Why do identical listings have different shipping estimates?
Shop owners are seeing random, conflicting arrival estimate dates across identical listings and variations with no explanation in their settings. Because Etsy's estimated delivery times don't match the actual labels purchased or update consistently, sellers are left confused with no way to fix the discrepancies.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1using external shipping platforms like Pirate Ship to stay informed of carrier changes
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“My shop is affected by this update, but Etsy has not changed its shipping estimated delivery times, and the labels I purchase through Etsy do not show the longer estimated delivery time either.”source ↗
“My listings across my shop all have seemingly random arrival estimate dates.”source ↗
“This single listing has different arrival estimates for two different colors.”source ↗
“Nothing in the settings explains the difference.”source ↗
“Is anyone else having this issue or know if theres a cause or fix?”source ↗
Where this came up
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