Etsy

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  How the Ukrainian collectible axe brand Ancient Smithy built a million-dollar business on Etsy, Amazon, and God of War fans. An interview

  Ancient Smithy is a Ukrainian brand of handcrafted forged axes, founded in 2017 by former IT professional Mykhailo Peresunko. Starting with selling knives on eBay and...

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  From $23 investment to a million-dollar Etsy sale: interview with Touchable Linen’s founder

  Margarita Drugova is 28 years old and originally from the Kharkiv region. At 20, she gave birth to a daughter and faced a common dilemma: two years of searching for remote...

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  Bags from the Ukrainian brand Poelle are sold in the EU, the UK, and the US. It all started with a single sewing machine and just a few orders a day. Interview

  In 2017, Pavlo Popko, then a student at the Lviv Academy of Arts, began selling handmade leather accessories on Etsy, the global marketplace for artisans of handcrafted goods....

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  "Design plays a key role." How Ukrainian dog apparel brand Bark&Go gained popularity in Asian markets—an interview

  Ten years ago, Oleksandra Vakarova started by sewing bandanas in her kitchen for her own dog, a cheerful mixed-breed named Stanislav. Later, she started selling them on social...