Insider Paper on X - BREAKING: Etsy is laying off 11% of its workforce at the height of the holiday season - CNBC
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A few years ago I used Etsy heavily as a seller. I made CNC metal signs as a side gig.
I had a couple of decent years of sales. Nothing crazy but something that equated to a few hundred dollars in profit per month. I maintained a five-star rating with overall sales in the thousands.
Then they started to get more aggressive with promoting their preferred shops (I.E. black shops, gay shops, anything expressly NOT WHITE shops) while simultaneously adding more stringent metrics to establish a "star seller" distinction. The money I spent in advertising per click stopped yielding results. I increased the daily budget a few times, but it became pretty clear that people just weren't seeing my listings anymore, and I wasn't interested in chasing an increasingly narrow profit margin (steel prices went up, Bidenomics).
I closed up the online shop and haven't used it since 2021. It just wasn't worth the hassle. So, I'm not surprised to see them run into issues. They moved away from supporting sellers in general to curating a woke image by promoting sellers based on race and rainbows and shit like that.
Go woke go broke.
P.S. If any of you ever need a custom metal sign or CAD services send me a private message, unless you're a woke loser, then you can just use Etsy.
They allow the selling of pirated products on that site. Two Dreamcast games that I wrote, that I gave away as free downloads, as well as some games I ported over to the console from other platforms, are being sold on CD with a shiny package. When I alerted Etsy about the infringement, they totally ignored me. Now, if I were selling my work for profit, I'd have probably sicced my lawyer on them. Nothing I can do about it, but the site will never see a dime of my cash.
Nice to see a retro gaming fan here :-). Which Dreamcast games if I may ask?
Fishing
This guy surely means "dont dox yourself".
Reminder that we are anonymous patriots fighting a global cabal of satanic pedos that will stop at nothing to continue being satanic pedos.
We are NOT a big happy family that can freely discuss personally identifying information....sorry mods but that just will never be the reality here.
Lots of posts on twitter with examples of pizz a related material on Etsy also.
Not to mention they allow the sale of unlicensed products from protected brands. Sure, it's really cool to see all the Nintendo / Nintendo character merch people are selling or any of the other gazillions of brands that are being violated on that site... I applaud creativity. Most of those brands appear to be allowing it... or haven't sued Etsy yet. I'm not sure. Or maybe somehow it is legal, but I don't see how it could be.
First of all, the Dreamcast was freaking awesome.
Secondly, how can I support you and your work?
I still have a working Dreamcast!
Dreamcast is incredible. I'll never forget the first time I played Soul Calibur. That game still holds up fairly well to this day, IMO.
Glad for the info. I had thought of Etsy as a good place for artisans to sell, and am very disappointed to find out the truth. Do you know of any nonwoke alternatives?
It definitely used to be a place for artisans to sell, but when I left the platform I felt like they were trying to turn it more into an online Target with all the woke trash that comes with it.
If there is an alternative, I'm not aware of it. I do more local side work and CAD stuff these days and I haven't felt the need to research other online options.
I'll be the first to admit though that my experience with Etsy ended in 2021, but I highly doubt that it has improved in any way since then.
Ditto the disappointment. I found some unique gifts there. Would like to support the artists. If they turn it into yet another big tech nanny, well....🙁
Didn’t Elon say that eventually X was going to have a market place? Or did I dream that?
It's supposed to be the EVERYTHING site, so he plans to have EVERYTHING. (First, probably marketplace, dating, etc... whatever facebook has and more.)
The ol' lady & I were thinking of lighting up (w red, white & blue Christmas lights) a giant "Q" in our yard, so a fabricated one made by a badass anon fren would be extra badass