Feb 24 2008
Online Marketplaces
I recently setup my Etsy store, which was very easy to do. I was attracted to Etsy because of the size of it and the ease of use. But, I have been reading somethings about it that concern me, for example yesterday they lost data relating to item views for every store on Etsy due to a hardware problem (this data is kept in memory, not in the database - what the??!!), and the Etsy admins have recently done a few things that have left me questioning their standards and business practices.
Anyway, I plan to keep my Etsy store - as with everything in life, knowledge is power and as I am now aware of potential issues I can plan to avoid them. But, I want to spread out my risk a little, so I’m looking at other online marketplaces to also sell my products. So far I have found the ones listed below that I am starting to research - I’d love to hear from anyone who has any experience with any of these, or if you can recommend any others.
Thanks!!
Hi - (found my way here via your post in Facebook about their scary Copyright statement. Not good. Anyway, I just wanted to say thanks for this list of marketplaces other than Etsy, as I had some similar thoughts to yours. (I etsy at eyeshoot.etsy.com if you’re so inclined to have a look!).
Adding your blog to my blogroll, it’s very interesting!