How is your business in October so far?

[#1]

I've got 6 sales so far.

13th Oct is the 4th anniversary of my shop with etsy (as full time artist). Lots of love and luck in the past 4 years. In future, I'll still focus on creating unique and classic sterling silver jewellery for everyday wear - Personalized, Wedding band set and Christian Jewellery.


How's your business, etsy mates ?

[Former_Member]

A little slower than last month but hoping for more sales :)

[GypsyGeneralStore]

It's slow... painfully slow. I doubt I'll move any Halloween merchandise at this late date - October is half over now. So, I am focusing my energy on Christmas now!!!
Ho, Ho, Ho!!!

[CatherineMarissa]

I'm at about half the sales I had this time October of last year. Things have slowed down quite a bit for me.

[Ankleknits]

I sell knitted accessories for women and teen girls. 1 sale so far this months.

[Former_Member]

I just opened a few days ago so I got to stock up.. hope to make sales soon :)

[Former_Member]

October is strange for me. I had my views go up, in the beginning I was getting more results from search (more specific terms), but no sales. Just got a sale for two items a couple of days ago, but really need more than that. I'm trying to stay optimistic that holiday shopping will start soon, but I also see that my items do not show well in search for the last week or so.

[PookieandJack]

3 so far, way down from last October's 19 sales...started to slow down in September and hasn't gotten any better

Congrats to those who are having sales!

[Former_Member]

Picking up I think! I'm glad most people are getting more business!

[ACupOfCustom]

Some days are better than others! This week has been pretty slow!

[Former_Member]

It's been slow here as well! Lots of views and no sales. Gearing up for the holidays. Congrats to you!

[JewelryFineAndDandy]

9 this month, which so far is good. I really put a lot of effort into my shop this year, and I am noticing a difference. Last year I had 33 sales, this year so far 56 already...double the income and double the views from last year. I added lots of new items, I'm working on updating all my listings, and have been active on Pinterest. I'm starting to get involved with teams and FB now, so I hope to have a good holiday season.

I just found your shop Merie, by the way...I was making a Christian treasury and just love your items!

[BlackCatStudio98]

Continuing to be slow for me. I'm now 9 days without a sale. I can't compare to last October because I made LOTS of improvements throughout that month and sales started picking up in November. So I'm anxious to see how this November compares to last. But compared to the rest of this year I'm way down in sales this month.

[CozyDawg]

My best month yet!

[Former_Member]

Only one sale.
I try not to worry too much and concentrate on figuring out social media and discovered pinterest. I like it and could pin all day!

[Former_Member]

my october tok a positive turn. i have 4 sales so far (the same number as last year) and i´m almost there in beating last years revenue but fortunately there is almost another week to go so i might be able to beat last year

[DesignsbyChristine]

opened in August; had some immediate sales. but now: super slow ;(

am trying to work through SEO improvements, getting/giving critiques. getting social media pieces in place.

[Former_Member]

It hasn't been one of my better months. I like to think shoppers are really focused on buying Halloween related items and my shop will pick up in Nov. Doing okay though. I should have made some orange headbands.

[blissbooksandjewels]

October has been my best month yet ~ 69 orders so far! It used to take me 3-4 months to get that many. I've never been more thankful. :)

[Former_Member]

So far, so good! Even with being in hospital for a few days early in the month I still managed to get the mortgage paid by the 15th.

Lets hope the trend continues!

[JewelMeShop]

Very slow for me...

[Former_Member]

September was very slow, than the flood gates opened up and am having a record sales month. One more sale will put me over the top. I have been blessed.

[9ElizabethStreet]

Lagging behind last year - it's been about 30% lower all year compared to same period last year. Better than last month though. Hope we have better results over the next 3 months. There are still so many people who don't know about Etsy - it continues to surprise me how many times I get asked about it.

[Former_Member]

I have also had the very quiet past couple of months. Lots of views and hearts, but slow sales. In my case, I guess part of the problem has always been the fact that I'm located in Europe, while most of the business here on Etsy seems to be US-centred. However, I have never had any delays in shipping, nor have any of my parcels have gone missing in the mail. I wish I could just somehow encourage people in the US and Canada to order more from overseas and not to be afraid of it...

Hoping it will pick up closer to Christmas though. Wishing you all good luck!

[Former_Member]

So far we have had three sales :) Two from the same business in Milwaukee but we are very happy to see someone return to our store to buy another print! Hope everyone else is having a great month!

[marigoldmary]

October has been my best month since opening last November! I hope this November is even better!