I am a new shop and am counting on getting a star seller for this holiday season. I had been corresponding with a buyer. Her last independent message to me (sent separate from our original messaging back and forth) was a "thank you" after I provided local delivery. I did not respond to this as I thought it would have been part of the original messaging we had done and would have been redundant for our in person interaction. Now my response rate is 50% from just this one message! How do I go about fixing this? Also, does anyone else feel it is unfair to have $300 minimum sales? For some people this can be accomplished in just a few sales, for others we need many transactions. Etsy sure doesn't support new businesses and seems to just help grow bigger companies.
