It's official! My shops at Etsy are empty. I haven't yet moved everything into my ArtFire shop, but I'm getting there. :) So--if you are looking for something you faved or liked at either Bebopgirl1969Jewelry or Planet Blythe, it either is or will be at my ArtFire shop now--everything is under the name Bebopgirl1969Jewelry, all in one shop.
I want to reiterate that I have nothing against the sellers at Etsy; I will still shop there. I have no desire to punish the Sellers.
I had a lot of issues with Etsy's ethics--see here: http://clutchmagonline.com/2010/12/%E2%80%9Crape%E2%80%9D-congratulations-card-on-sale-at-etsy/
http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2011/01/07/jvm.greeting.cards.hln
At least Etsy revised its policies: http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/cab/abn/y11/m01/i17/s04 --but still.
Then there was this craziness: http://tryhandmade.com/calling-out-buyers-shopping-privacy-the-new-etsy/
Of course, Etsy responded to that, too, by making it impossible for Sellers to see Buyers feedback. Real helpful (sarcasm!).
Then there are all the mutings at the forums, the changes that don't need to be made (ie all the Social features), and the ignoring of all the changes that do need to be made (a DECENT search function, anyone?). All the ways to lead people out of shops. The mass amount of info that does not help me shop--or sell. All the ignoring of sellers' concerns...it all got to be too much for me. I just didn't want to be part of it.
I don't want this to turn into a debate--I just wanted to explain why I moved from a site where I had decent success to another place where I am also having decent success (and why I didn't decide to be at both places).
*Does anyone know how to get links to be clickable here? When I use the link button, nothing shows up in my post...??? And when I post a link as copied from the net, it isn't clickable...
