After a reporter from Insider reached out to Etsy about illicit goods allegedly available for sale on its marketplace, the company went on defense. “We’re investing at least $40 million in policy enforcement this year to ensure we uphold the Read more
Yesterday we reported on Etsy’s announcement of a new Weekly Performance Report that it was sending to sellers via email. Today, a seller forwarded us a copy of their report. The subject line read: “(Redacted shop name): This week in Read more
Etsy will provide a new “Weekly Performance Report” that sellers can opt to receive via email, it announced on Thursday. Etsy said it developed the new report based on feedback from a survey of 1,029 US sellers conducted January 6 Read more
Etsy awarded a senior software engineer the 2020 Etsy Three Armed Sweater award last week, a dubious distinction, but one that is meant to highlight the culture of blamelessness at the online marketplace. The award clearly gets its name from Read more
Every month, Etsy updates its category structure and product attributes. On Monday, it announced changes to the category structure for April. Candles and Desks are the main changes Etsy highlighted – interesting because candles are what you might traditionally think Read more
If you’ve ever searched an online marketplace, you can imagine how difficult it is to get a listing to the top of results, which often include thousands or tens of thousands of listings. Advertising is one way of boosting visibility Read more
Etsy informed sellers who were disrupted by recent severe-weather storms they can apply for grants offered through a partnership with CERF+. Etsy and CERF+ work together to award grants to a select number of eligible sellers. “Any Etsy sellers who Read more
There’s “handmade,” like handsewn face masks – the kind of product you expect to see on Etsy. And then there are items like sneezeguards and plexiglass partitions for the office – the kind of product you’d expect to see on Read more
Sellers often dread changes to ecommerce platforms, not only because they must adapt, but because of glitches and unintended consequences that often result. For those reasons, some marketplaces put a freeze on changes during the holiday shopping season. That’s the Read more
Etsy advised sellers about new requirements coming into effect in July for toys, noting that listings on its marketplace are automatically set to ship worldwide unless updated by the seller, regardless of the seller’s location. In other words, sellers in Read more
