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Etsy

Etsy

Etsy

2005

01

January

Etsy was launched.

2007

01

November

Buyers spent $4.3 million purchasing 300,000 items for sale on Etsy.

2007

01

January

Etsy expected to be profitable, but they failed and received an additional $27 million in funding from Union Square Ventures, Hubert Burda Media, and Jim Breyer.

2008

01

July

Rob Kalin ceded the position of CEO to Maria Thomas.

2008

01

September

Etsy hired Chad Dickerson, who formerly worked at Yahoo!, as Chief Technology Officer.

2009

01

April

Users organized an "etsyday" promotion on Twitter that brought extra attention to the site.

2010

01

December

Etsy had 7 million registered users.

2011

01

March

Etsy introduced a Facebook-style social networking system called People Search.

2015

01

January

Etsy announced filed for a $100 million IPO.

Etsy acquired Reverb for $275 million.