July Weather Report

[CapitalCityCrafts]

Did everyone see the report for July?

http://www.etsy.com/blog/news/2012/etsy-statistics-july-2012-weather-report/

I'm curious, who had increases in their sales for July? Can you attribute the increase to any specific actions you took? Thanks for sharing your success tips!

[ResaWilkinson]

July was just okay but not the best month I've ever experienced....

[Former_Member]

July was my best month to date for both # of orders and revenue. I didn't do anything differently that I had been. August is already my 2nd best month for revenue. Perhaps my promoting is paying off and I am being seen. Almost all sales came from outside of Etsy (buyers who just joined that day or whom didn't have a shop).

[Former_Member]

June and July were my worst months ever! I beat both their numbers for sales and revenue in August before the 15th!!

[CaseyHPerez]

July was ok. We did a Christmas in July sale, all but 1 of the 9 sales we had were during our 10 day sale. I don't know if we would have gotten those sales if the items would have not been 25% off. I know 3 were for sure because of the sale. We sold 9 items in April and May, but because those sales were all at discounted prices in July, the revenue was much less then those other two months. This month, we've already made more in revenue with only 6 sales.

This month I have had an increase in views and I am attributing it to the amount of promoting and changing tags etc..

[Former_Member]

Interesting, I need to go back & look at the other months to see how they compared to my sales.
thanks for the link!

[CapitalCityCrafts]

Bill, I see you sold personalized items. Where were you promoting?

[CapitalCityCrafts]

same question Cassi Jo and Casey Perez , how are you promoting? Thanks for sharing your tips!

[Former_Member]

Pretty much everywhere-social media sites mainly, but Wanelo had been working well for me. (Not so much since they have made all their changes.)

[Former_Member]

July was my best month to date. But August hasn't been nearly as good. :/

[Former_Member]

My views started going up in June, continued high in July, and sales started late in the month, almost all for school hair accessories. I have no tips for advertising though--nothing ever seems to work for me except Etsy search (not the ads, just search). Sales are starting to taper off a bit, but I'm still pretty busy, and views are still high :)

[CapitalCityCrafts]

Thanks for sharing everyone. It's helpful to see what is working for different shops.