Ad stats and performance

[Trends2Threads]

Anyone else notice strange shifts in the platforms behaviour for no apparent reason? Last month I've made pretty consistent sales throughout the month, averaging 2-4 sales per day. This obviously came at a cost as I relied heavily on Etsy ads. 

As of October 1st, Etsy has limited my ad spend to 1$/day without any justification. Since then my "views" have gone from 1K-2K/ day to 100-150. It is mentioned in Etsy's seller handbook that the ad budget limit will increase once the current limit is reached. However, every time I come close to reaching my imposed limit of 1$, my views slow down to 1 or 2/hour... I find it difficult to believe that I can't reach 1$ worth of clicks for 3 days in row. Is Etsy throttling shop performances??

[ArtDollsbyJD]

Ask Etsy why the reduction in ad budget.  It might be an error or it might be not enough of your budget was spent o qualify for more.  Could be other reasons.

Etsy always wants me to spend more and I refuse to do so.

IF you are only getting sales through ads then perhaps your tags and titles are not really optimized for being found.  Perhaps a shop critique would help. 

[AntiquesInvest]

Hi there, I have just noticed the same thing happen to my shop, which is unusual, as previously Etsy was encouraging us to spend a bit on Ads. It's now limited to $1 per day at a crucial time of the year when it's near the festive season. We normally spend intermittently $10 - $20 per day, so I am quite shocked this has happened and also annoyed. We contacted Etsy support, as we thought it was a technical glitch, but no joy from their team, just the usual spiel of not looking into it and stating it will go up in future. I wondered if you received a response from Etsy support and what was your outcome over this?  Thanks