Tech Update: More Info on Search & Categories
Last week Etsy's new CTO, Chad Dickerson wrote an honest account of some of the technical challenges Etsy.com is currently facing, specifically in reference to the search function. In that article, Chad mentioned some new hardware and "other tweaks" to improve things. Many of you may be curious about what we …
Tech Update: An Honest Beginning for Etsy's New CTO
Chad Dickerson joined the Etsy team on September 2, 2008 as our first CTO (Chief Technology Officer). Below Chad shares his personal account of his first two weeks at Etsy as well as some important information about the site, search functionality, and looking to the future.Welcome to Etsy ... Now Get to Work!I …
Etsy News Alert: 4 Month Listing Extensions for Vintage and Commercial Supply Sellers
Update:Please get your items in the proper categories! Original post from June 23:Back in February when Etsy announced upcoming changes to the way search would work, we made a promise to our Vintage and Commercial Supply sellers that we would extend the life of their item listings by four months, for free …
Tech Updates: Prompt to Switch between Searches
Since we launched separate drop-down searches for Handmade, Supplies, and Vintage items, we've been getting a lot of feedback from buyers and sellers. Thank you to everyone who let us know what you think of the changes — we're listening! We wanted to make switching your search between Handmade, Supplies, and …
A Vintage Dinner Party with Kate Moss (The Dog)
Last week we had a chance to interview Kate Moss (the dog) about a dinner party she was planning. It turns out that she loves to search the Vintage section of Etsy to find fabulous items. In this video she shows some of the items she's thinking about buying and then gives a short video tutorial to help you shop …
Vintage and Supplies, deux: Community Chatt, May 23, 2008
Hi there Sellers! Last Friday's Virtual Labs' Community Chatt with Matt was about Vintage and Supplies. The first half was answering questions left over from last week's Chatt, and the second half was getting your suggestions about the future direction for these marketplaces. Please see the minutes of …
Vintage and Supplies: Community Chatt, May 16, 2008
Hi there Sellers! Last Friday's Virtual Labs' Community Chatt with Matt was about the new default search and its effect on Vintage and Supplies. Please see the minutes of the Vintage and Supplies Chatt to see what we talked about! This Week's Chatt with Matt Time and Place: 12 noon, Eastern US in the Treehouse …
Etsy Sellers & Employees: Community Chatt, May 9, 2008
Hi there Sellers! Last Friday's Virtual Labs' Community Chatt with Rob aka Rokali (Etsy's founder) was about employees for your Etsy businesses. Please see the minutes of the Employees Chatt to see what we talked about! This Week's Chatt with MattTopic: Commercial Supplies and Vintage after the Search …
Tech Update: Changes to Search and Categories are Live!
Today, we launched some exciting changes to Etsy's search engine. These changes were requested by the community and we think they help improve the shopping experience on Etsy. We've separated item search into three new searches: Handmade, Vintage, and Supplies. The default is Handmade, with Vintage and …
