Etsy

Etsy is a global online marketplace for unique and creative goods, including handcrafted and vintage items, linking creative entrepreneurs with millions of buyers. Founded in 2005, the company operates in the e-commerce and online retail technology space, building the marketplace platform that underpins transactions between sellers and buyers worldwide.

The company's main product, the Etsy marketplace, handles a large volume of daily activity: millions of buyers and millions of creative entrepreneurs trade on the platform. Sellers use Etsy Shops - individual storefronts - to run businesses that range from creative outlets and part-time work to full-time careers. The technical work involved spans marketplace infrastructure at global scale.

Etsy describes its purpose as keeping human connection at the heart of commerce at a time of increasing automation. The company emphasises imagination and the human touch over mass-produced alternatives, and frames its sellers and buyers as a community, with an explicit focus on the economic and artistic well-being of sellers. Its industry footprint covers e-commerce, handmade goods, vintage items, arts and crafts, and small-business retail.