how's your business in April so far?

[KristianJessie]

I've got only 3 sales in April.
As usual, my silver jewelry shop is very quiet in the first quarter. Spring is not my season.

How about you?

[kzannoart]

Haven't had a sale in over a month and that is not normal for my shop. Been promoting like crazy with lots of new items, but no luck. Business seems so unusually slow. How about other Etsians?

[RomaMiaTradingCo]

I got one sale, but it was my largest sale to date. So I'm not mad. :)

[RomaMiaTradingCo]

Well, than again, I did get three in person orders that I didn't put on etsy yet this month as well. So yeah, doing pretty ok.

[Former_Member]

Promoting, updated some things, re-did my SEO, and my views have plummeted. And sales are non-existent. The last one I had was a custom order that took forever to get paid for.

[ItsyBitsyPaperCuts]

I've had 13 orders this month but a couple were repeat customers and it's graduation and wedding season so things are selling well for me.

[DaisyBelleShop]

I have been quiet after an unexpectedly busy January and February but have had enquiries from outside Etsy and am using the time to get ready for Summer fairs. My sisters run an online furniture business and they tell me March and April are always their quietest months so am not panicking.

[HildaLea]

April has been kind so far. 14 orders, and considering I was out of the country for a week, not promoting at all, I'm very pleased!

[PLYstudioCRAFT]

10 orders , i am exited because people ask more questions , want custom order , and also something for LOOKBOOK .

Etsy , such a wonderful world ....

Keep up the good work ...

[xoxocrocheted]

It's been slow for me. Only 5 or 6 orders...

[OneFairfaxRoad]

I've been listing vintage goodies from my latest shopping trip to France and have seen an uptick in sales and people favoring my shop. Also, I'm happy to see that some of my orders have been for items that have been in the shop awhile - it's all good!

[PetalToPetal]

Non existant ;). I have never had luck with Etsy despite putting a huge amount of effort into creating, listing and team forums. Craft fairs are so much better but i would love to start selling on here!

[Former_Member]

We are in the same boat Lily, zero sales but we have managed to get up to 50 listings and are working on tags and titles. Our views are steady and people are favouriting just not buying :(

[Former_Member]

until now april is just as horrible as marchso no sales here either. my views which were waaaaayyyy down are starting to rise a little so hopefully the sales will too but i´m somehow not too optimistic....

[LittleMoonNeko]

I'm still waiting for my first sale! I've been open since December. Zero sales and not sure what I'm doing wrong. I promote on FB, tumblr, instagram....I'm constantly making new things and I love what I do, just now sure how to bump my sales.

[Former_Member]

Five orders that evens out to be one every five days. The month is not over yet and I will continue to put new handmade pieces together. I love the new listing- they generate so much traffic!

Happy sales everyone*

[LeNidDeFleurs]

This is the worst month for me in years.... it's meant to be one of my best months.

As a student I'm really struggling as a result. A lot of shops selling items along my theme of hair accessories has sprung up recently.

[GirlpowerKnits]

It's been quite slow for me in spite of my listing/promoting efforts

[NataBurgos]

The views have been improving almost daily, comparing them with past months. Sales have been a bit sluggish but the month has not ended yet.
I have also been listing items almost daily.

[TremoughGlass]

The month started of well for me but has gone quiet now. I expected as much as I know many people have been filling in tax returns and April is notoriously bad for sales at least for me. Even so I have tripled my sales from last year :) I'm actually surprised I'm getting found at all at the moment as despite my tags bringing me up in the first 2 or 3 pages for the past couple of years, last week I stopped being able to find myself in many searches :(

[BrooklynStVintage]

The first half of the month was good but now is very slow.

[NeatoKeen]

Sales and views are a bit on the quiet side, so I'm having a sale to try to boost both :)

[Former_Member]

Sales OK, but views have completely tanked and before this month I would have called sales phenomenal, not just OK. Plus one item of which we were selling 7+ every week for months has gone completely dead.

Weird. Not doing anything different than I was before. >shrug< Can't be helped, probably just one of those mysterious retail bumps in the road.

[BeColorfulFeltArt]

It is slow for me too. Maybe the search is shuffled or something like that?

[QuirkyCabbage]

I've been feeling very grateful this month, I've had 8 orders (10 items) which is my best yet. I only started Jan 30th so hopefully still up from here :)