Comments on: The Longest Newsletter Ever – Part 2 of The “Etsy is Stealing Your Money” Newsletter Article

By: Christine

Christine — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:41:20 +0000

Your welcome Kathy. Etsy is so attractive, isn’t it? Easy, lots of hype in the media – it seems it’s everywhere. What nobody is talking about is the actual vendors and how they are doing. It’s true, that some vendors do very well – but only in certain niches. Jewelry is a really tough one on Etsy. (I hear handmade baby crib sets are doing awesome though…)

By: Kathy Pine

Kathy Pine — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:36:09 +0000

Thanks for the great Etsy info! I’m in the process of developing my marketing strategy for my jewelry and was leaning towards selling some pieces on Etsy. I think I’ll avoid that now and focus on other things that might result in more sales.

By: marie gilvey

marie gilvey — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:36:37 +0000

I do have 174 items there, but not to may success for buyer maybe i do something wrong i do better on crafts show will see with handmade results how i will do

By: Maureen Shafer

Maureen Shafer — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:01:54 +0000

Here’s a post one of the owners of Etsy tools made on UEN (Unofficial Etsy News) about that subject:

http://etsynews.com/647/a-sad-goodbye-to-etsytools/

Warning: There is some rough language in this post.

By: Christine

Christine — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:26:11 +0000

Thanks for that added info Maureen. I do remember the death threat thing now that you bring it up – it wasn’t because they were defending Etsy? I though it was something about Etsians closing ranks to defend Etsy and the Etsy way.

By: Maureen Shafer

Maureen Shafer — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:15:00 +0000

As as a former Etsy seller I think you’re right on. They push the old cry of “Renew, renew to stay at the top of the search results!” because their search is pitiful and returns results in reverse chronological order, when what they should do is overhaul their search engine to return more relevant results or to randomize the results. And that’s only one of the many problems with the way Etsy is run. Here’s the link to a post a fellow jewelry artisan and friend of mine made on her blog about how much Etsy sucks:

Sayonara Etsy

With all that said, I do have one correction to make concerning the info you’ve presented here. The owners of Etsy Tools shut down the site because they received death threats from disgruntled Etsy sellers who weren’t happy with the way they (the owners of Etsy Tools) did things and the tools they were offering.

By: janae rocha

janae rocha — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:00:51 +0000

I finished the article!
It was long…but worth it.

I do believe you are more right than wrong about Etsy…and I am equally curious about the % of sellers being buyers vs. outside of the seller ranks sales.

I use GA on Etsy and also on my ProStore website – but am totally overwhelmed by all of the data and do not use it to its full advantage. On that, I will def need your help.

Keep us the good work, Christine!

janae

By: Debbie Mischley

Debbie Mischley — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:22:21 +0000

Hello Christien,
Yes, this article (email) was quite long, but well worth the read. I don’t see how you could have made it any shorter and still say what needed to be said. I too have tried selling on Etsy – without much success. Hardly any sales at all. I do buy a lot of supplies on Etsy though. There is an awful lot of everything on Etsy so it is hard to get yourself noticed, unless you are making something very unique and unusual. I mostly go on Etsy just to look now – and to get some creative ideas when my head is blank.
Thank you Christine for your newsletters and this website – don’t know what I would do without it.
Debbie