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New York-based Etsy, which boasts sales of $5 billion a year.

When Jak found online marketplace Etsy, it seemed like the perfect match: a tech platform for small traders to sell handmade items that promised to be a creative outlet and bring tidy profits. Five years later, Jak is one of thousands in open rebellion against the place they once saw as a safe haven -- part of a growing trend of users rising up against tech platforms. “We were lured in with the ‘shop small’ slogans and low fees and useful marketplace, and then once everyone had built their...

Small traders rebel against tech platforms

Thousands are in open rebellion against the place they once saw as a safe haven — part of a growing trend of users rising up against tech platforms.

When Jak found online marketplace Etsy, it seemed like the perfect match: a tech platform for small traders to sell handmade items that promised to be a creative outlet and bring tidy profits.

There's a growing trend of users rising up against tech platforms with online marketplace Etsy being the most recent one facing backlash.

New York-based Etsy, which boasts sales of $5 billion a year from around five million sellers and 90 million buyers, drew fury for hiking the fees it charges its small traders.

PARIS: When Jak found the online marketplace Etsy, it seemed like the perfect match: a tech platform for small traders to sell handmade items that promised to be a creative outlet and bring tidy...

New York-based Etsy, which boasts sales of US$5bil (RM21.62bil) a year from around five million sellers and 90 million buyers, drew fury for hiking the fees it charges its small traders.

(Bloomberg) -- European Central Bank officials on alert for any sign record inflation might ignite wage pressures are now wondering if they may need to keep waiting.