Etsy will launch a new holiday marketing campaign that includes TV commercials, its Chief Marketing Officer Brad Minor revealed on Wednesday. In a blog post titled, “How We’re Helping Shoppers Gift Special This Holiday Season,” he said Etsy’s campaign will Read more
eBay and Etsy are making changes to some of their legal agreements. eBay updated its API License Agreement for third-party developers, including adding restrictions to the use of AI content. And Etsy is updating its Payments, Privacy and Cookies policies, Read more
Etsy announced the departure of Chief Product Officer Nick Daniel on September 5, 2025. Rather than replace him, the company will expand the role of its current CTO Rafe Colburn, who will “expand his remit to Chief Product and Technology Read more
Gross Merchandise Sales (GMS) on the Etsy Marketplace dropped 5.4% in the second quarter of 2025 (April, May, June), year-over-year – and down 6.3% on a currency-neutral basis. Etsy released its Q2 results on Wednesday morning along with a slide Read more
Etsy has made some major changes to its policies, including what sellers can sell and what services they can offer, according to online seller and consultant Cindy Baldassi (aka CindyLouWho2). She’s been breaking news over the past week as she Read more
Etsy is experiencing technical issues that may be related to those impacting many major sites on Thursday afternoon, including at least some Google services. The Etsy website is accessible, but shoppers searching on Etsy are taken to a page that Read more
Sellers often feel caught between marketplace enforcers and those deserving of a crackdown. Nowhere is that more true than on Etsy, where mass merchandise is prohibited except in the Supplies category. Last year, Etsy made a transformational change when it Read more
Etsy announced Wednesday it is working on a new way sellers can appeal listing removals. It currently offers an account-level appeals system, and this year, it will begin testing the system on a listing-level. Etsy announced the news on May Read more
Etsy is holding a fireside chat on Wednesday where its Vice President of Trust & Safety Alice Wu will discuss how Etsy keeps its marketplace safe. Wu will be joined by Sophie Duba, Senior Director of Marketplace Policy. “Hear from Read more
Etsy “re-architected” its search engine to add a “Q Score,” CEO Josh Silverman told a Wall Street gathering on Tuesday – and it is telling sellers how to improve their Q Score to raise their prominence in search. The Q Read more
