Etsy acquires Grand St.

http://blog.grandst.com/grand-st-etsy/

by krschultz • 12 years ago

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thruflo• 12 years ago

I'd be interested to know what kind of stage / traction / volume Grand St is at and what kind / scale of deal this is.

lxfontes• 12 years ago

not sure how reliable. but 'less than 10m'

http://recode.net/2014/04/23/etsy-paid-less-than-10-million-...

subpixel• 12 years ago

Re: that article, I'm not sure how to reconcile "We can do it with or without you" with the rumored price of several million dollars. Unless the talent alone was worth the price of acquisition.

001sky• 12 years ago

Every X acquites Y post should have an HN disclaimer!

Show HN> Who was Y?

The story of Y is never told in these shut-down notices...

makomk• 12 years ago

They seem to be another site in the same vein as Tindie etc, but I've never heard of them despite being right in their target market (aside from not being in the US/Canada, which isn't usually an obstacle to hearing about US-only stuff) and despite following most of the avenues where something like this would usually be mentioned.

aabalkan• 12 years ago

One of those company blogs you cannot go to company's website by clicking any visible link from the blog. It's like blog is a separate company on its own.

jnevelson• 12 years ago

Took me a bit to figure out, but you can click on 'store' in the upper right. I would think that 'home' would/should take you there, though.

scott_karana• 12 years ago

"Home" is also a link to the blog, sadly.

niix2• 12 years ago

I feel like every sort of acquisition post is like this and I have to end up typing the URL myself.

dlevine• 12 years ago

Congrats! My last startup shared office space with Joe and Aaron's last company, and they are great guys and excellent developers. Etsy is lucky to have them and the rest of the team!

lallouz2• 12 years ago

Awww. Thanks for the kind words.

davecap1• 12 years ago

Congrats joe! :)

niix2• 12 years ago

Cool company, had never heard of them until now. Congrats!

thestepafter• 12 years ago

This is disappointing for two reasons.

#1. I have never heard of Grand Street until now even though I am their target demographic. Now I fear I won't be able to get all my purchases in before my other disappointment below.

#2. How long will it be until Grand Street is selling cheap knockoffs like Etsy allows?

*edited to fix typo.

trevelyan• 12 years ago

"We have always admired them from afar, especially their dedication to craft and their commitment to their B Corp certification."

We have admired their B-corp certification? Is this a joke? It reads like satire, but I can't imagine anyone actually writing this on an acquisition announcement.

voodoomagicman• 12 years ago

I had to look it up, but a B-Corp is a 'Benefit Corporation' - it voluntarily takes on a legal obligation to consider social good as well as profit in its decision making process.

troymc• 12 years ago

There's an Etsy blog post where they explain what a B Corp is and why they wanted to be certified as one [1]. "It’s like a LEED or Fair Trade certification, but for a business, not just a building or a bag of coffee."

[1] https://blog.etsy.com/news/2012/etsy-joins-the-b-corporation...

You can find their Overall B Score at:

https://www.bcorporation.net/community/etsy

nwenzel• 12 years ago

Grand St emails have really interesting stuff. They have things you don't often come across in the real world. Congrats to Amanda and team!

Etsy acquires Grand St.

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