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Headline: Your place to buy and sell all things handmade.

Website: http://www.etsy.com/

Blog: http://blog.etsy.com/

Etsy is an online marketplace for buying & selling all things handmade.

Our mission is to enable people to make a living making things, and to reconnect makers with buyers.

Our vision is to build a new economy and present a better choice:

Buy, Sell, and Live Handmade

Address: 325 Gold St., 6th Floor Brooklyn, NY 11201 Map it »

Email: support@etsy.com

Founded: 06/2005

Employees: 59

Industry: Consumer & Business Products

Sub-Industry: Clothing & Accessories

Legal Structure: Corporation

Ownership: Private

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Management

Board of Directors

Date	Type	Capital Amount	Post-Money Valuation	Investors
06/2006	Seed	0.315M	Unknown	Caterina Fake, Stewart Butterfield, Joshua Schachter, Albert Wenger
11/2006	Series A	1M	Unknown	Union Square Ventures
07/2007	Series B	3.25M	Unknown	Union Square Ventures
01/2008	Series C	27M	Unknown	Accel Partners, Union Square Ventures

Name:	Etsy
Product URL:	http://www.etsy.com/
Date Launched:	06/2005
Description:	Your place to buy and sell all things handmade
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09/29/2009 07:24AM by jtellier

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Bullish Opinions (16)	Author/Date
No need to weed through a billion items to find what you seek! Add Comment	therpsajik 07/14/2009	100% 1 vote 1 0% 0
MUCH better response by ETSY if there is EVER a problem. Add Comment	therpsajik 07/14/2009	100% 1 vote 1 0% 0
Still have the option as seller to give Negative or Positive feedback. Add Comment	therpsajik 07/14/2009	100% 1 vote 1 0% 0
Lower fees as a seller! $0.20 for 4 months and 3.5% close Add Comment	therpsajik 07/14/2009	100% 1 vote 1 0% 0
Definitely a great idea with handmade and limited addition items. Add Comment	gordonng 02/09/2009	100% 1 vote 1 0% 0
Great place to shop for gifts for Mom or Girlfriend maybe Grandma as well. Add Comment	map2010 12/01/2008	100% 1 vote 1 0% 0
Just the experience of the website makes me want to buy. Site will develop core customers Add Comment	jtareen 09/10/2008	100% 3 votes 3 0% 0
good interface in a niche market Add Comment	irpip 07/24/2008	100% 2 votes 2 0% 0
Very intelligently taken hold of a niche Add Comment	green33 04/14/2008	100% 7 votes 7 0% 0
It's likely that eBay or Amazon will acquire them if they continue to be successful Add Comment	green33 04/06/2008	100% 8 votes 8 0% 0
Very easy to start a "shop" Add Comment	kryan 04/06/2008	80% 5 votes 4 20% 1
They have been steadily gaining more traffic Add Comment	steve 04/06/2008	100% 10 votes 10 0% 0
Their style is more targetted at artisan products, doesn't have cheap flea market feel of eBay. Add Comment	bill 03/14/2008	90% 10 votes 9 10% 1
They have $27 million in the bank from top tier investors Add Comment	steve 02/27/2008	100% 10 votes 10 0% 0
eBay is not well tuned to vertical markets. Add Comment	pchu 02/19/2008	80% 5 votes 4 20% 1
They have a very innovative user interface Add Comment	chuck 02/19/2008	100% 9 votes 9 0% 0

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Bearish Opinions (2)	Author/Date	Do you agree?
It's hard to compete against eBay 3 comments Add Comment	chuck 02/19/2008		75% 8 votes 6 25% 2
not at all the same segment. etsy is SO MUCH better on the craft, homemade segment.	gameon323	09/06/2008
Ebay can't compete in the indie artists segment.	bouchardla3250	09/12/2008
I agree with fpeyre. This is a totally different niche - both on the buyer and seller side.	c8h10n4o2	12/06/2008
Not a focused community. Too much inventory. Really just a strep away from posters and Art.com Add Comment	edahan 04/17/2008		33% 3 votes 1 67% 2