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Liberty Fading

I was on Twitter this morning when I saw a tweet titled "Liberty Fading".  I saw it was posted on the CanadaFreePress site

After Obama was elected as it started coming out more and more what he was really like, there was a column on that site about how he was not vetted and didn't even have ID.

So when I saw the tweet this morning I wanted to check it out.

I think it is a very good column.  The idea of government control over the people growing, and freedom diminishing "for our own good" are very well expressed, I feel:

http://canadafreepress.com/article/liberty-fading#.V54LfXAQGfY.twitter

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I Thought Yesterday's Views were Good Until.....

So, yesterday was a saturday.  And with search views being below 200 for most of the days for the past 3-4  I was glad to see that I finished with 266 views from Etsy search.

Saturday has been my highest view day.  So it is not really anything that great or out of the ordinary.

BUT then I checked stats for the same day last year, July 30th, and Wow.

Last year on July 30th I had 486 views from Etsy search!  Holy heck.

Yesterday I finished with  more than 1,200 total views.

Last year I had 2,172 total views!  Wow.
Although, with the changes Etsy made to our shop layouts total views are not an accurate indication of how active our shops are.

2 sales yesterday.  For less than $100 revenue.  Not good.
1 sale the day before for less than $40 revenue.  Not good.

Disappointing numbers still.

I have choices to make.

Tic-Toc

The clock to the end of ShoponSherman is ticking.

Today makes 1 sale for $8 in 2 days.

I still have a chair to take to Greyhound tomorrow, and other orders to pack and ship.

I will be get caught up and close up in the next day or two.

Time for bed.  

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11/17

So no sales  yesterday.

That makes 11 of the past 17 days without a sale.

Get caught up on my orders.

Then close up.

Maybe not until monday.

It is almost 10:30 AM

I am about to head into my garden job.  A little later than I wanted to.  I was hoping to avoid the heat and the sun and also get off early.

So at 11 AM it will be another 1 1/2 days without a sale.  Disappointing.

I have choices to make.

Only 166 Search Views Yesterday!

Wow.  It is very disappointing that search views have dropped so significantly this month.

Yesterday, July 21st, 2016 I had only 166 views from Etsy search.

Last year I had 249 views from Etsy search.

For the first 21 days of the month I have 778 fewer search views than last year.
(And 283 fewer direct Google views.  Which I believe is Etsy's fault)

Just more evidence why I should close.

No sales yesterday.
And search views are where the buyers are.
Nearly 1,500 listings and no sales.  Terrible.

And 10 of 21 days this month without a sale.
And 6 of the 11 days with a sale were for revenue of $89 or less.

So for 16 of the 21 days of this month I made $0-89.
Minus expenses. for 16 of the 21 days this month I made no money.

I have choices to make.

It is Another 2 Days without a Sale

My last sale was 12:50 pm on Monday.

I should close up.

I have choices to make.

110 Etsy Search views at 1 PM?

So my search views have come back somewhat over the past few days.

And even today I now have 110 views from Etsy search at only 1pm.

Did Etsy do something to cause the BIG drop I had??
Is this temporary?

It is good to see though.

Back to work.

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The End has Come: I will be Closing My Vintage Etsy shop ShoponSherman

Here at 8:43 pm it is now another 3 days without a sale.

For many reasons it is time to close.

After I get caught up on my current orders, probably in the next 2 days, I will be closing.

After 5 1/2 years and more than 4,600 total items sold.

Time to get out the work boots, and go back to work.

Oh well.

A Dream of Driving in the Wrong Direction

I took a nap this afternoon and at the end of it as I was dreaming I was in a car going in the wrong direction.

We are in the left lane of a highway driving very slowly.  As I see traffic coming toward us, with a car in our lane, and a police car behind the car in our lane coming toward us, I say, "Wrong direction, Right?".

The person driving says, "Yeah.  As long as we're less than 7 (MPH).".

As we get closer to the cars we are in the middle lane and with a car also driving in the wrong direction as us a passenger in the back seat of my car says about bhot of our cars, "We're both going 8 (MPH)

The police officer stops and the officer makes the hand signal for us to stop, and I hear loud police sirens to the right of us.

Then I woke up.

I don't think it meant anything.  But it was clear.

Oh well.

47 Search views at 12 Noon

Wow.  So low.

I wonder what Etsy has done, what "improvements" they have made, to further hurt my search views.

I expected a drop in the summer, but this is the lowest search views I've had in 5 years.

Back to work.

Only 174 Search Views Yesterday

Last year on July 5th I had 246 search views.

I had more than 200 search views on Monday, July 4th, but nearly every day for the past week or more I've been below 200 Etsy search views.  Disappointing.

Today I am going to finish with less than 170. And less than 900 total views.

And this will be my 2nd consecutive day without a sale.

Oh well.

I have decisions to make about my vintage shop, and other things.

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Pittsburgh Bicentennnial Celebration 1816-2016

The city of Pittsburgh has been my home all of my life.  I was born in 1967, and, of course, some of my favorite memories were of watching the Steelers of the 1970's.  Especially Terry Bradshaw, who I imitated every time I played football.

Although Pittsburgh was incorporated as a township in 1771, and then as a borough in 1794, it was in 1816 that Pittsburgh became a city:

http://www.pgh200.com/

And on Friday, July 8th Pittsburgh will have the birthday bash:

http://www.visitpittsburgh.com/events-festivals/pgh200/

Followed by a parade on Saturday, July 9th.

In my vintage Etsy shop I have listed an interesting piece of Pittsburgh Bicentennnial history.  It is a drinking glass from when Pittsburgh first celebrated its bicentennial in 1959:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/152295802/rare-vintage-1959-pittsburgh?ga_search_query=drinking+glass&ref=shop_items_search_1

I found it a local Goodwill:

I actually have not researched why Pittsburgh celebrated its bicentennial because of a 1758 date.  Rather than incorporating year of 1771.  It must be from when the city was founded.

Off to Google.....

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A Vintage Jessie Wilcox Smith Crewel Embroidery Wall Art Print

One day when I made the bike ride to the hot neighborhood in Pittsburgh, PA, Lawrenceville, to to go the Busy Beaver, I decided to go back into Thrftique.  I found a few books there. When I left I decided to stop in the Goodwill thrift store next door.  Even though I had told myself I would only go to the Busy Beaver and not buy any more for my vintage Etsy shop ShoponSherman:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/ShoponSherman?ref=hdr_shop_menu

Of all the Goodwill I have been to in the Pittsburgh area the one in Lawrenceville is not one of my favorites.  It is small.  With a small section of wares.  And only cheap things displayed the few times I was in there.

But this day I looked behind the prints and there was this very nice one:

 
I could see it was obviously an old image, and I did not recognize the artist off-hand.  But I turned it over and it still has the Danbury Mint label and dated 1987.

I thought it would be a very nice vintage print for my Etsy shop.

After bringing it home and doing a quick search I learned about Jessie Wilcox Smith.  Even though I did sell a couple Easter plates with her image on them.

She was born in the 1860's and was a famous illustrator of books and magazines.  This image first appeared on the February 1910 issue of Good Housekeeping magazine.

My piece is actually embroidered:

All of it is in great condition.

I have just gotten it listed today:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/450321816/vintage-jessie-wilcox-smith-crewel?ref=shop_home_active_2

I like her work, and I will try to find more of them.  I will try to get a hold of some of her magazine covers.

I hope this very nice piece will find a home of someone who appreciates it.

Back to work for me.

Time to CLOSE ShoponSherman???

Damn it.

It is now 3 days with 1 sale for $29.

And 15 of the past 20 days with sales of $0-69.
8 of the days were $0 sales.
Holy heck.

I don't want to, but I should close.

I will lose a lot.

And it's been 5 1/2 years of working on it every single day.  For this.

With my shop on a downward trend.
Revenue is down more than 30% from 2014.
Orders are down more than 25% from 2014.

It is stupid to stay open.

It's not worth it any longer.

I have choices to make.