> I'm doing 20% more work, and making _less_ money. That's not how it works. Overall you're making less per hour, but making more overall money. Maybe you were

> I'm doing 20% more work, and making _less_ money. That's not how it works. Overall you're making less per hour, but making more overall money. Maybe you were at $20/hr, and now you're at $19.50. This is not a bad trade-off, as otherwise you wouldn't have made that money but you still would have had those hours of productivity available. Where do these exaggerated 10-15% gross margin numbers come from? These stores do not exist, or do not exist long. And I can't imagine any product at 10-15% that isn't being sold everywhere else because it's mass-produced. How much of every seller's business comes from free Etsy traffic? Should Etsy charge more for orders they can validate came from them, which the seller otherwise wouldn't see?