My friends and I used to frequent Etsy to find unique, handmade or independently made accessories and home goods. We haven't been customers for a few years now.

My friends and I used to frequent Etsy to find unique, handmade or independently made accessories and home goods. We haven't been customers for a few years now. The most obvious and notable reason is that the site is full of stuff that does not meet the above criteria. It mostly has garbage from China/Alibaba with mass-produced jewelry/accessories and trinkets purporting to be handmade, as long as you don't look too closely. What is the point of Etsy anymore? It's become a small, pathetic clone of Ebay, Amazon, etc. I hope someone can start another company like what Etsy used to be - a marketplace for indie designers and craftspeople to sell a small volume of unique goods to people who are interested in supporting them and their work. No need to go public or raise massive capital. It can function perfectly well with a small crew to run the site and a tight marketing/publicity team. It would be nice if companies were okay with staying small, private, and making a modest profit consistently instead of getting into the growth rat race.