POD listing deactivated

[MountainLakeHouse]

Hi, I had a listing deactivated for not meeting the handmade policy.  I do print on demand and do not know why this item was deactivated.  Want to avoid issues going forward and do not know wat the issue might be.

[BootifulLabels]

Are the designs you use on your listings all 100% your own?

When you use POD on Etsy, you can only sell items based on your own designs, you cannot simply list items from the POD's public catalogue.

If they are your designs, do they contain nay images or words that may be copyrighted or Trademarked?  Are they based on characters from well known TV shows, movies or video games or other franchises?  If there is anything in the listing that suggests they might be, the Etsy filters will pull the listing until it can be more closely examined by a staff member to ensure it is both legal and "Etsy legal" to sell.

[MountainLakeHouse]

Thank you for your reply.  It is my own design, not from a movie, etc.

[hopeandjoystudios]

What did the shirt say? Sometimes things are TMed and copyrighted that you would not think were.

[fifthcorps]

List your production partner(s).

Are these your original designs? Or just stock images pulled off the POD site or elsewhere?

Unfortunately you've entered THE MOST OVER-SATURATED market on Etsy. And your pricing does seem to fall on the upper limit for being competitive with the millions of other POD shops on Etsy right now.

[MountainLakeHouse]

Thank you.