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Etsy Answers the Call to Boot Resellers
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What is a reseller?
Technically a reseller is anyone who buys goods and resells. On Etsy only 2 types of resellers are allowed, that vintage items and commercial supplies. Anyone else reselling goods is not allowed. by artisanwoodcrafting
Reselling has been happening on Etsy for a while and Etsy has been working hard to put a stop to these shops. Their latest and greatest effort is the SCRAM (Systems for Catching Resellers and Abusers of the Marketplace) system that Chris Bohn from Etsy has developed. This system is designed to spot resellers. what is a reseller….. Well the classic reseller is someone who is attempting to pass off mass-produced goods as handmade items.
Technically a reseller is anyone who buys goods and resells. On Etsy only 2 types of resellers are allowed, that vintage items and commercial supplies. Anyone else reselling goods is not allowed. by artisanwoodcrafting.
According to Etsy in a recent Storque article they mentioned that SCRAM is essentially an internal Etsy “bot” that prowls the many halls of shops and listings, looking for probable resellers and other troublemakers. Since SCRAM was introduced recently, it has identified several hundred potential resellers, each of which our Support Team is reviewing for appropriate action, ranging from gentle reminders to outright banishment. Furthermore, SCRAM pays particular attention to catching those reseller shops that seem to pop up overnight, stuffed with mass-produced products.
SCRAM sounds like an amazing system and i am glad it is running and catching resellers. Etsy has also just released a new part of their Atlas system that will allow Etsy members to flag shops that we see as potential resellers. Etsy members are already familiar with flagging and reporting listings that break Etsy’s rules.
So be on the look out for resellers and do your part to flag and get rid of these resellers.
Great news! I like how etsy is trying to keep everything as fair as possible. Good effort. Thumbs up folks!
How exciting; this sounds like a very innovative solution for a very long standing issue. It’s hard enough to be seen with so many great handmade artisans out there, I don’t want to have to compete with these mass market resellers too.
Yay! Some resellers are so blatant & have been getting flagged for ages. Glad something is being done
Glad to hear it!! Love Apollo!!!!
Audrey
Think this just happened to me. I had listed a vintage doll book and within 20 minutes I had a convo asking me lower the price. Checking the potential buyer, I found she collects all things related to old dolls — but with no sales. Raised a red flag. Reselling was my first thought.
Thanks for the great report.
I’m glad to see etsy make this move. It’s the reason I left this selling platform.
I noticed a seller selling the same silk pillow covers my imprter friend sells.
I asked the seller about it and she said she was helping the poor over worked ladies and children of India… that’s a sweat shop in my book!
I left.
Might consider coming back now.
Thanks again.
Kim M
I’m so glad to hear something is being done about resellers.
A very interesting article–something that I was definitely not aware of. It’s good to hear that Etsy is implimenting this “cracking down” on resellers. I think alot of “legitimate” sellers will be feeling pretty comfortable about this. Thanks for the info.
I’m really gald to hear this! Pretty sure I’ve spotted a few, and it’s a bummer. Thanks for the article!;)
I’m always happy to see etsy’s improvements! I too wasn’t aware of people reselling items! I’m glad etsy is trying to do something about the problem with SCRAM, and if people dilligently flag shops they come across, it should help cut down the problem considerably.
Tracey