@inarticulatequilter Here's some examples of the embossed aluminium earrings. They were really cool to make... but I never made any more after the initial batch, since nobody bought them (back before I gave up on my #Etsy store completely.)
Any Etsy sellers out there using their api to manage orders ? Did you recently lost access to the most basic infos ? ( Like customer adresses for shipping ).
More #Etsy grief...
Me: You sent me email demanding I do X. Last time I did X, your system stopped collecting all sales taxes on sales to Canadian buyers, and I had to pay them out of my pocket, resulting in me losing money on every sale. Has this issue been fixed?
Etsy human support (apparently): We think your question is answered by this canned FAQ on shipping costs.
The Etsy seller interface where I purchase the postage to send it then has the gall to look at the Canada Post delivery date estimate and tell me that "This may be late for the buyer's expected date", and expecting me to just upgrade the shipping, at my cost, to international air parcel.
Argh! I don't sell my kits to make money, I do it to help people get into hobby electronics. I sure don't do it to lose $20 on each kit by paying the shipping upcharge out of my pocket!
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LB: if you buy from Etsy, which sucks and is pretty hostile to the creatives who sell on the site, please consider using https://artisans.coop instead. It’s a co-op in the truest sense of the term, in that the organization is run and governed by the artists on the platform. Spread the word!
#Art #Artists #Artisans #Creatives #HolidayGifts #ChristmasGifts #Etsy #EtsySucks #EtsyStrike
@coopartisans has a blog post out on the business case for membership:
https://artisans.coop/blog/why-membership-matters/
#ArtisansCoop #cooperatives #memberowned #noshareholders #noinvestors #communityfunded #etsysucks #cooperativealternative
When it comes to cooperative ownership, we’re asking everyone to take a bet on a collective vision and make an investment in a shared future. Even with a minimum contribution of $10USD, we recognize this is NOT a small ask. That’s why in this post we’re going to make the business case for Artisans Cooperative.
@coopartisans has reached 73% of their funding goal for the end of the month! Will *you, (yes, you!) join the effort to develop an artisan-owned alternative to Etsy and their predatory practices?
https://artisans.coop/membership/
#artisans #etsysucks #cooperative #workerowned #ArtisansCoop
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