Comments on: Selling on Etsy in 2023: Is It Worth It?

By: Cee

Cee — Sat, 05 Feb 2022 23:35:08 +0000

Etsy does not sell only vintage and handmade items. They allow people to sell junkie stuff that the seller just keeps ordering and stocking from other countries and places. UNFORTUNATELY. Also, they allow people to deceitfully write 14k,18k, 22k gold without mentioning that the product is only PLATED! Ugh. Yuck!
Etsy needs to monitor these falsely advertised items and kick them out.

By: Helena Fernandez Morano

Helena Fernandez Morano — Tue, 21 Dec 2021 20:09:17 +0000

In reply to Mike. I agree, Mike. If you are new to the world of ecommerce, Etsy is a good place to start, especially if the design aspects of your products qualify for Etsy. Glad to hear that you are growing your business and that you have reached more ecommerce channels!

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 19:04:42 +0000

I started by selling on Etsy, and while Amazon has way outpaced it in terms of sales, I keep my Etsy store up as it still provides a steady stream of sales.

My own experience was that it was MUCH easier to get started on Etsy as someone new to ecom, and because Etsy has a lot of pre-existing traffic / customers, it was a good way to launch a product and find out if there was interest in it.

Once I had proof that my products were selling on Etsy I knew it was worth building out a Shopify store and going through the hoops to get set up on Amazon.

Definitely a worthwhile channel, and I think their definition of what’s “handmade” has a lot of stretch in it. I create products that are made in China, but they’re well designed products and the design aspect qualifies them for Etsy…