Just popping in to express how happy I am that I'm not an Etsian any longer.
My holiday sales were great and I completely slacked off. My new venue makes everything ridiculously simple.
Now it's very clear (talkin' 'bout circles here), that Etsy is trying to morph into some kind of social commerce / networking site, and not a professional venue to sell your handmade, vintage, supplies. It's so lame and sad.
Anyway, I rarely even think about Etsy or my time there anymore. I've saved hundreds of dollars since I left. Amazing how much I spent on listing and relisting fees while I was there... Now I can chill out and just focus on life again. And no more crazy-making weird & pointless changes to worry about either. Phew.
I hope you are all well and having happy holidays, I love you all.
-Joan
Yay, good for you! I'm finding since I left I have so much more time to dedicated to actually creating things and promoting them - when I was on Etsy so much time would be wasted trying to minimise the damage of whatever their latest 'improvement' was - you know, having to make favourites private, leave teams, delete treasuries, re-write profiles to fit in the little box they've squashed it into now...all that stuff is such a drain on your time and it's such a waste of time too. Now I'm on Artfire, I can get on with just creating and running my business - what a refreshing change!
ReplyDeleteI hope you have a great holiday season too, it's thanks to people like you and this blog that I and many others know the truth about Etsy, so Thank You! :-)
Deb xx
Hope you had a good holiday, Joan. I had better sales on AF this holiday season than I ever had on etsy. Hope that's true for all the new AF sellers. If not, you've got time to get your AF set up for next season.
ReplyDeleteHi Joan.
ReplyDeleteI have a real story to tell with etsy. How do i contact you. My very successful shop was just terminated...no rhyme, no reason...no nothing. What to know where to go from here. :-(
I've just had both my accounts deleted as well. No emails or previous convos (or a chance to save my listings), and no reason I can think of. I'm super pissed. Please keep this blog going, we refugees need some place to vent :)
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ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry to hear that you've been through a trauma. Losing your shop that you have worked so hard on, the embodiment of your hopes and dreams, just plain hurts.
I'd like to publish your stories, please email me at EtsyRefugeeSociety@gmail.com
I apologize for being away for so long. We had a bumpy post-new year out here!
Hi, I have a buyers account on Etsy and have been thinking about setting up a shop for quite some time... and then i came across a forum, and another forum and another forum and the more i look into it, the worse etsy sounds! It's like one mistake after another, do i really want to put myself through that?
ReplyDeleteIm a total newb at this so i just want some real actual artisan's advice:) What site has the "best" quality/security/fees? Or are they all slightly flawed? haha
I've also heard some bad things about artfire too... something about a admin going nuts> /:>
Anywho, the main point of this jibberjabber is this:
Do you have any recommendations for where to start?
Cause these blogs are making my head spin ...
Salutations, Anonymous! Let me refer you to this recent ranking!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/cab/abu/y211/m01/abu0279/s04
I just lost my sole source of income. Etsy closed my shop down this morning. Don't go to Etsy.
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