![]() ![]() I even hate searching here as it brings up anything and everything, as if the search terms I enter don't even matter or take effect. I wonder if anyone outside of Australia (and Australians aren't searching for knits right now, seasonal problem) but am I appearing in international, particularly US, searches? And Etsy's search function is so messed up. It pains me to think these items aren't even being seen. I know the quality and workmanship is good. I take out my baby knits and wow, not trying to blow my own trumpet, but there's some treasures there. But with views becoming very low there's no way I'm having any sales these days. I've always been 5 star in shipping time, reviews, response rate, never a problem. I had the Star Seller badge for months! But that's now gone, not that I think it's worth much anyway, but the reason it's gone is because I'm not selling enough or making enough $$$. So I don't expect much activity at present from Australian buyers but without my international buyers my shop is languishing. Result? Zilch! Okay, it's going on Summer here in Australia and that's always been a quiety period here, but it's always been compensated for by my international sales, especially to the US. There was some good advice about little tweaks I could make, items I could add, etc, and I followed through on several suggestions. I posted some while back about this being a concern of mine. Now I'm reading many posts about things having changed on Etsy. ![]() ![]() I've done pretty well, not dozens of sales a week because it takes a week to just knit one item to sell, but enough to keep my shop ticking over. I've loved being on Etsy, the challenge of running my shop and meeting buyers' needs, the communication with buyers, the satisfaction of sending my knits off to them, just the buzz. Well, I'm at the point of leaving, at least closing my shop indefinitely. ![]()
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