Etsy

Etsy (NYSE: ETSY) runs a marketplace for unique, handmade, vintage and custom goods where it never holds inventory: it charges sellers a $0.20 listing fee, a 6.5% transaction fee and a payments processing fee on each sale, and sells optional on-site ads and shipping labels. FY2025 (year ended Dec 31, 2025) revenue was $2.88B (+3%) on $11.92B of gross merchandise sales (GMS, the dollar value of items sold, excluding shipping and net of refunds), a revenue take rate of 24.2%, with operating income of $266.2M and net income of $163.0M after a $101.7M Reverb goodwill impairment. Marketplace fees were $2.01B (70%) and services, mostly on-site ads, $876.3M (30%, +11%). The Etsy marketplace itself had 86.5 million active buyers, 5.6 million active sellers and $10.46B of GMS (down 4%). Etsy sold Reverb on Jun 2, 2025 and sold Depop to eBay on Jul 30, 2026 for about $1.4B in cash. On the new continuing-operations basis (without Depop), H1 2026 revenue was $1.30B (+4.7%) with net income of $219.0M.

Business Model Canvas
Etsy
Research date: Oct 11, 2026
Evidence-backed · sources in companion brief

Key Partners

  • Sellers — 5.6 million active sellers supply every listing (FACT).
  • Google Cloud — hosts a substantial part of the Etsy marketplace's computing (FACT).
  • Payment and shipping providers — payment services, postal services and carriers (FACT).
  • Social and search platforms — Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and search engines (FACT).
  • AI shopping platforms — partnerships that surface sellers' items and in some cases allow checkout there (FACT).
  • eBay — bought Depop for about $1.4B cash, closed Jul 30, 2026 (FACT).

Key Activities

  • Search and recommendations — machine-learning re-architecture began in 2025 (FACT).
  • Etsy Ads — ranking and budget-pacing improvements raised revenue per click (FACT).
  • Payments and fee operations — transaction, Offsite Ads and payments fees (FACT).
  • Trust, safety and support — policies and tools for both sides (FACT).
  • Loyalty and personalization — Etsy Insider beta, personalized push and email (FACT).
  • Seller tools — Shop Manager, Community Hub, optional AI tools (FACT).

Key Resources

  • Buyers and sellers — 86.5M active buyers and 5.6M active sellers at end of 2025 (FACT).
  • Catalog — more than 100 million items, about 30% of GMS custom or made-to-order (FACT).
  • Brand and community — one of four Right to Win qualities, with 74% of GMS from U.S. buyers (FACT).
  • Technology — search, ads, payments and trust systems; $450.2M of product development in 2025 (FACT).
  • Cash — $901.3M cash and $221.0M short-term investments at Jun 30, 2026 (FACT).

Value Propositions

  • Unique items — 81% of surveyed buyers say they cannot find them elsewhere (FACT, Etsy survey).
  • Support real people — 82% say Etsy lets them shop from and support real people (FACT, Etsy survey).
  • Custom and personalized goods — about 30% of GMS (FACT).
  • Seller on-ramp — 89% of sellers are businesses of one, per the 2024 Seller Census (FACT).
  • Right to Win — unique items, search and discovery, human connection, trusted brand (FACT).

Customer Relationships

  • Personalized push and email — vast majority of content personalized by end of 2025 (FACT).
  • Etsy Insider — loyalty beta with rewards and shipping discounts, Q4 2025 (FACT).
  • Reactivated buyers — 30.0M in 2025, a record (FACT).
  • Habitual buyers — 5.9M, about 7% of buyers and about 40% of GMS (FACT).
  • Seller care — Shop Manager dashboard, Community Hub, AI tools, member support (FACT).

Channels

  • Etsy app — 45% of GMS in 2025, up from 42% (FACT).
  • Performance marketing — paid GMS 24% of Etsy marketplace GMS in 2025 (FACT).
  • Search, social, affiliate and display — SEO, SEM, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest (FACT).
  • Offsite Ads — 12% or 15% fee on sales driven by Etsy's ads on other platforms (FACT).
  • Owned push and email — personalized messaging to buyers (FACT).
  • AI shopping platforms — items surfaced inside third-party AI experiences (FACT).

Customer Segments

  • Gift and occasion buyers — 29% of recent visits were for a gift (FACT, Etsy survey).
  • Custom and personalized shoppers — 31% of recent visits (FACT, Etsy survey).
  • Core categories — top six categories about $8.9B, 85% of Etsy marketplace GMS (FACT).
  • Sellers — 5.6M active; 89% are businesses of one per the 2024 Seller Census (FACT).
  • International — 26% of GMS from non-U.S. buyers (FACT).

Cost Structure

  • Marketing $914.8M, 31.7% of revenue (FACT).
  • Cost of revenue $817.8M, 28.4% of revenue (FACT).
  • Product development $450.2M; general and administrative $332.8M (FACT).
  • Reverb goodwill impairment $101.7M, non-cash (FACT).
  • Stock buybacks $777.1M vs free cash flow $638.8M in 2025 (FACT).

Revenue Streams

  • Marketplace revenue $2,007.2M in FY25, 69.6% of the total (FACT).
  • Services revenue $876.3M in FY25, +11.3%, 30.4% of the total (FACT).
  • GMS $11.92B and take rate 24.2% in FY25 (FACT).
  • Fees — $0.20 listing, 6.5% transaction, 3.0% to 6.5% payments, 12% or 15% Offsite Ads (FACT).
  • H1 2026 continuing revenue $1,299.6M (+4.7%) at a 25.8% take rate (FACT).
Sources: sec.gov/Archives/edgar · sec.gov/Archives/edgar