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Etsy is the marketplace we make together.

Our mission is to reimagine commerce in ways that build a more fulfilling and lasting world.

We are a mindful, transparent, and humane business.
We plan and build for the long term.
We value craftsmanship in all we make.
We believe fun should be part of everything we do.
We keep it real, always.

We are headquartered in DUMBO, Brooklyn, and also have offices in Hudson, NY, San Francisco, CA, and Berlin, Germany.

Press Contact

press@etsy.com

UK Press Contact: Georgina Blain

press.uk@etsy.com

AU Press Contact: Kirsteene Phelan

press.au@etsy.com

Etsy's Beginning

Etsy was conceived by Rob Kalin in early 2005. A painter, carpenter, and photographer, Rob found there was no viable marketplace to exhibit and sell his creations online — other E-commerce sites having become too inundated with overstock electronics and broken appliances. Ever industrious, he, along with Chris Maguire and Haim Schoppik, designed the site, wrote the code, assembled the servers, spliced the cables, and launched Etsy on June 18th, 2005 after only three sleepless months.

Etsy Stats

Members

Over25 million
Active shops

Over850,000
Unique visitors

Monthly60 million
Countries

with annual transactionsnearly 200
Page Views

Monthly over1.5 billion
Items Listed

Over18 million
Twitter

1.8 millionfollowers
Facebook

1 millionlikes

Total Merchandise Sales
Million dollars per year

0.17

2005
3.8

2006
26

2007
87.3

2008
176.8

2009
306.7

2010
525.6

2011

Sales in 2012: $895.1 million

Etsy Labs

The Etsy Labs are our educational and event spaces for the D.I.Y and artist communities in Brooklyn and Berlin. They are home to regular, free events and workshops that focus on teaching people how to make things. From screenprinting and knitting, to photography and bike repair. The Etsy Labs are there to help you connect with the creative community and learn everything you need to do it yourself.

Etsy Labs exist also as regular pop-up events in Hamburg, Munich, London, Paris, Amsterdam, Portland, OR, and San Francisco, CA.