I already closed my shop, years ago. It doesn't make sense to offer hand made products if you compete directly with AliExpress and the users has no way of telli

I already closed my shop, years ago. It doesn't make sense to offer hand made products if you compete directly with AliExpress and the users has no way of telling that 90% of the platform is China resell. You can claim whatever you want, no control, no warnings, nobody from Etsy actually cares. The reason I finally stopped was because they did not accept my new credit card and I had no way to contact anyone to clear this up. I made several thousand dollars a month on Etsy yet nobody actually helped. With no credit card attached I couldn't use any paid features anymore and my shop was dying either way. I contacted every email, every support forum and never got any kind of response more than a link to the faq that didn't help. I may still recommend it to test the waters for cheap (if you are lucky and have a credit card that actually works for them), but I wouldnt recommend anyone to build a business around this shady platform