Sales down?

Anyone else noticing a big drop in traffic and sales since Etsy introduced their new AI title suggestions? I’ve seen a seriously noticeable decline and it’s getting really discouraging. Just wondering if it’s something on my end or if others are seeing the same trend sitewide?

JewelssByJessica

Posted 9 months ago · Edited 9 months ago·Last reply 9 months ago

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PrairiePrimitives

·9 months ago

@JewelssByJessica YES! My sales tanked in late June / early July, so that was before the AI title generator (which I used accidentally and then did my best to undo). Since many more shops started noticing a decline in September, I've been wondering if my shop was in a test prior to (whatever Etsy did in September) being rolled out.

I used to get 10 to 15 orders a month (which was ok, though who wouldn't prefer more?!) but my orders (and revenue) for July + August + September (altogether) was less than my average "worst" month. More recently, I've only had 6 orders in the last 30 days as we're going into the holiday shopping season. I've been on a listing binge ... and have more things to list, and even more that I'd like to make for the holidays, but if nothing is selling, it's hard to get motivated to list let alone make more products!

PeanutStitchesCo

·9 months ago

Same here! I went from having over 300 sales monthly to now only 3-4 sales daily. Idk what happened or what is going on but it’s terrible.