Starting up on Etsy again

[chapeaunoir]

I quit after Silverman took over, but I really need to unload stuff. 

The new listing form is unusable right now because I can't find anywhere for "custom" shipping (i.e., not calculated) and research has not told me anything, so I reverted to the old form where it was very obvious. 

I finally get through all the fiddle-faddle Etsy always demands (13 tags, etc.), set quite cheap shipping for my kimono and they still have that fuxing finger-shaking admonition "Buyers like cheaper shipping, do you still want to charge $9?" So I gave it the finger as I always do. The kimono weighs almost 3 lb packed. 

Forgot how much I hated selling on that place (I don't mind shopping there, though I have to pick through all the mass produced items). 

I have all of ONE listing up lol - I ran out of patience. 

[denise15601]

The shipping mess is why I stopped listing on Etsy before. I kind of created my shipping as a flat-rate price. And I added a calculated priority rate too.

But it took a lot of changing back and forth to get the right shipping amounts per listing. I only have about 25 items listed there and might make one sale a month, if that. And that profit is eaten up by the listing fees.

[chapeaunoir]

They have shipping rules you can set up, but like the rest of the site it's not very well organised. It's probably one of the most annoying things - the shipping. 

www.etsy.com/listing/1434677302/johnny-was-yoga-mat-with-matching?show_sold_out_detail=1&ref=nla_listing_details

This seller does not actually sell vintage (or much) - it's all contemporary and she doesn't even make any pretense that it's anything else - marks new with tag yoga mat as "vintage", etc. If I hadn't taken up selling there I would write her and tell her to fux off - she's one of the problems with that website. 

[denise15601]

There have been posts online how sellers can still sell new stuff and pretend that it is vintage. So I guess that a lot of sellers are doing this.

[chapeaunoir]

I'm reaching the point of mercenary cynicism with Etsy and may list a few 'new' items. First I'll list all my kimono (all are vintage) and then we'll see. CEO Silverman and his pet CFO are such little shitz that I honestly don't really care.

[denise15601]

I have been posting needlepoint items that my MIL made and have sold a few. At least they are real vintage items.

[frakinfashion]

I have "free" shipping on all my items there built into the price.Still sales are very weak and, as a buyer, search is very-annoying-and-bloated-to-impossible.