Seller How-To: Get Involved With Black Friday and Cyber Monday Promotions
Black Friday through Cyber Monday is a recognized shopping weekend that has quickly gained a reputation as the best time of year to find promotional sales on gifts for the holidays. For businesses, it is recognized as one of the most profitable weekends of the year that officially kicks off the busy …
Seller How-To: Plug in the My Etsy Facebook Application
The new My Etsy Facebook app is here and ready to help you share your shop with a new audience! This app not only provides a great way to share your Etsy shop and Favorites with your Facebook friends, but also lets you include a feed from your own blog and will alert you and your friends when your item is …
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 …
Handmade Code: Sellit.com
As part of our Handmade Code series, we're bringing you news and how-to's about the innovations emerging from the Etsy Developer Community. Located at developer.etsy.com, the Etsy Developer Community serves as a hub for third-party software developers who are making neat and helpful programs for Etsy …
Etsy Finds: One in a Million
On Tuesday, October 20, 2009, Etsy's Twitter account reached its one millionth follower — a milestone to be celebrated! To thank everyone who's joined us in using the popular micro-blogging service (and to toast the millions of reasons to shop on Etsy), we asked our Twitter friends to help us pick items for a …
Quit Your Day Job: laralewis
Lara of laralewis has been able to successfully quit her day job in the teaching field and move her family closer to her hometown as a result of her Etsy success. Lara swears by a daily list of goals and was able to make quitting her day job a reality by planning ahead and making life changes that …
Etsy in the Press: All About Alliteration
I present you with a plethora of press (I heart alliteration, and I apologize in advance). In all seriousness, let's talk shop(ping). You may be familiar with Nina Garcia, former editor at ELLE Magazine and a judge on Project Runway. No slouch when it comes to style, Nina has recently written a book called The Style …
Talking Marketing: Onward and Upward Into Fall
Hi all, While September is under way, here at Etsy we’re well into preparations for the coming holiday season. Before we look ahead, we wanted to share some good news from the past two months. If you’ve read the latest Etsy Weather Report, you know that Etsy drew record traffic in August. And the best part is, the …
Party Planners: Garden Swap with Food & Wine Magazine
As the proud cultivator of a tiny urban plot, my efforts have so far yielded a grand total of two tomatoes. Yes, two tomatoes. They were delicious, but a far cry from my garden fantasy, which goes something like this... After a full summer enjoying the bountiful fruits and veggies from my expansive garden …
About Us: Mike Becak a.k.a. mikeynice
Mike Becak, a.k.a. mikeynice, is our resident email guru on the Etsy Marketing Team. Do you subscribe to the Etsy emails, like Etsy Finds or Etsy Success? Mike is leading the charge to make these emails more compelling and user-friendly.He's also a total sweetheart and a great guy to have at the Etsy office. Fun …
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