I Love ETSY.com
Posted on May 13th, 2008 by Tricia
If you haven’t heard of etsy you are crazy! Or you’ve just been missing out on some really fun things. Etsy is a site where you can buy (or sell) all things handmade. I enjoy seeing all the creative people out there. Here are my favorite ways to use the site:
- If I only have a few minutes I look at the Main Showcase. The showcase has 36 new items every day. The 36 sellers actually pay to be in the showcase, so it might not be the coolest or most unique stuff but I usually find fun things.
- I love to search by location because I see what people from Provo, Salt Lake, etc. are selling. It is a fun way to see all the creativity that is in my own back yard.
- I look through the Time Machine 2. This way I can see what people are buying. Sometimes you can see that something is super popular and snatch one up for yourself before they are all gone. This is where I can spend a lot of time looking.
The thing that I have bought and loved the most so far is this 2008 letterpress calendar from Ilee Papergoods. It is beautiful.
Just a warning…Etsy is not all it’s cut out to be. In allowing “freedom of expression” they have allowed a seller “YouStupidBitch” to sell incredibly offensive cards related to rape, children with disabilities, congratulating folks for being HIV+…it’s pretty disgusting. CNN recently gave attention to it asking Etsy to reconsider their policy of allowing “anything” on their site. Change.org has a petition with over 16,000 asking that this seller be removed from the Etsy site…but Etsy seems to be sticking their heads in the sand on this one. When I wrote to them, I told them that I would be getting the word out about the disgusting material being sold through their website. As long as consumers continue to visit their site, they feel powerful enough to put this junk out. So I’m asking your blog readers to put some serious thought into participating in a site that promotes such disgusting material.