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Etsy : comme un poisson dans l’'eau !
Un des lancements web le plus en vogue à New York actuellement est certainement Etsy.com, société basée à Brooklyn, qui développe un marché en ligne où vous pouvez vendre, acheter des produits faits main réalisés par des artisans et des artistes indépendants. Certes tous les produits ne sont pas d’une qualité renversante mais il est possible de trouver des articles qui en plus d’être de bon goût, sont tout à fait uniques. Etsy vient de lever 27 M$ auprès de plusieurs fonds d’investissement.
A lot of people scratched their heads when Etsy raised $27 million . What on earth? Handmade goods, that's about as low tech as you can get! Then Umair Haque, a well respected blogger and strategist - albeit one who is known for being a bit “out there” - asked Is Etsy the next Google ? Maybe Umair was just saying that this is big .
Is Etsy the Next eBay?
Survey Says: International Seller
Thanks again to everyone who took the International Seller Survey , which was live from January 14-26, 2009. Below are some of the findings. Please bear in mind that this survey was not scientific and findings are provided for informational purposes only.
eBay Alternative for Artisans: Etsy Expands Your Exposure — eCom
eBay Alternative Watch: Etsy Readies For Holiday Sales Popular niche alternative site, Etsy offers crafty sellers a platform for selling all things handmade. The site actively supports those who choose to create and buy alternatives to mass-produced objects. Conceived by Rob Kalin in early 2005, Etsy was born out of the founder's desire to exhibit and sell his own creations online. Since its official launch in June 2005, this unique online marketplace now boasts more than 1.5 million members of which 170,000 are sellers.Etsy: eBay for arts and crafts | Technology | guardian.co.uk
Etsy, the website which provides an online marketplace for artists and crafters to sell their handmade goods, has proved hugely popular since launching three years ago. It now boasts more than 1.3 million members and has even been touted as a potential successor to eBay. But in an interview with the Guardian's Tech Weekly podcast , chief executive Maria Thomas said the company needs to focus on a number of challenges before it can reach its potential. Among the problems she highlighted was fraud, which has been a growing concern for the site's buyers and sellers.
Selling Art and Crafts on Etsy Requires Extra Work - hope and megan Selling crafts online can be rewarding, but can be more work than a traditional job. Etsy offers a good system for selling, but sellers must attract buyers. It's not uncommon to meet people who are convinced that running an online store is a piece of cake, and less work than a traditional job.
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Etsy sellers broke new sales revenue records in the summer months with figures of $7.1 and $7.6 million in July and August. They’re therefore in good position to reach their publicly announced 2008 yearly target of $100 million. In the first eight months the gross sales volumes surpassed the $48 million mark.
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Exciting Commerce // Unlimited: Etsy Sales Update: $33.6 million
Etsy sets its sights on sales revenues of $100 million in 2008 and has already confirmed $33.6 million of that in the first half year. Etsy has released its June numbers. Revenues jumped from $14.6 million to $19 million from Q1 to Q2.The Etsy team celebrated a new, record breaking sales level in April: "We sold over $6 million for the first time ever, an 8% increase over March! Also, April 30th was Etsy’s biggest day ever, with 16,580 items sold, representing $256,000. Thanks, CNN "