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August 29, 2007 at 5:45 am · Filed under Blogs, Etsy Communications, The Future · By JB
From the etsy blog
Dear Etsians,
We are edging near — very near — to launching the Storque. The engineers are testing the biscuits out of it and making sure it’s user-friendly.
Alison and I (and Shannon too, who is helping us with video production) are excited to share the pieces we’ve produced and the pieces we’ve asked community members to produce. We’re hoping the launch will inspire many more of you to pitch fresh ideas to The Storque so that we can share the handmade life with the world!
To that end, we’ll have a link where you can pitch your ideas to us. We’ll also be setting up a weekly online Workshop, to informally take suggestions, chat about the direction of The Storque, and hear your reactions.
We are soooo excited!
–The Storque team
Update Sept 4, by JB
stellaloella says:
Atlas is not part of the public site. Atlas is a behind the scenes, Admin-only tool.
The Storque (which will finally be launched very soon) will have a dedicated section just for news about Etsy. This includes all technical updates, new feature info and all other Admin announcements. Users will be able to subscribe to an RSS feed for *just* the News section, if desired. There is great categorization and content filtering ability on The Storque, which will make it easy for users to get all the important site-specific news info all in one place.
Posted at 1:18 pm, September 4 2007 EST
For previous coverage of The Storque, see these articles:
http://etsynews.com/285/give-input-on-the-storque-at-719-meeting/
http://etsynews.com/175/the-storque-has-been-delayed/
http://etsynews.com/35/stay-tuned-for-a-new-feature-storque/
August 11, 2007 at 1:23 am · Filed under Blogs, Etsy Labs · By starrydesigns
daniellexo says:
Its a Library!
http://etsylabslibrary.blogspot.com
For all your crafty needs!
Feel free to add any other resources you think we should include/feature to this thread.
xo
Danielle
Missed the post on the call for supply secrets? Read here.
August 4, 2007 at 1:51 am · Filed under Bills, Blogs, Bugs, Customer Service · By JB
source:
http://blog.etsy.com/?p=384
(bolding mine)
August 3rd, 2007
Dear Etsy sellers,
We are still waiting to hear back from Citibank about the bug in their system that caused both a charge & a pre-auth to be sent to a portion of Etsy sellers who used a debit card to pay their Etsy bill.
If this situation has caused your bank to assess an overdraft charge on your account, we will reimburse you for this amount.
Please email billing@etsy.com with documentation of the overdraft charge, and we will send you via Check or PayPal a reimbursement for the full overdraft charge.
Kindly note that this reimbursement is only for Etsy sellers who used Debit cards and whose banks hit them with an overdraft charge as a result of the auto-charge we ran on the 27th, 28th and 29th, or if a manual attempt was made to pay a bill between the 27th and today.
This reimbursement is something it’s very important for us to offer to all who deserve it, so let’s make sure we can do that. Please only request it if you meet all the criteria above. Each claim will be verified on an individual basis before a reimbursement is made.
Sincerely,
Tim, Jim, Rob and Beth,
The Etsy billing team
see also
http://etsynews.com/312/etsy-says-no-double-billing-has-occurred/
http://etsynews.com/306/check-your-statements-for-double-charges-overdraft-fees/
August 1, 2007 at 3:21 am · Filed under Blogs, Etsy Communications, Etsy Staff, The Future · By JB
Rokali has posted this lengthy blog entitled “Open Etsy”. It reveals his mission, goals, and the organizational structure of etsy.
June 29, 2007 at 2:39 pm · Filed under Blogs, Events, Marketing · By www.bathinginluxury.com aka Soap
If this has already been posted, I’ll remove.
NB: I didn’t replicate the links in the post found in the blog below - please go to the original blog entry to see those links/linked pages
EDIT: here’s Vanessa’s matching thread.
The Global Microbrand workshop.
Many entrepreneurs want to grow their businesses but at the same time, they want to remain in control of what they produce. At Etsy, we would like to help more independent artists make a living from what they make. We’ve discussed trying to find an alternative model to “business-as-usual.” This Monday July 2nd, we’ll be opening our doors at the Labs and to the online Workshop to further discuss how to remain independent while creating a sustainable business. Part of this entails a new approach to marketing and communications.
On Monday July 2nd at 7pm, we’ll be hosting an informal talk led by Englishman Antonio Gould: The Global Microbrand: Using the Web to Stay Small whilst Selling all over the World. Antonio will address many of the issues Etsy sellers face as they try to make a name for themselves. He has worked as a new media consultant in Europe and approached Etsy, seeing it as an interesting manifestation of many of his key points.
If you are NYC-area based, please join us in person for this free talk. As many of our members can’t be there face-to-face, we’ll be using the Workshop to open up the discussion to everyone. Please wait for the virtual doors to be unlocked in the Workshop Lobby at 7pm (Eastern time, see timezone info here) on July 2nd. You just have to be a logged in member of Etsy to get into the workshop (registering for Etsy is free and easy).
Anyone who has an interest in blogging, social-networking, online video, etc is much welcome. We want this to be a lively discussion with folks sharing their experiences and newbies raising important questions from their point of view.
Please RSVP@etsy.com and say whether you’ll be coming in person or online via the Workshop. Here’s my post in the forums about the talk. See you soon!
–Vanessa
June 16, 2007 at 12:36 pm · Filed under Blogs, Bugs, Categories, Customer Service, Etsy Communications, Search, Site Maintenance, Site Use, Views / Counters · By Elizabeth
…then links to a thread that hasn’t been updated in 18 hours.
Blog:
Etsy’s Rough-riding
Our big big sad apologies about the site problems. Please see the forum thread where Chris has been explaining the issues here.
Hang in there!
May 11, 2007 at 6:01 pm · Filed under Blogs, Site Use, Views / Counters · By starrydesigns
All view counters are finally caught up!
RevolvingDork
Etsy Admin says:
Simon ran the last of the view catch-ups last night, and now the full view system is in place. This means primarily that ordering listings by view should be much more accurate than it was in the past.
You may see a jump in your views due to the lost ones being added back into place. At this point, there are no more to catch up and the number you see is accurate.
Posted at 3:01 pm, May 11 2007 EST
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April 8, 2007 at 4:12 pm · Filed under Blogs, Features, The Future · By Serena
Apparently Etsy.com’s source code is full of wonders. I’m not brave enough to try to read through it all, but thanks to the Mac-only browser Safari’s rendering problems, a few sellers caught a glimpse of a potential future feature: Etsy blogs.
Here’s a screenshot (thank you selflesh!) of what they saw: (click to enlarge)
A collection of admin comments from the Etsy Forums:
RevolvingDork says:
This is an intentional glimpse into the future — we were wondering when someone would find it. ;P
matt says:
Eventually, we all will. It was something that we had planned for V2, but were not able to implement because of the vast scope of the entire project. They foundation has been laid for them and at some point we will integrate them into the site.
Sources: Forum threads A and b.
Had I an Etsy blog, I think I’d use it mostly for shop announcements and braggable stuff, keeping seller shout-outs and very personal posts at my independent site. How would you use an Etsy blog?
April 6, 2007 at 7:24 pm · Filed under Blogs, Etsy Labs · By www.bathinginluxury.com aka Soap
Anda (etsy admin) is soliciting ideas for Etsy Labs’ blog content.
Source: Fora
April 6, 2007 at 1:38 pm · Filed under Blogs, Seller Opportunities · By Gemmafactrix
A really great opportunity for Etsy jewelers got a bit buried in the Team Etsy blog. Here’s the link for those interested:
We are seeking project contributors for an upcoming book tentatively titled 1000 Jewelry Details. The book will feature handmade jewelry that can be made at home with simple tools by non- professional jewelry makers.
There is no entry fee, and you may submit multiple designs.
DEADLINE: May 15, 2007
Please visit the original post (it has much, much more information) for details and submission guidelines.
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