Hi everyone, I’m looking for some honest thoughts from people who sell digital products, printable art, or AI-assisted designs on Etsy. Do you think AI art on Etsy still has long-term potential, or is it becoming too saturated? I’m also wondering whether the next generation of buyers may start avoiding AI-generated art, either because it feels less authentic, too common, or because they prefer human-made/handmade work. For anyone selling in this space, what would you focus on now? Would you lean more into personalization, bundles, physical products, templates, stronger branding, human-edited designs, or moving into a different niche altogether? I’d appreciate any honest opinions from people who have seen trends rise and fall on Etsy

Is there anything you can do when someone steals your design? I did use AI to create it, but it was originally created by me. I've found two other sellers with exactly the same design, is it worth reporting to Etsy?

So! I've just been conned! £490! As a person, I feel miserable! As a "businessman" I feel stupid and As a "newbie" I have lost confidence in the Etsy platform! However, I have learnt a massive lesson! Don't get excited about the "sale" and start pressing buttons! Ok, so this morning I received a message from "Matt" saying that he had bought one of my posters, with a link to set up payments. This is the scam! Looking at it now, I should have known that anyone asking how much you have in your account, isn't Etsy! But, I'm new, I was excited and I have no idea how Etsy works! Be careful guys! There are some horrible people out there!

I made a really stupid mistake as a result of rushing, trying to use my phone and being distracted whilst doing it... I needed to order another set of prints for a customer and I ordered the wrong size in my haste. Fuming from my stupidity, this is when I remembered a process which would have allowed me to reverse this and not lose out on paying for a set of prints the customer didn't want. With a different print company I use (for a different type of product, although they do print POD posters) they have a configuration setting against a users profile (in account settings) which allows the user to set a time delay after an order has been 'accepted' before it is pushed to the printing house production queue and then deemed in a 'non-cancellation' state. Here, it would be an intermediary layer between us as the sellers and PS processing the order ready for them to send to the print house. This helps at a minimum in two ways: First it allows the seller to cancel or change the order should an issue have been noticed, then resubmit; Secondly, it allows for a time period where the customer may contact the seller with a question after having made a purchase, and if that results in a change to the order, then that is still possible without the seller losing out. Those settings on the users account are similar to: Set a delay of "2 hours", "No delay - process immediately", "Permanent delay - requires user to manually submit to production". I would have benefited from being able to set my overall delay to '2 hours' since I caught my issue the minute the payment processed on PS. I could have cancelled the order and resubmitted the correct one. It would also reduce any potential 'Cases' that are raised to the PS team, reducing effort on their side.

Hey everyone, has anyone had success taking down aliexpress listings? They are asking for a copyright registration number which I do not have, has anyone been able to submit it without it?