Etsy...

Diagro · 3 Jul 2022 at 06:26

Hey,

Anyone use Etsy here to sell?

I made a sale last night, was for a 3d printed item.

My first sale on the platform, although I've sold dozens of these models on eBay.

I wasn't aware of the fee structure, I presumed it would be similar to eBay... how wrong I was.

£45 sale plus £5 shipping.
The combined item price and shipping to make £50 sale.

Then they took £8.50 in fees for standard sale... £3.50 higher than eBay.
Then they took £7.50 for offsite adverts....
Huh?!

In the end, I'm left with £32.50 from a £50* sale...

Which is a shame, as the materials needed to print the model are £15...

I've removed the listing from Etsy... and will stick with eBay...

OK what planet do they think sellers exist? The costs of items ends up being hyper inflated simply due to fee's!

Freakbro · 3 Jul 2022 at 06:48

Diagro said:
I wasn't aware of the fee structure, I presumed

That was your mistake right there. It would have made sense to check what the fees were before using the site!

Diagro · 3 Jul 2022 at 06:58

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Freakbro said:
That was your mistake right there. It would have made sense to check what the fees were before using the site!

Yep.

But still.... its excessive lol

goldy6660 · 3 Jul 2022 at 07:41

Excessive yeah but there are few calculators you could use before adding your stuff on. You'll find some people add things on and leave minimum room for profit, mainly hobbyist folk but they are damaging the market for people who are wanting to actually make a living from it.

Droolinggimp · 3 Jul 2022 at 08:20

Damn. I was thinking of setting up an Etsy shop to sell my wargaming terrain boards. Are their fees based on % of sale value or a fixed fee?

Haze · 3 Jul 2022 at 08:28

What are you printing? A house? £15 of material? So you are using 1kg of filament??

Zefan · 3 Jul 2022 at 08:53

I'm pretty sure you can turn off the off-site adverts part. My wife has made a healthy amount on etsy and although the fees were enough to push her to use insta/her own website mainly now, she hasn't ever had that level of fees going on.

Dis86 · 3 Jul 2022 at 09:26

Haze said:
What are you printing? A house? £15 of material? So you are using 1kg of filament??

Resin?

Derek W · 3 Jul 2022 at 09:29

How to sell on Etsy United Kingdom

Learn how to sell on Etsy and open your shop today. Start selling handmade or vintage products online to local and international buyers.

www.etsy.com

The fee percentages are listed there.

Diagro · 3 Jul 2022 at 10:55

Haze said:
What are you printing? A house? £15 of material? So you are using 1kg of filament??

Larger than human sized Red Dwarf Heads

Plus this buyer wants Silk Bronze.. so it's about £22 per KG

Diagro · 3 Jul 2022 at 19:53

Zefan said:
I'm pretty sure you can turn off the off-site adverts part. My wife has made a healthy amount on etsy and although the fees were enough to push her to use insta/her own website mainly now, she hasn't ever had that level of fees going on.

I found how to. Took a while to find it though.. they hide it well.

Rai200 · 3 Jul 2022 at 20:16

Diagro said:
Larger than human sized Red Dwarf Heads

Plus this buyer wants Silk Bronze.. so it's about £22 per KG

Why are people buying bronze, larger than life-size smegheads?

Diagro · 3 Jul 2022 at 20:49

Rai200 said:
Why are people buying bronze, larger than life-size smegheads?

Not sure mate.
Sold a couple of dozen Krytens and 7 Rimmers now.
Only listed Rimmer last week.

Already working on Cat and Lister models as have had requests for a full cast

Malevolence · 3 Jul 2022 at 20:53

Diagro said:
Not sure mate.
Sold a couple of dozen Krytens and 7 Rimmers now.
Only listed Rimmer last week.

Already working on Cat and Lister models as have had requests for a full cast

Can you do you do a S7 Kochanski in soft silicone rather than resin? Asking for a friend.

arknor · 3 Jul 2022 at 20:56

how long does each head take to print

Efour · 3 Jul 2022 at 21:04

w t f ....?

Minusorange · 3 Jul 2022 at 21:11

They charge a high fee to look the other way on users low key breaking copyright laws it seems

Diagro · 3 Jul 2022 at 21:13

Malevolence said:
Can you do you do a S7 Kochanski in soft silicone rather than resin? Asking for a friend.

No lol

arknor said:
how long does each head take to print

48 hours

200sols · 3 Jul 2022 at 21:13

Etsy used to be OK, now it is ridiculously expensive. Avoid.

Diagro · 3 Jul 2022 at 21:13

Minusorange said:
They charge a high fee to look the other way on users low key breaking copyright laws it seems

Not sure how they can Copyright a person's likeness.