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ALL SELLERS WANTED!

Two things I want to make you aware of which might have a negative impact on your sales.

I have recently found out by mistake through a customer from France that Etsy is supressing your listings. Yes it's a thing. What does this mean? Etsy is showing only certain listings or none at all, depending on regional laws or just algorithm manipulation, or a combination of both.

I had listings which the customer was looking for and I sent the links directly, which he couldn't access as they were blocked in France.

Etsy calls it "Geo-suppression". To be fair I was not surprised to find this out as it just enforces what I was suspecting for a while now.

SECOND ISSUE and this is a big one: Do yourself a favour and check for your artwork on Temu or eBay as it might be there, sold by others. I have found my artwork being sold across multiple shops on both Temu and eBay, in the thousands... I already filed multiple Intellectual property reports with Temu and I'm trying to get the shops removed, unfortunately they are not as strict as Etsy so I have to keep pushing them. This is where a collective effort would hopefully be successful.

With eBay, I am waiting to enrol in their VeRO programme which will allow to report the infringing content.

If you do find any infringing content, below are some links and materials to help you.

https://www.temu.com/intellectual-property-complaint.html.

https://www.ebay.com/sellercenter/resources/verified-rights-owner-profiles

Get your artwork removed, especially now before the holidays, don't let them profit off your work.

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