Etsy is charging shop owners for people viewing their content
Every time someone so much as looks at my posting, I lose 25 cents. They even charge for shipping, even though I don't print their labels or use any shipping-related services besides my local USPS.
It's impossible to sell things for a reasonable price, because shop owners have to make up the hundreds of tiny expenses Etsy piles on for no god damn reason. A year ago when I uploaded something I only got charged for the upload and if someone bought the thing. Today I have seven screenshots' worth of expenses for two postings after only one day of having them up. Etsy is robbing people. They even took money from an order!
I sell my masks for $5 a piece. I also offer free shipping on orders $35 and up. This is my first free-shipping-order, meaning the customer spent $35 on my masks, and yet Etsy is only giving me $33.61. Why? I'm already being charged outrageously for daring to use their site, and they think they deserve my money just because I offered free shipping? That's literally theft.
See anything else weird about that screenshot? Yeah. They charged me ten times for posting one post. That "auto-renewal charge" they label it as wasn't even supposed to be charged to me until September.
Etsy is a scam and everyone who touches it is a victim