Etsy Is In Its Flop Era, and Sellers Are Fleeing
Longtime Etsy sellers are leaving the platform due to frustration over the proliferation of AI-generated content and drop-shipping competitors. Sellers feel the company has prioritized corporate profits over the platform's original identity as a marketplace for handmade goods.
Her watercolors were simple and relatively cheap—images of saucer-eyed corgis and malamutes in mini-tuxes, which she sold for $75 to $300 each—but dog owners adored them: “They were a labor of love,” she says. In 2021, she says she made more than $40,000 off her Etsy store, and her social media following ballooned to 180,000 followers on YouTube.
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