Handmade marketplace Etsy has grown to 800,000 sellers and 40+ million monthly visitors. All that activity generates enormous quantities of data, which Etsy uses to drive site improvements. Credit: ...

Etsy's revenue increased 3.8%, as a 4.8% decrease in gross merchandise sales was more than offset by an expansion in the firm's take rate, which clocked in at 24% (up 200 basis points from a year ago) ...

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Etsy has carved out an interesting competitive niche, jockeying for e-commerce wallet share across a variety of categories in the long tail of unbranded products. Its eponymous core marketplace is ...

It's been over a month since a group of Etsy sellers, now called The Indie Sellers Guild, started boycotting the online craft site over a hike in seller fees and problems with resellers among a slate ...

“With engineering well in hand and a strong partner in Adam Freed (our COO), it’s time for me to focus my attention on other aspects of the business. I’m stepping into the role of CEO at Etsy, and I’m ...

Commerce services provider Shopify filed for IPO last week to raise $100M in a valuation of $1B. Shopify offers a combination of commerce and SaaS solutions, and investors should consider comparable ...