so… a seller needs to be a star seller to access this information? wouldn’t it be helpful if ALL sellers could access this information? oh wait…. it’s already there, just not in zip files. but star sellers are rewarded with… ZIP files? the mind boggles….

maybe Etsy could fix it’s crazy search function, so buyers could actually find things on etsy to buy. rather than having to use Google search, to find something offered on Etsy.

Latest data…December U.S. holiday numbers are good, however, are softer than anticipated. And as a jeweler on Etsy, I will say that this season is probably one of the slowest I’ve seen as there isn’t much appetite for jewelry priced over $250. Yesterday, on CNBC, Ebay CEO was asked how sales were for December and if he’s seen a slowdown due to Omicron. All Ebay CEO would say is that Ebay sells refurbished merchandise. It appeared to me that Ebay CEO was using the CNBC platform to advertise Ebay instead of talking about any real data. Evading the question about current sales tells me that sales on Ebay have not been so great, so I suspect they won’t be so great for Etsy, either.

Etsy is filled with frivolous products that consumers will avoid when inflation becomes a problem. Inflation numbers came in at 6.5%, with inflation hitting major items like food and energy. Anytime Etsy tries to push something onto sellers, it’s when sales numbers lag. I heard a market analyst say that Etsy is not a good “buy” if inflation kicks into high gear.

Honestly, did/do most sellers open a shop on Etsy to be corporate business analysts–or did they just want to open a shop to sell product and the business portion was supposed to be handled by Etsy so they could get on with creating unique items? Etsy (or any one of hundreds of selling platforms out there,) are missing the point. And when they do put together a team of customer facing problem solvers, they usually pick those shops with the highest revenue, which are the shops that are mostly no longer handling the design & craft of their business. They’ve farmed out the actual production and are measuring the analytics, to grow their businesses. (Many of those also have their own web sites & use Etsy to gain new fans. I know I did.)

OK-so I’m getting fed up with all the problems I hear & read about when nothing seems to be able to be done and those companies honestly do not care. All I can hope for is a backlash & some of these giants come tumbling down.