Star Seller Badge For Message Responses

Hello, I got 2 messages in a row from the same person asking the same question in a row on 5/26, one at 16:21 and one at 16:23 and only responded to the second message thinking it was a glitch and lost my Star Seller Badge for June, why would this happen as myh responses shoudl be 100% within 24hrs

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You have to respond to every message or put one of them into spam folder.

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If you send one of the messages to your spam folder, your rating should go back up within a few days, from what I have read in the forum. But I'm not sure if that will change your star seller for this month.

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@MeshedUpDesignStudio 

If the star is important to you then you may want to review all the info etsy provides about the program.

Etsy is pretty clear about how the message response rate is calculated in help center here https://help.etsy.com/hc/en-us/articles/4403058372503-How-to-Become-a-Star-Seller?segment=selling

There is a highlighted bit under message response rate info that says "The Message response rate only applies to the first message in a thread. Initial messages from both buyers and sellers on Etsy are counted towards the Message response rate. "

That means ALL messages. It also means each individual message thread so if someone sends you 5 different messages with 5 questions instead of putting them in the same message chain you need to respond to all 5 of them. The system is completely automated and doesn't know if the message is from a buyer a another seller. It just sees a message and calculated the response time. That's just how it works.

The info is also in shop manager on the star seller page. Just go to shop manager > star seller. Once there scroll toward the bottom until you find "Questions? We've got answers." Then click messages. The very first question there says

"What messages count toward the message response rate?

Your message response rate is based on just the first message in a conversation, not ongoing conversations. This means you just need to respond to the first message within 24 hours. This applies to messages both from buyer and seller accounts. Messages from Etsy staff do not count toward your response rate, and neither do messages that you mark as spam. You can also now find a breakdown of your message response rate score by downloading a CSV."

Basically you have 2 options with messages...you have to reply or mark as spam. You can try marking the duplicate message as spam and it should be removed from the calculation in a day or two. It won't give you the star for June but it will remove it from the calculation for next month.

 

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