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Meet the 2025 Etsy Design Awards Grand Prize winner: Cristina of Etsy shop DionneReve! ✨ Based in Mexico City, Cristina’s work celebrates her country’s rich artisanal heritage and the women who help keep those traditions alive. Cristina handcrafts pieces that connect deeply with those who wear them -- each one a reflection of culture, craftsmanship, and care. At Etsy, we’re proud to champion makers like Cristina, independent artists who are building creative businesses that empower their communities and bring meaningful beauty into the world. 🧡

At Etsy, every purchase has a story - and this year, as we celebrate 20 years, we’re spotlighting some of our teams’ favorites. ✨ This week, we’re featuring Kyle Marsh, Staff Software Engineer at Etsy. When Kyle began woodworking, he gifted himself a Vintage Stanley #8 Jointer Plane Tool from Etsy shop OldeTymeTools. 🧡 “It’s my favorite tool, and it’s from the early 1900s or late 1800s – it’s a tool that’s older than my grandparents, and possibly my great-grandparents!” We love to see our sellers’ unique items help buyers (including Etsy employees!) express their own creativity. Tell us, what’s a vintage piece you’ve discovered on Etsy?

🪡 Etsy’s unique inventory is both our greatest strength and our most fundamental engineering challenge. With more than 100 million unique items from millions of sellers, Etsy’s marketplace is truly one of a kind - but organizing, interpreting, and connecting all that diverse, ever-evolving data to the right buyers is complex. To address this challenge, our engineers are using Large Language Models (LLMs) to help make sense of this creative complexity - teaching our systems to interpret the language, visuals, and nuances of each handmade or vintage item. By transforming unstructured data into structured insights, we’re powering more intuitive search, better recommendations, and a smoother listing experience – improving the platform for both buyers and sellers. Discover how our teams are amplifying the human creativity on Etsy through AI in our latest Code as Craft post: https://lnkd.in/gNhrfEMb

This morning Etsy reported our third quarter 2025 results: “Etsy’s third quarter consolidated results surpassed expectations across all three of our key financial metrics — and GMS for Etsy and Depop combined returned to year-over-year growth,” said Josh Silverman, Etsy, Inc. Chief Executive Officer. “Etsy marketplace GMS improved sequentially, reflecting growing traction in our customer-centric priorities — from showing up where shoppers discover, to enhancing AI-powered matching, retaining and rewarding our most valuable customers, and further amplifying the human connection that makes Etsy so unique. Depop also continued to accelerate GMS growth, building its position as a leading player in the U.S. resale clothing business.” To watch the full video earnings call, see investors.etsy.com.

Today I shared some important personal and company news: after much consideration and planning, I will be stepping down as Etsy’s CEO at the end of the year and transitioning to the role of Executive Chair through 2026. With that, I am thrilled to pass the baton to the incredible @Kruti Patel Goyal who will become Etsy’s next CEO effective January 1. Leading this company over the past 8.5 years has been the privilege of a lifetime. When I joined Etsy, we were facing some big challenges: decelerating growth, accelerating competition, and the perception that Etsy had already reached its peak. But this remarkable, tenacious team saw opportunity everywhere, and together we transformed the company in ways that far exceeded expectations. Now Etsy is one of the most popular and loved e-commerce sites in the world, serving more than 5 million sellers and 85 million buyers. We’ve shown time and again that creativity and purpose can thrive at scale: stepping up during the pandemic, supporting small businesses through global crises, and continuing to grow while staying true to our values. I couldn’t be prouder of what this team has accomplished. Now, it’s time for the next evolution. Once again, I see enormous opportunity ahead. Kruti brings deep customer insight, a bold vision for growth, and the leadership to help Etsy reach even greater heights. I’ll be cheering her and the entire team on as they embrace change and build the future. To everyone I’ve had the privilege of working with: thank you. Your creativity, passion, and resilience have made these years immensely fulfilling. And congratulations, Kruti — Etsy couldn’t be in better hands.

We loved connecting with local sellers in Atlanta! 🧡 Maureen Sitterson, Etsy’s Senior Director of Seller Growth & Retention, joined the conversation to hear firsthand about the experiences and journeys of incredible shop owners like Yelena of PreciousLaceJewelry, Harriet of AfricanCrab, and Jamie and Arie of MapofHome. Their creativity, collaboration, and commitment to their craft are powerful reminders of what makes the Etsy community so special. 🌍

Accessible, affordable child care isn’t just good for families - it’s an economic necessity. Last week, Etsy and The 5BORO Institute convened leaders across New York City for the Child Care Summit, where entrepreneurs, policymakers, and advocates came together to reimagine what child care infrastructure could look like. The event also marked the release of our latest policy proposal, “Think Micro First: Reimagining Child Care Policy for Self-Employed Artisans and Creative Entrepreneurs,” which calls for collaborative solutions to support caregivers and sustain small business growth. At Etsy, we’re proud to be a leading voice in how businesses and governments can come together to deliver caregiving solutions that are flexible, universal, and easy to access - unlocking the full potential of our economy and the people who power it. 🔗 Learn more and read the white paper: https://lnkd.in/gi57Z3c8

We’re proud to have a culture of experimentation at Etsy: we’re constantly iterating to craft the best experience for our buyers and sellers. That also extends to how we run our experiments. 🛠️ A great example is our recently-built experimenter-defined segmentations, which give our teams the power to analyze experiments faster and surface more nuanced insights. Prior, our ability to segment data was limited, hindering us from digging deeper. This new capability enables our teams to explore experiment results through different lenses without waiting for new configurations or system updates – a win for buyers, sellers and our technical teams! To learn more, check out our latest Code as Craft post: https://lnkd.in/em74ed3Y

Yesterday marked a new chapter as Etsy officially began trading on the New York Stock Exchange! 🔔🚀 Members of our executive team, some of our Brooklyn-based employees, and two incredible NY-based Etsy sellers Calhoun & Co and Mammoth & Minnow, celebrated this milestone by ringing the opening bell today. We're honored to stand alongside some of the world's most influential companies as we further our mission to keep commerce human. This transfer signifies our continued momentum as we create more engaging shopping experiences, leverage emerging technologies to amplify human creativity, and empower our vibrant community of sellers.

Etsy’s holiday trends are here! This year is all about celebrating the styles and stories that make the season uniquely yours. Swipe through to discover the trends our sellers are shaping this season, from 🍅Nonna Holiday and 🩰Nutcrackercore to 🍸Supper Club. Dive into the full Etsy Trend Edit here: https://lnkd.in/gz899H-V