Is Etsy Still Worth It In 2022? PROS & CONS
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- Опубліковано 25 лип 2024
- Is Etsy still worth it in 2022? What are the pros and cons of starting an Etsy shop in 2022? Is it still a good place to sell on or is it just too saturated now?
I address all these questions and more in this video as SOOOO much as happened over the past year that this topic deserves a revisit.
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0:00 - Intro
0:25 - PROS - Etsy fees
1:13 - Simplified fee breakdown
1:50 - Etsy navigation & user experience
2:16 - Buyers trust Etsy
3:17 - Etsy's traffic
4:37 - Etsy deals with VAT for you
5:25 - CONS - Etsy offsite ads
7:12 - Etsy star seller badge
9:05 - Etsy is a crowded marketplace
9:53 - Resellers and dropshippers on Etsy
10:33 - Etsy's (currently) poor seller support
11:28 - So IS Etsy still worth it in 2022??
Oh my gosh.. I can't believe I forgot to add payment reserves to the cons list! 🤦♀ Like I said, Etsy has Etsy'ed hard this past year and it's been hard to keep up. What pros and cons would you add to this list?
What are payment reserves?
i laughed out loud with your 24 hour message response rate comparison you made with their customer service... Kinda shocking how invisible their customer support is. Non existent, really.
You've had a shop for 15 years and they are still reserving your payments, what hope have I got? That was my first disappointment - they said it was because my shop was new. They keep finding bogus reasons to reserve my payments. Like you need to add tracking (i always do as soon as i post). Another issue are their postal labels. Australia Post is my go to for sending my product and Etsy has it on their approved list but they are trying to manipulate me into using their labels. They make adding the tracking number pretty laborious too by manually typing a almost 20 digit number in so as not to get my payment reserved ( yet they still did) I should be able to choose my postal carrier. I've put my shop in vacation mode while i decide what to do. It's heartbreaking to make an $80 sale and have them reserve your payment. There's no point having a shop if they are going to hold onto your money. You can't phone them up. When you finally figure out how to Email contact them, their answer is to send you a link to FAQ. And even then it's not relevant because they haven't even read your email outlining your issues. I suspect their support team are A.I. bots. Pretty demoralised.
Loll so they don't pay?
Yeah they do. I wouldn't be on the platform if they didn't! 😄
This was so helpful. Your down-to-earth approach is great and I love the way you say it how it is.
Thank you so much! 😁💚
Happy New Year Kim! Great advice as usual - thank you!
Cheers Sandy and to you! 😁💚
I was full of enthusiasm 'til I watched this! On the plus side, I found you :)
Dear Kim, Thank you for a great presentation, with your charming British accent. You speak clearly, without your head, and hands bouncing all over the place. I will start with Etsy, and just focus on developing a great site, and not so much on making huge sales. Fees are a standard procedure no matter what site you are on.
I love your sense of humour. Great information, thanks very much. Still relevant even though I'm in Canada.
Thank you! You definitely need one when dealing with Etsy sometimes. 😁
Wish I had known about your videos before now. Really useful info and very enjoyable presentation.
Thanks very much! 😁
Great review and I do agree with you 😀 (When giving advice, for a tiny second I really thought you were going to say " put it on a photo!" 🤪🙈)
I missed a trick there! 😄
Nice update Kim!!!!!!!!!!!!👍
Thanks John. I still managed to forget a few too. Typical! 😄
lol you are so funny! Thank you for this video. Very helpful and entertanining. I appreciate your light. Have a happy day 🙂💚
Aw thank you Daniela, that's very kind of you to say. I'm glad you enjoyed it. 😊💚
I appreciate this video. Thank you so much! Hugs
Thanks Kim for these videos. I'm hoping to open my first shop with Etsy soon. I make finished cross stitches so hope they will be a hit!! Charlotte :)
Oooh good luck Charlotte! Embroidery got mentioned a few times in Etsy's trend report this month so that's a good sign. As someone who also embroiders.. I certainly hope so anyway! 😄💚
Enjoyed your comments and insights! Thank you.
You're welcome!
Thanks Kim, very useful
You're welcome!
Love you, Kim! What a fantastic summary of the Etsy selling experience. Ironically, for all my griping, I made star seller for November through January. That will, of course, disappear rapidly, because the Christmas rush is over, so my sales won't be nearly high enough to matter. But, for all the panic, stress and added gray hairs, that tiny badge is sitting there mocking my cynical self. And now, knowing that it doesn't matter for shop visibility, makes it utterly worthless.
You've done a brilliant job holding our hands and keeping our humor in place, for the last year. You're an absolute gem. Thank you!
Aw Kristi THANK YOU. That was really lovely to read, not about the star seller badge though. That can get in the bin. But congratulations nonetheless, I'm glad you're getting sales. That is definitely worth celebrating! And thank you for following along with my distracted ramblings and holding my hand too. The community and humour I've found here is making the whole Etsy experience soooo much more fun. 😁💚💚💚💚
Thank you for the video. It's helped me a lot
You're welcome. 😊
found you today kim love your content had me smiling thank you
Thanks RJ! Glad you enjoyed them. 😁
@@KimBliss wish i had found the channel ages ago a breath of fresh air happy new year
You had me spitting out my coffee! Epsy. Lol Thank you for getting me motivated to get my shop up and running. When I do, I will make you the first person to visit. 💕
Seriously Steve, every week it's something new. 🤦♀️🤣
The listing fees are what are ridiculous. Listings should be free just like every other platform.
Are there any others you recommend?
@@lisaforbes7325 we use TikTok to get the word out and FB Marketplace/our business page. Zero fees and shipping is far cheaper.
Wow thank you for sharing this! I recently registered a new shop through someone's link and I don't see my 40 free listings so I was considering contacting them about that but after you mentioned their "not so good seller customer service " I don't know if they'll ever get back to me. But I'll try tomorrow.
It's definitely worth trying and as we're passed the busy holiday season, hopefully they're more on top of things now. Good luck! 🤞🤞🤞
Very interesting- I’m very new on Etsy and your making a lot of sense - RuralDawn x
Thank you and good luck with your new shop Dawn! 👍
Hi Kim! Thanks for sharing those wonderful tips. Just wondering if opening a dollar account is way much better because of tax issues
Subscribed because I really want to hear more about Epsy. 😆
Wait until next week's video.. I mention email "subscribees". 😄 Sometimes my brain gets bored and just shuts down on itself.
thanks for the tips!!!!!!!!!!!
You're very welcome. 😁👍
Kim Happy New Year and as usual your videos are always welcome and informative, I really wonder why I’ve bothered listing my products I’ve never had buyer feedback despite me politely asking them too when i posted the few sales I’ve done, can I ask if you would give an option on my listing. It’s under “wooden rocket lamp” the pics have a little Lego man in the picture your opinion would be very welcome and best of luck this year in your trading.
Hey you! Sure I'll take a look for you.. is it crafty shed?
New business owner here. Thank you for the info❤️
You're very welcome. Glad you found it helpful! 😊
Good stuff.
Thanks!
Dying 🤣🤣 Always the best videos!
I've basically just made my peace with the fact that I will never be a professional UA-camr with professional mannerisms. If I can make it a full ten minutes without swearing or getting too distracted then it's a good week. 😄💚
@@KimBliss It’s always nice to see someone who is real! I may or may not have told my daughter she could read in a live one time when she asked me what a backwards screen print said. 🙈🙈
Thank you 😊
You're welcome Christine, thanks for watching! 😊💚
The fees on Etsy are really over the top especially if you do start selling a lot. A friend paid over $50,000 in fees last year 😣
Granted, she made 6 figures, but if she had her own website a lot more of this would have been profit for her vs profit for Etsy.
That does seem steep but without knowing anything about her business I can't comment on that. I am surprised though that she doesn't have a website yet given that she is now a six figure business because you're are absolutely right. She may well have made a lot more of a profit overall.
May I know what your friend sells on Etsy?
Etsy is for beginners shops and you can build your own business
Thanks for informative video. I disagree with one point - often the dropshipped products/pod products are somehkw handmade - patterns on them is designed by artist. I could create digital products like posters, cliparts, or apply my drawings and designs on products like mugs using POD. I think it's a cool solution. I have no shop on Etsy yet but it is what I would likely do.
No no I'm not referring to POD, that's a whole different niche which as you correctly point out, is perfectly fine. Dropshipping is when you sell something on a platform but you have no input into the making/designing process whatsoever. Essentially you're just a 'middleman' who orders the item from elsewhere when you get an order and someone else ships it out. It's a whole different thing.
But I agree, POD is totally fine providing the designs are the seller's own. 😊👍
Oh I'm so glad you said this, I just opened a shop on Etsy with my own designs using POD, I never realized it was a controversial thing 🙈... I also think it's a good business model, saves resources, but can understand how people who make things from scratch may feel a bit unhappy about it.
Just now saw this four months later, but still enjoyed the neat summary of pros and cons.
What bothers me most about Star Seller badges is how they calculate percentages to qualify/not qualify. If you have a relatively small number of sales, a missed response or tracking number will penalize you much more heavily than large-volume sellers.
It's simple mathematics: one missed response out of five messages is 20%, but one out of fifty is only 2%. In both cases the seller did the same exact thing (missed one response), but the smaller seller loses her Star Seller badge and the larger seller doesn't. Not fair at all.
Instead of percentages, Etsy should go by total numbers: Two missed responses (for example) and you lose your badge, no matter how many messages you get. This would also put the pressure on those 1000-item resellers to either step up their game or stop flooding the market!
Could not agree more. But my biggest issue with the badge is that it's such a waste of time. It makes no difference to where you rank in search (currently) and from my personal experience doesn't have any effect on buyer behaviour either.
It just feels like such a waste of time and resources to me.
Thanks a lot for this video! I agree with everything except for one thing - a lot of traffic. I'm based in Belgium (and sell only in the EU, bloody Brexit btw)... and I find that people around me still don't know Etsy exists in many cases. I do have my own website too (Heart of Europe Candles), so it's ok but every time I hear that Etsy offers a HUGE pool of potential customers, I feel a bit disappointed about Belgian (EU) traffic. Greetings from Brussels!
Hey Emma! Oh no I had no idea about this! It used to be the same for me here and I used to have to explain to everyone what Etsy was when I told them I had an Etsy shop? Have you considered opening your sales up to the US or would shipping be too expensive and problematic to make it viable? Totally understand about Brexit too. I'm still sad about it. 💚💚
@@KimBliss I have actually (more the UK, not the US) but there's no point for candles. The custom and tax hassle is just not worth it, plus you guys have so many beautiful handmade candle shops already. It's ok, I'm all for short supply chains. My hopes were just unnecessarily too high at the beginning, not realising the market/demand here will be much smaller. Hopefully, it'll change with time :-)
I feel you! And shipping in europe is expensive already, I would need to charge 9,50€ for a small box😔
Hi Kim, I am slowly becoming a fan of yours. I have a question for you - what is the minimum number of 5 star reviews per product required to start seeing better conversation for a brand new etsy entrant like myself?
Hey Neel? Unfortunately it's not a simple answer as there are so many moving parts to the Etsy machine and feedback is just one of them. You also need a product that is in demand, good seo, photos, feedback of course, the right price, shipping fees etc. All these moving parts work together to boost conversion rates. I've done a video on this exact topic if you'd like more info.
Hi I’m new on Etsy. How do I opt out of offsite ads? Great video!!! Thanks
Thank you! You're so cute, you make me laugh!
I'm glad it made you laugh, you need a sense of humour when dealing with Etsy sometimes. 😁
Hi, Kim thank you for your videos they are real help I am starting g out on etsy and have no clue and spectical/nervous if this will work I left my full time job to be able to make a income selling on here and need guidance if you can advise will be great help.
well people that use must decide .
Agree on Ebay Looks like Windows 95 😃
Hahahah the words thing also happens to me!!
I definitely know about con #5. My brand new shop was suspended and I didn’t even get an email why. I sent them an email and got an automated response saying it may take them up to 7 days to do an in depth review. I literally have only. 7 listings so that should take them 2 seconds to review. But we’ll see. I also had listings in my drafts I worked on for days. Sigh. I heard of this happening but didn’t think it would happen to me, and so soon with no reason why. I didn’t break any terms. Oh well. We’ll see what they say. But definitely makes me super discouraged when it comes to Etsy. 🙏🏼🤞🏼
Etsy's algorithm has been known to catch folks by mistake so if you haven't broken any terms of service you will get your shop back. Hang tight!
@@KimBliss Ya, Ive heard that as well. It just sucks that it even happens and then takes so long for any response to their mistakes lol. But I have some hope :) I am also looking into other platforms though. Gotta have a backup plan. lol
Ain't that the truth! I hope you hear back from them soon. 🤞
hello. Can you explain a little more about the legal issue of paying taxes in the UK? Greetings. I'd like to be able to start selling on Etsy but I don't know how to file taxes or if Etsy does it for Me. Do I have to be registered as a natural person? in uk
Hi Kim. Thanks for the video. I now have 9 items up in my shop and yes, they are all print on demand items. I do watercolour sacred geometry paintings and generally only sell the originals in person. This allows me to sell (in theory) my images on products. In my listings, I’ve changed all of my products to « handmade made with the assistance of a production partner » instead of « I did »
I think being clear about the fact that yes, I painted the images or designed the T-shirt myself, but no someone else made the product for me, is an honest way of presenting my products.
And yes, I used to make a lot of things by hand too. Jewelry, food items, paintings, clothing. But now, with little capital, it’s hard to justify spending so much money on supplies when the market is flooded. It’s kind of a double edged sword.
So. I’m trying. One day I hope I will make my first sale and being new and in my mid 50’s, learning all that goes with social media and promotion is way harder to deal with. Thanks Kim.
You see I do feel this happily falls in the handmade category as you designed (and painted) the images yourself. That takes up plenty of time so I'm glad that Etsy allow for the inclusion of third parties to allow for this.
And well done with those 9 products Dana. It can be tough to increase inventory and build it up. As someone with currently 5 products in ber shop.. you have me beat! 😄👍
Hi. This year need to pick a platform. Heard of 1st.Dibs?
I bought a New Nintendo 3DS XL console from Etsy recently, and I'm nervous because I never bought anything from the website before, but I have the app available on my phone, usually the New Nintendo 3DS XL sells for $144 and up.. I just want to make sure I'm safe..
People VASTLY underestimate how hard it is to drive traffic to your own website.
Yup. You need an established following somewhere to really get the most out of it.
When using the pin generator it is putting etsy UK at the end of my ads. I am in the US.
The big thing that bugs me about Epsy is their pitiful prompt to a buyer to review. If you blink you will miss it, I maybe wrong but when I bought something just before Christmas I got a tiny box appear at the bottom of my iPad ( god knows how small it is on a phone ) prompting me to review. Do they not send emails ? Rant over, love you channel Kim you’re great x
I had an email just this week prompting me to review a purchase Lisa
Oh really?? I wonder if they're purposefully reigning in the reminders to buyers to leave feedback. I bought an item last September and the reminders were borderline harassment! It was pretty aggressive and some sellers have even reported getting negative feedback just because the buyer got sick of being reminded by Etsy. It could be that they've gone from one extreme to another.
@@KimBliss The email was just titled ' Jean, have a minute? Let ********* know what you think'. The content was only 'Leaving a review helps Maria with their shop, and also others shopping on Etsy!'. I didn't find it or previous prompts from other purchases offensive. No harassment but then I do leave a review normally. When I haven't, I don't recall any followups from Etsy. As a seller myself, I really appreciate a review as I am fairly new ~ JeanElizaArt. My best sales (3 paintings) however have been to guest buyers so I have not been able to benefit from a review although I know my purchasers were more than happy. It does seem that Etsy are inconsistent then in their promptings?
Now that's not pushy at all. I wish they had been more like that with me, it would've been a much more pleasant experience. My interactions were every time I logged into my shop on desktop, then I'd keep getting these pop ups prompting me to leave feedback. And this went on for the duration of the time you can leave feedback for a buyer which is over 3 months. It's a shame really, had I had a pleasant experience with this buyer then I definitely would've left feedback straight away. But Etsy are always tinkering so maybe they've found a happy medium now. 😊
I had a listing deactivated for no apparent reason. So, I reached out to Etsy, and they eventually answered... with a generic list of what might get a listing taken down. I went through the whole list and couldn't pin it down. After a lot of time and effort, I finally determined that their algorithm took it down thinking it was in that banned upcycled category. Except that the listing was for a crochet pattern that I wrote. They refused to tell me what in the listing triggered the algorithm. So, I still have an Etsy shop, but I don't promote it anymore. It's *much* cheaper to sell crochet patterns on Ravelry.
I'm sorry this happened to you. And agreed, Etsy's communication regarding take downs leaves a lot to be be desired.
I don’t think the traffic is up there at the moment. My sales across 3 shops are drastically down.
Is that for January so far or over the holiday season too? I don't think we can underestimate the impact the past couple of years have had on online sales. Both good and bad. I'm really hoping we go back to some kind of pre-madness levels soon. 💚
I started to sale there in 2018 it’s been so hard for me to sale there , I’m thinking of closing my store . :(
There's a bit of situational hypocrisy in the United States when you have an economic system based on Capitalism, and a digital market treats it's customer (sellers) with such indifference. The basic concept is to 'win your customer' with superior products or services. I'm forced to ask "How is Etsy winning my business as a seller? I mean their position is to win my products on their forum so sales gain them profits. If sellers are dissatisfied, one half of the equation is fundamentally missing. That $10K advertising rule is pure parasitic behavior and completely unethical. Thanks for the content Kim.
I have been struggling to get regular sales. Only one here and there, so I have been in the red every month. I place my prices in way so I run a sale and it is around the price of others.
Everyone who has brought from me gave me 5 stars but I am still struggling.
And yes I advertise in Etsy, FB, IG...
I don't think it's a simple case of needing to advertise more. When I made this video I was referring to the cost of living crisis that the world is now seeing following the last two years.
And now of course there is more going on that can and will have an impact. I think we're all in for a bumpy ride this year unfortunately.
Have you looked into SEO help?
I have just opened an Etsy shop to (hopefully) sell my my artwork but oh boy it was soo complicated. Finally I pressed “publish the little wheel went round and round but nothing happened. I don’t know if my painting has been listed or not. Now every time I sign into my account everything comes up in German! I have also received 2 emails from Etsy in German. I am from the UK and don’t speak German..Like you say in your video, their customer service is appalling so I can’t resolve the issue. If you could come up with any advice about this I would be so grateful to you. Thank you for a very informative video.
Hey Katharine! It sounds as if your settings may have defaulted to a German location somehow. I'd go into your settings and see if this is the case although you could also reach out to Etsy too.
Since I made this video their customer service has improved so while you may not hear back immediately as they are very busy, someone should get back to you and may even change the settings for you.
I hope you can get it sorted quickly! 💚
@@KimBliss Thank you so much for getting back to me. I finally managed to get my shop back to English but oh dear my shop has no been suspended. I saved a draft listing but every time I try to publish it I get oops something went wrong try again. I have no given up altogether and want to close my shop. I have had it with Etsy.
So let's just say I open a shop in etsy. I put adds... at the end on the month, I don't sell anything... do I owe etsy $150?
I started my Etsy shop Oct 2020. I run it part time. I love it. It’s been a steep learning curve. I watched so many videos about SEO and use/pay for the data services to help with my tags.
Considering I didn’t run ads or drive my own traffic for over a year, Etsy’s done me a solid. I managed to get a bestseller badge on one of my listings as well. 🤷🏻♀️ I started running ads recently on my already high converting listings and have seen an increase in sales.
I think the fees are justified considering I don’t drive my own traffic or do social media (I don’t have time! 😞). I find them very worth it even though I’ve seen a huge chunks of people in my category and do similar things I am since I started.
That's so cool that you don't have to add social media into the mix and that Etsy is bringing you in traffic and sales without it all.
I often here people complain about Etsy so it's always lovely to read a comment like this.
I really do feel that it is the best platform right now and while it's not perfect, it's worth remembering that none of them are and they do get a lot of things right.
Hope things stay on the up for you Jen and thanks for your comment!.😁💚
One big giant con is that you can’t even call Etsy support if your in Canada, just flippin email, and then your probably dealing with a stupid bot, we’re trying to add our tax id on our shop , now they put me on vacation mode, it’s super frustrating cuz we’re loosing potential sales, amd they can just suspend you without warning, HORRIBLE help service!
We had hoped the seller help would improve following the fee increase. From what I've heard from others it seems really hit and miss as to how helpful they are. I'm just crossing my fingers I don't need them soon.
Fingers crossed someone respondss to youand helps you soon. 🤞
Help please! I can't find the answer on etsy and I hope you could answer this for me. I received an order and I mailed out the next day. I accidently threw out USPS receipt with tracking number. Here it is a month later and payment was not posted in my bank. I forgot to mark Complete. When I noticed this I tried marking sent and complete. It asks for tracking and I don't have #. How can I let etsy know the order is not over due. I just forgot to mark send/ complet. I appreciate your consideration .
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If you've had to mark the order ad dispatched late then I don't think there's anything you can do about it.
You can try and contact Etsy but honestly if you have got any tracking info, I wouldn't hold my breath.
So my shop is totally something I like to do in my free time. However, I'm getting more traffic through my Facebook ads then the marketing in Etsy. Seriously debating my other options. Any suggestions would be fantastic.
I've just made a video about how I rely on driving my own traffic to Etsy through social media and my mailing list. 😊
I'm a carpenter and thinking of making side boards, cabinets ect.... so it may not be worth it if most things are mass produced?
Actually I think you might even have an advantage as home decor is huge on Etsy. And if you can really push the artisan handmade element then that should set you apart from the mass produced stuff. Also shout about your background as a carpenter. All of this sets you apart.
And hey, if it doesn't work what have you lost? A few dollars in listing fees. 😉👍
Nope, still terrible customer service. They get you stuck in a loop of questions and can never get a hold of Etsy. I have been on Etsy for about 11 years. I do enjoy my shop. I agree with all your pros and cons. The fees went up this year, so that was annoying, because it hadn't been that long since they raised them. Their recent "verify your payment account" has been a major fiasco leaving many sellers very upset because of the company they chose to do it through.
I'm so grateful that I've not needed their customer service lately because everything I've heard is that it's exactly as awful as it was before the fee increase. 😖
Do I need a seller's permit to sell on Etsy. I want to sell bookmarks and small ceramic soap dishes. Based on California USA. Any tips or guidance is much appreciated thank you
You do not need a sellers permit to sell on Etsy.
I made my first sale on etsy and the payment was not transferred inour paypal account, but due to lack of knowledge we dispatched the item before we could understand that the payment was not completed.
Later when we realised we contacted the buyer and got to know that the paypal I'd entered by him was wrong , and the payment got reversed in his account, what should I do please help .
Contact Etsy, Reshu as they are the only ones who can help with this one. I hope you can get it sorted! 💚
@@KimBliss Thankyou so much
Hi, great video....wee question and i do appreciate that your not an accountant. VAT collected by Etsy, so i dont need to worry about that in my tax return for my Fresh Start Images Ltd company? I'm new, can you tell!? Thanks :)
Not knowing your specifics I really can't advise. If you're new to it and have the budget for one then I'd highly recommend getting an accountant to file your taxes because that way you're starting off on the best footing and it's a lot of stress off your lap. 💚
@@KimBliss thanks Kim..really appreciate your reply. Lots to think about!
Fees info ….thnx 4 info….
Can you all give me your honest opinion as to whether selling digital t-shirt mockups will sell on Etsy, Creative Market, etc as opposed to selling t-shirts with designs on them. I am torn between the two. Although I will make more money for one t shirt than I will for one digital t-shirt mockup download, I would love to do the mockups.
I can hardly find any videos on selling digital t-shirt mockups, but plenty on selling digital printables, which is not what I would be doing.
There are a lot of people selling t-shirts with sayings on them, and I know for a fact that most of them are using digital mockups, but I don't know how to find customers.
I'm not sure I'd be the right person to do a video on this topic I'm afraid Barbra as it's not a niche that I have experience in.
That being said I would say that if I were in your shoes I'd be curious enough to dig into the mockups a bit more. So many people are selling POD t-shirts already so I'd imagine that the mockups would be a less saturated niche with a fair amount of demand?
You'd need to look more into that but seeing as it's a low investment idea why not just do some research and try it if there's enough of a demand? Worst case scenario, you don't sell them and then you'll know for sure.
A big part of selling on Etsy is experimenting and seeing what sticks. 😊
@@KimBliss Thanks for your suggestions. I appreciate it.
Where do you go to opt out of Etsy Offsite Ads?
You need to go to your shop dashboard and you'll find it in settings under 'offsite ads'. 👍💚
@@KimBlissOh, thank you so much:) Great video. First time seeing your videos.
Did you know about the people boycotting Etsy? I unfortunately didn’t and I am a small business owner that relies on my Etsy for its main source of income. And since the boycotting I haven’t made much profits… Essentially my small businesses dying…
I did and I'm not taking part. I launched a drop of embroidered patterns this week and almost sold out. The lack of sales isn't down to the boycott, it's bigger than that now unfortunately.
What do you sell?
@@KimBliss I take art commissions both digital and traditional,sometimes a sell big cosplays aswell. But now adays I’m barely making enough to get by. And support my pets. And I’m glad you didn’t partake in the boycotting! I’ve had potential customers come up to me saying they were interested in commissioning but since I sell on Etsy they didn’t want to support it,so they ended up disappearing on me 🥲
And this is why I couldn't support it in the end. They are actively encouraging buyers to boycott the platform which (apart from possibly being in breach of very policies they agreed to when creating their shop) actually goes on to hurt other Etsy sellers.
It feels like something that wasn't properly thought through.
Do you have a video on your digital product success?
'Fraid not. I'm not really much of a digital product seller, more handmade physical goods.
@@KimBliss So you were just joking in the video when you said you had mastered that? :)
Ahhhhhhh you're referring to when I said "digital downloads"? Yeah sorry that may have been a confusing thing to say to anyone new to the channel.
Last year, (for reasons I still don't understand) I had a complete block whenever I tried to actually *say* "digital downloads". It became a running joke with myself and regular viewers.
So when I said I'd nailed it, I was referring to just being able to say it. As far as running a digital products based shop though, no I'm afraid not so much. 😄
@@KimBliss Oh HAHA
epsy
i bought a hundred dollar rock about a week ago and i feel like i got scammed its coming all the way from china but idk
And this unfortunately seems to be the "ecommerce" future that Etsy is so keen to move into.
I do hope you get what you paid for. 🤞💚
I got dinged for not responding to a seller thanking me for my order. WTH ever Etsy.
OmG. That's bloody ridiculous. Good job the badge is about as useless as a chocolate teapot then. Less so actually, you can at least eat a chocolate teapot! 😄
@@KimBliss A chocolate teapot sounds pretty good actually..lol
So the company that can't respond to a simple seller email is somehow going to resolve thousands of complex cases between buyers and sellers? rolf
You almost sound like you don't believe it??? 🤣🤣🤣
With the Etsy seller bad you also have to have more than 10 orders and more than $300 in revenue
I know. And I've never managed either! 🤣
I got conned with a crystal necklace so called handmade then saw they were being sold on amazon in bulk. Reported to etsy and sent them the amazon proof and try did nothing. Really makes me mad, the seller had thousands of sales and reviews for tat from overseas from people thinking they were genuine and handnade. Etsy sont care about the resellers conning people and this puts me off.
Wow this is worrying to me. I had always thought that Etsy Etsy definitely cared from a buyer's perspective if not from a seller's one. Did you request a refund from the seller?
@@KimBliss etsy refunded me straight away but did nothing about the shop even after I sent proof. I started actually making jewellery and selling on etsy but I've no chance against cheap tat sold in bulk unfortunately (and that's all that comes up when you type in jewellery) so looking to sell elsewhere as that proved to me that etsy aren't bothered by the resellers as they are obviously profiting them. It's so sad! And thanks for your videos they are really helpful and informative!
This right here is my biggest concern. That Etsy are making far too much money from the resellers to do anything. It's going to destroy the platform's reputation in the long run although it arguably already is. 😔
Luvyuraccent!
Cheers! 😁
so this is why everything on etsy is expensive
That, and the TIME AND SKILL involved in creating many of those items. 😏
maths*
Stop it 🤓
She's cute....:)