There's a lot of mass-produced crap and plenty of overpriced stuff on Etsy, but it's not too hard to find real creators. I recently bought some nice wooden guit

There's a lot of mass-produced crap and plenty of overpriced stuff on Etsy, but it's not too hard to find real creators. I recently bought some nice wooden guitar wall hangers, made by some guy in Pennsylvania. My wedding ring was made by a guy in Luisiana. I felt both were reasonably priced for something not made in an overseas factory. Edit: My method is something like, search for what I'm looking for, flip through items to try to find things that actually look like a person made them (i.e. not made of metal or plastic, unless the shop specifically specializes in those; not identical to five hundred other listings), then look over reviews and search for the creator online. Most creators maintain their own web presence outside of Etsy, too. It doesn't seem that onerous to me, you'd want to do that research anyway for a nice, hand-made item, wouldn't you? I don't really understand how people get scammed by drop-shippers on Etsy. Do you just click "Buy Now" on the first listed item you like the picture of?