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By: Davos Interviews: Etsy Founder Robert Kalin | Kawink Blog

Davos Interviews: Etsy Founder Robert Kalin | Kawink Blog — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 04:08:57 +0000

[...] first covered Etsy in late 2005. Since then the company has raised over $30 million in financing, and counts Jim [...]

By: Davos Interviews: Etsy Founder Robert Kalin | 226bw Tech News Blog

Davos Interviews: Etsy Founder Robert Kalin | 226bw Tech News Blog — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:55:19 +0000

[...] first covered Etsy in late 2005. Since then the company has raised over $30 million in financing, and counts Jim [...]

By: Davos Interviews: Etsy Founder Robert Kalin | Sydney Web Design

Davos Interviews: Etsy Founder Robert Kalin | Sydney Web Design — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 05:05:44 +0000

[...] first covered Etsy in late 2005. Since then the company has raised over $30 million in financing, and counts Jim [...]

By: Davos Interviews: Etsy Founder Robert Kalin | All about MICROSOFT

Davos Interviews: Etsy Founder Robert Kalin | All about MICROSOFT — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:20:25 +0000

[...] first covered Etsy in late 2005. Since then the company has raised over $30 million in financing, and counts Jim [...]

By: Davos Interviews: Etsy Founder Robert Kalin

Davos Interviews: Etsy Founder Robert Kalin — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:04:56 +0000

[...] first covered Etsy in late 2005. Since then the company has raised over $30 million in financing, and counts Jim [...]

By: Mexico | Chad Dickerson To Leave Yahoo For Etsy

Mexico | Chad Dickerson To Leave Yahoo For Etsy — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:04:30 +0000

[...] first covered Brooklyn-based Etsy, which has a cult-like following, back in 2005. Since then the company has raised over $30 million [...]

By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » Yahoo幹部のChad Dickerson、Yahooを辞めてEtsyへ

TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » Yahoo幹部のChad Dickerson、Yahooを辞めてEtsyへ — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:20:11 +0000

[...] ブルックリンに拠点を置くEtsyを、TechCrunchで最初に取り上げたのは2005年のことで、当時からカルト的なファンが存在した。以来同社はベンチャーキャピタルから$30M（3千万ドル）以上を獲得している。ComScoreの統計で直近の数値を見てみると、毎月世界中から約200万が訪問し、8300万のページビューがある。 [...]

By: Chad Dickerson To Leave Yahoo For Etsy

Chad Dickerson To Leave Yahoo For Etsy — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:30:31 +0000

[...] first covered Brooklyn-based Etsy, which has a cult-like following, back in 2005. Since then the company has raised over $30 million [...]

By: Etsy Raises $27 Million; Accel’s Jim Breyer Joins Board

Etsy Raises $27 Million; Accel’s Jim Breyer Joins Board — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 07:28:46 +0000

[...] her husband Butterfield, and Union Square’s Fred Wilson are existing board members. Since launching in June, 2005, Etsy now has 650,000 members, 120,000 of which are craft sellers, in 127 different countries. The [...]

By: Etsy Raises $27 Million; Accel’s Jim Breyer Joins Board : New Web 2.0 Magazine

Etsy Raises $27 Million; Accel’s Jim Breyer Joins Board : New Web 2.0 Magazine — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:04:06 +0000

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By: Jody

Jody — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:00:36 +0000

Etsy is a great niche but so far it doesn't market itself like eBay does. I am not sure that it should but just pointing it out. I am afraid that many of the people who buy on etsy are also sellers on etsy and most of my friends have never heard of it. You can't really compare them yet. I am a seller on etsy and you have to promote yourself, just being part of etsy gets you nowhere. On my ebay sales, I never I had to do any promoting of myself, people easily found me through searches. some interesting sites on etsy: Studio AK The Devil's Cloth Recy

By: EssieW B

EssieW B — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:38:03 +0000

I make exclusive handknit and crochet clothing and houswares and I’ve been looking for a home for my online store for a year. In my search, I considered having an individual store and using eBay. The first was prohibitive in cost and too difficult to market. eBay was much easier to do and less expensive, but in m category the quality of items was variable and volume was formidable. I was afraid I wouldn’t have an educated buyership who appreciated finer handiwork and would wade through the junk to find it. I found Etsy by accident while shopping for yarn, and kept going back to it because it was easy to use (as buyer) and had such an amazing variety of artists. Still, because it was new and obscure, I was not convinced until recently that it was the place to sell.
Two weeks ago I opened my store. It took only one day of preparation and store building and a handful of change to list my first 60 items. I sold pieces within the first few days. Because of the community that uses Etsy, my funkier items and my eco-friendly items have the right exposure and I have a group of fellow craftspeople that is accessible and like-minded. Further, the energetic owners have the right idea about marketing creativity-based products and are being fairly aggressive about it.

http://www.essiewb.etsy.com

By: Johanne McCullough

Johanne McCullough — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:34:22 +0000

We also have set up shop on etsy. It allows us to cater to the kind of audience that appreciates and values the work that goes into handmade products. In just a few weeks on etsy, we are starting to get noticed and have brought in a few sales. Etsy is a great add-on to our other marketing venues and is user-friendly. The community is close and supportive and they also buy from and promote each other. I certainly prefer the kind of shopper that etsy attracts as opposed to some of the bargain basement shoppers found on ebay.

By: Jessica Torrant

Jessica Torrant — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 06:35:32 +0000

I have been selling my original art online for some time now, and I would like to share that Etsy is my new wonderful home! I was selling on ebay for a few years, which had it’s highs and lows, and I’ll always be grateful for it. But for the category I was in, “self representing artists”, the market became flooded, and the overwhelming fees were taking too much out of my profits. Also, in the world of fine art, ebay was rather frowned upon (although I continue to see nothing wrong with an artist finding any medium possible to share their craft). “Bargain” buys were so frequent, that it drove the market value of truly excellent contemporary art down – a trend that continues to threaten and question the market at large.

Etsy is something unique, new, and wonderful for artists and craftsmen. I would hate for them to expand beyond their “handmade” criteria, because buyers of art are particular, and this site seems to cater to that. It has been an affordable, professional, user friendly site that I am happy to now call home. I should also note, that as a new user of ebay, it took me months and lots of investment $ to get any attention at all. In the first few days of being a member on Etsy, I had a handful of sales. That says it all.

http://www.livefunky.etsy.com

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 23:46:15 +0000

Cooqy (http://www.cooqy.com) is eBay done Web 2.0-style.

By: M

Wed, 10 May 2006 04:45:10 +0000

Umm, “architected” in not a word. How about created, constructed, built. Just to name a few. But otherwise, yes, Etsy.com is the best thing out there right now.

By: lola brine

lola brine — Sun, 07 May 2006 06:13:30 +0000

jared tarbell is genius. have you seen town hall, the multi-user interface for the etsy community? check it out!

By: Lizzel

Lizzel — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 16:18:58 +0000

The great thing about Etsy, is that it isn’t trying to take over Ebay, you can’t sell anything and everything there, and no one is kidding themselves into thinking they can made their entire living off selling on Etsy, it is just a great venue for artisans to showcase their work, sell to a different audience. Also, we’re sharing our audiences with each other, and while it’s not juried(which i’m grateful for), quality is expected. The big question is, is Etsy going to be capable of maintaining the crowd it wants to draw, will it be able to NOT become Ebay.

By: Renee

Renee — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 11:34:34 +0000

I’ve just joined Etsy.

PerfumedLace.etsy.com

By: Renee

Renee — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 06:04:00 +0000

I’ve noticed in E-bay; the homemade jewellery is going to cheap, (little profit).
Esty – people who visit don’t mind paying the right price, (which still can be cheaper then ‘real’ shops).

“We require a credit card because we also use it to verify your identity and address. However, we may be adding PayPal as a means for this in the near future. A discussion about this issue may be found in the Ideas forum.”

Hopefully soon!!

The flash is pretty cool. Although, I agree, the color chart isn’t that helpful!

By: Corey

Corey — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 06:25:40 +0000

Looking over the comments in reaction to this article I think I have to point out that the “flashiness” of the Etsy site is probably geared towards the creative personality that this website attracts. Its a little more intuitive.. a little more fun.. which is what is sorely lacking in most websites in my opinion.
In contrast to Ebay.. where you log on.. find what you wanna buy and log off.. in Etsy you CAN do just that.. but its also a tight community and a place that encourages you to spend some time exploring.. which can only boost sales.
Fun, approachable, intuitive… I think this is the future of internet business.

By: Fogelmania » ארכיון » עשו זאת בעצמכם

Fogelmania » ארכיון » עשו זאת בעצמכם — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:00:49 +0000

[...] לקוראים היותר טכנולוגים – אם אתם רוצים לקרוא משהו יותר רציני על etsy, משהו שמדבר על העיצוב , השילוב של התגים וכל השאר – הנה כתבה של techcrunch [...]

By: Cohen

Cohen — Sun, 25 Dec 2005 07:34:24 +0000

1) the time machine (spiral) has a clock. the idea is that when you click it, the most recently posted item is shown, and as you go back in time it will show you a list of ALL the items LISTED in reverse time order, and the clock on the top will tell you have far back you’ve gone. Very nifty.

2) I doubt the geolocator and the color search functions are meant to be practical, thats what the tags are for. I think it’s just to show off their talent, and give people another alternative if they know they want SOMETHING but aren’t sure what… it gives them a neat way to find something unexpected.

3) for all things handmade, it’s better, cheaper, easier, and more fun than eBay… for handmade goods why go anywhere else?

I give etsy a 9/10… (they don’t get the perfect 10 because they didn’t want to give me a job!)… jerks! haha

By: Fischmarkt

Fischmarkt — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 14:31:27 +0000

Ebay 2.0

Etsy is Ebay 2.0, meint Michael Arrington. Oder auch: P2P-Commerce with Tagging. Schade, dass P2P-Commerce dem an deutsche Sprache gewÃ¶hnten Ohr etwas seltsam klingt. Sonst hÃ¤tte der Begriff die Chance, im nÃ¤chsten Jahr Karriere zu machen.Etsy ist …