As a buyer, there are so many ways to get screwed on eBay/Etsy, I am 100% with these requirements.
eBay has had super sellers for 20 years now. Not as stringent but it is beneficial to customers.
Meanwhile, Amazon continues to dilute their store with no control over review authenticity. Not saying Etsy isn’t prone to that but Amazon’s entire business model is to let these things slide. Etsy is at least doing something.
I really don’t care about sellers. I want a place for high quality products. Period.
I'm definitely skeptical of dinging people for 4-star reviews, but each of these bullet points are encouraged by Etsy because they improve customer satisfaction and sales.
The petition does make a good point that some products may be better just shipped dirt-cheap without paying for tracking, but overall Etsy is pushing sellers to provide better service and do things that bring in more revenue, both for them and the seller.
eBay has had super sellers for 20 years now. Not as stringent but it is beneficial to customers.
Meanwhile, Amazon continues to dilute their store with no control over review authenticity. Not saying Etsy isn’t prone to that but Amazon’s entire business model is to let these things slide. Etsy is at least doing something.
I really don’t care about sellers. I want a place for high quality products. Period.