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March Numbers: No Foolin'
Story by winenutnyc
Published on April 2, 2008 in Etsy News 		Photo by Mykl Roventine

As tempted as I was to post this yesterday and throw some April Fool’s numbers into this article, March’s numbers were just too good to mess with.  You better believe it!

All of the numbers below are the highest Etsy has ever achieved, even more than this past December 2007! 

We sold a hair over 400,000 items representing $5.6 million.  There were just over 700,000 new items listed. 

We added over 66,000 new registered buyers to the site and they contributed to the incredible number of page views in March: 285 million.  

Wow, what a month — no foolin’!  

Thanks to everyone for such a great month! You can also look at the February Stats and read more statistics-related articles by searching the Storque for the tag "statistics."

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April 2, 2008 at 3:13 p.m. ArtMind

Wow, that is impressive... Congrats Etsy! :)

April 2, 2008 at 3:18 p.m. chicalookate

I had my best month yet too! woo hoo!

April 2, 2008 at 3:35 p.m. tinymeat

Hoohaw! How many total registered users are there these days? Total community, buyers and sellers.

April 2, 2008 at 3:41 p.m. RedaretheRoses

woot! yay etsy!

April 2, 2008 at 5:39 p.m. daisysanddots

This is great! I definitely felt the buzz around Etsy last month. I hope I feel it again:)

April 2, 2008 at 6:05 p.m. lpdesigns

Wow! I remember back in the day...haha! Congrats!

April 2, 2008 at 6:14 p.m. PoPkO

WOW! how many relisted items were there? you say 700,000 new items, but im so curious about the relists!
also, is winenutnyc an admin? how do you find out these stats?

April 2, 2008 at 6:32 p.m. TeenAngster

Hi PoPko! Yes, Charles aka winenutnyc is an admin. However, he doesn't have it in his profile, which will be rectified asap. He's written many things for The Storque and often does the "Web-ber Report" for the newscast.

April 2, 2008 at 6:59 p.m. ArtByIris

please tell: what is the ratio of sellers to buyers this month, compared to previous months??? or what are the numbers of sellers and buyers on etsy this month compared to previous ones?

congrats Etsy!!!

April 2, 2008 at 8:35 p.m. winenutnyc

Yes, I am indeed an admin!- coutning things for etsy since Dec 2006!
tinymeat- we're approaching 1 million total users-

April 2, 2008 at 8:36 p.m. winenutnyc

that's counting, as opposed to spelling!

April 2, 2008 at 10:21 p.m. southernsassypants

WOW!

That is fantabulous!

Congrats etsy!

April 3, 2008 at 12:49 a.m. theseawithin

Yeehaw! Way to go Etsy. March was my best month ever too!

April 3, 2008 at 9:19 a.m. backwoodsophisticate

Holy smokes that is a lot of page views! Great numbers! Yay Etsy!!!

April 3, 2008 at 12:07 p.m. tqbdesigns

Hip-Hip-Hurray!! I had my best month ever as well this March:)

April 3, 2008 at 1:55 p.m. Midnightcreations

I can echo this too, March was my biggest month as well, followed by Dec 07. Cannot wait to see how April works out! Yay Etsy!!!

April 3, 2008 at 5:09 p.m. makemesmile

That's great! I noticed the Etsy logo on more Dutch websites lately, I was wondering if the international buyers are catching up more ...? Or was this the "Martha" effect?

April 3, 2008 at 5:51 p.m. operatic

Congratuations!

I, too, would like more information about the ratio of buyers to sellers.

Or even information about how many new buyer only accounts opened vs. how many seller accounts.

Relisting information would be helpful too -- how much relisting is going on.

April 3, 2008 at 7:21 p.m. byLynnea

That sounds like very good news...I hope it trickles down to benefit everyone!

April 4, 2008 at 10:16 a.m. ScottBulgerPhoto

Three sales numbers would be helpful...

Vintage, supplies, everything else.

April 4, 2008 at 6:43 p.m. DancingMooney

That's fantastic!!
♥

April 4, 2008 at 6:49 p.m. Earmark

holy crap! awesome for etsy and all involved! let me see more sales :) great job everyone!

April 6, 2008 at 12:20 a.m. AlliesAdornments

I'm sure some of that Martha magic was rubbing off.

Next up, how about a little Oprah?

What recession?

April 6, 2008 at 6:21 a.m. EvesOriginals

I had certainly noticed an increase in sales in my shop since that show aired. It was a great month for me considering what I sell :)
WAY TO GO ETSY & MARTHA!!!

April 8, 2008 at 4:31 p.m. marylynnplaisance

This is great:
"approaching 1 million total users"=MORE promotions=More buyers!

Congratulations Etsy! :)

April 16, 2008 at 3:23 p.m. SandraHealy

Wonderful news! I'd like to see separate numbers for handmade, vintage, and supplies.

April 16, 2008 at 3:48 p.m. FeralGlass

That is a lot of new buyers. Wonder why we were not given the number of new sellers, too. If there were twice as many new sellers as buyers, it would paint a different picture.
I would also like to see the different main categories separated: hand-made, "vintage" and " supplies".

April 17, 2008 at 4:53 a.m. vodkaRocks1

I think we should be allowed to have as many section as we want?? I know I need more then 10 and I am certain people that sell over 150 things would agree with me??

Thank you for allowing me to post

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