Etsy being difficult

[novemberrain1970]

I have never been "gotten" by a bot (knock on wood!) but competitors, yes YES YES. Also it has been said on here before but it is important so I will say it again: fly under the radar. Stay out of their forums. Don't make waves. Keep your head down, make your customers happy (even if they are being ridiculous) and do not do anything to draw attention to yourself. AT. ALL.

[rsot]

Originally Posted by novemberrain1970

I have never been "gotten" by a bot (knock on wood!) but competitors, yes YES YES. Also it has been said on here before but it is important so I will say it again: fly under the radar. Stay out of their forums. Don't make waves. Keep your head down, make your customers happy (even if they are being ridiculous) and do not do anything to draw attention to yourself. AT. ALL.

Don't make waves - couldnt say it better

[nakamuru]

Originally Posted by unkown5454

Bot has found you. You have no choice but to make a new store because your account has been flagged and eventually it will be removed.

So how would you avoid the bots .. just listing sparingly and then check to see if item shows up within a hr... if not then take a day or two and try again with more listings.. I listed lot of items and thinking competition did something but realize other people selling same thing so thinking it might the bots.. I don't know...

[nakamuru]

Originally Posted by rsot

If a bot finds a flagged word...it can automatically takedown a listing. Simple as that - account can become flagged or, worse, automatically suspended

What do you mean by flagged words.. you mean using keywords that aren't related to your item?

[unkown5454]

Originally Posted by nakamuru

So how would you avoid the bots .. just listing sparingly and then check to see if item shows up within a hr... if not then take a day or two and try again with more listings.. I listed lot of items and thinking competition did something but realize other people selling same thing so thinking it might the bots.. I don't know...

It can be tedious depending on how many items you have, but if you follow what we've discussed here, you will be ok.

If your items don't show up withing 30 minutes or less, the account was most likely flagged and will be removed in a few hours.

Do not read the Et/sy forums and be tempted to contact Et/sy staff to fix your account. Contacting them is as bad as contacting EB, PP, AZ...the first thing they do is manually review your account to make sure you aren't breaking the rules.

[rsot]

Originally Posted by nakamuru

What do you mean by flagged words.. you mean using keywords that aren't related to your item?

Related and unrelated

[Gladiator]

There's an easy way to know if you are flagged by a bot or by a person. If you cannot find your items in search or by looking up your own items within shop search...go to the developer section and see if it says "developer mode" if it does, well... There's two things that happen. They either want verification where you have to show them work space photos and other bs that they actually do not give a damn about or they will kill the entire account once someone from their integrity dept. sees it.

[rsot]

Killing the entire account is an easy and default move - sucks but yeah :(

[rsot]

Originally Posted by T85

always interesting to read old threads...good discussion!!!!!!!!!!!

wow unearthing of an old thread but still...solid search skills and reading