Why are new platform sales features turned on by default?
Platforms automatically opt stores into new AI sales and chat integrations, forcing owners to manually search for and disable each setting. This opt-out approach leaves sellers dealing with hidden competition, unpaid use of their digital images, and the risk of bad reviews from poor automated buyer experiences.
What the numbers show
Counted from the threads quoted below. How we count
- This comes up 74.3× more often in r/Etsy than across the site as a whole.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Manually turning off the individual feature buttons
- 2Opting out of automated testing programs
- 3Managing digital file licensing terms for personal use
- 4Expressing concerns and debating platform terms in community forums
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I'm not sure what happens if the POD turns out badly and the buyer leaves the seller a low review because of it.”source ↗
“Besides the quality issue you raised, Etsy does not seem to cover "who gets paid". They say there is no cost to the seller, but if they are using one of my digital images, I should be compensated.”source ↗
“Super cool to have the hosting site also become the competition. 🫠”source ↗
Where this came up
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