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How many views does it REALLY take to get a sale and other cool stuff!

crochetgal avatar
crochetgal from crochetgal 1:52 am Jul 6, 2012 EDT
A question so I see asked so often in the forums.

Realistically it only takes ONE view to get a sale... from the right buyer.

But we all know that doesn't always happen! One tool that I've found to be very useful is the 'shop value calculator' at
shopvaluecalculator.com/

It will tell you all sorts of things such as how many views it takes to get a sale, the average number of times your items have been marked as favourites, etc.

Take it for a spin and you might be surprised at what you find!
What do the numbers tell you?

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Amelia Thompson avatar
Amelia Thompson from RadicalWorks 2:01 am Jul 6, 2012 EDT
Interesting tool.

It tells me my shop has 1 sale every 69 views, but it's more like every 2000 views.

It also tells me 1 sale every 4 days. I wish that were the case. lol

And my shop was valued at $2.31. lol
Fox avatar
Fox from OneUrbanTribe 2:07 am Jul 6, 2012 EDT
That's weird, Amelia. I thought the shop value thing was supposed to be the price of all your listings added together. I think the period in that number is a comma as Americans use to mark place. Other countries use a period. Please someone correct me if I am wrong.

It says I get 1 sale per 64 views, and average a sale every 4 days. My shop value is "2.501 USD" which I assume means $2,501.
Cindy avatar
Cindy from cindylouwho2 2:09 am Jul 6, 2012 EDT
it tells me they calculate the views per sale over the life of the shop, which can be very anomalous.

It also gives me a completely different average item price than www.etsyhacks.com/shop_value/
which I have come to trust b/c I actually checked it & added everything up once.
Irina avatar
Irina from CraftRu 2:12 am Jul 6, 2012 EDT
I have just started my store a week ago.
That site says my ration is 1 sale per 105 views, and sale every 5 days.
Janine avatar
Janine from JanineBasil 2:12 am Jul 6, 2012 EDT edited
Looks like someone else has been looking for the value of my shop.... Says it was last valued a couple of weeks ago. Doesn't really bother me as its a lot of info you could work out for yourself, but still feels a bit odd.

I've never quite worked out what the shop value bit is. I'm pretty sure it's not stock value, so is it market value? Amelia, I think maybe yours is $231 as the dot . is used in the same way as a comma , is used in longer numbers in many countries.
Janine avatar
Janine from JanineBasil 2:18 am Jul 6, 2012 EDT edited
Fox from OneUrbanTribe says
That's weird, Amelia. I thought the shop value thing was supposed to be the price of all your listings added together. I think the period in that number is a comma as Americans use to mark place. Other countries use a period. Please someone correct me if I am wrong.

It says I get 1 sale per 64 views, and average a sale every 4 days. My shop value is "2.501 USD" which I assume means $2,501.
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The period is called a full stop in the uk, which is why I was calling it a dot. There's something about calling it a period, I don't like it lol

Anyway, I don't think it can be as I have more stock in my shop than last month, but since whoever did it last, my shop worth has dropped by £10,000 (that's British pounds, about $15,000 ish) probably because my views and sales have been on the low side since then.
Nadya avatar
Nadya from oceloteyes 2:21 am Jul 6, 2012 EDT
Yikes... in my shop it takes 445 views for someone to buy something... wow that's sad... kinda wish I hadn't seen that page now.

Sales / Views Ratio: 1 to 445. This means 1 Sale every 445 views
Hope E avatar
Hope E from LOFT415 2:26 am Jul 6, 2012 EDT
Great site with great info! Thanks Crochetgal!

@Janine: Yes I think some of the periods and commas are mixed. I loked at the age of my shop and it says "Shop created on 2007-03-08. That´s 1.946 days ago."
Nici Laskin avatar
Nici Laskin from NiciLaskin 2:31 am Jul 6, 2012 EDT
thanks for posting that link again i was looking for that , creepy thing i was last checked out on the 7th of July, i feel stalked . LOL

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