▲ 140 ▼ Etsy lays off 225 workers after ‘essentially flat’ sales, says CEO | Business (www.theguardian.com) submitted 2 years ago by L4s@lemmy.world [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world 34 comments fedilink hide all child comments Etsy lays off 225 workers after ‘essentially flat’ sales, says CEO | Business::Staff notified via livestream Wednesday by Josh Silverman, who acknowledged ‘unfortunate’ timing during holiday season
[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) I mansure that seller profits have gone down sunstabtially permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] alouhoo@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago (1 child) I don't know why you're downvoted - maybe your typos confused folks.... But, as a seller on Etsy my sales have dropped off tremendously. All the Etsy fees we pay have only increased and it's also now a wasteland of aliexpress dropshipped goods in their efforts to compete with Amazon instead of dialing up an alt to Amazon all because of shareholders. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago Over a long while and several revisions, I prepared a 3D model of the time baton from the Loki series - complete with electronics, lights, etc. Almost immediately after I was done, Etsy raised their fees 30%. I never bothered trying to sell it because that destroyed my profit margin. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] alouhoo@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago (1 child) I don't know why you're downvoted - maybe your typos confused folks.... But, as a seller on Etsy my sales have dropped off tremendously. All the Etsy fees we pay have only increased and it's also now a wasteland of aliexpress dropshipped goods in their efforts to compete with Amazon instead of dialing up an alt to Amazon all because of shareholders. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago Over a long while and several revisions, I prepared a 3D model of the time baton from the Loki series - complete with electronics, lights, etc. Almost immediately after I was done, Etsy raised their fees 30%. I never bothered trying to sell it because that destroyed my profit margin. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago Over a long while and several revisions, I prepared a 3D model of the time baton from the Loki series - complete with electronics, lights, etc. Almost immediately after I was done, Etsy raised their fees 30%. I never bothered trying to sell it because that destroyed my profit margin. permalink fedilink source parent