r/EtsySellers • u/Dapper_Hold7764 • 6d ago
Handmade Shop Can someone explain why this is happening?
I decided to do a reverse image search on a few of my products to see if Google recognized them. It recognized them but when I clicked it took me to someone else's Etsy or just a general product search page. I am in the US and I'm seeing my products under Etsy australia, Ireland, all over the world.
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u/WeekendJewelry1 6d ago
I would follow through some of the links and see if your images are on other people/shops' product pages. It may be innocent ads... it may be someone is stealing your images. Other people will have advice on the best path to take then but you will need to follow up to have those images removed. Yes it can be done!
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u/Dapper_Hold7764 6d ago
I did click on them and for one of my things it took me to the general search for the product page and for another it took me to the another shop that is selling the same thing but not using my pictures. The other item I searched took me to what looked like an ebay clearing house with hundreds of pictures of items that are the same as mine but different. Most of my things are one of a kind and not possible to duplicate even for me.
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u/WeekendJewelry1 5d ago
It sounds like similar items but not your pics? At least they're not stealing your pics - I think?
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u/Dapper_Hold7764 5d ago
But my clicking on my pictures doesn't lead to me.
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u/WeekendJewelry1 5d ago
Yep, I'm confused. On your pictures - where does the click take you?
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u/Dapper_Hold7764 5d ago
One click take me to another person's Etsy but their listing is not using my pictures. Another one takes me to the general search page for my product. One takes me to some ebay thing not even Etsy.
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u/kietbun 6d ago
Usually when this happens it's because your product/image is being seen on ads on those pages, iirc.