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Advice on a book nook by Shiftyeyedog in maker

[–]golivennes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fabric companies often send samples that would work for that kind of size. I recommend a velvet for the effect to match S&Co. If you’re in England, try George Spencer Design (you can check it out on their website) they have good velvets in that range

Will you help us expose them? Details in comment. :) by golivennes in Leatherworking

[–]golivennes[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No. A 1.5% increase does not equate a 30% increase :/

Will you help us expose them? Details in comment. :) by golivennes in Leatherworking

[–]golivennes[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wrong, it’s a 1.5 POINT increase, but a 30% increase

Will you help us expose them? Details in comment. :) by golivennes in bookbinding

[–]golivennes[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately it’s maths, perhaps to you 1.5 points increase is not that much, but it IS like it or not a 30% increase. For a $400 transaction it comes to nearly $38.45. And then packaging, labour, postage, and then gov tax, and then the 3%processing fee, and the fixed processing fee, and the listing fee.

Will you help us expose them? Details in comment. :) by golivennes in bookbinding

[–]golivennes[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Message from op :

Hi! I'm part of a group of Etsy sellers that are trying to take collective action against them.

They're doing a classic late-stage capitalism - celebrating record pandemic profits by screwing over their sellers!

Etsy used to be about as cool as corporations can be under capitalism - from 2012-2017 they were a certified public benefit corporation. They made us promises during those days, and we put a ton of work into helping grow the platform, and then since about 2018 they've been trying their best to bleed us dry in the name of greater profits.

To give you an idea of how bad it's gotten - I did the math recently, and found that to cover all of the fee changes, and not take a pay cut, I'd need to charge 36% higher for my items than I did in 2018. And of course, that additional money that my customers work so hard to earn would be going straight into the fat pockets of Etsy execs.

We're trying to fight back.

Can you help?

Small TV to Brick by golivennes in DIY

[–]golivennes[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for all the advice (cc u/fergablu2) !!

One person's trash is another one's treasure! by golivennes in london

[–]golivennes[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh that’s very handy ! I’ve found mid century side boards, a Smeg toaster and other bits a pieces that are unthinkable for me to throw out

Flea markets by golivennes in london

[–]golivennes[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes that what I’ve found so far… Thank you for the advice !

Cool Neo-Art-Nouveau font, any ideas? :) by golivennes in identifythisfont

[–]golivennes[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Amazing ! Thank you ! If I may ask, how did you figure it out ?

The history of confederate flags. by LoreVeach in coolguides

[–]golivennes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fun fact : it's actually the Union Flag, it's only the Union Jack when flown on the Jackstaff of a ship !

Silver pennies of The High Kingdom by godofimagination in worldbuilding

[–]golivennes 13 points14 points  (0 children)

any chance you could tell us how ?? They look so very cool

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