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Week in Review — December 7, 2025
A news-heavy week, with Etsy’s Color of the Year announcement generating real seller interest alongside the usual shipping-crunch urgency. Color of the Year: early seller reaction Following Thursday’s coverage of Patina Blue and Washed Linen, several sellers in home decor and jewelry categories mentioned already planning small catalog additions to reflect the palette, mostly as…
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Fall Photography Refresh: Small Changes That Make Old Listings Feel Current
Not every listing needs to be new for fall to feel current. For most year-round inventory, a modest photography refresh signals seasonal relevance without the time investment of building new listings from scratch. Table of Contents Introduction Most Etsy sellers hear “seasonal refresh” and picture a full reshoot: new props, new lighting, a weekend gone.…
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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 — August 24, 2025
Back-to-school is clearly winding down in most regions, and shop chatter is starting to shift toward fall planning. The transition is underway Multiple sellers this week posted about starting to plan fall and early Q4 inventory, a full month earlier than some said they usually would, citing this year’s sourcing cost uncertainty as a reason…
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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…