Keeya in Elk: "@mamath I'm usually battle hardened in regard..."

I experimentally put a few pins back up on Etsy at the inflated prices needed to cover both the new USA tariffs and the increased etsy fees (bc Etsy takes a cut ALSO out of shipping and the additional tariffs charge lmao what a rort). We'll see if I still get any sales or if it's full dead to me now. :D;;

I can totally feel that. Reading it is making me feel extra because just today I was fighting against shipping EU towards USA and the prices to send fursuit commission parts are absolutely ridiculous because normal means of shipping are made impossible. 300€ shipping? Weee

I don't even know if they will have to eat another 15% on their side.

oof yeah bulky stuff like fur suit parts would be a nightmare! It's already difficult and expensive to ship but then tariffs on top and the uncertainty of whether things will even arrive... ;_; That's why I'm not willing to put more than stickers and pins on etsy atm :/

I'm usually battle hardened in regards to international shipping but yeah, this is a nightmare now indeed. :D

I sadly had to suspend normal shipping of my items, clothing, plushies and similar, to the USA. DHL/normal post won't transport them and mis-declaring as "gift" could work but it's a gamble. And also illegal so I don't really want to do that. DHL Express still works but they already want 61€ for a 3cm thick "parcel" which is absolutely ridiculous.

Hopefully things will improve again soon and we can leave this madness era behind us.

February 20, 2026 at 2:16:28 PM

yeah I suspended all USA shipping in my shop for a couple months at the end of last year. I've got the tariffs figured out now but I think the additional Etsy charge pushes it over the edge of what customers will accept... But maybe I am wrong. I will be finding out!

At least you can ship around the EU pretty easily? I hear that's a big market! I wish we had more of an art buying population in my part of the world