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Etsy Sales Report – December 2022

Post published:January 7, 2023
Reading time:11 mins read
Post category:Etsy Data Insights

Each month we will be publishing on the Koalanda blog a brief report on the Etsy sales of the preceding month. Here is the report for December 2022. Sales on Etsy in comparison with previous months November was the strongest month for online sales on Etsy and it was followed by robust results in December, too. Sales were very strong in the first two weeks of December and slowed down in the second half of the month. This has not come as a surprise. The beginning of December marks the last opportunity for customers looking to buy Christmas presents on Etsy. Considering the amount of time needed to make and deliver gifts, purchases were slowing down as the month drew…

Etsy Sales Report – November 2022

Post published:December 11, 2022
Reading time:10 mins read
Post category:Etsy Data Insights

Each month we will be publishing on the Koalanda blog a brief report on the Etsy sales of the preceding month. Here is the report for November 2022. Sales on Etsy in comparison with previous months As we all expected and hoped for, November was the most successful month for Etsy sellers since the beginning of 2022. In the last several months we’ve observed a steady increase in the average daily sales in most categories. The sales hike in November, however, is much more significant. In the first days of November, the average daily sales were already growing much faster compared to the previous months. This trend evolved into a more than 70% sales increase in the major Black Friday…

Etsy Sales Report – October 2022

Post published:November 19, 2022
Reading time:9 mins read
Post category:Etsy Data Insights

Each month we will be publishing on the Koalanda blog a brief report on the Etsy sales of the preceding month. Here is the report for October 2022. Sales on Etsy in comparison with previous months Even though the business climate and the economy are getting worse in the last months all around the world, things don’t look so grim if you focus on the Etsy marketplace. The sales on Etsy keep growing for the third month in a row. Considering that November is usually the busiest month of the year, Etsy’s sales have all the chances of reaching an all-time high on Black Friday 2022. The day with the highest number of sales during the last month is October…

How to Prepare Your Etsy Shop for Black Friday

Post published:November 6, 2022
Reading time:14 mins read
Post category:Etsy SEO

Black Friday is undoubtedly the day of the year that brings the most sales to many businesses, both online and traditional. In the e-commerce world, Etsy is no exception to this rule. Last year the sales on Etsy between Black Friday and Cyber Monday reached their annual peak, reaching a whopping 2100 sales per minute! (read more in this post). There is no reason to expect anything less than that at the end of this November. This year Black Friday falls on November 25, and it is coming fast. Many sellers have already started preparing for the event. If you still haven’t started preparing, better hurry up - it is never too late to increase your chances of improving your…

Etsy Sales Report – September 2022

Post published:October 17, 2022
Reading time:9 mins read
Post category:Etsy Data Insights

Each month we will be publishing on the Koalanda blog a brief report on the Etsy sales of the preceding month. Here is the report for September 2022. Sales on Etsy in comparison with previous months Just like last month, we start this month’s Etsy sales report with some positive news. The trend of sales increase which started at the end of July continues all through September as well. The September sales are higher than the ones in August, just as we expected and hoped for. The sales hike is lower compared to the one in August - about 4% compared to 7% in the previous month. Nevertheless, the trend is clear and it is hard to imagine that October…

Five Key Factors for Etsy Success (Part II)

Post published:September 25, 2022
Reading time:12 mins read
Post category:Etsy SEO

We already discussed the first two key factors for Etsy success - namely selling products in demand and creating attractive listings (read Five Key Factors for Etsy Success (Part I)). It's time to look at the other three factors - listing optimization, customer service, and patience. 3. Optimize Your Listings If you want your listings to be more visible than the listings of your competitors, you need to ensure that they are SEO optimized. When a listing is SEO optimized, the search engine gives it a higher rank and it is among the first shown to users in the Etsy search results. How can you achieve this? A listing is comprised of keywords and keyphrases. Imagine a house made of…

Etsy Sales Report – August 2022

Post published:September 10, 2022
Reading time:8 mins read
Post category:Etsy Data Insights

Each month we will be publishing on the Koalanda blog a brief report on the Etsy sales of the preceding month. Here is the report for August 2022. Sales on Etsy in comparison with previous months The positive trend of increasing daily sales that we noticed at the end of July has continued and has even accelerated in August. As apparent from the graph below, the sales have been steadily growing over the entire month. This gives us hope that the trend will continue in September as well. On a monthly basis, August is the first month of 2022 in which we can see an increase compared to the previous month. Up to June, the average daily sales for the…

Five Key Factors for Etsy Success (Part I)

Post published:September 4, 2022
Reading time:10 mins read
Post category:Etsy SEO Running an Etsy Shop

Low fees, ease of use, access to tens of millions of potential customers, and the possibility to operate in niche markets — these are just some of the advantages of the e-commerce platform Etsy. For the buyers, there is an abundance of unique boutique and handcrafted products. All this holds the promise of large sales volumes. But is it really so easy to sell on Etsy? What are the shortcuts to commercial success on the platform? Read on if you would like to know what are the five most important aspects to consider. 1. Sell Products Which Are in Demand One of the main mistakes that an artisan seeking to open an Etsy shop could make is to offer products…

Etsy Sales Report – July 2022

Post published:August 18, 2022
Reading time:8 mins read
Post category:Etsy Data Insights

Each month we will be publishing a brief report on the Etsy sales of the preceding month on the Koalanda blog. Here is the report for July 2022. Sales on Etsy in comparison with previous months The average daily Etsy sales in July don't show any significant hikes or drops. At the same time, the last week of July exhibits a slow but steady increase which brings hope for the upcoming months. Daily Sales on Etsy - May 2022 - July 2022 The general tendency of decreasing monthly sales continues in July as well. However, the total number of sales in July is just 1% less than the sales in June. In the previous months, this number was about 4%.…

10 Tools for Etsy Sellers You Will Only Find on Koalanda

Post published:August 5, 2022
Reading time:9 mins read
Post category:Etsy SEO Koalanda Tips and Tricks

As much as we sometimes wish we could manage our Etsy shop entirely by ourselves, this simply isn’t possible. In reality, some of the software products on the market not only save us time, but can actually do things that we cannot do ourselves. There is a host of different solutions for Etsy sellers out there, the majority of which are designed to help optimize listings. I mean, there is virtually no Etsy seller who hasn’t heard of eRank or Marmalead. But what about Koalanda? Koalanda.pro is one of the newest software assistants for Etsy sellers, so you may have not heard of it yet. You can see an overview of our platform or of our individual tools on our…