@TheCalamityHouse - The visits &/or views could just be Etsy stats lagging or other outside factors.
The "favoriting" thing has various explanations. Others favoriting your items & you returning the 'favor" is usually not a good idea. Clicks for any reason, but no increase in sales can cause the item(s) to rank lower in search results because the item didn't sell. Etsy sees it has maybe an item of interest but not "sellable".
Also, Etsy has recently made changes, the process of favoriting one of them. In an effort to increase sales, now favoriting an item can lead to annoying pop-ups where Etsy tries to give a nudge for you to purchase the item you just favorited.
These pop-ups even appear when shop owners are trying to work in their shops. IMO due to the pop-ups there's no mystery as to why favoriting has fallen out of favor.
