How many listings should you have?

[Former_Member]

Although I have had my Etsy shop for some time now I have only been actively working on it for the last few months. At the moment I only have 22 listings. Do you think that is too little an amount? What is a good amount of listings to have?

[WilliamsGiftshop]

As many as possible!
The more listings you have, the higher your chances of being found and of making sales.
Your potential customers will have more to choose from. We all want that when we shop.

[WhatCandySays]

Last year, I had more than 500 items in my shop during holiday season.

This year, I am going to have at least 650.

Hopefully it can help my shop to survive till Xmas.

[Former_Member]

It depends on you and what you want to do with your shop. I've seen people do well on 35-45 items-better than what I expected. Others seem to have thousands of listings.

Sit down and decide what you want out of your shop and look at other shops to get an example. Or just ask an open question of how many listings does it take to make your goal or sell the amount they sell.

Also, how much time are you willing to give to this?
For me, I just do this as a hobby. I have more important things on my agenda right now and have to give up the internet at home until some things are resolved. I don't have much time to go in and correct photos, etc...or promote. I have thirty something listings and I think I'll concentrate on perfecting those and promotion before I add any more. Believe it or not just thirty something listings is a lot of work.

[GirlpowerKnits]

As many as possible! I'm working on getting to 300...

[Former_Member]

For me, I did better one I hit 30 and 50. My goal now is 75 then 100. I don't plan on offering much more than 100-120 items though. Too much to keep up with for me with a toddler and a blog.

[Former_Member]

Hey Joel! The more items you have the more clients take your business seriously. Many people use Etsy for their hobbies. The bigger number shows that you are committed to your shop. Also, you stand a bigger chance in being found in the whirlpool of other sellers when a customer searches for the goods you sell. Great prints! Good luck with it! xx

[PaperPlanePrints]

22 listings can still get you lots of sales. But those listings need to be that much better in quality to make up for the lack of quantity. Keep in mind that you are competing with shops that have over 1,000 listings selling similar items.

A quality listing means the item for sale is highly desirable, the photos are great, the price is right, and the title, tags, and descriptions not only tell people what they are buying, but are search engine optimized. If your listings lack in any of these areas, either fix those deficits or add more so you can be found by more (but ideally a combo of both).

Actually (just looked at your shop), improve your SEO first, then add more listings.

[StuckOnSilver]

Nice work!! I would like to know what sizes your prints are in cm and/or inches.
Good luck!!

[Former_Member]

Thank you for your responses! Reading what you guys have to say I think I'll aim for quite a few more listings! Thanks Bev, I will make a note about the cm/inches of my prints and thank you breedingfancy, I will have a go at improving the SEO too.

[KiltedWoman]

I don't understand A3 and A4 sizes. Can you just put in the measurement? (Inches for the US.) Shipping to the US is pretty high, is that the lowest possible? I love your designs, very clever. Nice look to your shop as well. I've been told the "magic" number is 100 items but I like to keep 400 or so in stock.

[Former_Member]

Thank you Lori for your kind words! I will make the sizes clearer as soon as I get the chance.

[Former_Member]

I've thought about this too! And I often feel like having lots and lots of listing in my shop might be a little overwhelming. I have been hesitant to list more than the 2 pages I have, for that simple fact. Maybe my site needs more? Is there another crocheter who can take a look?

[WilliamsGiftshop]

Renee, I am an allround crafter, but for my Etsy shop mainly crocheter.
And yes, you could add many more listings!
After all, they're only 20 cents for 4 months, which isn't much money, and it will increase your chances of making sales.

PS: please realize that you can get into big trouble for selling products that use other designers' trademarked characters.
Instead you want to make your own designs. That will make your shop unique and increase your chances of success!

[SpangGangDesigns]

How about adding other color variations of some of the prints you already offer?

Include a drop-down variation on each listing with the color choices (include a swatch of color choices as your 5th photo option) and mention it in the listing such as "this print available in other color options here: www_______". By doing this, you can expand your color options and listings without making a bunch of new designs.

[Former_Member]

It depends but I do notice I get more traffic when I have over 100+ or 150+ listings.

I'm almost at 150. I kept about that many in my old shop and had significant traffic. That is my goal in the immediate future.

Sounds like you are off to a good start! Keep it up! :)