Although I've been selling on Etsy for almost a year now, opening an additional shop has reminded what it's like to be a newbie again. I was lucky with my first shop, in that the first day I listed my items, I had my first sale. I think this gave me some confidence to continue. Of course, a year ago, there weren't nearly as many shops to compete with as there are now. Today marks my 3rd day of listing in my new shop. So, the fact that I have not yet had my first sale, is OK, for now anyway. Each day I have been diligently tracking my item views and checking my hearts, since this is all I have to gauge my success by. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that one of my necklaces was included in a treasury. It was a list of newbie shops that contrary put together. I was even more delighted to discover that that treasury made it to the front page, today. So, once I learned this, I kept a close eye on the views it received, along with the new hearts I accumulated. I was pretty amazed by how fast the number grew. I started tracking the views at 12 noon. That necklace had 120 views at that time, already. By 12:45 my views rose to 521, and then at 1:11, there were 796 views. It wasn't up much more after that. As far as my hearts go, earlier today, I had been hearted by 9 people, and after being on the front page, I now have 50 hearts. The front is huge if you're lucky enough to be on it. I'm actually a bit surprised how many people are influenced by what is on it, and actually click through. So, while it didn't bring me my first sale, it did bring a lot of lookers and even some hearts.
As usual, I remembered after the fact, that I should have taken a screen shot.