Dawanda closes shop online and recommends competitor Etsy

Berlin –

This is the end of the online marketplace: Dawanda is setting up its commercial portal for home-made products and design on August 30th.

The company announced Saturday in Berlin.

Dawanda End of August: Exempt Employees

Dawanda was founded almost twelve years ago. Claudia Helming, founder and CEO of Dawanda, said in a statement that the company had established hand-made products as a new category in online retail

. "However, in recent years we have had to admit that we would not succeed."

According to the company, there should be a compensation package for employees.

A large portion of them are already exempt.

Dawanda recommends to buyers and sellers the American competitor Etsy

to buyers and sellers on the platform have recommended that the company switches to the US shopping portal Etsy. Both companies announced Saturday that they had reached an agreement.

A moving tool will be available to sellers in Dawanda early next week With the closure of the platform, visitors to the Dawanda website would be redirected to Etsy.

(dpa)