Introducing a Blue & Green friend: Etsy UK

Each day we’re introducing one, two or three of our new affiliate friends. If you click through the link in this article, the link is tracked and may generate a small payment to us. Sometimes the payment is per click, per user, per application, per accepted application or any combination of the above. That payment funds us so we can grow and encourage even more readers to live, spend and invest sustainably. Today it’s the turn of Etsy UK.

Etsy is a marketplace where people around the world connect to buy and sell handmade and vintage goods. Etsy offers a meaningful and personal shopping experience to consumers and gives independent, creative businesses around the world the tools to be successful. Their mission is to reimagine commerce in ways that build a more fulfilling and lasting world. Etsy offers a unique array of products that appeal to a wide range of audience.

Etsy is a marketplace where people around the world connect, both online and offline, to make, sell and buy unique goods. The heart and soul of Etsy is their global community: the creative entrepreneurs who use Etsy to sell what they make or curate, the shoppers looking for things they can’t find anywhere else, the manufacturers who partner with Etsy sellers to help them grow, and the Etsy employees who maintain and nurture their marketplace.

Their mission is to reimagine commerce in ways that build a more fulfilling and lasting world.

They are building a human, authentic and community-centric global and local marketplace. They are committed to using the power of business to create a better world through their platform, their members, their employees and the communities they serve.

As they grow, commitment to their mission remains at the core of their identity. It is woven into the decisions they make for the long-term health of their ecosystem, from the sourcing of their office supplies to their employee benefits to the items sold in their marketplace.

Leading with their value:

– They are a mindful, transparent, and humane business.

– They plan and build for the long term.

– They value craftsmanship in all they make.

– They believe fun should be part of everything they do.

– They keep it real, always.

– Building an “Etsy Economy”

In an Etsy Economy, creative entrepreneurs can find meaningful work selling their goods in both global and local markets, where thoughtful consumers can discover those goods and build relationships with the people who make and sell them.