Etsy Reconsiders Decision Not to Run Cyber Monday Banner

While most ecommerce sites advertised Cyber Monday deals on their homepages yesterday, including marketplace giants eBay and Amazon, Etsy's homepage was free of any holiday banners, much to the chagrin of its sellers who were counting on holiday shoppers to boost sales. Etsy had encouraged its sellers to tag items that offer promotions (items that included discounts or extra bonuses) with the tags "Black Friday Etsy" and "Cyber Monday Etsy." However, sellers felt Etsy did not do enough to promote those items over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, and an Etsy administrator said it would do better in the future.