Stopped my Etsy payments from getting held for 5 days with one small change

I run a side gig selling handmade dog bandanas through Etsy payments, and I kept having 5 day holds on every payout for no obvious reason. After digging around I noticed my order descriptions were super vague like "bandana" or "collar". Changed them to include specific sizes and pattern names like "medium navy plaid bandana" and suddenly my payouts cleared in 24 hours. Anyone else have their payout speed tied to how detailed their product descriptions are?

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nelson.nancy25d ago

oh totally this makes so much sense actually. its like when I put "misc stuff" on a garage sale sign vs listing exactly what's there like "vintage Pyrex, old records, kids bikes" - people trust the details way more. same with my Amazon returns, if I just write "wrong size" they take forever but if I say "size 8 jeans too small, ordered size 10" it goes through same day. systems are just looking for that specific info to greenlight stuff. your bandana thing is just another example of how being vague makes computers (and people) suspicious.

the_nina24d ago

Preach. Vague is basically screaming "I'm hiding something" to the algorithm gods.