Etsy. Interview with Etsy. AuctionBytes sat down with Adam Brown of Etsy.com to talk about this flourishing marketplace for handmade goods. Adam talks about the site and some important things sellers should know about Etsy. AuctionBytes: What is Etsy? Adam: Etsy is the online marketplace for buying and selling all things handmade. You can also find unique vintage goods and crafting supplies (these do not have to be handmade, but must be tagged appropriately). We connect consumers with independent creators and designers to find the very best in handmade goods, while providing these artists with the technology and information they need to make a living, making things.
Etsy is also a large, vibrant community and gathering place for people who like to create things. We also advocate a larger idea; the handmade lifestyle. AuctionBytes: What's the difference between Etsy and eBay? Adam: Well, the only similarity is that each seller is responsible for their own shop. Adam: Any and all! Adam: No we do not. Interview with Etsy 2. Etsy tripled its gross sales in 2008, to $90 million, and attracted funding from such tech venture stars as Accel Partners and Union Square Ventures. And as it has grown, Etsy has become as much a community as an e-commerce site, with actual and virtual meetups organized by location (Singapore, Saskatchewan), medium (papier-mâché, mosaic), and interest area (Chainmailers Guild, Lizards and Lollipops). Last June, Maria Thomas, former head of digital media at NPR, came aboard as CEO. The tagline on the home page, "Your place to buy and sell all things handmade," seems to be about more than commerce.
Is there a bigger idea behind Etsy? To help people make a living by doing what they love and making things. Every seller has her own shop, with a little bio. In the section called This Handmade Life, you'll see profiles of Etsy sellers. Where can buyers and sellers interact on the site? Virtual Labs is a series of rooms--like a town hall--where live events take place. What is your own craft? Touring Etsy.com's Brooklyn Headquarters. From the tall, tree-like creature that greets visitors to the sixth floor of 326 Gold Street, to the needlepoint hangings and artwork, visitors to Etsy's headquarters are treated to the same kinds of handmade and vintage items they find when visiting the Etsy.com online marketplace. The website has struck a nerve with consumers hungry for creating, buying and selling handmade, and local newspapers, magazines and blogs are full of stories about Etsy members and their unique items, including a feature on Martha Stewart television.
Most impressive, perhaps, is cofounder Rob Kalin's appearance in Davos, Switzerland at the World Economic Forum, which nominated Etsy as one of their 2009 Technology Pioneers. I visited Etsy headquarters in Brooklyn, New York to get a sense of the culture and see what I could learn about the marketplace that, while founded in 2005, maintains the aura of a startup. Adam Brown is Etsy's public relations contact. Etsy. Etsy is an e-commerce website focused on handmade or vintage items, supplies, as well as unique factory-manufactured items under Etsy's new guidelines, released in October 2013. These items cover a wide range, including art, photography, clothing, jewelry, food, bath and beauty products, quilts, knick-knacks, and toys. Many sellers also sell craft supplies such as beads, wire and jewelry-making tools.
All vintage items must be at least 20 years old.[3] The site follows in the tradition of open craft fairs, giving sellers personal storefronts where they list their goods for a fee of US$0.20 per item.[4] As of August 2013, 30 million users are registered on the website and by the end of 2013, projections of one million sellers and over US$1 billion in total annual transactions have been announced.[1] History[edit] Etsy staff at work, July 2010 Kalin said that he named the site Etsy because he "wanted a nonsense word because I wanted to build the brand from scratch.
Main Features[edit] Buy Handmade - Make Your Pledge To Buy Handmade Goods. Unofficial Etsy News.
Thinking About Etsy In The San Telmo Markets. The streets of the San Telmo neighborhood of Buenos Aires turn into a big outdoor market on sundays. Our family spent sunday afternoon there this past weekend. As I strolled around, I could not help but think of Etsy, what it has become and what more it needs to do to realize its potential. But first a little backdrop. This decade we are now ending will be remembered as the time when the web became social. My friend Mark Pincus told me when he was first starting Zynga that social networks had to become like cocktail parties. Now back to San Telmo. But the main thing that is going down in San Telmo on sundays is a social experience. People stroll, they chit chat, they sing, they dance, they eat, and they buy and sell. Etsy is the closest thing to San Telmo on the web. Etsy has done a good job of bringing people (real people) together to buy and sell. Etsy has mostly focused on handmade goods along with supplies for making things and vintage items.
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