Email a copy of 'Drop Shipping Comes to Etsy' to a friend
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Drop shippers are selling more than 3-D printed items on Etsy. I bought semiprecious gemstones through 2 stores that said they were in NJ and CA and both items were drop shipped from China. I hadn’t gotten tracking info for one of the packages through Etsy, so I went to my PayPal account to look for it and discovered that both sellers were in China, not NJ and CA. I reported it to Etsy, but nothing has changed for either shop and they are both still selling on Etsy.
Ya, it’s a BIG problem.
GOOD NEWS :
That kind of stuff makes American handmade stuff look Great :o)
That’s interesting in light of Ebay’s recent decision to demote drop shippers in search if they are not shipping from the address they purport to be.