38 posts and columns on Etsy

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Etsy Sellers Grossed $895M in 2012

in Commerce on January 28 at 12:22 pm PT

Etsy said today that its online marketplace sales grew 70 percent to $895 million in 2012, with total membership nearly doubling to 22 million. But the eight-year-old company takes in only a sliver of that revenue, by charging fees of 3 percent to 3.5 percent per transaction, $0.20 per listing and additional amounts for advertising.

Etsy Acquires Mixel for Mobile Team

in Mobile on January 22 at 12:00 pm PT

A better native app is in Etsy’s mobile future.
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Pinterest Removes Ban on Commercial Use as It Adds Business Accounts

in Commerce on November 14, 2012 at 9:00 am PT

On a site where people share pictures of stuff they want to buy, it makes sense that people who make stuff would want to share it themselves.
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Etsy Pushes to Bring More Transactions In-House

in Commerce on August 30, 2012 at 1:00 pm PT

Etsy will start selling gift cards and waiving credit card fees to boost its on-site payments program.
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News Byte

Pinterest Expands Attribution Credits to Etsy, Kickstarter, SlideShare

in Social on June 20, 2012 at 12:27 pm PT

Pinterest said today it was adding attribution trails for content from 500px, Etsy, Kickstarter, SlideShare and SoundCloud, and when possible enabling in-line play of content from those sites. While the visual curation site might have grown faster than its copyright and credit controls, it is now trying to layer them on top through these direct partnerships.

Inside Etsy’s Gambit to Hire More Female Engineers

in News on June 12, 2012 at 11:35 am PT

As part of Etsy VP Engineering Marc Hedlund’s efforts to recruit female candidates to his team, he gathered $126,000 in grants for women to attend a programming school.
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VCs Pay Up for Second(ary) Chance to Invest in Web Winners

in Social on February 15, 2011 at 2:14 pm PT

Apparently some folks wanted extra cash to buy ultra-deluxe Christmas gifts last year. Current employees of private companies made up the largest single portion of stock sellers on SecondMarket in December, a huge leap from prior months.