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Tech Update: Pay Your Etsy Bill with PayPal Now Available

Sellers,After a smooth and productive beta test, we're very happy to announce the full public release of functionality that allows you to pay your Etsy bills via PayPal. You will now see an option for PayPal under "Method of payment" when you go to Your Etsy > Your Etsy Bill > Make a payment. When you select PayPal …

Tech Updates: Beta Release of Etsy Bill Payment with PayPal

UPDATE: This feature is now live! Read about it here.Sellers, Today, Etsy is kicking off a beta test of functionality that allows sellers to pay their Etsy bills via PayPal. Many of you have asked to be able to pay your Etsy bills with PayPal. International sellers in particular overwhelmingly prefer PayPal …

Tech Update: Etsy Web Analytics Now Available

Sellers, Etsy has completed beta testing of Etsy Web Analytics (provided through Google Analytics) and you can now enable this feature by going to Your Etsy > Shop Setup > Web Analytics.  Or, if you are logged in you can find the link here. This release of Etsy Web Analytics allows Etsy sellers to track metrics …

Shop Makeover Series: Craft-onomics 101

After wrapping up a very busy and sometimes lackluster holiday craft show season, I have come to a few grand conclusions about the economy at the moment, and – no surprise – it sucks! Though the jury is still out on how the craft community will be impacted by our nation’s (and world's!) crashing markets, it's always …

Tech Update: Beta Release of Seller Stats with Google Analytics

Tom Kutter, aka Kutty, is a new product manager at Etsy and focuses on building products for Etsy sellers and developers.  Welcome Tom! Etsy is currently conducting a beta test with Google Analytics to enable Etsy sellers to track metrics such as pageviews, site visits, popular content and page referrals …

Etsy Statistics: October's Fall and Rise

We're definitely keeping our eye on the economic conditions here at Etsy, but despite the turmoil, we still had another record setting month in October.  Here are October’s key numbers, each of which represent the highest total ever: $8.4  million of goods were sold — a 5.9% increase over September. That represents …

Holiday How-To: Top Ten Financial Tips for the Holiday Rush

The Holidays are a busy time of the year for most people — parties, shopping, traveling, baking, and various errands.  If you are a seller on Etsy, you have one more responsibility to add to that list . . . managing the holiday rush that is associated with your business.I hope the holiday season for your business will …

The Numbers Game: Ratios and Your Shop's Popularity

JJMFinance is back to give sellers helpful hints on crunching the numbers behind your shop. If you have trouble remembering the last time you cracked a math book (or how to calculate ratios and the like), this advice should prove quite useful. Enjoy!  Dear Sellers,  Everyone loves a good story.  We are used to …

About Us: Beth aka bethela

Etsy has had quite a growth spurt in the past year, and we have the awkward pictures to prove it. We'll be posting a series of About Us pieces to help you get to know the Etsy admin (and since many of us work remotely, for the admin to get to know each other!). You've seen the admin badge, and maybe you're a bit curious …

Etsy in the Press: Rob "Straight Outa Norman Rockwell" Kalin on Wallstrip

Witness the Wallstrip interview with Rob, in which he keeps it real while discussing politics, money, greed and a better way. Power to the ladies! Wallstrip is a popular, fun video blog focusing on finance and business. BusinessWeek calls it “A sassy new investment show for generation YouTube.”   Please read …

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