![]() ![]() The amount of support we have gotten when we put this out into the world… people are sharing, it’s spreading entirely organically.”Ĭassidy started a petition, which now has more than 48,000 signatures from buyers and sellers, urging Etsy to “work with sellers, not against us.” The Rhode Island-based seamstress also references an advertising policy that took effect in February 2020, which makes it mandatory for sellers making more than $10,000 a year to allow Etsy to advertise their products on sites like Google, Facebook and Pinterest, taking at least 12% of every sale it refers. Cassidy concedes that 14,000 sellers isn’t a huge percentage of the marketplace’s 5.3 million active sellers, but she says, “It’s also quite a bit for just people trying to spread a movement online with no advertising. “We’re hoping to get Etsy’s attention that we are fed up,” said Kristi Cassidy, an organizer of the strike, in an interview with Yahoo! Finance. Starting today, more than 14,000 Etsy sellers are going on strike as the platform increases its transaction fees from 5% to 6.5%. ![]() If you’re in the market for funky trinkets and unique, handmade clothing, you might want to put off your shopping until next week.
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