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Babel wrote:
Etsy has done something with their algorithm, so I keep getting rly nice recommendations to go bankrupt with buy

Now I've just realized they collect VAT for EU customers??? Does anyone have any experience with this?

If not, please share nice etsy things
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Date: 12-10-2023 08:49
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Babel wrote:
I'm like 90% sure this is just dropshipping, but it's perfect
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devilcake wrote:
Babel wrote:
I'm like 90% sure this is just dropshipping, but it's perfect
Lol yes I was literally looking at these on AliExpress last night
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Date: 12-10-2023 09:32
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Babel wrote:
devilcake wrote:
Babel wrote:
I'm like 90% sure this is just dropshipping, but it's perfect
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Lol yes I was literally looking at these on AliExpress last night

I kinda hate etsy has come to this...
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Date: 12-10-2023 09:37
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Arthema wrote:
etsy nowadays is just many dropshippers, chinese stuff and people that copy from others and finding people that actually handcraft stuff is hard
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Date: 12-10-2023 11:13
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Babel wrote:
Abby wrote:
etsy nowadays is just many dropshippers, chinese stuff and people that copy from others and finding people that actually handcraft stuff is hard
I feel like Instagram + Etsy is a good way to go, plus image search and seeing what people sell.

Most chinese dropshippers will often use the same pictures or pictures with such a specific vibe to them that it's hard not to think it's them.

Also comparing stuff sellers sell. If it's a specific aesthetic and the same kind of stuff they sell, I often feel less worried about buying from them.
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Date: 12-10-2023 11:16
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Arthema wrote:
Babel wrote:
Abby wrote:
etsy nowadays is just many dropshippers, chinese stuff and people that copy from others and finding people that actually handcraft stuff is hard
I feel like Instagram + Etsy is a good way to go, plus image search and seeing what people sell.

Most chinese dropshippers will often use the same pictures or pictures with such a specific vibe to them that it's hard not to think it's them.

Also comparing stuff sellers sell. If it's a specific aesthetic and the same kind of stuff they sell, I often feel less worried about buying from them.
yeah it is still a good way of making a business for yourself

yeeeaaah it is not hard seeing what items those sellers sell, but some of em are so cute and uggghhh 

o yeah, I just bought something from etsy and I saw nothing like that anywhere, maybe 1 other person was selling something similar
and a lot of shops of individual people I have saved because so many cute stuff
makes me remember I wanted to open a shop as well for thrifted clothes and shoes A
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Date: 12-10-2023 11:24
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Yes I bought from them like yesterday n they collected vat, hopefully they label ot properly on the shipping label tho so I don't have to argue with shipping company abt having to pay double vat and fees (its probbaly fine cus its happened to me before but still annoying). Crazyyy shipping tho, I got like 600kr worth of stuff and shipping was almost 400 I think and vat like 270
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ouch wrote:
Abby wrote:
etsy nowadays is just many dropshippers, chinese stuff and people that copy from others and finding people that actually handcraft stuff is hard
Yep, I was just buying scented putty and wax for diamond painting so that was fine cus obv not dropshipped for multiple reasons, but I looked at diamond painting pens too and like 80% of them were just from aliexpress 😭 shocking amount of ppl buying them too, I have multiple of them from aliexpress for like 5$ max, while on there they were 20-40$++ not included shipping, crying for these ppl
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Sylvan wrote:
I hate etsy because it suggests me nice vintage clothing but then the seller wants like 200€ for simple pants just because they are from the 70s.
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Date: 12-10-2023 14:08
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Babel wrote:
Abby wrote:
Babel wrote:
Abby wrote:
etsy nowadays is just many dropshippers, chinese stuff and people that copy from others and finding people that actually handcraft stuff is hard
I feel like Instagram + Etsy is a good way to go, plus image search and seeing what people sell.

Most chinese dropshippers will often use the same pictures or pictures with such a specific vibe to them that it's hard not to think it's them.

Also comparing stuff sellers sell. If it's a specific aesthetic and the same kind of stuff they sell, I often feel less worried about buying from them.
yeah it is still a good way of making a business for yourself

yeeeaaah it is not hard seeing what items those sellers sell, but some of em are so cute and uggghhh 

o yeah, I just bought something from etsy and I saw nothing like that anywhere, maybe 1 other person was selling something similar
and a lot of shops of individual people I have saved because so many cute stuff
makes me remember I wanted to open a shop as well for thrifted clothes and shoes A
Do it !!

Also I do agree on the chinese stuff. sad It's frustrating, but it's like getting an ad for etsy.
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Date: 12-10-2023 14:27
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Babel wrote:
ouch wrote:
Yes I bought from them like yesterday n they collected vat, hopefully they label ot properly on the shipping label tho so I don't have to argue with shipping company abt having to pay double vat and fees (its probbaly fine cus its happened to me before but still annoying). Crazyyy shipping tho, I got like 600kr worth of stuff and shipping was almost 400 I think and vat like 270
Holy shit... that's expensive af shipping

But pls update if you get stuff w/o having to pay extra. Would love to get some stuff from the UK, but i'm afraid of vat
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Babel wrote:
Sylvan wrote:
I hate etsy because it suggests me nice vintage clothing but then the seller wants like 200€ for simple pants just because they are from the 70s.
Isn't this a general vintage reselling problem though ? sad
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Date: 12-10-2023 14:28
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tomomi wrote:
as a not-as-active-as-i-used-to-be etsy seller, i feel the need to say that if u find something you want to buy from an indie artist, pleaseeeee check first if said artist offers another platform for u to buy through. etsy is such an awful platform to sell through for small creators, the only reason most of us are still there is cause it has incredible visibility, but at some point it stops being worth it when you see etsy take like 45% of your earnings as fees........ just to later punish u with less visibility cause you didnt give a tracking number to someone that *didnt* pay for tracked shipping :)
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Date: 12-10-2023 14:31
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Babel wrote:
tomomi wrote:
as a not-as-active-as-i-used-to-be etsy seller, i feel the need to say that if u find something you want to buy from an indie artist, pleaseeeee check first if said artist offers another platform for u to buy through. etsy is such an awful platform to sell through for small creators, the only reason most of us are still there is cause it has incredible visibility, but at some point it stops being worth it when you see etsy take like 45% of your earnings as fees........ just to later punish u with less visibility cause you didnt give a tracking number to someone that *didnt* pay for tracked shipping
I usually check descriptions etc. for other links before buying! Most artists usually have a stuff for cheap(er) on their own website, so I don't mind if it makes sense to do. (Most smaller artists don't do the VAT thing outside of Europe, which is fair, but if Etsy does that for them, I'm sorry but I'll either just not buy or buy through Etsy because VAT + extra fees makes stuff expensive af here)
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Date: 12-10-2023 14:34
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ouch wrote:
Babel wrote:
ouch wrote:
Yes I bought from them like yesterday n they collected vat, hopefully they label ot properly on the shipping label tho so I don't have to argue with shipping company abt having to pay double vat and fees (its probbaly fine cus its happened to me before but still annoying). Crazyyy shipping tho, I got like 600kr worth of stuff and shipping was almost 400 I think and vat like 270
Holy shit... that's expensive af shipping

But pls update if you get stuff w/o having to pay extra. Would love to get some stuff from the UK, but i'm afraid of vat
It has happened to me before that aliexpress doesn't write the vat number thing on the package so I get double vat fee, but I have just contacted the mail service n had to send in invoice thing to them on email and they fix it fast. Its annoying tho, but at least its fixable I guess, probably the same where u live
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