Etsy Labels Second-Quarter Results a ‘Breakthrough Quarter’
Unfazed by the drop in Etsy shares following the company’s report on its second-quarter financial results, Josh Silverman, Etsy’s chief executive officer, said people will look back in the future and say this was a breakthrough quarter.
In an interview with “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer, Silverman said the eCommerce site’s
growth fundamentals in the previous quarter were really strong. He added that their gross merchandise volume grew 21% while revenues increased by 37% as a result of their new initiatives.
“We announced three bold new initiatives this quarter. Each of which I think set us up for really great growth for the future.” – Josh Silverman, CEO, Etsy
One of these initiatives is Etsy Ads, a paid advertising platform that allows sellers to invest and grow their business. Aside from helping 2.3 million sellers showcase their products to 43 million active buyers on its eCommerce platform, Etsy has also made free shipping a standard that customers can expect.
According to Silverman, free shipping is now an expectation in the market and Etsy sellers have been offered a number of initiatives to help them adapt to it easily.
When asked by Cramer how small sellers can compete with bigger players on the Etsy platform, Silverman said the company shows them how to build a business online and market it themselves using a very simple and easy method. He further added that the company is responsible for driving traffic to its eCommerce platform, so all sellers can just focus on creating great products and serving their customers.
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Dave Furness
Dave is a Co-Founder of eSeller365. For over 10 years he has been involved with eCommerce with a particular interest in the marketplaces and the huge opportunities available for sellers when utilizing a multi-channel strategy. After a year of being the UK’s youngest eCommerce consultant, he built an education platform called UnderstandingE that showed the world how to utilize Magento as the “Third Generation of Multi-Channel software”.
Dave has also created a YouTube channel dedicated to entrepreneurship and eCommerce as well as a podcast dedicated to mental health awareness. When Dave isn’t working his main interests include learning and playing Chess, researching the Crypto and NFT space, and trying to find the nearest beach.