ETSY INC (Form: 10-Q, Received: 05/07/2020 16:06:35)

false--12-31Q1202000013706371200840001311140000.0010.00114000000001400000000118342772118376782118342772118376782169110001337700002050000.0010.00125000000250000000.0170.006200000 0001370637 2020-01-01 2020-03-31 0001370637 2020-05-04 0001370637 2020-03-31 0001370637 2019-12-31 0001370637 2019-01-01 2019-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:CommonStockMember 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:CommonStockMember 2020-01-01 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeMember 2019-12-31 0001370637 us-gaap:AdditionalPaidInCapitalMember 2020-01-01 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeMember 2020-01-01 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:CommonStockMember 2019-12-31 0001370637 us-gaap:RetainedEarningsMember 2020-01-01 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:RetainedEarningsMember 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:AdditionalPaidInCapitalMember 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:RetainedEarningsMember 2019-12-31 0001370637 us-gaap:AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeMember 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:AdditionalPaidInCapitalMember 2019-12-31 0001370637 us-gaap:RetainedEarningsMember 2019-01-01 0001370637 us-gaap:CommonStockMember 2019-01-01 2019-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:RetainedEarningsMember 2018-12-31 0001370637 us-gaap:AdditionalPaidInCapitalMember 2019-01-01 2019-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:RetainedEarningsMember 2019-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:AdditionalPaidInCapitalMember 2019-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:RetainedEarningsMember 2019-01-01 2019-03-31 0001370637 2019-01-01 0001370637 us-gaap:CommonStockMember 2019-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeMember 2019-01-01 2019-03-31 0001370637 2019-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:CommonStockMember 2018-12-31 0001370637 us-gaap:AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeMember 2018-12-31 0001370637 2018-12-31 0001370637 us-gaap:AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeMember 2019-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:AdditionalPaidInCapitalMember 2018-12-31 0001370637 2020-01-01 0001370637 etsy:MarketplaceRevenueMember 2020-01-01 2020-03-31 0001370637 etsy:ServicesRevenueMember 2019-01-01 2019-03-31 0001370637 etsy:ServicesRevenueMember 2020-01-01 2020-03-31 0001370637 etsy:MarketplaceRevenueMember 2019-01-01 2019-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:RestrictedStockMember 2020-01-01 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:StockOptionMember 2020-01-01 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:RestrictedStockMember 2019-01-01 2019-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:RestrictedStockUnitsRSUMember 2020-01-01 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:StockOptionMember 2019-01-01 2019-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:ConvertibleDebtSecuritiesMember 2019-01-01 2019-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:ConvertibleDebtSecuritiesMember 2020-01-01 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:RestrictedStockUnitsRSUMember 2019-01-01 2019-03-31 0001370637 etsy:ConvertibleSeniorNotesdue2023Member us-gaap:ConvertibleDebtMember 2018-03-31 0001370637 etsy:ParticipatingSecuritiesMember 2019-01-01 2019-03-31 0001370637 etsy:ConvertibleSeniorNotesDue2026Member us-gaap:ConvertibleDebtMember 2019-09-30 0001370637 us-gaap:ConvertibleDebtSecuritiesMember 2020-01-01 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:RestrictedStockUnitsRSUMember 2019-01-01 2019-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:ConvertibleDebtSecuritiesMember 2019-01-01 2019-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:EmployeeStockOptionMember 2020-01-01 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:EmployeeStockOptionMember 2019-01-01 2019-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:RestrictedStockUnitsRSUMember 2020-01-01 2020-03-31 0001370637 etsy:ReverbHoldingsInc.Member 2019-08-15 0001370637 etsy:ReverbHoldingsInc.Member us-gaap:SoftwareAndSoftwareDevelopmentCostsMember 2019-08-15 0001370637 etsy:ReverbHoldingsInc.Member us-gaap:TrademarksMember 2019-08-15 0001370637 etsy:ReverbHoldingsInc.Member us-gaap:CustomerRelationshipsMember 2019-08-15 0001370637 etsy:ReverbHoldingsInc.Member us-gaap:OtherCapitalizedPropertyPlantAndEquipmentMember 2019-08-15 0001370637 etsy:ReverbHoldingsInc.Member 2019-01-01 2019-03-31 0001370637 etsy:ReverbHoldingsInc.Member 2019-08-15 2019-08-15 0001370637 etsy:ReverbHoldingsInc.Member 2020-01-01 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:FairValueInputsLevel2Member us-gaap:FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:FairValueInputsLevel2Member us-gaap:FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember us-gaap:CertificatesOfDepositMember 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember us-gaap:CommercialPaperMember 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:FairValueInputsLevel1Member us-gaap:FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember us-gaap:CertificatesOfDepositMember 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember us-gaap:USGovernmentAgenciesDebtSecuritiesMember 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:FairValueInputsLevel3Member us-gaap:FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember us-gaap:MoneyMarketFundsMember 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:FairValueInputsLevel1Member us-gaap:FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember us-gaap:CertificatesOfDepositMember 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember us-gaap:CorporateBondSecuritiesMember 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:FairValueInputsLevel3Member us-gaap:FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:FairValueInputsLevel2Member us-gaap:FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember us-gaap:CommercialPaperMember 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:FairValueInputsLevel3Member us-gaap:FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember us-gaap:CorporateBondSecuritiesMember 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:FairValueInputsLevel3Member us-gaap:FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember us-gaap:CommercialPaperMember 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:FairValueInputsLevel2Member us-gaap:FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember us-gaap:CorporateBondSecuritiesMember 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:FairValueInputsLevel1Member us-gaap:FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember us-gaap:MoneyMarketFundsMember 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:FairValueInputsLevel1Member us-gaap:FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember us-gaap:USGovernmentAgenciesDebtSecuritiesMember 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember us-gaap:MoneyMarketFundsMember 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:FairValueInputsLevel2Member us-gaap:FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember us-gaap:USGovernmentAgenciesDebtSecuritiesMember 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:FairValueInputsLevel1Member us-gaap:FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember us-gaap:CorporateBondSecuritiesMember 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:FairValueInputsLevel2Member us-gaap:FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember us-gaap:MoneyMarketFundsMember 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:FairValueInputsLevel1Member us-gaap:FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember us-gaap:CommercialPaperMember 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:FairValueInputsLevel3Member us-gaap:FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember us-gaap:USGovernmentAgenciesDebtSecuritiesMember 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:FairValueInputsLevel3Member us-gaap:FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember us-gaap:CertificatesOfDepositMember 2020-03-31 0001370637 etsy:ConvertibleSeniorNotesDue2026Member us-gaap:FairValueInputsLevel2Member us-gaap:CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember us-gaap:ConvertibleDebtMember 2019-12-31 0001370637 etsy:ConvertibleSeniorNotesdue2023Member us-gaap:FairValueInputsLevel2Member us-gaap:CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember us-gaap:ConvertibleDebtMember 2020-03-31 0001370637 etsy:ConvertibleSeniorNotesdue2023Member us-gaap:FairValueInputsLevel2Member us-gaap:CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember us-gaap:ConvertibleDebtMember 2019-12-31 0001370637 etsy:ConvertibleSeniorNotesDue2026Member us-gaap:FairValueInputsLevel2Member us-gaap:CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember us-gaap:ConvertibleDebtMember 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember us-gaap:CommercialPaperMember 2019-12-31 0001370637 us-gaap:FairValueInputsLevel1Member us-gaap:FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember us-gaap:CertificatesOfDepositMember 2019-12-31 0001370637 us-gaap:FairValueInputsLevel2Member us-gaap:FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember 2019-12-31 0001370637 us-gaap:FairValueInputsLevel3Member us-gaap:FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember 2019-12-31 0001370637 us-gaap:FairValueInputsLevel1Member us-gaap:FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember us-gaap:MoneyMarketFundsMember 2019-12-31 0001370637 us-gaap:FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember us-gaap:CertificatesOfDepositMember 2019-12-31 0001370637 us-gaap:FairValueInputsLevel3Member us-gaap:FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember us-gaap:MoneyMarketFundsMember 2019-12-31 0001370637 us-gaap:FairValueInputsLevel2Member us-gaap:FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember us-gaap:USGovernmentAgenciesDebtSecuritiesMember 2019-12-31 0001370637 us-gaap:FairValueInputsLevel2Member us-gaap:FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember us-gaap:CommercialPaperMember 2019-12-31 0001370637 us-gaap:FairValueInputsLevel3Member us-gaap:FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember us-gaap:USGovernmentAgenciesDebtSecuritiesMember 2019-12-31 0001370637 us-gaap:FairValueInputsLevel1Member us-gaap:FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember us-gaap:USGovernmentAgenciesDebtSecuritiesMember 2019-12-31 0001370637 us-gaap:FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember 2019-12-31 0001370637 us-gaap:FairValueInputsLevel2Member us-gaap:FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember us-gaap:CertificatesOfDepositMember 2019-12-31 0001370637 us-gaap:FairValueInputsLevel1Member us-gaap:FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember 2019-12-31 0001370637 us-gaap:FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember us-gaap:USGovernmentAgenciesDebtSecuritiesMember 2019-12-31 0001370637 us-gaap:FairValueInputsLevel3Member us-gaap:FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember us-gaap:CommercialPaperMember 2019-12-31 0001370637 us-gaap:FairValueInputsLevel2Member us-gaap:FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember us-gaap:CorporateBondSecuritiesMember 2019-12-31 0001370637 us-gaap:FairValueInputsLevel3Member us-gaap:FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember us-gaap:CertificatesOfDepositMember 2019-12-31 0001370637 us-gaap:FairValueInputsLevel1Member us-gaap:FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember us-gaap:CommercialPaperMember 2019-12-31 0001370637 us-gaap:FairValueInputsLevel1Member us-gaap:FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember us-gaap:CorporateBondSecuritiesMember 2019-12-31 0001370637 us-gaap:FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember us-gaap:MoneyMarketFundsMember 2019-12-31 0001370637 us-gaap:FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember us-gaap:CorporateBondSecuritiesMember 2019-12-31 0001370637 us-gaap:FairValueInputsLevel2Member us-gaap:FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember us-gaap:MoneyMarketFundsMember 2019-12-31 0001370637 us-gaap:FairValueInputsLevel3Member us-gaap:FairValueMeasurementsRecurringMember us-gaap:CorporateBondSecuritiesMember 2019-12-31 0001370637 us-gaap:CertificatesOfDepositMember us-gaap:ShortTermInvestmentsMember 2019-12-31 0001370637 us-gaap:USGovernmentAgenciesDebtSecuritiesMember us-gaap:ShortTermInvestmentsMember 2019-12-31 0001370637 us-gaap:USGovernmentAgenciesDebtSecuritiesMember us-gaap:ShortTermInvestmentsMember 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsMember 2019-12-31 0001370637 us-gaap:CommercialPaperMember us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsMember 2019-12-31 0001370637 us-gaap:CommercialPaperMember us-gaap:ShortTermInvestmentsMember 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:CertificatesOfDepositMember us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsMember 2019-12-31 0001370637 us-gaap:CommercialPaperMember us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsMember 2020-03-31 0001370637 etsy:LongTermInvestmentsMember 2019-12-31 0001370637 us-gaap:CommercialPaperMember us-gaap:ShortTermInvestmentsMember 2019-12-31 0001370637 us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsMember 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:ShortTermInvestmentsMember 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:USGovernmentAgenciesDebtSecuritiesMember etsy:LongTermInvestmentsMember 2019-12-31 0001370637 us-gaap:USGovernmentAgenciesDebtSecuritiesMember etsy:LongTermInvestmentsMember 2020-03-31 0001370637 etsy:LongTermInvestmentsMember 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:CorporateBondSecuritiesMember us-gaap:ShortTermInvestmentsMember 2019-12-31 0001370637 us-gaap:CertificatesOfDepositMember etsy:LongTermInvestmentsMember 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:CertificatesOfDepositMember us-gaap:ShortTermInvestmentsMember 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:CertificatesOfDepositMember etsy:LongTermInvestmentsMember 2019-12-31 0001370637 us-gaap:CorporateBondSecuritiesMember etsy:LongTermInvestmentsMember 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:CorporateBondSecuritiesMember us-gaap:ShortTermInvestmentsMember 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:CorporateBondSecuritiesMember etsy:LongTermInvestmentsMember 2019-12-31 0001370637 us-gaap:ShortTermInvestmentsMember 2019-12-31 0001370637 etsy:ConvertibleSeniorNotesDue2026Member us-gaap:ConvertibleDebtMember 2019-09-01 2019-09-30 0001370637 srt:MinimumMember us-gaap:RevolvingCreditFacilityMember etsy:CreditAgreementMember 2019-02-25 2019-02-25 0001370637 etsy:ConvertibleSeniorNotesDue2026Member us-gaap:ConvertibleDebtMember 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:RevolvingCreditFacilityMember etsy:CreditAgreementMember us-gaap:LondonInterbankOfferedRateLIBORMember 2019-02-25 2019-02-25 0001370637 srt:MaximumMember us-gaap:RevolvingCreditFacilityMember etsy:CreditAgreementMember etsy:OneMonthLondonInterbankOfferedRateLIBORPlus1Member 2019-02-25 2019-02-25 0001370637 etsy:ConvertibleSeniorNotesdue2023Member us-gaap:ConvertibleDebtMember 2019-01-01 2019-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:RevolvingCreditFacilityMember etsy:CreditAgreementMember 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:RevolvingCreditFacilityMember etsy:CreditAgreementMember us-gaap:FederalFundsEffectiveSwapRateMember 2019-02-25 2019-02-25 0001370637 etsy:ConvertibleSeniorNotesdue2023Member us-gaap:ConvertibleDebtMember 2020-03-31 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:BridgeLoanMember etsy:CreditAgreementMember 2019-02-25 0001370637 etsy:ConvertibleSeniorNotesdue2023Member us-gaap:ConvertibleDebtMember 2020-01-01 2020-03-31 0001370637 etsy:ConvertibleSeniorNotesdue2023Member us-gaap:ConvertibleDebtMember 2020-03-31 0001370637 srt:MaximumMember us-gaap:RevolvingCreditFacilityMember etsy:CreditAgreementMember 2019-02-25 2019-02-25 0001370637 etsy:ConvertibleSeniorNotesDue2026Member us-gaap:ConvertibleDebtMember 2019-12-31 0001370637 us-gaap:RevolvingCreditFacilityMember etsy:CreditAgreementMember 2019-02-25 0001370637 etsy:CreditAgreementMember 2019-02-25 0001370637 etsy:CreditAgreementMember 2020-01-01 2020-03-31 0001370637 etsy:ConvertibleSeniorNotesdue2023Member us-gaap:ConvertibleDebtMember 2018-03-01 2018-03-31 0001370637 etsy:ConvertibleSeniorNotesdue2023Member us-gaap:ConvertibleDebtMember 2019-12-31 0001370637 etsy:CappedCallTransactionMember us-gaap:ConvertibleDebtMember 2018-03-01 2018-03-31 0001370637 etsy:ConvertibleSeniorNotesDue2026Member us-gaap:ConvertibleDebtMember 2020-01-01 2020-03-31 0001370637 etsy:CappedCallTransactionMember us-gaap:ConvertibleDebtMember 2019-09-01 2019-09-30 0001370637 srt:MinimumMember us-gaap:RevolvingCreditFacilityMember etsy:CreditAgreementMember etsy:OneMonthLondonInterbankOfferedRateLIBORPlus1Member 2019-02-25 2019-02-25 0001370637 srt:MaximumMember us-gaap:RevolvingCreditFacilityMember etsy:CreditAgreementMember etsy:LondonInterbankOfferedRateLIBORAdjustedMember 2019-02-25 2019-02-25 0001370637 etsy:CreditAgreementMember 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:LetterOfCreditMember etsy:CreditAgreementMember 2019-02-25 0001370637 srt:MinimumMember us-gaap:RevolvingCreditFacilityMember etsy:CreditAgreementMember etsy:LondonInterbankOfferedRateLIBORAdjustedMember 2019-02-25 2019-02-25 0001370637 2019-12-31 2019-12-31 0001370637 2020-03-31 2020-03-31 0001370637 2018-11-30 0001370637 us-gaap:EmployeeStockOptionMember 2020-01-01 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:EmployeeStockOptionMember 2019-01-01 2019-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:RestrictedStockUnitsRSUMember 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:RestrictedStockUnitsRSUMember 2019-12-31 0001370637 us-gaap:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpenseMember 2019-01-01 2019-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:GeneralAndAdministrativeExpenseMember 2020-01-01 2020-03-31 0001370637 etsy:CostofRevenueMember 2020-01-01 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:GeneralAndAdministrativeExpenseMember 2019-01-01 2019-03-31 0001370637 etsy:CostofRevenueMember 2019-01-01 2019-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpenseMember 2020-01-01 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:SellingAndMarketingExpenseMember 2020-01-01 2020-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:SellingAndMarketingExpenseMember 2019-01-01 2019-03-31 0001370637 us-gaap:EmployeeStockOptionMember 2020-03-31 0001370637 etsy:TwoThousandFifteenEquityIncentivePlanMember 2020-03-31 0001370637 etsy:TwoThousandFifteenEquityIncentivePlanMember 2020-01-01 2020-03-31 etsy:day iso4217:USD xbrli:shares iso4217:USD xbrli:shares xbrli:pure

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

__________________________________

FORM 10-Q

__________________________________



☒	Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
	For the quarterly period ended	March 31, 2020

	OR

☐	Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 For the transition period from to

Commission File Number 001-36911

__________________________________

ETSY, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

__________________________________



Delaware			20-4898921
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)			(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

117 Adams Street	Brooklyn	NY	11201
(Address of principal executive offices)			(Zip code)

(718) 880-3660

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:



Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock	$0.001 par value per share	ETSY	The Nasdaq Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes x No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.



Large Accelerated Filer	☒	Accelerated Filer	☐
Non-accelerated Filer	☐	Smaller Reporting Company	☐
Non-accelerated Filer		Emerging Growth Company	☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No x

The number of shares of common stock outstanding as of May 4, 2020 was 118,677,964.

Etsy, Inc.

Table of Contents



		Page
	Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements	3
	Part I - Financial Information	4
Item 1.	Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)	4
	Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019	4
	Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019	5
	Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019	6
	Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019	7
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019	8
	Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements	10
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	24
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	39
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	40
	Part II - Other Information	41
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	41
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	41
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	66
Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	66
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	66
Item 5.	Other Information	66
Item 6.	Exhibits	67
	Signatures	68

Unless the context otherwise requires, we use the terms “Etsy,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (“Quarterly Report”) to refer to Etsy, Inc. and, where appropriate, our consolidated subsidiaries.

See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Key Operating and Financial Metrics” for the definitions of the following terms used in this Quarterly Report: “active buyer,” “active seller,” “Adjusted EBITDA,” “GMS,” “international GMS,” and “mobile GMS.”

Etsy has used, and intends to continue using, its investor relations website and the Etsy News Blog (blog.etsy.com/news) to disclose material non-public information and to comply with its disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. Accordingly, you should monitor our investor relations website and the Etsy News Blog in addition to following our press releases, SEC filings, and public conference calls and webcasts.

NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Quarterly Report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements include information relating to the impact of our strategy, marketing and product investments on future gross merchandise sales (“GMS”) and revenue growth, the impact of our “Right to Win” strategy and levers for growth, the impact of ongoing settlement of intercompany balances on future foreign exchange rate volatility, our free shipping initiative, and our new Offsite Ads service on our future financial performance, and the uncertain impacts that the COVID-19 pandemic may have on our business, strategy, operating results, key metrics, financial condition, profitability, and cash flows and changes in overall level of consumer spending and volatility in the global economy. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical facts. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by terms such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “could,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “may,” “plans,” “potential,” “predicts,” “projects,” “seeks,” “should,” “will,” “would” or similar expressions and the negatives of those terms.

Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Those risks include those described in the section titled “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report. Given these uncertainties, you should read this Quarterly Report in its entirety and not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements in this Quarterly Report.

In addition, statements that “we believe” and similar statements reflect our beliefs and opinions on the relevant subject. These statements are based upon information available to us as of the date of this Quarterly Report and, although we believe such information forms a reasonable basis for such statements, such information may be limited or incomplete, and our statements should not be read to indicate that we have conducted an exhaustive inquiry into, or review of, all potentially available relevant information. These statements are inherently uncertain and investors are cautioned not to unduly rely upon these statements.

Moreover, we operate in a competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks and uncertainties emerge from time to time and it is not possible for us to predict all risks and uncertainties that could have an impact on the forward-looking statements made in this Quarterly Report. In light of these risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, the future events and trends discussed in this Quarterly Report may not occur and actual results could differ materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements. In addition, the global economic climate and additional or unforeseen effects from the COVID-19 pandemic may amplify many of these risks.

Forward-looking statements represent our beliefs and assumptions only as of the date of this Quarterly Report. We disclaim any obligation to update forward-looking statements.

Table of Contents

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited).

Etsy, Inc.

Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)

(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)



	As of March 31, 2020			As of December 31, 2019
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	442,354		$	443,293
Short-term investments	361,640			373,959
Accounts receivable, net of expected credit losses of $6,734 and $5,033 as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively	11,712			15,386
Prepaid and other current assets	36,074			38,614
Funds receivable and seller accounts	55,172			49,786
Total current assets	906,952			921,038
Restricted cash	5,341			5,341
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization of $131,114 and $120,084 as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively	134,519			144,864
Goodwill	138,305			138,731
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $13,377 and $16,911 as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively	194,874			199,236
Deferred tax assets	15,232			14,257
Long-term investments	94,080			89,343
Other assets	28,339			29,542
Total assets	$	1,517,642		$	1,542,352
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	10,557		$	26,324
Accrued expenses	68,885			88,345
Finance lease obligations—current	8,000			8,275
Funds payable and amounts due to sellers	55,172			49,786
Deferred revenue	8,250			7,617
Other current liabilities	7,985			8,181
Total current liabilities	158,849			188,528
Finance lease obligations—net of current portion	51,458			53,611
Deferred tax liabilities	63,126			64,497
Long-term debt, net	794,129			785,126
Other liabilities	43,233			43,956
Total liabilities	1,110,795			1,135,718
Commitments and contingencies (Note 10)
Stockholders’ equity:
Common stock ($0.001 par value, 1,400,000,000 shares authorized as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019; 118,376,782 and 118,342,772 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively)	118			119
Preferred stock ($0.001 par value, 25,000,000 shares authorized as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019)	—			—
Additional paid-in capital	657,311			642,628
Accumulated deficit	(239,883		)	(227,414		)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(10,699		)	(8,699		)
Total stockholders’ equity	406,847			406,634
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	1,517,642		$	1,542,352

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements

Table of Contents

Etsy, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)

(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2020			2019
Revenue	$	228,055		$	169,339
Cost of revenue	82,416			52,658
Gross profit	145,639			116,681
Operating expenses:
Marketing	48,505			35,444
Product development	37,782			24,947
General and administrative	33,987			24,647
Total operating expenses	120,274			85,038
Income from operations	25,365			31,643
Other (expense) income:
Interest expense	(9,967		)	(4,653		)
Interest and other income	3,613			3,385
Foreign exchange (loss) gain	(9,318		)	1,062
Total other expense	(15,672		)	(206		)
Income before income taxes	9,693			31,437
Benefit for income taxes	2,829			142
Net income	$	12,522		$	31,579
Net income per share attributable to common stockholders:
Basic	$	0.11		$	0.26
Diluted	$	0.10		$	0.24
Weighted-average common shares outstanding:
Basic	118,138,186			119,679,149
Diluted	123,119,053			130,237,875

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements

Table of Contents

Etsy, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Unaudited)

(In thousands)



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2020			2019
Net income	$	12,522		$	31,579
Other comprehensive loss:
Cumulative translation adjustment	(2,671		)	(1,061		)
Unrealized gains on marketable securities, net of tax expense of $205 and $0, respectively	671			99
Total other comprehensive loss	(2,000		)	(962		)
Comprehensive income	$	10,522		$	30,617

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements

Table of Contents

Etsy, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity (Unaudited)

(In thousands, except share amounts)



	Common Stock					Additional Paid-in Capital			Accumulated Deficit			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss			Total
	Common Stock
	Shares		Amount
Balance as of December 31, 2019	118,342,772		$	119		$	642,628		$	(227,414	)	$	(8,699	)	$	406,634
Stock-based compensation	—		—			13,985			—			—			13,985
Exercise of vested options	447,886		—			4,896			—			—			4,896
Vesting of restricted stock units, net of shares withheld	129,230		—			(4,198		)	—			—			(4,198		)
Stock repurchase	(543,106	)	(1		)	—			(24,991		)	—			(24,992		)
Other comprehensive loss	—		—			—			—			(2,000		)	(2,000		)
Net income	—		—			—			12,522			—			12,522
Balance as of March 31, 2020	118,376,782		$	118		$	657,311		$	(239,883	)	$	(10,699	)	$	406,847



	Common Stock					Additional Paid-in Capital			Accumulated Deficit			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss			Total
	Common Stock
	Shares		Amount
Balance as of December 31, 2018	119,771,702		$	120		$	562,033		$	(153,442	)	$	(7,813	)	$	400,898
Cumulative effect adjustment related to the adoption of the leasing standard	—		—			—			7,116			—			7,116
Stock-based compensation	—		—			8,616			—			—			8,616
Exercise of vested options	534,693		1			5,929			—			—			5,930
Vesting of restricted stock units, net of shares withheld	159,403		—			(5,672		)	—			—			(5,672		)
Stock repurchase	(532,412	)	(1		)	—			(27,491		)	—			(27,492		)
Other comprehensive loss	—		—			—			—			(962		)	(962		)
Net income	—		—			—			31,579			—			31,579
Balance as of March 31, 2019	119,933,386		$	120		$	570,906		$	(142,238	)	$	(8,775	)	$	420,013

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements

Table of Contents

Etsy, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)

(In thousands)



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2020			2019
Cash flows from operating activities
Net income	$	12,522		$	31,579
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Stock-based compensation expense	13,811			8,082
Depreciation and amortization expense	15,163			10,142
Bad debt expense	3,684			1,182
Foreign exchange loss (gain)	8,157			(171		)
Non-cash interest expense	8,570			3,376
Deferred income taxes	(2,829		)	(142		)
Other non-cash expense (income), net	530			(448		)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Current assets	(2,784		)	(48,293		)
Non-current assets	915			1,008
Current liabilities	(27,235		)	25,815
Non-current liabilities	(840		)	(672		)
Net cash provided by operating activities	29,664			31,458
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchases of property and equipment	(567		)	(683		)
Development of internal-use software	(1,261		)	(3,390		)
Purchases of marketable securities	(101,501		)	(158,883		)
Sales of marketable securities	109,422			140,952
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	6,093			(22,004		)
Cash flows from financing activities
Payment of tax obligations on vested equity awards	(4,198		)	(5,672		)
Repurchase of stock	(24,992		)	(27,492		)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	4,896			5,930
Payment of debt issuance costs	(14		)	(1,192		)
Payments on finance lease obligations	(2,566		)	(2,745		)
Other financing, net	(5,804		)	1,864
Net cash used in financing activities	(32,678		)	(29,307		)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	(4,018		)	(1,458		)
Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash	(939		)	(21,311		)
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at beginning of period	448,634			372,326
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at end of period	$	447,695		$	351,015

Table of Contents

Etsy, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)

(In thousands)



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2020		2019
Supplemental non-cash disclosures:
Stock-based compensation capitalized in development of capitalized software	$	174	$	534
Additions to development of internal-use software and property and equipment included in accounts payable and accrued expenses	$	65	$	1,180
Additions to intangible assets included in other current liabilities	$	—	$	1,348
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new lease liabilities:
Finance leases	$	135	$	202

The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash reported within the Consolidated Balance Sheets that sum to the total of the same such amounts shown above:



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2020		2019
Beginning balance:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	443,293	$	366,985
Restricted cash	5,341		5,341
Total cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash	$	448,634	$	372,326

Ending balance:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	442,354	$	345,674
Restricted cash	5,341		5,341
Total cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash	$	447,695	$	351,015

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements

Table of Contents

Etsy, Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Note 1—Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Description of Business

Etsy, Inc. (the “Company” or “Etsy”) operates two-sided online marketplaces that connect millions of passionate and creative buyers and sellers. Our primary marketplace, Etsy.com, is the global marketplace for unique and creative goods. The Company generates revenue primarily from transaction and listing fees, payments processing fees, advertising services, and shipping label sales.

Basis of Consolidation

The Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of Etsy and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Unaudited Interim Financial Information and Use of Estimates

The accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheet as of March 31, 2020, the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, and the Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 are unaudited. The unaudited interim financial statements have been prepared on the same basis as the annual Consolidated Financial Statements except for new accounting standards adopted as disclosed below, and, in the opinion of management, reflect all adjustments, which include only normal recurring adjustments, necessary to state fairly the Company’s financial position as of March 31, 2020, results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, and cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019.

The future effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company’s results of operations, cash flows, and financial position are unclear. The Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements presented herein reflect the latest estimates and assumptions made by management that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and related disclosures as of the date of the Consolidated Financial Statements and reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting periods presented. The Company believes it has used reasonable estimates and assumptions in preparing the Consolidated Financial Statements. The accounting estimates that require management’s most subjective judgments include: leases, including determining the incremental borrowing rate; income taxes, including the estimate of annual effective tax rate at interim periods and evaluation of uncertain tax positions; purchase price allocations for business combinations, valuation of the acquired intangibles purchased in a business combination, and valuation of goodwill and intangible assets; stock-based compensation; fair value of financial instruments; and provision for expected credit losses. Actual results could differ from these estimates and assumptions. The results for these interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results to be anticipated for the full annual period or any future period due to seasonal and other factors. The financial data and the other information disclosed in the Notes to the interim financial statements related to the quarters ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 and as of March 31, 2020 are unaudited. These unaudited interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 27, 2020 (the “Annual Report”).

There have been no material changes in the Company’s significant accounting policies from those that were disclosed in the Annual Report other than those adopted in the quarter ended March 31, 2020 as disclosed below in Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2019, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU 2019-12—Income Taxes (Topic 740)—Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes, which enhances and simplifies various aspects of the income tax accounting guidance, including requirements such as tax basis step-up in goodwill obtained in a transaction that is not a business combination, ownership changes in investments, and interim-period accounting for enacted changes in tax law. The Company adopted this standard in the first quarter of 2020, effective as of January 1, 2020, on a prospective basis. The effect of this standard was not material to the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements.

Table of Contents

Etsy, Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-15—Intangibles—Goodwill and Other—Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40)—Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That Is a Service Contract, which aligns the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred in a hosting arrangement that is a service contract with the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred to develop or obtain internal-use software. The new guidance is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2019, and early adoption is permitted. The Company adopted this standard January 1, 2020 on a prospective basis. The effect of this standard was not material to the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements.

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13—Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326)—Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, and additional changes, modifications, clarifications, or interpretations related to this guidance thereafter, which require a reporting entity to estimate credit losses on certain types of financial instruments, including accounts receivable and funds receivable and seller accounts, and present assets held at amortized cost and available-for-sale debt securities at the amount expected to be collected. The Company adopted this standard January 1, 2020 using a modified retrospective transition method. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements on the date of its adoption.

For the three months ended March 31, 2020, our assessment of the provision for expected credit losses considered market disruptions caused by COVID-19 and estimates of expected and emerging credit and collectibility trends. The continued volatility in market conditions and evolving shifts in credit trends are difficult to predict causing variability and volatility that may have a significant impact on our provision for credit losses in future periods.

Accounts Receivable: This standard requires the Company to consider forward-looking information to estimate expected credit losses in addition to its previous policy of determining the allowance by a number of factors, including age of the receivable, current economic conditions, historical losses, and management’s assessment of the financial condition of sellers on its platform.

The following table provides a rollforward of the allowance for credit losses that is deducted from the amortized cost basis of accounts receivable to present the net amount expected to be collected (in thousands):



	As of March 31, 2020
Balance as of the beginning of period	$	5,033
Adoption of ASU 2016-13, cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings	—
Provision for expected credit losses	3,684
Amounts written off charged against the allowance	(1,983		)
Balance as of the end of period	$	6,734

Available-For-Sale Debt Securities: The Company’s investment portfolio at any point in time contains investments in U.S. Government and agency securities, corporate bonds, commercial paper, certificates of deposit, cash deposits, and money market funds. The Company's investment policy is to invest in high quality, investment grade securities from diverse issuers with credit ratings higher than BBB. In accordance with its investment policy, the Company’s investments have maturities no longer than 37 months, with the average maturity of these investments maintained at 12 months or less. The Company segments its portfolio based on the underlying risk profiles of the securities and has a zero loss expectation for U.S. treasury and U.S. Government agency securities. The potential of credit losses for the remainder of the portfolio of available-for-sale debt securities is mitigated by the high quality nature of the investments. The Company regularly reviews the securities in an unrealized loss position and evaluates the current expected credit loss by considering factors such as historical experience, market data, issuer-specific factors including their credit rating, and current economic conditions. As of March 31, 2020, the Company did not recognize any year-to-date credit loss related to available-for-sale debt securities. The Company evaluates fair values for each individual security in the investment portfolio. See “Note 7—Marketable Securities” for additional information on the Company’s marketable securities.

Table of Contents

Etsy, Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Note 2—Revenue

The following table summarizes revenue by type of service for the periods presented (in thousands):



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2020		2019
Marketplace revenue	$	155,921	$	127,168
Services revenue	72,134		42,171
Revenue	$	228,055	$	169,339

Contract balances

Deferred revenues

The amount of revenue recognized in the three months ended March 31, 2020 that was included in the deferred balance at January 1, 2020 was $7.3 million.

Note 3—Income Taxes

The Company’s provision or benefit from income taxes in interim periods is determined using an estimate of the annual effective tax rate, adjusted for discrete items, if any, that are taken into account in the relevant period. Each quarter the Company updates its estimate of the annual effective tax rate, and if its estimated tax rate changes, the Company makes a cumulative adjustment. The estimate of the annual effective income tax rate for the full year is applied to the respective interim period, taking into account year-to-date amounts and projected results for the full year.

The Company’s quarterly tax provision, and its quarterly estimate of the annual effective tax rate, is subject to significant variation due to several factors, including variability in accurately predicting its income or loss before tax and the mix of jurisdictions to which they relate, taxable income or loss in each jurisdiction, changes in its stock price, audit-related developments, acquisitions, changes in its deferred tax assets and liabilities and their valuation, foreign currency gains (losses), changes in statutes, regulations, case law, and administrative practices, principles, and interpretations related to tax, including changes to the global tax framework, competition, and other laws and accounting rules in various jurisdictions, and relative changes of expenses or losses for which tax benefits are not recognized. Additionally, the effective tax rate can be more or less volatile based on the amount of income or loss before tax. For example, the impact of discrete items and non-deductible expenses on the effective tax rate is greater when income before tax is lower.

For the three months ended March 31, 2020 the Company’s effective income tax rate was (29.2)% representing an income tax benefit recorded on net income before tax. The effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2020 was lower than the U.S. statutory rate of 21% primarily due to excess tax benefits from employee stock-based payments, a benefit related to research and development tax credit and the impact from foreign operations that are subject to lower tax rates, partially offset by additional U.S. taxes on foreign earnings.

Although management believes its tax positions and related provisions reflected in the Consolidated Financial Statements are fully supportable, it recognizes that these tax positions and related provisions may be challenged by various tax authorities. These tax positions and related provisions are reviewed on an ongoing basis and are adjusted as additional facts and information become available, including progress on tax audits, changes in interpretation of tax laws, developments in case law and closing of statute of limitations. To the extent that the ultimate results differ from the original or adjusted estimates of the Company, the effect will be recorded in the provision for income taxes.

The provision for income taxes involves a significant amount of management judgment regarding interpretation of relevant facts and laws in the jurisdictions in which the Company operates. Future changes in applicable laws, projected levels of taxable income and tax planning could change the effective tax rate and tax balances recorded by the Company. In addition, tax authorities periodically review income tax returns filed by the Company and can raise issues regarding its filing positions, timing and amount of income and deductions, and the allocation of income among the jurisdictions in which the Company

Table of Contents

Etsy, Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

operates. A significant period of time may elapse between the filing of an income tax return and the ultimate resolution of an issue raised by a revenue authority with respect to that return. Any adjustments as a result of any examination, may result in additional taxes or penalties against the Company. If the ultimate result of these audits differ from original or adjusted estimates, they could have a material impact on the Company’s tax provision.

The amount of unrecognized tax benefits included in the Consolidated Balance Sheets increased $0.2 million in the three months ended March 31, 2020, from $19.9 million at December 31, 2019 to $20.1 million at March 31, 2020. The total amount of unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would favorably affect the effective tax rate is $19.6 million at March 31, 2020. Although the timing of the resolution and/or closure of audits is highly uncertain, it is reasonably possible that the balance of gross unrecognized tax benefits could significantly change in the next 12 months. Given the number of years remaining subject to examination and the number of matters being examined, at this time, the Company is unable to estimate the full range of possible adjustments to the balance of gross unrecognized tax benefits.

The Company recognizes interest and/or penalties related to uncertain tax positions in income tax expense. The amount of interest and penalties accrued in tax (benefit)/expense for the three months ended March 31, 2020 was nil, and the total amount accrued as of March 31, 2020 remained flat at $0.2 million from December 31, 2019.

Note 4—Net Income Per Share

The following table presents the calculation of basic and diluted net income per share for periods presented (in thousands, except share and per share amounts):



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2020		2019
Numerator:
Net income	$	12,522	$	31,579
Net income allocated to participating securities under the two-class method	—		(15		)
Net income attributable to common stockholders—basic	12,522		31,564
Dilutive effect of net income allocated to participating securities under the two-class method	—		15
Net income attributable to common stockholders—diluted	$	12,522	$	31,579

Denominator:
Weighted-average common shares outstanding—basic (1)	118,138,186		119,679,149
Dilutive effect of assumed conversion of options to purchase common stock	4,000,177		4,849,246
Dilutive effect of assumed conversion of restricted stock units	980,690		1,970,865
Dilutive effect of assumed conversion of convertible debt (2)	—		3,720,694
Dilutive effect of assumed conversion of restricted stock from acquisition	—		17,921
Weighted-average common shares outstanding—diluted	123,119,053		130,237,875

Net income per share attributable to common stockholders—basic	$	0.11	$	0.26
Net income per share attributable to common stockholders—diluted	$	0.10	$	0.24


(1)	23,759 shares of unvested stock are considered participating securities and are excluded from basic shares outstanding for the three months ended March 31, 2019.

(2)

Since the Company expects to settle in cash the principal outstanding under the 0.125% Convertible Senior Notes due 2026 (the “2019 Notes”), it uses the treasury stock method when calculating the potential dilutive effect of the conversion spread on diluted net income per share, if applicable. The Company uses the if-converted method when calculating the dilutive effect of the 0% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023 (the “2018 Notes”) for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and used the treasury stock method for the three months ended March 31, 2019. See “Note 9—Debt” for more information on the 2019 Notes and the 2018 Notes.

Table of Contents

Etsy, Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

The following potential common shares were excluded from the calculation of diluted net income per share attributable to common stockholders because their effect would have been anti-dilutive for the periods presented:



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2020	2019
Stock options	624,906	111,444
Restricted stock units	1,144,169	174,681
Convertible senior notes	16,924,593	—
Total anti-dilutive securities	18,693,668	286,125

Note 5—Business Combinations

On August 15, 2019, the Company acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of Reverb, a leading online marketplace dedicated to buying and selling new, used, and vintage musical instruments. The acquisition enables the Company to expand into a new vertical with a company that has a similar strategy and business model. The total cash consideration paid was $270.4 million, net of cash acquired.

The acquisition was accounted for under the acquisition method of accounting. Accordingly, the purchase price was allocated to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based upon their estimated fair values as of the date of the acquisition. The excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair value of the net assets acquired was recorded as goodwill, which consists largely of synergies and acquisition of workforce. The resulting goodwill is not expected to be deductible for tax purposes.

The Company has finalized the valuation of assets acquired and liabilities assumed for the acquisition of Reverb as of December 31, 2019.

Purchase Price Allocation

The following table summarizes the allocation of the purchase price (at fair value) to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed of Reverb as of August 15, 2019 (the date of acquisition) (in thousands):



	Final Fair Value as Adjusted
Short-term investments	$	1,028
Other current assets (1)	2,902
Funds receivable and seller accounts	5,578
Property and equipment other	1,543
Developed technology	30,300
Trademark	79,400
Customer relationships	93,500
Goodwill	101,703
Other assets (1)	6,743
Other net working capital	(208		)
Funds payable and amounts due to sellers	(5,578		)
Other current liabilities (1)	(3,684		)
Other liabilities (1)	(7,333		)
Deferred tax liability, net (1)	(35,485		)
Total purchase price	$	270,409


(1)	Other current liabilities and other liabilities are primarily related to non-income tax related contingency reserves, which are wholly offset by an indemnification asset of $5.5 million and a deferred tax asset.

Table of Contents

Etsy, Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Acquisition-related expenses are expensed as incurred. They were recorded in general and administrative expenses and were $0.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020. They primarily related to non-recurring employee-related costs associated with the acquisition.

Unaudited Supplemental Pro Forma Information

The following unaudited pro forma summary presents consolidated information of the Company as if the business combination had occurred on January 1, 2018 (in thousands):



	Three Months Ended March 31, 2019
Revenue	$	181,159
Net income	28,017

The pro forma financial information includes adjustments that are directly attributable to the business combination and are factually supportable. The pro forma adjustments include incremental amortization of intangible and developed technology assets, based on final values of each asset and acquisition-related expenses and are tax-effected. These pro forma results are illustrative only and not indicative of the actual results of operations that would have been achieved nor are they indicative of future results of operations.

Table of Contents

Etsy, Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Note 6—Fair Value Measurements

The Company has characterized its investments in marketable securities, based on the priority of the inputs used to value the investments, into a three-level fair value hierarchy. The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1), and lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). If the inputs used to measure the investments fall within different levels of the hierarchy, the categorization is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement of the investment. Investments recorded in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets are categorized based on the inputs to valuation techniques as follows:

Level 1—These are investments where values are based on unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets in an active market that the Company has the ability to access.

Level 2—These are investments where values are based on quoted market prices in markets that are not active or model derived valuations in which all significant inputs are observable in active markets.

Level 3—These are financial instruments where values are derived from techniques in which one or more significant inputs are unobservable.

The following are the major categories of assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of the dates indicated (in thousands):



	As of March 31, 2020
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Assets
Cash equivalents:
Money market funds	$	300,279	$	—	$	—	$	300,279
Commercial paper	—		6,291		—		6,291
	300,279		6,291		—		306,570
Short-term investments:
Commercial paper	—		26,079		—		26,079
Certificates of deposit	—		23,933		—		23,933
Corporate bonds	—		110,948		—		110,948
U.S. Government and agency securities	200,680		—		—		200,680
	200,680		160,960		—		361,640
Funds receivable and seller accounts:
Money market funds	19,783		—		—		19,783
	19,783		—		—		19,783
Long-term investments:
Certificate of deposit	—		2,001		—		2,001
Corporate bonds	—		16,633		—		16,633
U.S. Government and agency securities	75,446		—		—		75,446
	75,446		18,634		—		94,080
	$	596,188	$	185,885	$	—	$	782,073

Table of Contents

Etsy, Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements



	As of December 31, 2019
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Assets
Cash equivalents:
Money market funds	$	228,859	$	—	$	—	$	228,859
Certificate of deposit	—		2,959		—		2,959
Commercial paper	—		5,794		—		5,794
	228,859		8,753		—		237,612
Short-term investments:
Commercial paper	—		29,320		—		29,320
Certificate of deposit	—		26,132		—		26,132
Corporate bonds	—		114,202		—		114,202
U.S. Government and agency securities	204,305		—		—		204,305
	204,305		169,654		—		373,959
Funds receivable and seller accounts:
Money market funds	18,168		—		—		18,168
	18,168		—		—		18,168
Long-term investments:
Certificate of deposit	—		4,729		—		4,729
Corporate bonds	—		38,563		—		38,563
U.S. Government and agency securities	46,051		—		—		46,051
	46,051		43,292		—		89,343
	$	497,383	$	221,699	$	—	$	719,082

Level 1 instruments include investments in debt securities including money market funds and U.S. Government and agency securities, which are valued based on inputs including quotes from broker-dealers or recently executed transactions in the same or similar securities.

Level 2 instruments include investments in debt securities, including fixed-income funds consisting of investments in commercial paper, corporate bonds, and certificates of deposit, which are valued based on quoted market prices in markets that are not active or model derived valuations in which all significant inputs are observable in active markets.

The Company did not have any Level 3 instruments as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019.

The Company evaluates fair value for each individual security in the investment portfolio.

See “Note 7—Marketable Securities” for additional information on the Company’s marketable securities measured at fair value.

Disclosure of Fair Values

The Company’s financial instruments that are not remeasured at fair value include the 2018 Notes and 2019 Notes (see “Note 9—Debt”). The Company estimates the fair value of the 2018 Notes and 2019 Notes through consideration of quoted market prices of similar instruments, classified as Level 2 as described above. The estimated fair value of the 2018 Notes was $289.6 million and $310.3 million as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. The estimated fair value of the 2019 Notes was $442.7 million and $522.2 million as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.

The carrying value of other financial instruments, including cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, funds receivable and seller accounts, and funds payable and amounts due to sellers approximate fair value due to the immediate or short-term maturity associated with these instruments.

Table of Contents

Etsy, Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Note 7—Marketable Securities

Short- and long-term investments and certain cash equivalents consist of investments in debt securities that are available-for-sale. The cost and fair value of available-for-sale securities were as follows as of the dates indicated (in thousands):



	Cost		Gross Unrealized Holding Loss			Gross Unrealized Holding Gain		Fair Value
March 31, 2020
Cash equivalents:
Commercial paper	$	6,292	$	(2	)	$	1	$	6,291
	6,292		(2		)	1		6,291
Short-term investments:
Commercial paper	26,059		(12		)	32		26,079
Certificates of deposit	23,913		(25		)	45		23,933
Corporate bonds	111,362		(439		)	25		110,948
U.S. Government and agency securities	199,228		—			1,452		200,680
	360,562		(476		)	1,554		361,640
Long-term investments:
Certificate of deposit	2,044		(43		)	—		2,001
Corporate bonds	17,028		(397		)	2		16,633
U.S. Government and agency securities	74,997		(12		)	461		75,446
	94,069		(452		)	463		94,080
	$	460,923	$	(930	)	$	2,018	$	462,011
December 31, 2019
Cash equivalents:
Commercial paper	$	5,794	$	—		$	—	$	5,794
Certificate of deposit	2,958		—			1		2,959
	8,752		—			1		8,753
Short-term investments:
Commercial paper	29,319		(1		)	2		29,320
Certificates of deposit	26,129		(3		)	6		26,132
Corporate bonds	114,068		(22		)	156		114,202
U.S. Government and agency securities	204,246		(8		)	67		204,305
	373,762		(34		)	231		373,959
Long-term investments:
Certificate of deposit	4,727		—			2		4,729
Corporate bonds	38,582		(35		)	16		38,563
U.S. Government and agency securities	46,017		(2		)	36		46,051
	89,326		(37		)	54		89,343
	$	471,840	$	(71	)	$	286	$	472,055

All investments in an unrealized loss position are in an unrealized loss position for less than 12 months as of March 31, 2020. See “Note 6—Fair Value Measurements” for additional information on the Company’s marketable securities measured at fair value.

Table of Contents

Etsy, Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Note 8—Accrued Expenses

Accrued expenses consisted of the following as of the dates indicated (in thousands):



	As of March 31, 2020		As of December 31, 2019
Sales and use tax payable	$	29,289	$	39,250
Vendor accruals	24,452		25,760
Payroll-related liabilities	8,935		3,774
Accrued bonus	6,209		19,561
Total accrued expenses	$	68,885	$	88,345

Note 9—Debt

2019 Convertible Debt

In September 2019, the Company issued $650.0 million aggregate principal amount of the 2019 Notes in a private placement to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The net proceeds from the sale of the 2019 Notes were $639.5 million after deducting the initial purchasers’ discount and offering expenses. The equity component of the 2019 Notes is approximately $154.0 million and is included in additional paid-in capital in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company used $76.2 million of the net proceeds from the 2019 Notes offering to enter into separate capped call transactions (“2019 Capped Call Transactions”) with the initial purchasers and/or their respective affiliates.

During any calendar quarter preceding June 1, 2026 in which the closing price of the Company’s common stock exceeds 130% of the applicable conversion price of the 2019 Notes on at least 20 of the last 30 consecutive trading days of the quarter, holders may in the immediate quarter following convert all or a portion of their 2019 Notes. Based on the daily closing prices of the Company’s stock during the quarter ended March 31, 2020, holders of the 2019 Notes are not eligible to convert their 2019 Notes during the second quarter of 2020. Based on the terms of the 2019 Notes, when a conversion notice is received, the Company has the option to pay or deliver cash, shares of the Company’s common stock, or a combination thereof. Accordingly, the Company cannot be required to settle the 2019 Notes in cash and, therefore, the 2019 Notes are classified as long-term debt as of March 31, 2020. As of March 31, 2020, the if-converted value of the 2019 Notes was approximately $365.1 million lower than the aggregate principal amount, or $284.9 million.

The 2019 Notes are general unsecured obligations of the Company. The 2019 Notes rank senior in right of payment to all of the Company’s future indebtedness that is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the 2019 Notes; rank equal in right of payment with all of our liabilities that are not so subordinated, including our 2018 Notes; are effectively junior to any of the Company’s secured indebtedness; and are structurally junior to all indebtedness and liabilities (including trade payables) of the Company’s subsidiaries.

The Company capitalized $10.5 million of debt issuance costs in connection with the 2019 Notes. Non-cash interest expense, including amortization of debt issuance costs, related to the 2019 Notes for the three months ended March 31, 2020 was $5.3 million. Total unamortized debt issuance costs were $7.5 million and $7.8 million as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.

The estimated fair value of the 2019 Notes was $442.7 million and $522.2 million as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. The estimated fair value of the 2019 Notes was determined through consideration of quoted market prices for similar instruments. The fair value is classified as Level 2, as defined in “Note 6—Fair Value Measurements.”

As of March 31, 2020, there were no other material changes related to the 2019 Notes and 2019 Capped Call Transactions compared to that disclosed in the Annual Report.

2018 Convertible Debt

In March 2018, the Company issued $345.0 million aggregate principal amount of the 2018 Notes in a private placement to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to the Securities Act. The net proceeds from the sale of the 2018 Notes were $335.0 million after deducting the initial purchasers’ discount and offering expenses. The equity component of the 2018 Notes is

Table of Contents

Etsy, Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

approximately $72.8 million and is included in additional paid-in capital in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company used $34.2 million of the net proceeds from the 2018 Notes offering to enter into separate capped call transactions (“2018 Capped Call Transactions”) with the initial purchasers and/or their respective affiliates.

During any calendar quarter preceding November 1, 2022 in which the closing price of the Company’s common stock exceeds 130% of the applicable conversion price of the 2018 Notes on at least 20 of the last 30 consecutive trading days of the quarter, holders may in the immediate quarter following convert all or a portion of their 2018 Notes. Based on the daily closing prices of the Company’s stock during the quarter ended March 31, 2020, holders of the 2018 Notes are not eligible to convert their 2018 Notes during the second quarter of 2020. Based on the terms of the 2018 Notes, when a conversion notice is received, the Company has the option to pay or deliver cash, shares of the Company’s common stock, or a combination thereof. Accordingly, the Company cannot be required to settle the 2018 Notes in cash and, therefore, the 2018 Notes are classified as long-term debt as of March 31, 2020. As of March 31, 2020, the if-converted value of the 2018 Notes was approximately $20.6 million higher than the aggregate principal amount, or $365.6 million.

The 2018 Notes are general unsecured obligations of the Company. The 2018 Notes rank senior in right of payment to all of the Company’s future indebtedness that is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Notes; rank equal in right of payment with all of our liabilities that are not so subordinated, including our 2019 Notes; are effectively junior to any of the Company’s secured indebtedness; and are structurally junior to all indebtedness and liabilities (including trade payables) of the Company’s subsidiaries.

The Company capitalized $10.0 million of debt issuance costs in connection with the 2018 Notes. Non-cash interest expense, including amortization of debt issuance costs, related to the 2018 Notes for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 was $3.9 million and $3.7 million, respectively. Total unamortized debt issuance costs related to the 2018 Notes were $4.8 million and $5.2 million as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.

The estimated fair value of the 2018 Notes was $289.6 million and $310.3 million as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. The estimated fair value of the 2018 Notes was determined through consideration of quoted market prices for similar instruments. The fair value is classified as Level 2, as defined in “Note 6—Fair Value Measurements.”

As of March 31, 2020, there were no other material changes related to the 2018 Notes and 2018 Capped Call Transactions compared to that disclosed in the Annual Report.

2019 Credit Agreement

On February 25, 2019, the Company entered into a $200.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility pursuant to a Credit Agreement (the “2019 Credit Agreement”) with lenders party thereto from time to time, and Citibank N.A., as administrative Agent. The 2019 Credit Agreement will mature in February 2024. The 2019 Credit Agreement includes a letter of credit sublimit of $30.0 million and a swingline loan sublimit of $10.0 million.

Borrowings under the 2019 Credit Agreement (other than swingline loans) bear interest, at the Company’s option, at (i) a base rate equal to the highest of (a) the prime rate, (b) the federal funds rate plus 0.50%, and (c) an adjusted LIBOR rate for a one-month interest period plus 1.00%, in each case plus a margin ranging from 0.25% to 0.875% or (ii) an adjusted LIBOR rate plus a margin ranging from 1.25% to 1.875%. Swingline loans under the 2019 Credit Agreement bear interest at the same base rate (plus the margin applicable to borrowings bearing interest at the base rate). These margins are determined based on the senior secured net leverage ratio (defined as secured funded debt, net of unrestricted cash up to $100 million, to EBITDA) for the preceding four fiscal quarter period. The Company is also obligated to pay other customary fees for a credit facility of this size and type, including an unused commitment fee, ranging from 0.20% to 0.35% depending on the Company’s senior secured net leverage ratio, and fees associated with letters of credit.

The Company capitalized $1.4 million of debt issuance costs in connection with the 2019 Credit Agreement. Non-cash interest expense related to debt issuance costs on the 2019 Credit Agreement for the three months ended March 31, 2020 was $0.1 million. Total unamortized debt issuance costs related to the 2019 Credit Agreement were $1.1 million as of both March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019.

At March 31, 2020, the Company did not have any borrowings under the 2019 Credit Agreement and was in compliance with all financial covenants.

Table of Contents

Etsy, Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Note 10—Commitments and Contingencies

Legal Proceedings

From time to time in the normal course of business, various other claims and litigation have been asserted or commenced against the Company. Due to uncertainties inherent in litigation and other claims, the Company can give no assurance that it will prevail in any such matters, which could subject the Company to significant liability for damages. Any claims or litigation, regardless of their success, could have an adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations, cash flows, or business and financial condition in the period the claims or litigation are resolved. Although the results of litigation and claims cannot be predicted with certainty, the Company currently believes that the final outcome of these ordinary course matters will not have a material adverse effect on its business.

Note 11—Stockholders’ Equity

In November 2018, the Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program that enables the Company to repurchase up to $200 million of its common stock. The program does not have a time limit and may be modified, suspended, or terminated at any time by the Board of Directors. The number of shares repurchased and the timing of repurchases will depend on a number of factors, including, but not limited to, stock price, trading volume, and general market conditions, along with Etsy’s working capital requirements, general business conditions, and other factors.

Under the stock repurchase program, the Company may purchase shares of its common stock through various means, including open market transactions, privately negotiated transactions, tender offers, or any combination thereof. In addition, open market repurchases of common stock could be made pursuant to trading plans established pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which would permit common stock to be repurchased at a time that the Company might otherwise be precluded from doing so under insider trading laws or self-imposed trading restrictions.

The following table summarizes the Company’s cumulative share repurchase activity of the program noted above, excluding shares withheld to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of employee restricted stock units (“RSUs”) (in thousands, except share and per share amounts):



	Shares Repurchased	Average Price Paid per Share (1)		Value of Shares Repurchased (1)		Remaining Amount Authorized
Balance as of December 31, 2019	1,924,294	$	50.65	$	97,500	$	102,500
Repurchases of common stock for the three months ended:
March 31, 2020	543,106	46.02		25,000		(25,000		)
Balance as of Balance as of March 31, 2020	2,467,400	$	49.63	$	122,500	$	77,500

(1) Average price paid per share excludes broker commissions. Value of shares repurchased includes broker commissions.

All repurchases were made using cash resources and all repurchased shares of common stock have been retired. In light of the macroeconomic situation related to COVID-19, our Board of Directors has decided to temporarily pause share repurchases.

Note 12—Stock-Based Compensation

During the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company granted stock options and RSUs under its 2015 Equity Incentive Plan (“2015 Plan”) and, pursuant to the evergreen increase provision of the 2015 Plan, the Board of Directors approved an increase of 5,917,139 shares to the total number of shares available for issuance under the 2015 Plan effective as of January 2, 2020. At March 31, 2020, 31,831,808 shares were authorized under the 2015 Plan and 24,638,778 shares were available for future grant.

Table of Contents

Etsy, Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

The fair value of options granted in the periods presented below using the Black-Scholes pricing model has been based on the following assumptions:



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2020	2019
Volatility	39.5%	39.5%
Risk-free interest rate	0.6% - 1.7%	2.5%
Expected term (in years)	6.15	6.15
Dividend rate	—%	—%

The following table summarizes the activity for the Company’s options during the three months ended March 31, 2020 (in thousands, except share and per share amounts):



	Shares		Weighted-Average Exercise Price		Weighted-Average Remaining Contract Term (in years)	Aggregate Intrinsic Value
Outstanding at December 31, 2019	6,294,919		$	16.26
Granted	590,601		42.56
Exercised	(447,886	)	10.93
Forfeited/Canceled	(535	)	69.89
Outstanding at March 31, 2020	6,437,099		19.04		7.40	$	139,464
Total exercisable at March 31, 2020	3,708,091		12.38		6.86	97,817

The following table summarizes the weighted-average grant date fair value of options granted, intrinsic value of options exercised, and fair value of awards vested during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands, except per share amounts):



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2020		2019
Weighted-average grant date fair value of options granted	$	16.68	$	29.55
Intrinsic value of options exercised	20,425		28,523
Fair value of awards vested	7,385		6,083

The total unrecognized compensation expense at March 31, 2020 related to the Company’s options was $28.5 million, which will be recognized over an estimated weighted-average amortization period of 2.88 years.

The following table summarizes the activity for the Company’s unvested RSUs during the three months ended March 31, 2020:



	Shares		Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value
Unvested at December 31, 2019	2,960,413		$	40.61
Granted	1,348,762		43.01
Vested	(218,793	)	26.55
Forfeited/Canceled	(76,535	)	40.21
Unvested at March 31, 2020	4,013,847		42.18

The total unrecognized compensation expense at March 31, 2020 related to the Company’s unvested RSUs was $150.2 million, which will be recognized over an estimated weighted-average amortization period of 3.25 years.

Table of Contents

Etsy, Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Stock-based compensation expense included in the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the periods presented below is as follows (in thousands):



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2020		2019
Cost of revenue	$	1,620	$	1,099
Marketing	1,224		631
Product development	6,801		3,520
General and administrative	4,166		2,832
Stock-based compensation expense	$	13,811	$	8,082

Table of Contents

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations together with our Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes and other financial information included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and with the audited Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 27, 2020. This discussion, particularly information with respect to our outlook, our plans and strategy for our business, and our performance and future success, includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed below. Factors that could cause or contribute to these differences include those discussed below and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report, particularly in the “Risk Factors” section. For more information regarding key factors affecting our performance, see“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Key Factors Affecting our Performance” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, which we incorporate by reference. The forward-looking information and preliminary information relating to our results for the quarter ended March 31, 2020 provided on our April 2, 2020 Business Update call has been updated and superceded by the information contained in this quarterly report and in our earnings release dated May 6, 2020.

Overview

Business

Etsy operates two-sided online marketplaces that connect millions of passionate and creative buyers and sellers. Our mission is to “Keep Commerce Human,” and we’re committed to using the power of business and technology to strengthen communities and empower people around the world.

Our primary marketplace, Etsy.com, is the global destination for unique and creative goods. The Etsy marketplace connects creative entrepreneurs with thoughtful consumers looking for items that are intended to be special, reflect their sense of style, or represent a meaningful occasion. Our sellers are the heart and soul of Etsy, and our technology platform allows our sellers to turn their creative passions into economic opportunity. We have a seller-aligned business model: we make money when our sellers make money. We offer Etsy sellers a marketplace with millions of buyers along with a range of seller tools and services that are specifically designed to help our creative entrepreneurs generate more sales and scale their businesses.

We are focused on attracting potential buyers to the Etsy marketplace for those “special” purchase occasions that happen throughout the year, and for everyday items that have meaning. We are deepening engagement with our existing buyers by inspiring purchases across our many retail categories and special occasions. Special purchases for use in the everyday include handmade or vintage unique clothing, accessories, household items, or furniture that the buyer wants to reflect her sense of style. Special purchase occasions can occur many times throughout the year and include shopping for special occasions that reflects an individual’s unique style; gifting that demonstrates thought and care; and celebrations that express creativity and fun. Buyers tell us that they come to Etsy because Etsy sellers offer items that they can’t find anywhere else.

On August 15, 2019, we acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of Reverb Holdings, Inc. (“Reverb”) for $270.4 million, net of cash acquired. The Reverb marketplace is a leading global online marketplace dedicated to buying and selling new, used, and vintage musical instruments, with a vibrant community of buyers and sellers all over the world. Reverb, now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Etsy, Inc., is included in all financial and other metrics from August 15, 2019 (the date of acquisition), unless otherwise noted.

Our revenue is diversified, generated from a mix of marketplace activities and other optional services we provide to sellers to help them generate more sales and scale their businesses.

Marketplace revenue is comprised of the fees a seller pays us for marketplace activities. Marketplace activities include listing an item for sale, completing transactions between a buyer and a seller, and using our payments services to process payments, including foreign currency transactions. Marketplace revenue also includes revenue generated through our commercial partnerships.

Services revenue is comprised of the fees a seller pays us for our optional other services (“Services”). Services primarily include advertising services, which allow sellers to pay for prominent placement of their listings in search results; and shipping labels, which allow sellers in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and Australia to purchase discounted shipping labels.

Our strategy is focused on growing the Etsy marketplace in our six core geographies and building a sustainable competitive advantage around four elements of our business that we believe differentiate us from our competitors, or what we call our “Right to Win.” The foundation of Etsy’s competitive advantage is our collection of our sellers’ unique items, which, we

Table of Contents

believe, when combined with best-in-class search and discovery, human connections, and a trusted brand, will enable us to continue to stand out among other e-commerce platforms and marketplaces. Our investments in product, marketing, and talent will be focused on capitalizing on these four elements of our business. Ultimately, the goal of our long-term strategy is to drive more new buyers to the website, give existing buyers reasons to come back more often, encourage buyers to spend more per order, and fuel success for our sellers. We see a number of similarities between the levers of growth for the Etsy and Reverb marketplaces, including improving search and discovery, making selling and buying easier, and building a global brand and user community.

While current macroeconomic conditions have had a dramatic effect on the global economy and on our business, our experience thus far has reaffirmed the appropriateness of our long-term strategy and has only strengthened our commitment to it.

First Quarter 2020 Highlights

The impacts of COVID-19 on the global economy and on our business continue to evolve. Etsy’s performance in the first quarter was strong for the months of January and February, and as the crisis intensified, the effects of COVID-19 began to impact demand and the Company’s growth. Beginning in early March, consolidated growth began to decelerate until it reached negative year-over-year growth in the third week, and recovered to positive year-over-year growth at the end of the month. We responded quickly across our organization to guard the health and safety of our team, support our global seller community, mitigate risk, and maximize our financial performance.

Highlights of our business initiatives during the quarter, including those related to COVID-19, are outlined below:


•	Etsy assembled a COVID-19 task force in January, and moved to a fully remote workforce for both Etsy and Reverb by early March. Despite this shift in working environment, we were able to maintain high experiment velocity and minimal business disruption.

•

In living up to our mission to “Keep Commerce Human,” we introduced several initiatives during the first quarter to support our seller community during this challenging time. These included waiving fees for our new Offsite Ads service, extending our free trial into May; a one-month grace period to give sellers extra time to pay their bills; a seller guide to managing an Etsy shop during COVID-19; and 24/7 member support to address any questions with their businesses, delivery times, and shipping issues.

•

We adjusted our marketing strategies and spend for the Etsy marketplace during the first quarter to respond quickly to the changing macro dynamics. Performance marketing spend adjusts naturally with demand, and we pivoted brand and above-the-line spend, as well as messaging, to focus on “finding joy in the everyday” and supporting small and independent businesses. This included the launch of our #StandWithSmall campaign across all of our owned and paid channels in the beginning of April.

•

Both Etsy and Reverb have a highly variable cost structure with minimal capital expenditure requirements and costs that are variable with revenue. That said, we looked for ways to tighten spending in light of the changing macro situation. For example, during the quarter we limited hiring to only focus on roles critical to growth. Overall, actions we took during the first quarter to reduce spending represented annualized savings of approximately $2 to $3 million.

To capitalize on our unique and defensible Right to Win, we continued to invest in product development, making material improvements to the customer experience during the first quarter. These include the following:

•

As we work to provide Etsy.com sellers with tools and support to make it easy for them to offer free and fair shipping, we have partnered with a third party in order to support lower costs and stable logistics for U.S. sellers to ship to international buyers. In order to continue growing buyer awareness on free shipping, we launched a more celebratory and visible free shipping nudge to listing pages. Additionally, during the first quarter we implemented a “quick to ship” badge to alert buyers of items that are ready to ship within four days, which led to an improvement in conversion rate.

•

We continued to utilize our marketing efforts to drive new and existing buyers to Etsy.com. We launched an updated television campaign in January with a new approach to ad length, which iterates on our holiday campaign, continuing to highlight that Etsy.com is the destination for all things special, for moments big and small. We anticipate that our ongoing marketing investments will continue to help drive GMS in 2020.


•	We made additional improvements to our mobile web, collapsing the item information section on the listing page, allowing for buyers to more easily find items that interest them. We also made mobile app improvements, aimed to allow better viewing of listing images in order to help buyers gain confidence in their purchases. Additionally, we

Table of Contents

continued to improve on search and discovery by continuing to iterate on our ranking algorithms and delivering more relevant recommendations when buyers are further along in the purchase funnel.

•

We made progress simplifying our marketing tools for sellers to enable them to more easily invest in their growth. In the first quarter of 2020, we announced that we will be iterating on our advertising offerings to help sellers more effectively drive traffic to their listings. At the end of the first quarter seller listings were migrated to our new Offsite Ads service. Etsy will pay the upfront costs to promote Etsy sellers’ listings on multiple internet platforms without any upfront costs for sellers. When a shopper clicks on an online offsite ad featuring a seller’s listing and purchases from their shop, the seller will pay Etsy an advertising fee on that order - only when they make a sale. The Etsy Ads service will now be a dedicated on-site advertising program for sellers to promote their listings to shoppers on Etsy.

Financial Highlights include:

•

As of March 31, 2020, our marketplaces connected 2.8 million active sellers and 47.7 million active buyers, in nearly every country in the world. In the three months ended March 31, 2020, sellers generated GMS of $1.4 billion of which approximately 58% came from purchases made on mobile devices. We are a global company and approximately 36% of our GMS in the three months ended March 31, 2020 came from transactions where either a seller or a buyer was located outside of the United States.

•

Total revenue was $228.1 million in the three months ended March 31, 2020, driven by growth in both Marketplace and Services revenue. In the three months ended March 31, 2020, we recorded net income of $12.5 million, and non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA of $55.1 million. See “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for more information and for a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to net income, the most directly comparable financial measure calculated in accordance with GAAP.

•

Cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments were $804.0 million as of March 31, 2020. Etsy has $345.0 million aggregate principal amount of 0% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023 and $650.0 million aggregate principal amount of 0.125% Convertible Senior Notes due 2026. Additionally, Etsy has the ability to draw down on its $200.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility. In the three months ended March 31, 2020, Etsy had positive operating cash flows of $29.7 million. In light of the macroeconomic situation related to COVID-19, our Board of Directors has decided to temporarily pause share repurchases.

Subsequent Events Related to COVID-19

After a volatile March, Etsy experienced a dramatic shift in demand during the month of April as global buyers turned to Etsy for cloth face masks given updated guidelines to slow the spread of COVID-19. Our team mobilized quickly to address the surge in face mask demand, which included creation of on-site banners and automated filters, scaling inventory with a call to action for sellers, retraining our search algorithms, and managing delivery expectations. We also experienced broad-based demand across the marketplace leading to over 100% growth for the Etsy marketplace in April. As consumer mindshare shifted in our direction, we again adjusted our marketing messaging and strategy, creating onsite experiences to engage new buyers, and launched a new TV and digital video campaign with an ‘Always Open’ theme. Our strong performance is thanks to a combination of macro dynamics and Etsy’s agility to pivot to meet market demands.

Etsy extended our seller support initiatives in April, including providing listing credits for mask sellers as well as listing and ad credits to some of our hardest hit sellers in categories like weddings and party supplies. We donated thousands of face masks to hospitals and have supported many of our small, contracted vendors by keeping them employed despite our own office closures. The combination of one time investments to support our sellers and communities totaled approximately $11-13 million, the majority of which will be incurred in the second quarter of 2020.

Reverb also reported a strong April, with increased demand from new and existing buyers, as the marketplace leveraged its ability to serve as a primary online channel for sellers and buyers at a time when retail stores are closed or have delayed shipping times.

As a result, our consolidated GMS for April was approximately $860 million, up over 130% from the prior year. We currently expect that the recent surge in demand is likely to ease as economic hardship continues to mount in the global economy and traditional retail begins to reopen, creating more choice for consumers. The combination of these two factors could potentially lead to some level of deceleration in GMS and revenue in our second quarter and for the balance of the year, compared to April results.

Table of Contents

Key Operating and Financial Metrics

We collect and analyze operating and financial data to evaluate the health and performance of our business and allocate our resources (such as capital, people, and technology investments). The unaudited non-GAAP financial measures and key operating and financial metrics we use are:



	Three Months Ended March 31,						% Growth (Decline) Y/Y
	2020			2019			% Growth (Decline) Y/Y

	(in thousands, except percentages)
GMS (1)	$	1,353,291		$	1,024,028		32.2	%
Revenue	$	228,055		$	169,339		34.7	%
Marketplace revenue	$	155,921		$	127,168		22.6	%
Services revenue	$	72,134		$	42,171		71.1	%
Net income	$	12,522		$	31,579		(60.3	)%
Adjusted EBITDA (Non-GAAP)	$	55,056		$	49,867		10.4	%

Active sellers	2,814			2,227			26.4	%
Active buyers	47,748			41,029			16.4	%
Percent mobile GMS	58		%	58		%	—	bps
Percent international GMS	36		%	38		%	(200	) bps


(1)	GMS for the three months ended March 31, 2020, includes Reverb’s GMS of $168.3 million. Etsy.com GMS for the three months ended March 31, 2020 was $1.2 billion.

GMS

Gross merchandise sales (“GMS”) is the dollar value of items sold in our marketplaces within the applicable period, excluding shipping fees and net of refunds associated with canceled transactions. GMS does not represent revenue earned by us. GMS is largely driven by transactions in our marketplaces and is not directly impacted by Services activity. However, because our revenue and cost of revenue depend significantly on the dollar value of items sold in our marketplace, we believe that GMS is an indicator of the success of our sellers, the satisfaction of our buyers, and the health, scale, and growth of our business. We track “Paid GMS” for the Etsy marketplace and define it as Etsy.com GMS that is attributable to our performance marketing efforts, which excludes most of our marketing investments focused on brand awareness like TV and digital video.

Adjusted EBITDA

Adjusted EBITDA represents our net income adjusted to exclude: interest and other non-operating expense, net; benefit for income taxes; depreciation and amortization; stock-based compensation expense; foreign exchange loss (gain); and acquisition-related expenses. See “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for more information regarding our use of Adjusted EBITDA, including its limitations as a financial measure, and for a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to net income, the most directly comparable financial measure calculated in accordance with GAAP.

Active Sellers

An active seller is a seller who has incurred at least one charge from us in the last 12 months. Charges include Marketplace and Services revenue fees, discussed in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Overview—Business.” A seller is separately identified in each of our marketplaces by a unique e-mail address; a single person can have multiple seller accounts and can count as a distinct active seller in each of our marketplaces. We succeed when sellers succeed, so we view the number of active sellers as a key indicator of the awareness of our brand, the reach of our platform, the potential for growth in GMS and revenue, and the health of our business.

Table of Contents

Active Buyers

An active buyer is a buyer who has made at least one purchase in the last 12 months. A buyer is separately identified in each of our marketplaces by a unique e-mail address; a single person can have multiple buyer accounts and can count as a distinct active buyer in each of our marketplaces. We generate revenue when buyers order items from sellers, so we view the number of active buyers as a key indicator of our potential for growth in GMS and revenue, the reach of our platform, awareness of our brand, the engagement and loyalty of buyers, and the health of our business.

Mobile GMS

Mobile GMS is GMS that results from a transaction completed on a mobile device, such as a tablet or a smartphone. Mobile GMS excludes orders initiated on mobile devices but ultimately completed on a desktop. When calculating the percentage of mobile GMS, we do not take into account refunds associated with canceled transactions. We believe that mobile GMS indicates our success in converting mobile activity into mobile purchases and demonstrates our ability to grow GMS and revenue.

International GMS

International GMS is GMS from transactions where either the billing address for the seller or the shipping address for the buyer at the time of sale is outside of the United States. When calculating percent international GMS, we do not take into account refunds associated with canceled transactions. We believe that international GMS shows the level of engagement of our community outside the United States and demonstrates our ability to grow GMS and revenue.

Currency-Neutral GMS Growth

We calculate currency-neutral GMS growth by translating current period GMS for goods sold that were listed in non-U.S. dollar currencies into U.S. dollars using prior year foreign currency exchange rates.

As reported and currency-neutral GMS growth for the periods presented below is as follows and include the operations of Reverb since August 15, 2019 (the date of acquisition):



	Quarter-to-Date Period Ended						Year-to-Date Period Ended
	As Reported		Currency-Neutral		FX Impact		As Reported		Currency-Neutral		FX Impact
March 31, 2020	32.2	%	32.6	%	(0.4	)%	32.2	%	32.6	%	(0.4	)%
December 31, 2019	32.8	%	33.0	%	(0.2	)%	26.5	%	27.5	%	(1.0	)%
September 30, 2019	30.1	%	31.1	%	(1.0	)%	23.6	%	26.1	%	(2.5	)%
June 30, 2019	21.4	%	22.8	%	(1.4	)%	20.2	%	21.7	%	(1.5	)%
March 31, 2019	18.9	%	20.6	%	(1.7	)%	18.9	%	20.6	%	(1.7	)%

Table of Contents

Results of Operations

The following tables show our results of operations for the periods presented and express the relationship of certain line items as a percentage of revenue for those periods. Our results reflect the operations of Reverb since August 15, 2019 (the date of acquisition). The period-to-period comparison of financial results is not necessarily indicative of future results. For more information regarding the components of our results of operations, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Components of Our Results of Operations” in the Annual Report, which we incorporate by reference.



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2020			2019

	(in thousands)
Revenue:
Marketplace	$	155,921		$	127,168
Services	72,134			42,171
Total revenue	228,055			169,339
Cost of revenue	82,416			52,658
Gross profit	145,639			116,681
Operating expenses:
Marketing	48,505			35,444
Product development	37,782			24,947
General and administrative	33,987			24,647
Total operating expenses	120,274			85,038
Income from operations	25,365			31,643
Other expense, net	(15,672		)	(206		)
Income before income taxes	9,693			31,437
Benefit for income taxes	2,829			142
Net income	$	12,522		$	31,579

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2020			2019
Revenue:
Marketplace	68.4		%	75.1		%
Services	31.6			24.9
Total revenue	100.0			100.0
Cost of revenue	36.1			31.1
Gross profit	63.9			68.9
Operating expenses:
Marketing	21.3			20.9
Product development	16.6			14.7
General and administrative	14.9			14.6
Total operating expenses	52.7			50.2
Income from operations	11.1			18.7
Other expense, net	(6.9		)	(0.1		)
Income before income taxes	4.3			18.6
Benefit for income taxes	1.2			0.1
Net income	5.5		%	18.6		%

Table of Contents

Comparison of Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 and 2019

Revenue



	Three Months Ended March 31,						Change
	2020			2019			$		%

	(in thousands, except percentages)
Revenue:
Marketplace	$	155,921		$	127,168		$	28,753	22.6	%
Percentage of total revenue	68.4		%	75.1		%
Services	$	72,134		$	42,171		$	29,963	71.1	%
Percentage of total revenue	31.6		%	24.9		%
Total revenue	$	228,055		$	169,339		$	58,716	34.7	%

Despite this, GMS increased $329.3 million, or 32.2%, to $1.4 billion in the three months ended March 31, 2020, which included $168.3 million related to the results of Reverb, compared to the three months ended March 31, 2019. On a currency-neutral basis, GMS growth for the three months ended March 31, 2020 would have been 32.6%, or approximately 40 basis points higher than the reported 32.2% growth. Supporting this growth in GMS, active sellers increased 26.4% to 2.8 million, driven in large part by growth in international sellers and the acquisition of Reverb, and active buyers increased 16.4% to 47.7 million at March 31, 2020 compared to March 31, 2019. In the three months ended March 31, 2020, GMS from new buyers grew 24% year-over-year and represented approximately 16% of overall GMS, in line with last year. In the three months ended March 31, 2020, GMS from existing buyers grew 34% year-over-year and represented approximately 84% of overall GMS, in line with last year.

During both the three months ended March 31, 2020 and the three months ended March 31, 2019 mobile GMS as a percentage of total GMS was approximately 58%.

For the three months ended March 31, 2020, international GMS decreased as a percentage of total GMS to approximately 36%, down from approximately 38% for the three months ended March 31, 2019, driven by the acquisition of Reverb, which primarily has U.S. GMS. International GMS increased approximately 26% in the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2019, driven by our fastest growing international trade route, international domestic, which is GMS generated between a non-U.S. buyer and a non-U.S. seller both in the same country, and by GMS between U.S. buyers and international sellers. International domestic GMS grew approximately 35% in the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared with the three months ended March 31, 2019. The increase in international GMS was partially offset by decreases related to changes in foreign currency rates year-over-year. On a currency-neutral basis international GMS growth for the three months ended March 31, 2020 would have been 27%.

Revenue increased $58.7 million, or 34.7%, to $228.1 million in the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2019, of which 68.4% consisted of Marketplace revenue and 31.6% consisted of Services revenue.

Marketplace revenue increased $28.8 million, or 22.6%, to $155.9 million in the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2019. This growth corresponded with a 32.2% increase in GMS to a total of $1.4 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2020. Payments revenue increased 31.5%, largely driven by overall GMS growth trends. The share of Etsy.com GMS processed through our Etsy Payments platform was 89% in the three months ended March 31, 2020, up from 86% in the three months ended March 31, 2019, primarily due to the transition of sellers in eligible countries to the platform. Transaction revenue increased 20.4% and listing fee revenue grew 11.9%, driven by overall GMS growth. Marketplace revenue also increased due to the acquisition of Reverb.

Services revenue increased $30.0 million, or 71.1%, to $72.1 million in the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2019. The growth in Services revenue was primarily driven by an increase in Advertising revenue (formerly referred to as Promoted Listings and Google Shopping), up 70.2%, and, to a lesser extent, Shipping Label revenue, up 99.1%. We launched our new unified ad platform, Etsy Ads, in the third quarter of 2019, which combines Promoted Listings, Etsy.com’s on-site ads platform, and Google Shopping, an off-site marketing tool for Etsy.com sellers. With the shift

Table of Contents

to Etsy Ads, amounts spent on Google Shopping, which were previously recorded on a net basis, are recorded on a gross basis in Services revenue with an offsetting expense recorded in cost of revenue. The increase in Advertising revenue was due to higher click volume and revenue from Google Shopping. The increase in Shipping Label revenue reflects a combination of an increase in label volume and an increase in average margin per label.

Cost of Revenue



	Three Months Ended March 31,						Change
	2020			2019			$		%

	(in thousands, except percentages)
Cost of revenue	$	82,416		$	52,658		$	29,758	56.5	%
Percentage of total revenue	36.1		%	31.1		%

Cost of revenue increased $29.8 million, or 56.5%, to $82.4 million in the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2019, primarily driven by increased costs related to the Google Shopping portion of the new Etsy Ads platform. With the shift to Etsy Ads, Google Shopping expense is recorded in cost of revenue, but was previously recorded on a net basis. The increase in cost of revenue was also driven by the cost of revenue associated with the Reverb.com marketplace, which includes amortization expense for developed technology. Additionally, there were increased costs related to processing Etsy Payments, corresponding to the increase in Etsy Payments revenue, and increased cloud-related hosting and bandwidth costs. Starting in the second quarter of 2020, Etsy will no longer recognize costs related to the Google Shopping portion of the original Etsy Ads platform in cost of revenue, but will instead recognize the costs related to Offsite Ads in marketing expenses.

Operating Expenses

We had 1,276 total employees on March 31, 2020, compared with 914 total employees on March 31, 2019 and 1,240 on December 31, 2019.

Marketing



	Three Months Ended March 31,						Change
	2020			2019			$		%

	(in thousands, except percentages)
Marketing	$	48,505		$	35,444		$	13,061	36.8	%
Percentage of total revenue	21.3		%	20.9		%

Marketing expenses increased $13.1 million, or 36.8%, to $48.5 million in the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2019, primarily as a result of marketing expenses associated with the Reverb.com marketplace, which includes amortization expense for customer relationships and trademark, and increased spend on non-digital marketing related to buyer acquisition, including our television ad campaigns. Paid GMS was 16% of overall GMS in the three months ended March 31, 2020, up from paid GMS of 15% in the three months ended March 31, 2019. The increase in marketing expenses was also driven by increased employee-related expenses, including stock-based compensation, mainly the result of an increase in average headcount. Beginning in the second quarter of 2020, marketing expenses will include costs related to our new Offsite Ads product.

Table of Contents

Product development



	Three Months Ended March 31,						Change
	2020			2019			$		%

	(in thousands, except percentages)
Product development	$	37,782		$	24,947		$	12,835	51.4	%
Percentage of total revenue	16.6		%	14.7		%

Product development expenses increased $12.8 million, or 51.4%, to $37.8 million in the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2019, primarily as a result of an increase in employee-related expenses, including stock-based compensation, mainly the result of an increase in average headcount. This increase was also driven, to a lesser extent, by product development expenses associated with the Reverb.com marketplace and a decrease in the amount of employee-related costs capitalized as a result of several larger project launches in the first quarter of 2019, mainly related to cloud migration.

General and administrative



	Three Months Ended March 31,						Change
	2020			2019			$		%

	(in thousands, except percentages)
General and administrative	$	33,987		$	24,647		$	9,340	37.9	%
Percentage of total revenue	14.9		%	14.6		%

General and administrative expenses increased $9.3 million, or 37.9%, to $34.0 million in the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2019, primarily due to general and administrative expenses associated with the Reverb.com marketplace and increased employee-related expenses, including stock-based compensation, which were mainly the result of an increase in average headcount. Additionally, bad debt expense increased primarily related to overall revenue growth and consideration of risk of non-collection due to current macroeconomic conditions.

Other Expense, net



	Three Months Ended March 31,						Change
	2020			2019			$			%

	(in thousands, except percentages)
Other expense, net:
Interest expense	$	(9,967	)	$	(4,653	)	$	(5,314	)	114.2	%
Percentage of total revenue	(4.4		)%	(2.7		)%
Interest and other income	$	3,613		$	3,385		$	228		6.7	%
Percentage of total revenue	1.6		%	2.0		%
Foreign exchange (loss) gain	$	(9,318	)	$	1,062		$	(10,380	)	(977.4	)%
Percentage of total revenue	(4.1		)%	0.6		%
Other expense, net	$	(15,672	)	$	(206	)	$	(15,466	)	7,507.8	%
Percentage of total revenue	(6.9		)%	(0.1		)%

Other expense, net was $15.7 million in the three months ended March 31, 2020, which increased $15.5 million from $0.2 million in the three months ended March 31, 2019. The increase in expense was primarily driven by the change in U.S. Dollar, Euro, and Pound Sterling exchange rates on our intercompany and other non-functional currency cash balances as we decided to hold more foreign currencies than usual due to current macroeconomic trends to ensure the timeliness of paying our sellers in their currency. We have taken steps to reduce the volatility in foreign exchange gains or losses on intercompany balances and will continue to settle intercompany balances to reduce future potential volatility. The increase in expense was also driven by non-cash interest expense related to our convertible debt issued in the third quarter of 2019.

Table of Contents

Benefit for Income Taxes



	Three Months Ended March 31,						Change
	2020			2019			$		%

	(in thousands, except percentages)
Benefit for income taxes	$	2,829		$	142		$	2,687	1,892.3	%
Percentage of total revenue	1.2		%	0.1		%

Our income tax benefit for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 was $2.8 million and $0.1 million, respectively.

The primary drivers of our income tax benefit for the three months ended March 31, 2020 were excess tax benefits from employee stock-based compensation of $4.4 million, partially offset by tax expense on income before tax of $1.3 million.

The primary drivers of our income tax benefit for the three months ended March 31, 2019 were excess tax benefits from employee stock-based compensation of $6.7 million, partially offset by tax expense on income before tax of $6.4 million.

Table of Contents

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Adjusted EBITDA

In this Quarterly Report, we provide Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP financial measure that represents our net income adjusted to exclude: interest and other non-operating expense, net; benefit for income taxes; depreciation and amortization; stock-based compensation expense; foreign exchange loss (gain); and acquisition-related expenses. Below is a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to net income, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure.

We have included Adjusted EBITDA because it is a key measure used by our management and Board of Directors to evaluate our operating performance and trends, allocate internal resources, prepare and approve our annual budget, develop short- and long-term operating plans, determine incentive compensation, and assess the health of our business. As our Adjusted EBITDA increases, we are able to invest more in our platform.

We believe that Adjusted EBITDA can provide a useful measure for period-to-period comparisons of our business as it removes the impact of certain non-cash items and certain variable charges.

Adjusted EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool, and you should not consider it in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. Some of these limitations are:


•	Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect other non-operating expenses, net of other non-operating income, including net interest expense;


•	Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect tax payments that may represent a reduction in cash available to us;


•	although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized may have to be replaced in the future, and Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect cash capital expenditure requirements for such replacements or for new capital expenditure requirements;


•	Adjusted EBITDA does not consider the impact of stock-based compensation expense;


•	Adjusted EBITDA does not consider the impact of foreign exchange loss (gain);


•	Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect acquisition-related expenses; and


•	other companies, including companies in our industry, may calculate Adjusted EBITDA differently, which reduces its usefulness as a comparative measure.

Because of these limitations, you should consider Adjusted EBITDA alongside other financial performance measures, including net income and our other GAAP results.

The following table reflects the reconciliation of net income to Adjusted EBITDA for each of the periods indicated:



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2020			2019

	(in thousands)
Net income	$	12,522		$	31,579
Excluding:
Interest and other non-operating expense, net (1)	6,354			1,268
Benefit for income taxes (2)	(2,829		)	(142		)
Depreciation and amortization (3)	15,163			10,142
Stock-based compensation expense (4)	13,811			8,082
Foreign exchange loss (gain) (5)	9,318			(1,062		)
Acquisition-related expenses (6)	717			—
Adjusted EBITDA	$	55,056		$	49,867


(1)	Included in interest and other non-operating expense, net is non-cash interest expense, including amortization of debt issuance costs, related to our convertible debt offerings, which were entered into in March 2018 and September 2019.

Table of Contents


(2)	See “Results of Operations—Benefit for Income Taxes” for more information on the fluctuation in benefit for income taxes in the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019.


(3)	Included in depreciation and amortization, is depreciation expense related to our headquarters lease, which is accounted for as a finance lease. Additionally, the three months ended March 31, 2020 includes amortization expense related to acquired intangible assets and developed technology related to the acquisition of Reverb in the third quarter of 2019.


(4)	Stock-based compensation expense included in the Consolidated Statements of Operations is as follows:



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2020		2019

	(in thousands)
Cost of revenue	$	1,620	$	1,099
Marketing	1,224		631
Product development	6,801		3,520
General and administrative	4,166		2,832
Stock-based compensation expense	$	13,811	$	8,082

(5)

Foreign exchange loss (gain) is primarily driven by the change in U.S. Dollar, Euro, and Pound Sterling exchange rates on our intercompany and other non-functional currency cash balances as we decided to hold more foreign currencies than usual due to current macroeconomic trends to ensure our ability to pay our sellers. We have taken steps to reduce the volatility in foreign exchange gains or losses on intercompany balances.


(6)	Acquisition-related expenses are expenses related to our acquisition of Reverb. For further information, see “Note 5—Business Combinations” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Table of Contents

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments were $804.0 million as of March 31, 2020. Additionally, we have $94.1 million in long-term investments that we can liquidate at short notice and with minimal penalties if needed. We also have the ability to draw down on our $200.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility. In the three months ended March 31, 2020, we had positive operating cash flows of $29.7 million and we expect to generate additional cash flow from operations in the remainder of 2020. In light of the macroeconomic situation related to COVID-19, our Board of Directors has decided to temporarily pause share repurchases. We believe that this capital resource structure, as well as the nature and the framework of our business will allow us to meet our operating cash needs for at least the next 12 months, meet all debt covenants, and be able to react to changing macroeconomic conditions. As a result, we did not apply for, nor receive, assistance under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”).

The following table shows our cash and cash equivalents, and short- and long-term investments, and our accounts receivable, net and net working capital as of the date indicated:



	As of March 31, 2020
	(in thousands)
Cash and cash equivalents	$	442,354
Short-term investments	361,640
Long-term investments	94,080
Total cash and cash equivalents, and short- and long-term investments	$	898,074
Accounts receivable, net	$	11,712
Net working capital	748,103

As of March 31, 2020, our cash and cash equivalents, a majority of which were held in cash deposits and money market funds, were held in the United States for future investments, working capital funding, and general corporate purposes.

We invest in short- and long-term instruments, including fixed-income funds and U.S. Government and agency securities aligned with our investment strategy. These investments are intended to allow us to preserve our principal, maintain the ability to meet our liquidity needs, deliver positive yields across a balanced portfolio, and continue to provide us with direct fiduciary control. In accordance with our investment policy, all investments have maturities no longer than 37 months, with the average maturity of these investments maintained at 12 months or less.

Sources of Liquidity

In September 2019, we issued $650.0 million aggregate principal amount of 0.125% Convertible Senior Notes due 2026 (the “2019 Notes”) in a private placement to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act (the “Securities Act”). The initial conversion price of the 2019 Notes represented a premium of approximately 47.5% over the price of Etsy's common stock. The net proceeds from the sale of the 2019 Notes were $639.5 million after deducting initial purchasers' discount and offering expenses. Based on the terms of the 2019 Notes, we have the option to pay or deliver cash, shares of our common stock, or a combination thereof, when we receive a conversion notice. Accordingly, we cannot be required to settle the 2019 Notes in cash and, therefore, the 2019 Notes are classified as long-term debt as of March 31, 2020. For more information on the 2019 Notes, see “Note 9—Debt” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

On February 25, 2019, we entered into a $200.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility pursuant to a Credit Agreement with several lenders (the “2019 Credit Agreement”). The 2019 Credit Agreement will mature in February 2024. The 2019 Credit Agreement includes a letter of credit sublimit of $30.0 million and a swingline loan sublimit of $10.0 million. At March 31, 2020, the Company did not have any borrowings under the 2019 Credit Agreement. See “Note 9—Debt” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.

In March 2018, we issued $345.0 million aggregate principal amount of 0% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023 (the “2018 Notes”) in a private placement to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to the Securities Act. The initial conversion price of the 2018 Notes represented a premium of approximately 37.5% over the price of Etsy’s common stock. The net proceeds from the sale of the 2018 Notes were $335.0 million after deducting initial purchasers’ discount and offering expenses. Based on the terms of the 2018 Notes, we have the option to pay or deliver cash, shares of our common stock, or a combination thereof, when a conversion notice is received. Accordingly, we cannot be required to settle the 2018 Notes in cash and, therefore, the 2018 Notes are classified as long-term debt as of March 31, 2020. For more information on the 2018 Notes, see “Note 9—Debt” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Table of Contents

Even given current macroeconomic conditions, we believe that our existing cash and cash equivalents and short- and long-term investments, together with cash generated from operations, will be sufficient to meet our anticipated operating cash needs for at least the next 12 months. Our future capital requirements and the adequacy of available funds will depend on many factors, including those described in our “Risk Factors” in this report.

The majority of our cash and cash equivalents and short- and long-term investments are held in the United States. We fund our international operations from our funds held in the United States on an as-needed basis.

Historical Cash Flows



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2020			2019

	(in thousands)
Cash provided by (used in):
Operating activities	$	29,664		$	31,458
Investing activities	6,093			(22,004		)
Financing activities	(32,678		)	(29,307		)

Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities

Our cash flows from operations are largely dependent on the amount of revenue generated on our platform, as well as associated cost of revenue and other operating expenses. Our primary source of cash from operating activities is cash collections from our customers. Net cash provided by operating activities in each period presented has been influenced by changes in working capital.

Net cash provided by operating activities was $29.7 million in the three months ended March 31, 2020, primarily driven by cash net income of $59.6 million as a result of revenue generated on our platform offset by changes in our operating assets and liabilities that used $29.9 million in cash, driven by payment timing of payables in the period.

Net cash provided by operating activities was $31.5 million in the three months ended March 31, 2019, primarily driven by cash net income of $53.6 million, as a result of revenue generated on our platform and changes in our operating assets and liabilities that used $22.1 million in cash, driven by payment timing of payables and prepayments in the period.

Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities

Our primary investing activities consist of sales and purchases of short- and long-term marketable securities, cash paid to purchase intangible assets, and capital expenditures, including investments in capitalized website development and internal-use software and purchases of property and equipment to support our overall business growth.

Net cash provided by investing activities was $6.1 million in the three months ended March 31, 2020. This was primarily attributable to net sales of marketable securities of $7.9 million. This was partially offset by $1.8 million in capital expenditures, including $1.3 million for website development and internal-use software as we continued to invest in projects adding new features and functionality to the Etsy platform and focused on growth investments.

Net cash used in investing activities was $22.0 million in the three months ended March 31, 2019. This was primarily attributable to net purchases of marketable securities of $17.9 million and $4.1 million in capital expenditures, including $3.4 million for website development and internal-use software.

Net Cash Used in Financing Activities

Our primary financing activities include repurchases of common stock under share repurchase programs, payment of tax obligations on vested equity awards, proceeds from exercise of stock options, and payments on finance lease obligations.

Net cash used in financing activities was $32.7 million in the three months ended March 31, 2020. This was primarily attributable to share activity, including the January 2020 stock repurchases of $25.0 million and payment of tax obligations on vested equity awards of $4.2 million, partially offset by proceeds from the exercise of stock options of $4.9 million.

Table of Contents

Net cash used in financing activities was $29.3 million in the three months ended March 31, 2019. This was primarily attributable to share activity, including stock repurchases under the share repurchase program of $27.5 million and payment of tax obligations on vested equity awards of $5.7 million, partially offset by proceeds from the exercise of stock options of $5.9 million.

Off Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of March 31, 2020, we did not have any off balance sheet arrangements, as defined in Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of Regulation S-K.

Contractual Obligations

As of March 31, 2020, there were no material changes in commitments under contractual obligations, compared to the contractual obligations disclosed in our Annual Report.

Critical Accounting Policies and Significant Judgments and Estimates

Our management’s discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on our Consolidated Financial Statements, which have been prepared in accordance with GAAP. The preparation of these Consolidated Financial Statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, equity, revenue, expenses, and related disclosures. We evaluate our estimates and assumptions on an ongoing basis. The future effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company’s results of operations, cash flows, and financial position are unclear, however the Company believes it has used reasonable estimates and assumptions in preparing the Consolidated Financial Statements. Our actual results could differ from these estimates.

We believe that the assumptions and estimates associated with leases, including determining the incremental borrowing rate; income taxes, including the estimate of annual effective tax rate at interim periods and evaluation of uncertain tax positions; purchase price allocations for business combinations, valuation of the acquired intangibles purchased in a business combination, and valuation of goodwill and intangible assets; stock-based compensation; fair value of financial instruments; and provision for expected credit losses have the greatest potential impact on our Consolidated Financial Statements. Therefore, we consider these to be our critical accounting policies and estimates.

With respect to our valuation of goodwill, as of the date of the last annual goodwill impairment test during the fourth quarter of 2019, we determined that the estimated fair value of the Reverb reporting unit was not substantially in excess of its carrying value, due to the proximity of the acquisition date.

For information regarding our significant accounting policies, please refer to “Note 1—Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. For a summary of our significant accounting policies, see our Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

For information regarding our recently issued accounting pronouncements and recently adopted accounting pronouncements, please refer to “Note 1—Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Table of Contents

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

Management believes there have been no material changes to our quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risks during the three months ended March 31, 2020, compared to those discussed in the Annual Report, except as described below.

Currency Risk

We operate global marketplaces. Our revenues are denominated in the currencies in which the seller is paid, and our operating expenses are denominated in the currencies of the countries in which our operations are located. Etsy processes seller charges in our seller’s ledger currencies. As a result of transacting business in multiple foreign currencies, primarily the Euro and Pound Sterling, we are subject to the risk of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates against the U.S. dollar.

In the three months ended March 31, 2020, approximately 19% of our GMS was from goods that were not listed in U.S. dollars and, therefore, subject to currency exchange fluctuations. On a currency-neutral basis, GMS growth for the three months ended March 31, 2020 would have been 32.6%, or approximately 40 basis points higher than the reported 32.2% growth.

In the three months ended March 31, 2019, approximately 19% of our GMS was from goods that were not listed in U.S. dollars and, therefore, subject to currency exchange fluctuations. On a currency-neutral basis, GMS growth for the three months ended March 31, 2019 would have been 20.6%, or approximately 170 basis points higher than the reported 18.9% growth.

For the purpose of analyzing foreign currency exchange risk, we considered the historical trends in foreign currency exchange rates and determined that it was reasonably possible that adverse changes in exchange rates of 10% could be experienced in the near term. An adverse 10% foreign currency exchange rate would have resulted in a decrease to revenue of $5.6 million or approximately 2.5% of total revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2020. Additionally, a 10% adverse change in foreign currency exchange rates would result in a currency exchange loss of $1.1 million based on balance sheet balances as of March 31, 2020, which has been reduced from $11.5 million as of December 31, 2019, as we have settled a significant portion of our intercompany balances that could generate foreign exchange gains or losses in the first quarter of 2020. This compares to a revenue decrease of $4.5 million or 2.6% of total revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and a currency exchange loss of $21.1 million based on the same analysis performed based on balance sheet balances as of March 31, 2019.

Table of Contents

Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2020. “Disclosure controls and procedures,” as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act, are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is (i) recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms and (ii) accumulated and communicated to the company’s management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Based on the evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of March 31, 2020 at the reasonable assurance level.

Our disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting are designed to provide reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives. Our management recognizes that any control system, no matter how well designed and operated, is based upon certain judgments and assumptions and cannot provide absolute assurance that its objectives will be met. Similarly, an evaluation of controls cannot provide absolute assurance that misstatements due to error or fraud will not occur or that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have been detected.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with the evaluation required by Rule 13a-15(d) or 15d-15(d) of the Exchange Act during the first quarter of 2020 that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

On August 15, 2019, we acquired Reverb Holdings Inc. (“Reverb”). In our 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K, we excluded Reverb from our evaluation of internal control over financial reporting. We are in the process of incorporating the internal controls and procedures of Reverb into our assessment of and report on internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2020.

Table of Contents

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

See “Note 10—Commitments and Contingencies—Legal Proceedings” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. You should consider carefully the risks and uncertainties described below, our Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes, and the other information in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. If any of these risks actually occur, our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects could be adversely affected. As a result, the price of our common stock could decline and you could lose part or all of your investment.

Risks Related to Our Business and Industry

The COVID-19 pandemic is unprecedented and is impacting our GMS, key metrics, and results of operations in numerous ways that remain volatile and unpredictable.

The impact of the current COVID-19 pandemic is severe, widespread and evolving. The pandemic and related government and private sector responsive actions have already affected the broader economies and financial markets, triggering an economic downturn, which has and could continue to adversely affect demand for our products. It is impossible to predict the effect and ultimate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, as the situation is rapidly evolving. The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the global supply chain and the preventative and protective measures currently in place, such as quarantines, closures and travel restrictions, may interfere with the ability of our sellers to deliver products to our buyers. If delivery services are delayed or shut down, our GMS and revenue could be negatively impacted.

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, our employees are working remotely and it is possible that this could have a negative impact on the execution of our business plans and operations. If a natural disaster, power outage, connectivity issue, or other event occurred that impacted our employees’ ability to work remotely, it may be difficult or, in certain cases, impossible, for us to continue our business for a substantial period of time. Further, if the current COVID-19 pandemic continues unabated, we may experience disruptions as our employees or third-party service providers’ employees become ill and are unable to perform their duties, and our operations, internet, or mobile networks, or the operations of one or more of our third-party service providers, is impacted. The increase in remote working may also result in consumer privacy, IT security and fraud concerns.

Our results of operations may be materially affected by adverse conditions in the capital markets and the economy generally, both in the United States and internationally. Uncertainty in the economy could adversely impact consumer purchases of discretionary items across all of our product categories, and demand for products available in our marketplaces may be reduced. We have also seen significant and rapid shifts in consumer purchasing behavior as this pandemic has evolved, particularly as it relates to what may be perceived as ‘essential’ vs ‘non-essential items.’ It is difficult to predict how our business might be impacted by changing consumer spending patterns. Factors that could affect consumers’ willingness to make discretionary purchases include, among others: general business conditions, levels of employment, interest rates, tax rates, the availability of consumer credit, consumer confidence in future economic conditions, and risks, or the public perception of risks, related to epidemics or pandemics like COVID-19. In the event of a prolonged economic downturn or acute recession, consumer spending habits could be adversely affected, and we could experience lower than expected GMS, revenue, net income and Adjusted EBITDA.

The uncertainty around the duration of business disruptions and the extent of the spread of the virus in the United States and to other areas of the world will likely continue to adversely impact the national or global economy and negatively impact consumer spending. The full extent of COVID-19’s impact on our operations, key metrics and financial performance depends on future developments that are uncertain and unpredictable, including the duration and spread of the pandemic, its impact on capital and financial markets and any new information that may emerge concerning the severity of the virus, its spread to other regions as well as the actions taken to contain it, among others. Any of these outcomes could have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition, operating results and ability to execute and capitalize on our strategies.

Table of Contents

Our quarterly operating results may fluctuate, which could cause our stock price to decline.

Our quarterly operating results, as well as our key metrics, may fluctuate for a variety of reasons, many of which are beyond our control, including:


•	fluctuations in GMS or revenue, including as a result of adverse market conditions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the seasonality of market transactions, and our sellers’ use of services;


•	our ability to convert visits into sales for our sellers;


•	the amount and timing of our operating expenses;


•	our success in attracting and retaining sellers and buyers;


•	our success in executing on our strategy and the impact of any changes in our strategy;


•	the timing and success of product launches, including new services and features we may introduce, such as our free shipping initiative and changes to our on-site and off-site ads products, including changes to our advertising products that we launched in April 2020;


•	the success of our marketing efforts;


•	the success of our integration of acquired businesses, such as Reverb, which we acquired in 2019;


•	adverse economic and market conditions, such as those related to the current COVID-19 pandemic, currency fluctuations, and adverse global events;


•	disruptions or defects in our marketplaces, such as privacy or data security breaches, errors in our software, or other incidents that impact the availability, reliability, or performance of our platform;


•	the impact of competitive developments and our response to those developments;


•	our ability to manage our business and future growth; and


•	our ability to recruit and retain employees.

Fluctuations in our quarterly operating results, key metrics, and the price of our common stock may be particularly pronounced in the current economic environment due to the uncertainty caused by and the unprecedented nature of the current COVID-19 pandemic. Fluctuations in our quarterly operating results and key metrics may cause those results to fall below our financial guidance or other projections, or the expectations of analysts or investors, which could cause the price of our common stock to decline. Fluctuations in our results could also cause a number of other problems. For example, analysts or investors might change their models for valuing our common stock, we could experience short-term liquidity issues, our ability to retain or attract key personnel may diminish, and other unanticipated issues may arise.

We believe that our quarterly operating results and key metrics may vary in the future and that period-to-period comparisons of our operating results may not be meaningful. For example, our overall historical growth rate and the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic may have overshadowed the effect of seasonal variations on our historical operating results. These seasonal effects may become more pronounced over time, which could also cause our operating results and key metrics to fluctuate. You should not rely on the results of one quarter as an indication of future performance.

We may fail to meet our publicly announced guidance or other expectations about our business and future operating results, which would cause our stock price to decline.

From time to time, we release earnings guidance in our quarterly and annual earnings conference calls, quarterly and annual earnings releases, or otherwise, regarding our future performance that represents our management’s estimates as of the date of release. For example, we historically provide annual guidance, but we withdrew our 2020 annual guidance on April 2, 2020 given the economic uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. On May 6, 2020, we provided guidance for the second quarter of 2020. This guidance includes forward-looking statements based on projections prepared by our management. Projections are based upon a number of assumptions and estimates that, while presented with numerical specificity, are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies on our business, many of which are beyond our control and are based upon specific assumptions with respect to future business decisions, some of which will change. One of those key assumptions relates to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated economic

Table of Contents

uncertainty on our business, which is inherently difficult to predict, particularly in the long term. We intend to state possible outcomes as high and low ranges which are intended to provide a sensitivity analysis as variables are changed but are not intended to imply that actual results could not fall outside of the suggested ranges. The principal reason that we release guidance is to provide a basis for our management to discuss our business outlook with analysts and investors. Furthermore, analysts and investors may develop and publish their own projections of our business, which may form a consensus about our future performance. Our actual business results may vary significantly from such guidance or that consensus due to a number of factors, many of which are outside of our control, including due to the global economic uncertainty and financial market conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and which could adversely affect our business and future operating results. There are no comparable recent events that provide insights as to the probable effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, and, as a result, the ultimate impact of the COVID-19 outbreak is highly uncertain and subject to change. We are relying on the reports and models of economic and medical experts in making assumptions relating to the duration of this crisis and predictions as to timing and pace of any future economic recovery. If these models are incorrect or incomplete, or if we fail to accurately predict the full impact that the COVID-19 pandemic will have on all aspects of our business, the guidance and other forward-looking statements we provide may also be incorrect or incomplete. Furthermore, if we make downward revisions of our previously announced guidance, or if our publicly announced guidance of future operating results fails to meet expectations of securities analysts, investors or other interested parties, the price of our common stock would decline.

Given the uncertainty surrounding the impact of COVID-19, we may choose to discontinue providing guidance, or provide more limited guidance, as we have for the second quarter of 2020. Guidance is necessarily speculative in nature, and it can be expected that some or all of the assumptions underlying the guidance furnished by us will not materialize or will vary significantly from actual results. Accordingly, our guidance is only an estimate of what management believes is realizable as of the date of release. Actual results may vary from our guidance and the variations may be material. In light of the foregoing, investors are urged not to rely upon our guidance in making an investment decision regarding our common stock.

Any failure to successfully implement our operating strategy or the occurrence of any of the events or circumstances set forth in this “Risk Factors” section in this report could result in the actual operating results being different from our guidance, and the differences may be adverse and material.

If we are unable to successfully execute on our business strategy or if our strategy proves to be ineffective, our business, financial performance, and growth could be adversely affected.

Our ability to execute our strategy is dependent on a number of factors, including the ability of our senior management team and key team leaders to execute the strategy, our ability to maintain our pace of product experiments coupled with the success of such initiatives, our ability to meet the changing needs of our sellers and buyers, and the ability of our employees to perform at a high level. If we are unable to execute our strategy, if our strategy does not drive the growth that we anticipate, if the public perception is that we are not executing on our strategy, or if our market opportunity is not as large as we have estimated, it could adversely affect our business, financial performance, and growth.

Our business, financial performance, and growth depends on our ability to attract and retain an active and engaged community of buyers and sellers.

Our financial performance has been and will continue to be significantly determined by our success in attracting and retaining active buyers and active sellers. For example, our revenue is driven by the number of active buyers and buyer engagement, as well as the number of active sellers and seller engagement. We must encourage buyers to return to us and purchase items in our marketplaces more frequently. We must also continue to encourage our sellers to list items for sale and use our services.

We believe that many new buyers and sellers find us by word of mouth and other non-paid referrals from existing buyers and sellers. If existing buyers do not find our platform appealing, whether because of a negative experience, lack of competitive shipping costs, inadequate customer service, lack of buyer-friendly features, declining interest in the nature of the goods offered by our sellers, or other factors, they may make fewer purchases and they may stop referring others to us. Likewise, if existing sellers are dissatisfied with their experience on our platform, they may stop listing items in our marketplaces and using our services and may stop referring others to us. Under any of these circumstances, we may have difficulty attracting new buyers and sellers without incurring additional expense.

Our GMS and revenue is concentrated in our most active buyers and sellers. If we lose those buyers and sellers, our financial performance and growth could be harmed. Even if we are able to attract new buyers and sellers to replace the ones that we lose, they may not maintain the same level of activity, and the GMS and revenue generated from new buyers and sellers may not be as high as the GMS and revenue generated from the ones who leave our marketplaces. If we are unable to retain existing buyers and sellers and attract new buyers and sellers who contribute to an active community, our business, financial performance, and growth would be harmed.

Table of Contents

Additionally, the demand for the goods listed in our marketplaces is dependent on consumer preferences which can change quickly and may differ across generations and cultures. If demand for the goods that our sellers offer declines, we may not be able to attract and retain our buyers and our business would be harmed. Trends in socially-conscious consumerism and buying unique or vintage rather than mass produced goods, which has historically been beneficial to our business, could also shift or slow which would make it more difficult to attract new buyers and sellers. In addition, our growth would also be harmed if the shift from brick and mortar retail to e-commerce does not continue.

We have a history of losses and we may not maintain profitability in the future.

We have experienced rapid growth in our business, in the number of buyers and sellers and in the number of countries in which we have sellers and buyers, and we plan to continue to grow in the future. Our costs may increase as we continue to invest in the development of our platform, including our services and technological enhancements, and increase our marketing efforts, expand our operations, and hire additional employees. Further, the growth of our business places significant demands on our management team and pressure to expand our operational and financial infrastructure. For example, we may need to continue to develop and improve our operational, financial, and management controls and enhance our reporting systems and procedures in line with our current growth. If we do not manage our growth effectively, the increases in our operating expenses could outpace any increases in our revenue and our business could be harmed. In addition, our revenue may decline and our revenue growth rate may decelerate for a number of reasons, including the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated adverse macroeconomic environment, which could, among other things, trigger a deceleration of our GMS growth rate and other factors described elsewhere in these Risk Factors. For further information about the rate of revenue and GMS growth, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Results of Operations—Revenue.” You should not rely on growth rates of prior periods as an indication of our future performance.

Our business could be adversely affected by economic downturns, natural disasters, public health crises, political crises, or other unexpected events.

Macroeconomic conditions may adversely affect our business. If general economic conditions deteriorate in the United States or other markets where we operate, consumer discretionary spending may decline and demand for the goods and services available in our platform may be reduced. This would cause our Marketplace and Services revenue to decline and adversely impact our business. For example, the current COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant uncertainty and volatility in the global economy, which may cause consumer discretionary spending to decline for an unknown period of time. We have also seen significant and rapid shifts in consumer purchasing behavior as this pandemic has evolved, particularly as it relates to what may be perceived as ‘essential’ vs ‘non-essential items. It is difficult to predict how our business might be impacted by changing consumer spending patterns.

If recent trends supporting self-employment and the desire for supplemental income were to reverse, the number of sellers offering their goods in our marketplaces and the number of goods listed in our marketplaces could decline. In addition, currency exchange rates may directly and indirectly impact our business. For example, continued uncertainty around the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union, or E.U., commonly referred to as Brexit, may result in future exchange rate volatility, which may strengthen the U.S. dollar against foreign currencies. If the U.S. dollar strengthens against foreign currencies, our translation of foreign currency denominated GMS and revenue will result in lower U.S. denominated GMS and revenue. Currency exchange rates may also dampen demand from buyers outside the United States for goods denominated in U.S. dollars, which could impact GMS and revenue. For the three months ended March 31, 2020, approximately 81% of our GMS was denominated in U.S. dollars.

Natural disasters and other adverse weather and climate conditions, public health crises, political instability or crises, terrorist attacks, war, or other unexpected events, could disrupt our operations, internet, or mobile networks, or the operations of one or more of our third-party service providers. Certain events, such as hurricanes and other natural disasters, political instability or crises, public health crises, and significant news items in the United States or internationally that distract the public, may impact buyer behavior for discretionary goods and sellers’ ability to run their businesses on our marketplaces and ship their goods, which may increase seller defaults and delinquencies. These kinds of events may also impact consumer perceptions of well-being and security, which may adversely impact consumer discretionary spending. If any of these events occurs, our business could be adversely affected.

Table of Contents

Our ability to recruit and retain employees is important to our success.

Our ability to attract, retain, and motivate employees, including our management team, is important to our success. We strive to attract, retain, and motivate employees, from our office administrators to our engineers to our management team, who share our dedication to our community and our mission to “Keep Commerce Human.” We cannot guarantee we will continue to attract and retain the number or caliber of employees we need to maintain our competitive position, particularly in the uncertainty of the current macroeconomic environment.

Some of the challenges we face in attracting and retaining employees include:


•	perceived uncertainties as to our commitment to our mission, guiding principles, and culture;


•	skepticism regarding our ability to continue to accelerate GMS growth in the future;


•	continuing to offer competitive compensation and benefits;


•	enhancing engagement levels among existing employees and supporting their work-life balance;


•	attracting and retaining qualified employees who support our mission and guiding principles;


•	promotion opportunities for employees into leadership positions;


•	hiring employees in multiple locations globally; and


•	responding to competitive pressures and changing business conditions in ways that do not divert us from our guiding principles.

Filling engineering, product management, and other technical positions, particularly in New York City, San Francisco, and Chicago is challenging. Qualified individuals are limited and in high demand, and we may incur significant costs to attract, develop, and motivate them. Even if we were to offer higher compensation and other benefits, people with suitable technical skills may choose not to join us or to continue to work for us. In addition, job candidates and existing employees often consider the value of the stock awards they receive in connection with their employment. If the perceived value of our stock awards declines, particularly in this negative macroeconomic environment, it may adversely affect our ability to recruit and retain highly skilled employees.

In general, our employees, including our management team, work for us on an at-will basis. The unexpected loss of or failure to retain one or more of our key employees, such as our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer or Chief Technology Officer, or unsuccessful succession planning, could adversely affect our business. Further, if members of our management and

other key personnel in critical functions across our organization are unable to perform their duties or have limited availability due to COVID-19, we may not be able to execute on our business strategy and/or our operations may be negatively impacted. Other companies, including our competitors, may be successful in recruiting and hiring our employees, and it may be difficult for us to find suitable replacements on a timely basis or on competitive terms.

If we experience increased voluntary attrition in the future and if we are unable to attract and retain qualified employees, particularly in critical areas of operations such as engineering, we may not achieve our strategic goals and our business and operations could be harmed.

The trustworthiness of our marketplaces and the connections within our community are important to our success. If we are unable to maintain them, our ability to attract and retain sellers and buyers could suffer.

We are focused on ensuring that our marketplaces embody our values-based culture and that we deliver trust and reliability throughout the buyer experience. Our reputation depends upon our sellers, the quality of their offerings and their adherence to our policies.

The trustworthiness of our marketplaces and the connections among the members of our community are the cornerstones of our business. Many things could undermine these cornerstones, such as:


•	complaints or negative publicity about us, our platform, or our policies and guidelines, even if factually incorrect or based on isolated incidents;

Table of Contents


•	an inability to gain the trust of prospective buyers;


•	disruptions or defects in our marketplaces, such as the increased pace of product experimentation, privacy or data security breaches, website outages, payment disruptions, or other incidents that impact the reliability of our platform;


•	lack of awareness of our policies or confusion about how they are applied;


•	changes to our policies that members of our community perceive as inconsistent with their best interests or our mission, or that are not clearly articulated;


•	inadequacies in our terms of use;


•	frequent product launches or updates that could deteriorate member trust;


•	a failure to enforce our policies effectively, fairly, and transparently, including, for example, by allowing the widespread listing of prohibited items in our marketplaces;


•	inadequate or unsatisfactory customer service experiences;


•	a failure on the part of our sellers to fulfill their orders in accordance with our policies, their own shop-specific policies, or buyer expectations;


•	a failure to respond to feedback from our community; or


•	a failure to operate our business in a way that is consistent with our guiding principles and mission.

Creating a trusted brand is one of the key elements of our strategy. In particular, we are focused on enhancing customer service for sellers and buyers. For example, in 2019, we continued to evolve our offerings with Zendesk to improve our customer experience on the Etsy marketplace. In addition, we plan to introduce new customer service features and tools to support a positive user experience on the Etsy marketplace. If our efforts to enhance customer service are unsuccessful or if our customer service platform fails to meet our needs, we may need to invest additional resources in customer service and our ability to maintain trustworthy marketplaces could be harmed.

If we are unable to maintain trustworthy marketplaces and encourage connections among members of our community, then our ability to attract and retain sellers and buyers could be impaired and our reputation and business could be adversely affected.

If we are not able to keep pace with technological changes and enhance our current offerings and develop new offerings to respond to the changing needs of sellers and buyers, our business, financial performance, and growth may be harmed.

Our industry is characterized by rapidly changing technology, new service and product introductions, and changing customer demands and we are not able to predict the effect of these changes on our business. The technologies that we currently use to support our platform may become inadequate or obsolete and the cost of incorporating new technologies into our products and services may be substantial. We strive to respond to evolving customer needs and regularly launch new products, features, and services including, for example, Etsy’s free shipping initiative and the planned changes to our advertising products that were launched in April 2020. Our sellers and buyers, however, may not be satisfied with our enhancements or new offerings or may perceive that these offerings do not respond to their needs or create value for them. Additionally, as we experiment with new offerings or changes to our platform, our sellers and buyers may find these changes to be disruptive and may perceive them negatively. In addition, developing new services and features is complex, and the timetable for public launch is difficult to predict and may vary from our historical experience. As a result, the introduction of new offerings may occur after anticipated release dates or they may be introduced as pilot programs, which may not be continued for various reasons. In addition, new offerings may not be successful due to defects or errors, negative publicity, or our failure to market them effectively.

New offerings may not drive GMS or revenue growth, may require substantial investment and planning, and may bring us more directly into competition with companies that are better established or have greater resources than we do.

If we do not continue to cost-effectively develop new offerings that satisfy sellers and buyers, then our competitive position and growth prospects may be harmed. In addition, new offerings may not drive the GMS or revenue that we anticipate, may have lower margins than we anticipate or than existing offerings, and our revenue from the new offerings may not be enough to offset the cost of developing and maintaining them, which could adversely affect our business, financial performance, and growth.

Table of Contents

Our marketing efforts to help grow our business may not be effective.

Maintaining and promoting awareness of our marketplaces and services is important to our ability to attract and retain sellers and buyers. One of the key parts of our strategy for the Etsy marketplace is to bring more new buyers to the marketplace and create more habitual buyers by inspiring purchases across multiple categories and special occasions.

We continue to iterate on our marketing strategies, which may not succeed for a variety of reasons, including our inability to execute and implement our plans. External factors beyond our control may also impact the success of our marketing initiatives. Our primary marketing efforts currently include search engine optimization, search engine marketing, affiliate marketing, and display advertising, as well as social media, mobile push notifications, and email. Additionally, we engage in brand advertising via channels such as television and digital video advertising. We obtain a significant number of visits via search engines such as Google. Search engines frequently change the algorithms that determine the ranking and display of results of a user’s search and may make other changes to the way results are displayed, which can negatively affect the placement of links to our marketplaces and, therefore, reduce the number of visits to our marketplaces. We also obtain a significant number of visits from social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest. Search engines, social networks, and other third-parties typically require compliance with their policies and procedures, which may be subject to change or new interpretation with limited ability to negotiate, which could negatively impact our marketing capabilities (including marketing services for our sellers) and GMS. The growing use of online ad-blocking software, including on mobile devices, may also impact the success of our marketing efforts because we may reach a smaller audience and fail to bring more buyers to our platform. In addition, ongoing privacy regulatory changes, such as the E.U. General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”), may impact the scope and effectiveness of marketing and advertising services generally, including those used on our platform.

We also obtain a significant number of visits through email. If we are unable to successfully deliver emails to our sellers and buyers, or if our sellers and buyers do not open our emails, whether by choice, because those emails are marked as low priority or spam, or for other reasons, our business could be adversely affected. As e-commerce, search, and social networking evolve, we must continue to evolve our marketing tactics accordingly and, if we are unable to do so, our business could be adversely affected.

If the mobile solutions available to our sellers and buyers are not effective, the use of our marketplaces could decline.

Purchases made on mobile devices by consumers, including our buyers, have increased significantly in recent years. The smaller screen size and reduced functionality associated with some mobile devices may make the use of our platform more difficult or less appealing. Our sellers are also increasingly using mobile devices to operate their businesses on our platform. If we are not able to deliver a rewarding experience on mobile devices, our sellers’ ability to manage and scale their businesses may be harmed and, consequently, our business may suffer. Further, although we strive to provide engaging mobile experiences for both sellers and buyers who visit our mobile websites using a browser on their mobile device, we depend on our sellers and buyers using our mobile apps for the optimal mobile experience. Mobile web conversion rate is lower than our desktop and Buy on Etsy app conversion rates. Therefore, if mobile web visits continue to grow as a percentage of overall visits, it could be a headwind to future conversion rate gains and result in less GMS and revenue for us.

As new mobile devices and mobile platforms are released, we may encounter problems in developing or supporting apps for them. In addition, supporting new devices and mobile device operating systems may require substantial time and resources.

The success of our mobile apps could also be harmed by factors outside our control, such as:


•	actions taken by providers of mobile operating systems or mobile app download stores;


•	unfavorable treatment received by our mobile apps, especially as compared to competing apps, such as the placement of our mobile apps in a mobile app download store;


•	increased costs to distribute or use our mobile apps; or


•	changes in mobile operating systems, such as iOS and Android, that degrade the functionality of our mobile website or mobile apps or that give preferential treatment to competitive products.

If sellers and buyers encounter difficulty accessing or using our platform on their mobile devices, or if they choose not to use our platform on their mobile devices, our business, financial performance, and growth may be adversely affected.

Table of Contents

Expanding our community outside of the United States is part of our strategy and the growth of our business could be harmed if our expansion efforts do not succeed.

Our vision is both global and local and we are focused on growing our business outside of the United States. Although we have a significant number of sellers and buyers outside of the United States, we are a U.S.-based company with less experience developing local markets outside the United States and may not execute our strategy successfully. Operating outside of the United States also requires significant management attention, including managing operations over a broad geographic area with varying cultural norms and customs, and adapting our platform to local markets.

Despite our execution efforts, the goods that sellers list on our sites may not appeal to non-U.S. consumers in the same way as they do to consumers in the United States. In addition, non-U.S. buyers are not as familiar with the Etsy and Reverb brands as buyers in the United States and may not perceive us as relevant or trustworthy. Also, visits to our marketplaces from buyers outside the United States may not convert into sales as often as visits from within the United States, including due to the impact of the strong U.S. dollar relative to other currencies and the fact that most of the goods listed on our platform are denominated in U.S. dollars.

Our ability to grow our international operations may also be adversely affected by any circumstances that reduce or hinder cross-border trade. For example, the shipping of goods cross-border is typically more expensive and slower than domestic shipping and often involves complex customs and duty inspections and the dependency of national postal carrier systems. If jurisdictions become increasingly fragmented, with additional tariffs and customs that increase the cost or complexity of cross-border trade, whether on the seller’s sourcing of materials or between the seller and buyer, our business could be adversely impacted. Our success outside the United States depends upon our ability to attract sellers and buyers from the same countries in order to enable the growth of local markets. If we are not able to expand outside of the United States successfully, our growth prospects could be harmed. An inability to develop our community globally or to otherwise grow our business outside of the United States on a cost-effective basis could adversely affect our GMS, revenue, and operating results.

Competition is also likely to intensify outside of the United States, both where we operate now and where we plan to expand. Local companies based outside the United States may have a substantial competitive advantage because of their greater understanding of, and focus on, their local markets. Some of our competitors may also be able to develop and grow internationally more quickly than we will.

Continued expansion outside of the United States may also require significant financial investment. For example, in June 2018, we announced a referral agreement with DaWanda, a German e-commerce marketplace, which encouraged the migration of DaWanda buyers and sellers to Etsy’s marketplace and helped expand Etsy’s presence in Central Europe. Etsy also made initial investments to explore growth opportunities in India, a dynamic market where we have limited operating experience. We plan to invest in seller and buyer acquisition marketing, enhancing our machine translation and machine learning to help sellers and buyers connect even if they do not speak the same language, forming relationships with third-party service providers, supporting operations in multiple countries, and potentially acquiring companies based outside the United States and integrating those companies with our operations. Our investment outside of the United States may be more costly than we expect or unsuccessful.

Further expansion outside of the United States will subject us to risks associated with operations abroad.

Doing business outside of the United States subjects us to increased risks and burdens such as:


•	complying with different (and sometimes conflicting) laws and regulatory standards (particularly including those related to the use and disclosure of personal information, online payments and money transmission, intellectual property, consumer protection, online platform liability, and taxation of goods and services);


•	fluctuations of foreign exchange rates;


•	potentially heightened risk of fraudulent or other illegal transactions;


•	limitations on the repatriation of funds;


•	exposure to liabilities under anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, and export control laws, including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, the U.K. Bribery Act of 2010, trade controls and sanctions administered by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control, and similar laws and regulations in other jurisdictions;


•	varying levels of internet, e-commerce, and mobile technology adoption and infrastructure;


•	our ability to enforce contracts and intellectual property rights in jurisdictions outside the United States;

Table of Contents


•	geopolitical events such as natural disasters, terrorism, and acts of war;


•	uncertainties and instability in U.K. and European markets caused by Brexit; and


•	barriers to international trade, such as tariffs, customs, or other taxes.

Our sellers face similar risks in conducting their businesses across borders. Even if we are successful in managing the risks of conducting our business across borders, if our sellers are not, our business could be adversely affected. In particular, buyers and sellers seeking to engage in cross-border sales may become subject to an increasing number of barriers to international trade such as tariffs, customs, or other taxes.

If we invest substantial time and resources to expand our operations outside of the United States and cannot manage these risks effectively, the costs of doing business in those markets may be prohibitive or our expenses may increase disproportionately to the revenue generated in those markets.

Legal, political, and economic uncertainty surrounding the United Kingdom’s recent departure from the European Union may be a source of instability in international markets, create significant currency fluctuations, adversely affect our operations in the United Kingdom, and pose additional risks to our business, revenue, financial condition, and results of operations.

On January 31, 2020, the United Kingdom formally withdrew from the E.U. Under the terms of its withdrawal, the United Kingdom will be subject to a transition period until December 31, 2020, during which the United Kingdom will remain in the single market and customs union. The United Kingdom and the E.U. have begun negotiations to determine these relationships following the expiration of the transition period.

Lack of clarity about future U.K. laws and regulations as the United Kingdom determines which E.U. rules and regulations to replace or replicate, including financial laws and regulations, tax and free trade agreements, intellectual property rights, supply chain logistics, privacy and information security laws, environmental, health, and safety laws and regulations, immigration laws, and employment laws, could decrease foreign direct investment in the United Kingdom, increase costs and depress economic activity. In addition, depending on the terms of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the E.U., the United Kingdom could lose the benefits of global trade agreements negotiated by the E.U. on behalf of its members. The long-term effects of Brexit will depend on any agreements (or lack thereof) between the United Kingdom and the E.U. and, in particular, any arrangements for the United Kingdom to retain access to E.U. markets going forward.

The United Kingdom is one of our core markets. We are continuing to monitor Brexit developments to enable us to adjust our business and operations as appropriate with the goal of continuing to provide services to our United Kingdom and E.U. buyers and sellers after the transition period ends, including in the event of loss of all U.K. access to E.U. markets as well as lack of favorable resolution with regard to other E.U. rules and regulations. A failure by the United Kingdom and the E.U. to negotiate agreements favorable to the United Kingdom by the end of the transition period and ongoing uncertainty with respect to potential divergent regulatory standards, however, could result in additional operational, regulatory and compliance costs to us as well as decreased revenue, all of which could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Regulation in the areas of privacy and protection of user data could harm our business.

In addition to the actual and potential changes in law described elsewhere in these Risk Factors, global developments in privacy and data security regulations are changing some of the ways we and our vendors collect, use, and share personal information. Compliance with these changing regulations have necessitated some specific product changes for our non-U.S. activities. The GDPR extends the scope of E.U. data protection law to certain non-E.U. companies processing data of E.U. persons. The GDPR seeks to harmonize the data protection regulations throughout the entire E.U. The regulation contains numerous requirements and changes from previous E.U. law, including more robust obligations on data processors, greater rights for data subjects (requiring potentially significant changes to both our technology and operations), security and accountability obligations, and significantly heavier documentation and record-keeping requirements for data protection compliance programs. Specifically, the GDPR introduced numerous privacy-related changes for companies operating in the E.U., including greater control over personal data by data subjects (e.g., the “right to be forgotten”), increased data portability, access, and redress rights for E.U. consumers, data breach notification requirements, increased rules for online and e-mail marketing, and stronger regulatory enforcement regimes. The GDPR is subject to changing interpretations due to decisions of Data Protection Authorities, courts, and related legislative efforts both E.U.-wide and in particular jurisdictions. The GDPR requirements apply to some third-party transactions (such as commercial contracts with partners and vendors) and to transfers of information between us and our subsidiaries, including user and employee information. GDPR requirements may also apply, depending on

Table of Contents

interpretation of its reach, to some users in our worldwide community of sellers. We may experience difficulty retaining or obtaining new E.U. sellers or new sellers selling into the E.U. due to the legal requirements, compliance cost, potential risk exposure, and uncertainty for them in respect of their own compliance obligations with respect to GDPR. In addition, although our sellers are independent businesses, it is possible that a privacy authority could deem us jointly and severally liable for actions of our sellers, which would increase our potential liability exposure and costs of compliance, which could negatively impact our business. We could face potential liability, regulatory investigation, and costly litigation, which may not be adequately covered by insurance.

In the United States, the CCPA became effective on January 1, 2020. The CCPA introduced new requirements regarding the handling of personal information of California consumers and households. The law gives individuals the right to request access to and deletion of their information, and the right to opt out of sales of their personal information. The CCPA also authorizes limited private lawsuits to recover statutory damages for certain data breaches. The CCPA may increase our compliance costs and potential liability with respect to other personal information we collect about California residents.

GDPR, CCPA, and similar laws coming into effect in other jurisdictions may continue to change the data protection landscape globally and could result in potentially significant operational costs for internal compliance and risk to our business. Some of these requirements may introduce friction into the buying and selling experience on our platform and may impact the scope and effectiveness of our marketing efforts, which could negatively impact our business and future outlook. Beyond GDPR and CCPA, individual jurisdictions continue to pass laws related to data protection, such as data privacy and data breach notification, resulting in a diverse set of requirements across states, countries, and regions. Non-compliance with these laws could result in proceedings against us by one or more data protection authorities, other public authorities, third parties, or individuals. Under GDPR alone, noncompliance could result in fines of up to 20 million Euros or up to 4% of the annual global revenue of the noncompliant company, whichever is greater.

In addition, the laws relating to the transfer of personal data outside of the E.U. continue to evolve and remain uncertain. Although we are taking steps to comply and mitigate the potential impact to us, the efficacy and longevity of these steps are uncertain. We may find it necessary to establish systems to maintain personal data originating from the E.U. in the European Economic Area, which may involve substantial expense and distraction from other aspects of our business. In the meantime, the evolving data protection landscape also creates uncertainty as to how to comply with E.U. privacy law, including potentially inconsistent guidance, rulings, or requirements from multiple authorities in the E.U., as well as in the U.S. and worldwide. Further, we may not be entirely successful in our compliance efforts due to various factors either within our control (such as limited internal resource allocation) or outside our control (such as a lack of vendor cooperation, new regulatory interpretations, or lack of regulatory guidance in respect of certain GDPR requirements).

We also publish privacy policies and other documentation regarding our collection, processing, use, and disclosure of personal data. Although we endeavor to comply with our published policies and documentation, we may at times fail to do so or may be perceived to have failed to do so. Moreover, despite our efforts, we may not be successful in achieving compliance if our employees or third party providers fail to comply with our published policies and documentation. Such failures can subject us to potential international, local, state, and federal action if they are found to be deceptive, unfair, or misrepresentation of our actual practices.

Our payments systems depends on third-party providers, requires ongoing investment, and are subject to evolving laws, regulations, rules, and standards.

Our buyers primarily pay for purchases using our payments services (i.e., Etsy Payments and Reverb Payments) or PayPal. In the United States and other countries where our payments services are available, our sellers accept various forms of payments such as credit cards, debit cards, gift cards, PayPal, Google Wallet, and Apple Pay.

We rely upon third-party service providers to perform underlying compliance, credit card processing and payment disbursing, currency exchange, identity verification, sanctions screening, and fraud analysis services. If these service providers do not perform adequately or if our relationships with these service providers were to change or terminate, our sellers’ ability to receive orders or payment could be adversely affected and certain financial compliance measures, including fraud prevention and detection tools may not be effective, which could increase costs, lead to potential legal liability, and negatively impact our business. In addition, we and our third-party service providers may experience service outages from time to time that negatively impact payments on our platform. We have in the past experienced, and may in the future experience, such service outages and, if we are unable to provide an alternative payment solution, our business could be harmed. In addition, if our third-party providers increase the fees they charge us, our operating expenses could increase. If we respond by increasing the fees we charge to our sellers, some of our sellers may stop listing new items for sale or even close their accounts altogether.

Table of Contents

Various laws and regulations govern payments, and these laws are complex, evolving, and subject to change and vary across different jurisdictions in the United States and globally. Moreover, even in regions where such laws have been harmonized, regulatory interpretations of such laws may differ. As a result, we are required to spend significant time and effort determining whether various licensing and registration laws relating to payments apply to us and taking steps to comply with applicable laws and licensing regulations. Any failure or claim of our failure to comply, or any failure by our third-party service providers to comply, could cost us substantial resources, could result in liabilities, could cause us significant reputational damage, or could force us to stop offering our payments services in certain markets. Additionally, changes in payment regulation may occur that could render our payments systems less profitable. For example, any significant change in credit or debit card interchange rates in the United States or other markets, including as a result of changes in interchange fee limitations, may negatively impact payments on our platform.

We plan to invest ongoing internal resources into our payments tools and infrastructure in order to maintain existing availability, expand into additional markets, and offer new payment methods and tools to our buyers and sellers. If we fail to invest adequate resources into payments on our platform, or if our investment efforts are unsuccessful or unreliable, our payments services may not function properly or keep pace with competitive offerings, which could negatively impact their usage and our marketplaces. Further, our ability to expand our payments services into additional countries is dependent upon the third-party providers we use to support these services. As we expand the availability of our payments services to additional markets or offer new payment methods to our sellers and buyers in the future, we may become subject to additional and evolving regulations, compliance requirements, and may be exposed to heightened fraud risk, which could lead to an increase in our operating expenses.

Further, through our agreements with our third-party payment processors, we are indirectly subject to payment card association operating rules and certification requirements, including the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, which are subject to change. Failure to comply with these rules and certification requirements could impact our ability to meet our contractual obligations with our third-party payment processors and could result in potential fines. We are also subject to rules governing electronic funds transfers. Any change in these rules and requirements, including as a result of a change in our designation by major payment card providers, could make it difficult or impossible for us to comply and could require a change in our business operations. In addition, similar to a potential increase in costs from third-party providers described above, any increased costs associated with compliance with payment card association rules or payment card provider rules could lead to increased fees for us or our sellers, which may negatively impact payments on our platform, usage of our payments services, and our marketplaces.

If we experience a communications or technology disruption or failure that results in a loss of information, if personal data or sensitive information about members of our community or employees is misused or disclosed, or if we or our third-party providers are subject to cyber attacks, members of our community may curtail use of our platform, we may be exposed to liability, and our reputation could suffer.

Like all online services, we are vulnerable to power outages, telecommunications failures, and catastrophic events, as well as computer viruses, break-ins, phishing attacks, denial-of-service attacks, and other cyber attacks. Any of these incidents could lead to interruptions or shutdowns of our platform, loss of data, or unauthorized disclosure of personal or financial information of our members or employees. As we grow our business, expand internationally, and gain greater public visibility, we may face a higher risk of being targeted by cyber attacks. Although we rely on a variety of security measures, including security testing, encryption of sensitive information, and authentication technology, we cannot assure you that such measures will provide absolute security, particularly given the increasingly sophisticated tools and methods used by hackers and cyber terrorists.

In addition, we have experienced in the past, and may experience in the future, security breaches as a result of non-technical issues, including intentional, inadvertent, or social engineering breaches occurring through our employees or employees of our third-party service providers. In addition, if our employees or employees of our third-party service providers fail to comply with our internal security policies and practices, member or employee data may be improperly accessed, used, or disclosed. As we have moved to a fully remote work environment due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and as industry generally moves to online remote infrastructure for core work, we and our partners may be more vulnerable to cyber attacks. Cyber attacks could also result in the theft of our intellectual property or user data.

Cyber attacks and security breaches may occur through intentional or unintentional acts by individuals or groups having authorized or unauthorized access to our systems or our buyers’ and sellers’ information, which may include confidential information. If we do not maintain proper access to these systems or information, our risk of a cyber attack or security breach is heightened.

Table of Contents

A successful cyber attack could occur and persist for an extended period of time before being detected. In addition, because any investigation of a cybersecurity incident would be inherently unpredictable, the extent of a particular cybersecurity incident and the path of investigating the incident may not be immediately clear. It may take a significant amount of time before an investigation can be completed and full and reliable information about the incident is known. While an investigation is ongoing, we may not necessarily know the extent of the harm or how best to remediate it, certain errors or actions could be repeated or compounded before they are discovered and remediated, and communication to the public, regulators, members of our community, and other stakeholders may be inaccurate, any or all of which could further increase the costs and consequences of a cybersecurity incident.

We are also reliant on the security practices of our third party service providers, which may be outside of our direct control. Additionally, some of our third party service providers, such as identity verification and payment processing providers, regularly have access to some confidential and sensitive member data. If these third parties fail to adhere to adequate security practices, or experience a cyber attack such as a breach of their networks, our members’ data may be improperly accessed, used, or disclosed. Many of our service providers have moved to a remote work environment and may be more vulnerable to cyber attacks.

Cyber attacks aimed at disrupting our and our third-party service providers’ services have occurred regularly in the past, and we expect they will continue to occur in the future. If we or our third-party service providers experience security breaches that result in marketplace performance or availability problems or the loss, compromise, or unauthorized disclosure of personal data or other sensitive information, or if we fail to respond appropriately to any security breaches that we may experience, people may become unwilling to provide us the information necessary to set up an account with us. Existing sellers and buyers may stop listing new items for sale, decrease their purchases, or close their accounts altogether. We could also face damage to our reputation, potential liability, regulatory investigations in multiple jurisdictions, and costly remediation efforts and litigation, which may not be adequately covered by insurance. Any of these results could harm our growth prospects, our business, and our reputation for maintaining trusted marketplaces.

We may expand our business through acquisitions of other businesses or assets, which may divert management’s attention and/or prove to be unsuccessful, including our acquisition of Reverb.

We have acquired a number of other businesses in the past, including our 2019 acquisition of Reverb, and may acquire additional businesses or technologies, or enter into strategic partnerships, in the future. We may not realize the anticipated benefits of our acquisitions, including the acquisition of Reverb, or any partnerships, and the integration of Reverb and possible future acquisitions or relationships may disrupt our business and divert management’s time and attention. Acquisitions also may require us to spend a substantial portion of our available cash, issue stock, incur debt or other liabilities, amortize expenses related to intangible assets, or incur write-offs of goodwill or other assets. In addition, integrating an acquired business or technology is risky. The Reverb acquisition and any future acquisitions may result in unforeseen operational difficulties and expenditures associated with:


•	integrating new businesses and technologies into our infrastructure;


•	implementing growth initiatives;


•	integrating administrative functions;


•	retaining and integrating key employees;


•	supporting and enhancing morale and culture;


•	maintaining or developing controls, procedures, and policies (including effective internal control over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures); and


•	assuming liabilities related to the activities of the acquired business before and after the acquisition, including liabilities for violations of laws and regulations, commercial disputes, cyber attacks, taxes, and other matters.

We also may issue additional equity securities in connection with an acquisition, which could cause dilution to our stockholders. Finally, acquisitions could be viewed negatively by analysts, investors, or the members of our community.

Table of Contents

Adherence to our guiding principles and our focus on our mission and long-term sustainability may negatively influence our financial performance. Further, our reputation could be harmed if we fail to meet our impact strategy goals.

We intend to operate in line with our guiding principles, focus on the long-term sustainability of our business, and work toward our mission to “Keep Commerce Human.” We may take actions in line with our mission and guiding principles that we believe will benefit our business and, therefore, our stockholders over a longer period of time, even if those actions do not maximize short- or medium-term financial performance. However, these longer-term benefits may not materialize within the time frame we expect or at all. For example:


•	we may choose to prohibit the sale of items in our marketplaces that are inconsistent with our policies even though we could benefit financially from the sale of those items; or


•	we may choose to revise our policies in ways that we believe will be beneficial to our community in the long-term even though the changes may be perceived unfavorably, such as updates to the way we define “handmade.”

Additionally, we have developed an impact strategy that focuses on leveraging Etsy’s core business to generate value for our community and stakeholders through positive economic, social, and ecological efforts. Our impact strategy aims to create more economic opportunity for sellers, greater diversity in our workforce, and build long-term resilience by reducing our carbon footprint. If we don’t demonstrate progress against our impact strategy or if our impact strategy is not perceived to be adequate, our reputation could be harmed. We could also damage our reputation and the value of our brand if we fail to demonstrate that our commitment to our impact strategy enhances our overall financial performance.

Failure to deal effectively with fraud or other illegal activity could harm our business.

We have measures in place to detect and limit the occurrence of fraudulent and other illegal activity in our marketplaces, however, those measures may not always be effective. Further, the measures that we use to detect and limit the occurrence of fraudulent and other illegal activity must be dynamic, as new technologies and ways to commit fraud and other illegal activity are continually evolving, and regulations requiring marketplaces to detect and limit these activities are increasing. If we fail to limit the impact of fraudulent and other illegal activity in our marketplaces, our business, reputation, financial performance, and growth could be adversely affected.

For example, our sellers occasionally receive orders placed with fraudulent or stolen credit card data. Under current credit card chargeback rules, we could be held liable for orders placed through our payments services with fraudulent credit card data even if the associated financial institution approved the credit card transaction. Although we attempt to detect or challenge fraudulent transactions, we may not be able to do so effectively. As a result, our business could be adversely affected. We could also incur significant fines or lose our ability to give the option of paying with credit cards if we fail to follow payment card industry data security standards or payment card association rules or fail to limit fraudulent transactions conducted in our marketplaces.

We have adopted policies and procedures that are intended to ensure compliance with anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, export controls, and trade sanctions requirements. In addition, as stated elsewhere in these Risk Factors, we rely upon third-party service providers to perform certain underlying compliance, credit card processing identity verification, and risk and fraud analysis services. If we or our service providers do not perform adequately, certain of our fraud prevention and detection tools may not be effective, which could increase our expenses, lead to potential legal liability, and negatively impact our business.

Negative publicity and sentiment resulting from fraudulent, illegal, or deceptive conduct by members of our community or the perception that our levels of responsiveness and support for our sellers and buyers are inadequate could reduce our ability to attract and retain our sellers and buyers and damage our reputation.

We are subject to risks related to our corporate social responsibility metrics.

We voluntarily report certain corporate social responsibility metrics. This transparency is consistent with our commitment to executing on a strategy that reflects the positive economic, social, and ecological impact we want to have on the world while advancing and complementing our business strategy. These metrics, whether it be the standards we set for ourselves and/or our failure to meet such metrics, may influence our reputation and the value of our brand. For example, the perception held by our buyers or sellers, our partners or vendors, other key stakeholders, or the communities in which we do business may depend, in part, on the metrics we have chosen to aspire to and whether or not we meet these metrics on a timely basis, if at all. While selected metrics receive limited assurance from an independent third party, this is inherently a less rigorous process than reasonable assurance sought in a typical auditing engagement. Our failure to achieve progress on our metrics on a timely basis, or at all, could adversely affect our business, financial performance, or growth.

Table of Contents

By electing to set and share publicly these corporate social responsibility metrics, our business may also face increased scrutiny related to environmental, social, and governance activities. As a result, we could damage our reputation and the value of our brand if we fail to act responsibly in the areas in which we report, such as economic security and personal empowerment, diversity and inclusion, energy and water management, carbon footprint, and data privacy or if we are perceived not to have rigorously measured our achievement against such metrics. Any harm to our reputation resulting from setting these metrics or our failure or perceived failure to meet such metrics could impact: employee engagement and retention; the willingness of our buyers and sellers and our partners and vendors to do business with us; or investors’ willingness to purchase or hold shares of our common stock, any of which could adversely affect our business, financial performance, and growth.

We face intense competition and may not be able to compete effectively.

Operating e-commerce marketplaces is highly competitive and we expect competition to increase in the future. To be successful, we need to attract and retain sellers and buyers. As a result, we face competition from a wide range of online and offline competitors.

We compete for sellers with both retailers and companies that sell software and services to small businesses. For example, in addition to listing her goods for sale on Etsy, an Etsy seller can list her goods with other online retailers, such as Amazon, eBay, or Alibaba, or sell her goods through local consignment and vintage stores and other venues or marketplaces, including through commerce channels on social networks like Facebook and Instagram. She may also sell wholesale directly to traditional retailers, including large national retailers, who discover her goods in our marketplaces or otherwise. We also compete with companies that sell software and services to small businesses, enabling a seller to sell from her own website or otherwise run her business independently of our platform, such as Bigcommerce, and Shopify.

We compete to attract, engage, and retain sellers based on many factors, including:


•	our brand awareness;


•	the global scale of our marketplaces and the breadth of our online presence;


•	the extent to which our tools and services can ease the administrative tasks that a seller might encounter in running her business;


•	the number and engagement of buyers;


•	seller education resources and tools;


•	our policies and fees;


•	the ability to scale her business;


•	our mobile apps;


•	the strength of our community; and


•	our mission.

In addition, we compete with retailers for the attention of buyers. A buyer has the choice of shopping with any online or offline retailer, including large e-commerce marketplaces, such as Amazon, eBay or Alibaba, national retail chains, such as West Elm or Target, local consignment and vintage stores, social commerce channels like Instagram, event-driven platforms and vertical experiences like Zola and Wayfair, and other venues or marketplaces. Many of these competitors offer low-cost or free shipping, fast shipping times, favorable return policies, and other features that may be difficult or impossible for our sellers to match.

We compete to attract, engage, and retain buyers based on many factors, including:


•	the breadth and quality of items that sellers list in our marketplaces;


•	the ease of finding the item a buyer is looking for;


•	our brand awareness;


•	the person-to-person commerce experience;

Table of Contents


•	customer service;


•	our reputation for trustworthiness;


•	our mobile apps;


•	the availability of fair and free shipping offered by Etsy sellers to Etsy buyers;


•	ease of payment; and


•	the availability and reliability of our platform.

Many of our competitors and potential competitors have longer operating histories, greater resources, better name recognition, or more customers than we do.

They may invest more to develop and promote their services than we do, and they may offer lower fees to sellers than we do. Additionally, we believe that it is relatively easy for new businesses to create online commerce offerings or tools or services that enable entrepreneurship.

Local companies or more established companies based in markets where we operate outside of the United States may also have a better understanding of local customs, providing them a competitive advantage. For example, in certain markets outside the United States, we compete with smaller, but similar, local online marketplaces with a focus on unique goods that are attempting to attract sellers and buyers in those markets.

If we are unable to compete successfully, or if competing successfully requires us to expend significant resources in response to our competitors’ actions, our business could be adversely affected.

We rely on our sellers to provide a fulfilling experience to our buyers.

A small portion of buyers complain to us about their experience with our platform. For example, buyers may report that they have not received the items that they purchased, that the items received were not as represented by a seller or that a seller has not been responsive to their questions. Similarly, we occasionally identify sellers who are unable to fulfill orders in a time frame or manner consistent with buyer expectations.

Negative publicity and sentiment generated as a result of these types of complaints or any associated enforcement action taken against sellers could reduce our ability to attract and retain our sellers and buyers or damage our reputation. A perception that our levels of responsiveness and support for our sellers and buyers are inadequate could have similar results. In some situations, we may choose to reimburse our buyers for their purchases to help avoid harm to our reputation, but we may not be able to recover the funds we expend for those reimbursements. Although we are focused on enhancing customer service, our efforts may be unsuccessful and our sellers and buyers may be disappointed in their experience and not return.

Anything that prevents the timely processing of orders or delivery of goods to our buyers could harm our sellers. Service interruptions and delivery delays may be caused by events that are beyond the control of our sellers, such as interruptions in order or payment processing, transportation disruptions, natural disasters, inclement weather, terrorism, public health crises, or political unrest. For example, many countries are experiencing delays in international shipping due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, disruptions in the operations of a substantial number of our sellers could also result in negative experiences for a substantial number of our buyers, which could harm our reputation and adversely affect our business. For example, we have recently experienced a surge in demand for handmade face masks, hand sanitizer and other COVID-19-related products. If buyers have a negative experience in the purchase of these products, whether due to quality or timing of delivery, our reputation could be damaged.

Our reputation may be harmed if members of our community use illegal or unethical business practices.

Our emphasis on our mission and guiding principles makes our reputation particularly sensitive to allegations of illegal or unethical business practices by our sellers or other members of our community. Our policies promote legal and ethical business practices, such as encouraging Etsy sellers to work only with manufacturers who do not use child or involuntary labor, who do not discriminate, and who promote sustainability and humane working conditions. However, we do not control our sellers or other members of our community or their business practices and cannot ensure that they comply with our policies. If members of our community engage in illegal or unethical business practices or are perceived to do so, we may receive negative publicity and our reputation may be harmed.

Table of Contents

Our business depends on network and mobile infrastructure provided by third parties and on our ability to maintain and scale the technology underlying our platform.

The reliability of our platform is important to our ability to generate and grow revenue, our reputation and our ability to attract and retain our sellers and buyers. As the number of sellers and buyers, volume of traffic, number of transactions, and the amount of information shared on our platform grow, our need for additional network capacity and computing power will also grow. The operation of the technology underlying our platform is expensive and complex, and we could experience operational failures. If we fail to accurately predict the rate or timing of the growth of our platform, we may be required to incur significant additional costs to maintain reliability. The investments we make in our platform are designed to grow our business and to improve our operating results in the long term, but these investments could also delay our ability to achieve profitability or reduce profitability in the near term. Upgrading our platform, software, and networks may also subject us to disruptions, failures, or delays.

We also depend on the development and maintenance of the internet, cloud, and mobile infrastructure, and increasingly rely on the availability, features, cost, and reliability of third-party service providers and platforms. For example, this includes maintenance of reliable internet and mobile networks with the necessary speed, data capacity, and security, as well as timely development of complementary products.

Third-party providers host much of our technology infrastructure and are likely to host more in the future. Any disruption in their services, or any failure of our providers to handle the demands of our marketplaces could significantly harm our business. For example, any significant disruption of, or interference with, our use of cloud infrastructure would negatively impact our operations and our business would be seriously harmed. We exercise little control over these providers, which increases our vulnerability to their financial conditions and to problems with the services they provide, such as security concerns. Our efforts to update our infrastructure may not be successful as we may not sufficiently distribute our risk across providers or geographies or may take longer than anticipated. If we experience failures in our technology infrastructure or do not expand our technology infrastructure successfully, then our ability to attract and retain our sellers and buyers could be adversely affected, which could harm our growth prospects and our business.

We rely on Google Cloud for a substantial portion of the computing, storage, data processing, networking, and other services for Etsy.com.

Google Cloud Platform provides a distributed computing infrastructure as a service platform for business operations, and we have migrated Etsy’s data centers to Google Cloud, increasing our reliance on cloud infrastructure. Any transition of the cloud services currently provided by Google Cloud to another cloud provider would be difficult to implement and will cause us to incur significant time and expense. Any significant disruption of, or interference with, our use of Google Cloud would negatively impact our operations and our business would be seriously harmed. In addition, if hosting costs increase over time and if we require more computing or storage capacity, our costs could increase disproportionately. If we are unable to grow our revenues faster than the cost of utilizing the services of Google or similar providers, our business and financial condition could be adversely affected.

We may be subject to claims that items listed in our marketplaces are counterfeit, infringing, or illegal.

We frequently receive communications alleging that items listed in our marketplaces infringe third-party copyrights, trademarks, patents, or other intellectual property rights. We have intellectual property complaint and take-down procedures in place to address these communications, and we believe such procedures are important to promote confidence in our marketplaces, along with proactive anti-counterfeiting measures our platform employs and continues to develop. We follow these procedures to review complaints and relevant facts to determine the appropriate action, which may include removal of the item from our marketplaces and, in certain cases, closing the shops of sellers who violate our policies.

Our procedures may not effectively reduce or eliminate our liability. For example, on the Etsy marketplace we use a combination of automatic and manual tools and depend upon human review in many circumstances. Our tools and procedures may be subject to error or enforcement failures and may not be adequately staffed, and we may be subject to erroneous or fraudulent demands to remove content. In addition, we may be subject to civil or criminal liability for activities carried out by sellers on our platform, especially outside the United States where laws may offer less protection for intermediaries and platforms than the United States. Under current U.S. copyright law and the Communications Decency Act, we may benefit from statutory safe harbor provisions that protect us from copyright liability for content posted on our platform by sellers and buyers. However, trademark and patent laws do not include similar statutory provisions, and liability for these forms of intellectual property is often determined by court decisions. These safe harbors and court rulings may change unfavorably. In that event, we may be held secondarily liable for the intellectual property infringement of our sellers.

Table of Contents

Regardless of the validity of any claims made against us, we may incur significant costs and efforts to defend against or settle them. If a governmental authority determines that we have aided and abetted the infringement or sale of counterfeit goods or if legal changes result in us potentially being liable for actions by sellers on our platform, we could face regulatory, civil, or criminal penalties. Successful claims by third-party rights owners could require us to pay substantial damages or refrain from permitting any further listing of the relevant items. These types of claims could force us to modify our business practices, which could lower our revenue, increase our costs, or make our platforms less user-friendly. These claims, or legal and regulatory changes, could require the removal of non-infringing or completely unrelated content, which could negatively impact our business and our ability to retain sellers. Moreover, public perception that unlicensed, counterfeit, or other unauthorized items are common in our marketplaces, even if factually incorrect, could result in negative publicity and damage to our reputation.

Our business and our sellers and buyers may be subject to sales and other taxes.

The application of indirect taxes, such as sales and use tax, value-added tax, provincial tax, goods and services tax, business tax, withholding tax, digital service tax, and gross receipt tax, to businesses like ours and to our sellers and buyers is a complex and evolving issue. Significant judgment is required to evaluate applicable tax obligations and as a result amounts recorded are estimates and are subject to adjustments. In many cases, the ultimate tax determination is uncertain because it is not clear when and how new and existing statutes might apply to our business or to our sellers’ businesses. If we are found to be deficient in how we have addressed our tax obligations, our business could be adversely impacted.

Various jurisdictions (including the U.S. states and E.U. member states) are seeking to, or have recently imposed additional reporting, record-keeping, or indirect tax collection and remittance obligations on businesses like ours that facilitate online commerce. If requirements like these become applicable in additional jurisdictions, our business, collectively with Etsy sellers’ businesses, could be harmed. For example, taxing authorities in many U.S. states and in other countries have identified e-commerce platforms as a means to calculate, collect, and remit indirect taxes for transactions taking place over the internet, and have enacted laws, and others are considering related legislation. Additionally, the Supreme Court’s recent decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. et al overturned existing law that sellers are not required to collect sales and use tax unless they have a physical presence in the buyer’s state. As a result of the Wayfair decision, U.S. states have begun to adopt and enforce laws requiring us or our sellers to calculate, collect, and remit taxes on their sales. Such changes to current law or new legislation could adversely affect our business if the requirement of tax to be charged on items sold on our marketplaces causes our marketplaces to be less attractive to current and prospective buyers, which could materially impact our business, financial performance, and growth. Additionally, this legislation could require us or our sellers to incur substantial costs in order to comply, including costs associated with tax calculation, collection, remittance, and audit requirements, which could make selling in our marketplaces less attractive. If we are found to be deficient in the calculation, collection, and remittance of taxes in the jurisdictions in which we do business our business and results of operations could be adversely impacted.

Our business is subject to a large number of U.S. and non-U.S. laws, many of which are evolving.

We are subject to a variety of laws and regulations in the United States and around the world, including those relating to traditional businesses, such as employment laws and taxation, and laws and regulations focused on e-commerce and online marketplaces, such as online payments, privacy, anti-spam, data security and protection, online platform liability, intellectual property, and consumer protection. In light of our international operations, we need to comply with various laws associated with doing business outside of the United States, including anti-money laundering, sanctions, anti-corruption, and export control laws. In some cases, non-U.S. privacy, data security, consumer protection, e-commerce, and other laws and regulations are more detailed than those in the United States and, in some countries, are actively enforced.

These laws and regulations are continuously evolving, and compliance is costly and can require changes to our business practices and significant management time and effort.

Additionally, it is not always clear how existing laws apply to online marketplaces as many of these laws do not address the unique issues raised by online marketplaces or e-commerce. For example, as described elsewhere in these Risk Factors, laws relating to privacy are evolving differently in different jurisdictions. Federal, state, and non-U.S. governmental authorities, as well as courts interpreting the laws, continue to evaluate and assess the privacy requirements that are applicable to Etsy.

New platform liability laws, potential amendments to existing laws, and ongoing regulatory and judicial interpretation of these laws imparting liability for conduct by users of a platform may create costs and uncertainty for both Etsy and sellers on our platform. For example, the European Union recently passed a directive expanding online platform liability for copyright infringement, which member states are expected to implement by 2021. In addition, there have been various Congressional efforts to restrict the scope of the protections available to online platforms under Section 230 of the Communications Decency

Table of Contents

Act, and our current protections from liability for third-party content in the United States could decrease or change. We could incur significant costs investigating and defending such claims and, if we are found liable, significant damages.

Some providers of consumer devices and web browsers have implemented, or have announced plans to implement, ways to block tracking technologies which, if widely adopted, could also result in online tracking methods becoming significantly less effective. Any reduction in our ability to make effective use of such technologies could harm our ability to personalize the experience of buyers, increase our costs, and limit our ability to attract and retain our sellers and buyers on cost-effective terms. As a result, our business could be adversely affected.

Existing and future laws and regulations enacted by federal, state, or non-U.S. governments or the inconsistent enforcement of such laws and regulations could impede the growth of e-commerce or online marketplaces, which could have a negative impact on our business and operations. Examples include data localization requirements, limitation on marketplace scope or ownership, intellectual property intermediary liability rules, regulation of online speech, limits on network neutrality, and rules related to security, privacy, or national security, which may impede us or our users. We could also face regulatory challenges or be subject to discriminatory or anti-competitive practices that could impede both our and our sellers’ growth prospects, increase our costs, and harm our business.

We strive to comply with all applicable laws, but they may conflict with each other, and by complying with the laws or regulations of one jurisdiction, we may find that we are violating the laws or regulations of another jurisdiction. Despite our efforts, we may not have fully complied in the past and may not in the future. If we become liable under laws or regulations applicable to us, we could be required to pay significant fines and penalties, our reputation may be harmed, and we may be forced to change the way we operate. That could require us to incur significant expenses or to discontinue certain services, which could negatively affect our business.

Additionally, if third parties with whom we work violate applicable laws or our policies, those violations could result in other liabilities for us and could harm our business. Furthermore, the circumstances in which we may be held liable for the acts, omissions, or responsibilities of our sellers is uncertain, complex, and evolving. For example, certain laws have recently been enacted seeking to hold marketplaces like ours responsible for certain compliance obligations for which sellers have traditionally been responsible. If an increasing number of such laws are passed, the resulting compliance costs and potential liability risk could negatively impact our business.

Our software is highly complex and may contain undetected errors.

The software underlying our platform is highly interconnected and complex and may contain undetected errors or vulnerabilities, some of which may only be discovered after the code has been released. We rely heavily on a software engineering practice known as “continuous deployment,” meaning that we typically release software code many times per day. This practice may result in the more frequent introduction of errors or vulnerabilities into the software underlying our platform, which can impact the user experience on our marketplaces. Additionally, due to the interconnected nature of the software underlying our platform, updates to certain parts of our code, including changes to our or third party APIs on which we rely, could have an unintended impact on other sections of our code, which may result in errors or vulnerabilities to our platform that negatively impact the user experience and functionality of our marketplaces. Any errors or vulnerabilities discovered in our code after release could result in damage to our reputation, loss of our community members, loss of revenue, or liability for damages, any of which could adversely affect our growth prospects and our business.

Our business depends on continued and unimpeded access to the internet and mobile networks.

Our sellers and buyers rely on access to the internet or mobile networks to access our marketplaces. Internet service providers may choose to disrupt or degrade access to our platform or increase the cost of such access. Mobile network operators or operating system providers could block or place onerous restrictions on the ability to download and use our mobile apps.

Internet service providers or mobile network operators could also attempt to charge us for providing access to our platform. In addition, we could face discriminatory or anticompetitive practices that could impede both our and our sellers’ growth prospects, increase our costs, and harm our business. In 2015, rules approved by the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) went into effect that prohibited internet service providers from charging content providers higher rates in order to deliver their content over certain “fast traffic” lanes; however, those rules were repealed in June 2018, and efforts to challenge the repeal in the courts have failed to reverse the FCC’s 2018 decision, and in October 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit provided a mixed ruling that did not reverse the FCC’s 2015 decision in its entirety. Although this recent court ruling allows states to enact their own net neutrality rules, the repeal of federal protections may make it more difficult or costly for many small businesses such as our community of sellers, as well as our buyers, to access our platform and may result in

Table of Contents

increased costs for us, which could significantly harm our business, and the millions of microbusinesses that utilize our platform.

Outside of the United States, it is possible that governments of one or more countries may seek to censor content available on our platform or may even attempt to block access to our platform. If we are restricted from operating in one or more countries, our ability to attract and retain sellers and buyers may be adversely affected and we may not be able to grow our business as we anticipate.

Our business could be negatively affected as a result of actions of activist stockholders.

The actions of activist stockholders could adversely affect our business. Specifically, responding to common actions of an activist stockholder, such as requests for special meetings, potential nominations of candidates for election to our Board of Directors, requests to pursue a strategic combination, or other transaction or other special requests, could disrupt our operations, be costly and time-consuming, or divert the attention of our management and employees. In addition, perceived uncertainties as to our future direction in relation to the actions of an activist stockholder may result in the loss of potential business opportunities or the perception that we are unstable as a company, which may make it more difficult to attract and retain qualified employees. Our ability to continue to commit to our mission, guiding principles, and culture may also be questioned, which could impact our ability to attract and retain buyers and sellers. Actions of an activist stockholder may also cause fluctuations in our stock price based on speculative market perceptions or other factors that do not necessarily reflect the underlying fundamentals and prospects of our business.

We may be subject to intellectual property claims, which are extremely costly to defend, could require us to pay significant damages, and could limit our ability to use certain technologies in the future.

Companies in the internet and technology industries are frequently subject to litigation based on allegations of infringement or other violations of intellectual property rights. We periodically receive communications that claim we have infringed, misappropriated, or misused others’ intellectual property rights. To the extent we gain greater public recognition, we may face a higher risk of being the subject of intellectual property claims. Third parties may have intellectual property rights that cover significant aspects of our technologies or business methods and prevent us from expanding our offerings. Third parties may also allege a company is secondarily liable for intellectual property infringement, or that it is a joint infringer with another party, including claims that Etsy is liable, either directly, indirectly, or vicariously, for infringement claims against sellers or third parties, and that statutory, judicial, or other immunities and defenses do not protect us. Any intellectual property claim against us, with or without merit, could be time consuming and expensive to settle or litigate and could divert the attention of our management. Litigation regarding intellectual property rights is inherently uncertain due to the complex issues involved, and we may not be successful in defending ourselves in such matters. In addition, some of our competitors have extensive portfolios of issued patents. Many potential litigants, including some of our competitors, patent holding companies and other intellectual property rights holders, have the ability to dedicate substantial resources to enforcing their perceived intellectual property rights. Any claims successfully brought against us could subject us to significant liability for damages and we may be required to stop using technology or other intellectual property alleged to be in violation of a third party’s rights in one or more jurisdictions where we do business. We also might be required to seek a license for third-party intellectual property. Even if a license is available, we could be required to pay significant royalties or submit to unreasonable terms, which would increase our operating expenses. We may also be required to develop alternative non-infringing technology, which could require significant time and expense. If we cannot license or develop technology for any allegedly infringing aspect of our business, we would be forced to limit our service and may be unable to compete effectively. Any of these results could harm our business.

We may be unable to protect our intellectual property adequately.

Our intellectual property is an essential asset of our business. To establish and protect our intellectual property rights, we rely on a combination of trade secret, copyright, trademark, and patent laws, as well as confidentiality procedures and contractual provisions. The efforts we have taken to protect our intellectual property may not be sufficient or effective. We generally do not elect to register our copyrights, relying instead on the laws protecting unregistered intellectual property, which may not be sufficient. We rely on both registered and unregistered trademarks, which may not always be comprehensive in scope. In addition, our copyrights and trademarks, whether or not registered, and patents may be held invalid or unenforceable if challenged, and may be of limited territorial reach. While we have obtained or applied for patent protection with respect to some of our intellectual property, patent filings may not be adequate alone to protect our intellectual property, and we rely on trade secret protection for parts of our technology and intellectual property. To the extent we do seek patent protection, any U.S. or other patents issued to us may not be sufficiently broad to protect our proprietary technologies.

In addition, we may not be effective in policing unauthorized use of our intellectual property and authorized uses may not have the intended effect. Even if we do detect violations, we may need to engage in litigation or licensing to enforce our intellectual

Table of Contents

property rights. Any enforcement efforts we undertake, including litigation, could be time-consuming and expensive and could divert our management’s attention. In addition, our efforts may be met with defenses and counterclaims challenging the validity and enforceability of our intellectual property rights or may result in a court determining that our intellectual property rights are unenforceable. The legal framework surrounding protection of intellectual property changes frequently throughout the world, particularly as to technologies used in e-commerce, and these changes may impact our ability to protect our intellectual property and defend against third party claims. If we are unable to cost-effectively protect our intellectual property rights, then our business could be harmed.

We are subject to the terms of open source licenses because our platform incorporates open source software.

The software powering our platform incorporates software covered by open source licenses. In addition, we regularly contribute source code to open source software projects and release internal software projects under open source licenses, and we anticipate doing so in the future. The terms of many open source licenses relied upon by us and the internet and technology industries have been interpreted by only a few court decisions and there is a risk that the licenses could be construed in a manner that imposes unanticipated conditions or restrictions on our ability to operate our marketplaces. Under certain open source licenses, if certain conditions were met, we could be required to publicly release aspects of the source code of our software or to make our software available under open source licenses. To avoid the public release of the affected portions of our source code, we could be required to expend substantial time and resources to re-engineer some or all of our software. In addition, use of open source software can lead to greater risks than use of third-party commercial software because open source licensors generally do not provide warranties or controls on the origin of the software. Use of open source software may also present additional security risks because the public availability of such software may make it easier for hackers and other third parties to determine how to compromise our platform, and availability of patches or fixes may not be consistent or quickly available, as it may be subject to the continued community engagement in a particular open source project. Additionally, because any software source code we contribute to open source projects is publicly available, while we may benefit from the contributions of others, our ability to protect our intellectual property rights in such software source code may be limited or lost entirely, and we will be unable to prevent our competitors or others from using such contributed software source code. Any of these risks could be difficult to eliminate or manage and, if not addressed, could adversely affect our business, financial performance and growth.

We may experience fluctuations in our tax obligations and effective tax rate.

We are subject to a variety of taxes and tax collection obligations in the United States and in numerous other foreign jurisdictions. We record tax expense, including indirect taxes, based on current tax payments and our estimates of future tax payments, which may include reserves for estimates of probable or likely settlements of tax audits. We may recognize additional tax expense and be subject to additional tax liabilities, including tax collection obligations, due to changes in tax law such as legislation commonly referred to as the U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, including regulations, administrative practices, outcomes of court cases, and changes to the global tax framework. Further, our effective tax rate and cash taxes paid in a given financial statement period may be adversely impacted by results of our business operations including changes in the mix of revenue among different jurisdictions, acquisitions, investments, entry into new geographies, the relative amount of foreign earnings, changes in foreign currency exchanges rates, changes in our stock price, intercompany transactions, changes to accounting rules, expectation of future profits, changes in our deferred tax assets and liabilities and our assessment of their realizability, and changes to our ownership or capital structure. Fluctuations in our tax obligations and effective tax rate could adversely affect our business.

In the ordinary course of our business, there are numerous transactions and calculations for which the ultimate tax determination is uncertain. Although, we believe that our tax positions and related provisions reflected in the financial statements are fully supportable, we recognize that these tax positions and related provisions may be challenged by various tax authorities. These tax positions and related provisions are reviewed on an ongoing basis and are adjusted as additional facts and information become available, including progress on tax audits, changes in interpretation of tax laws, developments in case law and closing of statute of limitations. To the extent that the ultimate results differ from our original or adjusted estimates, our effective tax rate can be adversely affected.

The provision for income taxes involves a significant amount of management judgment regarding interpretation of relevant facts and laws in the jurisdictions in which we operate. Future changes in applicable laws, projected levels of taxable income and tax planning could change the effective tax rate and tax balances recorded by us. In addition, tax authorities periodically review income tax returns filed by us and can raise issues regarding its filing positions, timing and amount of income and deductions, and the allocation of income among the jurisdictions in which we operate. A significant period of time may elapse between the filing of an income tax return and the ultimate resolution of an issue raised by a revenue authority with respect to that return. Any adjustments as a result of any examination, may result in additional taxes or penalties against us. If the ultimate

Table of Contents

result of these audits differs from original or adjusted estimates, they could have a material impact our effective tax rate and tax liabilities.

At any one time, multiple tax years could be subject to audit by various taxing jurisdictions. As a result, we could be subject to higher than anticipated tax liabilities as well as ongoing variability in our quarterly tax rates as audits close and exposures are re-evaluated.

We may be involved in litigation and regulatory matters that are expensive and time consuming.

In addition to intellectual property claims, we may become involved in other litigation matters, including class action or shareholder derivative lawsuits. We may become subject to heightened regulatory scrutiny, inquiries, or investigations, including with respect to our community, relating to broad, industry-wide concerns, such as antitrust and privacy, that could lead to increased expenses or reputational damage. For example, while we have stated on our website that items sold on Etsy, such as masks and hand sanitizers, are not medical-grade, and that our sellers cannot make medical or health claims, we may nevertheless be subject to claims.

Under certain circumstances, we have contractual and other legal obligations to indemnify and to incur legal expenses on behalf of current and former directors, officers, and underwriters. Any lawsuit to which we are a party, with or without merit, may result in an unfavorable judgment. We also may decide to settle lawsuits on unfavorable terms. Any such negative outcome could result in payments of substantial damages or fines, damage to our reputation, or adverse changes to our offerings or business practices. Any of these results could adversely affect our business. In addition, defending claims is costly and can impose a significant burden on our management.

Actions brought against us may result in lawsuits, enforcement actions, injunctions, settlements, damages, fines, or penalties, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations or require changes to our business. Although we establish accruals for our litigation and regulatory matters in accordance with applicable accounting guidance when those matters proceed to a stage where they present loss contingencies that are both probable and reasonably estimable, there may be a material exposure to loss in excess of any amounts accrued, or in excess of any loss contingencies disclosed as reasonably possible. Such loss contingencies may not be probable and reasonably estimable until the proceedings have progressed significantly, which could take several years and occur close to resolution of the matter.

If our insurance coverage is insufficient or our insurers are unable to meet their obligations, our insurance may not mitigate the risks facing our business.

Our insurance policies cover a number of risks and potential liabilities, such as general liability, property coverage, errors, and omissions liability, employment liability, business interruptions, data breaches, crime, product liability, and directors’ and officers’ liability. For certain types of business risk, we may not be able to, or may choose not to, acquire insurance. In addition, our insurance may not adequately mitigate the risks we face or we may have to pay high premiums and/or deductibles for the coverage we do obtain. Additionally, if any of our insurers becomes insolvent, it would be unable to pay any claims that we make.

If we are unable to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting, investors may lose confidence in the accuracy of our financial reports.

As a public company, we are required to maintain internal control over financial reporting and to report any material weaknesses in such internal controls. Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires that we evaluate and determine the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. It also requires our independent registered public accounting firm to attest to our evaluation of our internal controls over financial reporting. Although our management has determined, and our independent registered public accounting firm has attested, that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2019, we cannot assure you that we or our independent registered public accounting firm will not identify a material weakness in our internal controls in the future. We are currently integrating Reverb into our operations and financial internal control processes. We cannot assure you that Reverb will be effectively integrated into our operational or financial internal control processes or that that we or our independent registered public accounting firm will not identify a material weakness relating to Reverb in our internal control processes in the future.

If we have a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting in the future, we may not detect errors on a timely basis. If we have difficulty implementing and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting at businesses that we acquire, or if we identify a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting in the future, it could harm our operating results, adversely affect our reputation, cause our stock price to decline, or result in inaccurate

Table of Contents

financial reporting or material misstatements in our annual or interim financial statements. We could be required to implement expensive and time-consuming remedial measures. Further, if there are material weaknesses or failures in our ability to meet any of the requirements related to the maintenance and reporting of our internal controls, such as Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, investors may lose confidence in the accuracy and completeness of our financial reports and that could cause the price of our common stock to decline. We could become subject to investigations by Nasdaq, the SEC, or other regulatory authorities, which could require additional management attention and which could adversely affect our business.

In addition, our internal control over financial reporting will not prevent or detect all errors and fraud, and individuals, including employees and contractors, could circumvent such controls. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that misstatements due to error or fraud will not occur or that all control issues and instances of fraud will be detected.

We have a significant amount of debt and may incur additional debt in the future. We may not have sufficient cash flow from our business to pay our substantial debt when due.

Our ability to pay our debt when due or to refinance our indebtedness, including the 0% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023 we issued in March 2018 and the 0.125% Convertible Senior Notes due 2026 we issued in September 2019 (together, the “Notes”), depends on our future performance, which is subject to economic, financial, competitive, and other factors beyond our control. Our business may not continue to generate cash flow from operations in the future sufficient to service our debt and make necessary capital expenditures. In addition, any required repurchase of the Notes for cash as a result of a fundamental change would lower our current cash on hand such that we would not have those funds available for us in our business. If we are unable to generate such cash flow, we may be required to adopt one or more alternatives, such as selling assets, restructuring debt, or obtaining additional equity capital on terms that may be onerous or highly dilutive. Our ability to refinance our indebtedness will depend on the capital markets and our financial condition at such time. We may not be able to engage in any of these activities or engage in these activities on desirable terms, which could result in a default on our debt obligations.

In addition, we and our subsidiaries may be able to incur substantial additional debt in the future, subject to the restrictions contained in our debt instruments, some of which may be secured debt. If, for example, we incur additional debt, secure existing or future debt, or recapitalize our debt, these actions may diminish our ability to make payments on our substantial debt when due.

The accounting method for convertible debt securities that may be settled in cash, such as the Notes, could have a material effect on our reported financial results.

Under Accounting Standards Codification 470-20—Debt with Conversion and Other Options, (“ASC 470-20”), an entity must separately account for the liability and equity components of the convertible debt instruments (such as the Notes) that may be settled entirely or partially in cash upon conversion in a manner that reflects the issuer’s economic interest cost. The equity components of the Notes are required to be included in the additional paid-in capital section of stockholders’ equity on our Consolidated Balance Sheet, and the value of the equity component would be treated as original issue discount for purposes of accounting for the debt component of the Notes. As a result, we will be required to record non-cash interest expense in current periods presented as a result of the amortization of the discounted carrying value of the Notes to their face amount over the term of the Notes. We will report lower net income in our financial results because ASC 470-20 requires interest to include both the current period’s amortization of the debt discount and the instrument’s coupon interest, which could adversely affect our reported or future financial results, the trading price of our common stock and the trading price of the Notes.

In addition, under certain circumstances, convertible debt instruments (such as the Notes) that may be settled entirely or partly in cash are currently accounted for utilizing the treasury stock method, the effect of which is that the shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes are not included in the calculation of diluted earnings per share except to the extent that the conversion value of the Notes exceeds their principal amount. Under the treasury stock method, for diluted earnings per share purposes, the transaction is accounted for as if the number of shares of common stock that would be necessary to settle such excess, if we elected to settle such excess in shares, are issued. We cannot be sure that the accounting standards in the future will continue to permit the use of the treasury stock method. If we are unable to use the treasury stock method in accounting for the shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes, then our diluted earnings per share would be adversely affected.

Table of Contents

The terms of our debt instruments may restrict our ability to pursue our business strategies.

We do not currently have any obligations outstanding under our credit facility. However, our credit facility requires us to comply with various covenants that limit our ability to take actions such as:


•	disposing of assets;


•	completing mergers or acquisitions;


•	incurring additional indebtedness;


•	encumbering our properties or assets;


•	paying dividends or making other distributions;


•	making specified investments; and


•	engaging in transactions with our affiliates.

These restrictions could limit our ability to pursue our business strategies. If we default under our credit facility and if the default is not cured or waived, the lenders could terminate their commitments to lend to us and cause any amounts outstanding to be payable immediately. Such a default could also result in cross defaults under other debt instruments. Moreover, any such default would limit our ability to obtain additional financing, which may have an adverse effect on our cash flow and liquidity.

We may need additional capital, which may not be available to us on acceptable terms or at all.

We believe that our existing cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments, together with cash generated from operations will be enough to meet our anticipated cash needs for at least the next 12 months. However, we may require additional cash resources due to changes in business conditions or other developments, such as acquisitions or investments we may decide to pursue. We may seek to borrow funds under our credit facility or sell additional equity or debt securities. The sale of additional equity or convertible debt securities could result in dilution to our existing stockholders. Any debt financing that we may secure in the future could result in additional operating and financial covenants that would limit or restrict our ability to take certain actions, such as incurring additional debt, making capital expenditures, or declaring dividends. It is also possible that financing may not be available to us in amounts or on terms acceptable to us, if at all. Weakness and volatility in capital markets and the economy in general could limit our access to capital markets and increase our costs of borrowing.

Risks Related to Ownership of Our Common Stock

The price of our common stock has been and will likely continue to be volatile and declines in the price of common stock could subject us to litigation.

The price of our common stock has been and is likely to continue to be volatile. For example, since January 1, 2019, our common stock’s daily closing price on Nasdaq has ranged from a low of $31.69 to a high of $72.77 through May 4, 2020. The price of our common stock may fluctuate significantly for numerous reasons, many of which are beyond our control, such as:


•	variations in our operating results and other financial and operational metrics, including the key financial and operating metrics disclosed in this Quarterly Report, as well as how those results and metrics compare to analyst and investor expectations;


•	forward-looking statements related to our financial guidance or projections, our failure to meet or exceed our financial guidance or projections or changes in our financial guidance or projections;


•	failure of analysts to initiate or maintain coverage of our company, changes in their estimates of our operating results or changes in recommendations by analysts that follow our common stock or a negative view of our financial guidance or projections and our failure to meet or exceed the estimates of such analysts;


•	announcements of new services or enhancements, strategic alliances or significant agreements or other developments by us or our competitors;


•	announcements by us or our competitors of mergers or acquisitions or rumors of such transactions involving us or our competitors;

Table of Contents


•	the amount and timing of our operating expenses and the success of any cost-savings actions we take;


•	changes in our Board of Directors or senior management team;


•	disruptions in our marketplaces due to hardware, software or network problems, security breaches, or other issues;


•	the strength of the global economy or the economy in the jurisdictions in which we operate, particularly during the current COVID-19 pandemic, currency fluctuations, and market conditions in our industry and those affecting members of our community;


•	the trading activity of our largest stockholders;


•	the number of shares of our common stock that are available for public trading;


•	litigation or other claims against us;


•	stockholder activism;


•	the performance of the equity markets in general and in our industry;


•	the operating performance of other similar companies;


•	changes in legal requirements relating to our business; and


•	any other factors discussed in this Quarterly Report.

In addition, if the market for technology stocks or the stock market in general experiences a loss of investor confidence, the price of our common stock could decline for reasons unrelated to our business, financial performance, or growth. Stock prices of many internet and technology companies have historically been highly volatile. Some companies that have experienced volatility in the trading price of their stock have been the subject of securities class action litigation. We have experienced securities class action lawsuits in the past and may experience more such litigation following future periods of volatility or declines in our stock price. Any securities litigation, could result in substantial costs and divert our management’s attention and resources, which could adversely affect our business.

Our stock repurchases are discretionary and even if effected, they may not achieve the desired objectives.

In November 2018, our Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program authorizing us to repurchase up to $200 million of our common stock. There can be no assurance that these stock repurchases will enhance stockholder value because the market price of our common stock may decline below the levels at which we repurchased such shares. In addition, there is no guarantee that our stock repurchases in the past or in the future will be able to successfully mitigate the dilutive effect of recent and future employee stock option exercises and restricted stock vesting. The amounts and timing of the repurchases may also be influenced by general market conditions and the prevailing price and trading volumes of our common stock. If our financial condition deteriorates or we decide to use our cash for other purposes, we may suspend repurchase activity at any time. On May 6, 2020 we announced that we have temporarily paused share repurchases in light of the current macroenvironment.

We do not intend to pay dividends on our capital stock, so any returns will be limited to increases in the value of our common stock.

We have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our capital stock. We currently anticipate that we will retain future earnings for the operation and expansion of our business and do not anticipate declaring any dividends in the foreseeable future. In addition, our ability to pay cash dividends on our capital stock is restricted by the terms of our credit facility. As a result, stockholders will not receive dividends or other distributions and may only receive a return on their investment if the trading price of our common stock increases.

Future sales and issuances of our common stock or rights to purchase common stock could result in additional dilution to our stockholders and could cause the price of our common stock to decline.

We may issue additional common stock, convertible securities, or other equity in the future, including as a result of conversion of the outstanding Notes. We also issue common stock to our employees, directors, and other service providers pursuant to our

Table of Contents

equity incentive plans. Such issuances could be dilutive to investors and could cause the price of our common stock to decline. New investors in such issuances could also receive rights senior to those of current stockholders.

Anti-takeover provisions in our charter documents and under Delaware law could make an acquisition of our company more difficult, could limit attempts to make changes in our management, and could depress the price of our common stock.

Provisions in our certificate of incorporation and bylaws and the Delaware General Corporation Law may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change in control of our company or limiting changes in our management. Among other things, these provisions:


•	provide for a classified board of directors so that not all members of our Board of Directors are elected at one time;


•	permit our Board of Directors to establish the number of directors and fill any vacancies and newly created directorships;


•	provide that directors may only be removed for cause;


•	require super-majority voting to amend some provisions in our certificate of incorporation and bylaws;


•	authorize the issuance of “blank check” preferred stock that our Board of Directors could use to implement a stockholder rights plan;


•	eliminate the ability of our stockholders to call special meetings of stockholders;


•	prohibit stockholder action by written consent, which means all stockholder actions must be taken at a meeting of our stockholders;


•	provide that our Board of Directors is expressly authorized to amend or repeal any provision of our bylaws; and


•	require advance notice for nominations for election to our Board of Directors or for proposing matters that can be acted upon by stockholders at annual stockholder meetings.

These provisions may delay or prevent attempts by our stockholders to replace members of our management by making it more difficult for stockholders to replace members of our Board of Directors, which is responsible for appointing the members of our management. In addition, Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law may delay or prevent a change in control of our company by imposing certain restrictions on mergers, business combinations, and other transactions between us and holders of 15% or more of our common stock. Anti-takeover provisions could depress the price of our common stock by acting to delay or prevent a change in control of our company.

Our certificate of incorporation provides that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware is the exclusive forum for substantially all disputes between us and our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers, or employees.

Our certificate of incorporation provides that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware is the exclusive forum for any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf, any action asserting a breach of fiduciary duty, any action asserting a claim against us arising pursuant to the DGCL, our certificate of incorporation or our bylaws or any action asserting a claim against us that is governed by the internal affairs doctrine. This choice of forum provision may limit a stockholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with us or our directors, officers, or other employees and may discourage these types of lawsuits. Alternatively, if a court were to find the choice of forum provision contained in our certificate of incorporation to be inapplicable or unenforceable in an action, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving such action in other jurisdictions.

Table of Contents

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

The table below provides information with respect to repurchases of shares of our common stock during the three months ended March 31, 2020.



Period	Total Number of Shares Purchased	Average Price Paid per Share(2)		Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs(3)(4)	Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet be Purchased under the Plans or Programs (in thousands)(3)
January 1 - 31, 2020 (1)	610,774	$	45.84	543,106	$	77,500
February 1 - 29, 2020 (1)	7,273	48.81		—	77,500
March 1 - 31, 2020 (1)	14,622	57.81		—	77,500
Total	632,669	46.15		543,106	77,500


(1)	The total number of shares purchased includes 89,563 shares withheld to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of employee restricted stock units.


(2)	Average price paid per share excludes broker commissions.


(3)	In November 2018, we announced that our Board of Directors had approved a stock repurchase program for the repurchase of up to $200 million of our common stock. The stock repurchase program has no expiration date. In light of the macroeconomic situation related to COVID-19, our Board of Directors has decided to temporarily pause share repurchases.


(4)	All of these shares were purchased pursuant to a 10b5-1 trading plan.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.

Not applicable.

Item 5. Other Information.

None.

Table of Contents

Item 6. Exhibits.

Exhibit

Number

Incorporated by Reference

Filed

Herewith

Exhibit Description

Form

File No.

Exhibit

Filing Date

2.01

Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 21, 2019, by and among Etsy, Inc., Polanco Acquisition Sub, Inc., Reverb Holdings, Inc. and Fortis Advisors LLC, as the securityholders’ agent.

8-K

001-36911

2.01

7/22/2019

10.1

Letter Agreement between Etsy, Inc. and Raina Moskowitz dated March 5, 2018

10.2

Amended and Restated Compensation Program for Non-Employee Directors, effective February 18, 2020

10-K

001-36911

10.12.1

2/26/2020

31.1

Certification of Principal Executive Officer Required Under Rule 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended

31.2

Certification of Principal Financial Officer Required Under Rule 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended

32.1†

Certification of Chief Executive Officer Required Under Rule 13a-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and 18 U.S.C. §1350

32.2†

Certification of Chief Financial Officer Required Under Rule 13a-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and 18 U.S.C. §1350

101.INS

XBRL Instance Document

101.SCH

XBRL Taxonomy Schema Linkbase Document

101.CAL

XBRL Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase Document

101.DEF

XBRL Taxonomy Definition Linkbase Document

101.LAB

XBRL Taxonomy Labels Linkbase Document

101.PRE

XBRL Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase Document’

104

Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page interactive data is embedded within the Inline XBRL document

† These certifications are not deemed to be filed with the SEC and are not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of Etsy, Inc. under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Table of Contents

Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.



ETSY, INC.
Date: May 7, 2020	/s/ Rachel Glaser
	Rachel Glaser Chief Financial Officer
	(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)



ETSY, INC.	EMPLOYEE
By: /s/ Josh Silverman	Name: Raina Moskowitz
Name: Josh Silverman	Signature: /s/ Raina Moskowitz
Title: CEO	Date: March 8, 2018 Email:


•	Etsy’s annual strategic planning process and advise on strategic matters (based on strategy designed and determined by the full Executive Team and Board of Directors)


•	In the event of an involuntary termination following a change in control- twelve months of severance and up to twelve months of company-paid COBRA coverage, and a 100% acceleration factor for all outstanding equity awards issued to you.


•	You confirm that you have no legal obligations that would prohibit you from working for Etsy. For example, you have not signed a non-compete agreement with your current or former employer that would prevent you from working for Etsy.


•	You agree not to use, rely upon, or share any confidential information of your former employer while working for Etsy.


•	You agree that during your employment with Etsy (and otherwise as described in your CPIA), you will not engage in any other employment, consulting, or business activity that would create a conflict with your position with Etsy.


(a)	your ability to work for Etsy and perform your job duties without violating any commitments you may have agreed to in the past or that you are otherwise subject to,


(b)	Etsy’s ownership of any ideas you come up with or technologies you develop while working for Etsy,


(c)	the need to keep confidential and protect certain information about Etsy and its members and employees both while working for Etsy and after you leave the company, and


(d)	your willingness not to compete with Etsy or take certain actions that could hurt Etsy’s legitimate interests while you are working for Etsy and for a short period of time afterward.


1.	I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Etsy, Inc.;


2.	Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;


3.	Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;


4.	The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: