Ecommerce Industry News
Etsy is accepting applications for its 2019 Maker Cities program, which will provide grants up to $40,000 to five nonprofit organizations to invest in a year-long economic development project in support of entrepreneurial micro-businesses. Etsy […]
eBay and Etsy sent sellers to Washington, DC to lobby lawmakers on issues important to the marketplaces and their sellers, including postal issues, benefits, trade, net neutrality – and of course, online sales tax. Former […]
Etsy is highlighting designers with a new global competition called the Etsies, and it’s including sellers of vintage goods, who often feel left out due to the focus on handmade goods on the specialty marketplace. […]
Etsy grew GMS – the value of goods third-party sellers sold on its marketplace – by 18.9% in the first three months of the year. But its own revenue grew a whopping 40.1% in the […]
A mom is suing Etsy and a seller after her son was accidentally strangled to death in 2016 when wearing a teething necklace that a friend had purchased on Etsy. CBS covered the heartbreaking story […]
You can sell products in Etsy’s Handmade category without ever making, touching, or shipping the items, and now it’s even easier thanks to an integration with Shapeways, a company that manufactures and ships 3-D printed […]
Etsy is making some changes to categories and attributes in April. Without further ado, here’s the March 28th announcement of forthcoming changes. Announcement follows: Updates to Listing Categories and Attributes on EtsyThere’s a ton of […]
Etsy sellers have long requested phone support, and this week it arrived. “We’re Just a Phone Call Away – Now you can give us a call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Learn […]
A top Etsy executive will be one of the keynote speakers at the Home Delivery World conference taking place next month. Roman Sobieri, Head of Shipping, Listing Management and Payment Operations at Etsy, will speak […]
Etsy and Walmart are expanding some eco-friendly initiatives that will also help them generate good PR. Etsy CEO Josh Silverman vowed to offset carbon emissions generated by the shipping of orders by Etsy sellers. “98 […]