Shop admirers...is the number important?

[TUSKE]

I'm curious to know if there is a direct link to shop hearts and sales? My little shop has been open for three months and while I think I'm off to an ok start, I feel that maybe I should have more admirers. I make treasuries, favourite shops and items all the time and am generally quite active in teams. Am I missing something or should I not be too concerned? Thank you!!

[Former_Member]

Can't hurt. The more admirers, the more exposure - hopefully leading to a little nudge for your shop's SEO. Otherwise, it just makes you feel good!

[Former_Member]

The more exposure you get, the better!

[threestonebirds]

From what I've seen, the more admirers, the more sales. Gets you attention and all that.

[sherrytruitt]

I'd say most of my buyers neither heart my shop or ever look at the treasuries.

All those things are nice, but I think they are for sellers.

Great products, photography and a good marketing plan are far better for your business.

I've been here a good while, and have a lot of hearts, but seriously, it's not something to concentrate on.

[Former_Member]

I was really into all that hearting and treasuries and stuff for a month, my views & hearts were really high but that month is still my lowest one in sales.. It doesn't hurt, but there are more effective ways getting noticed.

I would say most of my customers do not heart an item before they buy it. Usually I when I check out their favorites (to see if I'm there) they will have several similar items hearted but not mine.. which they actually purchased. Not always, but usually.

So yeah, don't concentrate on it too much. Building a good fan base and off site marketing and very VERY very refined search ads have worked wonders for my store.

Good luck!

[Former_Member]

@ Lou: I had been wondering the same thing..What I've noticed in this short while I've been 'active' on ETSY, is that all those treasuries, hearts, etc are from seller to seller...so where are the customers???? Right now I'm into doing treasuries and hoping one day it lands on the front page or at least one that I'm in...Now I'm working on my tags, listing, etc etc so I can be noticed for customers (working on this has taken daysssss and still little to no sales!)

Don't give up, do what you love. What @Courtney says is sooo true..I'm a newbie so I'm figuring things out slowly but surely:

Courtney Rae Troup from BookCraft says
So yeah, don't concentrate on it too much. Building a good fan base and off site marketing and very VERY very refined search ads have worked wonders for my store.

[Nbeads]

It's not that that important to sales,I think.
I have seen a shop that has 500+ admires but only 10+ sales.Of course the more admires,the better,but it's not that direct concerned to sales.
It feels good that more people admire you,though they don't turn to sales.

[TanahsJewelry]

Nope!
Doesn't mean a thing.
People fav items for all kinds of reasons.

[Creatureshire]

My experience is that hearts and sales are not connected. I have compared a few statistics with shops similar to mine and they have far more hearts although I do find the number of sales is similar.
I try to concentrate on getting great photos and good product information, and working on exposure.

[Former_Member]

This is all very good to know, because I find the treasuries and hearts and all of that can eat up quite a significant amount of time. I had read that "typically 10 hearts = 1 sale" and was wondering how that could be documented! So, glad to read this.

[Former_Member]

Oh I wish Cindy! I would have 100 more sales right now if that were true! lol

[Former_Member]

I agree with above posts... while I think any exposure is great exposure and it can't hurt that have lots of hearts....I think people favorite things for ALL kinds of reasons...
I mean when you see something you like and you favorite it... are you always going to go back and buy it? I'm not.... sometimes I just really really like it, or want to get some exposure to it for the seller, ect...

[jeanalt1]

I agree with the above posts.

I only have 8 admirers, but have had quite a few sales--only 1 from my admirers.

[TUSKE]

Well thanks everyone! It's good to hear what others think. Of course, it makes you feel great when someone admirers your shop but I suppose there is no real equation linking shop hearts with sales. I, too, have seen shops with plenty more admirers than my shop but fewer sales...and vice versa. Guess I'll just keep doing what I'm doing and learn along the way! Thanks again!