Etsy all handmade

Etsy

Artisan community on line, Etsy and is becoming a serious marketplace for handmade, artisan artworks and crafts. Etsy.com was foundet by Rob Kalin, Chris Maguire and Haim Schoppik creating a artisan online community.

"I'd like to fundamentally change the way world commerce works. Not just fair practices but encouraging people to make what they need and to value handmade items," said Kalin. Etsy.com, founded in 2005 and is based in Brooklyn, N.Y. 200,000 registered users include 42,000 sellers, sellers join free and are charged 20 cents to list each item. Etsy.com takes 3.5 percent of each sale. Sellers must track their own sales and pay their own taxes. Women make up 80 percent of site users, according to Etsy.com.