Mentions (9)
"Either you validate their every wrong move (having a kid while barely scraping by, quitting their 9-5 to open an Etsy shop, marrying the placeholder partner they've had for 3 years) or you're 'unsupportive'."
"Used to be one of the only places you could get homemade gifts and crafts online. now it's just AI drop ship shit. sad :("
"And ladies you're subject to this as well- MLMs, I Have a Rich Husband Fashion Boutiques losing $30K a month, Etsy garbage art they want $80 for."
"If I want a classic, welll-made item I'll have to pay retail price for it on Depop or Etsy."
"Don't be a shmuck, buy your sunglasses from Etsy or somewhere similar"
"I was buying her some candles and wax melts on etsy, she is older and obsessed with this one shop. Anyway, I got a msg from the shop owner who told me to buy it off their website if I wanted bc they were having a 20% off sale there."
"I get that any kind of spiritual or religious practice can be good for your mental health, but it's driving me a bit insane that people are selling 'spells' on Etsy that cost like $300 and people are actually buying this shit and saying it worked."
"it's called Charcoal Tarot or something you can look it up. the style and details are inconsistent, some animals got extra legs, the usual AI stuff. i believe it's the case with the good amount of children books' illustrations, ad posters and basically all visual content now. bleak."
"Amazon charges an enormous rent of ~30% of gross revenue. Etsy upped their rates bigly during covid. Fleabay did too and is a disaster zone."