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September 30, 2019 · No comments

Handmade Products Merchants Get Boost With Vendio’s New Tool For Etsy And Amazon Handmade

Vendio Services, a long standing provider of listing and order management services for online merchants, has recently announced a new tool for sellers of handmade products. Despite a huge merchant community (1.9 million sellers on Etsy as of 2018), no […]

April 8, 2013 · No comments

Etsy Adjusts Customer Service Stats

Seller concerns prompt changes to response, processing time stats.

Etsy’s Customers Service Stats were meant to help sellers gauge that part of their business. However, several merchants reported the stats weren’t displaying the right information, prompting the marketplace to update the feature. Heather Burkman, a member of Etsy’s product […]

March 22, 2013 · 1 Comment

Is Selling on Etsy Right for You? Part 3

Marketing and promoting your Etsy store

If you’ve read the other articles in our series about selling on Etsy, you should have a good feel for what sells on the site, who shops on it and how to go about setting up your store. Once you […]

March 15, 2013 · No comments

Is Selling on Etsy Right For You? Part 2

How to run your Etsy store for success

In our first article about selling on Etsy, we discussed the kinds of things merchants sell on the site and who shops there. Now it’s time for you to explore running your own Etsy store. We won’t go through the […]

March 13, 2013 · No comments

Selling on Etsy: Dog Bow Ties, Onesies

Etsy seller creates dapper items for dapper critters, children.

Michelle Sharkey wakes up early and enjoys a cup of coffee with her husband. Then she takes her two Boston terriers, MileyJo and Stanlee, outside and showers them with love. A little later, you can find Sharkey in her home […]

March 11, 2013 · 3 Comments

Is Selling on Etsy Right for You? Part 1

What sells on Etsy, and who buys on the marketplace?

We have relatives who give beautiful handmade quilts as special gifts. Each one is unique and represents hundreds of hours of painstaking work. They’re just the kind of items you might find for sale on Etsy, the bohemian bazaar for […]

March 5, 2013 · No comments

Newbie Tries Selling on Etsy

After trying eBay, Amazon, seller says Etsy fits her personality better.

Hostess cupcakes didn’t bring Web designer and Etsy seller Megan Bielich online selling success. But she hopes black mustaches, red, glittery lips and orange leprechaun beards will. So far, things are looking good. Bielich, the owner of Mustache Sally—a photo […]

March 4, 2013 · No comments

Etsy Adds Customer Service Reports

Feature meant to help sellers 'build better relationships' with buyers.

Customer service is important to selling online and a new feature on Etsy helps merchants gauge how they’re doing in that part of their business. Introduced on Wednesday, Etsy Customer Service Stats tell merchants how they’re doing in several customer […]

February 20, 2013 · 1 Comment

Vintage Pays Off

Etsy seller preserves 'design culture' from past decades, finds success.

There’s just something about yard sales that online sellers of vintage items connect to. Often, it’s a childhood memory of weekend family outings and finding wonderful treasures at great prices. That’s exactly what Rebecca Price’s store, DrowsySwords, is rooted in. […]

January 23, 2013 · No comments

Etsy Buys Photo-Sharing App Mixel

Acquisition will help marketplace focus on its mobile future.

With buyers continuing to favor mobile devices when they shop, Etsy will make mobile a top priority in 2013—and it now has new allies. Randy Hunt, Etsy’s creative director, announced on Tuesday that the company has acquired Mixel, a photo-sharing […]