We know lots of shops have been hit hard the last few weeks. But if you still have love for your craft you don't need to give up yet. Reach out to our team at success@marmalead.com and share your feelings and your situation. We'll do our very best to help you turn things around. We've got your back.
There are some pretty common reasons sellers tell us they're taking a break from Online Sales.
We'll be here when you get back of course. However, consider that Etsy would prefer shops to be open year round. This is evidenced in their Listing Quality Scores and Shop Quality Scores. These are behind the scenes scores they use for search rankings. Anyway, while you've been open and selling those have been building up. When you take a break, other shops will keep building and yours will get a little out of date. The choice of course is yours.
An option to consider is keeping your shop open, but scaling back to a level that still gives you a break.
We'll be here when you're ready to come back. Since you'll be away from your shop, make sure to put up a note so returning customers won't think you just vanished.