According to a 2021 survey of Etsy sellers worldwide, it was found that 95 percent of respondents ran their Etsy shop from home and 63 percent had started their Etsy shop as a way to supplement their income.
Self-identification and motivation of Etsy sellers as of 2021
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Run their shops from their homes
95%
Aspire to increase their sales in future
82%
Identify as women
79%
Consider their Etsy shop to be a business
71%
Say their Etsy income has held steady, if not grown, since the start of the pandemic
70%
Started their Etsy shop as a way to supplement income
63%
Consider it important to run a socially responsible and environmentally friendly business
60%
Are multi-channel sellers
56%
Were pursuing their creative business as their sole occupation
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Etsy. "Self-identification and motivation of Etsy sellers as of 2021." Chart. February 22, 2022. Statista. Accessed August 18, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/290521/self-identification-and-motivation-of-etsy-sellers/
Etsy. (2022). Self-identification and motivation of Etsy sellers as of 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 18, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/290521/self-identification-and-motivation-of-etsy-sellers/
Etsy. "Self-identification and Motivation of Etsy Sellers as of 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Feb 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/290521/self-identification-and-motivation-of-etsy-sellers/
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