Has anyone else noticed that the stats overview changes numbers retrospectively? I have been keeping an eye on the visits to my shop to check the pattern for this month against last year. Like everyone else, I am trying to increase sales. Whilst I do understand Etsy is a global company and we are all in different zones, so the data for yesterday and today will change, what I do not understand is why the 3 days prior are also changing. Unless of course Dr Who and his friends are popping back in time for a quick visit... I have looked at it 4 times today with different results each time. It is not by much, just 1-5 up or down, but I really do not find it terribly useful when it is inaccurate. Any thoughts?
I wouldn't depend on Etsy stats. The only time they might possibly be accurate is the several times a day when stats update. Visits are delayed and are only updated when stats update so they usually go up at that time. Views are in real time, but they do contain useless bot views. When stats update, bot views are filtered out and views are redisplayed. Views will not go up and will almost always go down.