On Tuesday, we were talking about businesses that make a lot of money convincing people to work for them for free. 

Yesterday, a friend came over for a visit and discussed her upcoming shop on Etsy. We fired up the iPad and looked at the website at the kitchen table. I admit that I became a bit obsessed and spent the rest of the evening checking out the Etsy lifestyle — homemade stuff in hot colors in eclectic, layered homes. One guy sold candles that he made in his Winnebago, which was full of whimsical curtains and pot holders.

Yes, I'm a sucker for that stuff, so I dreamed up my own colorful, macrame, textured, crafty, patina, thingie shop and checked out the restrictions on their sellers. I looked at the actual sales of their sellers. It's basically a place where people sell the products of their hobbies. Nobody really is making money off that website. Except for Etsy.