This long to close my shop! I waited the 6months and closed without fanfare (a polite email from Sadie Lou) I had stayed open because of two magazine adds. I just felt it would look unprofessional if someone found an advertised shop closed.... I shouldn't of worried I've only made one sale there.
anywho I'm darklingwoods (http://darklingwoods.etsy.com exclusively now ;) I never had a problem or run in with Sadie but I'm steering clear of new sites, I also tried icraft last year (which was free btw) and also made a sale that didn't register in the shop (just like lolli) you really can't offer one of kind items if sold items aren't removed automatically its a big problem imho. I wrote to icraft and got some standard email response. So it isn't just lollishops that has these growing pains problems its just compounded by the drama. For a while I thought I would just offer prints on these other sites but its just too much worry... I need time to create thats priority one!