VirsaBags

Thessaloniki, Greece

13.8k
Sales
We calculate this number using a recency-weighted average of all ratings, with a rating's value decreasing by half each year to best reflect the current experience. 4.9 (5.9k)
15 years
on Etsy
We calculate this number using a recency-weighted average of all ratings, with a rating's value decreasing by half each year to best reflect the current experience. 4.9 (5.9k)
13.8k
sales
15 years
on Etsy
13.8k
Sales
We calculate this number using a recency-weighted average of all ratings, with a rating's value decreasing by half each year to best reflect the current experience. 4.9 (5.9k)
15 years
on Etsy
We calculate this number using a recency-weighted average of all ratings, with a rating's value decreasing by half each year to best reflect the current experience. 4.9 (5.9k)
13.8k
sales
15 years
on Etsy

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Last updated on Sep 5, 2025
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About VirsaBags

Leather Goods Artisanship / Est. 1983 / Made in Greece

Sales 13,753
On Etsy since 2011

Leather Goods Artisanship / Est. 1983 / Made in Greece

Shop about video description

A House of Bags

Shop members

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    George Giagkidis

    Owner, Assistant, Photographer

    George Giagkidis is the son and assistant of Virsa Bags Leather Goods Artisanship Family, based in Greece. His involvement sums in marketing, communication, photography, shipping and secondary assistance to the production process.

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    Eleni Giagkidou

    Owner, Customer Service, Model

    Eleni Giagkidou is the daughter and owner and employee of the Virsa Bags leather goods artisanship. She is an experienced bag maker, who also assists with the digital growth of Virsa Bags.

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    Kiriakos Giagkidis

    Designer, Maker, Shipper

    Kiriakos Giagkidis is the father and main designer of Virsa Bags Artisanship with a great and long experience in the leather goods industry.

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    Veronica Giagkidou

    Maker, Designer, Customer Service

    Veronica Giagkidou is the mother and main products maker in Virsa Bags Artisanship with real adeptness in the subject of leather goods.

Shop policies

Last updated on December 17, 2025
Virsa (Est. 1983) is a Leather Goods Artisanship, involved in the bag design & creation field on the axis of modern fashion and classic finesse.

Our designers are specialized in both the production and design of each product, specialists with experience of long years in the field of leather art.

Our products are created one by one with carefully selected top quality leather from Greece and Italy, made with love and concern for the appreciation of the admirers of our art.

Share our vision & Support our Art.

Area: Komninon 63, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Zip Code: 56626

Contact phone: (+30) 2310-615-994

E - mail: virsabags [!at] gmail.com

΄΄Virsa΄΄ means ΄΄leather΄΄ in ancient greek language.

Accepted payment methods

Paypal Visa Mastercard Discover Apple Pay Klarna Giftcard
Accepts Etsy Gift Cards and Etsy Credits

Returns & exchanges

See item details for return and exchange eligibility.

Cancellations

Cancellations: accepted

Request a cancellation: within 1 hour of purchase

Payment

We accept payment via Etsy Paying System & PayPal.

For any special cases, as also payments concerning Greece, please contact us via message or e-mail.

Shipping

Ships to Worldwide principally via DHL Express & FedEx Priority.

From the time an order will be shipped the arrival time is 2-3 working days for the large majority of countries worldwide.

A Tracking Number for all the orders is provided with security and confidence about the optimal package delivery.

We aim to a quick and secure shipping, as also delivery, that should be expected.

-Customs Duties and Taxes: There are no additional fees (import tax, customs duty, or other taxes) for customers from the USA, European Union, and Australia. Rarely custom fee could be applied on UK and Canada.

Customers from other countries please note that your local government may impose import duties on shipments from outside your country. You are responsible for paying any taxes, duties, and/or customs fees charged by your government. Please note that the shipping costs and taxes you may pay on ETSY do not include any import duty fees that your country may apply. Those fees are presented during delivery and not during checkout.

-Remote Countries:

Dear customers, if you are located in a remote country or area we will ship your package with Hellenic Post Office (ELTA) due to high shipping charges from couriers.

Delivery times are subject to change a little during busy holiday seasons.

-Shipping Time

We create all of our products especially for each customer. We need about 3-5 working days to have an item from an order created and shipped. We ship our products from Monday to Friday and always notify our customers about the shipping event.

Additional policies and FAQs

Our products are exclusively made in Greece by specialized Greek Desingers via high quality genuine leather, mainly calfskin, carefully selected from Greece and Italy.

Privacy

This Privacy Policy describes how and when we collect, use, and share information, when you purchase an item from us, contact us, or otherwise use our services through ETSY and its related sites and services.

This Privacy Policy does not apply to the practices of third parties that we do not own or control, including Etsy or any third party services you access through Etsy.

You can reference the Etsy Privacy Policy to learn more about its privacy practices.

-Information we collect

To fulfil your order, you must provide with certain information (which you authorized Etsy to provide to us), such as your name, email address, postal address, payment information, and the details of the product that you’re ordering.

You may also choose to provide with additional personal information (for a custom order of a bag, for example), if you contact us directly.

-The Need of Your Information and How we Use It

We rely on a number of legal bases to collect, use, and share your information, including:

As needed to provide our services, such as when we use your information to fulfil your order, to settle disputes, or to provide customer support; when you have provided your affirmative consent, which you may revoke at any time, such as by signing up for our mailing list; if necessary to comply with a legal obligation or court order or in connection with a legal claim, such as retaining information about your purchases if required by tax law; and as necessary for the purpose of our legitimate interests, if those legitimate interests are not overridden by your rights or interests, such as 1) providing and improving our services. We use your information to provide the services you requested and in our legitimate interest to improve our services; and 2) Compliance with the Etsy Seller Policy and Terms of Use. We use your information as necessary to comply with our obligations under the Etsy Seller Policy and Terms of Use.

-Information Sharing and Disclosure

Information about our customers is important to our business. We share your personal information for very limited reasons and in limited circumstances, as follows:

Etsy: We share information with Etsy as necessary to provide you our services and comply with our obligations under both the Etsy Seller Policy and Etsy Terms of Use.

Service providers: We engage certain trusted third parties to perform functions and provide services to our shop, such as delivery companies. We will share your personal information with these third parties, but only to the extent necessary to perform these services.

Business transfers: If we sell or merge our business, we may disclose your information as part of that transaction, only to the extent permitted by law.

Compliance with laws: We may collect, use, retain, and share your information, if we have a good faith belief that it is reasonably necessary to: (a) respond to legal process or to government requests; (b) enforce our agreements, terms and policies; (c) prevent, investigate, and address fraud and other illegal activity, security, or technical issues; or (d) protect the rights, property, and safety of our customers, or others.

-Data Retention

We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to provide you with our services and as described in our Privacy Policy. However, we may also be required to retain this information to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations, to resolve disputes, and to enforce our agreements. We generally keep your data for the following time period: 4 years.

-Transfers of Personal Information Outside the EU

We may store and process your information through third-party hosting services in the US and other jurisdictions. As a result, we may transfer your personal information to a jurisdiction with different data protection and government surveillance laws than your jurisdiction. If we are deemed to transfer information about you outside of the EU, we rely on Privacy Shield as the legal basis for the transfer, as Google Cloud is Privacy Shield certified.

-Your Rights

If you reside in certain territories, including the EU, you have a number of rights in relation to your personal information. While some of these rights apply generally, certain rights apply only in certain limited cases. We describe these rights below:

-Access. You may have the right to access and receive a copy of the personal information we hold about you by contacting me using the contact information below.
-Change, restrict, delete. You may also have rights to change, restrict our use of, or delete your personal information. Absent exceptional circumstances (like where We are required to store data for legal reasons) we will generally delete your personal information upon request.
-Object. You can object to (i) our processing of some of your information based on our legitimate interests and (ii) receiving marketing messages from me after providing your express consent to receive them. In such cases, we will delete your personal information unless we have compelling and legitimate grounds to continue using that information or if it is needed for legal reasons.
-Complain. If you reside in the EU and wish to raise a concern about our use of your information (and without prejudice to any other rights you may have), you have the right to do so with your local data protection authority.

-How to Contact us

For purposes of EU data protection law, I, Eleni Giagkidou, am the data controller of your personal information. If you have any questions or concerns, you may contact me at virsabags[!at]gmail.com or by using the Etsy convo system.
See this Seller Handbook article for a sample privacy policy you can customize for your shop.

More information

Last updated on Dec 17, 2025

Frequently asked questions

How do you create your bags?

We are leather goods artisanship. We have a large collection of leathers and further equipment, which we use for the design and creation of our leather products. We create our bags from the beginning.

Could you describe the overall shipping process?

All orders are being processed and shipped within 3-5 working days.

Delivery times:

USA - Australia: 2-3 working days - DHL Express or FedEx.

EUROPE: 1-2 working days - DHL Express.

Other Countries: 3-5 Working days via DHL Express or FedEx.

For Remote Areas the Hellenic Post Office (ELTA) may be used with delivery upon 2 weeks aproximately.

For an even faster or special needed shipping please contact us.

Return Policy

Above in the "Return" section we decribe the process analytically.

If your order is eligible for return:

-Send us an email within 3 days from receiving your order and we will send you clear instructions on returning the product.

SALE ITEMS, CUSTOMIZED ITEMS & INTERNATIONAL ORDERS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR RETURNS.

We only accept Returns due to specific reasons, that concern the not preferable quality of our products. Returns due to customer's responsibility are not accepted.

The tariffs (US) are paid from VirsaBag's side, but in case of return without the responsibility of our side, the customer (US) have to pay for the return tarrifs.

Care instructions

Feel free to ask us for any advice concerning our product's quality, durability, resilience and well sustainability, each bag requires a unique way of care to sustain its beauty and glow. Our services are available anytime for you.

Leather is a natural material and all marks, deep lines and textural variations are completely normal and they can disapper due to the changing leather's nature.

If your bag gets wet, wipe with a clean dry cloth and allow to dry naturally away from direct heat and sunlight. Sun exposure and humidity are main dangers for the condition of leather bags.

You can use leather balsam, leather conditioner, or vazeline for the conservation of bag's quality.

Advise a local leather store for specific care products.

Gift wrapping and packaging

All of our products are packaged with security and concern about the product. If there is any special request for the packaging (like gift wrapping), please let us know.

Wholesale availability

Our artisanship is specialized in wholesale distribution. We offer our products in wholesale.

Please contact us in any desirable way.

Custom and personalized orders

Customizations are always welcome in our shop, our Artisanship is much experienced and can undertake many new designs.

Custom orders are not returnable due to their special nature.

Contact us for any request of yours via message or e-mail.

Postal Services

All orders are shipped via DHL Express & FedEx all over the world and delivered really fast.

A tracking number is available and always provided in the shipping confirmation email received upon shipment, with constant information concerning the package course.

The arrival's time is usually 2-3 working days for the most countries from the day the package will be shipped.

In rare occasions some orders are shipped by the public greek Postal Services (ELTA) and delivered by the recipient's national Postal Services.

Sizing details

The exact dimensions concerning any product of us are reported in any listing in centimeters. Pictures with models are also included, in order for the sizes to be well understood.

How the leather you use is sourced?

The leather we use comes mainly from Greece and Italy in the European Union and it strictly follows all the ethical agendas. It is a byproduct of the meat industry. It does not come from animals that are only used for their leather.

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