Thousands of sellers on the popular global marketplace Etsy have thrown their support behind an online strike to protest what they describe as unfair and costly changes to the platform.
, opting to either put their online stores on "vacation mode," effectively hiding them, or declaring their support for the effort.for the company, among them the cancellation of a 30-per-cent transaction fee increase that also came into effect Monday.on the total amount of an order from five per cent to 6.5 per cent.
Despite singing its praises in the early days, she says she has seen Etsy gradually change over time, focusing more on growth and profits. "But as an organized front of people, determined to use our diverse skills and boundless creativity to win ourselves a fairer deal, Etsy won't have such an easy time shoving us around."
The latter, she says, can be expensive for sellers, while those who do join the program are promoted more often.And with more people supporting small businesses through Etsy, which at one point in the pandemic sawlaid off 15 per cent of its workforce"I guess it doesn't affect my livelihood very much, but I do find it quite frustrating, especially with their record profits," she said.
Kasper says, given the amount of money Etsy has made throughout the pandemic, it doesn't make sense for them to charge sellers more in order to improve the platform.
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