Etsy has been replicating eBay for years & apparently is running out of ideas from them. So, they’re moving on to takes on a different market segment.

This is SO not (any longer) a handmade marketplace. In the several million shops that have been created since Etsy’s inception, how many are still active? How many actual handmade sellers have already left? The new “Make an offer” is likely to send more handmade sellers screaming for the door.

If it looks like Ebay and acts like Ebay, then just call it Ebay.

I thought that Etsy was a forum for handmade artisans…at least that’s what CEO Silverman tells Wall Street.

I agree with the OP’s comments…that it’s hard enough for the public to take artisans seriously. As an artisan jeweler, I have no interest in haggling over a price as my pieces take me 5+ hours to make. Etsy has no respect for the artisans that Etsy claims to support. If Etsy truly sold Etsy as a site for true artists, they would generate a buyer base that would pay extra for the uniqueness of the site. Instead, Etsy creates commercials that call Etsy a site of “affordable” items.

This planet is filled with higher end customers with exposable cash. Yet, Etsy has NOT focused on that type of customer base.

What a stupid company. They could generate more cash for both Seller and Buyer if they would spend more to promote higher end pieces for the affluent buyer.