Why 5 Star Etsy Seller CLOSES Her SHOP After 3 Years

Why 5 Star Etsy Seller CLOSES Her SHOP After 3 Years

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[shageevideo]

I wonder if anyone has tried to sue Etsy for gross negligence

[sharonalicea]

Guys, reality is that not everyone has a credit card. Some people get a “prepaid “ card to cover the fees and control expenses.

[journeytoawareness]

Not everyone has or can get a credit card. Etsy holding profit and trickling it out to the seller is ridiculous! It isn't their money.

[ugurbayiroglu]

Etsy's CEO is like the Nokia CEO of the past. Where is Nokia now?

[hexamigo]

All this “we just need to know that it’s really you” nonsense is happening everywhere at an ever increasing rate. What’s disturbing is that we uploaded enough documents to form an identity and allowing a low paid salary worker access. Since when is this okay? Why is this any of Etsy’s business if no crime has been reported? Why are all these corporations all of a sudden acting like law enforcement before any crime has been committed?

[skisavoie]

I was thinking about opening an Etsy store, not anymore, after watching your videos and seeing others go through so much grief, I’m not going to bother! It’s my own web site and Woo Commerce. Thanks for the video. Best wishes, Colin. 👍

[jennykay]

It seems like Etsy doesn’t realize that sellers are also buyers. If you mess with people’s livelihoods willy-nilly they’re not gonna buy anything off the site. The number of sellers greatly outweighs the buyers so common sense is a large majority of those buyers are sellers. Plus, it seems that all the sellers that run into these problems are the actual made to order shops needing people’s money first. I built my business on things people use weekly. So my customers either stock up or return regularly. I don’t sell gifts, I appeal to the personal shopper. I did my research. My shop fuels an addiction for a large majority of women that no matter the financial situation, they will find the money for. For I, myself, have no control over it either.

[Helen-cwqs]

I started on eBay 25 years ago. I’m delighted with Etsy. No complaints at all! We used to have to wait for checks to clear before we sent out goods.

[runaroundsueaccessibletrav]

so this morning I finally opened a shopify account. apart from the algorithm completely dieing when I had to put on vacation mode for 5 days I have had no issue (so far) and my business is growing month on month but having heard all these awful stories I guess i cant risk putting all my eggs in one basket. I have learned so much from you both your are the voices or reason.

[djlelu]

I disagree with having other means of funding a business
It's extra fees on what was 100% of her money. She's right for doing what she did. Why pay extra fees to borrow money on the revenue she generated? She knows her worth and there should not be additional fees on the money she makes. She was already paying the Etsy fees.

[Laura-jeuw]

I am sorry, but 166 sales in 3 years is really not a lot. And it does not make sense when she says that she had days with 10-20 sales. If she had 10 days with 15 sales per day that would account for the lifetime sales of her shop. This is a bit of overdramatizing here. How can it be such a big problem if funds were hold back for a month for a couple of jewelry supplies. Again, we are talking about 166 sales in 3 years! I understand that it could be a problem for POD sellers who have thousands of sales per month and have to pay printify.

[Karen.c.h]

I’m curious about the emails were property of Etsy and you were not to take the email
from Etsy.
The seller support sucks.
I feel like y’all went out of your way to make excuses for Etsy.

[MoonCrone]

Don't blame her not worth the headache!

[HawaiiWS]

If Stripe or any payment processor puts a reserve on you on your own store, you have the freedom to get another payment processor or a merchant account and gateway. No options with Etsy!

[lisathompson]

I opened my new etsy shop in january and they put a hold on my funds for 90 days!!

[LofiLavaLounge]

...and don't use the exact same SEO and mockups on more than one of your selling platforms or the AI will shut you down for copying...meaning copying YOURSELF.🙄

[johnwilkinsoniv]

email, please send a copy. I was under the impression that you can't build an email list with Etsy - that they do not give you access to customer emails or the ability to contact them to ask if people want to join or opt in to something like that. Thanks for the great videos!

[recoveringfrmlife]

But Etsy used to care Amazon has never

[ralphkramer]

Email...

Scott, you're putting out some great content. Helped me out quite considerably. Keep up the great work !!

[washingtonpianos]

Please, keep trying to assist Etsy sellers. This situation is devastating for sellers who have put in much hard work, and invested much money into their business. Maybe complaints need to go to the Attorney General. I filed a complaint with the BBB. We have to problem solve this together and find a way to make Etsy accountable to its sellers.