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Week in Review — August 10, 2025
Steady week, no single dominant story, but a few threads worth flagging. Appeals: more data, still mixed Following up on Friday’s mailbag piece: the broader pattern in seller reports this week continues to be mixed outcomes, with well-documented original-design cases faring notably better than bare assertions. We’re not seeing evidence yet of Etsy publishing clearer…
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Week in Review — August 3, 2025
August opens with back-to-school clearly the dominant story, alongside a few threads still carrying over from July. Back-to-school is the real story now Multiple sellers across labels, dorm decor, and personalized kids’ items reported their strongest sales week of the summer. This tracks with what we’ve been saying since mid-July: shops that got listings live…
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Week in Review — July 27, 2025
Closing out July with the boycott story still the biggest thing sellers are talking about, plus a few smaller items worth knowing. Boycott: still loose, still ongoing No major escalation since our deeper look earlier in the week, but no sign of it fading either. Message volume from concerned or protesting buyers is still elevated…
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Week in Review — July 20, 2025
A more scattered week than usual — nothing dominated the way Creativity Standards has the last few weeks, but a handful of smaller things are worth flagging. Boycott chatter is building We’re watching a growing thread of buyer and seller frustration this week tied to a specific controversial listing category that’s drawn public attention, with…
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Week in Review — July 13, 2025
The Creativity Standards story kept growing this week, and it wasn’t the only thing sellers were talking about. The mailbag is full of one topic We ran a reader question Friday about mysterious listing removals, and honestly could have run ten more just like it. If there’s a single theme running through every seller group…
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Week in Review — July 6, 2025
A short week for most of the US, but not a quiet one in seller forums. Here’s what actually mattered if you sell on Etsy this week. Creativity Standards fallout is still spreading Nearly a month after Etsy quietly rewrote its Creativity Standards to cut “templated designs or patterns” from what counts as original work,…