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Seller Mailbag: Why Was My Listing Removed With No Clear Reason?
We’ve answered versions of this question throughout the year. With this week’s Purchase Protection overhaul introducing a new dimension to dispute and account issues, worth a version that accounts for the current, evolved landscape. “A Mother’s Day listing just got pulled, and I’m not sure if this is the usual Creativity Standards issue or something…
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Scaling Production Help as Wedding Season Reaches Its Peak
Mother’s Day 2026 spending is on track to hit a record $38 billion nationally, an 11.4% jump over last year, according to the National Retail Federation. For any Etsy shop already running near capacity on wedding orders, that’s not a side note. It’s a second peak landing directly on top of the first. Table of…
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Mother’s Day Is Coming: Getting Ahead of It While Wedding Season Continues
The National Retail Federation projects Mother’s Day 2026 spending will hit a record $38 billion, with shoppers planning to spend a record average of $284.25 per person on gifts and celebrations. That’s real money moving through gift-oriented Etsy categories in the next three weeks, on top of wedding season’s own peak. Table of Contents Introduction…
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Outfy for Etsy Sellers: 3 Features Most Sellers Never Turn On
Wedding season runs longer than any other Etsy selling window we track, months rather than weeks, which means there’s actually time to test a deeper feature set instead of just keeping the lights on with default settings. Table of Contents Introduction We’ve covered Outfy’s social automation twice already this year: its core features back in…
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Etsy Overhauls Purchase Protection: Faster Filing, Bigger Coverage
Following the initial Spring Shakeup announcement two weeks ago, the full details of Etsy’s Purchase Protection overhaul are now confirmed. This is a substantial change worth understanding in concrete terms. The specific changes Etsy has nearly doubled its human review team dedicated to dispute cases, a direct investment in resolution speed. The filing window for…
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Week in Review — April 19, 2026
The Purchase Protection story continues to develop, alongside a predictable phishing scam and steady wedding season progress. Purchase Protection phishing scam confirmed circulating Following Friday’s alert, several additional sellers reported similar fake account-verification messages this week, exactly the pattern we anticipated given how much genuine news there’s been on this topic. Purchase Protection details still…
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Scam Alert: What’s Targeting Etsy Sellers This Week
This week’s pattern: fake “Purchase Protection update” phishing messages, directly exploiting this week’s genuine platform news about the Purchase Protection changes we’ve been covering. The setup Several sellers reported messages this week claiming to be from Etsy, stating their account needs to be “re-verified” or “updated” to remain covered under the new Purchase Protection changes,…
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What the Purchase Protection Changes Actually Mean for Your Shop
Etsy’s existing Purchase Protection program already caps seller-side exposure at $250 per eligible case and requires sellers to respond to an open case within two calendar days. That’s the enforcement backbone the platform is reportedly rebuilding as part of this spring’s overhaul, and it’s worth knowing cold before any new mechanics land. Table of Contents…
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Wedding Registry and Housewarming Keywords: The Guest’s Perspective
Guests spent an average of $150 on a wedding gift in 2024, according to The Knot’s Real Guest Study, and 62% of those gifts were purchased off a registry or a registry-style want list rather than chosen freehand. Table of Contents Introduction We’ve spent this whole spring covering distinct wedding-adjacent buyer categories, building on the…
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Listybox for Etsy Sellers: What Changed in Their Latest Update
Etsy’s April 2026 Purchase Protection overhaul cut the case-filing window from 100 days to 30, and paired that policy change with a full visual refresh of Shop Manager and the Seller app. Any third-party tool that touches your listings through that interface has to catch up, and this week Listybox did. Table of Contents Introduction…