> Why should they?

Because otherwise their brand is asymptotically approaching just being a more expensive Ali Express.

The brand is established and it's not that heavily diluted... Even then - it only needs to keep up with the aesthetics and product types, to keep on top.

So no... They don't need to. And curated storefronts were many - I knew of at least 5 startups in that space - they all folded.

> Why should they?

If they do not, many sellers will stop using them. Many buyers will stop using them. They will have competition.

"They should do this thing in order to continue to succeed."

"Why?"

"Because if they don't they'll fail."

"Now you're arguing for a monopoly."

You can't possibly be arguing in good faith at this point.

You have to ignore the "They will have competition." to make your own bad faith argument.

PS: And then miss our further interaction

As a consumer, I don't want to go through the effort of finding the next Etsy. I want to be lazy and have the current Etsy be good.

Whatever comes next will be small. They will lack some of the things I want for many years.

If shouting at the sky had a chance to convince God to endow me with abs, I would make it a daily practice.

Etsy does listen to it's consumers, at least some times. The cost of complaining here is commensurate with the potential benefit.

Is Etsy paying dividends?