The biggest secret is this: Makers who have what it takes to succeed—good product, a good marketing plan, a pricing structure that compensates everyone in their supply chain fairly—don’t really need Etsy for long.'
That said, if Etsy is hard to use, why sell there? Something must have gone horrible wrong if you can't put your product on their site.

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