I am on day 7 or 8 with no approval or denial. is this normal? Its an API key how do you not at least have a sandbox environment for users to test in?
you may want to read up on copyright, trademark>Pokemon, as you cannot sell items that use any copyrighted character, likeness without permission(can be used for Personal use only.)
@ObjektRugs: Etsy does not have a sandbox for testing, you might want to review https://developer.etsy.com/documentation/get-help and https://www.etsy.com/legal/policy/api-testing-policy/169130941112