they removed my account 😂. So yeah, they still remove handmade products but let the made in China stay.
@mountainmisterscraftingwithjan 21 күн бұрын
Lori copyrighted infringements there too!
@MsJellyBellyLove 20 күн бұрын
I miss Regretsy.
@PlastiBots 20 күн бұрын
As an ETSY seller, I’m drowning in their ridiculous fees. They try to dilute it by separating them out. For any one sale, there are 7-9 different fees.
@GorgieClarissa 20 күн бұрын
Etsy is GREEDY AF
@SuksesSmart 20 күн бұрын
I’m on the same boat, time ago I had a sale for $424 and just on fees was $140 if they don’t do something that’s gonna be the end of my shop.
@brandoncecil2303 20 күн бұрын
I calculated that’s It’s about 35% of the total sale in fees. Sure you can decline to offer free shipping and turn off the “marketing” but nobody will ever find you.
@bbssxcugc_ 20 күн бұрын
no literally so many ridiculous fees yet still they’re not even pushing our products unless we have to go again and pay for Ads or promotion which really sucks their peak was in 2015-2020, now everyone wants to make fast money and ruin certain things for us
@captaindingbat 20 күн бұрын
I joined a few months ago, I made a few sales but the fees have wiped out almost all my profits. I’m considering closing the shop up before I go into the negative again when everything is due to update, another 0.20 per item. 😢
@lindakossak7248 18 күн бұрын
I joined Etsy in 2006 when Rob Kalin still owned it and it was fun to be a seller. We all made money back then doing what we loved to do. I shut my shop in 2013 when the fees started ruining our profits and you couldn’t be seen in search unless you bought ads. Eventually sellers won’t be able to afford the fees.
@CherryBlawesome 16 күн бұрын
It was great in 2010 for me. Like you said, sales suddenly dropped in 2013 for me as well. I even noticed the competition giving up. I knew it was an Etsy thing because my personal website was keeping pace. I kept my shop open to funnel customers to my personal website, but sales were so bad and the Ads that didn’t even work! I’m convinced Etsy hid my shop from being seen unless I paid. I never trusted Etsy ads again after that. Sales started picking up again in 2017ish. But now in 2024 it is the worse I have ever seen it. Sales are at an all time low. I make more on my personal website. This is the first time in over a decade I actually had to manually pay my Etsy fees because I didn’t make enough profit to cover my listings. That is NUTS!
@cindybaird9589 14 күн бұрын
@@CherryBlawesome May I ask how you promote your personal website? I just joined Etsy in fall 2023 and man it is tough but seems the only way to have a venue people will go to:(
@Countcho 3 күн бұрын
I just got on Etsy, cost me $15 to just open an account. Then i only got 2 views in weeks, lost in all the dropshipped goods. Ridiculous website
@GalacticTradingPost 11 күн бұрын
People don't value human labor anymore. Contractors are charging $150 per hour to unclog toilets but when the craftsman or craftsgirl wants $15 per hour to make handmade goods, people turn up their noses and demand a discount.
@birbluv9595 4 күн бұрын
Not me. I believe in buying original handcrafted art and paying what it is really worth.
@materialgrl2000 3 күн бұрын
The problem is people generally don't make enough money to pay for quality.
@amandacrowder9783 21 күн бұрын
a company like Etsy should never go public. Period. The idea that a company must have limitless growth is non sustainable for the majority of companies. If it is profitable, it should be seen as successful, but a company like Etsy who's main demographic was bespoke, handmade items cannot possible sustain growth in perpetuity. Going public and having public investors was the nail in the coffin. It will never go back to the way it was.
@rawlsrules 20 күн бұрын
Not only not sustainable, why is it always desireable? What a shame. When will we learn?
@klee88029 20 күн бұрын
You are SO RIGHT. 👍🧓
@salnellen1381 19 күн бұрын
It seems that unending growth is simply unsustainable and it always boggles my mind why companies only seek this.
@RecklessFables 19 күн бұрын
You are right but the problem is a successful company will 1) Be too valuable to the owners to NOT cash out. 2) Eventually be undermined and destroyed by a company like Amazon that will copy/undercut/out-promote or other dirty tricks until you are gone. It is a carrot and stick. Zappos is owned by Amazon now, for example.
@sueellenmcgoey6095 19 күн бұрын
Corporations and the stock market are ruining America! Profits above good business practices, and taking advantage of workers to squeeze more profits = low pay and benefits
@kajsagauza 24 күн бұрын
Why compete with Amazon? Why the obsession with the constant growth? Going public kills most of the companies 🤷♀️
@rok1475 24 күн бұрын
Going public makes a few rich people richer and nothing else matters. They invest a few millions at the beginning, sell at the peak and move on to the next deal. What happens to the company after doesn’t matter.
@calimon00 24 күн бұрын
Yay Capitalism😕
@dotdash8327 23 күн бұрын
Greed, everybody wants to be a billionaire these days.
@J-wm4ss 23 күн бұрын
@@dotdash8327not just a billionaire, a billionaire by *being the middleman* while doing no work
@ManabiLT 23 күн бұрын
Corporate America, especially tech companies, are utterly obsessed with what's been doing "line goes up." Which is insanely stupid, because no company can grow forever and growth for growth's sake can destroy a company's future. But the CEO that made the decisions that destroy the company will be long gone by the time that happens, so they don't care. They'll have moved on to another company and proceed to destroy it as well, just so they can make their bank account larger, even though they already have more money than they can ever spend in their lifetimes.
@wednesdayophelia 17 күн бұрын
I wish this video hadn't understated what dropshipping is. Dropshippers aren't usually designing the products. Etsy shops are selling the same items available on Alibaba at a huge markup. Sometimes they are good at making the item seem "handmade" but a quick image reverse search will show it elsewhere at a fraction of the cost. Even things like pottery with quaint imperfections.
@NYMArts 16 күн бұрын
Fee # 1 Processing fee 3% + .25. Fee # 2 Transaction fee on the Item price 6.5% Fee # 3 Transaction fee on Shipping 6.5% Fee # 4 Forced off site ads (Success Penalty Fee) 12% and if you cancel the sale, he charges your card for the ad fee anyway. That's 28% + .25 and that's BEFORE income tax. Josh Silverman must go to prison.
@njay2851 19 күн бұрын
Etsy needs to be investigated for shutting down loyal seller accounts with no notification and then holding onto their money for 180+ days.
@hellomsmckay 18 күн бұрын
How, exactly, does Etsy work? You sign up on somebody else's website for free. You get a little framework to display your items. The website becomes the transaction processor and takes a cut from every sale. Etsy made money off people who have zero common business sense. You have to spend money on your business, there's no way around it. You heard "free" and thought "profit".....ignoring the fact you chose to bring in an unnecessary 3rd party middleman to take some of the money from every sale when the smart move would've been spend the money to build a website catalog showcasing all your stuff. Put a direct purchase link to the actual payment processor on the showcase page. Do exactly the same marketing you have to do anyway to send somebody to your "free Etsy shop" so Etsy can take some of your money it didn't earn, that you have to wait a few weeks to get paid from, but instead, send them to your website so they can buy it right from you, you get paid immediately, all the money. Etsy is the price gullible people pay for being lazy and gullible.
@jonesfamily1494 18 күн бұрын
💯
@Ralph_Kreutzberger-Blumenfeld 18 күн бұрын
Now it's full of Chinese sellers.
@AtomicJohn 18 күн бұрын
Absolutely. If Etsy shuts down your shop for no reason or removes stuff from your shop for no reason then file a FTC complaint and a complaint with your state agency. Etsy is charging for listings, ads, and now just to open a shop. They must provide the product or service that people are paying for.
@ChristaDoodles 17 күн бұрын
THIS! My shop was shut down and I wasn't even able to speak to a human being or appeal. I'm a freelance artist and had to go back to a 9-5 job after it was shut down. Yet there are still THOUSANDS of resellers and junk still on the platform. I don't understand how it works!
@runa0124 20 күн бұрын
I’m a current Etsy seller, but Etsy treats sellers like garbage! So many copyright infringement happening, Etsy never cares. Etsy just cares about money.
@luckydayzs9296 19 күн бұрын
It’s so interesting that it used to be a place for handmade and artists and crafters.. but now print on demand has taken over.. and copyright infringement is so interesting when everything is in similarity designed and created.. it should be layback in sense that things are mostly recreated using certain designs and made into an persons own item to sell.. Etsy used to be an online Farmers Market…
@breccamerie1 19 күн бұрын
I've been an etsy seller since 2008 and my stuff, items I've sold for years, are getting pulled by a bot for copyright infringement. I sell vintage product items like old labels so naturally, I list the company name of the label. It's antique, so therefore not copyright infringement but bots don't care. So for all those listings I have to do their email and hope for the best. So far, the only items that have been reinstated for me were my hand made 'tribal' jewelry. My labels didn't make the cut.
@nicole11823 18 күн бұрын
Exactly right
@robinbirdj743 18 күн бұрын
So sorry 😢
@peggytoes99 18 күн бұрын
AMEN TO THAT!
@CuteFluff8 18 күн бұрын
I started with Etsy back in Aug. in 2015. I left Etsy in 2022. I was losing money and was seeing the changes of it becomes egotistical corporate. It disturbed and disgusted me.
@SteveDutton-v 15 күн бұрын
Recession Happened, What stocks should Invest into as a newbie to safely grow my money.
@SeanTalkoff 15 күн бұрын
Its best if you buy growth/blue-chip/large caps stocks only. Also, as a newbie its advisable you work with an investment advisor to help set up a well-structured portfolio.
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Apt!! I was self managing but suffered heavy losses in 2022 and i knew i couldn't continue like that, so i consulted a fiduciary financial advisor. By restructuring and diversifying my $620k portfolio with dividend-paying stocks, ETFs, Mutual funds and REITs, I significantly boosted my portfolio, achieving an annualized gain of 30%.
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If you don't mind, how can I reach this advisrr? My retirement portfolio isnt doing greatly.
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Vivian Carol Gioia is the licensed advisor I use. Just research the name. You’d find necessary details to work with a correspondence to set up an appointment.
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@mcflyfarm 24 күн бұрын
I am an Etsy seller. I moved a year ago and deactivated my account temporarily. I have not been motivated to reactivate it. It's too much of a hassle. I'd rather spend the time and capital building my own brand and funneling people towards an independent website than to shovel out the endless fees to continue with Etsy.
@dopemusic6414 24 күн бұрын
This is good you should never have depended on Etsy the plan should have been to eventually move into your own platform. Good luck
@oliverolover 24 күн бұрын
Right on. I quit Etsy when I found out that they were collecting the email addresses of my own independent customers and selling them to my competitors on the platform.
@hammerandthewrench7924 24 күн бұрын
Soooo you’re not an etsy seller
@oliviao2238 24 күн бұрын
Good for you. Your time is precious, and you're established. Etsy will eventually see more like you leave.
@wayIess 24 күн бұрын
If you do sell online again, find a different host site. It's gone downhill for sellers especially in the last few months.
@fafnir491 19 күн бұрын
I used to see Etsy as the safe space where I could buy a wide range of artworks and know I was supporting small businesses. Now it’s become a minefield of mass-produced junk made from subpar materials. Breaks my heart.
@Novastar.SaberCombat 17 күн бұрын
Yup. A.I. jank is junk, and nearly every so-called "industry" has been saturated with that type of algorithmic arseness. If you want something of quality, you MUST build, grow, design, or craft it yourself. No exceptions anymore.
@JingYuans_sparrow 16 күн бұрын
I feel the exact same, I bought some press-on nails on Etsy thinking I was supporting a small business but turns out it was a dropship from aliexpress selling 2$ nails for 20$
@mgardner70 16 күн бұрын
@@Novastar.SaberCombat Its the future. People complained about almost all advances in tech. My college painting professor told me how people used to be sticklers about grinding their own pigments when it came to painting. Love it or hate it tech isn't going anywhere.
@Nashleyism 16 күн бұрын
Yes, if I wanted something of quality, something handmade I always went for etsy. Now it's full of cheap bad quality stuff and I have no energy or time to surf through that
@almas2423 16 күн бұрын
We still produce 100% of our woodworking items, but it’s hard to stand out :/
@seriouslywhatever1031 18 күн бұрын
Oh look, CEOs have no idea what they're doing and profit comes at the cost of literally everything and everyone else, destroying the whole soul of the company.
@hay13ybay13y 18 күн бұрын
THANK YOU for bringing more attention to this. As a seller, it feels like we have little to no power.
@lillybean17 18 күн бұрын
0 Power! everyday we walk on eggshells knowing our income and business could be taken away from us with no reason and no one to even speak too its awful
@retardedseizure301 17 күн бұрын
Yep, especially when Etsy forces you to pay for Offsite Ads. Like, how is that legal?? Absolute garbage. There is nothing that makes me feel more powerless as a seller than not having a choice in it. 🤬
@mickeyfried9821 20 күн бұрын
We need a new platform!!! Etsy is greedy. I'm done with them!!! Our new platform cannot be publicly traded!!
@bubbles2868 19 күн бұрын
When you find one let us know
@mickeyfried9821 19 күн бұрын
@bubbles2868 I will for sure! Will you do the same? I do farmer's markets, and when we all do well, we all do well. We artists are a family. I'm unfortunately not good with social media. I'm old. There are so many creatives out there. I hope someone rescues us. I deactivated my listings. I've been meaning to when I started seeing tools and supplies. Good luck to you. I tell my vendor friends, "sell everything!" I hope you sell everything!!! What do you make?
@Isabel-of4wq 19 күн бұрын
@@bubbles2868I just listened to podcast “how I built this” by Guy Roz … business advice show who interviewed this morning a coop of artists - owned by artists - who were the Etsy alternative. Unfortunately I missed their name but u could look it up
@mickeyfried9821 19 күн бұрын
@@bubbles2868 Society6 is something I just saw. Will it help you? 🤔
@vivvoveo384 19 күн бұрын
@@mickeyfried9821 Selling on Etsy was one of my goal . By the time I was ready (Lifehappens) the platform had lost all of its magic. I too would love a new site to show my artisan pieces. I handnit socks (25 happy years of creation ). My local market is nice but I just love going to the post office to send a pair of socks to an appreciative stranger . I bet you know the feeling 😃
@Mark_R_Tho 21 күн бұрын
My Shop is Mark Ross Jewelry. It has actual handmade items by me, which is what Etsy should be!!!!🤨 Lots of us truly cannot compete with this surge of people drop shipping everything. Thank you to those who continue to support us!!!
@butterflymuse2707 20 күн бұрын
Oh, I like your style! :D Your jewelry is pretty!
@naturegirl2110 20 күн бұрын
That's what I'm saying. If a customer sees the "same" item for $5 that you handmade for $40, make a guess which one they're gonna pick. I've seen stuff and thought, how can that be mad for $5?
@AllThePeppermint 20 күн бұрын
Found your shop and am following. Stunning Swarovski crystal jewelry!
@AlohaLowah 20 күн бұрын
Thank you! I try sooo hard to search for actual shops that aren't cheap overseas crap. Definitely going to your shop!
@thomeg492 20 күн бұрын
I spend so long searching for shops like yours! I'm bookmarking for later because your work is beautiful 🙂
@mansrits 16 күн бұрын
I had a successfull Etsy shop around 2014-2017 and recently wanted to reopen my shop. I was truly SHOCKED about the increase in the fees and how many of them are there now!! Etsy has definitely changed for the worse. It used to be a beautiful place for sellers and buyers who love crafts. Bring it back!
@Sobrien724 17 күн бұрын
I’m an Etsy buyer. I have been happy most of the time. Watching this and reading the sellers comments is saddening. Unfortunately I don’t see Etsy lasting because it has to make shareholders happy. Not the sellers and buyers. We’ll always have markets and fairs to buy these products.
@gulfcoastgirl89 23 күн бұрын
Im a handmade seller on Etsy and I can’t sell anything because I’m competing against clipartists, drop shippers, aI art, POD and digital sellers who don’t follow licensing rules. True handmade sellers can’t make a living on Etsy like we used to!!
@faeriesmak 21 күн бұрын
I had to switch from handmade to vintage. Handmade was not at all selling.
@marcilk7534 20 күн бұрын
As a customer, I try to find true handmade stuff, but it’s so hard to tell what is and isn’t.
@gulfcoastgirl89 20 күн бұрын
@@marcilk7534 Shops that have real pictures in their listings, their shop sections are filled out, their cover and branding matches, maybe they have pictures at the bottom of their shop that shows them doing their work or their workspace, those are all things to look for. anything that doesn’t look like it was hand drawn or hand crafted, like so many of these tshirt shops or tumblers, hardly any of them are honest artists. Shops that are all mock-ups and the same mock-ups throughout (like the shop they showed with the tumbler cups) usually are not drawing their own stuff and aren’t following correct licensing practices. Cohesiveness is a big thing to look for too.
@lilolmecj 20 күн бұрын
It has become very difficult to find handmade sellers. When I put in a search I get page after page of mass production. And even returning to a previous seller for sew in labels, the saved receipt was very incomplete, I had to do quite a search to find what font and size I used before. I don’t order them often, it takes a while to use them up. Good luck moving forward.
@susanb4816 20 күн бұрын
My art keeps showing up on other people’s pages
@youtube7076 24 күн бұрын
anytime shareholders are involved its a loss for humanity.
@freedomthroughspirit 22 күн бұрын
Succinctly said! 👏💯
@riskypugga 21 күн бұрын
So true
@stoneneils 20 күн бұрын
You guys have to see Tim Hortons, our #1 coffee shop. It used to be so good until some foreign company bought it. Now they have ONE person to serve all day..lineup can be 20 people long. One girl. Half the people leave, they don't care..its about real estate holdings now not profits. We went from 25 flavors of doughnuts to about 8. :)
@yolandasotolopez 18 күн бұрын
I closed my shop. I made and sold hand knit and hand crochet items. Then I saw all of these shops selling mass produced machine knit baby sweaters selling thousands of sweaters everyday. I can't compete with china mass produced cheap junk. It makes me sad to see this happening. These china sweaters are cheap and fall apart so quickly. Still they had great professional photographs.. so they sell well. Hand knit sweaters for $20 basically throw away fashion.
@nofood1 18 күн бұрын
Where will you sell now?
@yolandasotolopez 18 күн бұрын
@@nofood1 Mostly word of mouth... Doing mostly custom orders. Facebook marketplace has worked good as well. I had great reviews on my shop, but still impossible to compete with all those junk selling shops
@lulueusebia5789 17 күн бұрын
@@yolandasotolopezI wholeheartedly agree about the cheap stuff.. Everyone is getting cheap stuff from temu and reselling.
@callmemothermercury 17 күн бұрын
Etsy seller here and I am experiencing a surge in cancellations because the customers want me to ship a handmade item within 1-2 days which is insane!! Buyers are also treating sellers as if we are mass manufacturers. Etsy is not fun anymore and has become very expensive.
@LemonLimes99 16 күн бұрын
can the item be made in 2 days? how many days do you require?
@callmemothermercury 16 күн бұрын
@@LemonLimes99 3-5 days, despite that I am receiving cancellations :(
@davidcox3076 Күн бұрын
@@callmemothermercury If you had a few millions Chinese slave laborers working for you, you could crank out anything in 2 days or less. And that is your competition.
@callmemothermercury 10 минут бұрын
@@davidcox3076 how lovely 🥲
@santanartist 23 күн бұрын
I am a long-time Etsy seller and I’m DONE. Income dropped more than 50% since 2022-23.
@MissShembre 22 күн бұрын
I'm down 80% from my 2020 high. Now I'm at the almost same level I was when I first joined in 2012 😂😂😂🥲
@Play4keeks 21 күн бұрын
Where do you sell your items now?
@OutOfHereSoon 21 күн бұрын
Your income dropped and whose fault is that? Perhaps its the product?
@marlenejennifer3514 21 күн бұрын
@@OutOfHereSoonnot necessarily. Take Stanley for example it’s been around for decades but look at it now. Sometimes it’s other things like the target market or the marketing itself. But Etsy isn’t that great for targeted marketing . It has algorithms as well and these platforms push people to pay to play by not giving exposure. Plus you don’t have your customers information to retarget them. On Etsy you are always hustling for the sale yet getting lost in the sea of listings. Someone who bought from you might not be able to find you if they choose to purchase again. That’s why forget Etsy and setup your own site so you have more control over your money and customers
@Play4keeks 21 күн бұрын
@OutOfHereSoon you must be new here 😂😂😂
@Lhene9 21 күн бұрын
The desire for infinite growth is one of the worse parts of the modern business approach. When will we accept that a business is successful when it can sustain itself, rather than it continually making more?
@down-to-earth-mystery-school 20 күн бұрын
it's the 'never enough' crowd we have to contend with
@wildflower1397 19 күн бұрын
When consumers care enough to only purchase from sellers with good ethics. As long as there are people willing to give their cash to greedy uncaring merchants, it won't stop.
@WobblesandBean 19 күн бұрын
Welcome to capitalism. No one cares. I doubt humanity will survive to see the end of the century because of greedy people like this.
@tropistan7735 19 күн бұрын
@@wildflower1397op asked a sensible question because infinite growth is just not possible for any business. But hoping people will buy "because of good ethics" is such pipe dream I don't know if it's coming from naivete or out of touch privilege. "Good ethics" sellers are also charging an arm a leg because "it costs more to make a principled product". Have you seen the economy? It's just that buyers are uncaring. A lot of times buyers don't have a choice!
@ALynn-wp9gb 19 күн бұрын
Probably around the same time our country as a whole stops telling everyone we’re in a recession simply because our economy is not quadrupling. GDP is embedded in the culture ‘grow or die’. :(
@CherryBlawesome 16 күн бұрын
GREED ruined Etsy. I’ve been on Etsy since 2010. My sales continue to drop recently since they started mucking around with it and raising their prices. Etsy continues to turn a blind eye to copyright infringement and drop shippers. They blindly ban shops for no reason because their AI is incorrect. There should be a class action lawsuit against Etsy for shutting down shops without reason and holding their money hostage. Now would be a good time for a rival platform to be created that was like the old Etsy everyone knew and loved.
@mariannwest8909 5 күн бұрын
Or start a Union for online crafters to protect our rights! ✊️
@whiteshaix 2 күн бұрын
AI enthusiasts should take this as a warning. Delegating jobs to algorythms doesn't work, because they still can't discriminate. My shop was shut down within 24 hours with no explanation and I'm totally sure there wasn't anything "harmful" or "immoral" on it (just 3 fairly abstract paintings). Still, since your work is examined by bots, they persisted in their error. I was practically robbed of the initial fees because of course they give no refund. They lost a seller AND a buyer. Disgusting policy.
@folklorestuff1743 18 күн бұрын
As soon as a company goes public, it all becomes about the shareholder. So sad.
@Holly-he6ho 22 күн бұрын
Of the top five t shirt sellers on Etsy, four are wall to wall IP violations: counterfeit Disney, Marvel, Star Wars, etc. merch. And nothing happens to those people, while legitimate shops are banned for no reason. In the quarterly earnings call Silverman ran his mouth about using AI to get rid of sellers who "lack the skill or the will" to make their own designs. What a bunch of BS. The person who lacks the skill or the will to fix Etsy is him.
@ciaociara 20 күн бұрын
I have heard from many sellers on Etsy that they were shut down and had no way of getting their shop back - some not even selling copyrighted materials.
@Denise_954 20 күн бұрын
I dont sell tshirts but they shut me down right after I set up my acct (doing all the work of setting up) and after Etsy ppl approved my shop. I sell handmade items
@THEDOORIZCLOSED 19 күн бұрын
THISSSSS!!!!
@mobstercrow7515 19 күн бұрын
They also banned people that sale custom made service dog gear. My service dog is medical equipment and he has to have properly fitted, high quality gear or else he could get hurt. He does light mobility so he has to have a custom made semi-rigid handle of a specific size and material, you can't find those anywhere except for people that specifically make them. Now I have to spend hours searching on instagram to find a seller that makes high quality gear. I have enough stuff to deal with daily, this makes it even harder for me and my service dog.
@rltreasure 19 күн бұрын
And Etsy does nothing about it!
@suzy7301 22 күн бұрын
I was an Etsy seller. Made really great money YOY where I was able to support my family with it. Then they started trying to be amazon. You had to try and ship next day, which is hard to do when you make things by hand. You get penalized if you don't have "free shipping" and don't ship next day. It's too much pressure and they are burning handmade sellers out.
@DimaRakesah 20 күн бұрын
It's really crazy to me that they started penalizing if you don't ship next day, even for items which are handmade after an order is placed!
@basic9254 20 күн бұрын
That’s crazy - I remember all the great experiences when the seller has reached out personally to discuss personalization.
@butterflymuse2707 19 күн бұрын
Yeah, I took off the free shipping over $35 because I was taking losses from it and my YOY stats are down 62% 🙃
@Dakiniwoman 18 күн бұрын
I also have been on Etsy for over a decade and used to sell fairly well considering my one of a kind items are costly, but this year I have sold nothing at all on Etsy... same goes for Ebay... I used to sell as fast as I could make them, but not anymore. I am having a hard time buying food these days.
@desiertoscacti5388 18 күн бұрын
Exactly. They have made Etsy a bullying site to sellers.
@MindinViolet 16 күн бұрын
Etsy is a sad shadow of its former self. It started as a way to buy affordable hand-made crafts. Now it’s basically Wish but at a much higher price point.
@elmadi7805 18 күн бұрын
Etsy was for makers. Regular people who love their art or craft and wanted to share it with the world. Then they started allowing mass-produced junk at prices makers can't compete with. Then they took an even worse turn and spent all their money drawing celebs in to hawk their mass-produced, overpriced housewares that you can walk into any department store and spend too much money on. All while raising fees to continue pushing out the makers who made ETSY. I can't even remember the last time I got an ETSY notification that wasn't some celeb that I don't care about shilling something I'd never buy.
@honeylis7 21 күн бұрын
"What happened to Etsy"? They went public. Once you're accountable to shareholders, it's all about money, capitalism, profits. The very "heart" of Etsy was individual artists sharing their skill and talent, and earning money from it.
@TheGoldenCapstone 20 күн бұрын
Of course you would say "capitalism". Capitalism involves supply and demand. No one is demanding mass digital products and foreign merchant dropshipping.
@honeylis7 20 күн бұрын
@@TheGoldenCapstone Sounds like you agree with me, so I'm not sure what's the purpose of your comment
@ALynn-wp9gb 19 күн бұрын
Public or private, companies still have boards and often have CEOs who prioritize profits over ethics. I worked with a lot of tech startups who behaved exactly the same way, most who never went public - rather, they chose to hire executive leadership teams and compile boards who would push them towards profits above people, above mission.
@KamilDeKerel 19 күн бұрын
@@ALynn-wp9gb if ypur startup only works to make a profit it'll probably fail, usefull products don't come from having to make money
@KamilDeKerel 19 күн бұрын
@@TheGoldenCapstone of course it is capitalism, if the company doesn't go public they don't have quota's to make, they don't make changes to grow sales and you still have a home made crafts website
@the_dapper_scrapper 20 күн бұрын
Etsy has made it all but impossible to search for what you want.The search functions have became a sick joke.
@tiffanymaw7033 19 күн бұрын
Absolutely, totally
@FrackMeister 19 күн бұрын
I hate how you can't even search categories anymore.
@dfc3425 19 күн бұрын
@@FrackMeister Exactly! I chatted with an Etsy rep about it and I asked her if she would explain why and she said yes, and then I said, ok, why? And she said, oh, I'm not allowed to share that with you. So fine. I went on strike. Haven't purchased anything from Etsy in 6 months and I used to buy several times a month. I've found other platforms where I can buy direct from the artists, and they are the ones I wanted to support by shopping on Etsy in the first place.
@luv2design 18 күн бұрын
Yes!!! It's so frustrating!!
@hellomsmckay 18 күн бұрын
So why can't you put your stuff on your own website and all the work you do to send somebody to an etsy shop to they can see all your competitors and you can give an arbitrary 3rd party money for intercepting your sales flow, you could be sending them to your own site instead....so they buy from you, only you, and you make all the money per transaction. What, exactly, was Etsy actually doing for you that you couldn't do yourself?
@kiraph 18 күн бұрын
I was selling on there briefly a couple of years ago. Left when I made a sale and ended up paying Etsy more than I got for the sale. It was very unfair.
@user-qt8lk9um7w 18 күн бұрын
I'm also an Etsy seller. I make niche and unique products. Etsy has been increasing its cuts which leave no margins for sellers. So, I had to increase the price but less buyers. I am now thinking of closing down on Etsy and creating my own page.
@Saraphina_Marie 21 күн бұрын
Etsy's a MESS. I have a visual artist friend who is not on etsy, but sellers have taken his imagery and put it on their laser-burned wood products and etsy doesn't care. Plagiarism and theft is just so rampant, and now we are adding AI to the mix. It's awful. I have my shop paused because it exhausts me and I know there's zero recourse if someone copies my stuff and sells it because etsy DOES NOT CARE who is selling what, as long as they are making money.
@WobblesandBean 19 күн бұрын
Yup. My friend has had her clothing designs stolen, another had her knitting patterns stolen, and I have had my art pieces stolen.
@rks5457 19 күн бұрын
100% what Ive thought about Etsy for a while. Idk how many sellers just straight up take IP and sell it. I've seen images of celebrities, album covers, brands etc. in countl as different "art" forms being sold. I've seen these thieves (no other word for them) basically draw or trace a popular photograph of a famous person and act like they actually have a right to profit from it. It's places like Etsy that allowed this behavior to be accepted by the general public. It's nothing more than theft and cheapens art and discourages actual artists from sharing their creativity.
@tater4ever 19 күн бұрын
@@WobblesandBeandid they copyright or get there lawyer involved ?
@Dakiniwoman 18 күн бұрын
I had my own photos of my one of a kind items I made myself stolen by other Etsy sellers and offered for sale by them. It was horrible trying to get them removed. There is very poor seller support from Etsy. I used to sell but not now, none of my items are selling on Etsy this year.
@WobblesandBean 17 күн бұрын
@@tater4ever The problem with that is, you can copyright a knitting pattern, but you can't prohibit the sales of items made using that pattern. Same with clothing designs, they're selling cheap knockoffs using photos of the real deal. And the photos my fashion designer friend used on her site were taken by a professional photographer, who has to be the one to submit the claim, not her. As for me, no, I unfortunately didn't copyright my illustrations cuz it's like $85 just to file one application, so if I did that for all of my work it would be thousands of dollars. And even then I wouldn't have the money to go after some Chinese reseller who stole my art for their phone cases. I could go after Etsy itself, but again, it's expensive to do so, and Etsy knows it. They rely on us small artists not having the funds to take legal action.
@goatsandroses4258 20 күн бұрын
Etsy is facing the problem that real artisans confront: you can't compete against mass-produced items/sites. It might take an artist a week to crochet something that a machine can make in a few minutes. Etsy was NEVER supposed to make its sellers compete against the "it's-handmade-because-someone-pushed-a-button" type of product, and an artistic site is NEVER going to make the money that an Amazon will. Etsy's problem was thinking it needed to do what Amazon, Ebay, etc. already did.
@kaylaphillips7949 19 күн бұрын
There is no machine that can crochet fully put together items, but I agree with you.
@goodgrief888 19 күн бұрын
I hope all of the sellers open their own Shopify. It sucks, though, because then individuals can’t compete with these larger websites SEO.
@denverdubois5835 18 күн бұрын
The irony is there are probably more artists selling vintage and handmade stuff back on EBay again now. LOL.
@Lipstickandchampagne 18 күн бұрын
@@denverdubois5835 I have noticed this as well
@hellomsmckay 18 күн бұрын
Etsy isn't the problem for the sellers/creators. The problem for the sellers/creators is they welcomed an unnecessary 3rd party middle man to take a cut of their profits for the "privilege" of having a "shop"...Etsy might have a nicely built site or marketplace but the model should've been a big red nope for any seller/creator with common sense. You create this handmade thing. You bought supplies. You spend time creating it. You spend money on marketing. You spend money on a website. You spend money to ship orders. You forfeit a percentage of every transaction to your payment processor (PayPal, Stripe) because you didn't get a business account at your bank. You were already doing it all, footing the bill. Along comes Etsy and says hey, sign up and open up a shop, it's free...we'll process all the transactions so you can create. We'll only take a percentage of each transaction. Sellers/creators flocked to it and can't figure out why they're going broke and not making any money. They want to blame it on copyright and bots and dropshippers. NO. It's because you chose to build your business in another entity's house and give them a chunk of your money so they could do what you were already doing on your own. Marketing all over social media and instead of sending them to your personal site with a direct link to paypal or stripe to buy it, process your own orders and get on with it, you're now sending people to an etsy shop like that's unique, to let another entity take more of your money. If you'd gotten a business account with your bank, got your own website or social media option and posted purchase links yourself right to the paymet processor, you would be making ALL the money...doing ALL the work because it's your business. That's what happens when you decide to have a business. You have to run it.
@rupel190 17 күн бұрын
I'm sick and tired of these corporations. I'll gladly pay more to support an actual artisan whenever possible. ❤
@shhh_quiet 16 күн бұрын
Etsy has just become a ridiculously expensive Shein or Wish. We all hate it now. It’s absolutely destroyed now.
@itgetter9 20 күн бұрын
Hey Josh Silverman: TECHNOLOGY can never replace the creativity of HUMAN ARTISTS. Bring back the artisans. (Boycott Etsy until the artisans regain the respect they deserve.)
@ejcostin3070 18 күн бұрын
I have so disappointed
@Cassie-xx5fb 17 күн бұрын
As an artisan on etsy 😭
@user-uw7cr4os4r 17 күн бұрын
I agree OP but at the same time "artisans regaining the respect they deserve" is so vague.. How do we know if and when it happens? Is that only up to Etsy or also, ultimately, the buyers?
@Angie-in8wc 17 күн бұрын
It’s just Aliexpress now.
@curtismaize 17 күн бұрын
Yes it can, and it is.
@Emily_Gray73 23 күн бұрын
They stopped caring about their artisans when Silverman took over. Ruined my business.
@jennifers1040 21 күн бұрын
Yep! The same exact thing happened to me.
@cloverring 20 күн бұрын
What’s an alternative? I’ve been only doing trades at local art meet ups but would love to sell online.
@jrod1577 20 күн бұрын
Looking for alternatives as well here.
@SewingBoxDesigns 20 күн бұрын
For those looking for alternatives, find a Web site service. There are plenty out there. Then start a KZfaq, and Instagram or whatever to advertise.
@annmarieknapp 20 күн бұрын
I'm so sorry. I love Etsy,but fewer folks are doing their own creative products. I see a lot of AI prints they charge you to download and they charge too much for something they aren't really creating and then the onus is on me as customer to print the images out. Screw that.
@DARKINBLADE. 17 күн бұрын
I have a family member who sells on Etsy, has done since early 2020. She’s in her mid 50s and she has been doing at least 80% of the business by herself. This year she’s questioning if she will continue doing it in 2025. Fees, hidden fees galore, plus dropshippers invading a space supposed to be for authentic handmade goods, plus a massive increase of ‘customers’ trying to receive free products by claiming their goods have never arrived, and then even more fees. Despite lowering her prices and having frequent discounts to try and get more sales, she’s now struggling to make a profit each month. People simply do not care for quality products, only what has the cheapest price tag. I know this family member well. She works hard. She does 12 hour shifts 5-6 days a week because she loves her craft that much. She’s pushing through her health conditions for the name of art. She uses quality products, I’ve seen the invoices and researched these companies. But despite all of this, she’s constantly fighting with Etsy to the point where it seems like it’ll be a battle she will never win. All these corporations are just soulless. All of them.
@stephaniekay112 13 күн бұрын
As an Etsy seller since 2008, it’s unfortunately gone so far downhill from what it used to be.
@SandraEvans-sr1rh 12 күн бұрын
Did you also experienced the suspension?
@SaseiMoon 22 күн бұрын
Etsy is not a website for a handmade products anymore and they don’t care about small sellers. They became another money hungry company.
@stoneneils 20 күн бұрын
N they didn't became another money hungry company. They evolved into a money hungry CORPORATION. I'm appalled how in 2024 so many people in the west don't know the clear distinction in motive. See Boeing? That's what happens all the time when a company rests on public funds. Always. 100% of the time. Private companies work, public companies do not
@daisydollsandstuff 11 күн бұрын
true
@RayLabs 23 күн бұрын
Etsy kicked an Artist friend off the platform when she owed 15 cent on a sale she had made. With NO ability to challenge it. Just kicked right off. No way to get ahold of a human to discuss this with. No Customer Service is a huge issue.
@user-hg4rj8wj6x 22 күн бұрын
Это просто позор, как Этси относится к продавцам! Немотивированные баны, невозможность связаться с техподдержкой, которая либо просто шлет штампованные ответы, либо отвечает просто бот. Они не несут никакой ответственности за то, что ломают бизнес тысяч людей.
@AnnaLee33 22 күн бұрын
Yeah, and be aware of what you say in the forums.
@ayannababii 21 күн бұрын
I've been scammed by people multiple times, either via being hacked and people making big purchases, or buying something from a scammer and never receiving the item. There is no customer service. I had no one to explain the issue to and they would direct me straight to the seller, who was likely the scammer and so wouldn't respond. I had MY account frozen after it was hacked and my money was stolen and there was no one to reach out to. I gave up on Etsy.
@artsdragons2779 21 күн бұрын
I was kicked off when they decided a deer painting of mine was copyright infringement. No warnings, no nothing. Just banned my account 🤷🏻♀️
@justbdsd4569 20 күн бұрын
They will not even talk to you before banning you
@kachinadesigns 18 күн бұрын
The fall of Etsy began years ago, when they stopped policing the site based on their original policies, and opened up to businesses using manufacturers.
@TwentyOneCatz 16 күн бұрын
They aren’t supposed to be competing with Amazon and eBay, that’s not what Etsy was for and the fact they don’t realize that is why it’s dead
@patrickp8315 24 күн бұрын
Etsy is becoming like Amazon; treating sellers badly and focus more on corporate profit.
@ovh992 23 күн бұрын
And eBay!
@fvr12345 23 күн бұрын
Yes! In order to actually rank in search results you need to provide free shipping to customers. They push sellers to offer discounts if an item remains in a buyer’s shopping cart. If a product is late, the buyer can request a full refund and get to keep the product as well. Advertising is a must in order to rank in search results and it’s very expensive. They’re basically trying to be Amazon where they squeeze the seller so that buyers receive their mass produced junk as quickly and cheaply as possible.
@tephwilliams 23 күн бұрын
And the irony in all of that is Amazon has a handmade section, and at least for the handmade sellers the support is at least 10x better than Etsy’s.
@sapeefy 22 күн бұрын
Fact
@hamsterama 22 күн бұрын
@@ovh992 I'm shocked Ebay is still around. It used to be awesome, like an online garage sale. Then they started treating small sellers like trash. The only reason Ebay was fun was because it was so easy for anyone to buy and sell. I haven't shopped there in years, because if I can't sell, there's no point. It's just another Amazon.
@nkhiuyitfdx 20 күн бұрын
I’m a Etsy seller who sells hand made crochet hats and bags, all of which take me a day to make (I also work full time). Similar items from dropshippers sell for $20 a knit hat and people tell me my $35 crochet hat is “too much”. People want retail prices for hand made items when it takes us way way longer to make, as well as developing craftsmanship and skill to create and supplies. It’s absolutely crazy.. has me thinking to just get a bi weekly farmers market booth to sell instead.
@annamossity8879 20 күн бұрын
20 bucks wouldn’t cover the cost of yarn!
@janama303 20 күн бұрын
Farmer's Markets are the new Etsy
@THEDOORIZCLOSED 19 күн бұрын
No but fr youre on the right path. And then get your own website
@izzydeadyet7336 19 күн бұрын
A lot of people still appreciate a hand made item and will gladly pay more for the quality.. Etsy is combining customers that would normally be aware of that, with customers looking to bargain shop.. it’s affecting artists along with the increase in the cut Etsy was taking from artists
@WobblesandBean 19 күн бұрын
That's the problem with business models like this. It panders to the lowest common denominator, and when it comes to humanity, the lowest common denominator is *_really_* low.
@ceostudio 18 күн бұрын
Ask any seller who was there before they went public, I was on there for 8 years, very successful, and the fees literally priced my customers out of my work. If the Govt wants taxes from my work and if Etsy wants actual handmade items and not drop shipping they should be working harder but we all know everything is about profits so we can't have nice things anymore. Pretty tired of everything being about shareholders, literally don't want to support someone else's yacht habit while I struggle to function.
@ptcglass 18 күн бұрын
Etsy is supposed to be handmade and vintage. Import sellers have always been a problem but once they allowed drop shipping it took it to a whole new level. I believe they stopped that but it’s still out of hand. It’s been tough getting my work seen by shoppers when they allow import sellers to be “5 star sellers”
@misslinda772 23 күн бұрын
What I liked about Etsy was the sale of products I could find nowhere else! That is what made it famous. Take that away, and they can’t compete.
@sharonharris9782 22 күн бұрын
@@absolutefreedom8035you may still be in Etsy as someone who makes handmade goods, but it's getting increasingly more difficult to find you.
@goilo888 21 күн бұрын
@@absolutefreedom8035But very, VERY difficult to find in the glut of Asian imports, AI crap, and so, so many trademark and copyright infringing products.
@Julia-bg4rm 21 күн бұрын
@@absolutefreedom8035 they are but the trust towards the site having reliable sellers is gone so now you are left with the job of figuring out whether a seller has genuinely handmade their products or not- which is often hard to tell.
@yankis. 20 күн бұрын
@@absolutefreedom8035 Yes, buried under pages and pages of cheap mass produced junk. Last time I visited Etsy it was almost impossible to find an authentic seller. So I just left.
@EverythingWithNikRich 19 күн бұрын
Yes
@GilaMunster 23 күн бұрын
As an Etsy seller I am so frustrated that sellers have no way to easily contact support. Automated responses to everything.
@thehomeeclady 21 күн бұрын
yes. Their seller support is garbage. Not even worth the effort to contact them most of the time. And yet they are cutting those positions?
@sararichardson737 21 күн бұрын
It’s the pits.
@Saraphina_Marie 21 күн бұрын
100% YES
@FallenAngelBrass 21 күн бұрын
This is my biggest sadness about selling on Etsy. I am OK with the fees and even AI, but the fact that there is no human customer service support is heartbreaking.
@sararichardson737 21 күн бұрын
@@FallenAngelBrass I think it’s incredibly rude and cheap of them to not employ some human customer support for their sellers. As a newbie vendor, I have been trying to get help with an issue since January, constantly writing to them with the problem. They have suspended my shop yet not answered any of my pleas bar automated responses that do not address the issue . It just doesn’t work. I’ve effectively left Etsy a a consequence. Lousy.
@WillowCreative 16 күн бұрын
I used to sell on etsy until they increased fees and then randomly decided to hold my money for 90 days (thats a full financial quartile) for no reason other than i didnt handmake my stuff quickly enough. I was also forced to pay for ads i didnt need, i was already overloaded on work and didnt need more sales
@aamerdol01 19 күн бұрын
When they opened up to China, it was over for Etsy sellers.
@MsStephaniie 19 күн бұрын
I sell on Etsy and their policy says that they are against selling mass produced products.. but Etsy is full of those drop shippers which makes my handmade items almost unsearchable because there is so much amount of mass produced products, it cannot filter my products anymore. They don’t give a sht about the real crafters with their small business, they only care about the money.
@Novastar.SaberCombat 17 күн бұрын
Correct. "If you ain't rich, you ain't nothin'." --J.P.
@lynnc5649 16 күн бұрын
I'm sorry, I know the feeling. I ended up moving to selling my work on FB, but I had to work hard at building my following. I really loved Etsy in the early years. Always sad when something sweet like that withers away.
@meganwalker27 16 күн бұрын
Truth ...😢
@MindinViolet 16 күн бұрын
It’s tragic. When I go on Etsy, I am looking for hand-crafted items like yours, not mass-produced garbage.
@juwster 16 күн бұрын
I hate that this happened. Etsy has done a horrible job! I used to love shopping there. It would help if they would make the filter actually work! When I search for “handmade” I want handmade not mass produced from a factory. I want original items. Searching for hours to find those items is not an enjoyable experience. I have done so recently and received some beautiful things but I would have appreciated a better experience. And to find out now how they are treating their sellers? Horrible!
@mariavc7421 21 күн бұрын
Etsy literally blocked me out of my shop without notice or explanation. What was once a safe haven for artists and crafters, is currently a money sucking vampire. Glad I'm out anyway.
@douglassmith215 20 күн бұрын
We had a similar experience. We will never go back
@bringtheseo 19 күн бұрын
where do you sell now?
@mariavc7421 19 күн бұрын
@@bringtheseo just locally, i haven’t found an alternative yet
@cinsationaldesigns 18 күн бұрын
Same.
@Novastar.SaberCombat 17 күн бұрын
'Zon, EFlay, and Eetzovaries all have one thing in common now: INSTA-BANS. 😂 They hold the power to destroy people's lives in an instant... and they use it. Legally. The CEOs probably enjoy it, too. Those who bow to their will may remain. Else, those people get ERASED. Obliterated. 💪😎✌️ #cartels
@scruffyo4460 16 күн бұрын
Etsy is sooooo different to what it used to be and I barely use it these days. I went back to it recently and was sad to see one of my favorite stores had closed. Such a shame to see the downfall of Etsy. When I wanna use Amazon, I use Amazon, not Etsy.
@trexo3263 18 күн бұрын
as an etsy seller fees are terrible, then ads are mandatory to succeed. then i’m over here charging 60% more than i do in person just to make a profit. i feel bad for charging how i do, but i cannot make money after it takes 30% of my monthly revenue just to run ads to be seen then another 10% in direct sells fees. i’m a newer shop (1.5 years) and i continue to grow every month but this whole business model limits our sales because we have to charge so much just to make a profit after etsy takes their part.
@masoodrazaq 22 күн бұрын
Sometimes when a small town becomes a big, bustling city, it loses its charm.
@mademsoisellerhapsody 20 күн бұрын
Truth
@EverythingWithNikRich 19 күн бұрын
‼️
@jen9297 20 күн бұрын
As a buyer, I’m sad to see the handmade sellers leave the platform. It used to be where I went to find unique gifts and decor. I don’t shop on it much anymore. I’m hoping another platform pops up to replace the original Etsy.
@SatumainenOlento 18 күн бұрын
YES! This is the solution!
@bettyparker3317 11 күн бұрын
Me too. I want unique things now-pottery, small furniture items, jewelry, holiday decorations-the list could go on. I know it costs more, and can take longer. That’s what it takes for what I want. Even saying “handmade” doesn’t mean anything now at Etsy. The last few items I’ve searched for-a lamp, small tables and shelves-the “shop” assured me it was “handmade” by local artists, “one of a kind.” BS. I found the exact same thing in mass amounts on other big internet sales sites, marked made in China, at a wide range of prices. I really wish someone would develop another site that does what Etsy started out doing.
@fireinateacup89 18 күн бұрын
We need a new Etsy. Pluralism in commerce is the key to quality products and fairness and protections in the workplace! If you don't have competition, you can get away with poor quality and demoralizing workplaces. This is the danger of big corporations having a monopoly (like Amazon and Walmart).
@deb7793 18 күн бұрын
I’m an “old school” seller. I hand make one of a kind quilts. My sales have plummeted in the last 2 years. I work hard at my craft and spend a lot of time and dollars for each quilt I make. I am really discouraged with Etsy. Even though I am a star seller I cant afford Etsy ads and therefore my items are “buried” so deep that buyers cant find my items. Etsy needs to go back to their original values and quit letting all the junk that’s obviously not handmade be on their site.
@Dakiniwoman 18 күн бұрын
I agree. My hand made items take a month or more to make and I have to charge accordingly, but now I sell nothing yet I used to make a living with my work.
@poetriot 23 күн бұрын
mistreatment of its sellers by closing down their shops without notice and no communication. also not protecting sellers when their work gets copied. etsy has become another version of Shein, but still masquerading as a place for homemade crafts
@amystreasuresdesign 22 күн бұрын
That happened to two friends, one of which got back into her shop, the other was still trying, as of the last text to us about it.
@thehapagirl92 21 күн бұрын
Just like dating apps
@richardnavratil9661 21 күн бұрын
Yup, we had our store suspended for ZERO reasons and explanation, and appeal process was ignored. We set up our own website, but what a shame that this is what Etsy has become.
@desiertoscacti5388 18 күн бұрын
Not a seller friendly site for sure. For many reasons. Sellers are always anxious in there, and cannot support creativity this way. Pressure to compete, pressure not to lose bagde, pressure to ship next day, etc etc. And technical support is totally worthless.
@BobSure_AKA_PotatoSmasher 24 күн бұрын
I gag EVERYTIME someone says "AI is the solution."
@Jasongy827 24 күн бұрын
The issue with AI is anyone can do it, no skill, secondly since it’s easily accessible anyone can sell it for profit and almost calling it their own
@user-fs4rx5og3n 22 күн бұрын
lol they overglorifying what's basically a theft indeed
@Abby-ug4xc 21 күн бұрын
Generative AI is theft. The goal is ending human creativity to concentrate all artistic wealth in the hands of a few companies
@homethatilove4595 16 күн бұрын
Don't let 🤖 replace humans AND don't let digital Gvmt "currency" replace 💵 real money
@Custom-Art-Nook 14 күн бұрын
As an Etsy seller I can say the worst part is not being able to contact a HUMAN support, bots are not able to help in so many cases. And second worst is the absence of truly HANDMADE category of products. Comparing with POD and drop shipping is bad.
@IHeArTrOcK20 14 күн бұрын
The star seller is another huge issue because for people that are just coming into Etsy and starting out they have almost no way of getting their products out there if they are going into a flooded market like perfumes or graphic designs because the first few pages are going to be star sellers and most people will not look past the first two pages
@crownprincesslaya2 22 күн бұрын
Etsy’s search bar isn’t functional because the results don’t show only the keywords searched, let alone allow you to omit words. And the results show the same things multiple times, it’s ridiculous. Also, the last quote in this piece wasn’t about the artists or even their buyers, it was about cutting more employees from the company- WTF?
@stoneneils 20 күн бұрын
Now you know why remote work is not really viable. Same thing happened everytime i left the office to work at home too as a senior dev lol...site would acculmulate bugs until they had me inside for a week straight to iron them all out.
@lunacouer 20 күн бұрын
THIS!!! Searching is a *nightmare* now. They're allowing all these junk sellers to game the system with however they do their keywords, and now even the buyers hate the site. Screw your sellers, screw your buyers, screw your business. Not that it'll matter to the CEO. They always get cushy bonuses even when a company goes belly-up.
@a.l1249 20 күн бұрын
Essentially it seems that search keywords and filters are not applied to "advertised" items. Which are close to half results shown. They are still using your keywords to pick stuff to show you that's broadly related to what you're looking for. But unless you know exactly what you know and squeeze the last drop out of all filters available, you'll drown in advertised listings rather far from what you're looking for. Even if you filter for shops based in the US, the advertised listings are not bound by it 🤦 Forget about just browsing. You'll drown in an ocean of cheap repetitive mass produced junk.
@TheGoldenCapstone 20 күн бұрын
@@stoneneils remote work has nothing to do with any of this. Solutions to these problems don't require anyone to work in an office. You just don't know anything about the Tech industry.
@stoneneils 20 күн бұрын
@@TheGoldenCapstone You're right. As a 55 years senior dev who spend the last part my career programming Magento for ecommerce companies taking in millions..i know nothing!! lol You kids are SO CUTE!!!
@ykk239 19 күн бұрын
Etsy went downhill. As someone who sold on the platform since 2011, I finally left the platform after 13 years. Lackluster sales, ridiculous rules, overlooking junk...I am done.
@ffgarcia 16 күн бұрын
Where do you sell now instead? I’m looking for options
@ykk239 16 күн бұрын
@@ffgarcia not selling again for a bit. Just needing a break. I have loads of friends who have switched to selling in small shops or at local markets and do quite well. Best of luck to you!
@BestGirlYazy 16 күн бұрын
@@ffgarciaat this point most artists are switching to their own web stores through places like shopify, which sucks because you loose the customers who were finding you via search :( they really ruined a great thing
@silverlagomorpha3177 16 күн бұрын
Plaid did for me. Third party payment system that required access to all transactions past present and future on the bank account I was using… big red flag. They don’t need that to deposit payment. They are selling my data. Boom. All my stuff now resides in a local brick and mortar.
@silverlagomorpha3177 16 күн бұрын
I spent more time photographing and listing and researching SEO than actually making. It was driving my hourly income down to pennies. And the crazy “unboxing experience” was insanely expensive to create and pack and ship.
@colleenherron6480 15 күн бұрын
I totally agree with the CEO being at fault. I used to shop Etsy for EVERY wedding, baby and house warming gift; Christmas giving too. Etsy really isn’t that much different from Amazon by rewarding people for buying mass produced items, and selling them for crazy amounts. It’s bologna. I’m so tired of seeing customers wiping out ant item at HomeGoods, Marshall’s, etc; then turning around and selling them on Amazon, Etsy, Posh, etc for 4x the price. Even worse…..just steal the items, then do the same. Inflation, inflation; that’s all we hear about. Well STOP the thieves, and cap the percentage increase people place on these items to sell. Maybe then, the stores won’t have to raise their retail due to the theft. As for the Board of Directors; I don’t know who’s the biggest crook; the people stealing, or the Board of Directors? You say your stock isn’t where the BOD wants it to be? Do you know what their solution is? Easy…cut the hours of all the part-time workers. Look around your store. I challenge anyone to walk in one of these stores and find more than 3 workers on the floor, and that’s not including the cashiers. YOU CANT. If they’re LUCKY, PART-time people are getting 1 or 2 days a week. Our country says unemployment is down…..duh…it’s all part time people working 4 hour shifts once or twice a week. No, this isn’t a political statement either. I’m just tired of seeing friends working 3 jobs to make ends meet with NO medical insurance.
@rstokes9630 15 күн бұрын
As a long time Esty customer, I HATE sorting through the junk, mass produced crap. It's a huge turn off and I don't shop as often as I used to.
@ayyyejesterdazed 22 күн бұрын
Their fees when you make a sell are terrible, they will threaten to close your store over “prohibited” items that others sell with ease, and they allow resell of supplies people get from eBay, Amazon, temu. Having handmade items next to things mass produced on Amazon is degrading as an artist
@charmingsoul 20 күн бұрын
Exactly. When they introduced that fee hike and star seller crap, my sales and revenue went down big time. The moment someone gives u anythjng less than 5 stars, for NO REASON since they'll say "perfect, just what I wanted" but gives u 3 stars...??? And my shop is punished for a month.
@user-gx1nc6gu6h 20 күн бұрын
Up to 18% in FEES!!
@charmingsoul 20 күн бұрын
@user-gx1nc6gu6h lol then add in that they expect you to pay for daily clicks JUST CLICKS, NOT SALES, and off site ads... its insane. You can't make money if you're actually buying materials and spending time on these products. It's almost impossible. It's just a wash in the end.
@hannahmitchell87 15 күн бұрын
@@user-gx1nc6gu6h and the rest! Offsite ad sales take almost 30%
@jowiens32 19 күн бұрын
I have been an Etsy shopper for so many years, it’s my go to place for gifts and original decor. It’s very disheartening to know this, and to have this concern that I may end up receiving some drop ship garbage. I want handmade, and I want to support the creator, not a manufacturer
@cindybaird9589 14 күн бұрын
Thank you for being out there supporting real artists on Etsy! I hope we can survive all this and grow, it's a struggle for sure:(
@TashaLaRae 13 күн бұрын
I joined Etsy in 2009 and it looked completely different back then. There was a better sense of community among the sellers and the visibility for your products was unmatched. I used to spend 8+ hours a day on the platform learning more about how to make my shop stand out, take better pictures, improve my customer’s experience, and get inspired from the featured shop stories. Now, it feels less like a community and more like a giant virtual mall with millions of individual stores - some of which don’t even put their actual hands on the products they sell. I still have a shop, but I don’t spend nearly as much time on the platform anymore.
@SandraEvans-sr1rh 12 күн бұрын
Am I welcomed?
@katandbaldi 18 күн бұрын
We need to stop giving them our business, if artists still use their website they won’t give a flying flip what anyone says. If anyone knows another good place to sell art please let me know. Etsy has been a pain 🙏🏻🙏🏻
@sasstewart1222 23 күн бұрын
Etsy went from a curated artist, one of a kind, to a mimic of temu, amazon, ebay. I used to use it monthly, now its maybe once a year.
@justaname999 20 күн бұрын
Not just a copy of Temu etc. They will pretend that a product is genuinely small-scale production and sell it for 90$ and then the same product will be on Amazon for 30$
@theairportstuff 24 күн бұрын
Etsy has not decreased their fees they are grifting from the sellers. Stores $$$ has plummeted but Etsy is still taking their lavish cuts. Etsy is dead.
@HeatherValentineMsFoodie 22 күн бұрын
They even take 6.5% ON SHIPPING COLLECTED!!! But expect us to do free shipping on $35 😳 Etsy hates us now!
@elizabethwitt2621 21 күн бұрын
@@HeatherValentineMsFoodieThey learned that from the eBay grifters.
@ChristianBaleNutjob 20 күн бұрын
No it’s not lol
@NachoAE360 18 күн бұрын
I used to love buying vintage clothing and handmade items on Etsy pre 2013- it gets harder and harder every year to dig through all the junk and find real good quality vintage or homemade products. I have a shop as well selling vintage household items and clothing and think it is harder for buyers to find my items now and have considered moving to eBay.
@Dakiniwoman 18 күн бұрын
I sell on both and you won't find it better on Ebay... both are really bad now, and I am a very long-time seller on both.
@NachoAE360 17 күн бұрын
@@Dakiniwoman as a buyer I prefer eBay at this point which is why I thought as a seller I may. We will see
@Dakiniwoman 17 күн бұрын
@@NachoAE360 Hello, as a buyer from Canada I can no longer buy on Ebay as most sellers do not sell to Canada and if they do, they have Global shipping and that has costly extra processing fees and Import fees for me, so I stopped buying anything on Ebay unless it is something very special, but I rarely look there anymore. My own art I only sell out of my own Country. I sell to Russia and to Australia a lot and all over the World really.
@jezreel.chesed 13 күн бұрын
I am considering selling vintage items on Etsy, since searching for vintage treasures is something I love doing. I actually have a few items already and was looking forward to selling. So, you’re saying that competing with knockoffs makes it difficult for customers to find what you have for sale?
@Dakiniwoman 13 күн бұрын
@@jezreel.chesed I sold nothing on my Etsy store for the first years but then suddenly I did sell and lately not again, but most of my items are 2 or 3 thousand dollars... I would definitely give it a try. I am keeping my Etsy store it only costs 20 cents per item per month to list, so I can't lose. Try it out... I have both my own handmade items and lately have listed some Vintage and Antique items. You won't sell if you don't at least try... just go for it with a good attitude!
@karenbigwood1517 18 күн бұрын
Etsy has lost sight of who they were. It’s sad. I miss the old Etsy. The amazing artists & products, the supplies I needed for my art.
@livingandlearningeachnewday 20 күн бұрын
What he said is total crap about removing items, Etsy is flooded with Disney and other copyrighted products, just search disney and you'll get pages of stuff, all of which is illegal. There are items with swear words, nudity, the place is so far removed from what it was. Plus youtube makes out like everyone can just set up a store and make a quick buck, but it's not that easy, for most people it's their full time job and it's hard work. That's why it's so flooded with low quality items now, people are are just wanting a "side hustle" and believe they can do so without actually having to put effort in. It's so frustrating what Etsy has become.
@wildflower1397 19 күн бұрын
It's art, so I have no problem with nudity or profanity. I would argue that art is really the best public place for most nudity. However, stolen artwork on cheap crappy items is both illegal and nasty.
@THEDOORIZCLOSED 19 күн бұрын
Thissss!!!!!
@auroratsukari1367 19 күн бұрын
Agree about copyright and trademark laws. I would estimate it’s over 60% of sellers do this.
@kaylaphillips7949 19 күн бұрын
Got these N.P.C’s out here just trying to make a quick buck with no originality or taste. They are the cash hungry bots of society. I wish they’d just sell on Amazon and leave us creatives alone.
@HumbleWooper 18 күн бұрын
I do believe they've removed 115% more than last year, or whatever the number he said was... but drop-ship listings are being added so much faster now, that this number is useless. It's like trying to bail out the Titanic with an ice cream bucket.
@soulfulsunflower4328 20 күн бұрын
Thank you CNBC for using your platform to be a voice for us. Josh Silverman may not hear the voice of us little artists and crafters, but he sure will see this! Etsy is known for being a very niche marketplace. It competed by being unique in that aspect. The downfall is due to Etsy straying from it's brand. I've heard many people say that they will no longer shop on Etsy anymore and the 3 main reason I hear is due to dropshippers, AI generated "art", and people selling prebought graphics that you can find anywhere. The once loyal Etsy shoppers leave in frustration because they are shopping for handmade and artist designed goods and have a hard time finding us under all of the other crap that has flooded the marketplace. In all fairness it's not completely Etsy's fault. It's the rise of the "hustle bros" and "gurus" on KZfaq telling everyone to set up shop on Etsy selling AI generated images, dropshipping, or slapping premade graphics on a T-shirt from a print-on-demand company. Why they don't tell their audience to take it to the appropriate marketplace like Amazon, Walmart, or Ebay instead of Etsy is beyond me.. But they are doing so much damage!
@ThatOneWeirdGal 19 күн бұрын
It most certainly IS on Etsy. They are the ones that allow these type of sellers to start shops on their websites where they previously didn't. They are the ones allowing drop shipping. They decided to go public and now the goal is to increase profit every year to compete with Amazon and Temu. The fact that the company considers themself a competitor to those drop shipping websites, tells you all you need to know. The company became sellouts. Simple as that.
@divinelovejerilee663 19 күн бұрын
It was etsy 100% their AI bots flagged my account once they started to let drop shipping. I am a handmade artist with 99% authentic made materials. And I couldn't get ahold of customer service to solve the problems. It's them not anyone.elses fault why I lost my account
@hollytastic 18 күн бұрын
Glad people are finally talking about this. Etsy used to be an awesome place, but that’s just over now. You can’t even find handmade goods and art anymore. Too much junk!
@ellebrodie1906 18 күн бұрын
The best bit of this was when the one seller said Etsy is taking up the space of vintage/handmade without offering it. I sold only on Etsy from 2011 til last year. Now I have to list all my vintage items on Ebay and Poshmark as well to make less money than I did for years. So glad they used our fee $ to buy a SuperBowl ad :/
@TomNook. 24 күн бұрын
The enshittification of another company, another industry.
@MagicWuf 24 күн бұрын
Didn't you hear? It's called junkification 7:37 😂
@freedomthroughspirit 22 күн бұрын
Well said. Junkification - enshittification
@AlohaLowah 20 күн бұрын
I still love Etsy, but it drives me crazy in the worst way trying to make sure I'm shopping from real artists, and not getting cheap crap from overseas, or not getting scammed by a lieing listing. It's super frustrating to spend so much time trying to purchase things.
@calisongbird 17 күн бұрын
*lying
@saschab.5154 16 күн бұрын
Etsy became such a dump. I can't see them recovering from that.
@EveInTheMachine 18 күн бұрын
Jesus Christ this has been such an eye-opening experience for me. I've been buying on Etsy since the earlier days of the platform. I've been boycotting Amazon for a few years until recently and was shocked by the change in the sellers on there too... what the hell has happened to online shopping? I live in a rural area, I would suffer financially if I can't buy online! 😕
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