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r/EtsySellers Reddit Community Guide

A subreddit for Etsy sellers on Reddit to collaborate and discuss techniques and experiences selling their products and building their stores.

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Community overview

What is r/EtsySellers about?

What people discuss

r/EtsySellers is included in the Ecommerce & Shopify section of the IntentWorth Reddit community leaderboard. Its live description and recent posts show the subjects members are discussing now, while the activity data helps you judge the pace of new conversations.

Who should read this community

Use r/EtsySellers when its current discussions overlap with a question you can answer, an experience you can share or a topic you genuinely want to understand. Read several threads before deciding how to participate.

Latest community activity

Data updated 2026-08-09

13

Posts in 24h

9

Median comments

13

Active authors

Needs 2 days

Member change

Community rules

These are the currently published rules. Moderators and AutoModerator may enforce additional account-age, karma, flair or posting requirements that are not publicly listed.

1

No Promotion, and No Feedback/Research for Seller Tools

We do not allow promotional posts or comments here. This includes linking your shop or including images in your post when they are not relevant to your question. Linking your shop is required in the context of a shop critique request - please read sub rule #2. If you'd like to promote, please visit the stickied promotion post. There is a zero tolerance policy for promotion of, feedback on, or market research for services or tools for sellers. We have been getting flooded with this lately.

Applies to: allRemoval reason: No Self Promotion
2

Shop Critiques & Requests for Feedback - Read this first!

Sellers are welcome to make posts for a shop critique here. However, before you make a post, please read this guideline post, and the links within it, thoroughly! Low effort requests for feedback which do not follow the guidelines will be removed. https://www.reddit.com/r/EtsySellers/comments/1k6tkfx/shop_critiques_and_feedback_requests_required/

Applies to: allRemoval reason: This is a request for feedback which does not follow the shop critique guidelines.
3

Please read the FAQs and search the sub before posting!

Before making a post here, please read through this FAQ post and the links within it! If your post asks a questions which is covered in this post, it may be removed. Please also use the sub search feature before making a post as many questions have been asked and answered, and topics discussed, numerous times before. Repetitive posts are subject to removal and redirection. https://www.reddit.com/r/Etsy/comments/16zx4p8/faqs_please_start_here_before_making_a_post/

Applies to: allRemoval reason: This question is answered in the FAQ post.
4

Shop Milestones and Revenue Sharing Screenshots

Please view this post for full details on how to post these in an allowed manner: https://www.reddit.com/r/EtsySellers/comments/1nl46he/shop_milestones_and_revenue_screenshots_new/

Applies to: allRemoval reason: Milestone or Revenue sharing post that doesn't follow the rules
5

Monthly Sales Post - For sharing how your sales are this month

Please use only the monthly stickied "How are your sales" post to ask others how their sales are going or share how yours are going for the current month. This includes discussion of Etsy ads stats.

Applies to: linkRemoval reason: This is a post about sales that belongs in the stickied monthly thread.
6

Low effort posts / details required / AI written content

Posts must be substantiative & meaningful. Do not submit posts like "I am starting a shop. What should I know?" Ask specific questions & provide details. If your post is removed with a request for specific details, please edit the post to include those details and message modmail to have it reapproved. You can also create the post again including the details - but do not post again without sufficient detail. Obviously AI written posts and comments are not allowed here.

Applies to: allRemoval reason: Low Effort Posts
7

Complaints & Rants / Repetitive Posts

Low effort and/or repetitive posts and complaints, whining, clickbait, misinformation, and general nastiness are not allowed. Keep rants and complaints to a minimum and in the context of asking for or offering genuine advice. If you are just here to complain, please do not participate as we want to keep the content on the sub constructive and helpful.

Applies to: linkRemoval reason: Repetitive post / complaint without constructive purpose
8

Do not spam shop links or post referral links

Please only post links to your shops where they are necessary to provide context to your questions or feedback. The only other approved place for shop links is the stickied weekly Milestone and Self Promotion threads. We do not allow posts or comments with referral links.

Applies to: allRemoval reason: Do Not Spam Shop Links
9

Do not post threads asking others to send messages on Etsy to increase your response rate score.

Do not post threads asking others to send messages on Etsy to increase your response rate score.

Applies to: allRemoval reason: Do not post threads asking others to send messages on Etsy to increase your response rate score.
10

Conspiracy Theories and Misinformation

r/EtsySellers has an established position that commenters who spread baseless conspiracy theories or misinformation for which they cannot provide a reasonable primary source will be moderated.

Applies to: allRemoval reason: Conspiracy Theories and Misinformation
11

No hate speech, incivility, or excessive rudeness

Personal attacks, excessive rudeness, otherwise inappropriate behavior or content, comments that insult or demean a specific person or group of people will be removed and can result in a ban. Posts or comments made with the purpose of making fun of or shaming a buyer or another user will be removed. Any statements of bigotry, hate, and/or racism are not allowed. We are a strictly anti-bigotry sub.

Applies to: allRemoval reason: No hate speech or incivility
12

Do not violate other's privacy, no brigading

Do not post content which contains personally identifiable information (PII) for anyone, including Etsy sellers and customers. This includes but is not limited to name, address, email address, and phone number. Do not make posts that call out other Reddit users or specific Etsy shops or buyers, and do not request other users to take action against someone, including but not limited to reporting or filing DMCA claims.

Applies to: allRemoval reason: Privacy & Brigading
13

Account Suspension

This is our sub FAQ post about account suspension. Please read it. https://www.reddit.com/r/Etsy/comments/uwrqck/account_suspension_help_checklist/

Applies to: allRemoval reason: This is a post about account suspension.
14

Posts about Etsy policy violations / legal questions / copyright questions

Questions which ask for legal advice (such as "does this count as copyright infringement") will be removed as this sub is not equipped to offer legal advice, and the advice given is typically purely guesswork. Please visit r/legaladvice and/or consult an actual lawyer. If you post about a listing takedown, you must include specific details as to what you were selling. Posts or comments which advocate for violating Etsy policy or the law will be removed and will result in a permanent ban.

Applies to: allRemoval reason: This encourages Etsy policy violations
15

No buyer questions - Posts about selling on Etsy only

Please keep posts on topic to questions and discussion about selling on Etsy only. Off topic posts are subject to removal. (Note: Discussion of craft fairs is also ok.) Questions from buyers are welcome in r/Etsy. This sub is for questions about selling only!

Applies to: allRemoval reason: Questions related to selling on Etsy only (no buyer questions)

Top recent discussions

These recently collected r/EtsySellers discussions are ordered by score and comment activity. Open a thread on Reddit to read the full context and current replies.

IT FINALLY HAPPENED TO ME!!!

696 points · 76 comments

Got my first (hopefully not last) Etsy's Pick!

243 points · 24 comments

One year in

178 points · 35 comments

One year in!

168 points · 39 comments

Earned my first thousand as a seller :)

119 points · 16 comments

Package delivered ripped open, with contents missing, case opened and Etsy closed case for bogus reasoning refunding out of my account.

72 points · 53 comments

Been actually listing things and got this in two weeks!! I'm really excited :)

58 points · 17 comments

Just happy

48 points · 15 comments

Confused..

46 points · 35 comments

finally got 10 orders!

44 points · 7 comments

How this community activity is measured

IntentWorth refreshes public r/EtsySellers data on a fixed schedule. The figures are descriptive measurements, not estimates of reach or recommendations to promote.

Posts in the latest 24 hours

We count collected submissions whose public creation time falls inside the latest rolling 24-hour window.

Median comments

The median shows a typical recent discussion and is less distorted by a single unusually popular thread than an average.

Daily member change

We compare two valid daily subscriber snapshots. Until an earlier snapshot exists, the page reports that more history is needed.

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