Etsy is an online marketplace for buying and selling all things handmade. It was built for those consumers conscious of the true value of handmade goods and their creators, as well as to give all independent artists the technology and information they need to make a living, making things. The intention is to offer viable alternatives to mass-produced objects in the world marketplace, and to encourage consumers to be aware of the social and environmental implications of their purchases.
The connection between producer and consumer has been lost. Etsy was created to help them reconnect, and swing the pendulum back to a time when we bought our bread from the baker, food from the grocer, and shoes from the cobbler. The vision is to build a new economy and present a better choice: Buy, Sell, and Live Handmade.
Etsy was conceived by Rob Kalin (27) in early 2005. A painter, carpenter, and photographer, Rob found there was no viable marketplace to exhibit and sell his creations online- other E-commerce sites having become too inundated with fraud, overstock electronics, and broken appliances. Ever industrious, he, along with Chris Maguire (25) and Haim Scoppik (27), designed the site, wrote the code, assembled the servers, spliced the cables, and launched Etsy on June 18th, 2005 after only three sleepless months.
Brooklyn-based Etsy now has 50 full-time employees, approximately 750,000 registered users, 70,000 of whom are individual artists selling more than 1,325,000 of their handmade creations.
Categories: Accessories, Art, Bags And Purses, Bath And Beauty, Books And Zines, Candles, Ceramics And Pottery, Children, Clothing, Crochet, Everything Else, Furniture, Geekery, Glass, Holidays, Housewares, Jewelry, Knitting, Music, Needlecraft, Paper Goods, Patterns, Pets, Plants And Edibles, Quilts, Supplies, Toys, Vintage, Weddings, Woodworking
http://www.etsy.com/
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