Etsy listings are "missing" and ad blocking is the culprit

Recently, some sellers and customers abroad reported that they were unable to view Etsy listings starting November 16. According to foreign media reports, Etsy attributed the problem to ad blockers.

According to reports, Etsy said on Wednesday afternoon that its engineers discovered the problem after sellers began reporting on Tuesday that they were unable to view Etsy listings, including on the Down Detector website. Etsy explained that the main cause of the problem was an ad blocking rule problem. As of this morning, the rule has been removed, but Etsy said that it will take some time for all ad blockers to reflect this change through updates and stop blocking Etsy listings.

Etsy recommends that sellers and customers who encounter such issues disable and then re-enable ad blockers and clear their cache and cookies.

Etsy sellers reportedly reported several issues last Wednesday , but it's unclear whether these issues are related to ad blocking . The issues reported included viewing favorite items and thousands of stores being forced into holiday mode . Coupled with the listing issues this time, Etsy has encountered quite a few problems.

Etsy was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York , USA . As a handicraft e-commerce platform, it ranks high in the professional platform category. Compared with other e-commerce platforms , the platform charges relatively low fees and has its own payment system.

When Etsy successfully went public in 2015, its valuation had reached $3.3 billion, and now the company's total market value has exceeded $35 billion. In the third quarter of this year, the company's total merchandise sales reached $3.1 billion and its revenue reached $532.4 million. During the peak season, Etsy has also started a big promotion mode, and the fourth quarter is expected to usher in new growth.

So far, Etsy has not reported any decline in traffic or sales due to missing listings. Some bugs have been resolved in a timely manner. Although some of the platform's new rules have received mixed feedback from sellers, the number of sellers and active buyers on its platform has continued to grow.

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