Selling Strangeness

[BadBob]

I have had one item in my shop since 2017-11-23, and I never sold one until this year. I have sold five of them since 1 January.

I have one item that I made for a custom order. I posted some for sale, and they began to sell almost immediately. I made a few more, and they sold out, and I made a larger batch, and they sold out. Since it is easier to make a large batch than make a few at a time, I made a large batch and sold two. Since then, nothing.

 

 

[barb.j.enders]

What did you sell?

[TAIrving]

If you can figure out the market you can become a rich man.  Or write a book about it and become a famous author.  

[BadBob]

2 hours ago, barb.j.enders said:

What did you sell?

I sold a heart shelf. I made these for a show that never happened, and they were in storage until I opened my Etsy shop. Sometime around the first of the year, I started getting what was, for me, a lot of views. There were so many that it pushed its way to the top of my stats. I thought that maybe this was people shopping for Valentine's Day gifts. My wife's idea. Then they started selling. Valentine's Day is long gone, and I have sold two of them since then. All of the sales were from my Etsy shop. I also have this listed on Goimagine, but it has no views and no sales. If I sell my remaining shelves I relist it as made-to-order. 

[kmmcrafts]

I experience this quite a lot over the years with a few items. One thing to note is how Etsy will push your product towards other sellers IF items sell.. so that might explain some of the hype for a while. Being that it's a heart shelve and Valentine's day was just this month.. also to me explains a little as to why it now has slowed up. Though getting those sales certainly bumped your search ranking up some so come around Valentine's next year you may sell the rest of them..