Big Problem: Seeker 14 day hold on funds even though more than 180 days have passed since first sale

[IlluminatiFlamingo]

Hello everyone,

I wanted to share my situation in case someone has experienced something similar or can offer advice.

My Etsy shop has been active for 11 months, and I always ship with tracking. Despite this, I still have a 14-day hold on funds before they become available for deposit. According to an Etsy agent I spoke to in chat, this hold is usually only for new sellers during their first 90 days, although this detail doesn’t seem to be explicitly stated in the official policies. My first sale was 10 months ago.

The main issue is that Etsy deducts fees and expenses for new sales from my oldest funds. Because of this, the 14-day funds hold balance gets used up quickly, and I never actually see a positive available balance. This makes it very hard to manage cash flow and grow the shop.

Has anyone successfully had this 14-day hold removed after the first 90 days? Any advice or insights would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

*Just to add, I have an open ticket that has been escalated to a team, and they will be responding to me by email.

[BagmakerSupply · Accepted solution]

Duplicate of https://community.etsy.com/t5/Technical-Issues/14-day-hold-on-funds-even-though-more-than-180-days-h... ?

[WhiBeArtsBG]

@BagmakerSupply, honest question, does it count as a duplicate post when the question is not from the same seller? I started the thread you linked, and this thread was started by a different seller. I think this is a legit issue, so the more sellers who share they are in the same boat, the better, in my opinion.

[IlluminatiFlamingo]

Ok, sorry, I used a similar tittle. I will open another post with other tittle .