Etsy is asking sellers to reach out to their members of Congress and ask them to include measures to help self-employed people in the COVID-19 relief package they are trying to pass. The request comes after Etsy CEO Josh Silverman Read more
Etsy is providing a one-month grace period to any seller who needs extra time paying their bills due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The news came in an email from Etsy CEO Josh Silverman on Friday, and the devil is in Read more
Congress is working on emergency relief efforts to help individuals and businesses impacted by the coronavirus outbreak, but Etsy said the self-employed were largely not covered by the current proposals. Many sellers don’t qualify for social safety net programs such Read more
On April 1, 2020, marketplace facilitators, such as eBay and Etsy will now be responsible for collecting and remitting Georgia sales and use tax, according to Charles Maniace, Vice President of Regulatory Analysis at Sovos, which offers tax-compliance services. eBay Read more
Etsy offered some advice to sellers related to the coronavirus and warned them that its Trust and Safety team was actively monitoring and taking down listings related to COVID-19 that are against Etsy’s policies, “including items that falsely claim to Read more
Sellers who pay to list on Etsy expect the marketplace to invest in marketing and advertising to attract shoppers. If it does a good job in bringing in buyers, Etsy is rewarded by receiving commission fees from sellers. With a Read more
Ecommerce platform Shopify sent an email to Etsy sellers telling them, “we have your back,” an apparent reference to Etsy’s decision to force advertising fees on many sellers. Etsy made the good-news/bad-news announcement on Wednesday, telling sellers they were unbundling Read more
Since Etsy doesn’t own the items on its marketplace, it brought out the “stick” this summer to compel sellers to offer free shipping or guaranteed free shipping program on orders $35 and above. Basically, Etsy told sellers to offer some Read more
Etsy grew core marketplace GMS (sales) 20% in the fourth quarter of 2019 while growing revenue 28%. Etsy acquired Reverb, a marketplace for musical instruments, in mid-August and released aggregate GMS and revenue as well. The following is an excerpt Read more
Etsy completed its migration to the Google Cloud, according to Chief Technology Officer Mike Fisher, and in Wednesday’s announcement, Fisher boasted the move helps the marketplace run more tests, which is something that many sellers find frustrating. “Etsy’s experiment velocity Read more
