2005
01
January
Etsy was launched.
2007
01
November
Buyers spent $4.3 million purchasing 300,000 items for sale on Etsy.
2007
01
January
Etsy expected to be profitable, but they failed and received an additional $27 million in funding from Union Square Ventures, Hubert Burda Media, and Jim Breyer.
2008
01
July
Rob Kalin ceded the position of CEO to Maria Thomas.
2008
01
September
Etsy hired Chad Dickerson, who formerly worked at Yahoo!, as Chief Technology Officer.
2009
01
April
Users organized an "etsyday" promotion on Twitter that brought extra attention to the site.
2010
01
December
Etsy had 7 million registered users.
2011
01
March
Etsy introduced a Facebook-style social networking system called People Search.
2015
01
January
Etsy announced filed for a $100 million IPO.
Etsy acquired Reverb for $275 million.