Comments on: Etsy Raises Fees, Promises to Boost Marketing https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2018/06/14/etsy-raises-fees-promises-to-boost-marketing/ Ecommerce Industry News Sat, 16 Jun 2018 02:19:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 By: MimikyuILoveYou https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2018/06/14/etsy-raises-fees-promises-to-boost-marketing/#comment-840 Sat, 16 Jun 2018 02:19:35 +0000 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=10328#comment-840 @VeryGoodVintage2 – I remember when eBay first started initiating its anti-small seller policies in February 2008, eBay sellers were flocking to Etsy. Unfortunately, Etsy has chosen to take the same path as eBay: taking all the money they possibly can from its sellers.

]]> By: Bluedenim https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2018/06/14/etsy-raises-fees-promises-to-boost-marketing/#comment-838 Fri, 15 Jun 2018 22:43:42 +0000 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=10328#comment-838 I started using promoted listings on Etsy to be found again and I have not raised my pricing on the item nor the shipping. I’ve always had a spot on the front page over the last 5 years; until the clumping and new search engine took over. My items landed on page 10. That hurt my sales greatly. With the new home page, a shop can have 5-10 items on the front page!

I am not fond of all the changes Etsy dropped on us yesterday either, the 5% on shipping is painful. Like most sellers I have a lot of thinking to do on how to handle the situation and over come it. Etsy is my cash cow, it well outsells my eBay. But I may need to branch out more soon.

]]> By: whatever1234 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2018/06/14/etsy-raises-fees-promises-to-boost-marketing/#comment-835 Fri, 15 Jun 2018 15:00:05 +0000 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=10328#comment-835 more advertising? that’s a joke right? when’s the last time anyone has seen any eTsy advertising???

]]> By: VeryGoodVintage2 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2018/06/14/etsy-raises-fees-promises-to-boost-marketing/#comment-834 Fri, 15 Jun 2018 12:38:17 +0000 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=10328#comment-834 Maybe Etsy should have “marketed” to disgruntled eBay sellers, many looking for a place to sell vintage goods. I buy on Etsy and the changes they have made lately have me buying much less. They took away the ability for me to easily save an item to a list. Now I have to “Heart” it first, add it to a list from a pull down menu, go back and “Unheart” it. Ridiculous – I think I counted 6 clicks where it was 1 or 2 before. Supposedly a test that has been going on since February with many complaints.Pages littered with “Promoted” items. (Don’t they get it? I hardly ever look at Etsy or eBay “Promoted” ’cause all that says to me is the seller pays more, so the buyer pays more. No thanks) I used to buy a decent chunk on Etsy but as a buyer unhappy with the changes they have made, I consider them as heading in the same direction as eBay – higher fees, do not listen to sellers or buyers, fixing what isn’t “broke”. I was seriously considering moving my eBay business to Etsy but now, not so much. Another one bites the dust.

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