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Simply Elegant Glass has been selling hand-crafted sex toys on Etsy for nearly a decade. In that time, the shop has made over 7,000 sales and racked up more than 1,500 mostly five-star reviews. The Etsy shop — which offers glass dildos, anal plugs and other insertable items — drives the majority of the small business’ overall sales. But as of Monday July 29, the bulk of the shop’s catalog won't be allowed on the marketplace anymore under Etsy ’s new restrictions around sex toys.
“If I want to find products that are handmade — unless I knew of their existence beforehand through Etsy — finding them is incredibly difficult,” Andy said. They said they found advertising on Google to be “prohibitively expensive,” and products from small businesses are often buried in search results. If a person were just searching by product type, “I don’t think you would be able to find on Google,” Andy said.
On top of discoverability, the intuitive user interface makes it easy for shops to create listings and offer customization options, and it gives potential buyers a way to get in touch with a seller if they have any questions before placing an order. “I talk to most of the customers,” said Daniel Tyler, who runs the UK-based adult site, and sells on Etsy under the name of SecretLatex. Often, he says, “they want little changes here and there. If you're buying on Amazon, you won't get that.
Both Tyler and Downs also expressed concerns about how the changes could affect shoppers’ access to gender affirming products. Downs’ shop, which has made over 12,000 sales in its seven years on Etsy, also sells a mix of pleasure and gender expression products. According to an Etsy spokesperson, items like packers that would be classified as prosthetics and not toys are still permitted, along with some sexual wellness products.
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