Etsy closing vaping supplies

[dshgr]

I just searched Etsy using both "vape" and "ecig" and I saw quite a few listings.

ecig returned 2155 listings

vape returned 2066 listings

 

[aikanae1]

^^^ Double those figures a month ago. A lot of people made spare vaping change by selling what they made. I haven't checked in the accessories forum since many of them were selling through Etsy too.

 

[Rickajho]

^^^ Double those figures a month ago. A lot of people made spare vaping change by selling what they made. I haven't checked in the accessories forum since many of them were selling through Etsy too.

Check the ...pretty, girly, decorated... thread too. I'll bet there is chatter in there about closed shops. Rhonda has a lot of fans posting her stuff in there.

dshgr just because you can find listings on etsy doesn't mean a lot of people are no longer found because they had their listings wiped and their selling privileges suspended. I cannot show you that which no longer exists.

 

[aikanae1]

Tell me, what is so evil about cupcake or rose shaped drip tips?
I can't link to pages because they aren't approved sellers either.

 

[supertrunker]

Gateway for kids to eat real cupcakes and become obese and abuse plants!

I'm kidding aik! What's so hard about making their own webpage if they have a decent following?

T

 

[rothenbj]

That wasn't my take on it at all. It included a specific, yet generalized, clause citing "...electronic cigarettes and "accessories used for inhaling electronic cigarettes." Rhonda sold one thing and one thing only on her etsy site: drip tips. Hand crafted one of a kind drip tips. She was a big 'out there' seller as last I looked she had over 150 listings - all for a very specific vaping related item and not a single e-cig or bottle of e-liquids in sight. It is not just about 'devices themselves' as you claim.

I've been using e cigs for over 5 years now and I've never inhaled one. I think that would choke you.

 

[rothenbj]

Sounds like they need to change the marketing to trip tips for "herbal" vaporizers.

 

[Rickajho]

I've been using e cigs for over 5 years now and I've never inhaled one. I think that would choke you.

Thank youse very much! rothenbj will be performing nightly in The Tiki Room of the Ithaca NY Holiday Inn all week. Don't forget to tip your waitress!

 

[aikanae1]

Gateway for kids to eat real cupcakes and become obese and abuse plants!

I'm kidding aik! What's so hard about making their own webpage if they have a decent following?

T

Well that's the point. Many of these stores don't have that kind of following or inventory. It's not their day job. They aren't mass producing an item and each one is unique or ordered and then made. Some eventually do go on to have a store and make it a business that can afford payment processing (probably the most expensive aspect IMO) but not all.

One of the problems with calling it something other than vaping or ecigs, etc. is that it also makes it very difficult for customers to do a search also.

Ecigs are against TOS at Facebook too. There is a lot of organizing going on over there, incl CASAA. From what I understand, FB isn't so friendly when a business doesn't accept their seller packages ($$$). But I think ecigs are on borrowed time there as well.

 

[sonicdsl]

Tell me, what is so evil about cupcake or rose shaped drip tips?
I can't link to pages because they aren't approved sellers either.

Just a note: You are welcome to post a link to any ecig item/store, as long as it's not yours. We don't approve suppliers, we register them to advertise on the forum (though registered suppliers do have to meet certain criteria in order to be registered). Other than that, there's not such a think as an ECF "approved" supplier. A handful are censored due to particularly unscrupulous practices or spamming on their own behalf, but otherwise it's not restricted (unless you are the owner or an employee and not registered).

Hope this helps

 

[DC2]

This makes me sick to my stomach.