How to bounce back from an extended leave of absence

[Former_Member]

I am returning to my shop after have to take several months off for health reasons. I have found that, although I am working harder than ever to post new items and provide a wider variety of offerings, I am hardly getting any shop views, most of the time.

Has anyone else been through this? How did you bounce back? Any suggestions and/or success stories would be greatly appreciated!

[RadicalWorks]

Keep doing what you're doing. You're basically starting from scratch again. Post items, promote off-site, pretend you're once again, a new shop.

There's no guide other than to keep working on your shop.

[Former_Member]

I noticed on a couple listings your tags were single words - make sure your optimized for search by using phrases that your target market are searching for! Join an SEO team to brush up on Etsy and google SEO - that will boost your views!

[DovesClosetInc]

I'm in the same boat as you. I took time off because of my work schedule and now I feel I'm starting over. The plus for me is I improved my products construction. Now its just creating stock for my shop and promote, promote and more promoting.

Keep working at it.

[Former_Member]

Thanks for the encouragement, everyone! Starting from scratch is so frustrating...

I especially found the tip about product tags to be very helpful. I never thought of phrases, only of descriptive words. I'll try it on my new products and see what happens! It'll be a nice experiment for me.