Still no response from Etsy, so...

We've officially flown the coop

The administration over at Etsy still hasn't responded to the revelation that they virtually destroyed seller traffic by tinkering with SEO settings, and have possibly jeopardized their current and future relationship with Google, among other search engines. It appears they attempted to drive more traffic to Etsy.com at the expense of individual sellers. There is also the disturbing implication that Etsy is sneakily attempting to rebrand individual artists' work as "Etsy product", which is simply unacceptable.

I opened an Etsy shop to sell things easily and quickly on a site with a very pretty GUI. As an Etsy newbie, I won't lose much by walking away. Since Etsy seems to have no intention of even responding to their rightfully angry customers (the sellers), let alone placating them, I see no need to stick around. Yes, the GUI is beautiful and fun to use--but the GUI wasn't making me any money. The GUI wasn't moving product.

So off to ArtFire we go, likely forever. I do hope you'll follow us there.