Last week, Etsy rolled out two brand new site features – circles and activity feeds. As is always the case whenever Etsy launches major changes to the site, reactions were mixed. Some people couldn’t be more excited, while other were concerned that Etsy was just trying to become the next Facebook, and not in a …
I recently read this post on Button Maker’s Ball where she suggested that the low pricing on Etsy was a result of people getting their 10,000 hours in public. 10,000 hours is a reference to an idea in Malcolm Gladwell’s book Outliers, that to become great at something requires 10,000 hours. At around 20 hours …
Wow! I can’t believe how much dialogue Tuesday’s post generated! If you haven’t read through the comments (43 so far!), I recommend you take a look. There have been some really great, well thought out responses. I wanted to clarify something that came up in the comments. I don’t think that Etsy is the cause …