I have changed mine and my sales took a dip in October and I was in deficit, then they slowly increased back to now around 21% more than last year and 50% more in revenue. But it can be a combination of things. Hard to tell. I would say, until Etsy says that their algorithm changed and it will impact your SEO, don’t change them.

Congrats mate! Well done

@Chloe Mitchell 👀 thank you for the mention. @Martin Bibby yeah I do. I basically place my framed orders with a different supplier manually as I don't get those every day (as you see in the photo I received 1 today, yesterday I had 5, 3 days prior had none). To keep them organised, I created new tabs in the Order page on Etsy; one for PrintShrimp and one for the frames supplier. So my workflow is as follows: New - are the unprocessed orders. PrintShrimp - processed orders with PS Frames - Framed posters processed with the other supplier On hold - this is used rarely for customised orders which I extended the despatch by date.

Etsy can hold your funds for up to 180 days but this is rare. As you are saying that you are already having decent sales and you only just started a month ago, you are a victim of your own success unfortunately; as Etsy sees that but they want to make sure that you have enough fund to cover any customer issues such as refunds, or if you cannot fulfil your orders and they have to step in and use your funds to cover the costs. This is the bit that every Etsy “guru” leaves out when they sell you the dream. At the start you have to be prepared to cover the costs for at least two months or so until the funds might become available. In my case they did become available 1,5 months later, then they started trickling in every two weeks afterwards. That’s my preferred frequency. Unfortunately you just have to plough it through. December sales are not helping your case either as this is the month with most customer queries and shipping issues, and Etsy knows that. Side note: if your customer service stats are in good standing, you will qualify for star seller exactly 90 days from your first sale. With that, all your shop restrictions will be lifted and funds released, if funds will not become available until then.

@Daniel Graham from my experience on both shops, my restrictions lasted for exactly 90 days from the first sale until I reached star seller. No other restrictions afterwards.