Cautionary heads’ up: They’ve set up an “official” facebook group for sellers. But instead of being helpful, it’s just people promoting their shops.

Is there somewhere we know that it is “official”? Like in an email somewhere? I joined, because why not, I’m in a few different Makerplace Groups and nothing about that group seems like it’s official. Just cause you throw the word official into the title doesn’t make it official. I’ve noticed that …

Yes, there was an email with an invite link: [michaels]

Is it the one called “MakerPlace by Michaels Official Sellers Group” ?

[image] MakerPlace Seller Saturday email seemed suspicious since the Admin profiles didn’t look like they were real Yeah “Dani MakerPlace” seems a little fake, or wonderfully serendipitous. :rofl:

Especially since you can go to her profile and see that she’s in an Etsy facebook group and her profile picture was added to her profile in 2020 :grimacing:

Yes, I joined after getting the email also. And had to input a link to my store name to get in. But it’s just spam right now. I see a whole lot of retired folks making yarn dolls and such, and (as yet) not many people running actual businesses. We shall see.

[image] LR72: not many people running actual businesses And what a waste of effort to promote yourself to other sellers. Anyone asking a help question will be buried in the endless promotion. I had hoped it WAS “Official” with maybe some Makerplace employees moderating and occasionally answer…

[image] LR72: I see a whole lot of retired folks making yarn dolls and such, and (as yet) not many people running actual businesses. I’m fine with that, as long as we never see Alibaba nose rings and the lot. If selling online brings joy to great-aunt Sally (even if she only sells 3 yarn doll…

[image] wadeorcas: And what a waste of effort to promote yourself to other sellers. Good point, a key error of many new and some old in business. They just don’t get it. Me… I don’t do Facebook, except for our brand pages. Why? My partner, who has now taken on another challenging job afte…

Michaels MakerPlace has an official Facebook group

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Yeah “Dani MakerPlace” seems a little fake, or wonderfully serendipitous.

Michaels MakerPlace has an *official* Facebook group

Michaels MakerPlace has an official Facebook group