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Re:Etsy sellers are furious over new mandatory ad fees by mreome on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @11:48PM (#22430561)
Especially given that Etsy is supposed to be primarily for hand-made goods. Their top sellers are very likely already selling items at the speed they can make them, why would someone want Etsy to take a cut of their sales for advertising when they can't actually sell more?
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Re:Etsy sellers are furious over new mandatory ad fees by adrr on Thursday February 27, 2020 @12:14AM (#22430723)
That was the original model but that doesn’t really scale. It’s primarily another channel for mass manufactured stuff that your can find on aliexpress.
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Re:Etsy sellers are furious over new mandatory ad fees by dawnerd on Thursday February 27, 2020 @12:38AM (#22430818)
I got into it with their support over this. They still claim they don't allow those items but when you report it to them they shrug it off.

I've written them off completely now. All of these aliexpress, etc dropshippers are ruining all of the retail sites.

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Re:Etsy sellers are furious over new mandatory ad fees by stuartc842 on Thursday February 27, 2020 @12:44AM (#22430853)
example of an item that smells like aliexpress to me:

2'x4' painting for $160, ships from china, comes in 6 different sizes

https://www.etsy.com/listing/637298037/original-sea-waves-oi...

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Re:Etsy sellers are furious over new mandatory ad fees by itronitron on Thursday February 27, 2020 @07:52AM (#22432759)
I'd put that right in the middle of the 'hotel art' category. They should also advertise it as being stain resistant.
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Re:Etsy sellers are furious over new mandatory ad fees by iudqnolq on Thursday February 27, 2020 @03:38PM (#22437529)
Is there a competitor that still is mostly handmade?
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Re:Etsy sellers are furious over new mandatory ad fees by bryanrasmussen on Thursday February 27, 2020 @12:14AM (#22430715)
supposed to be but probably isn't https://www.dailydot.com/irl/etsy-reselling/
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