Increased Listings to 140 and Sales Soared

[Former_Member]

I just read recently that you need to 100 to 150 listings in your to get noticed on search. So I thought, I can do that and see what happens. After years of nagging my husband finally convinced me to put higher priced items in the shop.

My sales increased to 16 in the last thirty days which is really high for me, especially this time of year,

So you are considering adding more items or having higher priced items, I suggest you test the waters.

[Former_Member]

This is great advice. Thank you so much for sharing! It makes since that the more items you have, the more sales. Please keep us posted on your progress. I currently have 16 items in my shop. Guess I need to step it up!

[BeadafterDarkJewelry]

Thanks for the tip and congratulations! I would imagine more exposure in the way of a greater number of listings is a help, but to your credit your product is the star reason for increased sales; I have been working towards a 100 listing goal and so far have 73; when I have reached that milestone, I see that I will still need to take it to the next level!

[donnascraftcorner]

I am at 273 items right now. I am trying to hit 300 by the end of the month. I only had 2 sales on etsy in June and none so far in July. I know summer is slow for crochet items, But people are always having babies and needing household items. Feeling alittle frustrated.

[Former_Member]

i did notice an increase in views and sales once i had over 100 items but i did not so much notice a further increase when increasing my listings further. i´m now at 140 (or have been yesterday) and i do get rather regular sales now but it´s not like people are buying like crazy. i´m also a little behind in terms of revenue compared to last year. i will wait and see what happens.

[CarolBradley]

I agree! When I got to 170 items (once upon a time), I never could get to 100 because sales were so good. I'm still working on getting more listed.

Congrats on getting so many listed. It's an accomplishement!!!

[Solandia]

That is a good point. I've also noticed the same phenomena and read in other places that having listings over 125 boosts the sales. Let's see.

Good luck to every hard worker and thanks a lot Tracey for sharing what brought you a success. Good luck!

[PhoenixRisingGemshop]

I just recently hit 150 items to my store after years of working to get my inventory up. I have noticed for June and July that sales are basically non- existent for me and my views have dropped dramatically....

[MaxplanationPhotos]

once I had over 100 items listed my sales went through the roof, more items, more exposure

[StuckOnSilver]

Congratulations!! Way to go!

[Former_Member]

I'm up to 94 so far. Almost there!

[PrairiePrimitives]

Congratulations Tracy!

I'm at 122, aiming for 150 by the end of this month!

[Former_Member]

That's good to know, and congratulations!

[Former_Member]

It certainly does help sales, however... I would offer advice that if your only target is number of listings you may be heading for disappointment. Its really important (I think more important) to make sure everything else is improving as you grow too, i.e. great pictures, proper pricing, enticing and informative descriptions, looking professional etc etc. If you don't do this then its going to be very hard to update and improve 100 listings, rather than , say, 50!
This is just a general observation btw... not aimed at anyone in particular!

[HoneycombGreetings]

Wow...thanks for all this info.....glad I joined this group! ☺
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[Babageacrea]

I had a goal for June to hit 100 listings because I read that 100 was a good number. Now here I am reading that 125 is better. So do I have to increase my listings to 125? And then 150 will be better? Will it never end? I am joking! I don't know if my listings number was helpful for sales or not.
I have worked also on my tags and photos and sales stopped. Perhaps my photos were better before I improved them? Who knows?

[Former_Member]

Goodness, I wonder how long i'd take to reach 100 listings. But congrats!

[Drakestail]

Congrats! It's exciting that you've been having success. The more there is in your shop, the more there is for people to buy from you. :)

[Former_Member]

Congrats:) thank you for the info! im at only 19 now have a loong way to go;)b

[Former_Member]

Thank you for all the comment and helpful information!

[KathHeywoodDesigns]

You have a lovely shop with great items and photos Tracey. I've listed 2 more cards today and I obviously need to list a lot more!

[Former_Member]

Well this makes me feel better about raising my prices for my original watercolors.

Thanks for the post :)

[Former_Member]

Yes, that's what they say, but it didn't work for me at all. I was hoping views and sales will go up after 100 items, but nothing changed, so I listed more and more - up to 140 and still nothing. The sales this year are even far worse than they were a year before. I'm closing my shop on Etsy. I'll leave it until my items expire and it's goodbye to Etsy!

[Former_Member]

Well I really want to add more items in my shop but it's hard to catch up with the numbers because it take me a few days to make one pieces .... but I'm working on it.. I hope by the end of the summer to hit the 100 :)

[Former_Member]

Looks like I've got more work ahead of me than just stocking up for winter!! ;)

I think I might be able to at least get to 100 this year if all goes well. Working on smaller items that don't take as long to get out and some digital downloads to create some income that I don't have to keep working at!

Which reminds me - I should probably go work instead of chat right now! :P