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Mon Mar 16 2026 14:41:10

An Etsy Seller Feels Tricked into Accepting Offers

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Dear Ina,
All but three of my listings are correctly accepting offers. Whenever I edit an existing listing or draft, I turn off accepting offers and save my changes. Every time I edit those listings, accepting offers is turned back ON.

When I'm doing a lot of drafts at once, I sometimes forget to do this. I think Etsy is doing this on purpose to trick sellers into accepting offers. It is NOT a new problem.
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by: Consign This user has validated their user name.

Mon Mar 16 19:13:47 2026

eBay is famous for making changes to the listing form when you edit it, such as adding services you don't want.

That is why I used third party software to edit listings and for listings. Its also faster and more secure.



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