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January 15, 2008

Hello Friends,

I want to take a moment to say hello and introduce myself. My name is Matt Stinchcomb, and for the last 100 years, well three or so, I have been an admin here at Etsy. I started the Etsy Teams program a few years back, and have been thrilled to see how it has grown in that time. I thank you entirely for this.

I am writing today to let you know that I am now shifting my attention away from marketing at Etsy and focusing entirely on serving the Etsy community, your Teams being an integral part of this. I have a great many ideas and plans for how we can make the Teams program best serve you and get you the tools you need to network, make friends, and most importantly, to grow your businesses. To achieve these goals we will be making changes to the Etsy Teams program. These will include the much anticipated revamped Teams section (with Team shops, private forums, and the ability for you all to manage your own profiles among other wonderful things.) We will also be developing new cooperative advertising programs for Teams, rethinking the grants program, and improving the "ways" and the "whats" of our communication with you. These things will take some time, but I assure you that I will keep you informed along the way. In the mean time, we will be giving the current Team section a slight makeover as the doctors prepare for surgery. Your specific profiles will remain unharmed!

I appreciate your patience as these things develop. As always, Danielle and I are here answer questions and help you however we can.

I'll talk to you next week. And now on to Team news!

Thanks, Matt


 

A Valentine's To Love

The Arts In RI Team decided to challenge one another to embrace the season of love with Valentine themed products. Between now and Valentine's Day we will share these "lovely" designs with you on our blog. Everyone who leaves a comment will be entered into a random drawing for an Arts In RI gift basket with goodies from many of our shops. (one entry per person per post. In other words you can enter once every time we post a new product!!!) Be sure to check back on the blog on Valentine's Day, we will announce the winner that day. Entries will be accepted until midnight February 13th.

 

 

 

Save Handmade with EtsyBABY & EtsyKids

Our campaign to help save handmade baby & kids products: The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act was passed in August, 2008 to prevent the use of lead in products intended for children 12 years and younger. Initially we recognize that this is a good thing, however, this act also mandates third-party testing and certification of all products for children under 12 years old. The certification and labeling of each product is going to be quite costly, especially for those shops who sell multiple products as they will need to test and certify each product they sell. For small businesses, like the members of EtsyBABY and EtsyKIDS, this could be trouble! It's a costly expenditure, $300 - $4000, and will most likely cause a lot of shops who create HANDMADE products to close.

Teams EtsyBABY and EtsyKIDS are asking for your help too! Starting Friday, January 9th, we are launching a HUGE promotion to help show our support for HANDMADE baby and kids products. We have over 100 participating shops who are offering discounts, free shipping, free gifts ... to our customers and supporters. Please visit the ShopEtsyBABY website for a list of participating shops and details. Help us SAVE HANDMADE!

Learn more here!

 

 

 

GET EUROFIED Sweetheart Sampler Boxes

Second time is a charm! Holiday boxes sold out fast and we are back again! The GET EUROFIED Street Team has been working hard to make this box even better! The second round of GET EUROFIED Sampler Boxes go on sale Feb.1! So if you are looking for that perfect gift for Valentine's Day to give to a sweetheart on your list then this box is for you. Jam-packed with lots of handmade goodies from all over Europe you won't be disappointed. GO HANDMADE & GO EUROPEAN!

 

 

 

Etsy Maine Team Valentine's Day Creations

Mainers often find their inspiration from the seasons and winter is no exception. Cold winter days and nights find us cuddling up to the wood stove with our special-someones, families and pets!

FEEL the love and take a peek at what the Maine Team has created with Valentines Day in mind!

We'll be updating this thread daily with new items, so we hope you'll follow along!


 

 

 

DUST Gift Guide

 

 

DUST - the Down Under Street Team - have come up with their own Gift Guide. Filled with gorgeous gifts made by the DUSTers, the Gift Guide lets you choose by category who or what the gift you're after is for - her, jewelry addicts, bag lady and so on. You can choose either Gallery view or Thumbnail view - or even to just see the list of matching stores. The DUSTers are all very excited by their Gift Guide - we hope you will be too!

 

 

 

Seller Bios & Contests on the North Georgia Team Blog

Team NorGA is bringing in the New Year right!!! We are pleased to announce that we have begun doing Seller Bios. These Seller Bios will be a great way to get to know our fabulous Etsy Sellers from North Georgia & also win some great prizes from their shops!Stay tuned to the blog & be sure to visit often to "meet" the next North Georgia Street Team Member. Also, be sure to search "Team NorGA" on Etsy.com to get a look at all of our fantastic items!

 

 

 

eSMArts January Happenings

eSMArts is hard at work for the New Year! There is a fantastic January Challenge in the works with a theme of pretty pastels, just in time for spring. eSMArts members are asked to work with pretty spring colors and fix up a wonderful project (or two) for the team to vote on at the end of the month. Maybe this will brighten up those dreary winter months!
eSMArts is also working hard to fill up the team Etsy shop with a contest! Team members are listing inexpensive items (around $20 or less) through the end of this week and then doing a Twitter/blog blast to encourage customers to send a direct twitter message or blog comment. Customers who do so will be entered into a drawing to win a $10 eSMArts gift certificate compliments of Lois Linquist (A Beaded Affair)!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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