Etsy Issues

[Teri Berry]

Is anyone else noticing strange things happening on Etsy over the last couple of weeks? I have had an unusually high number of sold items being favourited, and when I visited a couple of other shops today I was intrigued to see several of the items in their shop windows had already been sold.....

My sales last month were nil but I have had 2 in the last week so maybe it has been fixed (in my shop at least).

Anyone else having problems?

[luvswool and dyestuff]

Teri, I noticed the same thing with the favoriting of the past sold items. A bit odd. Business on Etsy has been slow this past year for me, but I am not worrying about it. My attitude now is if it sells, great. If not, so what. ;-))

[Shepherdess]

it is a wide spread problem. they where talking about it on face book.

[zed]

I saw the facebook post too. I hadn't had any old items favourited, but I did have a lot less sales, and even checked to see if some items had run out.

[luvswool and dyestuff]

Although I am in Colorado, a woman just told me that Amazon is attempting to cut into Etsy’s business by offering Amazon Handmade. Should be interesting to follow.
Problem is, Amazon charges 15-20% seller fees. Stay tuned!

[luvswool and dyestuff]

Here is the link for anyone interested in listing with Amazon “Handmade.” By no means am I recommending this site for selling your goods, but it is interesting to note that Etsy is beginning to have some real competition! There are several threads on this Forum which discussed the changes in Etsy’s policies which have been driving handmade sellers to seek other sites. So, just FYI:

www.amazon.com/gp/html-forms-controller/Handmade_Artisan_Email_1

[zed]

Creepy how it had my email address filled in! I know they have cookies, but it's still unsettling.

[luvswool and dyestuff]

We sometimes forget how much “they” know about us…that’s why I am not on Facebook.