Saving Our Etsy Reviews (And Our Sanity)
When Etsy shut our store down, one of the biggest gut punches wasn’t losing the shop itself — it was the idea of leaving behind hundreds of real 5-star reviews.
Years of happy customers. Thoughtful feedback. Parents raving about our engraved cutlery.
All of it suddenly locked behind an account that now basically says:
“Computer says no.”
The problem no one prepares you for
Even though my Etsy account was permanently suspended, I could still export all the reviews — but only as one giant spreadsheet.
No product labels.
No matching info.
Just a mountain of words and star ratings dumped in my lap like:
“Here, good luck champ.”
When I imported that file into Judge.me, the app politely said:
“Great! Now you match every review to every product manually.”
Perfect.
The process I never signed up for
So began the fun routine of:
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Opening Etsy screenshots
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Opening the Judge.me importer
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Staring at reviews
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Staring at product names
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Staring at my ceiling
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Matching one… single… review… at a time
It was basically a memory game I never asked to play.
Was it painful?
Oh yeah.
Did I question my life choices while squinting at two tabs like a confused meerkat?
Also yes.
But honestly?
100% worth it
Those reviews are gold. They show everything that matters about Little Cutlery:
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Quality
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Care
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Fast service
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Gifts parents genuinely love
They’re one of the biggest trust signals for new customers landing on our new website for the first time.
A huge thank you
Massive shout-out to Judge.me Reviews — the Shopify app that made the import possible.
Sure, it wasn’t automatic (thanks Etsy), but they stepped me through every part. Once the sore eyes and hand cramps faded, all the reviews ended up exactly where they belong.
The win
Importing them wasn’t fun.
But saving them?
That was a win — and one of the strongest foundations of our new site as we rebuild from the ground up.