Wider Shop pages will make you Etsy's Bitch again.

Etsy announced they are making the shop pages wider very soon. I think we all knew it was coming, but the design personally threw me for a loop. It's a big change, and all those cooing cupcakes aren't seeing how it essentially takes them out of the equation.

While exceedingly clean, look where the seller is - still under the shop sections. If you are a seller with more than 4 or 5 sections you will be pushed so far down that page that you cease to exist. Those of you with tons of them might as well give up being contacted. Once you go down "below the fold" (the point at which you must scroll to see) on a webpage you cease to be important. With Etsy has succeeded in making it look like THEY are selling your product. This is something I was hoping to see them fix wit the added space they are adapting. By moving it all to the left, where current site navigation is it is likely that entire column may be disregarded as not relating directly to your store.

pic1 - You are invisible, but do like shop messages are abbreviated, since many sellers have fucking novels on there.

pic 2 - I don't quite get what the shop message pop-over is for, I think it's from clicking the 'read more' on the shop message, but I really really hate it.

What I think you agree to seeing is that they have managed to successfully make seeing you, and contacting you for more info, nearly impossible for the average wandering shopper. It will be hard for accomplished buyers as well as it will be a hunt to find those two little boxes about you and your shop still crammed under your sections.

Why didn't they put it on top and sections under it? Your guess is as fucking good as mine, but I'm thinking they are back on the "merchandising" plan.

Fucktards. Fuckity fuck fuck fucktards!

How to fight this? Put YOURSELF in your banner. Your pic or avatar, your name, your email for contact since they will have hidden all that now. (They say new larger banners are coming btw, so time for people to pony up more money to manner makers - at least someone will be making money on Etsy, besides Etsy!)

ALSO: Put your name, location, email address and or phone number on EVERY LISTING. Don't let them steal your work as their own. You claim it as much as you can. BRAND yourself, don't be branded as "Etsy's Bitch".

(edited to fix some text that got cut)