It’s hard to believe that just one year-and-10-days ago, it was business as usual at Etsy under a CEO who had happily reigned for 6 years. But on May 2, 2017, the company’s Board of Directors abruptly turned things upside Read more
Etsy grew Gross Merchandise Sales (GMS) by nearly 18% in the first 3 months of 2018. Specifically, Etsy GMS grew 19.8% year-over-year, or 17.6% on a currency-neutral basis. Etsy saw a 9.4% year-over-year growth in active sellers and 16.9% year-over-year Read more
Etsy added a new feature to its store-hosting service called Pattern: it now allows sellers to display their Etsy reviews on their Pattern-hosted stores, though sellers reported problems utilizing the new feature. Pattern launched with limited features – Pattern stores Read more
Etsy announced a new feature to help sellers optimize their listings. When sellers add a category to new listings or update existing listings, it will help them select the best category. Announcement follows: Add your listings to the most specific Read more
Etsy updated its Sales and Coupons tool so sellers can now send special targeted offers in the form of a unique coupon code directly to shoppers who’ve added the seller’s items to their carts. However, in addition to discounting the Read more
Etsy continues to test ways to highlight sales taking place on its marketplace. Just as rival eBay encourages its sellers to run sales through Promotions Manager (and formerly Markdown Manager), Etsy now offers individual sellers a way to put their Read more
A typical Etsy seller is a female entrepreneur working out of her home to supplement her household’s income. The marketplace said expecting her to calculate, collect, and remit sales taxes on every single sale in nearly 10,000 different tax jurisdictions Read more
Etsy is trying to boost sales by making it easier for sellers to turn custom requests into orders on their mobile devices. The new feature is targeted at opportunities presented when customers are communicating with sellers through “convos,” its member-to-member Read more
Etsy will begin marketing its site as a source of Mother’s Day gifts in 2 weeks, and it will select “giftable” listings to promote in the campaign. Mother’s Day falls on May 13 this year. “We’ll select eligible ready-to-ship and Read more
Many sellers were caught off guard in January when some marketplaces including Etsy began collecting sales tax on purchases originating in Washington state thanks to its new law. Pennsylvania has fallen in Washington’s footsteps and is forcing marketplaces to comply Read more
