Email a copy of 'Etsy Cashmere Crackdown Leads to Confusion and Concern' to a friend
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Ina Steiner is co-founder and Editor of EcommerceBytes and has been reporting on ecommerce since 1999. She's a widely cited authority on marketplace selling and is author of "Turn eBay Data Into Dollars" (McGraw-Hill 2006). Her blog was featured in the book, "Blogging Heroes" (Wiley 2008). She is a member of the Online News Association (Sep 2005 - present) and Investigative Reporters and Editors (Mar 2006 - present). Follow her on Twitter at @ecommercebytes and send news tips to ina@ecommercebytes.com. See disclosure at EcommerceBytes.com/disclosure/.
My god they even call the department the same as ebays
This is ridiculous.
Mission creep.
Over reach.
Put this devil back in the Dybbuk Box.
I did not get any such email, but I’m livid.
Etsy needs a shot of M.Y.O.B.
The customers are the final arbiter.
Don’t need Etsy’s opinion.
Everything is going down the hill. I don’ t sell any products, only old prints. I did find one print depicting costumes of various nations and in the description it says that a person from India is wearing a cashmere dress.
Etsy’s Artificial Intelligence … or rather Etsy’s Real Stupidity.
I received the email and I have NEVER used the word cashmere in my shop. But what really gets me mad is sellers who list something as wool or alpaca and you have to read the description to see that the item is 95% acrylic! Sometimes it is just “wool blend”.
I suspect the settlement with the Cashmere & Camel hair manufacturer’s institute may require Etsy to send this message to any listing where the words Cashmere and/or Camel are part of the listing’s title or description.