Handcrafting Etsy
I recently heard Professor Richard Sennett, author of The Craftsman, speak and was pleased to hear him connect traditional crafting cultures to the culture of computer programming. Here at Etsy, we think of software coding as a craft and fully embrace one of Sennett’s central ideas: namely that …
Etsy Israel Team Wishes You a Happy Hanukkah!
Hanukkah, or The Festival of Lights, is an eight day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabees Revolt of the 2nd century BCE.The holiday is observed by the kindling of the lights of a special candelabrum, the nine-branched Menorah or …
John Allspaw Joins the Etsy Team
One day in early 2005, I got a call from a friend and former colleague asking for career advice. My friend was considering a role running site operations at a fledgling Internet company that was creating a whole new way of connecting people on the Internet. They were a small but inspired operation running …
Etsy Finds: The A-Team
Etsy Teams are groups of organized Etsy members who network, share skills, and promote their shops and Etsy together. A Team forms around a shared location, crafting medium, or other interest. Etsy's 450+ Teams make us not just a marketplace of individuals, but an interconnected and diverse artistic …
Customer Care: Improving Etsy Support
Etsy's Support Team is committed to providing the best possible service to the Etsy community. We are delighted to announce that we are launching a brand new Help section and a new set of internal tools for Etsy's Support Team. As we have with other recent features, we are going to roll out use of the new Help …
Our Thoughts and Gratitude Go Out to Veterans
With the backdrop of two active wars and the recent tragedy at Fort Hood, our hearts, thanks, prayers, and sadly our condolences, go out to those in the military and their families this Veterans Day. Veterans Day, formerly known as Armistice Day, was originally set as a U.S. holiday to honor the end of World War I …
Talking Product: An Update on 2009 Site Feature Priorities
Hi friends,Welcome to the latest installment of Talking Product. For those of you who are unfamiliar with these posts, they are part of a regular series from my colleagues and me. Our CEO, Maria, started this series last year with her Talking Shop posts. In 2009, we’ve offered more posts by disciplines: Talking …
About Us: Neelam Hasni a.k.a. Neelam12
Neelam, a.k.a. Neelam12, is our web analytics guru. Neelam dives into the numbers and helps us make sense of what is happening with site traffic and activity on Etsy.com. She works on the Marketing Team and is a relatively new hire at Etsy, having starting in the spring of 2009. Let's welcome her to the fold! Fun …
Etsy Finds: Special Weekend Savings
With little more than two months to find your holiday gifts, start planning ahead with the gift ideas below while you can take advantage of special savings. Each of the shops below offers special discounts throughout their entire shop this weekend from Friday, October 16, through Sunday, October 18 …
About Us: Dan a.k.a. McFunley
This is a special edition of our About Us series, in which we profile Etsy staff. Today, we're not just getting to know Dan McKinley, a.k.a. McFunley. We're also paying tribute to Dottie, a.k.a. Dottie Matrix, his miniature daschund, in all her speckled glory. Dan, a mainstay in the prickly pear contingent of Etsy's Admin …
The boot chains rock. Love them.
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