Etsy is a form of "micro-work" but it's never been particularly good financially for people who sell stuff on Etsy. I wonder what they can do for connecting sellers to each other to pool supply costs and identify each seller's likely consumers.
I hope they can find a way to pool the cost of materials to bring low cost overhead to sellers. That would make the industry explode.
Then, there are sellers that are based outside the US with far different production economics.
And of course, there are the deluded sellers who are trying to be profitable and can't get there.