Zibbet

I love my Zibbet shop, let me tell you... i´m a Etsy shop owner since 2015 and my store doesn´t look so beautiful as the one on Zibbet. The customer service is great, although the sales are not like Etsy i had a few sales per month (I opened my store a year ago) I work really hard in order to bring traffic to my shop so is not only create a listing and wait for sales, it is about how much work you do.
I totally recommend it ;) My shop is LythiumArt from Venezuela, you are welcome!

Do not spend your money on their site, it is a scam and they take no responsibility for their sellers! I bought an item through them from a Yanna Kusumawati and the money was immediately taken from my account and I have heard nothing from either the seller or Zibbet after several attempts to reach out to them. I am now in the process of having Paypal reverse the charges and flag this seller, but the process is time consuming especially this time of the year. You would think using Paypal would legitimize the seller but it is not the case at Zibbetmarketplace!

What an awful site. The views you do get are bots, the sales are totally dismal, the owners control the forums to keep hard questions and complaints off and troll social media to silence any complaints, they didn't provide the services to bring in buyers that they advertised. They make their money luring in paying sellers not bringing in buyers. Many of their most ardent supporters sell well on Etsy, rarely on Zibbet, yet claim Zibbet is so much better. More to that story, lol! Not worth one penny or one minute. Run away!

When I opened a shop on Zibbet I was so hopeful for growth. There was enthusiastic discussion about promotions and a rebuild and real growth. Unfortunately none of those things happened. In hindsight, paying for a year was a poor decision. The owners are no longer friendly and open. Forums are now on some sort of 'lock down', and so many people have been muted entirely, there seems little interaction at all. It can be hours before anyone even shares a thought there. I can't in good conscience recommend this site for sellers or buyers, and I still have a shop there! I'm in the group who signed on in the fall as a premium seller, and haven't sold a single thing. That is despite the fact that I have been successful on other venues. I really don't even get views there. It's just such a mess. I can't for the life of me see how they will recover from the latest mistakes they've made.

No traffic, broken search, and in my experience, resellers are not shut down. Trademark violations are rampant. If those things bother you about Etsy, don't think the grass is any greener at Zibbet. I was there 9 months, 0 sales. Meanwhile my Etsy shop generated over 200 sales. The "site improvements" have been promised for over 3 years. Still no sign of them. There is absolutely no reason to pay for a shop at Zibbet, and even giving their free shop option a try is a complete waste of time.

I cannot say enough good things about Zibbet as a seller. It is growing exponentially since Etsy decided to redefine "handmade" to include factory made, manufactured, and mass produced items. In response, Zibbet made a commitment to buyers and sellers "to fight hard to stay true to our mandate of being a "handmade" marketplace, not a venue for "re-sellers" or purveyors of "mass-produced" goods." The Zibbet community is strong, committed, and driven to grow this site to be the top marketplace for real handmade, vintage, fine art, and supplies.

Zibbet represents my ethos and values, which was important to me when I was picking a venue to replace Etsy.

Zibbet is truely the last great handmade website, since Etsy recently announced they will be allowing manufactures and resellers on their site, and no longer supporting handmade artists.

Zibbet however has a very attentive staff that are always in the forum, answering questions and keeping everyone updated on their upcoming rebuild.

I have a Premium Account, which allows me to show up on the front page regularly, customize my shop site colors to match my merchandise, and even allows me to add widgets to my Facebook, Twitter, Blog, and yes, even my Etsy shop (although I do not do this last one).

Zibbet really is the best!

I ordered a dress from this site and it was a totally different dress in real life! Customer services explanation was that all dressed come different which I accept but this was way off. Don't waste your money or time. They should be ashamed of themselves for ripping people off! Kristin - Los Angeles, CA (I tried to attached pictures from my iPhone but I need to download in a different format, sorry don't have time w/ 3 kids) Hope you find this helpful and DO NOY BUY. FAKE DRESSES

Although I did not continue on with this site, I can't speak highly enough of their customer support. Every query was answered promptly.
I loved the look of my site, but circumstances stopped me from continuing.
As with any personal website, seller needs to do some promotion of their own. This is not like ebay and Etsy where you can just leave it all up to them. So much less in fees, but need to work on own exposure. In my view, this site is a great alternative to having your own website, not so much an alternative to Ebay or Etsy where you pay high fees for far greater exposure.
I am happy with this site, and will give it another go when I have more opportunity to give it my all.

Disillusioned by the changes at Etsy and declining sales, I joined Zibbet. I'd never heard of Zibbet before, but I figured its good not put all my eggs in one basket and Etsy started somewhere too. I figured maybe Zibbet was on the verge of becoming something big and I was getting in while the getting was good.

Nope. I was wrong. I opened by Zibbet shop on Dec 5. As of today, I have less than 200 views and no sales. For the same period on Etsy, I had 22,274 views, 68 sales and revenue of $4888. My sales on Etsy may be on the decline, but at least I'm getting sales, which is more than I can say about Zibbet. It burns me to think that I upgraded from the free Zibbet category just so I could see the dismal Zibbet stats. I'll be cancelling when my year membership is up.