Some sellers are worried that Etsy is testing yet another feature that could drive shoppers away from their listings. A seller published the following post about the issue on the Etsy discussion boards on Monday, titled, “First line of title Read more
Etsy completed its migration to the Google Cloud, according to Chief Technology Officer Mike Fisher, and in Wednesday’s announcement, Fisher boasted the move helps the marketplace run more tests, which is something that many sellers find frustrating. “Etsy’s experiment velocity Read more
Etsy continues to test ways to highlight sales taking place on its marketplace. Just as rival eBay encourages its sellers to run sales through Promotions Manager (and formerly Markdown Manager), Etsy now offers individual sellers a way to put their Read more
Etsy kicked off new tests this month to measure the effectiveness of new features. One test tries different ways to highlight a shop’s sale when buyers are shopping on Etsy, such as letting buyers know when a shop’s sale is Read more
Etsy has begun making seller return policies more prominent as part of a test it initiated this month. Management has been focused on improving conversion rates, and according to Etsy, it describes the goal of this latest test as follows: Read more
Etsy is running twice the number of tests as previous years as it seeks to improve its marketplace, according to the company’ CEO Josh Silverman, and now there’s a new way for sellers to keep track of these tests. Etsy Read more
Etsy announced it is running a new series of tests to highlight popular items. Sara Kassatly posted the announcement, writing that “giving shoppers more information about what’s trending on Etsy will help them discover and buy products they’ll love.” Announcement Read more
There’s not only fan fiction, there’s fan merchandise as well, and Etsy is testing a way to allow its sellers to participate in an approved manner. Etsy Director of Business Development Morgan Blake said the marketplace has been developing the Read more
Connecting one’s technology customers with new features presents a balancing act for such companies. Many factors associated with testing and delivering may present issues at other points in a service’s lifecycle, something vintage/handmade storefront firm Etsy found out in a Read more
Etsy continues to run tests of various design and navigation changes, and sellers continue to object to some of the changes they and their buyers are being exposed to. Etsy has said it exposes only a small number of users Read more
