There is a petition to Chad Dickerson to create a true handmade section on Etsy for artists that do not use mass production. It is gaining steam. I think this is great for both sellers and buyers. Solo artists, particularly those that make mostly OOAK items, have a distinct disadvantage in Search. The algorithm favors those who "renew sold items" over OOAK. This makes it very hard to compete against the more mass production items out there. Also, buyers who are looking for OOAK, true handmade have trouble finding it, having to go through pages of stuff in the search engine that is not what they are looking for. I'll post a link here and please sign it if this is something you support.
https://www.change.org/p/etsy-petition-for-etsy-artists-colony
thanks
sue
