Case Study: 1stdibs achieves faster, more secure global ecommerce with Fastly

1stdibs - Customer Case Study

1stdibs, the online luxury marketplace for rare and desirable objects, needed a fast, reliable, and secure global site. After experiencing a DDoS attack and finding that traditional CDNs were too slow and rigid to respond, 1stdibs turned to Fastly, using Fastly’s CDN, Custom VCL, security features, and real-time log streaming to gain better control and visibility.

Fastly helped 1stdibs move defenses to the edge, block both low-level and application-layer attacks, and deploy changes in seconds. With Fastly’s Instant Purge, Origin Shield, and real-time monitoring, 1stdibs improved performance, handled traffic spikes without affecting customers, and scaled personalized shopping features; even a 10x crawler traffic spike had no impact on the origin or end users.

1stdibs

Ross Paul

CTO