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
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
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
Etsy, Amazon, and eBay recently announced their latest initiatives using AI (artificial intelligence) to improve their marketplaces. Etsy is using AI to personalize shopping; Amazon is using AI to crack down on counterfeits; and eBay is using AI to improve Read more
Etsy offered advice to sellers on dealing with tariffs and told them that buyers may be required to pay tariffs and fees on packages that are shipped internationally. The marketplace explained that in certain cases, it would protect sellers if Read more
It’s Etsy sellers’ turn to have account verification issues after some eBay sellers experienced similar problems this month. Numerous sellers reported that Etsy suspended shop listings and have been unable to get them reinstated. One seller explained on the Etsy Read more
Etsy debuted a new TV commercial, and the company is sticking with its marketing message that Etsy is a destination for shopping for gifts. The ad is titled, “Don’t Celebrate Birthdays” and features the tagline, “Gifts that say, I get Read more
Sellers were briefly blocked from accessing their Etsy accounts early Monday morning, March 3rd. Sellers turned to Down Detector to report the issue, with someone reporting the issue and writing, “And here.. we.. go!” at 6:37 am. Sellers reported that Read more
