Etsy is trying to be more like Amazon. I’m going to start putting a disclaimer in my listing photos explaining that Etsys estimated dates may not reflect accurate delivery times and to refer to their tracking.
I read this announcement last week. The messing around with shipping times is super frustrating and just down ignorant on their part. As a buyer if I saw a ship date that’s the same as the delivery date I’d assume it was a mistake, but I use common sense. Not to mention the last couple of online orders I’ve placed with other larger retailers, I’ve been advised shipping and delivery times are taking longer right now. As always thanks for your advice and for making these videos to bring awareness to these issues. 😊
I noticed that even when I fulfill an order the same day, a note pops up when shipping that it "could arrive late". This just started happening a few weeks ago even though my processing days are 3-5 days! Crazy!
Thanks for the update. My processing time is 1-3 days (in one of my shops) and there's a blue box in my Etsy shipping settings showing that I actually have been shipping in 1-2 days so that's what they want to use. I am someone who works evening hours so I'm always buying labels the night before shipment and then my daughter drops them at the PO on her way to work the next day since she is going that way anyway. So it sounds like buying labels the night before may be why it's making it look like I ship faster than I do. And, I guess, so much for building in an extra day in case of "life happening."
At the rate Etsy is going, they’re making it easier for me to build my own website. They keep moving the goalpost around and it’s becoming too stressful.
Things are taking WAAAAY longer to get where they are supposed to go using Priority Mail. Had one order take a MONTH to go to a town 50 miles from me. Thought it was lost and sent a replacement which got there a bit quicker but...TEN DAYS? So etsy's delivery estimates you may as well toss out the window.
Well (taking your advice from the beginning of this video) I just went over to Etsy to close down my 2 inactive shops. I logged in, fine, went to my settings, fine, but when I clicked "close shop" I got a 404 Error. Twice. So I don't know if they were successfully closed or not. *sigh*
Thank you Kara! I just had an order marked that it would be delivered on the day I was physically taking it to the post office. My processing and shipping times were incorrectly redone. Thankfully I caught this and contacted the customer informing them there was a system "Etsy" error. The site is just getting ridiculous. It doesn't seem like Etsy is concerned with longevity as this kind of thing can really hurt a business long term.
Australia Post has just announced that anything that is not a parcel (ie domestic tracking) are now only going to be delivered every second day. It's all getting ridiculous.
Etsy has been doing that for a while now. I always send a message to my customers telling them the date Etsy has given for shipping and telling them that date will probably change and I will let them know when the order is ready to ship. Usually, I ship before that date and I have received notices from Etsy saying I should change my processing time since I ship earlier. I haven't done that. Those dates are there for a reason not the least of which I don't want to feel rushed making something handmade.
So that’s what happened! I have a 3-5 day processing time on my plushies because I live in a rural area and can only go to the post office like once a week. But it’s just kinda lucked out that I tend to ship things after two days. But recently I had to ship on the fourth day because of some personal stuff and it kept saying it would arrive late and messed up the Star Seller requirements so I didn’t hit it this month.
I received an order at 11pm at night and got up in the morning to ship it. It told me it’d arrive later than the customer expected. Did they expect me to ship it in the middle of the night? Or for mail to pick up?
Oh my goodness that's why! I got a message complaining the customer hadn't received their order, when it clearly states its still in transit. 😬 The item got there a day or so later but now I'm crossing my fingers they don't leave a bad review 😕
I checked mine too late, and had my shop's shipping rating drop to a 4.9 from a 5.0. I had skipped weekends on my processing/ship and they magically reappeared. Of all the things they need to fix on Etsy, they are focusing on this. And are making a mess of it I might add.
I agree. The shipping thing is weird. It's like they are trying to be like Amazon. Customers are going to get mad and you can't be a "star Seller", which in turn makes us look bad. I ship fast, but I can't teleport the product in 24 hours.
The delivery estimates are so unreal. I have it set for standard shipping USPS for the extra time, and USPS is still unable to get things to customers on time. I’m sending Priority or UPS, and it’s still not getting there by the last date. My processing is 1-3 days.
What they’re doing with the shipping dates is going to backfire as sellers are going to start taking more time to ship to increase that average shipping bubble. 🤦♀️
I also had Etsy change all my listings from manual renewal to automatic renewal. I found how when something renewed that I was planning on discontinuing.
7:40 when getting my lable ready...lets say it's Sunday, well mail doesn't move around here on Sunday. I put it for the day I plan on shipping like Monday when the post office is open.
I've noticed for a while now that the etsy date range predicts delivery within the timeframe of my processing days. Even clear across the country. Now I know why...under the guise of No Good Deed Goes Unpunished, the knowledge of why this is happening only encourages a seller to ship at the end of their processing timeframe instead of the beginning.
OMG I got an order late evening and had to print the shipping label so it would be ready when I leave at 5am . 4 minutes after the Order came in etsy said the package may be late!!!!! WTH
I have that all the time. I believe its because Etsy isn't giving me an option to use "ground advantage" in my shipping profiles - so its still going off of First Class times. Thats the best explanation I can think of.
yup, I've checked, etsy is telling my US customers (I'm in Ireland) that if I send something out on the 22nd, the earliest they will get it is the 25th... while my shipping times are set up for 1-2 weeks... what a joke; but I did noticed that some time ago, I do have to put sth about those unrealistic times in the announcement AND the order message
I had processing times to be 5-7 days and I got a message that my average shipping time was 1-2 days and it was asking if I wanted to change them. I just closed the message and nothing was changed 🤔 but I’m going to be checking from now on
I have had hundreds of those messages (like one every day). I just close them. I have 3-5 days processing time and it will stay like that. I want a cushion if something happens… and it always will. I ship almost 100% international. Customers know it takes time. But often 7-10 days to US or less than a week to Japan from Denmark… pretty good I think
I had in influx of orders so I'm processing slower than what Etsy thinks my average shipping times are and now I have 14 orders due to ship within a week and its stressing me out! This is going to be a major headache around the holidays.
Just checked. It shows a delivery window of April 18-29. 😂 This is on a POD journal. It takes 2-3 days for production alone, and even if I had them in hand, less than 48 hours for delivery? In whose universe? -Elizabeth
My small packages sent by USPS must go through the Atlanta Regional Processing Center in Palmetto, GA, which has been a nightmare since it opened the end of Feb. There are several other regional centers in the same mess, thanks to the US Postmaster General and his poor planning. I had one package take 6 WEEKS to finally get to my customer, but I had gone to my local post office after tracking showed it had not even been accepted for 10 days, the earliest they can begin a search for a missing item. That is when I learned about the turmoil at the new facility. I informed my customer, who was very understanding, and thankfully it was not an item she needed urgently. She still left me a glowing 5 star review after receiving her order. You all might want to check into the condition of the regional USPS facilities that process your outgoing mail as this was so terrible Congress is investigating and they are even appalled at the poor service.
If you’re in the UK you’re expected delivery is the day before. Plus Royal Mail keep striking and some items are taking weeks to arrive! It’s not realistic at all
I have had 3 messages from customers in the past 3 days complaining about items not arriving "in time" and I now understand why, Etsy's estimates have been completely unrealistic and even though I have my own delivery information in the descriptions of items and in an image in every listing customers don't read this and just expect Etsy's estimate time to be correct. Also when telling customs we don't have control over the estimate Etsy provides I've been told multiple times now that they think i'm lying to cover my back and demanding refunds... It's such a difficult situation at the moment.
They're not guessing. They're grandstanding to make sure YOU look like the bad guy while they're the knight in shining armor... with a bigger profit margin.
My processing currently is 6-10 days or 8-10 days and when really busy 1-2 weeks. I consistently send on the last day or day before last. I had many of those messages about including weekends on my dash but never ok'd it. Kept it all status quo. Etsy has not changed my times that I can see, and from what I can tell I have not seen any of those it may arrive late messages. Writing this because I find it interesting that it seems many who ship quick or earlier than the latest day are seeing this it may be late message.
What do you think about this situation? I'm basically in tears. The item costs $25 and shipping costs $13.17. As far as I remember, I don't offer free shipping, much less USPS Priority Mail
If it says that "the customer asked for priority shipping" but they didn't pay for it, that's probably Etsy's system taking the weight of the item and using that to think that it HAS to go priority. If the customer didn't pay for priority and the package isn't that heavy, you don't need to send it priority.
The product weighs 9 oz. I have a record of sending the product quickly, because I do a farmer's market, I always have it available. but I'm really frustrated it doesn't make sense@@KaraBuntinTutorials
Their platform used to be for handmade and independant sellers, you now need to be small company to survive and not feel like a sweat shop 24/7. I hate their AI stuff - its not perfected, doesn't think as shown in this example again, its just not logical - humans would see common sense on this issue and others. Instead they are just relying on bots to rule the platform and leaving us suffering the consequences. I'm actually scared every time I see something from etsy come into my inbox and I don't believe its right us sellers are left feeling this way. Thank you for letting us know about this Kara in your video, I hope buyers learn about this stuff and treat us more like human beings than those running the site.
Regarding the inactive shop… I think I accidentally set up my first account as a shop as it wasn’t as straightforward back then, 2008. Or maybe it was just me. I use that account for shopping on Etsy privately, would that be a problem?
Those who make the rule just sitting in the office and chit-chating with their boss. They never sell item or send any item in their entire life. just write ridiculous rule to please their boss. Put all suffer to saller to please their customer who have more understanding than
I don’t know why Etsy is so concerned with ship times! When I’m expecting to receive an order, often from India, the tracking and reports of movement of package is TERRIBLE! Unreliable and confusing. So I don’t check. Why worry about it. This has been the case for many months.
At this rate, they can start sculpting dragons instead of me. Good luck 😅 Petty comment, I know. I had a next day -xy date shown for an item that takes a week of processing (cause tiny dragon scales won't make themselves). As there have been times I had a couple extra from art fairs or canceled orders in stock. Just silly. But I'm so used to Etsy by now. 🤷
Ship by date is the latest you can ship … if you have 1-2 days processing time I guess it is true that a customer could get it on the 16th if you ship on the 15th. If your delivery times are for example 1-3 days. Or am I not understanding that?
Ship by date should be the latest date in your processing time, which in this situation was the 16th, so that's right. What's wrong is that the customer chose a shipping method that can take up to 5 days, and Etsy is telling them that they'll get it the same day I'm supposed to mail it at the earliest, and three days after that as the latest date. Totally inaccurate.
Yes, and human nature being what it is, customers will always take note of the first date, not the last. If Etsy wants to imitate the big A, why don't they do what A does and just use the latest expected delivery date?!
Ok I’m usually all about rolling with the punches on etsy but this gift recipients messaging is very annoying, now I’m supposed to deal with 2 times as meany messages, and also deal with miscommunications between the gift sender and recipient? No other marketplace does that. One thing to consider with the shop closed for 4 years is a health related or family emergency situation which forces you to put shop on vacation. I had my shop on vacation for a few years as I dealt with a brain injury and would have been furious if my shop was closed. It’s not unreasonable for them to close inactive shops, but this info should be really clear in signing up for a new shop, and other places, because I can’t be the only person that has life events get in the way of a shop like care taking, injury, having kids etc. Im not sure if what you are talking about applies to vacation status or just empty shops with no listings.
This video is the final straw. I was partway into setting up an Etsy shop when I began to find videos about recent changes they've made, as well as more history of the "reasons" they have for shutting down sellers. Now that they've decided that I have to be a high-speed robot to ship things so they look better to investors... I'm eliminating my account and looking into alternatives (and I know there *are* alternatives). RIP Etsy, we knew ye well... >:-(
All the sites give these magic carpet delivery estimates!! Same thing in ebay. Delivery estimate can be same as shipping date. The sites are run by morons!
My processing times and delivery dates have always been and STILL are accurate. I checked other shops who sell in my niche, same POD partners and theirs are pretty accurate too. I guess in hand-shipped items and different processing times (over time) come into play. This will suck for everyone selling food, seeds, wedding stuff. I can see why you're frustrated.
Nope, Impossible for me to offer free shipping and particularly expensive for anything bigger than a letter. A lot of my interest comes from the USA and to get it there gets more expesive by the day, If I gave free shipping it would be a fold of me after all their fees, materials etc. It also means it is impossible for me to get better views as listing exposure is also exchanged for perks such as free shipping to USA which has been the situation for a couple years now, so I automatically know that because I cannot afford to do something at the moment that I get what is becoming an increasingly raw deal.
Good thing I usually ship my orders on the last day. Occasionally I will ship early, but only by a day, rarely more than that. They can look at my shipping history and not see much difference. I thought I saw an order recently on my 'orders' page have a date range of when it needed to ship. Everything now shows what it used to show, so I don't know if what I think I saw was actually there.
Etsy doesn’t ship anything, they site is made up of millions of individual sellers who all work on their own schedules. I ship things the day after they’re ordered and sometimes the same day…. It sounds like you got unlucky and bought things from bad sellers, but most people in there aren’t like that.
Depends on who you by from. I shipped everything the same day (Except on weekends, but I prepped it to mail). Etsy in of as itself does not ship anything. The shop owners are responsible for shipping and most give a time frame in their shop.
@@HerIndulgenceGlow Ah, okay, I read that as the owner of etsy, which didn't make sense. But most Etsy sellers who I know aren't the ones who take forever to mail things, we get things out pretty quickly.
Etsy is trying to be more like Amazon. I’m going to start putting a disclaimer in my listing photos explaining that Etsys estimated dates may not reflect accurate delivery times and to refer to their tracking.
I read this announcement last week. The messing around with shipping times is super frustrating and just down ignorant on their part. As a buyer if I saw a ship date that’s the same as the delivery date I’d assume it was a mistake, but I use common sense. Not to mention the last couple of online orders I’ve placed with other larger retailers, I’ve been advised shipping and delivery times are taking longer right now. As always thanks for your advice and for making these videos to bring awareness to these issues. 😊
I noticed that even when I fulfill an order the same day, a note pops up when shipping that it "could arrive late". This just started happening a few weeks ago even though my processing days are 3-5 days! Crazy!
Thanks for the update. My processing time is 1-3 days (in one of my shops) and there's a blue box in my Etsy shipping settings showing that I actually have been shipping in 1-2 days so that's what they want to use. I am someone who works evening hours so I'm always buying labels the night before shipment and then my daughter drops them at the PO on her way to work the next day since she is going that way anyway. So it sounds like buying labels the night before may be why it's making it look like I ship faster than I do. And, I guess, so much for building in an extra day in case of "life happening."
At the rate Etsy is going, they’re making it easier for me to build my own website. They keep moving the goalpost around and it’s becoming too stressful.
I'm so tired of it, honestly.
After a long period of weighing the pros and cons I closed both my stores in December after 11 years on etsy. It was getting to be too much.
Exactly
Big facts
Things are taking WAAAAY longer to get where they are supposed to go using Priority Mail. Had one order take a MONTH to go to a town 50 miles from me. Thought it was lost and sent a replacement which got there a bit quicker but...TEN DAYS? So etsy's delivery estimates you may as well toss out the window.
I've been saying "it's ridiculous" about Etsy a lot more than usual.
Well (taking your advice from the beginning of this video) I just went over to Etsy to close down my 2 inactive shops. I logged in, fine, went to my settings, fine, but when I clicked "close shop" I got a 404 Error. Twice. So I don't know if they were successfully closed or not. *sigh*
Thank you Kara! I just had an order marked that it would be delivered on the day I was physically taking it to the post office. My processing and shipping times were incorrectly redone. Thankfully I caught this and contacted the customer informing them there was a system "Etsy" error. The site is just getting ridiculous. It doesn't seem like Etsy is concerned with longevity as this kind of thing can really hurt a business long term.
Absolutely. Customers won't buy if they get orders that arrive "late" even if it's an unreasonably short estimate they're given.
Australia Post has just announced that anything that is not a parcel (ie domestic tracking) are now only going to be delivered every second day. It's all getting ridiculous.
Etsy has been doing that for a while now. I always send a message to my customers telling them the date Etsy has given for shipping and telling them that date will probably change and I will let them know when the order is ready to ship. Usually, I ship before that date and I have received notices from Etsy saying I should change my processing time since I ship earlier. I haven't done that. Those dates are there for a reason not the least of which I don't want to feel rushed making something handmade.
So that’s what happened! I have a 3-5 day processing time on my plushies because I live in a rural area and can only go to the post office like once a week. But it’s just kinda lucked out that I tend to ship things after two days. But recently I had to ship on the fourth day because of some personal stuff and it kept saying it would arrive late and messed up the Star Seller requirements so I didn’t hit it this month.
Geez
I received an order at 11pm at night and got up in the morning to ship it. It told me it’d arrive later than the customer expected. Did they expect me to ship it in the middle of the night? Or for mail to pick up?
Oh my goodness that's why! I got a message complaining the customer hadn't received their order, when it clearly states its still in transit. 😬 The item got there a day or so later but now I'm crossing my fingers they don't leave a bad review 😕
I checked mine too late, and had my shop's shipping rating drop to a 4.9 from a 5.0. I had skipped weekends on my processing/ship and they magically reappeared. Of all the things they need to fix on Etsy, they are focusing on this. And are making a mess of it I might add.
Now they're sending me messages on the dashboard telling me to drop my processing times more.
I agree. The shipping thing is weird. It's like they are trying to be like Amazon. Customers are going to get mad and you can't be a "star Seller", which in turn makes us look bad. I ship fast, but I can't teleport the product in 24 hours.
The delivery estimates are so unreal. I have it set for standard shipping USPS for the extra time, and USPS is still unable to get things to customers on time. I’m sending Priority or UPS, and it’s still not getting there by the last date. My processing is 1-3 days.
What they’re doing with the shipping dates is going to backfire as sellers are going to start taking more time to ship to increase that average shipping bubble. 🤦♀️
I was thinkign of doing that myself!
I also had Etsy change all my listings from manual renewal to automatic renewal. I found how when something renewed that I was planning on discontinuing.
7:40 when getting my lable ready...lets say it's Sunday, well mail doesn't move around here on Sunday. I put it for the day I plan on shipping like Monday when the post office is open.
I do that too, but Etsy marks it as fulfilled the day taht you buy the label, not the day the label is for. So I don't know how that figures into it.
I've noticed for a while now that the etsy date range predicts delivery within the timeframe of my processing days. Even clear across the country. Now I know why...under the guise of No Good Deed Goes Unpunished, the knowledge of why this is happening only encourages a seller to ship at the end of their processing timeframe instead of the beginning.
Yes it does! And today there's a message on my dashboard saying to drop my processing times!
OMG I got an order late evening and had to print the shipping label so it would be ready when I leave at 5am . 4 minutes after the Order came in etsy said the package may be late!!!!! WTH
Just ignore it, as long as you send it within your stated processing time it will be fine.
I ship same day and for some reason I get a message that it might arrive late
It's ridiculous.
I have that all the time. I believe its because Etsy isn't giving me an option to use "ground advantage" in my shipping profiles - so its still going off of First Class times. Thats the best explanation I can think of.
yup, I've checked, etsy is telling my US customers (I'm in Ireland) that if I send something out on the 22nd, the earliest they will get it is the 25th... while my shipping times are set up for 1-2 weeks... what a joke; but I did noticed that some time ago, I do have to put sth about those unrealistic times in the announcement AND the order message
That's absurd, someone at Etsy needs to check themselves.
I had processing times to be 5-7 days and I got a message that my average shipping time was 1-2 days and it was asking if I wanted to change them. I just closed the message and nothing was changed 🤔 but I’m going to be checking from now on
I have had hundreds of those messages (like one every day). I just close them. I have 3-5 days processing time and it will stay like that. I want a cushion if something happens… and it always will. I ship almost 100% international. Customers know it takes time. But often 7-10 days to US or less than a week to Japan from Denmark… pretty good I think
This won’t go well for busy seasons for certain shops. My processing time is longer around November but off season I can ship faster.😏
I'm thinking about extending my processing times to see what happens to the estimates. Probably nothing.
This is also not good for print on demand as we can’t control the shipping times, it’s often very quick but can really vary.
I had in influx of orders so I'm processing slower than what Etsy thinks my average shipping times are and now I have 14 orders due to ship within a week and its stressing me out! This is going to be a major headache around the holidays.
You can extend your processing times if you need to. It’s better to do that than to ship things late.
Just checked. It shows a delivery window of April 18-29. 😂 This is on a POD journal. It takes 2-3 days for production alone, and even if I had them in hand, less than 48 hours for delivery? In whose universe? -Elizabeth
My small packages sent by USPS must go through the Atlanta Regional Processing Center in Palmetto, GA, which has been a nightmare since it opened the end of Feb. There are several other regional centers in the same mess, thanks to the US Postmaster General and his poor planning. I had one package take 6 WEEKS to finally get to my customer, but I had gone to my local post office after tracking showed it had not even been accepted for 10 days, the earliest they can begin a search for a missing item. That is when I learned about the turmoil at the new facility. I informed my customer, who was very understanding, and thankfully it was not an item she needed urgently. She still left me a glowing 5 star review after receiving her order. You all might want to check into the condition of the regional USPS facilities that process your outgoing mail as this was so terrible Congress is investigating and they are even appalled at the poor service.
Just watched your Senator talking about this. Quite a nightmre!
If you’re in the UK you’re expected delivery is the day before. Plus Royal Mail keep striking and some items are taking weeks to arrive! It’s not realistic at all
I have had 3 messages from customers in the past 3 days complaining about items not arriving "in time" and I now understand why, Etsy's estimates have been completely unrealistic and even though I have my own delivery information in the descriptions of items and in an image in every listing customers don't read this and just expect Etsy's estimate time to be correct.
Also when telling customs we don't have control over the estimate Etsy provides I've been told multiple times now that they think i'm lying to cover my back and demanding refunds...
It's such a difficult situation at the moment.
It’s ridiculous.
I can even ship the same day and Etsy will say it might be late. I'm sick of their guessing.
They're not guessing. They're grandstanding to make sure YOU look like the bad guy while they're the knight in shining armor... with a bigger profit margin.
@@nairbvel That sounds about right!!
My processing currently is 6-10 days or 8-10 days and when really busy 1-2 weeks. I consistently send on the last day or day before last. I had many of those messages about including weekends on my dash but never ok'd it. Kept it all status quo. Etsy has not changed my times that I can see, and from what I can tell I have not seen any of those it may arrive late messages. Writing this because I find it interesting that it seems many who ship quick or earlier than the latest day are seeing this it may be late message.
What do you think about this situation? I'm basically in tears. The item costs $25 and shipping costs $13.17. As far as I remember, I don't offer free shipping, much less USPS Priority Mail
If it says that "the customer asked for priority shipping" but they didn't pay for it, that's probably Etsy's system taking the weight of the item and using that to think that it HAS to go priority. If the customer didn't pay for priority and the package isn't that heavy, you don't need to send it priority.
The product weighs 9 oz. I have a record of sending the product quickly, because I do a farmer's market, I always have it available. but I'm really frustrated it doesn't make sense@@KaraBuntinTutorials
Their platform used to be for handmade and independant sellers, you now need to be small company to survive and not feel like a sweat shop 24/7. I hate their AI stuff - its not perfected, doesn't think as shown in this example again, its just not logical - humans would see common sense on this issue and others. Instead they are just relying on bots to rule the platform and leaving us suffering the consequences. I'm actually scared every time I see something from etsy come into my inbox and I don't believe its right us sellers are left feeling this way. Thank you for letting us know about this Kara in your video, I hope buyers learn about this stuff and treat us more like human beings than those running the site.
Regarding the inactive shop… I think I accidentally set up my first account as a shop as it wasn’t as straightforward back then, 2008. Or maybe it was just me. I use that account for shopping on Etsy privately, would that be a problem?
Those who make the rule just sitting in the office and chit-chating with their boss. They never sell item or send any item in their entire life. just write ridiculous rule to please their boss. Put all suffer to saller to please their customer who have more understanding than
pretty much.
Thank you for the update
You bet
I don’t know why Etsy is so concerned with ship times! When I’m expecting to receive an order, often from India, the tracking and reports of movement of package is TERRIBLE! Unreliable and confusing. So I don’t check. Why worry about it. This has been the case for many months.
They say taht they'll neer be Amazon one-day shipping, but they definitely want to be that.
At this rate, they can start sculpting dragons instead of me. Good luck 😅
Petty comment, I know. I had a next day -xy date shown for an item that takes a week of processing (cause tiny dragon scales won't make themselves). As there have been times I had a couple extra from art fairs or canceled orders in stock. Just silly. But I'm so used to Etsy by now. 🤷
Ship by date is the latest you can ship … if you have 1-2 days processing time I guess it is true that a customer could get it on the 16th if you ship on the 15th. If your delivery times are for example 1-3 days. Or am I not understanding that?
Ship by date should be the latest date in your processing time, which in this situation was the 16th, so that's right. What's wrong is that the customer chose a shipping method that can take up to 5 days, and Etsy is telling them that they'll get it the same day I'm supposed to mail it at the earliest, and three days after that as the latest date. Totally inaccurate.
I think it's only for accounts that haven't been used, so as long as you've used it that should be fine.
@@KaraBuntinTutorialsYes that’s rubbish or ….(insert craptruck emoji here)
Yes, and human nature being what it is, customers will always take note of the first date, not the last. If Etsy wants to imitate the big A, why don't they do what A does and just use the latest expected delivery date?!
Ok I’m usually all about rolling with the punches on etsy but this gift recipients messaging is very annoying, now I’m supposed to deal with 2 times as meany messages, and also deal with miscommunications between the gift sender and recipient? No other marketplace does that.
One thing to consider with the shop closed for 4 years is a health related or family emergency situation which forces you to put shop on vacation. I had my shop on vacation for a few years as I dealt with a brain injury and would have been furious if my shop was closed. It’s not unreasonable for them to close inactive shops, but this info should be really clear in signing up for a new shop, and other places, because I can’t be the only person that has life events get in the way of a shop like care taking, injury, having kids etc. Im not sure if what you are talking about applies to vacation status or just empty shops with no listings.
It says that it's inactive shops, so I would assume it's any shop that hasn't had any activity in the 4 years??? It wasn't specific.
This video is the final straw. I was partway into setting up an Etsy shop when I began to find videos about recent changes they've made, as well as more history of the "reasons" they have for shutting down sellers. Now that they've decided that I have to be a high-speed robot to ship things so they look better to investors... I'm eliminating my account and looking into alternatives (and I know there *are* alternatives). RIP Etsy, we knew ye well... >:-(
All the sites give these magic carpet delivery estimates!! Same thing in ebay. Delivery estimate can be same as shipping date. The sites are run by morons!
Geez! Why don’t they make changes that make a positive change…like mass produced items.
My processing times and delivery dates have always been and STILL are accurate. I checked other shops who sell in my niche, same POD partners and theirs are pretty accurate too. I guess in hand-shipped items and different processing times (over time) come into play. This will suck for everyone selling food, seeds, wedding stuff. I can see why you're frustrated.
I've heard from people who get an order and a notification that it's going to be delivered late is on the order the first day it's received!
Take that GIFT MODE down! Another thing. Fellow sellers: Do you offer free shipping? It's no longer highlighted in green on search result pages!!!
I offer free shipping on some listings and not on others. Honestly haven’t noticed a difference in sales or clicks.
@@itsbomber8390 I have.. it's ridiculous, and most Def an error
Not me particularly
I have the $35 free shipping guarantee, but not free shipping on each item. I don't see any difference in sales.
Nope, Impossible for me to offer free shipping and particularly expensive for anything bigger than a letter. A lot of my interest comes from the USA and to get it there gets more expesive by the day, If I gave free shipping it would be a fold of me after all their fees, materials etc. It also means it is impossible for me to get better views as listing exposure is also exchanged for perks such as free shipping to USA which has been the situation for a couple years now, so I automatically know that because I cannot afford to do something at the moment that I get what is becoming an increasingly raw deal.
Good thing I usually ship my orders on the last day. Occasionally I will ship early, but only by a day, rarely more than that.
They can look at my shipping history and not see much difference.
I thought I saw an order recently on my 'orders' page have a date range of when it needed to ship. Everything now shows what it used to show, so I don't know if what I think I saw was actually there.
I usually ship faster than the processing time, but that might change.
Just curious, does this apply to sellers in India and China?
Which part?
I hate Esty the owners take 30 years to ship what you purchased from them
Etsy doesn’t ship anything, they site is made up of millions of individual sellers who all work on their own schedules. I ship things the day after they’re ordered and sometimes the same day…. It sounds like you got unlucky and bought things from bad sellers, but most people in there aren’t like that.
Depends on who you by from. I shipped everything the same day (Except on weekends, but I prepped it to mail). Etsy in of as itself does not ship anything. The shop owners are responsible for shipping and most give a time frame in their shop.
@@KaraBuntinTutorials Who said Etsy. I said the owner.
@@HerIndulgenceGlow Ah, okay, I read that as the owner of etsy, which didn't make sense. But most Etsy sellers who I know aren't the ones who take forever to mail things, we get things out pretty quickly.
@joan-lisa-smith I’ve purchased digital planners,candle making workbooks and some candles supplies.