Comments on: Reverb.com Acquired By Etsy

By: burrrrrrrrd

burrrrrrrrd — Mon, 22 Feb 2021 15:38:47 +0000

i want a crocheted midi controller now

By: guest

guest — Sat, 27 Jul 2019 23:52:18 +0000

This doesn’t seem like a good fit.

By: james weise

james weise — Sat, 27 Jul 2019 02:40:34 +0000

time to jump onto a new platform / eBay and Reverb are now just the same thing

By: Sineline

Sineline — Fri, 26 Jul 2019 17:31:02 +0000

In reply to veeceeoh.

Now Etsy gets our data, too.
I Know It’s common for some owners to build their companies with the goal to sell them to large corporations but I’ve always enjoyed supporting the smaller independent companies.
Apparently, Etsy, itself, had some issues after going public: NY Times article: Inside the Revolution at Etsy
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/25/business/etsy-josh-silverman.html

By: Modern3

Modern3 — Thu, 25 Jul 2019 19:13:26 +0000

Undoubtedly, Etsy will ruin this platform. They managed to completely ruin their own with not just the fee structures, yet the seemingly arcane and deliberately difficult seller service issues that have plagued the platform for years.

This will only mean that another avenue will open for a company to enter the fray and become the next Reverb.

By: cade

cade — Thu, 25 Jul 2019 19:12:30 +0000

In reply to King Nopq. I'll join you.

By: King Nopq

King Nopq — Thu, 25 Jul 2019 16:47:10 +0000

If it gets ruined, I’ll start my own store for selling gear.

By: cade

cade — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 23:26:49 +0000

In reply to bsom. Thank you very much for this information.

By: GENERIC COMMENT MACHINE

GENERIC COMMENT MACHINE — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 21:45:39 +0000

In reply to bsom. The free shipping fiasco has been like this for months. Etsy is cooking their goose.

By: Xtopher

Xtopher — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 19:38:34 +0000

No company gets purchased and then left alone. Please don’t ruin Reverb!

By: Gruntbert

Gruntbert — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 17:53:33 +0000

Wow, considering Etsy’s track record with small scale manufacturers of music gear (Ian Fritz among others), I think this will suck.

By: veeceeoh

veeceeoh — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 17:13:12 +0000

“Your ability to buy, sell, learn, and connect on Reverb will not change.”

This does mention the seller fees or schemes to improve Reverb’s profits, or following Esty’s recent business practices.

By: redoom

redoom — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 16:37:36 +0000

In reply to bsom. Wow!!! That's some straight up Bull$hit right there!!!! No shame

By: bsom

bsom — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 13:51:37 +0000

Here come higher fees, folks. I’m an Etsy seller and they have been slowly increasing fees, introducing new and exciting ways to reduce my profits while offering the exact same level of service. Now they have a new extortion service where if you don’t pay them $10/month on top of the listing and selling fees, your listings will always fall to the bottom of searches and your sales will plummet. Just a few days ago they announced that if you don’t offer “free” shipping to your customers, your listings will also fall to the bottom of searches. I say free in quotes because in the same breath they offer you helpful advice on how to increase the price of your items to offset the “free” shipping.

By: Tom Slowcat

Tom Slowcat — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 09:24:59 +0000

In reply to King Nopq. I was thinking the exact same about the fees... As always, when the big boys get involved it never ends well for the poor end users like us.