How are sales for Valentines Day?

Hello fellow Etsy sellers. This is my first year selling on Esty and I'm curious how sales are around this time. I'm guessing it's probably not as good as Christmas but would love to hear from sellers who have experienced selling around this time. Thank you
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I have been here since 2008 and this has been my busiest Valentine's Day yet.
Not sure what changed this year, but have been getting orders for V-day quite a bit this year.
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This is only my second year, so I can't say much.
It's definitely not as busy as Christmas, but I do get sales on Valentine's cards. I think I'm not as prepared for Valentine as I was for Christmas too.
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Nothing so far which is kind of puzzling since Christmas was a record year for me, and I had a good amount of orders last year. Oh well. Some days chicken, some days feathers. It's still a bit early yet so I'm going to be using this weekend to do more promoting and work on my newsletter. Here's hoping...
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I just reopened my shop at Christmas after a very long break, so my shop is still new, but I really thought sales would start picking up for me around Valentine's Day. No such luck so far. I did sell some sugar scrub favors to a fellow mom to give to our girls' teachers for V-Day, so there's something. I'm hoping Mother's Day is busier for me.
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Urban Couture , I noticed you opened around June 2014, how come you have over 800 sales ? that is very impressive for someone who had just started, congratulations. You must be doing something right,please do share with us.
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Thank you Matana, I would say only 25% of my sales come from jewelry, so it's more like 200 sales (not complaining at all here). I also sale other items and accessories so I think that helps a lot too. My first 3 months was slow and I hardly had views but persistence has been paying off. Trying to list as much as I can, communicating promptly with my potential buyers with any inquiries, investing more time for pictures, wording and rewording my ads to see what works best.

I think the responsibilities of being a single mother gives me that extra fire/kick in the tush to stay persistent. What better job than to do what you love, right? So turning what I love into a business motivates me to make it work. I think what has helped me to grow the most is the time I've invested and constantly setting higher goals for myself. It has not been a piece of cake because I have been extremely diligent and I have much higher selling goals to attain.

You have very beautiful unique jewelry that sets you apart. I see you doing very well too. If I were you I would continue to list as much I can and just stay persistent. Whatever you do, don't lose that drive to keep going no matter what. If other people are doing it, so can we. Keep reading the forums and stay connected. All the best :-)
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So far my best January ever, so very happy.
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January and February are the same for me as March and April. I don't get an increase for Valentines day. My customers seem to be birthday present buyers. Averaging a sale a day outside of Christmas season, which I am happy about.
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Urban Couture, Thank you so much for the positive feedback. I have been designing jewelry since 1999 and this is totally been my love and passion for a long time. Although I also paint and do some other form of design, Jewelry has been my main business for years. I love what I do and invest a substantial amount of time in it. I will take your advise and will keep adding more items. Thank you for your input. I love the 'About me " in your shop, I can so relate it.
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Matana, I see you very are very accomplished and are pretty much where I want to be outside of the internet. That is what I will be working on after I am more established online. So I guess we both have work to do. ;-)
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Lots of views, no sales...but it's been a slow year!
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Thank you and good luck!
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I have had heaps of traffic through looking at my valentines range, but no buys yet. I'm assuming most people will leave it to last minute.
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This has been my best january ever. This year i had 3 sales and a higher revenue than december 2014. last year i had no sales at all in january and the year before only one.
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I haven't had a single sale since November but I have been quite ill and just diagnosed with diabetes so I haven't been able to promote like I used to :/
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I've only had five sales for January but I don't think any of them are for valentines.
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I've been selling Valentine's Day stuff since around xmas. I'm starting on Easter stuff now!
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No sales yet, and for I am in the Netherlands, it is for de US costumer late to order now I guess. I think I work this summer on new items and go for a good holiday season :)
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