front page isn't everything.
I've been there 3 times with onestitchdesigns, and 4 times with traditionalbynature, and out of all that, I only had one sale I could attribute to it.
I've also had this
https://www.etsy.com/listing/160153427/printable-halloween-coffin-spiderwebfeatured in the etsy finds, because of them linking to a page full of stuff now, I only had 157 views on that box.
and several features in etsy gifts, weddings, dudes, etc (all the smaller emails) and only the first one (back when they actually linked to the item) had any decent views
sure, it doesn't hurt, but it isn't everything.