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
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
