Etsy Surveys Sellers on Possible Fee Changes Ahead

by: Snapped

Noticeably absent is the choice for ‘No fee change at all except round file that success ad fee baloney, thank you very much.’

by: LDWCallsOut

Since I haven't had an active Etsy shop now for almost a decade, I didn't see the survey.

What does ''discount for purchasing supplies on Etsy'' mean?  Is it for shipping supplies or supplies sold by Etsy shops?  

As a former vintage and antiques shop owner on Etsy, a shop with 5 or 25 listings doesn't work for that category of merchandise.  Even 100 listings might be too few for Etsy vintage shops that currently have hundreds of listings.  Of course, many reseller ''anchor shops'' on Etsy could easily pay any fees for the maximum number of listings, and a lot of smaller resellers (like the counterfeiters) usually have fewer than 25 item listings in their shops.

by: Flying Childers

My guess is that the hard push to bring in more money is coming from the new investors/ sharks at Eliot Management.    

It is clear as crystal that Etsy management has nothing but contempt for the hard working sellers that are the backbone of the site.   Instead, they look at us like cash cows- to be milked endlessly until we are dry.

There are never any initiatives that make it easier for buyers and sellers to connect.    Instead it's always yet another money grab wherein they pretend that it's for the good of the sellers.   See how they watch out for us!

I have never encountered such a bunch of lying hypocrites in all my years in business.   In fact, I wouldn't even call my shops a business- they have become a hobby that is getting more expensive every day.

I have tried everything that they have "suggested" aka forced on us, to no avail.   Every so often the bots or tech people (but I repeat myself) just turn off the faucet without warning and voila!  no sales for weeks.

It never used to be like that in the not so distant past.  If you worked hard on your listings, you saw results.   Not any more.

The federal government bureaucrats are always messing around in our affairs when it comes to regulation and overreach.   They even go after big corporations like FB, Twitter, etc.   yet they don't seem interested in the two biggest E-commerce sites at all.

In the case of etsy sellers, we have Taxation without Representation.   It's that simple.

by: Rexford

These surveys are such BS.  They always appear to be designed to get the answers that they want.

As Snapped wrote, no choice for "no fee change"

Elliot Management lips attached to Etsy's teet like a greedy blood sucking tick. (my opinion).

by: NYSteve

none of these 'seller benefits' help the seller , more than pad the marketplace's bottom line:
"$5 monthly credit for Etsy Ads or Offsite Ads;
Discount for purchasing supplies on Etsy;
Access to Discounts and perks (custom shipping boxes, business cards)"

BUT, nothing is , what could best be described as, downright robbery like paid promotions (ads)
and should be made ILLEGAL,  as it is is totally unethical, to say the least,  for sellers to be charged for listings, then charged AGAIN to have them visible to buyers!

I have greatly limited my shopping on sites where the first few listings say anything like 'sponsered'
and if still do shop at (marketplace name redacted) I skip over any listings that say so....even if they coincidentally happen to have the lowest price or best offer (which is even more of a waste of the seller/ad buyer's money)

by: Stone Cutter

I won’t jump to any conclusions until Etsy finalizes any plan.

Also…
Etsy announced many years ago that Sellers need to self promote via Social Media, as Etsy has gotten too big with too many Sellers, and while Promoted Listings can only do so much. Not every shop can be on the first page, anymore.  

by: Rexford

NYSteve, I also skip over the Sponsored Ads listings when I am shopping. I hate the idea of them so much, especially on sites that are already charging a store or listing fee, that to participate in any way with them is just wrong.

by: Tinysaur

If they fixed search, they'd ''make it up in volume.'' Sorry, I had to make a dot.com 1.0 reference. The new board (Elliott Investment Management) is basically going to take more money from sellers until all of the crafty stores leave. Then they're going to try to transform Etsy into a generic online retailer like Rakuten, Coupang, or Sears.  

by: quirkyantiques

I would jump all over $20 a month no commission fee or any tier that offered a lower commission fee on sales.