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Rafe Colburn

Chief Product and Technology Officer, named behind the Etsy Open API v3 listing on Anchor Terminal.

Rafe Colburn

Chief Product and Technology Officer

Rafe Colburn is chief product and technology officer at Etsy. He held the same role at Depop and was earlier Etsy's vice president of engineering, where he set up its data engineering team. Before Etsy he was principal engineer at IDology, and he has written articles, papers and books on web development.

What Rafe builds

  • Etsy Open API v3 B · Shopping, returns & refunds

    Etsy's Open API v3 is a REST API for the Etsy marketplace. Any approved app can search active listings across all shops with an API key, while OAuth covers seller shop, listing and order management.

    Chief Product and Technology Officer, researched 28 October 2026 · the people behind it

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Who is Rafe Colburn?

Rafe Colburn is chief product and technology officer at Etsy. He held the same role at Depop and was earlier Etsy's vice president of engineering, where he set up its data engineering team. Before Etsy he was principal engineer at IDology, and he has written articles, papers and books on web development.

What does Etsy, Inc. make?

Anchor Terminal lists Etsy Open API v3 from Etsy, Inc.. Etsy's Open API v3 is a REST API for the Etsy marketplace. Any approved app can search active listings across all shops with an API key, while OAuth covers seller shop, listing and order management.

How are Rafe's tools graded?

Etsy Open API v3 is graded B, 63.4 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

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