Views & Sales

Low views today.  It took til 9 pm to reach 200.  Only 1 sale for $12.  In the past 4 days I've made only $74.  Not good.

Only 36 views from Google.

Back to the New Normal

Here after 12 noon I have 74 views from Etsy search.  The new normal is 75-85 by 12:30 pm.

14 from Google.  274 total.

My shop dashboard shows that I have nearly 3,000 LESS total views in the past 30 days compared to the same time last year.  10 Less orders.  But than $424 more revenue.

It is a very nice sunny day.  I'd love to take some pics outside.  And also get some laundry done.  Not sure if I have time for both.  It gets dark by 6-6:30.

300 Views again

I actually made it to 300 views from Etsy search yesterday.  It didn't look like it in the morning or late afternoon.  Or even in the evening.  Things do pick up and get busy from 9-12 midnight.

I finished with 304 views from Etsy search.  Total views were under 1,000 at 872.  The first 7 months of theyear when I'd get more than 300 views my total views would be more than 1,000.  No sales yesterday either.  That's a bummer.  I can't believe sales have been so slow.  This past week and this month.  My slowest month in a year.

Yesterday I finished with only 36 views from Google.  Wow.  That is disappointing.  Maybe it is adding my shop link to all of my listing??? Maybe that is a cause of duplicate content???  I could try taking out the title as the first line in my descriptions and taking out my shop link?

Well today I will go do some laundry and maybe take some pics.  I have 2 orders to pack and ship.

Off to work.

Thinking about my shop

With all the years I've been selling and tithing I've only made just over $300 in the past week.  Not good. I have more than 1,040 listings, too. And I've been spending hours every day working on my shop.  From taking pics to sitting at the computer.

So I guess I have choices to make. Will just have to wait it out the next 2 months.

Vintage Stow & Davis Danish furniture arm chair; The Slowdown (cont)

Here at 9:33 pm I have only 237 views from Etsy search.  I probably won't even reach 300.  It looked like I was going to do much better than yesterdays 312, but it slowed down noticeably in the afternoon and evening.

I got some pics taken this afternoon when I returned home from shipping the chair at Greyhound.  Some of the turned out dark and blurry.  I will try retaking them tomorrow.

One of the things I got pics taken of was a Stow & Davis Danish chair.  The seat upholstery is torn up, but the frame is still good.  It's solid and I believe it is still a good piece overall.  I got it listed:

 https://www.etsy.com/listing/167294726/vintage-1950s-stow-and-davis-danish?ref=shop_home_active

Back to work..

The Slow Down

Yep, I was right.  Views slowed down this afternoon.  They were on a high pace for the new normal.  But here after 6 pm only 192 views from Etsy search.  At the pace I was on by noon I thought I'd have 200 by 5 or 6 pm.  

I will just wait everything out for the next 2-3 months and see how it goes.  Closing in february is a possibility.

I don't sell the small things like I did my first 1 1/2-2 years.  This year has been mostly tea cups.  And not many of them this month.  And not much of other things either.

Just gotta wait it out.  

Record High Views at Noon!

Well, a record since the drop.  I have 129 views from Etsy search at 12 noon.  The previous high since the drop was 118 just last week.

But total views are only 274.  For the first 7 months of the year when I'd have 120's-160's by 12 noon I'd have total views in the 300's-500's.  I believe the new listing page is hurting my shop.  People are not as free to browse my shop even with me putting links in each listing.

Only 12 views from Google.

Well, it is sunny out.  I got some pics taken:

Some of the ones I took turned out blurry and dark.  Will try again tomorrow morning with them, if it is clear.

  Time to pack the chair and take it to greyhound.

High Views this morning!

Here right before 10 am I already have 111 views from Etsy search!  Looks like this will be the most views at noon since july or the first week of august.

It is a sunny morning.  I might take some pics.  Have to pack & ship the chair and find the one order.

Off to work.

300 Views Again

Yesterday I reached 312 views from Etsy search. 949 total views and only 46 from Google.
Part of my views from Etsy search are from the Burberrys trench coat and the faux fur coat.  13 views from Etsy search are from them.

My total views were under a thousand.  I believe that is probably because of Google.  The first quarter of the year, when I was averaging 1,000 views perday,  I averaged 85-144 views from Google every day. They dropped may 1st.  Came back some in the summer.  Then have dropped again big time this month. So I may have to investigate how I can improve my Google views, BUT I still have to be relevant for Etsy search first.

Etsy's relationship with Google is probably partly to blame also.  Although they say their google views are the same.  But sellers on the forums have mentioned Etsy's change to the listings with the new format that supposedly is not good for google.

One small sale yesterday, too.  My Napco praying nun wall pocket:

I did just wake up to a message of a broken tea cup.  That is disappointing.  Will refund that buyer.

Today I pack and ship the chair.  I have to find an order too.  I had the large green horse planter out and was seeing it just about every day.  Now I have to go find it.

Not sure what the near term holds.

Sales & Revenue are Low

I have to go back to just tithing. And stop donating the extra 10%.  This will be my lowest order and revenue month of the year and since last october.  With views also trending down and even lower than last oct.

Just have to deal with it.  If people don't buy, there is not much I can do.

Only one $16 sale in the past 4 days. Not good.
And with more than 1,041 listings and only one tiny sale in 4 days is not good.  One of the things is that my prices are probably too high.

And not to mention I have donated so much cash the past 12 months.

I will stop loaning and helping others too.

Back to watching tv.  And maybe pizza for dinner.

300 views yesterday!

Wow.  I actually made it to 300 views from Etsy search yesterday.  I finished with 305.  I am very surprised at that.  It didn't look like I was going to get that many.  It looked as though I'd be in the mid 200's, but it picked up alot the last few hours of the night.  It has been busy around the 10 o'clock hour lately.

Only 39 from Google.  And no sales.  That's not good.

And only 776 total views.  That is low.  It is disappointing to see my total views drop so much.  And for so long The first quarter of the year I was averaging more than 1,000 total views every day.  In march I had more than 37,000 total views.  I believe it is because of the google changes, Etsy's changed relationship with google and Etsy internal changes.  I believe the new listing page is bad for my shop.  It is good for shops that sell one type of item.  But for vintage shops that sell a large variety of items, it limits what people have easy access too.  It keeps them captive in one listing/shop ssction.  Not good at all.

Today's views are starting off ok.  Just after 11 am I have 85 views from Etsy search and even 13 from Google.

We will see how the day goes. I am going to go take some pics.  Then watch some football.  

200 views

Well things picked up starting near 12 noon and through the afternoon.  I actually reached 200 views from Etsy search before 7 pm at 6:43 pm.

And 31 views from Google. So they will be a little higher than yesterday's 32.

No sales though.  

Off to wendy's.  And to pick up the cardboard for shipping the chair on monday.

Then to watch some football tonight.

Views at noon

Well it looks like views have dropped back to the level of the New Normal.  Here at noon I have 82 views from Etsy search.  The New Normal is 75-85 by about 12:30.

Only 9 NINE Google views!  Wow.

I thought the weekends would be the more active days, but maybe not.  Maybe sunday still will be.  Sunday has been my highest view day on average for months now.

Not sure what the next two months hold.  Or the beginning of the year.  I believe after a small uptick for Christmas, views will go back down to the new normal or lower for the beginning of the year.  I don't believe Google views will come back because of the Hummingbird change.

I have gotten some pics taken this morning.  It has been sunny.  So I thought I'd try to get some of my new tea cups listed.

My Tom Brady dream

I love Tom Brady. I love the New England Patriots.

I have been wanting them to win and have so much success every game and every year and it has NOT happened!  It is very disappointing.

And even more so this year when other players and teams are having things I want for Tom and the Patriots.

So last week I had a dream of Tom where I saw him sitting on a stool or in a chair with his elbows on his knees and this look on his face.  A negative look. Serious. Concerned. Upset.  Down.

Then they lose to the Jets and Tom had another bad game. It makes me mad and frustrated and feel for Tom.

It has not been a good NFL season for me. The first 4 weeks had some great things for me.  But not the last 2.

Ggrrrrr.

It is going to be a day of Low Views. Another one

Well I see views have dropped again.  Here at 5 am only 33 views from Etsy search.  And only 3 THREE from google!

I ended yesterday with 246 from Etsy search and only 32 from Google.  And no sales.
Total views were only in the 600s!  For the first 4 months of the year I had at least 1,000 total views every day.  In march I had more than 37,000 total views! So far this month I've had about 21,000. Wow.

Hhhhhmmmm.......

Low views today

Here at 9:45 only 211 views from Etsy search and only 29 Google views.  No sales.

Shop is on a downward trend.  Views are down thousands.  Not only from my best months this year, but down from the same time period last year. Orders are down  Revenue is up slightly from the past 30 days compared to last year.

I am stuck for now.  I will stop adding inventory and eventually plan to liquidate and close up the beginning of next year.  It is alot of work to sell little. I work at it every day. I deserved better. I deserved much more.
Oh well.

Closing my vintage Etsy shop after Christmas; tithing only; no praying

I really don't sell much in my etsy shop. For having 1,000 listings and all the time and money I've donated I really sell little.  Very little vintage, that's for sure. 75% of my sales this year have been tea cups.  And my shop is on a downward trend.  Views are down by thousands.  This will be one of my lowest revenue months and orders month in more than 14 months.  But I will stay open for Christmas. Til january.  Then see where to go.  Maybe I will give it til feb.  Then close up.

I am also going to reduce my donations to a tithe only.  It is not worth it to pay more.  There are too many people making much more than I make with much better businesses and items to sell for me to give so much away and get little.

And faith is a spiritual law.  If you don't have faith, don't waste your time praying or asking. If you lose faith, you won't get what you want.  Praying for something is like talking to computers.  It is impersonal.  If you have faith, you will receive it.  If you lose faith, you won't.  And it's your tough luck.

Back to weatherproofing.

Low Google search views

Yesterday I ended with only 39 views from Google.  Wow.  And here this morning at almost 11 am I have only 4!

Not sure what I can do about that?

It may be because in all of my listings I have the same links?  I put "I have more vintage & antique items in my shop" with the link.  Does that affect me as being duplicate content?  Don't know.

I don't think I really have much duplicate content.  I have so many tea cups, but they are all titled slightly differently.

I also don't put descriptions with my listings.  I just repeat the title as the first line.  And Google now wants quality content?  That may be hurting me?

My total views are trending down still.

I don't think I will match the success I've had this year and in the past 12 months going back to last november in 2014. Changes Google and Etsy have made and cost me thousands of views.  Not to mention I have sold so many of my best things and have not replaced them.

So I will just have to take it one day at a time and see how things go through the winter.  

297 Views

Yesterday I almost made it to 300.  At about 11:20 I have 291 and I was thinking I'd make it, but I ended with 297.  That's pretty good.  Again, because of some of my newer listings that are popular.  It is still not like it was the first 7 months of the year.

Only 43 views from Google.

It was a decent day.  I made a couple sales.  Got 3 orders shipped.  And a decent day of views.

Tomorrow I want to get the other 3 remaining orders packed & shipped, maybe take some new pics.  Maybe even take some outside.  Also do a load of laundry and weatherproof.

Off to bed.

Yesterdays good Etsy search views

I made it to 341 views from Etsy search.  I think part of that is due to the recent items I listed that are popular.  Like the faux fur coat, the flapper dress and the men's Burberrys trench coat.  But I am glad Etsy search views have made somewhat of a come back.  Orders are way down compared to august though. By about 14.

I have some orders to pack today.  I had a good day of sales yesterday.  I have to get a box for the chair to ship it safely through Greyhound.  Also should do some organizing and weatherproofing.

The guy still has to come back and finish the work he said he'd do.  Then I will end my work and financial relationship with him.  

Off to work.