Etsy caused a stir Thursday morning when it sent an email to sellers requiring them to verify their bank account information. The reason it gave was in order for the company “to comply with anti-money laundering regulations.” While verifying bank Read more
While typically marketplaces help international sellers reach North American and European customers, Etsy published a guide on Monday to help US sellers who wish to reach buyers in India. Etsy said it is investing in marketing to help buyers in Read more
Etsy enhanced a feature that helps drive repeat buyers to individual sellers’ shops, and it offered tips on how sellers could take advantage of the feature. The “Etsy Updates feed” notifies shoppers of updates to sellers with whom they’ve interacted Read more
Etsy invited sellers to mark down prices in order to get visibility in its annual Labor Day sales event, but this year, Etsy is marketing the event only to shoppers on the Etsy mobile app. And while Etsy marketed it Read more
Three years ago, Etsy had changed its buyer-seller messaging system to be more like an instant-messaging system, and this summer, Etsy made another major change to the system. The company told sellers it was making it easier for them to Read more
“It’s not too late to start selling on Walmart.com before the holidays,” Walmart advised merchants today, and cited research from eMarketer predicting 15.5% growth in online holiday sales this year. Etsy also issued a holiday-season message for sellers, with both Read more
Etsy is closing two satellite offices, leaving it with only its Brooklyn headquarters in the US. Etsy’s Chief Human Resources Officer Kim Seymour explained the decision to close the San Francisco and Hudson (NY) offices in a post on the Read more
In early 2021, Etsy launched a program that gave buyers the opportunity to make a donation to the Uplift Fund when checking out. This week, its third-party payment processor that powers the feature announced that ten million Etsy buyers had Read more
One year after acquiring online marketplace Depop, Etsy is putting one of its own in charge. Kruti Patel Goyal, currently Etsy’s Chief Product Officer, will become CEO of the global fashion resale marketplace (based in London), effective September 12th. Depop’s Read more
Etsy visitors must first land on a seller’s shop or listing before seeing videos the seller has uploaded to the site, but Etsy has created a portal called Explore that lets shoppers browse sellers’ videos for inspiration. Etsy added the Read more
