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Adroration

You may remember when we found Dancing Dror, he had 4 orders in his queue with a 2 – 3 day turnaround.

Look at him now:

And he’s added an extra:

That’s right, he will dance in a Disney underwear! If that’s not worth another $5, I don’t know what is. And by the way, if anyone knows where I can get a Disney Clarabelle underwear, let me know.

Then, last night, someone started a a Facebook fan page for Dror, and it’s already close to 1,600 members! And many of them are sharing their own Dror videos as they come in. You people have him dancing to everything from Tom Waits to polka.

And now, our favorite slab of Israeli man candy is on the front page of the Fiverr blog!

SHALOM, BITCHES

Order your $5 dance here, or $10 for a Disney underwear IF YOU’RE NASTY

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An Open Letter to Chad Dickerson

Dear Chad,

It was with minimal interest that I read your blog post today, announcing your new position as CEO of Etsy.

You did great! I liked how you sort of talked about the problems at Etsy, hinted that you might be fixing them, and then distracted us with a picture of dolphins.

Are you sure you haven’t done this before?

Right now, the comments reflect a wide range of opinions, from Congrats! to Congratulations!, though to be fair, the latter is mostly from people who work there.

Of course, what I find the most telling is that you make no mention of the reseller problem on Etsy. I can only assume you haven’t heard about this yet, since you’re probably busy choosing a rotary phone and upcrafted desk accessories.

Well, I hate to be the one to have to tell you this, but there are resellers on Etsy. In fact, there are so many resellers on Etsy, if you start to type “resell” into the handmade search box, Etsy will helpfully finish the word for you.

You’re in a tough spot, Chad, if that is your real name.

On the one hand, Etsy is supposed to be a handmade marketplace, and “a beautiful experiment in restoring community and culture to our commerce.”

On the other hand,

CASH MUTHAFUCKAS

It’s a toughie, isn’t it? Those pesky resellers sell thousands and thousands of pieces of shit every day, and it’s just so hard to say !

The good news is that while you were driving your Pacer up the coast of Ocracoke Island and playing with your cockles, Etsy was staffing up its Content Team! It’s a good move, because until now, there have only been two people not caring.

But now that there are three people, a chicken and a Magic 8 Ball on the team, we’re going to really start seeing some action.

Now, I realize things won’t change overnight, and by “overnight” I mean “ever.” But I’d like to offer you and your new team a helpful hint that I’ve picked up along the way, and perhaps, between all of us, nothing will change.

Ready?

LOOK FOR KEYWORDS THAT MIGHT INDICATE THE SELLER HAS A FACTORY

Yuàn nǐ zài cè shì zhōng jiāo hǎo yùn!

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Shufflin’ Shufflin’

What better way to announce the opening of the April’s Army Etsy store on Monday than with a dance by The adorable Dancing Dror?

Bronc has used his magical powers of photofuckery to surround your favorite dancing bear with some of the beautiful handmade goods that will be available for purchase starting Monday, July 25 (though we were unable to do anything about the back hair at the :22 mark).

The store will be open for one week, and 100% of the profits will benefit an Etsy seller in need. We’ll announce the recipient of this charity effort on Monday.

In the last three months, the talented men and women in April’s Army have raised over $15,000 for Etsy sellers. By donating their own handmade goods, they have paid rent, restored utilities, provided food and medicine and even helped one Etsy seller get a car.

For a sneak peek of some of the merchandise that will be available, click here.

Bookmark the April’s Army store on Etsy, and check in next week to see what’s up for grabs. You can also follow the team on Facebook!

SHALOM, BITCHES

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Oh, Snap

It never occurred to me to sell my vacation snapshots on Etsy, but I think it’s a brilliant idea. I mean, how many people ever get to see the outside of a Louis Vuitton store? Well, I mean unless they go to the mall or something.

Well, I want in on it. So I’m selling pictures of my vacation.

Unfortunately, I never go anywhere, so these are more “staycation” photos. Still totally worth $20 apiece though.

We had to fix this outlet. It works okay now.

Oh, this was funny. I was in the kitchen and I heard this loud bang, and when I looked in the pantry, the Thai peanut salad dressing had just exploded! Good times.

Bronc took this picture off the TV a few weeks ago. It’s about some lady who makes her assistants have sex with each other. Also there’s a parrot in it.

Bronc took this. Sometimes I’ll find pictures of his action figures on my camera.

I saw this at the drug store. It seems like it would make a nice gift.

We saw this guy on the freeway. I don’t remember why I wanted to take a picture of him.

CONVO FOR DIFFERENT SIZES