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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General information for Etsy sellers, artisans, and small business owners.
On February 21, 2024, Etsy posted the article “Strengthening New-Shop Onboarding to Keep Our Community Safe”. The article lists changes that will apply to new…
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This is the third post in our series about the Marketplace Accreditation Program. Click here to start at the beginning. My business name is auralynne,…
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I realized I have not done a good enough job of getting all the ideas bouncing around in my head down on paper so that…
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This is the second post in our first series about the Marketplace Accreditation Program. Click here to start at the beginning. I spent a thousand…
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The FTC has proposed the “Rule on Unfair or Deceptive Fees” and is currently seeking public comment until January 8, 2023. The rule would prohibit…
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In the early open-ended version of our Marketplace Research Survey, we asked the following question: Anyone that knows me could probably guess my answer! I…
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Our marketplace research survey is the first step towards building a program to recommend and support the good online marketplaces – the ones that treat…
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First Merch Drop is Live! We are finally ready to put together some Indie Sellers Guild merchandise and we want to use it as a…
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Seller dissatisfaction with Etsy management erupted once again on August 25 as thousands of users took to social media to demand transparency and fairness on…
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