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‘My Etsy Shop Is Dead’: Sellers on Surviving the Tariff Shock
National coverage from NPR caught up this week with a story we’ve been tracking on this site since early summer: the real, and in some cases severe, financial impact the end of the de minimis exemption is having on Etsy sellers who depend on imported materials. The scale of the impact, in sellers’ own words…
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Week in Review — September 7, 2025
First full week of September, and the shift toward fall and Q4 planning is now the dominant theme in seller conversations. Fall transition in full swing Following our pieces this week on homepage refreshes and fall keyword patterns, several sellers reported already seeing early traction on newly published fall and Halloween-adjacent listings, consistent with the…
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Seller Mailbag: How Do I Price for International Buyers After the Tariff Changes?
“With the de minimis exemption gone, I’m not sure how to handle pricing for my international buyers anymore. Do I raise prices, add a surcharge, or just eat the cost? What are other sellers actually doing?” Given how much this has come up since the exemption officially ended last week, worth a dedicated, practical answer.…
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Q4 Production Planning: Deciding Now Whether You Need Help
Retailers nationally expected to hire between 400,000 and 500,000 seasonal workers for the 2024 holiday season alone, according to the National Retail Federation. Etsy shops feel the same volume spike, just at a smaller scale and without a corporate HR department to handle it. Table of Contents Introduction September is the last real planning window…
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Fall Keyword Patterns: What’s Actually Driving Search Right Now
Google’s own search data shows interest in “pumpkin spice latte” now peaks in August, not September or October like it did before 2018. Fall keyword behavior on Etsy is shifting earlier the same way, and a listing still waiting for October to “feel like fall” is already behind. Table of Contents Introduction If your shop’s…
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MyDesigns.io for Etsy Sellers: 3 Features Most Sellers Never Turn On
MyDesigns.io can generate up to 2,400 product mockups from a single design upload in one batch. Most sellers who use the platform never get past creating one mockup at a time. Table of Contents Introduction Most Etsy print-on-demand and digital sellers open a design tool, build one mockup for one listing, export it, and start…
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Refreshing Your Shop’s Homepage and Sections for Fall
A homepage still leading with summer or back-to-school inventory in September reads to a buyer as a shop that hasn’t been actively tended, even when the products underneath are perfectly good. Table of Contents Introduction With back-to-school wrapped and September underway, most Etsy sellers are thinking about new fall listings, not the homepage those listings…
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Week in Review — August 31, 2025
Closing out August with the tariff story now fully confirmed rather than developing, plus a clean wrap on back-to-school. The tariff exemption ending: reactions this week Following our deeper look Saturday at the end of the de minimis exemption, seller reaction this week has been resigned more than shocked, given how much runway sellers have…
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The Tariff Exemption Is Gone — Here’s What It Costs Your Shop
We’ve tracked rising sourcing anxiety all summer. As of this week, the underlying policy shift driving it is fully in effect, and it’s worth laying out plainly what actually changed and what it means going forward. What happened The “de minimis” exemption, which allowed shipments valued at $800 or less to enter the United States…
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Scam Alert: What’s Targeting Etsy Sellers This Week
This week’s pattern: fake “supplier” outreach aimed at sellers sourcing materials, timed to land right as tariff-related sourcing anxiety is already elevated. The setup Several sellers reported unsolicited messages this week from supposed overseas material suppliers offering unusually low prices specifically framed as a way to “beat the new tariffs.” The pitch leans directly on…