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[FabFunkyPillows]

I have a few listings that are suddenly not showing as not available for buyers in the US.  I am in the UK but if I change my region to the US they are showing as not available.

These items are all cushion covers, specifically Im seeing this problem with items that have illustrations of coral and the word coral in the listing title and tags.

Does anyone know if this is likely to be because of Etsys sensitivity to coral items.... even though they are not coral?

I would love to hear if anyone has a minute to pop into my shop and search the word 'Coral' and tell me how many items appear in the search.  There should be 11 items

[FabFunkyPillows]

As an additional note, if I set my region to USA and search Coral in the listing bar, 402K items are showing.  So this is making no sense to me.  Any help would be appreciated.

[CadaBayDesigns]

Hi, I am in the UK too and have just searched your shop for coral and all 11 listings are showing here. x

[OmasFabricStash]

Coral, not the color,  isn’t allowed to be sold in the US so that might be the problem. The bots can’t tell if it’s the color or the animal. It’s the same with ivory and Havana brown. 
I just looked at your shop and the pillows with the word coral show that they ship to the US. Is there anything different with the pillows listed and the ones that were removed? 
Love the one with the sea horses. 

[cindylouwho2]

I have my account set to US, & I see 6 items in your shop for the "coral" search: 3 pillows and 3 lampshades. 

Sounds like a bad bot. Maybe try adding the colour "amber" to see if they cancel each other out? /s

(Although I don't sell any types of coral banned in the US, Google blocks most of my website's free Google Shopping ads for fossil coral. Lots of other items show up there that are just like mine, but the bot caught me. Annoying)

[PrimFun]

I think you have run across the BOT picking up on the word coral.  Coral is endangered and threatened.  It is listed so by the US. Etsy is running this new program to prohibit sale to the US of items not allowed.

Since your items are not coral species you will need to contact Etsy.  You will have the same problem as is had with amber. 

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[cindylouwho2]

All of my actual fossil coral is still seen in the US; I've checked. Only live coral and certain rare things are banned. 

[GlassyFields]

I would substitute another word for the color coral ... e.g. orange pink ... 

[cindylouwho2]

@GlassyFields the items are depictions of coral, not coral-coloured.