Shoppers have been experiencing problems when trying to pay for items on Etsy using its Direct Checkout system since Friday, July 1st. An Etsy engineer blamed the problem on a third-party and in posts throughout the weekend said it was Read more
Etsy sellers now have the potential to earn extra revenue by promoting listings of other sellers. Etsy has opened up its affiliate program to sellers, offering a standard commission rate of 4% with a 30-day cookie period. (Cookies help track Read more
Etsy is making two changes to search. In one change, visitors can no longer click on a link to a seller’s Shop when viewing search results – instead, clicking on a Shop name in a listing in search results will Read more
Etsy CEO Chad Dickerson will give the keynote address at his company’s first Etsy Up conference for sellers next month. The company announced the event earlier this month, and has since made available more information about the speakers. The Etsy Read more
Etsy announced some enhancements to its store-hosting site, Pattern by Etsy, which it launched in April. Sellers can choose to pay $15/month to have every one of their Etsy listings appear on their Pattern site with unlimited storage and no Read more
European governments want to collect taxes on international purchases made by their residents; marketplaces want to comply with government regulations around such taxes; and sellers are left in the middle. In the case of sellers outside the EU, a recent Read more
Etsy is holding a brand new conference for sellers this summer where they can attend workshops and network with colleagues. The inaugural Etsy Up Conference is a two-day summit focused on empowering Etsy sellers and facilitating connections, according to the Read more
Sellers on Etsy can submit their listings to critique from the company in a special session on Wednesday. Sellers who want advice on how they could improve their tags and listing titles can sign up to hear the hard truth, Read more
There are several reasons for Etsy sellers to review their invoices carefully – one has to do with the new Pattern store-hosting service Etsy launched in April, the other applies to European sellers and VAT. Another issue related to billing Read more
Etsy launched enhancements designed to make sellers’ lives easier when it comes to estimating and displaying shipping costs. For example, when creating a listing, sellers can now access shipping profiles, calculated shipping, and shipping upgrades while in the creation process, Read more
