Etsy Eggs on Shoppers with Mastercard Sweepstakes

Etsy is kicking off the month of August with a weekly sweepstakes to encourage shoppers to buy and pay for their purchases with Mastercard.

In addition to giving away $5,000 to a lucky winner each week, it will also give $5,000 to the seller from whom the buyer purchased.

Shoppers will automatically receive one entry into the Sweepstakes each time they use their Mastercard card to make an eligible online purchase transaction on Etsy.com during the promotion period.

Be sure to read the terms carefully, as restrictions apply.

Etsy announced the sweepstakes on the Etsy blog. “Whether you’re sending your BFF some cheer from afar or dropping off a care package for a close neighbor, these days, nothing feels quite so good as treating your favorite people (and yes, that includes yourself) to a sweet little pick-me-up. What’s even better? Supporting small businesses in the process,” it wrote.

Ina Steiner

Ina Steiner is co-founder and Editor of EcommerceBytes and has been reporting on ecommerce since 1999. She's a widely cited authority on marketplace selling and is author of "Turn eBay Data Into Dollars" (McGraw-Hill 2006). Her blog was featured in the book, "Blogging Heroes" (Wiley 2008). She is a member of the Online News Association (Sep 2005 - present) and Investigative Reporters and Editors (Mar 2006 - present). Follow her on Twitter at @ecommercebytes and send news tips to ina@ecommercebytes.com. See disclosure at EcommerceBytes.com/disclosure/.