Etsy shop closing in September

 

Unexpected news :(

Is it just me, or August has been one of the most hectic months lately? Ah, it's a little funny actually.

I swear when I was talking about taking a break from making new designs, I didn't mean closing the shop – this news came out of the blue for me as well.

There is a certain technical problem that doesn't have a solution unless I reach Etsy technical support, which is currently unavailable.

Long story short...

When I was opening my shop at Etsy in 2015, I was very certain that I would be staying permanently in a different country. So when I registered, I stated that country as my residence. During that time the shop didn't take off, and I didn't treat it seriously yet.

Later the plans changed, and I've been staying at home in Russia permanently for a long time. In 2017 I re-started the Etsy shop, taking it seriously from there and trying to add new designs consistently.

However, you can't change the country of your residence that you first stated upon registering. I've stated Russia in my shipping address, in my bank info, in my “region of preference”, but, apparently, none of that counts.

So recently I got a “happy mail”, telling me that I have to enroll into “Etsy payments” system (which means that a seller can accept payments through credit cards) because that country that I stated first finally joined it.

And if I don't enroll, I won't be able to make sales. The shop's activity will be ceased.

So... As you might guess, it's been a long time since I last visited that other country, and I have no account in any bank there. Which means, that I can't enroll in 'Etsy payments”.

And there is also no way to change my country of residence in the settings. Only technical support staff can help.

But it is impossible to reach them. You can check this page, there is literally no way to contact them and they are also notorious for taking forever to reply even if you find a way to reach them.

Dead end :D

That's why in the middle of September I will be closing the shop myself.

This is an unexpected turn of events but I'm not really sad... if one door closes, another one opens :)

I know one thing though... Frankly speaking, I'm not particularly enthusiastic about starting a whole new account and a whole new shop on Etsy from scratch, again, with the very same designs...

Not feeling this at all, haha.

So before the shop closes, if you like any of the designs, this might be your last chance to get them :)

And as for selling new designs in the future... We will see. Right now I'm focused on preparing the embroidery journal course, everything else will have to wait :)

P.S. Sorry that this month I'm not very active on the blog. I work quite a lot behind the scenes. Hopefully, when current projects are finally finished, this place will get livelier again. I'm just really not good at multitasking :D