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| ETSY Europe team captain summit 2015 |
Last weekend I attended the 2nd ETSY European team
captain summit, this time in lovely Amsterdam. We were 43 team captains from
all over Europe, including 2 who came all the way from Singapore.
The summit was also attended by 27 ETSY admin (administration), including Chad
Dickerson the CEO for ETSY.
Having so many admin from various departments made us
feel like our questions, suggestions and observations were taken seriously. A good part of the summit was spent in small
groups discussing issues that were relevant to us. For example, the topic that was important to
me was how ETSY could help sellers who register their shop, and make a living
via their ETSY shops in Europe. ETSY is
an American based company, and most of the advice available in the sellers
handbook regarding for instance taxes and such, is only relevant for US
sellers.
It felt good to be able to talk to persons who work with policies, sellers development, international community programs, translations, etc… and have them listen and understand that our European sellers need tools, support and education for running their shop.
It felt good to be able to talk to persons who work with policies, sellers development, international community programs, translations, etc… and have them listen and understand that our European sellers need tools, support and education for running their shop.
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| Chad Dickerson, ETSY CEO |
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| The schedule. |
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| Special thank you to Anna Caroline Türk, the facilator who did a wonderful job with the planning and layout of the two day summit. |
We also had a time to focus on our own shops, where do
we see ourselves in the coming years. How important to us is our shop(s), why
are we captains of an ETSY team. It’s volunteer work, no one gets paid to do
it. So how can we keep that motivation going, and at that the same time not
take on more than we can actually accomplish.
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| ‘The marketplace we make together’ |
It is always inspiring and motivating to meet other
ETSY sellers and team captains, everyone is so unique and different and the
items we create are as varied as can be. But we all have something in common,
we are artists in our own rights, we have a sense of beauty, we are like Chad
said ‘ Not shy !’, and we are all dedicated to helping others reach their
goals.
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| Naturally we all exchanged business cards, and even
had¨a trade between us. Everyone brought a little something they make, it all
went in a big basket and we tried our luck…. I picked out a little brown box,
and inside found a sweet little amber necklace.
‘Thank you Aistė , from DropOfAmber.etsy.com’
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Why am I a team captain ?
‘I believe everyone should have a chance to be more
than what circumstances limits them to !’
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Photo credits:
Silja Erg - https://www.etsy.com/no-en/shop/5erg
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