tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post4101843748653269653..comments2023-05-31T07:37:38.948-04:00Comments on Etsy Bitch: The Hub - Where Annoyance GathersThe Cranky Onehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08492132798002763761noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post-10225873503286875872009-10-30T21:37:03.508-04:002009-10-30T21:37:03.508-04:00Well, I was cool with it :)Well, I was cool with it :)whichgoosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00238764591574310990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post-85839459335066797092009-10-21T16:48:29.710-04:002009-10-21T16:48:29.710-04:00Take another look at that bride. Note that the tit...Take another look at that bride. Note that the title of that feature is "Etsy Bridal Crowns With Whichgoose." Not "Whichgoose Bridal Crowns" but "Etsy Bridal Crowns." Poor Whichgoose doesn't even get credit for her own work. Etsy does.<br /><br />The moral of the story is that even those select few who Etsy chooses to promote are taken advantage of, to where they aren't even allowed to "own" their own creations. The brand is still Etsy, regardless of how favored a seller you are. In fact, the more Etsy likes you, it seems, the more they take advantage of you in this way. <br /><br />This is very definition of an abusive, dysfuntional relationship.<br /><br />Etsy bridal features? Bah. Etsy may forsake all others for its chosen sellers, but even those sellers are in serious need of an annulment and/or a divorce, if for nothing else than to regain custody of their own work.RRobinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post-24558081807213788832009-10-21T12:49:28.428-04:002009-10-21T12:49:28.428-04:00That's a bride at the bottom? News to me. I th...That's a bride at the bottom? News to me. I thought it was a picture of someone waking from the dead for the Dia de los Muertos feature, probably from drinking too much Etsy Kool-Aid.CupcakesMakeMeGagnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post-71390666910080491052009-10-19T14:54:04.840-04:002009-10-19T14:54:04.840-04:00The Etsy store looks like it needs to flagged for ...The Etsy store looks like it needs to flagged for selling mass produced bumper stickers and buttons....sheesh! (if flagging was actually effective)Violets New Vintagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05675357282205380495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post-21555219720695112342009-10-18T22:25:20.534-04:002009-10-18T22:25:20.534-04:00I am **SO** tired of seeing whichgoose (that '...I am **SO** tired of seeing whichgoose (that 'bride') all over Etsy-- enough of the girls trying to make their eyes huge and looking up/sideways while super pouting their lips. Just act natural, ladies! Honor the women's movement and stop trying to look like a little girl. Blah! I hate that!nomoreduckfacesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post-11005377205597739632009-10-18T02:55:16.603-04:002009-10-18T02:55:16.603-04:00This drives me INSANE! It is out of sync with the ...This drives me INSANE! It is out of sync with the rest of the site, looks like crap and isn't practical.Cloudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15205590563846562414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post-58261967859097527852009-10-16T17:14:11.722-04:002009-10-16T17:14:11.722-04:00HOW THE hell is Etsy going to attract customers fo...HOW THE hell is Etsy going to attract customers for us with this sort of headline:<br />"This Monday’s Craft Night: Felted Photo Pockets"<br /><br />God, it's so embarrassing. What's the object of all this? Etsy cannot be "just a venue" when it makes us all look like amateurs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post-31404931803114103102009-10-15T21:21:20.392-04:002009-10-15T21:21:20.392-04:00Hey, is that Ralph Lauren's new model on the b...Hey, is that Ralph Lauren's new model on the bottom of the Hub page? Because she sure looks like her head is bigger than her pelvis.foxazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00652790979739277057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post-77604840019067981422009-10-15T13:13:56.641-04:002009-10-15T13:13:56.641-04:00Subheading: "Then You Too Will be our FS (3x ...Subheading: "Then You Too Will be our FS (3x or even 4x!), Blog Darling, Etsy Finds 4x a month, and Graduate to our latest QYDJ Etsy Groupie For the Month!" <br />__________<br /><br />Hey, if you can work it, do it! You can use Etsy to your advantage. you just gotta know what to make (cowls, etc).<br /><br />I HATE the new "Hub". Stylistically, it doesn't look like the rest of Etsy. There was nothing wrong with the old one either. Whoever said it about the shopping cart is right and someone said in the forums that if someone maneuvers away from a page with the cart, they will become confused. <br /><br />sigh....<br /><br />(I love how my captcha word for this is "unessis", is that like a baby amanuensis -or whatever the hell Rokali is?)hatinonthehubnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post-20854255099014725332009-10-15T12:43:31.978-04:002009-10-15T12:43:31.978-04:00it's odd that Etsy would encourage, explicitly...it's odd that Etsy would encourage, explicitly or implicitly, creative writing style descriptions and artsy photos for rather ordinary items. I mean, Etsy has thousands of actual artists strugggling to be seen on Etsy, while admin doesn't seem to acknowledge their existence. Including most of the photographers. <br /><br />I've seen a few of the story-telling style descriptions for vintage items on Etsy. A lot of speculative blather about the life and feelings of the designer or whether some starlet or film character would have owned/worn one. Not a word about the dimensions, condition, marks/labels, and all the other good stuff that cool catalog writers know they have to fit in somewhere.<br /><br />I'd like to see a Dorque article encouraging sellers to include the (boring?) facts with their listings, but I doubt that will happen.life-during-wartimenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post-43306502455336399742009-10-14T23:51:20.817-04:002009-10-14T23:51:20.817-04:00Someone said "twat muffins" Bwahahahahah...Someone said "twat muffins" Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha<br /><br />I hope that isn't copyrighted, because I am going to insert that into my vernacular at every possible, appropriate moment!!!<br /><br />LOL!<br /><br />Etsy is a cult....Indigonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post-26623847138510663562009-10-14T22:02:42.746-04:002009-10-14T22:02:42.746-04:00Looks childish in the way that a site intended for...Looks childish in the way that a site intended for children would look. Obviously designed by committee. Look on the bright side: playdates like this keep them away from the item page, which is still sublimely clean and professional. Once they start bastardizing that, Etsy will go into a tailspin just like Ebay.soothsayernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post-40794843956352079862009-10-14T21:49:20.244-04:002009-10-14T21:49:20.244-04:00The "Hub" has no links to the 2 most imp...The "Hub" has no links to the 2 most important items of the central hub of a selling site:<br /><br />Shopping Cart<br />Help Menu<br /><br />There shouldn't be any page anywhere on the site that doesn't have the Shopping Cart. <br /><br />The central hub should be where you find useful resources, like Help.<br /><br />This is just a Dorque intro page.<br /><br />And putting their own store in that prominent position is shitty. To think those Admins are getting well paid to make crafts instead of customer service, when most sellers are barely squeaking out a few sales per month.<br /><br />Etsy is a colossal fail.asshat hubnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post-78496370988114823662009-10-14T20:09:17.127-04:002009-10-14T20:09:17.127-04:00True or not. Tell me that they didn't advise t...True or not. Tell me that they didn't advise this sort of thing. Please!!<br />I used to tell my students to lie in their creative writing to pass the standardized tests, because the lies read better. But THESE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DESCRIPTIONS!<br />Writing for the sake of writing and taking photos for the sake of the photo is not the way to do BUSINESS, EtsyTwats!EtsyTwatsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post-51447572174508446962009-10-14T19:33:37.433-04:002009-10-14T19:33:37.433-04:00It appears etsy admin has too much time on their h...It appears etsy admin has too much time on their hands. Instead of doing their real jobs and fixing the real problems we've been begging to be fixed for years, they waste time slapping another junk page together to pretend they are working. <br /><br />Pathetic!<br /><br />Stuff like this is why I took a break from selling. Not that I was holding my breath on things to get better, but this was just another thing to remind me why I'm not giving etsy my money anymore. I pity the sellers who admin has actually tricked into believing they are trying to help us because they aren't. Seems the longer the site stays, the further away admin gets from doing what is right for the people bringing the money to them.<br /><br />The more I see of etsy, the more I question if the people running the joint realized that the site is supposed to be a place to sell. More and more, etsy is looking like a social networking site for teenagers rather than a professional selling site.Glad I'm Gonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post-43144120796510992312009-10-14T18:12:35.329-04:002009-10-14T18:12:35.329-04:00Quoting antimonkeybuttpowder:
"the idea to w...Quoting antimonkeybuttpowder:<br /><br />"the idea to write a story about your item 'true or not!' is only going to encourage some outrageous lies and misinformation. in the business world it's called fraud.<br /><br />"can't wait to see the plethora of vintage 70s avon bottles that belonged to marie antoinette."<br /><br />**<br /><br />Oh, those bottles will be right at home with the genuine 1920s Ann Taylor polyester flapper dresses and the genuine Victorian frocks with the power shoulders, nylon zippers and serged seams.<br /><br />Vintage on Etsy is an even bigger joke than handmade.RRobinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post-2273760978153836132009-10-14T18:07:45.777-04:002009-10-14T18:07:45.777-04:00Quoting Stiflers Mom:
"LOL did you see the ...Quoting Stiflers Mom:<br /><br />"LOL did you see the seller in the discussion forum about this scolding the objectors to the new hub because they were hurting the feelings of the graphic designer."<br /><br />**<br /><br />That same theme -- of not criticizing the change because it'll hurt the designer's feelings -- came up in a Forum discussion of the insipid new sign-in page graphics, too.<br /><br />Is this a business or a little girls' tea party (with Barbies)?RRobinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post-8923029604706589602009-10-14T18:03:23.086-04:002009-10-14T18:03:23.086-04:00Quoting Old Hippie Bitch:
"I am beginning to...Quoting Old Hippie Bitch:<br /><br />"I am beginning to wonder if etsy is purposely coming up with shit just to piss off the grumpy haters?"<br /><br />**<br /><br />Ya think?<br /><br />Take a look at the front page, which, as I write this, it is all cowls and gloves, largely fingerless, and one full length scarf for variety -- made of crocheted cupcakes.RRobinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post-22411877626708235262009-10-14T17:34:50.269-04:002009-10-14T17:34:50.269-04:00A puzzling addition to the site.
The 'Etsy St...A puzzling addition to the site.<br /><br />The 'Etsy Store' links don't belong there.<br /><br />The Google Calendar really doesn't match, visually.<br /><br />Loading a video player - what's the point?<br /><br />AND to touch it all off, they haven't bothered making the central account menu at the top work. It seems like you know, they wouldn't have thought it was DONE or EVER CONSIDERED RELEASING IT until someone got that menu working. Putting a page on the site where the top menu does not function is incredibly shoddy and does not suit a professional site at all.Robert the Porcupinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post-33152091099907860802009-10-14T17:09:19.323-04:002009-10-14T17:09:19.323-04:00So now you have to wade through all this gunk to y...So now you have to wade through all this gunk to yet to the main stuff. I just go through the community hub to get to the forums, if I want to see this BS, I'd read the storque,NOT. With all that they NEED to fix, this is their choice of what to do. <br />God am I glad I found somewhere else to sell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post-9152415267752229512009-10-14T16:30:14.880-04:002009-10-14T16:30:14.880-04:00TOTALLY appalling. Especially the "Etsy"...TOTALLY appalling. Especially the "Etsy" store. VOMIT. <br /><br />but equally annoying is the anorexic "bride".wtf anywaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post-10207401664496382052009-10-14T16:24:41.068-04:002009-10-14T16:24:41.068-04:00the idea to write a story about your item 'tru...the idea to write a story about your item 'true or not!' is only going to encourage some outrageous lies and misinformation. in the business world it's called fraud.<br /><br /> can't wait to see the plethora of vintage 70s avon bottles that belonged to marie antoinette.antimonkeybuttpowdernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post-53128915965277471642009-10-14T16:13:09.135-04:002009-10-14T16:13:09.135-04:00I don't like it =(I don't like it =(Cosmic Creatureshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680211643325876241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post-3156809128494059022009-10-14T16:09:02.069-04:002009-10-14T16:09:02.069-04:00Just another perfect example of Etsy giving us cup...Just another perfect example of Etsy giving us cupcakes, when what we really need are meat and potatoes!<br /><br />Words cannot express my opinion of the cretans who are responsible for the day to day running of this site. They are a toxic blight on all true artisans and craftsmen.FedUpwithIdiotsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286747608538901945.post-34675995062422277512009-10-14T16:05:09.419-04:002009-10-14T16:05:09.419-04:00cliquey, childish, poorly thought out, badly progr...cliquey, childish, poorly thought out, badly programmed.<br /> pretty much sums up most of the etsy experience. if it's working well, they'll be sure to 'fix it', fuck it up or put it on hiatus.<br /><br />etsy corporate culture encourages it's employees to act like candy flipping, brain dead, forever 13, gum popping fluffy twat muffins. i hate that.<br />the only thing etsy has going for it? ebay is the bigger mess.monkeybuttpowdernoreply@blogger.com