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Etsy is tanking

Jul 20, 2015, 19:33 IST

Business Insider / Jillian D'Onfro

There goes Etsy.

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In early trading on Monday, shares of the online craft marketplace fell more than 10% to as low as $19.36.

Etsy shares surged 32% on Friday after Google mentioned the company during its earnings call on Thursday.

Specifically, Google chief business officer Omid Kordestani said "developers like Etsy are really seeing a boost in traffic as a result of deep linking."

What that means is that searches for items on Etsy are linking better to pages where they can be bought.

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Friday's rally was Etsy's biggest since its IPO, according to Bloomberg.

But now, the stock is sinking, and is down 34% from the April 16 IPO when it surged 87%.

The stock has large short interest - or bets that its share price will decline, with about 9 million shares, or 8% of the outstanding stock, being sold short. This compares to an average of 2.2% for the S&P 500, according to Bloomberg.

Here's a chart of the rally on Friday and today's slide:

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