Thank you for this video. I crochet mainly baby things but that too has become very saturated. I tried an Etsy shop but didn't sell anything, so I sold off most of my stock on vinted and now I'm just making what I want too
Yeah, I think there's a lot of us who are doing the same. Its too difficukt to make money. I'm looking forward to using my energy for Craftivism and charity crochet in the new year.
Thank you for making this video! I've had a hard relationship with etsy for several years, and have gotten increasingly disappointed with the way they are running the company and I am looking at other platforms to sell on with little success. I sell physical items and I feel like it's very difficult to get your items seen by people unless you spend a lot of money promoting not only on etsy but also on social media.
Totally agree! I even tried paying for advertisements on Etsy but it didn't make any difference. I think I might have tried harder if it were a positive place, but everyone is so disheartened by it all.
Yeah feels like it’s commercialized. I haven’t sold on Etsy but used to sell collectibles on eBay when I acquired a bunch of things from my uncle when he passed. It seems like all drop ship items over there too. I’m not selling anything these days bit still watching and keeping as up to date as I can. I hope your local sales go well!!
Aw that's a shame. I have heard from a few people who have said that online sales on all platforms have slowed a lot this year. (Except Amazon of course!)
Good to see a video from you! Etsy sounds like a tough place to be at the moment. It must have been a hard decision to make. Your packaging is adorable and I felt for you talking about missing packaging the items you sold as you put so much care into them. You could wrap Christmas gifts with it, it would be lovely. Did you enjoy the embroidery class that you mentioned in your last video?
Oh what a good idea to use the packaging for Christmas presents! Oh yeah I loved the embroidery class, it was great fun, and I made a good start on an embroidered ogham piece. I used a little tote bag as that was the only material I had to hand 😂 But I feel like you need good eyesight for embroidery, more than you do with crochet, so I'm only working on it during the day!!! (Doesn't help I'm using black thread!)
Yes.The feeling of a heartfelt item we made ourselves against sellers that just mass produce something without the effort and love and just want money is overwhelming at times. Everyone making the same thing, but mine is made with more effort and has a better result than some similar ones I see. I have been tempted to quit. Etsy is turning into an ai generated fakery, no one really knows what they are buying, and to almost guarantee you buy from genuine seller....costs a huge fee
It's so disheartening isn't it?! Especially when you see shops selling mass produced stuff doing really well. Some days I had zero views and shops filled with stolen patterns had Etsy saying '20 sold in the last 24 hours'. I really hope they turn it around but they'll need to invest a lot more in human staff to get to the bottom of it all, and I don't see that happening anytime soon. ☹
I think ETSY knew exactly what was going on and what would happen but did not do anything in advance because the new rules could easily be predicted as having a chilling effect on new shops opening and to be the straw on the camel's back that would make a lot of shop owners just close their shops.
Good point!!! It's definitely going to have a big impact on the EU market. So many people are closing their shops or putting on holiday mode; there'll be a big drop in sales on Etsy this December!
Thank you for this video. I crochet mainly baby things but that too has become very saturated. I tried an Etsy shop but didn't sell anything, so I sold off most of my stock on vinted and now I'm just making what I want too
Yeah, I think there's a lot of us who are doing the same. Its too difficukt to make money. I'm looking forward to using my energy for Craftivism and charity crochet in the new year.
Thank you for making this video! I've had a hard relationship with etsy for several years, and have gotten increasingly disappointed with the way they are running the company and I am looking at other platforms to sell on with little success. I sell physical items and I feel like it's very difficult to get your items seen by people unless you spend a lot of money promoting not only on etsy but also on social media.
Totally agree! I even tried paying for advertisements on Etsy but it didn't make any difference. I think I might have tried harder if it were a positive place, but everyone is so disheartened by it all.
Yeah feels like it’s commercialized. I haven’t sold on Etsy but used to sell collectibles on eBay when I acquired a bunch of things from my uncle when he passed. It seems like all drop ship items over there too. I’m not selling anything these days bit still watching and keeping as up to date as I can. I hope your local sales go well!!
Aw that's a shame. I have heard from a few people who have said that online sales on all platforms have slowed a lot this year. (Except Amazon of course!)
Good to see a video from you! Etsy sounds like a tough place to be at the moment. It must have been a hard decision to make. Your packaging is adorable and I felt for you talking about missing packaging the items you sold as you put so much care into them. You could wrap Christmas gifts with it, it would be lovely. Did you enjoy the embroidery class that you mentioned in your last video?
Oh what a good idea to use the packaging for Christmas presents! Oh yeah I loved the embroidery class, it was great fun, and I made a good start on an embroidered ogham piece. I used a little tote bag as that was the only material I had to hand 😂 But I feel like you need good eyesight for embroidery, more than you do with crochet, so I'm only working on it during the day!!! (Doesn't help I'm using black thread!)
Yes.The feeling of a heartfelt item we made ourselves against sellers that just mass produce something without the effort and love and just want money is overwhelming at times. Everyone making the same thing, but mine is made with more effort and has a better result than some similar ones I see. I have been tempted to quit. Etsy is turning into an ai generated fakery, no one really knows what they are buying, and to almost guarantee you buy from genuine seller....costs a huge fee
It's so disheartening isn't it?! Especially when you see shops selling mass produced stuff doing really well. Some days I had zero views and shops filled with stolen patterns had Etsy saying '20 sold in the last 24 hours'. I really hope they turn it around but they'll need to invest a lot more in human staff to get to the bottom of it all, and I don't see that happening anytime soon. ☹
I think ETSY knew exactly what was going on and what would happen but did not do anything in advance because the new rules could easily be predicted as having a chilling effect on new shops opening and to be the straw on the camel's back that would make a lot of shop owners just close their shops.
Good point!!! It's definitely going to have a big impact on the EU market. So many people are closing their shops or putting on holiday mode; there'll be a big drop in sales on Etsy this December!
quitting? not quiting
Oh, so it is! 👍