How To Avoid Getting Banned On Etsy 😱 (Especially For New Sellers)

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@Kittldesign 8 ай бұрын

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@NiaLaLa_V 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much. Etsy should give you a kickback for this, because people like me were not even going to bother but you just laid out a plan we can follow without anxiety.

@Kittldesign 8 ай бұрын

So happy to hear this! Truly hope this is helpful as you start the journey!

@hailingfromlyra777 8 ай бұрын

Dont worry... if they are promoting etsy all the time, they are getting something from etsy

@jonh180 8 ай бұрын

Great video, so useful. Etsy bans seems such a hot topic now that a video like this really helps. Thanks

@Kittldesign 8 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Hopefully some of the points help people avoid any potential flags.

@p8prbagbrwyn 8 ай бұрын

Yes, I got banned, but it was billing, corrected right away. I put my shop on vacay...so much going on and it takes a lot of work on the front end. Also trying to rebrand...ugh. I will get there. Thank you for your sharing!

@Kittldesign 8 ай бұрын

Best of luck!

@BlaqueeSwann 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for this advice . I’m not ready to start on Etsy yet but it’s definitely in the future

@Kittldesign 8 ай бұрын

Glad to hear you are researching!

@iceblueaquamarina7389 8 ай бұрын

Great insight, thank you! Haven’t started anything but research yet and feel a bit lost in general about restrictions and duties. Asked my tax consultant what to do and he said that I don’t need a business registration or sales tax ID number at the beginning. Just play around and see if you are selling anything at all. I have the feeling it does not work this way because it doesn’t matter if you are selling anything when starting a business. I know you are not giving legal advice but could you tell me who would know best about correct online sales? Lawyer? Tax office? IHK? 🤷🏻‍♀️

@Kittldesign 8 ай бұрын

Hey there! Thanks for watching the video, and it's great to hear you are researching. We can only speak based on what we know from our collaborating Etsy sellers, that they have a Tax Professional look at and help them with their taxes as it relates to Etsy profit and fees. It is true that in most cases, within the U.S., people use their own tax or SSN and generally have no issues (this is just what we've heard, and what some of us personally have experienced). But again, we can't speak for everyone, nor every country. Sorry if this isn't helpful for you!

@joseph-the-seventh 3 ай бұрын

I've been working on my Etsy shop for several weeks, had added 100 products as drafts. Was just planing to publish them all tonight. Was updating my store banner and profile images, and suddenly got kicked out with a permanent ban! Feeling pretty deflated. No clue why this happened. I've made my appeal and I hope this gets resolved quickly.

@Kittldesign 3 ай бұрын

We hope it gets appealed quickly! This is definitely an issue Etsy needs to sort out.

@GreyRavenTarots 8 ай бұрын

I have a digital design shop. I’m gonna be launching in the near future. I use Canva and I always use a blank card and create my own masterpiece to sell. What I don’t like about Canva though is that they make a copy off of your own intellectual property and copyright it as their own. I may be going to Adobe express, they don’t steal your work. To anyone selling digital cards, business cards, or templates, make sure you start from scratch and have a license to use the images. It will save you a lot of trouble in the end.

@Kittldesign 8 ай бұрын

Interesting! Unless you publish something as a tempalte to the Kittl community, anything you make in Kittl you have personal and commercial license to use. :) Give it a try.

@Reinbeast 8 ай бұрын

A few years ago, I spent 3 months designing products and getting familiar with Etsy's guidelines before I had the courage to attempt opening my shop. I was banned as soon as I tried to publish my first listing. Never found out why because they wouldn't respond to any of my emails.

@Kittldesign 8 ай бұрын

Yes, and it can certainly be frustrating. Our hope is that Etsy's process and documentation gets better on this subject.

@donbentley2207 8 ай бұрын

Great video. Great explanations. But after all I've looked into already over the past year and a half, and all I've read in various groups re shops being banned or suspended and the hassles people have gone through (and the reserves.. OmG the reserves).. After this video I'm even less likely to bother with etsy.

@Kittldesign 8 ай бұрын

There is certainly much to see improved, and we hope that they make strides to do so!

@DrBooTeeGraba 8 ай бұрын

My shop was banned for no reason last year during Christmas. It was reinstated really fast, however, since then, it says im banned still when i go to the etsy community. I opened a case to them a while ago, but it was ignored...

@Kittldesign 8 ай бұрын

It can certainly be a frustrating process!

@KarimasPlanet 8 ай бұрын

Thanks Drew for helpful information.

@Kittldesign 8 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@wuyanchu 8 ай бұрын

thx and god bless you kittl and the world.. 來自香港的祝福....... regards from hong kong ^___^

@Kittldesign 8 ай бұрын

Cheers!

@giselarodher8014 6 ай бұрын

I want to make designs inspired on movies and anime, but I'm concerned about the copyright stuff. I've seen other stores doing that, but I don't know if etsy could be more meticulous with new shops :/

@Kittldesign 5 ай бұрын

It would probably be best to stray away from using mainstream anime and movie titles or imagery. You can certainly take inspiration from them and use a similar design style.

@glittercatstudios 8 ай бұрын

Corrent me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Amazon set it up so that it is *their* branded materials attached to your shipments and not your own? A few years ago a video giving advice for fine artists wanting places to sell their art answered this question, stipulating that any buyers are going to associate your product to Amazon because your brand won't be on the packaging.

@Kittldesign 8 ай бұрын

Hey there! There are a few ways to sell on/through Amazon, and not all of them have branded association with Amazon, so you'll have to look into whichever way that creator was talking about. Generally, when you buy a normal product on Amazon, it comes in that sellers branding/packaging (through having an Amazon Seller Central Account). The package comes in an Amazon box because you purchased it from Amazon, but the product itself would be branded with whatever you set it up to be.

@glittercatstudios 8 ай бұрын

@Kittldesign So iow, I was right. My shipping materials have my brand, including my boxes. But it is still Amazon's that my customers would see in their mailbox. To me, that defeats the purpose of creating and paying for my brand on shipping materials. Thanks for replying. I asked about AI credits a few days ago, but would still like to know about them.

@BlackViral-ku6xx 6 ай бұрын

i didnt get the point of updating my personal information , what should i do

@Kittldesign 5 ай бұрын

We couldn't show any personal information. But it's important to have your legal details like tax number, address, phone numbers, and bank information updated.

@kimh9794 8 ай бұрын

Interesting re vat id requirements for some countries. Im in australia. We dont have vat but its still a requirement. Ill have to investigate

@TreasuryRoad 8 ай бұрын

We have a tax treaty with the USA, l believe the VAT is known under different names depending on the country you live in. Here in Australia l thinks it’s your ABN.

@Kittldesign 8 ай бұрын

It is certainly interesting!

@m.a.3690 8 ай бұрын

I wanted to see what a customer would experience when they will by my product. So i used my second etsy account to by one of my products and i was suspended. Should I admit my mistake to them in my appeal?

@Kittldesign 8 ай бұрын

This is certainly something that we would not recommend doing. It is possible you can appeal and explain what happened, but you might also try opening up a separate account entirely.

@dylu75 7 ай бұрын

Hey thanks for the video!! Quick questions: They banned my shop 2 days after I open it (without even starting to sell), i tried reaching out to Etsy but they don’t answer, and also they don’t give me the reason. My store is in USA, but I added the first listing being from Argentina (And i don’t know if I got banned because of this reason)…. I don’t know if there is a way to recover my account and if not, I will be opening a new account but i don’t want to get banned again and wasted my time.

@Kittldesign 6 ай бұрын

Hm, we can't speak specifically about whether or not it was because of where you were from, but we have found that many users need to constantly send support tickets to get a response. However, attempting another shop could work out since you hadn't finalized or started selling on the first one.

@p8prbagbrwyn 8 ай бұрын

Drew, can I ask what your Etsy shop name is?

@Kittldesign 8 ай бұрын

Hey there! We have several staff with various Etsy accounts, but avoid displaying them publicly, as many people will go to view the shop, increasing traffic, but not generating sales, which will then cause the shop to perform unhealthily. We may show a test or shop from scratch sometime soon though!