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
Etsy revealed the finalists for its 2020 Design Awards, aka the Etsies. Judges narrowed down the applicants to 100 shop owners who submitted their favorite item, which could be handcrafted, designed, or vintage. The items were judged based on the Read more
Many artisans rely on fall and winter markets to showcase their products and ring up sales IRL (in real life), but this year the pandemic is putting a damper on in-person events. Etsy announced it is bringing holiday markets online Read more
Etsy is soliciting questions from sellers about marketing their Etsy shops during the upcoming holiday season. Sellers can submit their questions on a dedicated thread on the Etsy boards, and its merchandising team will respond. Etsy invited sellers to post Read more
Etsy added provisions to its Search & Advertisement Ranking Disclosures policy on September 15th: Frequency Capping: to limit the number of times the same listing or shop appears at the top of results for a specific user or keyword. Etsy Read more
Etsy is seeing postal delays, a problem for the over 90% percent of its US sellers who rely on the USPS. And, echoing an announcement from eBay 2 weeks ago, it’s exploring options. “We work closely with our partners at Read more
Etsy CEO Josh Silverman called California consumer protection bill AB 3262 a “wolf in sheep’s clothing,” and he accused Amazon of lobbying and “working back channels” to make the legislation burdensome for its rivals. “Amazon is taking bold steps to Read more
Certain prices, such as those that end in .00, .50, or .99, seem to be more attractive to buyers, Etsy said. It’s running a “Round Up Pricing” experiment that had sellers buzzing. On an Etsy help page, it explained in Read more
Etsy periodically offers Shop critiques, listing critiques, and SEO critiques to help sellers improve sales, and it’s kicking off a new round of listing critiques this month. Etsy opened submissions last week and will publish its first round of critiques Read more
Etsy is hosting a special sale on Labor Day weekend and is inviting sellers to participate. Sellers are the ones who subsidize the savings for shoppers, of course, not the marketplace. “Just schedule your sale for September 4-7 and offer Read more
