Something to keep in mind.... Something like 60% of buyers are in the US. It is an election year with an economy in the crapper. I know that my personal spending has slowed down, and I am sure that is true for a lot of other people. People just don't have a lot of disposable income this year (on top of it being a slow time of year anyways)
I agree with that. I have been very careful too in spending, but it don't add up. I had lots of views even if no sale. And visits too. And this month just plummeted to the ground. Out of now where. On day after the other.
Same for me. Yoy stats are almost half, and this has been going on for months. Etsy might slowly lose its reliable customer base. This used to be an authentic handmade venue. Now they push for discounts, mass production etc.
ETSY should go back to normal as soon as possible. Many vendors are now mass producing. This is a site with handmade products. What are stores doing so much mass production doing on ETSY?
It is totally dead, there are a lot competition from TEMU, stores are selling their items as handmade, every body knows they are not. Mass produced items, a lot of the same items in different stores.
letztes Jahr ging es bei mir um diese Zeit genauso los. Bzw ging gar nichts mehr. Ich weiß noch ich hatte fast eine Woche keinen Verkauf, was recht ungewöhnlich war. Und es geht schon wieder los. Seltsam, immer genau zu Ostern.
Visits down 18%, orders up 44% this month. Sales generally slow down in late spring & early summer. Groceries are still goin way up, not enough extra spending money.
I read earlier this morning on FB that Chinese (from China) shops have been let onto the platform (I am not sure if this is correct) but it was another Etsy shop that mentioned it.
Ich sehe auch immer mehr Chinesische Verkäufer auf etsy. Die Preise sind so niedrig wie auf TEMU und Verkäufer achten immer mehr auf den Preis und sind bereit 1-2 Wochen auf ihr Produkt zu warten.
Meine Verkäufe sind ebenfalls um 50% eingebrochen und es wird von Woche zu Woche schlechter...
Auch kopieren die Chinesischen Verkäufer Produkte die ich erstellt habe und verkaufen diese zu einem viel niedrigeren Preis als ich.
Ich erstelle Namensschilder mit einer eigen entwickelten Schriftart und dies wird 1:1 kopiert und billiger verkauft.
Etsy wird zu einem Amazon und TEMU zugleich.
Ich sehe mich nach anderen Plattformen um und werde etsy so schnelle wie möglich verlassen.
Viele andere Shopbetreiber auf Etsy mit denen ich in engem Kontakt stehe verlassen Etsy ebenfalls in naher Zukunft.
One short update. Its slow but not totally down like last year. I forgot to switch my “Attributes“ from easter to motherday. Since i have changed it some buyers came back.
I am so sorry to hear that everyone is down so much. You guys have beautiful shops! I do not know what's going on. I've been here since 2009. Something turned off in March and went blackout in April. BTW I do not have Mother's Day as a choice for attributes. Maybe it's cause of my category. That's always bothered me as I have Vday, Easter and Christmas- and various others, but not Mother's Day! They should roll it out for all categories for holiday.
I also have this problem with three of my articles. So, for example, I cant't add any holidayattributes at all. This probably has something to do with our cathegories.
