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Etsy lays off 225 workers after ‘essentially flat’ sales, says CEO | Business
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this post was submitted on 14 Dec 2023
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I know a long-term seller
Site went to shit. No seller support. No actual new features that are requested, bugs that are known for years and nobody cares, increase in commission percentage, removal of product categories without explanation and absolutely zero willingness to stop drop shippers flooding the site
It's basically a shittier Amazon marketplace now
Person I know just has whatever is left running there and doesn't bother updating the catalogue
Are there any viable alternative sites you're aware of?
https://artisans.coop/ is run by the actual people making the things being sold. It was started by a group of Etsy sellers who were tired of Etsy's bullshit.
Nice tip! This has no right being as cute as it is: https://artisans.coop/products/curious-cat-cozy
That's awesome! I hope something similar appears for UK/Europe
They need to work on their search feature. Did a search for "dad hat" and "five panel hat" with no results.
It's entirely possible they don't have either of those things. It's a pretty new website, I only learned about it awhile back thanks to Lemmy.
Edit: yup, they need to work on their search. "Five panel hat" has no results while "5 panel hat" does. No dad hats, though.
That's the problem, they've cornered the market.
Shopify & Big Cartel
there are a couple, but they are almost all US-only
Yup and it's riddled with counterfeit items too
The buyer protection on Etsy is pretty shit too. Tried to return a coat that was too small, seller ghosted me, Etsy requires it to be "completely different" from the expected product. So I'm out about a hundred bucks because I wanted a nice winter jacket.