Hi all,
I opened my first Etsy shop a few months ago. They verify about me & my business after signup. After verification, they approved my Etsy shop. I added all of my listings & started selling. When I didn't get any sales, after a few days, I decided to promote my shop on their advertising system. I spent about one month on their ads. I still haven't had any sales after the advertisement. After a month, I stopped advertising, too, as I was not getting any sales. After three months, I got my first sale and was happy. I started to work on my first order immediately, and I informed the customer about when he delivered his order. It was night on my side. After starting on order, I fell asleep. In the morning, when I checked my emails, I saw an email from Etsy that they suspended my account & asked for more documents. So, I sent them the documents that they were asking for. They activate my account after checking the documents. Another morning, I got an email from Etsy saying they had permanently suspended my account. They say that the service I am selling is against their TOS, but hundreds of sellers have been selling the same service on their platform for years. Now I understand I was wasting my time and money on their platform. So, I didn't email them back about this issue. I left my account suspended.
Now I have decided to open my eCommerce shop & I set up a woo commerce shop. This forum helped me decide to set up my e-commerce shop & choose a platform. This time, I am more confident as no one stops me as it is my shop. The money I spend on ads is spent on my shop.
I share my story here to motivate people to consider not opening a shop on such platforms. I suggest you do not waste your money and time on such platforms as you do not own such platforms. Work on your platform. Open your eCommerce shop rather than using other platforms.
I hope it helps more people.
I opened my first Etsy shop a few months ago. They verify about me & my business after signup. After verification, they approved my Etsy shop. I added all of my listings & started selling. When I didn't get any sales, after a few days, I decided to promote my shop on their advertising system. I spent about one month on their ads. I still haven't had any sales after the advertisement. After a month, I stopped advertising, too, as I was not getting any sales. After three months, I got my first sale and was happy. I started to work on my first order immediately, and I informed the customer about when he delivered his order. It was night on my side. After starting on order, I fell asleep. In the morning, when I checked my emails, I saw an email from Etsy that they suspended my account & asked for more documents. So, I sent them the documents that they were asking for. They activate my account after checking the documents. Another morning, I got an email from Etsy saying they had permanently suspended my account. They say that the service I am selling is against their TOS, but hundreds of sellers have been selling the same service on their platform for years. Now I understand I was wasting my time and money on their platform. So, I didn't email them back about this issue. I left my account suspended.
Now I have decided to open my eCommerce shop & I set up a woo commerce shop. This forum helped me decide to set up my e-commerce shop & choose a platform. This time, I am more confident as no one stops me as it is my shop. The money I spend on ads is spent on my shop.
I share my story here to motivate people to consider not opening a shop on such platforms. I suggest you do not waste your money and time on such platforms as you do not own such platforms. Work on your platform. Open your eCommerce shop rather than using other platforms.
I hope it helps more people.