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Should Etsy setup Auctions?

Dean Ng avatar
Dean Ng from DeanDailypaintings 8:51 am Feb 9, 2012 EST
For me , I think the best way to sell fine arts is through auctions because the buyers set the price as art is very subjective. There are plenty of art selling websites hold auctions.What is your thought?Maybe we could propose this to Etsy management.

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Marmalady avatar
Marmalady from Marmalady 8:53 am Feb 9, 2012 EST
No thanks

if you want Auctions, as you say, there's plenty of other sites available

I like Etsy being fixed-price
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Ellen Mallett from elanknits 8:56 am Feb 9, 2012 EST
Option wouldn't work for many of us, I can see it working for some artists though.
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Bini Chohan from BiniChohan 9:00 am Feb 9, 2012 EST
No, sorry, I'm not keen on this idea.

There are plenty of auction sites out there. If we have the option to auction off goods on Etsy, then what's to stop buyers messaging fixed-price sellers trying to haggle them down on costs?

We get enough of that as it is, and would only de-value handmade items even more.

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barrondesignstudio from BarronDesignStudio 9:02 am Feb 9, 2012 EST
Zero interest here. I avoid those sites altogether. My prices are not subjective at all.
Lego avatar
Lego from AllegroArts 9:08 am Feb 9, 2012 EST
thats a big HELL NO from me.

Tony Hershey avatar
Tony Hershey from dayspringcollectible 9:15 am Feb 9, 2012 EST edited
Why is this thread listed twice?

If you look at a site like ebay, over the years it has degenerated to an online garage sale. The same would happen at etsy.

Actually, if you keep up with what is happening at ebay, they are moving AWAY from doing auctions. Fewer and fewer sellers listed auctions because even ebay, as large as it is, could not provide enough buyers to support the sellers there. Sellers began to move to Buy It Now to protect their prices, and over the last two years, ebay has made a conscious move away from auctions. More and more of their site is now Buy It Now, which makes it like etsy. Auctions are now a very small portion of ebay's total income (and declining), with Paypal fees being first and Buy It Now being second.
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kitchenofgranny from KitchenOfGranny 9:20 am Feb 9, 2012 EST
A fine art auction could happen with the proper organizing. I would have no complaints about it, if the site was limited to certain things and this limitation enforced.....(enforced=lol)

I think a classy, curated art auction would be an asset...
Lego avatar
Lego from AllegroArts 9:26 am Feb 9, 2012 EST
kitchenofgranny from KitchenOfGranny says

I think a classy, curated art auction would be an asset...

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now that would be interesting. If it were a once or twice a year thing, with the proper promotion, and a limited number of participants.
Sunny avatar
Sunny from SunnyDayVintage 9:28 am Feb 9, 2012 EST
Let Etsy concentrate on what it does best.

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