How much you can make on Etsy still depends on one thing more than anything else: whether you treat it like a business.
Category: Business Life
Your Etsy sales are down. You haven’t changed your prices, your product quality is the same, and you’re still putting in the work. So yeah, it’s easy to look at Etsy and think they’ve buried your listings on purpose.
Etsy copyright infringement is one of the fastest ways to derail your business—and it happens more often than most sellers think. In 2024 alone, Etsy removed over 1.5 million listings for intellectual property (IP) violations, many from sellers who didn’t even realize they were breaking the rules.
Running an Etsy shop comes with costs—and if you don’t account for them, you’re cutting into your own profits. Etsy fees in 2025 are still competitive compared to other platforms, but they can add up fast if you’re not pricing your products properly.