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Etsy clamping down on non hand made
 

Etsy have sent out an email to the effect that from March they will clamping down on resellers

It seems all the bad publicity is having an effect

Dropshippers, particularly those using Ali-Express will, it appears, be very vulnerable to take downs

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To be seen the effect on stock as well

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Etsy allows vintage,antique items for sale,no sure what you mean by not handmade?
but all sites are clamping down on RETAIL ARBITRAGE-taking customer money and go to another retailer to buy and ask him/her to ship to your buyer.
It used to be profitable business,but due to competition,it is not so.

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Its always going to be an unending circle. Resellers are not going to just vanish like that.

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Good for them.

They've found their niche and how to police/manage it to stick to their mission statement.

Absolutely loads of alibaba tat on there now which on the surface of it will drive traffic there but that brings ebayesque issues they've decided they don't want, the biggest problems being crappy re-sellers migrating there because ebay has toughened up and dropshippers.

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it is just going to be harder to turn a profit!

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I sell 'hand made' on Etsy and TBH if they do decide to kick off the Chinese **** then I for one would be very happy. The amount of antique and hand made jewellery fresh from Ali-Baba is just unbelievable

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first ,it is the US Etsy sellers who were selling Alibaba stuff,then the Chinese get tired of being their suppliers and start selling as well.
Chinese sellers have the advantage of offering free shipping and whatever they make in US $,it converts to 6 X Chinese $$,enough to buy a bowl of noodles !

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Yep, I've been saying this for a while. Whenever I go o Etsy looking for clothing stuff it's flooded with Chinese crap.

Are they going to clean up though?

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If they clean this trash up like they cleaned up on ⊗⊗⊗⊗ accounts then oh my! Half the sellers will be booted!

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Depends on what kind of platform they wanna be.

Seeing a bunch of Chinese mass produced junk when I'm looking for unique items actually is a turn off for me personally.

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not all genuine handmade goods sell well,when money is easy,buyers would buy a handmade clock made of rusty bent metal ,or decorated masks handmade or decorative drinking straws and now with 7% inflation,they would buy gold instead or or your slightly used designer handbag,shoes and boots at deep discount

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That's not the point... it's about cleaning up their platform

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I've seen many US sellers sell items from Alibaba

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not just Chinese seller