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This is great. Maybe they could work in something about the fact that an enormous, unmissable portion of etsy's products are manufactured in china and flipped b
by RickS 9y ago
This is great. Maybe they could work in something about the fact that an enormous, unmissable portion of etsy's products are manufactured in china and flipped by lazy faux-hippies under the guise of being "artisan".
If their stated goal is "To reimagine commerce in ways that build a more fulfilling and lasting world.", eliminating blatant trinket arbitrage sounds like it falls squarely under that umbrella.
- legulere 9y agoNot even Amazon was able to resist the temptation of people flipping cheap Chinese products. I guess the problem with Etsy is that they have investors that demand more growth. Organic and more slow growth probably would have been better for Etsy, but now it is in a death trap.
- synicalx 9y agoBeen a bit of a running joke between my partner and I that if you want to get a discount on something from Etsy, reverse image search it and buy it off Aliexpress for 50 cents.
- rlabrecque 9y agoIf you're buying a lot of stuff then just turn around and get it off taobao for 30 cents.