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soolin
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edited 15 August 2014 at 4:15PM in Ebay, auctions, car boot sales, post & parcels
I am struggling to find any FAQs for Etsy- I have read all the bits I can find about fees etc, but I am obviously being dense as I can't find anything about terms/conditions rules etc.

The one thing I really want to know is whether I can turn off my Etsy shop, as I can with my ebay one.
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  • soolin
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    EDIT- having looked for ages I just found FAQs quite by accident when looking for something else!
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  • supersaver09
    supersaver09 Posts: 635 Forumite
    ...."whether I can turn my Etsy shop".
    Not sure what you mean by this Soolin?
    Maybe i'm the thick one. :o
  • soolin
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    supersaver09 wrote: »
    ...."whether I can turn my Etsy shop".
    Not sure what you mean by this Soolin?
    Maybe i'm the thick one. :o

    apologies, the word 'off' disappeared!
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  • supersaver09
    supersaver09 Posts: 635 Forumite
    soolin wrote: »
    apologies, the word 'off' disappeared!
    Oh, OK. :D
  • soolin
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    supersaver09 wrote: »
    Oh, OK. :D

    not exciting at all :rotfl:
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  • soolin
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    Just an update- I have made my first sale! Basically that makes it a better selling site for me than ebid based on numbers listed and speed of sale.

    The fees were higher than I anticipated, approx 11-12% , payment seems to have gone via etsy payments , but comparable with ebay once you take into account both ebay and paypal fees.

    I just wish I had more to list but I am struggling to define very much of my stock as 'hand made' and I have less than a handful of things listed
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  • sequence
    sequence Posts: 1,877 Forumite
    Have you tried folksy as well ? It's virtually identical to etsy except it's UK based. I've sold more on there than on etsy.
  • soolin
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    sequence wrote: »
    Have you tried folksy as well ? It's virtually identical to etsy except it's UK based. I've sold more on there than on etsy.

    OOh thank you, I'll give them a go as well. I'm really trying to use other sites so that I am not 100% reliant on ebay
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  • RFW
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    soolin wrote: »
    Just an update- I have made my first sale! Basically that makes it a better selling site for me than ebid based on numbers listed and speed of sale.
    Well you had better luck than me, I could never get anything to be found on Etsy to sell it. I also don't have much that fits in so no great loss.

    As for Folksy, be careful on listing fees, it's slightly different to Ebay and isn't too clear. I ended up being charged £20 for a simple listing, I told them of my error and they said to pay it, then ask for a refund, I declined.
    From memory, I listed 100 of an item but was charged for 100 individual listings. It's a couple of years ago so they may have changed it.
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  • sequence
    sequence Posts: 1,877 Forumite
    Yes, RFW is right about the listing fees - you get charged a listing fee per item rather then per listing. It is a sensible policy though from them, considering what they're trying to be (not a mass produced tat market like ebay).
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