Cleveland Handmade is a moderated team with the following requirements:

We are a local Northeast Ohio team open to active Etsy sellers who live in and around Cleveland, Ohio.

Membership Requirements

1. You must conduct your business ethically: treat your customers well and respect your fellow artists. While we recognize there is nothing new under the sun, blatantly ripping off others’ work (whether artwork or descriptions or blog posts) and passing it off as your own original idea is not tolerated and will result in your being booted from the team. You must not have any unresolved negative feedback in your shop.

2. You must respect other team members. We have built a team we are proud of, and we cherish our camaraderie and our quiet oasis in what can be the Wild West of the Etsy forums.

3. We ask that you participate at least occasionally in our Etsy forum thread. It’s really the backbone of our team, where most connections are made and information is exchanged. Constant chatting is not a requirement of membership — you will have other opportunities to participate in different ways — but please at least introduce yourself and get to know a little about your other team members.

4. You must supply a working e-mail address at which you can be contacted, and you must sign up for our team e-mail list and respond to periodic check-in requests.