How to handle bad reviews or Etsy review extortion for handmade entrepreneurs!

Updated: The ODR score seems to have been eliminated, but no official announcement was ever made about it!

If you've ever been the victim of Etsy review extortion you know that it stinks. And if you wonder how to handle bad reviews professionally, you're not alone.

When you open an Etsy shop you're setting yourself up for reviews, both good and bad. Handmade entrepreneurs put their whole effort into their products, and we tend to take bad reviews personally. You need to remember that everyone will get a bad review at some point. How you respond to them is the important thing.

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