Amazon vs. Etsy: Should You Sell On Amazon or Etsy?

Ömer Faruk Atici
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11 min readJun 24, 2022

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Etsy vs. Amazon. Because they’re both popular among ambitious entrepreneurs wanting to start an online business, we’ll go through the platforms’ advantages and disadvantages in this story.

Photo by Omer Atici.

ETSY

Etsy is an online marketplace with a thriving community of artists, designers, and craftsmen who sell their one-of-a-kind handcrafted or antique items. On Etsy, you can only purchase this, unlike Amazon, where you can sell almost anything. That is, as long as it is legal…

Etsy’s products are divided into two categories: arts and crafts, jewelry, homeware, and baked foods. Etsy encourages sellers to carry ‘vintage’ things, which Etsy defines as items at least 20 years old. Selling on Etsy would be pointless unless you sell any of these since it is what visitors to Etsy stores seek.

Etsy is constantly growing in popularity, with more and more online shoppers realizing that it is a great platform to find unique products and gifts that aren’t sold anywhere else. With over 1,000,000 shops, Etsy is a constantly rising popularity platform, with more and more online shoppers realizing that it is a great place to find unique items and gifts that aren’t sold elsewhere.

The following are the primary benefits and drawbacks of selling on Etsy:

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Ömer Faruk Atici
ILLUMINATION

Certified Amazon PPC Expert | Etsy | Walmart | Shopify | Store Management | SEO | Co-Founder of Intrapus & GameHub #E-commerce #Entrepreneur #SEO