First off, my store is only as a hobby alongside my main interest in photography, if i sell any digital downloads or prints, then its a bonus to my photography.
Recently i have been focusing more on a particular type of image in order to create some kind of niche style and suddenly my views have increased dramatically (for me anyway, for example going from anything from zero to 4 or 5 a day to suddenly around 26 views and similar visits a day which I have never experienced before).
What i would like to know is whether these views/visits are genuine people looking at them or some sort of automatic thing that Etsy is doing (as i have heard of something about this on the Forum here somewhere).
I dont want to start spending loads of time working on certain types of images if its only some sort of automated gizmo from Etsy at work.
Anybody any views on this or experiencing similar?
Hopefully posted this on correct section in Forum
This had happened to me too in the last few weeks. Went from about 2 or 3 views a day to 40+. I don't have any explanation either I'm afraid but I'm glad I'm not alone.
Its not resulted in any sales so must be an etsy thing or bots. At least for me anyway.
Is it all direct traffic? I've had a weird huge spike in direct traffic every day for over a week. My direct traffic is up 1395% for the week compared to last yr which is super weird.
No thoughts on the views but just wanted to say that your prints are stunning...beautiful photos...what a wonderful way to retire!!