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Apr 23, 2017 16:32:42 GMT
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Post by jellybeanscloset412 on Apr 23, 2017 16:32:42 GMT
Throttle sales too?
After being dead, worst than dead, nonexistent, on Etsy for at least 6 months; I had two sales last week. Then I had another today.
What's even more intriguing is my little ( 30 something listings) store had 25 views so far today.
So Etsy sellers, do they throttle or whatever term you use?
I have to think they do or it is a crazy coincidence.
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Post by RetroMonde on Apr 23, 2017 16:44:23 GMT
Yes, I believe they do. Seems like a year or 2 ago they (an Etsy admin) admitted throttling or manipulating placement (page-rank) to allow others more of a chance to be seen and hence get more sales. Which would really suck if you've worked hard, done everything right and earned your top placement and then get demoted so other people can get sales.
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Apr 23, 2017 18:09:04 GMT
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Post by jellybeanscloset412 on Apr 23, 2017 18:09:04 GMT
That's not a good way to do business. However, if they at least admit to it, then sellers can be aware.
Unlike Ebay where the reps will "take it to the grave", so to speak.
I figured they did. I went from -1 views to 25 without changing a thing.
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Post by RetroMonde on Apr 23, 2017 18:54:46 GMT
I posted that they do, now I'm not so sure. I did a google search and don't come up with what I remember Chad saying. And I'm pretty sure it was Chad the CEO that said it. Maybe it's urban legend but I seem to remember it causing an uproar at the time.
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Post by chapeaunoir on Apr 24, 2017 1:17:54 GMT
He said they had 'buckets' in order to declump sales - a few big stores grabbing all the top spots on the front page, so they rotate stores.
My sales disappeared on, exactly, 2/7 after being brisk (for etsy) for over a year. I'd sold well there since I started (for such a small store). They crawled along until I broke down after two months of fiddling and purchased ad space on Google and started the Etsy on Sale app - $350 in sales came in, in one week...now it has died again. But I'm tracking it now. I didn't used to have to do any of that stuff - it changed in a matter of weeks.
ETA: I *did* have two very dry patches - Election day, that PM, my shop went dead for 11 days. It woke up, I had google ads and had an awesome December, best month on record. January started OK, then it went dead again inauguration day and stayed dead for about 12-13 days. Then it woke up again. On 2/7, about when they implemented search changes it went black and didn't recover this time. I finally got rid of google ads and kind of forgot about the store by mid-April, then made these latest changes and 6 sales came in. It's dead again.
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Apr 24, 2017 12:56:19 GMT
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Post by jellybeanscloset412 on Apr 24, 2017 12:56:19 GMT
I also sold alot of vintage on Ebay. Things I had listed on Etsy too. One was very old and on its way to the donation pile. I don't sell too much vintage so it's odd.
The reason behind my post is that these companies really need to be more upfront with us, their customers. As we sellers are their business! It's difficult to play the game when you don't know the rules!
I'm done, for now .... bwaaahaaaa! 😜
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Post by chapeaunoir on Apr 24, 2017 19:01:35 GMT
All I get with vintage on eBay is low ball offers and whining that "Well, I want *some* kind of discount"...or no sales at all. It simply hasn't sold there in a couple of years. I have a load of vintage I just can't get off my hands, and if it doesn't move in another year, I'll broker it all to a vintage shop for a coupla bucks, save for the top notch stuff.
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