Two years after becoming CEO of Etsy and going on a cost-cutting regimen, Josh Silverman showed his commitment to marketing by hiring a Chief Marketing Officer. Ryan Scott will join Etsy on June 24, 2019, in the newly created position Read more
Etsy held its annual shareholder meeting this morning, and it held no surprises. Etsy CEO Josh Silverman gave a brief presentation, and there were no questions from shareholders. (Unlike eBay, Etsy included the Q&A session in its webcast, while Amazon Read more
Etsy sellers who advertise their listings ran into a problem last week, reporting suspicious activity on their Promoted Listing ads that had all the earmarks of click fraud. As we reported on the AuctionBytes Blog, sellers said their daily budgets Read more
Etsy is accepting applications for its 2019 Maker Cities program, which will provide grants up to $40,000 to five nonprofit organizations to invest in a year-long economic development project in support of entrepreneurial micro-businesses. Etsy launched the Maker Cities program Read more
eBay and Etsy sent sellers to Washington, DC to lobby lawmakers on issues important to the marketplaces and their sellers, including postal issues, benefits, trade, net neutrality – and of course, online sales tax. Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman started Read more
Etsy is highlighting designers with a new global competition called the Etsies, and it’s including sellers of vintage goods, who often feel left out due to the focus on handmade goods on the specialty marketplace. Interested sellers must submit an Read more
Etsy grew GMS – the value of goods third-party sellers sold on its marketplace – by 18.9% in the first three months of the year. But its own revenue grew a whopping 40.1% in the quarter, indicating sellers are paying Read more
A mom is suing Etsy and a seller after her son was accidentally strangled to death in 2016 when wearing a teething necklace that a friend had purchased on Etsy. CBS covered the heartbreaking story after Etsy appeared in court Read more
You can sell products in Etsy’s Handmade category without ever making, touching, or shipping the items, and now it’s even easier thanks to an integration with Shapeways, a company that manufactures and ships 3-D printed items on behalf of third-party Read more
Etsy is making some changes to categories and attributes in April. Without further ado, here’s the March 28th announcement of forthcoming changes. Announcement follows: Updates to Listing Categories and Attributes on EtsyThere’s a ton of special items on Etsy, and Read more
