29 Views at 7:30am!

I finished yesterday with only 226 views from Etsy search! Wow.

And views are lower this morning!

Yesterday was a great day for sales though! I had 7 orders for a very good amount of revenue.

These low views really bother me. Something has happened?

34 Views at 7am

I finished yesterday wit 245 views from Etsy search.

Here at 7:12 am I have 34.

After having 33 in the midnight hour just 2 days ago.

I have 2 orders overnight. So that helps.

40 Views Right after 8 am

Yesterday at this time I had 98.

Grrrr.

36 Views at 7 am!

When yesterday I had 33 views in the midnight hour!!

Something is up!!!

312 Views Yesterday; A One Day Bump in Views

Well, I can already see that the 300 views was just a temporary thing.

Yesterday in the midnight hour I had 33 views from Etsy search. Here a day later I have only 8 EIGHT!

I will probably be in the mid 200's today. Hopefully.

300 VIEWS!!

Wow! I just made it to 300 views from Etsy search at 10:44pm! The first time in FIVE WEEKS!! And only the 2nd time in six weeks!

AND....on the 8th, only 5 days ago, I had only 161 views from Etsy search! WOW!

It was a problem with stats?? Or the stats are accurate?? Something else???

I also had 5 orders today for good profit. So that helped.

I ran a Google Adwords ad again, I shouldn't have, and it cost me a very quick $20. I don't think I've gotten a sale from a Google Ad and I have spent $200 on them!! No more.

Off to bed. Have to pack my orders tomorrow morning and try to ship all of them.

Almost 100 Views at 8am

I have 98 views from Etsy search here just after 8am. Glad to see that.

I wonder how long it will last......

49 Views at 1:35am

The very low point this past week I had only 65 views from Etsy search in the afternoon!
Something is up!

I have more now than I did at 9:30 am yesterday!!

This is just a couple hour thing? Etsy did something to give me my views back?

This is just temporary?

My views are back??

For a couple hours at least.

33 Views in the Midnight Hour!

Wow. This has not happened in WEEKS.

Here at only 12:59 am I have 33 views from Etsy search! I have been in the single digits to around 10 or so in the midnight hour for WEEKS!

It is a one day thing? It is only an hour thing? It will slow down in the afternoon again?

I will reach 300 today?????

I ended yesterday with only 224 views from Etsy search.

I am very curious to see how it goes!

46 Views after 9:30

Yep, views have dropped and will stay down. Only 46 views from Etsy search here at 9:41am. Disappointing.

Will probably have only 70 at noon.

I finished yesterday with 240 views from Etsy search. Which is 3 more than I had on nov 17, 2011.

I have been lucky to make sales these past 6 weeks though.

But I am so far in to working my shop, I have so much time invested into it, I'm so deep into it, that I pretty much should keep going.

Although I wish I could leave. There is nowhere else to sell. Ebay does not do good for me.

I have orders to pack.

The New Normal: Low Views

Here on a SUNDAY, my busiest day of the week for months, at 6:15pm I have only 162 views from Etsy search.

Here is is 6 weeks with ONE day of more than 300 search views! Wow.

And part of The New Normal is to reach 200 views from Etsy search from 8:30-9:30. For the first 3 months of the year I was reaching 200 from 2-5pm.

The past 2 days views have been in the 220's. Disappointing. That is lower than 2011 when I had only 400 listings.

I have not even looked at my wed stats when I had about 150 views from Etsy search!

I need to stop adding to my shop. Stop working on it. If I don't sell much except tea cups internationally and views are down considerably, then it is time to find a new place to sell.

Time to start listing and selling more on ebay?

68 Views at 2:25pm!!

Holy Heck.

Only 68 views from Etsy search right before 2:30. Unbelievable.

Oh well.

54 Views at Noon!

Wow. The lowest day of the year. The lowest day since last sept.

Disappointing.

Yesterday: 227 Views from Search

In november of 2011 I had a day with 237 views from Etsy search. That was one of my first days with more than 200.

Yesterday, as the low views and the New Normal continued, I had only 227 views from Etsy search. That is with HUNDREDS more listings, too.

Disappointing.

132 Views at 7pm!

WOW. I can't believe it.

This is the lowest view day in YEARS. Maybe not as low as last sept though.

But still bad.

But I am still very active today with potential buyers. And I did sell 4 items to 2 people for a decent amount.

And I worked at my grounds keeping job.

And I found some books at the thrift store.

So it was an ok day, but still disappointing.

WOW! The Lowest View Day in YEARS!

I just got home from my grounds keeping job, and here at right before 6 pm I have

ONLY 114 VIEWS FROM ETSY SEARCH!!

Holy Heck!!

I have 3 orders to 2 different people. With more convos from potential customers.

Wow. I cannot believe it.

100 Views before 3pm

Here at 2:44 pm I have just reached 100 views from Etsy search. Disappointing.

Here it is a sunday, my busiest day of the week for the first 3 months of the year, and it's the first sunday of the money, and views are low. Disappointing.

I guess views will stay down for some time to come. If they do come back.

The Mexican War Streets Yard Sale is in this month of May

I have gone to the past 3 and have done very well. Especially last year when I found some great cuff links cheap.

One guy, a well known man in the neighborhood, always has nice things cheap.

It has been nice weather, too.

This year it is being held later than the previous 3 years. It will be on may 31st.

http://www.thenorthsidechronicle.com/yard-sale-hosted-by-mexican-war-street-society/

I am looking forward to it.

A Low View Day....On the 1st of the Month

Here at 10:09 pm I have only 178 views from Etsy search! I probably won't reach 200!
Disappointing.

Views are staying down.

So this month I won't be listing new or renewing.

If people aren't seeing my items, it is not worth it to keep adding to my shop. I already have more than 1,100 items listed.

I made a mistake of trying another Google Adwords ad this afternoon. It was expensive!

I don't know how I signed up differently, but I had the setting of automatic maximum CPC and it was about $2+ per click! I spent $30 in less than an hour!

But I was on the first page and got the clicks.

I could have spent $400 for not even a full day today.

So I have to figure that out and try it the way I had it at about 20c/click. And set a budget per day. And per month.

I need to advertise. To try to make up for the THOUSANDS of lost Google & Etsy search views.

It has been only an ok day. Made 1 sale. It as a quick one. A brooch I just listed a few days ago sold for a good profit. Took some pics, but did not list the items. Didn't get any organizing done. Tomrrow for that.

A little tv, then off to bed.

I Canceled my Google Adwords Ad

It was too expensive.

It cost about $110 for only 5 days.

I did like seeing all the views in my shop.

And my stats for the ad were low, too. Probably about 50% below average of what would be considered success.

But I like the visitors and the views, it just cost too much. It was $54 just for yesterday. I forget how many clicks but it was more than 300 and maybe mroe than 400 with more than 80,0000 impressions.

I am not sure why I went from 45 clicks on sunday to more than 200 on tuesday and more than 300 on wed.

Also, I was right. My direct Google views that I was happy about were just from the ad. When I shut the ad off right after 3 am I had 12 Google views. In the 9 hours since then I've had 3 more.

I had it set for search and for the Network. So I could set it for just search. And also set a budget. But I wanted the full day.

I may also budget so much per month. Maybe $50-100/month so I can run it for full days.

BUT....with the THOUSANDS of lost Google views since last september and the THOUSANDS of lost Etsy search views just in April, I may have to start paying for views. I may have to start paying to advertise. Especially since I have so many items in my shop.

That would be a big cut into my profit. Since alot of my items are lowered priced items.

Well, I sold a brooch this morning. Have to pack it and the candlestick holders.