Etsy warned sellers on Monday of shipping delays and advised them to “Get those holiday orders in the mail.” The message was added as an update to a Seller Handbook article on shipping deadlines. “Due to United States shipping carrier Read more
Etsy is encouraging sellers to add videos to their listings and said it improves exposure. In a recent update, Etsy said listing videos are now visible to almost all shoppers after taking them out of beta testing. “We’ll continue to Read more
Etsy is monitoring postal delays and is fine-tuning the estimated delivery dates it displays to shoppers, it told sellers on Friday As an Etsy help page tells buyers, “the estimated delivery date is based on a combination of the processing Read more
Etsy added FedEx SmartPost to its shipping label program, which allows sellers to ship orders with USPS, FedEx, or Canada Post right from their Etsy shop. Etsy touts the program as a convenience to sellers: “Once you purchase a label Read more
Last week, Etsy invited sellers to participate in its Cyber Week Sales Event – a minimum discount of 20% is required to be eligible for exposure. This week, Etsy shared some tips for sellers to optimize holiday sales, basing its Read more
Etsy invited sellers to participate in the Etsy Cyber Week sale. Because it manages payments on behalf of sellers, it can promote such sales on behalf of sellers without having to subsidize the sales itself. In order to participate, sellers Read more
Etsy saw third-quarter 2020 GMS (value of sales on its marketplace) grow 119% year over year. An excerpt of the company press release follows with a link to the full release below. Etsy, Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2020 Financial ResultsReports Read more
Etsy named the 12 winners of its 2020 Design Awards on Tuesday, with $15,000 going to Grand Prize winner AdrianMartinus for its $4,350 credenza made from recycled skateboards. The winners were chosen from 100 finalists and thousands of entries by Read more
Etsy is seeing an increase in holiday-related searches, it revealed on Monday. Searches for “holiday” were up 79% in early October compared to the same time last year, while searches for “gift” were up 128%. Etsy surveyed buyers in September Read more
Etsy announced shoppers can now pay in installments thanks to a third-party service called Klarna. Etsy explained how it impacts sellers in today’s announcement, “We’ll send all of your funds for orders made with Klarna to your payment account the Read more
