I have been using Etsy for years and love buying from small businesses. I’ve had nothing but positive experiences from the vendors and there are always so many new and creative items being posted every day. I prefer “doom scrolling” on Etsy to any other social media or seller platform. One thing I find very annoying is the massive amounts of updates I get. I don’t want to be notified every time a shop has an update. I want to be able to favorite a shop or item so that I can easily find them when I’m ready to make a purchase. Unfortunately, the only way to stop receiving the notifications is to unfavorite shops and items or to turn off app notifications altogether. I want to be notified if I get a message, though so that option is not favorable either. I get the marketing strategy, if you get a notification, you are more likely to open the app and, therefore, more likely to buy. However, I would rather unfavorite a shop or item to avoid the notifications. This is unfortunate for the shop owners because I know I’m not the only person who feels like this and it negatively impacts their sales. There are a lot of people who sell similar items and you aren’t guaranteed to easily find the same shop by searching for a particular item, unless you happen to remember the name of the shop. I wish there was a separate “follow” functionality if you do want to get those updates so favoriting items and shops could allow you to easily find and support particular sellers.

I absolutely love ETSY! It has just about everything I want and need. Granted some shops are quite a bit pricier than others, but if you look around you can find what you want for the right price. A lot of times things are on discount, or there are deals on things, such as buy 1-several get one free, or free shipping. I love shopping on here for my fur babies items, Collars, tags, leashes, TuTus, clothes and much more along with car decals. Keep in mind there are so many more things to shop for. Make sure you look at the shipping price, because unless you are set on that item it can be pricey, and you may be able to find it cheaper on here. I just ordered a window decal for me, which I have never had a decal before, but my son is going into the Marines, so I have to support him. It was only $6.00 and something cents for a 6”x6”, and free shipping. By the way it was on clearance. Can’t go wrong with that deal. I just hope I get it in a timely manner. Usually their shipping is fairly fast as well. Stay in contact with the seller if you are concerned you haven’t gotten it by the time it says you are going to get it, and I have only had one somewhat direct/rude seller. I still remained calm, and they kind of checked their attitude. 9x10 the seller has always been so kind, and honestly I have never received a product I didn’t like or expect. ETSY is the place to go when looking for specialized/embroidered/monogrammed/etc. products! Thank you for taking the time to read my review!

As a seller who does make jewelry and pattern clothing . Buyers please read!! It is impossible to get through the steel AI wall of accounts that has become the normal Etsy community. Etsy needs to let you (the buyer) know who’s account uses AI in anything. Reading the reviews i didn’t know how many people where effect by untrustworthy sellers. But buyers you need to be aware that sellers on here are not make a thing on here if they are starting small which 9/10 we are. If your wondering why so many account and drop shipping accounts charge so much for just simple things now, its because artisan’s have to choose between gaining any kind of profit at all and i mean $7-$10 in profit review (which isn’t a lot to keep things going in this economy) or screwing over the buyers which is you. Because Etsy allows us the sellers to set our own profits, yes but Etsy also at the same time wants their cut as well for using their platform which in some product cases can be over 50% of the products worth. So that cut gets handed down to you the buyer, which makes the products and items unfeasibly expensive for everyone. So please keep in mind buyers, the seller who are keeping their integrity to you are the accounts that are making absolutely nothing right now and are still trying to make it work on Etsy. But I understand as a buyer there aren’t any signs or warnings to tell you which account are trustworthy even if they use AI pictures or not. (Yes i gave it 5 stars because buyers need to be aware of this but also i believe etsy can be better and great)