Etsy: Custom & Creative Goods 12+

Using Etsy on a laptop or bigger is relatively easy. Trying to use it successfully on a smart phone or tablet is much harder. There are two things which EBay has that Etsy lacks and which would make me use if more often are these. I’d like a dedicated watching page. I found a ring I loved and wanted to save it to show my husband. Although I marked it as one I liked it didn’t reappear in the list of things I liked when I next logged on. It is only because I remembered the name of the seller was I able to get my ring. The other is I wish I could look for uk sellers only or look for sellers that ship to the UK. I was having problems trying to pay for something and it was only then that I discovered that was US shipping only. eBay doesn’t let British customers see items not available for shipping here and we get to choose whether we want to see British sellers only or worldwide ones. Both these things would make a huge improvement to my Etsy shopping habits.

I am very crafty and handy so I make many things myself... for everything else there’s one place I know I’ll find it. I turn to Etsy to support small businesses, especially where items are handmade and materials used are environmentally friendly. I do, however, feel that the growing number of items available is not supported in the development of the app - you search for an item and there are thousands, sometimes tens of thousands of results... and no way to drill down to what you need, both in terms of key features/colours/materials etc but also in terms of the practicality of receiving the goods. The filters allow only for finding goods that CAN be shipped to the UK, but not at what price. I’ll often find my perfect item only to realise shipping trebles the price as it comes from the US. You can select free delivery and choose a timescale, but I’d like to see a sliding scale of what you’re willing to pay. I’ll often be willing pay UP TO a certain price. Wayfair is full of mass produced items so I always check Etsy first, but I must admit they are King when it comes to filters. Check them out to see what I mean - it would make the Etsy shopping experience far more enjoyable (and give sellers a much better chance of being discovered - I might even sell some stuff myself if I thought anyone would ever see it!!).