a single source, nothing corroborates it
Assume the platform is defending against you
Marketplaces and community sites have been abused by marketers for years and now police exactly the behaviour you are about to attempt. A handful of template messages was enough to get one account suspended, so plan outreach around routes you own.
The method
- 01
Do not use a marketplace's internal messaging for cold outreach; automated systems shut the account down almost immediately.
- 02
Plan outreach on the assumption that every communication platform has already been abused by marketers and now actively defends against exactly what you are about to do.
What it returned
Etsy disabled Zue's conversations after he messaged just four template sellers, and reinstated the account only with a zero-tolerance warning.
Zue found even independent-looking stationery shop contact forms were routed through Etsy messaging, so he avoided them to protect his account.
Sources
- Validating an Idea is HardCory Zue · coryzue.com · Etsy · 2017-05-12
the second source
Three plays a week, for the phase you are in
No roundup of links, no news. Three tactics more than one builder arrived at separately, with the numbers each one returned and the disagreements left in.
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