dervampireprince
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From August 16th 2025 I will no longer be able to sell to the USA (unless things change)
🕑 Added 2025-08-11 18:04:31 +0000 UTCAt the end of July it was announced by the US government that the de minimis exemption for duty-free shipping on orders under $800 was going to be lifted by the end of August. What does that mean? Well, it means if you bought something off my Etsy shop you would might have to pay a $80-$200+ fee on just ordering one $2 sticker. No one is going to pay that, understandably so, and if they don’t pay it and the order gets sent back to me, customers will want a refund and I'll lose money and time spent making that order and won't be able to resell if it was a custom order. But that means I’ll no longer have any USA customers, which is about 2/3 of my Etsy sales, and I'll be losing money on having product materials and packaging supplies I may now never use. A possible workaround would be switching to DHL/UPS/FedEx but that’s not possible for me personally with my circumstances.
I already had to stop shipping to the EU last year alongside many other small and micro businesses and shops due to new regulations that are incredibly hard for individuals like myself to understand or comply to. Taking this hit as well... Is going to lose me so many sales and so much of my income and makes me question if it’s even worth carrying on making new artwork for my Etsy shop. I've been trying to get so much new stuff on Etsy and update Etsy more regularly since I'm really trying to move, and Patreon money has been going down the last couple months, and Apple's new additional fees on Patreon, and Apple holding onto Patreon IOS app subscription money for 75 days after purchase, and worrying about the payment provider situation that's going on right now and if it's going to affect creators on Patreon... this is even more stress on me right now.
I will be turning off shipping to the USA on Saturday 16th August around 11pm UK time. If you are in the USA and wanted something off my shop this might be your last chance to get it. I don’t know if in a couple weeks the US government will change their mind and undo all of this so I apologise if you end up buying something thinking it’s your last chance and then I can open up shipping again in a month. I don't mean to create any false panic or rush to buy things, and I'll sure look like an idiot if this order gets overturned in a week. I don’t know if this executive order will stay in place or not or how long for and I have to err on the side of caution and believe that it’ll stay. I'm really sorry if the executive order gets overturned or changed and this no longer applies, I'm not trying to falsely scare anyone, but this is the information I have to work with right now and have to act on.
The only places I can ship to after August 29th (as of right now on August 11th) are: UK, Canada, Non-EU European countries, Asia, South American, Africa and Oceania countries.
Digital goods and commissions are not affected by this as they aren’t physical items that have to be shipped out so if you're in the USA you can still get any digital goods I have for sale/may sell in the future and can still order commissions, donate on Ko-Fi, or sign up to my Patreon or Twitch or Youtube memberships. It also won't affect whatever few pieces I still have up on my RedBubble shop (I haven't updated it in years and don't make any money on stickers, it pretty much just exists to sometimes make me money off a t-shirt) as RedBubble ships that out themselves. But RedBubble doesn't really allow fanart, I know there is fanart on there but it gets taken down a lot and a lot of my old fanart gets taken down off there constantly.
If any of this changes I will let you guys know, who knows if the US government will change their minds on this in the future.
If nothing changes and you wanted to purchase from my Etsy shop in the future you're only option will be putting the shipping address as someone you know who lives in a country I can ship to and have them then send it to you as a gift.
I'm sorry for another sad update. I hope they'll be a happier one soon.
Comments
MossyCrowPhil
I just discovered a company called teezr that does t-shirts. they’re anti ai, you choose the prices and you never give up ownership of your art. I just found thier YouTube today and they seem pretty good, i don’t know where they’re based or where they can and can’t ship to though.
Elk Soarin
This is all such a mess For what it's worth, I'm sorry things are going this way right now
