About the sold out product price

[JabaLeather]

Hello sellers,

In some listings I see sellers displaying lower prices for the items they are selling, marking them as sold out and selling them at a higher price. This is probably a tactic to attract customers to their pages by showing them cheaper. How correct is this behavior? Why does Etsy allow this? For example, when it sells a product for $13, it charges a low price of $4 and marks this option as sold out. This way, when customers search by sorting from cheap to expensive, the sellers try to come out on top. I think Etsy should not show that a product that is exhausted in the list is the cheapest price. If it is really a product that sells for 4 dollars, okay, let it show it cheap in the list, but shouldn't it show the price of the products that say this option is over in searches?

[PetandWildlifeGifts]

You should click the orange dot from orange to white in your variations to hide sold out listings, but not everyone does it. It is a common tactic to price something like a sample of something or a size XS in an unpopular color at a lower price, then charge more for the main product or popular sizes and colors so your listing will show a lower price in search.

Apparently, it does get you more clicks on the search page or people wouldn't do it, but many shoppers do find this a sleazy practice that doesn't say much for your character, and it is just as likely to make them leave in disgust.

[JabaLeather]

@PetandWildlifeGifts Yes, this is nothing but misleading people. But I think it's very wrong for Etsy to allow this. I think it is not right to show a product in searches based on the price of a product that is sold out.

[OneEyeCatStudio]

"Why does Etsy allow this?"

I don't know why, but they definitely do allow it. 

IMO, they seem to have a death wish recently.  They are doing so many things to offend both buyers and sellers.