How are your views/ sales faring in 2025? Predictions?
Summary: The discussion around the topic of views and sales in 2025 includes multiple participants who share their experiences and predictions. rdemaree initiated the conversation, encouraging others like mrdutch1001, sapphyres-designer-jewellery, and byto253 to contribute their insights. Participants exchanged brief updates on their sales and market trends without specific details. The thread involves a sharing of general sentiments but lacks detailed predictions or analysis.
How are your views and sales doing this year so far?
I am down 24% in sales vs the same period last year and have't sold anything in 14 days now to any country.
I looked at my views for months during this year and October seems to have taken what looks like a flat plateau downwards in views vs prior months. This is bad news for Q4. I wonder if this has anything to do with the EIS program and maybe ebay pushing listings down that dont want to use their EIS $99999 shipping fee program? Is ebay intentionally trying to strongarm Canadian sellers into using the EIS program by hiding our listings and putting the false advertising blue banner on our listings?
Also I have taken a look at my view count for september - october last year vs this year and my viewership for those 2 months have been cut literally in half by the numbers. I made a switch from .com to .ca back in March but I dont see how that would account for that drastic of a drop in views.
What makes this even more concerning is I have made and listed more products and made my listings more polished this year vs last year and I also have been running month long themed 25% off sales on select products every month of the year and still have seen a dramatic loss of views and sales both this year. There literally is no winning.
June 2025 was my worst month in my entire time as a full time seller on ebay since fall 2019. I sold like $250 worth of stuff for the entire month. June is usally a mid level month for me, not amazing not terrible and it wasnt only bad it was my worst month in business ever.
Things arent looking good for ecommerce in Canada. I am planning on downsizing the batch sizes of the handmade paint that I sell and also sourcing less antique art supplies in addition to probably needing to find a part time job because I dont think things are going to improve anytime soon and ebay/ canada post arent helping much it seems.
Going forward I am going to anticipate that sales will be 25-40% less than normal and act accordingly. I am going to try and get my product in physical stores in Canada when time allows but finding a side hustle/ part time job looks like it will have to be the main priority for now. I initially figured by the end of this year I would be looking at 15-35% less in sales vs last year and if this slow October and recent trump rhetoric are any indicators it will likely be closer to the 35% rather than 15%. Currently sitting at 24% so it has the opportunity to swing in either direction or I guess could flatline at that but if I had to bet it ends up being 30-35% less in sales by the end of the year vs last year and next year could be 10-15% less than this year even. Hope im wrong.
I feel like if CUSMA goes away sales would drop 50-75% and by that point in time this would basically be a side income and id need to seek full time employment elsewhere but hoping it doesnt get to that point.
I am curious to hear how your views/ sales are doing this year vs last year and what you have done about it and what your predictions are?
nhl_automotive
·11 months agoI am down 100% because I quit selling on eBay after being mistakingly charged tariffs and import fees on items shipped all the way back in May through eBay labels. Dealing with UPS to get a refund now but my eBay selling days are finished as eBay would not help me out and doesn't give a **bleep** about their sellers anymore. And, quite honestly, I feel 100% happy with my decision. I wish you all luck.
mrdutch1001
·11 months agoI am quite content with my decision to no longer ship to the USA after mid-August. No stress, no frustration,none of that hoop-jumping paperwork for Tariffs or whether my items are CUSMA compliant, no extra costs or fees, etc.etc...
I will continue to list on eBay, but am mostly focused on my other selling site where I do get more Canadian buyers, plus FB Marketplace for those items that never get listed on eBay or my other selling site,and whatever happens,happens...or not... life goes on...
lotzofuniquegoodies
·11 months ago@hansatrade
@nhl_automotive
I've gone from a consistent average of 30 to 45 sales per month about 3 years ago (when they eBay started tinkering with categories on ca and suggesting promoting) with approx 3000 views to 15 to 20 sales per month. To a drop to 2000 views with removing USA. Currently at 1300 views with just Domestic and EU/Aust. The not getting or just getting very limited views on dot com is having a drastic affect on sales. Last month had a total of 7 sales. This month was 4 with 1 cancellation at the beginning of month and nothing since. Even sending out best offers has gone to a trickle.
Using Fedex/UPS are not an option due to their unreliability for final pricing variances and limited shipping choices.
In checking the Cdn calculator tool to UK we have 4 options to UK with CP, 2 with Fedex and 1 with UPS. If you went to the UPS/Fedex websites there would be several more choice except without any discounts unless you had volume.
In checking the US calculator tool there are 8 options to UK (USPS). UPS/Fedex have been removed.
The discounts we had previously have magically dried up.
I guess its a force fed eIS directive going forward for both Canadian and US sellers. I personally almost never see a US seller using USPS to Canada anymore.
reallynicestamps
·11 months agoJapan is pretty good. Honest people and high incomes.
You could even use Google Translate to add a Japanese language description to your English description.
tarnvik
·11 months agoNice. Thanks for the suggestion!
tarnvik
·11 months agoI have been listing "Canada only" destinations the last month. Testing the waters I guess to see what the views/watches would generate. Relatively minimal to date. 90% of sales in 2024 were to the US.
As I mostly have northern European pieces on auction I am motivated to open auctions to Japan and Europe
as an alternative to the US. Shipping costs would be higher but the complications and hassle are considerably less. Buyers from the US have been contacting me about available pieces but I informed them that conditions
for selling to the US currently benefit neither the buyer or the seller.
The Canadian government is looking to expand their business oversees. Something to explore!
rdemaree
OP11 months agoThe Canadian government is trying to do more large scale trade with other countries but that won’t help small e commerce like us. We are tied to the USA unfortunately and we just have to navigate our way through it.
My perspective on these matters might differ from yours tho because I rely on my e commerce business income to pay my bills. It’s not just a hobby or pastime for me.
mrdutch1001
·11 months agoFortunately, I am NOT tied to the USA and I do sell on another selling site...However, I don't have to rely on my online selling for income... plus I also choose to sell various other items on FB Marketplace that are never listed on eBay or my other selling site...
tarnvik
·11 months agoI fortunately do not rely on Ebay for my financial security. It has up to now been a hobby and at times an opportunity to engage others with similar interests.
Although my complications may seem trivial to you that does not minimize my interest in fellow Canadians navigating these difficult times.
I appreciate input and advice when given. Perhaps I can share useful info. at times.
I hope your endevours are successful as well.
videotimeplus
·11 months agowe've made all our ads free shipping temporarily to get some sales since it had pretty much dried up since the strike first started. We lose some on the cheaper sales but the more expensive ones help make up for it.
hansatrade
·11 months agoDoesn't look good. The traffic seems to be OK, today I sent 20 offers - but no sales. My items are tariffs exempt and the sales are at 35-40% of what would be expected for October. Fortunately, Ebay is not my only source of income.
hansatrade
·11 months agoA SHORT UPDATE:
My Ebay business did - for some reason - recover! It's still slow, but comparable to November 2024.
The only "improvement" I made was the PL rate DECREASE - from 9% to 5%! 😁
ricarmic
·11 months agoBecause of all the uncertainty my ebay store was closed may till mid september and only been intermittantly open since then because of the postal strike part II.
Because IMO we will remain in the "age of uncertainty" for some time yet, I think predictions are going to be hard to make.
Because of the 2024 postal strike, I began to try to diversify into non-ebay, non-online ways of selling. Progress on them is slow but building. "Slow" means that they're doing well to be running 10% of traditional eBay sales, however time will tell as eBay sales are now very slow for me, same as for most everyone else. I think there is higher interest in staying local so my non-online is benefiting from that.
eBay wise, generally speaking I'm selling to my long time repeat customers predominantly. I do have a test auction round finishing tonight, view count was high on day 1, hasn't really moved since then, I suspect it will be a weak finish tonight. I've not been experimenting with promotions etc as I'm nervous about another all out PO strike, was surprised by the last one and had several lots impacted by it (some not yet delivered in fact), so I don't really want to repeat that.
So for me, I'll continue on my 3 way going forward path, as I've mentioned before I am not dependant on this for a living, being in "semi retirement" phase of life. I very much most certainly feel for everyone who is, we're in a gut wrenching period for sure.
Only advice I'd have is to keep experimenting, gut wrenching times also somtimes hide opportunities...
rdemaree
OP11 months agoI will be listing all of my items on Etsy now to hopefully shore up some of my lost business from ebay.
They dont add any false warnings on listings like ebay does but at the same time im not sure if they offer discounted postage options either. Doesnt matter much because I have chit chats.
I was hoping they would have a system to allow me to do calculated shipping for Canada and international via Canada Post and then do flat rate for USA (every site should be doing this FYI because the USA is the only country that is in need of special shipping measures and alway changing the rules. Every other nation on earth is fine with calculated rates).
Not only do they not allow what I mentioned above but you essentially have to offer either calculated OR flat rate shipping for EVERYTHING! oh well. not a huge deal. They dont have the annoying banner at least.
I wont be actively promoting my Etsy too much tho and wont be offering as many listings (instead ill consolidate items into listings as variations mostly) but my business model will mostly be the same.
I am hoping just by having my unique/ handmade products on there I can at least passively gain 5-15% more in annual sales. This should help soften the blow.
No matter what I am going to need to seek out some sort of side income stream if numbers keep coming in the way they are.
I am American by citizenship btw but am a permanent resident in Canada and moved here as a student and then on a work permit 12 years ago. I will be voting in next years midterms and am encouraging all of my friends to vote blue.
Our best bet is the supreme court gets rid of most of his tariffs, Dems win the midterms and either he can be greatly restrained OR impeached.
Fingers crossed and good luck!
flipistics
·11 months agoEven if they strike it down, Trump will do something else. He'll add a high per package "processing" fee or something like that, and for small businesses that might be even worse. Congress could also decide to just legalize his tariffs, especially if they're faced with having to possibly pay back close to a trillion dollars of money they collected. The good news is that businesses that survive this should be in excellent shape when the US finally comes to their senses.
rdemaree
OP11 months agoI think they’re already gonna get ousted in the midterms tho. Short of alot of rigging a blue wave is coming.
cottagewoman
·11 months agomrdutch1001
·11 months agoI have been putting more and more of my items on Etsy over the past 3 months, as eBay has become such a waste of time and effort...me thinks I'd rather pay 20cUSD per item listing for a 4-month listing duration on a site where at least there are views and potential buyers...
raanana
·11 months agoSince end of the August everything is down,sales September 75% down compare to 2024,October 94% down,listing impessions -59%,views -50%.
I do agree,that ebay tries to force us to accept eIS,but with eIS shipping cost it will push buyers away. When checking out postcards offered by US sellers,I see ,that many are switched to eIS and shipping costs for for postcards between 18$ and 30$ instead of few dollars charged by seller,that not enrolled.They will loose 90+% of international sellers with shipping so high.IMO eIS is another source of income for ebay,but it will drive away many international buyers.
Not sure what is ebay strategy,but only on one small seller as myself they loosing/not making money.
tryubik-useonlyasdirected
·11 months agoI can only imagine it is a l'orange stupide thing. Americans have had it good with their $800 de minimis and now that they are being presented with a large change fast they are left in the lurch as to what applies where and when. That there is no USPS/Public option compounds this. Pinches and uncertainty in the economy is also not likely to help matters.
We've had 0 sales to the US since August 29th. We nearly had a single $750 sale but the buyer didn't trust that there would be no added fee's on account of eBay's banner when they went to put in an offer, despite our attempts to clear the air of uncertainty.
We've had only 1 Canadian sale, which is low given that we've dropped our prices across the board and switched our inventory to .ca which typically yields greater Canadian purchases.
The current plan is to see our annual subscription out and then re-assess. Honestly, its huge. Even if sales picked back up and we could continue to offer items to the states with a semblance of normalcy and sustainability a change is likely for the best.
An american gave interest in an item today but with postage and tariff's coming to almost $75 on a $150 item we don't even know if it's worth the trouble. L'orange stupide can shove it (can we say that on here?) its probably better to abstain in protest. Solidarity with the good people of both our separate and distinct countries.
aviatorsparadise
·11 months agoWell my sales have been zero. I have never been a big volume seller but I sold 34 items in 2024 and in 2025 I have sold 13....
I've even reduced all my prices to cost at this point and still nothing is selling.
Canada is heading for a big recession and no one is ready for it.
easoss
·11 months ago2025 has easily been the worst sales year I've ever had on eBay. I quit my store subscription in September after having it for years. I can't justify $60 a month in order to list thousands of items that don't sell anyways. And the future as I see it will actually be worse than what it currently is.
Cusma will be gone in a matter of months. Looks more likely to be replaced with a blanket tariff that will apply to every single item regardless of where it's made entering the US. I also wonder how long eBay will continue with the .ca site. They clearly aren't committed to it as most buyers use .com for searches and Canadian only sellers are hidden from their items being found.
Personally I'm a big proponent of free trade and the ability to buy and sell with as few impediments as possible. I loved listing, selling, packaging, labeling, mailing etc. But now it's more about apps, filling out more paperwork, proper codes, where something is made and more bookkeeping. That for me isn't enjoyable at all.
brocante6
·11 months agoThere is no more blue banner!
byto253
·11 months agoThe banner only goes away if you are shipping with EIS. Otherwise it is there. So your choice is inflated EIS shipping costs that make you uncomptetitive for most items, or the banner that falsely says ALL shipments will have import fees. Crippling for sales in either instance.
Image 1 is a listing with Canada Post shipping, and the banner is there. Image 2 is with EIS and no banner but double the shipping cost.
Anyway, just wanted to address the banner confusion, not derail the thread!
rdemaree
OP11 months agoThe blue banner only goes away if you use the EIS program which is actually worse than the blue banner itself.
Yes the blue banner is annoying but its basically just an ad filled with false information on the behalf of ebay and doesnt effect the purchase at all.
The EIS on the other hand is doubling and tripling fees for the buyer.
Neither the EIS nor the blue banner are good for Canadian sellers.
We need a real alternative. If we cant use Canada post without getting hit with 35% tariffs we need a real option.
Even if you choose UPS and prepay the tariffs ebay still shows the blue banner.
There is almost no winning for sellers who sell on ebay and do it seriously and not as a pastime.
The only people the EIS helps are people who live out of range of 3rd party shippers and only intend on selling as a very casual hobby OR people selling impossible to find items that people will pay anything for. Neither of those descriptions describes the average serious seller on ebay. We are being kneecapped in all directions.
BTW- I just checked one of your listings of a soup platter and toureen worth $50 using the EIS and the shipping + import fee to the USA is a combined cost of more than $200! That is absolute insanity. If I was you id hunt down a 3rd party shipper if possible and get a better rate. Sure the blue banner would come back but theres no way in hell a buyer wants to pay 200 on a 50 item.
Good luck to you tho
byto253
·11 months ago"The only people the EIS helps are people who live out of range of 3rd party shippers and only intend on selling as a very casual hobby OR people selling impossible to find items that people will pay anything for. Neither of those descriptions describes the average serious seller on ebay. We are being kneecapped in all directions."
.. and eBay.. the margins on EIS must be nice and juicy.
rdemaree
OP11 months agodoesnt matter how big their margins are if sales plummet. They cant make money if we dont make money.
If enough of us are vocal about it, sales dip enough and enough sellers jump ship to other sites they might have to reconsider
rdemaree
OP11 months agois there a way to kneecap ebays blue banner campaign by putting your own banner on listings that would appear at the top of your listings? I already have one in my descriptions but lets be real its 2025 and not everyone or even most people truly read descriptions beyond a quick skimming.
byto253
·11 months agoThinking similar thoughts. I think it would need to be in the photo.
tryubik-useonlyasdirected
·11 months agoWe place a screengrab of our description as a photograph in with photographs of our items and state we ship CPC, postage includes duty & tariff's.
It's also a way to increase the chances that a buyer will read the description given eBay hides it down under ads for other peoples stuff.
reallynicestamps
·11 months agoThe EIS on the other hand is doubling and tripling fees for the buyer.
I'm not clear on this.
Is the higher eIS fee because it includes import fees (including duty, sales taxes , and tariffs ) or are those import fees charged separately to the buyer?
If it is the latter, then eIS is a Very Bad program for both buyer and seller.
If it is the former, then the buyer will be paying the same for an eIS shipment with import fees included as for a UPS or USPS shipment with import fees added on the doorstep.
rdemaree
OP11 months agobuyer pays import fees through EIS I think but neither EIS nor UPS can compete with chitchats/ stallion express for CUSMA items.
UPS has CUSMA availability but their brokerage + general higher shipping cost makes using them for small value items pointless
reallynicestamps
·11 months agoMy sales were normal to good until October.
January to March is normally my strongest selling season, based on over 40 years in retail, online and Real World.
October had two problems.
One was that I closed almost all my Canadian stamp listings and a lot of my Commonwealth listings while that stock went to an international stamp convention (BritishNorth America Philatelic Society). It has taken most of the past month to relist these, since I had to check they did not sell at BNAPS.
And we did very nicely at BNAPS.
More to the point for most sellers, Canada Post was on strike from Sept 29th and is still on rotating strikes. As part of that the discounted eBay/Canada Post labels were not available. *
That made for little incentive to promote or list.
FWIW, rather than going by your feelings about sales, check the Sold Items List at the left side of your Active Listings page.
I was surprised that I made slightly more sales from Sept 26 to today than I did over the same period in Sept 25- August 25. And my records show more sales from my hobby-centric site.
Again, I consider April to December to be my off-season.
*Note that even though eBay had closed those on this site, Canada Post was still selling labels. They were slightly more expensive and definitely less easy, but they were and are available.
rdemaree
OP11 months agoOctober- January is usually my best time of year with February - May (and September) being my worst and June - August being somewhere in the middle.
In theory I should be going into my busiest time of year. If it doesnt hit by mid November i'll know what to expect for the holiday season and more importantly what to expect for next year.
All of this back and forth and policy changes is really hard to keep up with tho.
I have no interest in using Canada Post for USA until both:
1. Canada Post can handle formal entries going into the USA to accomadate for CUSMA items going duty free.
2. Ebay offers discounted labels for those listings.
If that doesnt happen I wont use Canada Post for USA. Simple as that.
If Canada Post/ Ebay can get a system setup like I mentioned above I can go back to offering simplified calculate rates for my customers again which right now I only offer calculated to Canadian customers and am FORCED to offer Flat to both USA and International ( I know ebay counts USA as international but it really shouldnt). The USA should be counted as its own separate thing, which is how all shipping carriers treat it anyways already.
If ebay would solit selling into 3 regions Canada (domestic), USA, International I would offer calculated for Canada and International and offer flat rate to keep up with whatever the orange dictators policies currently are and what my 3rd party shipping companies are offering. No sense in having to offer flat rate shipping for all countries because 1 country is spoiling evertything.
In an ideal world once the dust settles Ebay/ Canada Post offers discounted label to sellers which are capable of accomadating CUSMA shipments and Ebay treats USA as separate from international and CUSMA continues as is or is very marginally modified and perhaps maybe some sort of lower new de minimis for the USA is set. Ideally I want to have chitchats and other 3rd party shippers as backup for when Canada Post goes on strike but ideally I want to go back to how things were where I was able to use discounted Canada Post labels with calculated rates for ALL countries and I only had to go to 1 post office.
^^^I know thats all a very tall order but hopefully at least part of it comes to fruition for the sake of small business ecommerce in Canada's future.
musicyouneed
·11 months agoI was doing just great until October of 2024, then the PO went on strike and it has been slow ever since but really slow since July. Sales in the last 31 days is down 88%.
For me #1 was the PO uncertainty since Oct 2024. Probably I have lost $5,000 or so in sales to date.
#2 Global economy and uncertainty
#3 De Minimus removal and US buyers
I've made some sales to both the US and Canada. For the US, I think the removal of De Minimus has caused most of the slow sales and will continue to. I think that US buyers will be weary of buying anything from another country other than the US. My Canadian buyers, I am not sure but I think their financial worries are causing them not to buy as much.
I took promotion percentage off, am relisting my stock, putting it on sale and when all else fails put the promotion percentage back on.
I am not sure what the future holds for me or ebay. Thank goodness I still enjoy it or I would be hooped.
flipistics
·11 months ago@musicyouneed Honestly, I think the post office uncertainty and strikes have hurt me more than Trump's tarrifs have. It really needs to be resolved.
rdemaree
OP11 months agoYeah I figure so far this year I have lost at least $3000-5000 that I would normally have made which sucks because this is my only income source and I am already considered lowincome.
When things were normal I made enough to pay my small amount of bills (which I am very strategic about keeping low especially since I live in a very accessible area which allows me to walk most places) and then id make a little extra for fun and to save a little.
Now im barely able to keep up with bills and have to dip into savings for some months.
Its a tough spot to be in. I miss sales from 2020-2021. I sold alot back then and I offered maybe 1/3 the amount of products and was much less organized and polished back then. If I could take what I know now and my current product lineup and business model back then I would have made a killing! Unfortunately for me I was just starting to take off back then and wasn't nearly as organized or polished as I am now and now that I am trump is ripping up ecommerce, global trade and small business. Can't win!
I have noticed a small uptick in Canadian customers this year, nothing towrite home about but I have noticed it. We are much smaller than the USA in terms of population size and we are more spread out too so I didn't expect to see any huge surge in new Canadian customers.
My customer base has traditionally been roughly like this:
65% - USA
20% - Canada
15% - International
Ideally I would like to get it to something like this:
50% -USA
30% - Canada
20% - International
Thats probably the most realistic approach I can take at least. If I were to get my product into a Canadian store I could get that Canadian number to 40-50% but that in itself is proving to be a tough challenge as I had a deal lined up with a brick and mortar store and they ghosted me. Huge letdown. Eventually I might try and find another one but there are only so many stores in big cities in Canada my product would fit in. Might just have to settle for selling online independently and picking up a reliable part time income for when disasters like trump happen.
sapphyres-designer-jewellery
·11 months agoI'm down 65% in sales (both stores combined, but the Canadian store didn't open until the tariff stuff started in March).
As we move forward in time, I'm watching my 90 day total decrease...
C.
rdemaree
OP11 months agosapphyres-designer-jewellery
·11 months agoSince I used to have 80% US sales and now have less than 20%, I'd say it's the tariffs.
When Canada Post is on strike, I'm selling $0, so that certainly hurts too.
C.
mrdutch1001
·11 months agoI no longer ship to the USA and have not had a sale on eBay since early August...and with over 500 listings in various categories that were listed over the past 2 months, less than 20 views in total...
I had hoped that maybe there would be more potential Canadian buyers, but beginning to believe that was all false hope and I just may decide to let eBay go and concentrate on my other selling site where I do still get Canadian buyers...
rdemaree
OP11 months agoI mostly sell handmade stuff but also sell vintage.
I’ve thought about setting mys stuff up on Etsy as well but unsure if the hassle of porting all my stuff over there and learning a new system will be worth the extra couple of sales I MIGHT get.
My only hope is get my products in ohysical stores in Canada and find a part time job because things are looking grim.
And I sell like 80% CUSMA compliant stuff and everything ships out with 1 day handling time and decent shipping rates via chit chats in Toronto so if I’m struggling I can only imagine people in more remote areas and or who don’t sell CUSMA stuff are being decimated.
mrdutch1001
·11 months agowell, THAT is my other selling site! (E**y)...was a seller there with a couple of shops 2008-2016...and returned there 4 years ago with a new shop, but with some of similar items...Until the tariffs, I was doing well there, considering I do this as a "something to do" and not for needed income...but I refuse to bend to the manipulation, coersion and extortionist ways of a felon, so I no longer ship to the USA. I recently had my first sale in over 2 months on my other selling site, and am hopeful for more Canadian buyers...
byto253
·11 months agoSeems like your items would be a good fit with Etsy though. I know a number of creative folks from familly and friends and they pretty well view eBay as evil and Etsy as good. Verrrry small sample of course but I get that vide in general in Canada.
rdemaree
OP11 months agoAlso I’m worried about splitting my customer base up and losing my top rated seller discount.
Basically I’m not 100% sure all of the effort of setting up on Etsy would be worth all of the effort. If I had good reason to think it would boost my income by at least 10-15% I would do it but if it would only net net me a sale or 2 extra per month it wouldn’t be worth it for me.
Porting all of my items onto Etsy would take a lot of effort on my behalf. I did semi try it in early 2020 just before the pandemic broke out and it didn’t make any difference so I stopped it.
Plus Etsy charges to list and renew listings and my items are replenishing items whixh I always make more of so if they sit around too long I get charged.
I might consider maybe selling only my most popular items over there.
byto253
·11 months agoMakes sense. I would be very interested to see what the current results would be without the knee capping import charge scare banner that eBay still shows. Have to think that for made in USA, CUSMA and non-tariff items like media and publications sales would be up a lot.
I am into vintage audio and am on some boards and tariffs and fees are a topic, and the eBay banner has been mentioned. Hobbyists have been stung with import fees and blamed eBay for not warning them, which is where I am sure the banner came from. Preaching to the choir but we know the banner is totally inaccurate and steers buyers away from items, unless they have expensive EIS shipping. ds
sapphyres-designer-jewellery
·11 months agoI reopened my Etsy store earlier this year and have had 4 sales in total there (to one buyer in Canada who bought 4 items, same item, just different colours).
Etsy is a little bitter sweet because it's jewellery I made, and I'm now visually impaired (for viewing close up, even with glasses), I have a treasure trove of materials for making stuff, but my vision has declined a lot in the past 5 years, so now I'm just listing and selling what I have. Perhaps if I can get a new pair of glasses they will help me for a while make more stuff.
To do coins and stamps I photograph everything and look at the pictures on a big monitor so I can see the faults and describe stuff accurately. I can't see the coins well enough to grade, even with a magnifier.
C.
rdemaree
OP11 months agoare there any tariff warnings or banners on etsy? I am seriously thinking about uploading some of my more popular products on there for a trial run since we are moving into the holiday season.
sapphyres-designer-jewellery
·11 months agoI'm not sure, my store is Sapphyre66 if you want to go and see, my location is in Canada.
I'm not really versed with Etsy and have trouble doing simple things lik putting the store on time away.
C.
mrdutch1001
·11 months agoI am not aware of any warnings or banners on Etsy, but I no longer ship to the USA...