When you shop online, the middleman that is a retailer becomes significantly less necessary, and their presence less obvious to customers. Brands can make their own websites to take the place of a third party shop and ship their products directly to consumers… but it can unfortunately benefit them if hundreds of wanna-be entrepreneurs volunteer to advertise their product as if it were their own.
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Etsy rolled out sweeping new policy guidelines for adult products that took effect earlier this week. The hardest hit by these new changes are adult…
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A couple weeks ago, we shared these images to social media: We’ve been collecting responses ever since (and still are, feel free to reach out!) …
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This is the second post in a series. The first – Can we Build an Etsy Alternative Marketplace? – can be read (or listened to)…
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The holiday season is upon us! We know the next month is the busiest time of year for many sellers, and we want to support…
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Check out https://indiesellersguild.org/shops/ to shop ISG verified indie sellers this holiday season. As Halloween fades behind us and Thanksgiving fast approaches, I find myself frantically…
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Our next “Etsy Alternative” to offer your shoppers is Ko-fi, pronounced just like Coffee, as in, if you like my work, please buy me a…
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For me personally, the most difficult part of the Plaid ordeal has been not knowing the fate of my Etsy shop, should I continue to…
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The Etsy Strike of 2022 was the largest strike in Etsy’s history. We were nearly 30,000 sellers strong, and we garnered international news media attention.…
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