Are Your Views Down?

[stitchntheattic]

I was wondering if it was just my shop or whether other shops were having lower number of views lately. I've been active on the forums listed a few items and still slow.
I appreciated any feedback.

[Former_Member]

Maybe it's just a slow day. Everyone has them now and then.

[stitchntheattic]

Thanks Andrea, you never know from one day to the other.

[Former_Member]

Mine are half of what they were yesterday...I am kind of seeing for my shop that Mondays are slow and things pick up as the week progresses.

[IOStudio]

For me the slowest day for views are Friday and Monday.

Saw your shop and you have done pretty good in a short time. Any suggestions to get a sale? Truly appreciate any advice.

[lewisandbucky]

Ok...NINE views ALL DAY today...Seriously...hope it's just a slow day and nothing I'm doing wrong....???

[Former_Member]

Today is pretty good. It freaked me out a little for being a monday. I have been having a steady increase daily. Knock on wood.

[KCbytheNYC]

I've had a slow September thus far with few views. Hopefully things will pick up as the fall marches along!

[SealandStringStudio]

Dismal all month. I've listed new items or re-listed, and they're not getting viewed at all.

I'm going to have to go back into stats and see where the breakdown is. My views from google seem to be steady, so I think it's on Etsy's end. I'm just not sure yet whether it's search, categories, activity feed yet.

I never got a lot of views from categories, but lately I can go days without getting views from categories. I definitely think the test pages with the truncated categories on the home pages are having a downward effect for me.

[Former_Member]

My views and sales are okay...but I had higher expectations for September. Maybe they'll pick up later in the month.

[eaststreettins]

Friday was a very slow day for me., 5 views but one was a sale. So I think that might be better than a large view day with no sales.

[ComfortAndGrins]

Most of my views are from Etsy and very few come from google. Maybe I am not using the right SEO

[SealandStringStudio]

I'm such a number cruncher. Mostly because I don't like to sew when it's dark outside, LOL. I pulled numbers from Sept. 1-10 for 2011 and 2012.

Views down 10%
Favorites up 63%
Revenue down 80%

Traffic:
Etsy.com down 25%
Direct traffic down 12%
Google up 400%
Facebook up 50%

I think my downfall is competition. Returns from my top search terms are down 60%. I can continue to tweak tags and titles and hope to move back up in search. I guess I need to accept the fact that there are just more people out there making iPad cases.

I always thought that one of my key features was that all my items are ready to ship, where my competition often has a 1-4 week wait time. When I tested, "ready to ship," though, that didn't bring more results. Not sure how to get over that hurdle. Or maybe people are really OK with waiting a month for their gadget cases? I realize it's my choice to run my business as instock only. I just don't want to stress over having to make up orders on demand. Shoot, I could list 100 cases "made to order" to boost my inventory and hopefully search results. I'm just not sure that's right for me.

[Former_Member]

Jennifer,

Not sure if you do iphone cases, but Apple's "announcement" is in 2 days. You can get yourself ready for the iPhone 5 crowd!

[Former_Member]

Mine are actually higher all over the place. Idk. It can be pretty weird.

[MelsCreativeWishes]

I have been active in promoting lately and my views have shown this. I even had a sale today, the first all month.

[HiTeaShop]

dramatically!