Etsy Changed Things Again...

I have said for years now, on Etsy, it is like kids are running the place.. someone gets an idea-- with no selling experience and changes things and doesn't tell the rest of the place. (I know for major things they do test as I have been part of some of the tests for months).

So of course Help-- if you get a real person- has no idea what you are talking about because someone in another dept changed things-- and didn't send out a memo. Now everyone else is expected to know how to do it.

It is like there are no managers who are in charge and the kids are running the place.. This has always been the case as far back as I can remember.

They change colors of the banners and think it is a deal.. they work on silly stuff and ignore the real issues that need fixing.. and now they are trying to fix the site but it might be too little too late. I do believe Etsy is trying to fix the mess they created when they let POD onto the site.. they naively thought that sellers would follow the rules.. many did.. but just as many did not. So now it is a free for all.. and there are just as many You Tubers with outdated info luring in new sellers with their promises of making millions for little to no effort that adds to the problems on the site.

Etsy changed how sellers tell the world what they make.. I don't use commercial patterns in my sewing. I just don't.. I happen to be one of those lucky people who can look at something and just figure out how to sew it. Some do that with wood or a paint brush-- I do that with fabric. BUT today if I list something.. I can choose Handmade or Designed.. but not both.. Designed is for a POD seller or a Digital seller.

In spite of it all.. I do still like Etsy and do plan to stay.. and depending on what happens this fall with more changes to come on the site.. I might close my other shop there, maybe or put it on vacation. The key is to branch out and not make one place your only selling venue. (which-- I have done.. I have my web site now and GoImagine shop)

Thanks for reading--