[faintrain]

What are your options?

1. Build your own. 2. Collectively organize with other Etsy shop owners to advocate with Etsy leadership.

These type of policy changes aren’t a surprise anymore, no? We’ve seen them from Apple, Facebook, Shopify, Twitter, Amazon, EBay, etc for more than a decade now.

[Lucadg]

Maybe decentralized marketplaces could offer a solution in the long term. This one surely is a serious attempt: https://www.originprotocol.com/

We are working with them to build an Airbnb alternative but all sorts of marketplaces can be built.

[fidelramos]

OpenBazaar (https://openbazaar.org/) is the pioneer decentralized marketplace, it has been working for years. They recently launched their mobile app, Haven, which makes it very easy to use. From what I read they are gaining traction, and hopefully moves like Etsy's will incentivize people to explore these solutions to censorship and centralized control.

[hapless]

Cool, decentralized lawbreaking as a business. This is better than a centralized criminal syndicate because ????

[MicahKV]

They are not a surprise, no. I have wondered before what marketplace sellers could do in the way or organizing/unionizing.

[tyingq]

A coordinated day where they all pause sales listings, say during an earnings call, might get attention. Especially if you get some financial reporters advance notice. Even if participation is low, some analyst is likely to ask about it in the earnings call.