Etsy sellers are furious over new mandatory ad fees
I'm one of those sellers who is being forced into Etsy's new ad program.  It is frustrating and obnoxious, but I can't say it is surprising given the policy changes they've been rolling out the past few months.It seems to me that online marketplaces like Etsy find their early success by bringing buyers and sellers together and just letting them do their thing, but as the marketplace becomes more established it's relationship with sellers inevitably turns adversarial.I feel like we need some form of regulation to limit how marketplaces like Etsy can dictate how their sellers conduct business.  Amazon has a program that allows "business" customers to place an order and pay the invoice 30 days later.  Since Amazon only pays out every 2 weeks, this means I can be made to wait up to 6 weeks to be paid for an order.  There is no way to opt out of this and I would be penalized if I refused to ship these orders.