Handmade wands

Etsy is now forcing shop owners to be part of their ads. We can not opt out.

To anyone who buys from etsy: DO NOT EVER CLICK THEIR ADS

They are rolling out a program where if you get a sale from an ad they put out, they’re taking 12-15% of the profit(probably on top of the like, 5%ish+ they already take). Even worse, if you have clicked an Etsy ad in the last 30 days ANYONE YOU BUY FROM ON ETSY IN THAT PERIOD WILL BE BILLED THAT FEE. 

So please, if you see an ad for something you like off etsy, do not click it. Just go on etsy and search for it.

This is somehow worse than what storenvy used to pull. 

Just to avoid any confusion, we’re talking about paid ads bought by etsy that will be hosted on google or facebook and be associated with Etsy themselves. This example is from Kikidoodle on twitter of what it looks like when you google their stuff. 

Clicking This WILL penalize artists. Clicking links shared by artists when they’re advertising their own things on tumblr and social media Will not. 

Please don’t be scared to still share your favorite artists or cool merch! Just don’t click the ads Etsy is personally buying space for!

Also a note, people who make under 10k annual are allowed to opt out! But make no mistake that this guillotine will eventually come down on them as well, Etsy loves to soft launch this kinda thing :)

Remember when they added fees to shipping costs? And then the next year they said hey why not just add the cost of shipping to the product so we can lie about free shipping? You’re paying fees either way so why not? (also we’ll penalize you for not offering free shipping sooooo)

Rose paint with rose quartz wand. 13” long handmade. Very light both in energy and weight. $20 if anyone is interested. 

  Aphrodite wand is up here!