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[agent006140]

etsy makes us the sellers pay for the trafffic.
I think people are just tapped out,after making all the non discretionary payments,there is not much left .
They come to my shop and look for the lowest price items!

[rsot]

Originally Posted by Automasters

Oh I have websites, several of them - same old problem, they control the search results, so no traffic, no sales. They forward all the traffic to Etsy and egay, the system is rigged

very difficult to compete with the traffic at the larger net platforms

[SaiJin]

Originally Posted by vesania

I can imagine, going through this crap on Mercari and Poshmark.

Wonder if all these platforms utilizing the same AI.

It's possible they all use the same company that offers the AI bots.

I wonder what's better, 1 company offering the same AI or each platform owning their own AI bots....

[agent006140]

You would have to pay Google Search more,but is it worth it?

[rsot]

Originally Posted by agent006140

You would have to pay Google Search more,but is it worth it?

for larger volume sellers to get traffic, might make sense - profit analysis models

[andyframpton]

Originally Posted by Automasters

Oh I have websites, several of them - same old problem, they control the search results, so no traffic, no sales. They forward all the traffic to Etsy and egay, the system is rigged

All you can do is make your website as much SEO friendly as possible.
The big players will always crush the little man.

[agent006140]

This is one reason why small sellers sell on large venues like AMZN,EBAY and pay their fees !