{"id":389,"date":"2022-04-22T16:32:25","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T16:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koalanda.pro\/blog\/?p=389"},"modified":"2022-04-22T16:34:17","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T16:34:17","slug":"was-the-etsy-strike-a-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koalanda.pro\/blog\/was-the-etsy-strike-a-success","title":{"rendered":"Was the Etsy Strike a Success?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It all began with Josh Silverman\u2019s letter of 24 February<\/a>. This 600-word message from Etsy\u2019s CEO quickly became the hottest topic of discussion for all sellers on the platform. And even though the letter contains multiple talking points, the main focus of the debates was undoubtedly the rise in the Etsy fees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of 11 April 2022, the transaction fees for sellers increased from 5% to 6.5%. At first glance, this hike seems insignificant, but it stirred up huge discontent among some of the sellers. In response to the frustrating announcement, a group of sellers decided to express their protest by going on strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Etsy strikers put forward a list of demands, the most important of which was to call off the transaction fee increase. You can find out more about the strikers\u2019 demands on their website \u2013 https:\/\/etsystrike.org\/<\/a>. The strike was scheduled to take place between 11 April and 18 April. All Etsy sellers were called on to set their shops on vacation mode for that period. Those who could not afford to halt business activities for an entire week were urged to do it at least on Monday (11 April). At the same time, buyers were requested to refrain from making purchases on Etsy during that week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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This blog post will not comment on the fee increase, the demands of the strikers or the very idea behind the strike. We are only going to look at the data and objectively analyze what happened during the strike period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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