Bots taking over views and visits, NO sales

[#1]

I've experienced this since December 1st. I have never experienced this before. My views and visits are through the roof yet I have no sales from them. No favorites. No one asking questions. No one liking anything. Very odd. I've never had this happen before. I was told by several people that it's "bots". What is this thing called bots and what can I do about it? It's ruining my business. I haven't had sales. This is absolutely devastating

[WhiteBirchFarmhouse]

@Sassydoggs,

so good to hear, I hope it fixed it for you as well., I think mine is back to normal, its 2:22pm and I have 225 views and 77 visits and 1 sale, which puts a smile on my face.

[MoonstruckCottage]

Everything seems to be back to normal for me today too! I hope it stays normal for all.

[WhiteBirchFarmhouse]

@MoonstruckCottage, so good to hear!!!! hope it stays that way.

[CottageintheCove]

Same here, normally I have sales over the weekend and it is dead. I listed over 50 items the past week and am tired of paying to list if we are being throttled in some manner.

As for bots, it is artificial intelligence, used to filter and crawl through SEO and things like that. Hope your shop picks up. Hang in there.

[WhiteBirchFarmhouse]

@cottageinthecove, 

No better, still no sales, been the worst December ever for me, very worried how January will be, I usually do very well in both January and February, but I'm very worried this year seeing how December was

[BeautifulEarthGems]

I have not had a sale in 8 days this is abnormal for December and I have so much anxiety over it 

[WhiteBirchFarmhouse]

@BeautifulEarthGems,  yes me too, worst December ever, I always do very well, even right up to Christmas, some of the vintage shops are doing great, some are tanking, my luck, I'm one of those tanking., so depressed so sick of all the things that can go wrong are going wrong, so unfair!!! 

[WhiteBirchFarmhouse]

My shop picked up for several days, then went back to sleep over the weekend., I have noticed a trend where I get many sales from a certain part of the country for several days, then it switches to another part, ex: 

Many sales from the Northeast only, within 3 days, then nothing but a few sales from the west coast, yesterday it was lookers and a few buyers from the south, ????? very odd, seems were being rotated, this has gone on now for months this way.

[WhiteBirchFarmhouse]

Now that the BOTS stopped, it absolutely destroyed many conversion, I am down $2,000 from this time last years. WORST year in 15 years of selling on Etsy in the month of December!, so disgusted!!!!