Etsy's New Studio Marketplace and Seller Tools

by: SparklingSisters

Being a supply seller on Etsy, I'm very optimistic about Etsy Studio.  However, I am a bit worried about the one click purchase when you might have 100 sellers from all over the world that sell the exact same item.  How do they decide who's item gets purchased???  That could be a problem!

by: Biglouis

As someone who plans to list ''vintage'' supplies in increasing quantities I am looking at how this will develop. Vintage supplies are often unique items or those in very limited quantity. Etsy is a wonderful place to list batches of odd earrings, broken necklaces and brooches without pins etc which might otherwise be thrown away by jewelry sellers like myself. All these items get snapped up by artisans who recycle and repurpose them.

by: Transferware Odds and Ends

I sell Transferware and Dinnerware on Etsy and have for 5+ years. I think this might be a good opportunity for me to sell broken transferware pieces to buyers looking to make Key Chains, Necklaces and many other unique items. I've seen others sellers do this same thing, so this might be a good opportunity to use those pieces for the same purpose. Broken pieces of Transferware can make for beautiful art. I will be giving it a go. www.etsy.com/shop/cottoncreekcottage

by: Flying Childers

First of all, this is nothing more than another money grab by Chad and the Etsy Powers that Be.  As usual, the quality vintage and handmade artisan sellers are getting the shaft in favor of mass produced Chinese/ imported goods.  Why is it that the supply sellers are getting 2 listings for the price of one PLUS free promotions that the rest of us have to pay for?

Instead of constantly coming up with these harebrained schemes that benefit no one except the shareholders, why don't they get a decent search engine and/or fix the search function which has been broken for years?

Every time they make another announcement about some new program that's going to "help" the sellers- look out!  All we can expect is for our shops to become more invisible and to make fewer sales.  Unless of course you're selling mass produced crap from China that ships free (thanks to Uncle Sam) and costs pennies on the dollar.

How is it that legal action has not been taken against Etsy for the fraud that they are perpetrating on the legitimate sellers of antiques, vintage and handmade items?  We pay our fees for listings that don't show up in search, we pay for make believe ads that don't work, no matter how much we invest, yet there are never any consequences for Etsy.  I think it's about time some Federal prosecutor looks into these marketplaces.

by: BuildingMyOwnSite

To What Flying Childers said:
  Money grab
  Hare brained
  Get a decent search engine
  Fix the search function
  Compete with mass produced crap.... that ships free (or close to it)?

I Add This:
  Why do I need 2 listings on one site?
  What do I need Shop Manager for?
  What do I need Sales Tools for?

I know how to run a business.  If other sellers don't, Etsy is welcome to show them how to add up a column in a 6 column ledger with a pencil.

This idea is nothing but a waste of time, and maybe a few of the thousands of missing Antique & Vintage categories.  WHY NOT just FINALLY build a category system, and have a section for SUPPLIES.  It doesn't have to even be called something fancy, like ''STUDIO''.  Something like ''SUPPLY CATEGORIES'' would work very nicely.

I don't need any more innovative disruption.  I need a search engine that returns what buyers type in.  That does NOT happen at Etsy, or Ebay.  And I need a FAIR platform, to compete against all the FAKE handmade sellers that Etsy has legalized.