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Etsy in the Press: Chipper

The tail end of spring is here, I just attended a fabulous free concert in the park, and Etsy got some great press mentions recently. All of this has got me feeling chipper. So where to begin? How about with the big guns, a.k.a. television. On May 22, 2009 Etsy fan Tory Johnson, founder of Women For Hire and author of  …

Etsy in the Press: Signs of the Times

What times? Spring time? These rough economic times? Time to buy your mom a gift? All of the above. You may be familiar with Tory Johnson, television personality, founder of Women For Hire, author of Will Work from Home: Earn the Cash — Without the Commute, and fan of Etsy. Tory has been a busy bee this spring, first …

Etsy in the Press: Mo' Better Sweater

Ok, technically it was a sweatshirt, but why split hairs? This past weekend, Etsy was featured prominently on CBS Sunday Morning, presented by the entertaining and insightful Mo Rocca. Mo paid us a visit and spoke with Rob about Etsy, Davos, and the benefits of handmade items. He then set out to make a …

Etsy in the Press: Forecast Calls for Handmade

It's brrrisk out there! The forecast calls for cold nights and snow showers, tempered by handmade warmth. In the final run up to the holidays, temperatures were trending toward handmade. That's according to The New York Times, at least. The big story in late December was that current economic woes were …

Etsy In The Press: Ho Ho Ho-liday Press

Tis the season to shop on Etsy! And we're not the only ones who think so. Check out this veritable blizzard of stories, starting with this doozy from Good Morning America Weekend. Smart shopping, indeed. My favorite part of that one (aside from the correct pronunciation and spelling of E-T-S-Y-dot-com) is the …

Etsy in the Press: Elevator, Goin' Up!

The Dow Jones may be stuck in the basement for a while, but the Etsy Express is heading straight to the top, and just in time for the holidays! First floor, TV land. Last week, Good Morning America held the first of many Great American Job Fairs, hosted by our friend Tory Johnson. If you saw it live, you could see our …

Etsy in the Press: Fall Fling

The air is crisp, and the stories about Etsy are fluttering about like leaves this fall. With so much bad news about the economy, it's not surprising that people are looking for new ways to do business. That's the premise to this story on CNN.com, and it's also about how the vision of Etsy is coming to fruition. The …

Etsy in the Press: September So Far

So far, so good. September has been all about movement and style. By movement, I mean the Handmade movement that we are all participants in. The New York Times recently had a feature about Faythe Levine, author of Handmade Nation, and director of the new documentary, "Handmade Nation: The Rise of DIY, Art, Craft …

Etsy Press Club: June 2008

UPDATE: We have decided to discontinue the Etsy Press Club. We can no longer keep up with all of the emails sent in and cannot give the proper attention to each of these wonderful stories.  The Press Club has become a victim of its own success, which is not such a bad thing. In Roman mythology, Juno protected the …

Rob Walker's Murketing Book: Buying In

Tinaseamonster recently interviewed author Rob Walker for her Crafty Bastards blog in the Washington City Paper (click here for the whole piece). As many, many of you know, Rob Walker writes a regular column for the New York Times Magazine called "Consumed" and penned a feature article "Handmade 2.0" that …

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