Does Etsy Suck?
Does Etsy Suck? Monday October 26, 2009 The handmade revolution has been coating the crafty attitudes and buyers intellect of Americans over the past few years. A boom in online handmade goodies has offered hope to small businesses and bloggers… but is everyone still happy with it? With the arrival and staying power of big box stores like Walmart, it was an eventuality that the shopping pendulum would sweep the other way. As buyers have been inundated with cookie-cutter products filling anonymous linoleum aisles, they have started to seek out increasingly unique gifts from smaller retailers. Handmade goods from artisans around the country have filled the national buyer’s need for the new, and Etsy was there to fill the void. We all know that Etsy is the original handmade buying and selling hub, offering everything from hand sewn hoodies to tie-dyed paper for all your scrapbooking needs. You can find cake pops and flip-flops or earrings made from shampoo bottle plastic. The handmade r
