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
Etsy announced the launch of a new Teams “experience,” calling it a facelift. Ironically we can’t where Etsy posted the announcement – a seller sent us a link directly to the announcement, titled “We’re launching a new Teams experience.” We Read more
Etsy will launch a special holiday sales page in early November, and it’s asking sellers to put their items on sale and follow best practices for a chance to be featured. “Our team of merchandising experts will curate this new Read more
Hopefully online sellers are aware by now of the higher USPS rates in place during the holidays – Etsy warned its sellers on Thursday. The temporary holiday postal rate hike, which is unprecedented, goes into effect on October 18 and Read more
Etsy is urging sellers to promote their shops on social media during the holidays. It launched a hashtag, #MakeItMeaningful, for sellers to include in their posts to tie them together. Etsy offered suggestions on how sellers should promote their shop Read more
Etsy addressed concerns over its Offsite Ads program, which is mandatory for sellers who do over $10,000 in sales/year. The lack of control is a major concern for some sellers and extends to which of their listings Etsy chooses to Read more
