There’s a spike in the number of sellers reporting that Etsy forced their shops into “vacation mode” (a euphemism for “suspended”). This is a chronic issue usually related to Etsy’s verification process, but some sellers said they received no reason Read more
Etsy is funding another holiday sale, this one offering $5 off orders equaling $30 or more. The promotion is not restricted to one order per customer – using the promotional code LASTCHANCE24 will apply to “every” order, according to the Read more
Etsy sellers are seeing a spike in the number of shoppers who have viewed their listings – unfortunately, they’re listings for items that already sold – some going back over a decade. The problem appears to have started as early Read more
Etsy is once again running a Cyber Monday promotion in which it is giving shoppers $5 off on a purchase of $25 or more, although last year shoppers had to spend $30 to receive the discount. The marketplace sent an Read more
Etsy is promoting a holiday sale that kicks off next Wednesday, November 20, though it’s not subsidizing the discounts – sellers must put items on sale in order to have their listings promoted as part of the Etsy sale. The Read more
Etsy is running new commercials to attract holiday gift-givers looking for special handmade (or designed, sourced, or handpicked) items – but promotes a policy more in line with commodity goods as way to appeal to shoppers who want to have Read more
Etsy Marketplace saw a 6% drop in Gross Merchandise Sales (GMS) in the third quarter, year over year, declining to $2.5 billion. Active buyers decreased 0.4 percent year-over-year to 91.2 million. And the number of “habitual buyers” was 6.8 million, Read more
Etsy is adding hundreds of customer service reps to deal with the expected increase in demand during the holidays, it announced in a blog post on Thursday, and also revealed some of the ways it was planning to drive traffic Read more
A shipping service popular with Etsy sellers called Pirate Ship was blindsided when its customers received a notice on Wednesday that Etsy was partnering with two US-based shipping services: Shippo and ShipStation. Sellers were unclear how their use of Pirate Read more
Etsy will feature several sellers at a holiday pop-up event in New York City at the end of October. The Etsy Holiday Pop-Up is an “immersive IRL shopping experience coming to NYC’s vibrant West Village.” Certain sellers will be on Read more
