Spam or not?

[VyLLifeStile]

Customers write to me asking for my email to make a purchase. 

[NanaLetha · Accepted solution]

Spam 

[VintageRescueSquad · Accepted solution]

It's not just spam, it's a SCAM!!! Once you give them your email, they then send a FAKE email from "etsy support" asking for your banking info or to activate your "automatic ordering system"—which does not exist.

There have been sellers in the forums being scammed out of hundreds of dollars.

Mark these messages as spam and be done with them. Never engage or respond.

[FeltOnTheFly · Accepted solution]

No, not 'spam'.  

YES!  'SCAM'!

Don't respond.  Report the message as 'spam'.  

[DesertChains · Accepted solution]

This is a scam. Don’t respond or provide any personal or financial information. Send it to spam.

Make it part of your daily routine to visit the forums. You can learn so much about ongoing concerns, problems, glitches, and scams. Stay informed!

For the full discussion about recent scams, see here: https://community.etsy.com/t5/Managing-Your-Shop/How-to-Spot-a-Scam-No-a-Buyer-Doesn-t-Need-Your-Ema...

[BagmakerSupply · Accepted solution]

@VyLLifeStile: It is a SCAM - you might want to read the excellent post by @bradgoodell  in https://community.etsy.com/t5/Managing-Your-Shop/How-to-Spot-a-Scam-No-a-Buyer-Doesn-t-Need-Your-Ema... and https://community.etsy.com/t5/Technical-Issues/Why-do-they-ask-me-for-my-e-mail-in-order-to-make-a-p...

There is also official information from Etsy at https://help.etsy.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000343128-How-to-Handle-Spam-and-Suspicious-Messages?segm...

Be sure to mark the message as SPAM so that it does not affect your stats.

[VyLLifeStile · Accepted solution]

Thanks a lot!!

[fifthcorps · Accepted solution]

Meanwhile, bring your Etsy shop more into alignment with their guidelines.

Are these your designs, or just images downloaded off the internet? 

Who is your production partner?

Fill out policy section.

Your headings seem to be stock wordings downloaded from other listings. They are not worded for optimum search results.