If your marketplace sales were down in the first three months of 2025, you are not alone. Etsy reported first-quarter earnings this morning, reporting a decline in GMS (Gross Merchandise Sales) for the Etsy Marketplace of 8.9% year-over-year (or down Read more
Etsy CEO Josh Silverman talked tariffs at Semafor’s 2025 World Economy Summit last week, saying sellers on Etsy could become collateral damage. Advocating for sellers was one of his jobs, Silverman said, for which he received nearly $18 million in Read more
An Amazon spokesperson told Reuters that it is having a “strong response from selling partners to Prime Day 2025.” But the Reuters reporters, who spoke to four merchants and six consultants who collectively advice hundreds of Amazon sellers, said merchants Read more
Amazon sellers are all too familiar with the concept of “gating,” which is when marketplaces restrict most or all sellers from selling a particular brand. Recently a seller described how working to become ungated can be a moving target, after Read more
The UK is helping businesses hit by tariffs and is working with other countries on trade deals that “will give businesses more opportunities than ever before to expand into new market.” It’s also soliciting advice on how it should respond Read more
Etsy sellers who offer variations of a product in a single listing and price each accordingly ran into a glitch this month that resulted in all variations showing the lowest price. On April 20, a seller wrote about the problem Read more
People in the US will now be able to pay for eBay purchases using Klarna, including using financing options. “Shoppers can pay for eligible eBay purchases in the U.S. using Klarna’s flexible payments options including Pay in 4, which allows Read more
Etsy is developing a feature that alerts sellers about issues that could impact the search visibility of their listing before it goes live. The real-time “listing quality feedback alerts” identify issues that impact the listing’s search ranking. The functionality is Read more
Etsy is selling Reverb to two investment firms, Creator Partners and Servco. After separating from Etsy, the Reverb music-gear marketplace will no longer be part of a public company. Etsy had acquired Reverb in 2019. In its filing with the Read more
eBay informed international sellers this month that it would offer certain protections in the event that tariffs impacted their shipments to buyers located in the US. The marketplace posted information for Canadian, UK, and Australian sellers. Package delays into the Read more
