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Online purchases have a multitude of benefits. You can browse birthday gifts, order grocery stores or you simply offer something new in the comfort of your home. We all cultivated accustomed to clicking and buying, especially thePandemic of COVID-19 When we all stayed at home to help stop the propagation of the virus. As we hope to have a light at the end of this tunnel, you may have revised brick and mortar stores. But for those who always prefer to go shopping from the sofa, come on April 11, you can deal with obstacles when visiting a popular retailer. Read more about why the articles may disappear from this e-commerce company as of April 11.

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Etsy is your one-stop shop for creative and thoughtful products, offering a platform where creators, designers and artists can peddle their goods to customers looking for unique options. In recent years, however, the newAdvertising costs And policy changes that have accompanied ETSY's growth have generated problems for sellers. The announcement of aIncreased transaction costs, elaborated to take effect on April 11, is only the last shot.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

The CEO of Etsy,Josh Silverman, announced in February that the transaction costs (the percentage of the amount of the order that the seller must at ETSY when a sale is made) will increase from 5% to 6.5%. The 30% increase has scandalized sellers and many have decided to take action.

Between April 11 and April 18, the sellers called for a boycott of the Etsy platform. For this week, thousands of sellers will put their shops in holiday mode, which means you will not be able to buy any of their objects during this period. APetition to cancel transaction costs Spread on the web, acquiring more than 21,000 signatures and close to its 25,000 target.

Like creative minds were attracted to sell on Etsy, the buyers were in search of creative products. As part of the strike, vendors ask buyers to refrain from using the site between April 11 and April 18. Buyers seem eager to stay solidarity and have been voice of their support through comments on the petition page.

"As a buyer, I am frustrated by having to evident sort of mass producers. I want to support small businesses in a sustainable model for them, "wrote a customer as a reason for the signing of the petition.

Sellers believe that the platform has gone from its founding vision of "maintaining human trade" in "democratizing access to entrepreneurship". In addition to the main demand to cancel the increase in fees, Etsy Sellers also calls for the fighting platform.resellers The mass produces goods for sale on the site that they have not designed, as well as the end of the Star Seller program, which rewards the sellers with a Star badge in case of meeting certain measures. According to the petition, it is "aggressive passive efforts to influence the behavior of the seller".

The option to deactivate an expensive mandatory advertising program and a better way to access the ETSY slow support system is the remaining requests.

"Even if it's the hard work of the sellers of Etsy who made the society massively prosperous that it is today we have fewer rights and less a voice on our workplaces than ever," wrote the petitioners, many of which use the platform as their main source of income.

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Etsy seller and one of the petition creations,Kristi Cassidy, said at the edge that nearly 5,000 sellers acceptedstrike. Sellers are invited to participate in the week's strike during the long term they can afford, she said, adding that this is only the first step. "What we really want to do so that the future is a support for solidarity, artisans supporting each other."

The frustration is palpable for those who use the site to market their goods and some have decided to take a position by letting the platform completely.

"Etsy will lose me as a seller and about 13 of my other friends who use the application also leave"Ashley L. written on the website of the petition. "We open our own websites, like Etsy will make us practically unprofitable."

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