What do you think of the Etsy platform? as more sellers emerged, the quality of goods became uneven, and there were all kinds of fake and inferior handmade products, which violated the original intention of this platform. The overall market situation was declining submitted by /u/Riley-1204

What’s the Next Step After Etsy? Advice on Scaling My T-Shirt Business Hey everyone, I started my t-shirt business doing print-on-demand through Etsy and sold 30 shirts pretty quickly by posting targeted content on Reddit. After that initial success, I decided to invest in screen printing equipment to take control of production, and since then, I’ve sold around 300 shirts—all on Etsy. Currently, I have: 4 designs t…

Etsy shop with 1000 views and ZERO ORDERS/SALES? My shop has not a single order or sale after a month of listing products.. I’ve priced things fairly and people are viewing/favoriting and leaving it in their cart but not ordering.. am I doing something wrong? I feel so dumb YoullBeGreat.etsy.com submitted by /u/Toggled_Off2025

Sites or Etsy shops for fun filters/lenses? Looking to experiment and trying to find either websites or Etsy shops with fun and unique filters or even whole lenses submitted by /u/Double-0-N00b

Any software or service to link etsy listing stock? I have an etsy shop and sell embroidered shirts. We’ve recently gotten a lot busier than before and multiple listings share the same stock and it’s become hell to manage. I know Etsy doesn’t have a way to link stock between listings. Anyone know of a good service that’s simple and not too insanely expensive? Thanks! submitted by /u/CoreyJ…

I’m an Etsy seller, are there any good tools for product selection and operations? I want to look at some popular items or shops based on product categories to find some good keywords to increase my exposure. Ideally, I’m looking for affordable tools. What tools do people usually use for this? submitted by /u/Big_Passenger_3717

Vintage Turkish rugs on Etsy? Has anyone ever bought one of those vintage Turkish rugs on Etsy that are always 70% off? How was it? submitted by /u/chump555

Etsy Shop Feedback I’m just looking to get constructive feedback on my Etsy shop to see what people separate from the project think. My real objective is to make clothes for my son (11 months old) and build something that includes him and hopefully generate side income along the way. https://littlelegendsclo.etsy.com submitted by /u/JClayC5

Etsy is eating all my money I’ve been using Etsy for the past 5 months and I’m getting decent sales. However, the fees are insane! I’m trying to sort out shipping and getting cheaper labels but the fees take a huge chunk of money and leave me a smaller net profit. Is there another platform I can use? Something with lower transaction and processing fees? How is Shopify? …

What are the differences between a shop on Etsy, and a shop on a website? Let’s say a musician has a merch shop on their website. What are the differences between that shop and a shop on Etsy? Why don’t artists sell on Etsy or other merchants for example or vice versa? I know one obvious benefit to Etsy is user traffic. Can someone de-mystify this? — what are the moving parts and can you point me in the right directi…

Etsy Is Making It Easier to Tell When a Seller Is Using AI Sellers must now more clearly indicate how much human involvement went into their work.

Etsy loses its ‘handmade’ and ‘vintage’ labels as it takes on Temu and Amazon Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeEtsy has long sold items that fall into one of two categories: handmade or vintage. Now, that fairly narrow categorization is changing. A policy update announced today creates four new classifications for items for sale on Etsy: “made by,” “designed by,” “handpicked by,” and “sourced by.” All products need …

Looking for e-commerce platform suggestions, other than Etsy, where I can sell POD products. I recently started an Etsy shop, selling clothing (POD), and got “suspended” for who knows what, so it got me thinking I need to find other options and not be so dependent on Etsy. But what other platform has the traffic and reach of Etsy? I am really new at this so any and all advice is welcomed! Thank you all! submitted by /u/dizzle_dri…

Etsy store Hey guys I currently run a small Etsy shop. I’m just starting out and have many many variations of my product but I only had 4 variations for the first month of my store. I ended up starting a tiktok for the account but given my funnel is quite long (tiktok-instagram-link to my etsy in bio) I feel it’s quite hard to drive traffic from that. I’ve…

I don’t get the shilling for Etsy – and unfortunately, it usually comes from the more trustworthy YouTubers This post may sound like I’m ‘the bad guy’ because it’s passionate, but please bear in mind that I’m sticking up for people who’ve had their lives wrecked before reading. I’m so mad on behalf of Etsy sellers. I’m not an Etsy seller, but I do e-commerce – I’m very put off bothering with Etsy. I listen to Etsy-centric Youtubers because their video…

Those who left Etsy, why did you leave and where are you now? I feel like Etsy has been going downhill and I’m looking for alternatives to use in addition to Etsy. Any suggestions? submitted by /u/alpacathe3rd

Why do so many people dislike Etsy? I’m a new seller on Etsy and I have been noticing more people leaving it. I’ve just started putting my products up on my shop and I’m wondering if it’s better to migrate to a different platform while my shop is still in an early stage. To anyone who switched platforms away from Etsy, what made you leave? And if you dislike Etsy but still use it,…

What made you leave Etsy? I’ve been hearing about so many issues with Etsy like resellers and low traffic, but I’m still unsure if I should switch to another platform. To anyone who’s left Etsy, what made you do it and what are you using primarily? submitted by /u/helpful-StickBug

Etsy shares slip on light revenue and forecast decline in gross merchandise sales Etsy released third-quarter earnings after the bell Wednesday.

Day 1 suspended on Etsy. LF alternative So day 1 suspended. No email to explain. My single listing was removed. I’ve read this is common so sent an appeal. The appeal was denied after a day. So I’m looking for an alternative. It’s a niche clothing/branding company. It’s meant to be faith based stuff. Stuff I feel more passionate about. I have a full time job so wanted printify or equ…