Etsy Explores 3D-Printed Goods and Brick-and-Mortar ‘Shops’
Etsy, the online marketplace of handmade and vintage goods that drove $895 million in sales in 2012, is looking to expand by include the sale of items made with emerging technologies such as 3D printers and CNC routers and supporting individual showcases in major retailers, CEO Chad Dickerson said today at the LeWeb conference in London.
Etsy, the online marketplace of handmade and vintage goods that drove $895 million in sales in 2012, is looking to expand by include the sale of items made with emerging technologies such as 3D printers and CNC routers and supporting individual showcases in major retailers, CEO Chad Dickerson said today at the LeWeb conference in London.
Makers Faire, a festival for “makers who are exploring new forms and new technologies,” has emerged powerfully onto the scene, bringing a very different demographic than Etsy has with its rules limiting goods sold on its platform to hand-made and vintage goods.
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