Im asking because Etsy does not seem to be very popular in Europe.
My parents have a leather working bussines, and they sell mostly in etsy BUT the main shoppers were from the US. Like 80% of their income.
Etsy in general goes down the drain ever since it lets the scammers and cheap replikas in.
I want to help them out with some suggestion is to where or how to proceed from here, becuse there is 200% tarrif on evey item they send to the US and naturally, most of the people cant afford that. This is not a new bussines, they have been doing this for a decade now, but they only sell on Etsy since 2018 and around that time they also started getting familiar with the whole online shop/webshop, advertisments.
Please tell me what is your go-to site, or place if you want to buy quality handmade (or specificly leather) stuff.
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Small shops, artisan markets or webpage of artist. I don’t buy leather but mostly ceramics and stuff like that for home.
I find them in markets and fairs, take their card/information and then look them up online when I need to buy. So having a website really makes a good impression.
Also, small shops.
Vinted, pakamera (this one is polish site I think) , people who advertise themselves on Facebook groups dedicated to handmade stuff and mostly local market fairs