Small merchants and individuals who sell online will most certainly come across an unpleasant reality sooner or later: the need to provide their taxpayer ID (a social security number or EIN) to any entity that processes payments on their behalf. Read more
Online marketplaces tend to keep a tight lid on specific metrics about sales and traffic, but thankfully data nerds can turn to comScore to get some perspective. In a post published earlier this month, the research firm took a look Read more
The appeal of the Etsy marketplace has been its position as a home for sellers of handmade and vintage items. To the layman, this presents an image of a crafter working on a piece of jewelry or a woven basket Read more
Etsy CEO Chad Dickerson took to the company blog to report strong sales over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Sales from Thursday to Cyber Monday increased 60% year-over-year compared to last year’s Thanksgiving weekend. There were more than 36 million visits Read more
Online marketplace Etsy is surveying users to find out what they wish to discuss with administrators in future Q&A chat sessions. Etsy CTO Kellan Elliot-McCrea had explained in a discussion thread on November 15th that the company spent a lot Read more
The appeal of Etsy and its approach to connecting handmade goods makers and vintage sellers with the buying public has attained a global reach. A recent change to Etsy’s listings now makes many more of those items visible in multiple Read more
Etsy kicked off a global marketing campaign last week that is focused on reaching new visitors who are shopping for gifts. The centerpiece of the campaign are three videos that each showcase a handmade item from a different Etsy seller. Read more
In order to show the impact Etsy sellers have on the economy, it commissioned research firm GfK to conduct an anonymous online survey of 5,500 active U.S. sellers on topics including sources of start-up capital, motivation for starting a creative Read more
Etsy has partnered with yet another retail chain, this time Whole Foods Market. The deal is designed to highlight the Etsy marketplace inside Whole Foods Market locations around the world. The partnership, called Ingredients for Creativity, kicked off in Whole Read more
