{"id":4571,"date":"2020-03-28T08:36:01","date_gmt":"2020-03-28T08:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peonylanedesigns.com\/?p=4571"},"modified":"2020-06-13T01:17:51","modified_gmt":"2020-06-13T01:17:51","slug":"does-setting-your-etsy-shop-to-vacation-mode-negatively-impact-your-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peonylanedesigns.com\/does-setting-your-etsy-shop-to-vacation-mode-negatively-impact-your-shop\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Setting Your Etsy Shop to Vacation Mode Negatively Impact Your Shop?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4666\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4666\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.peonylanedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Does-Setting-Your-Etsy-Shop-to-Vacation-Mode-Negatively-Impact-Your-Shop_-1.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4666\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.peonylanedesigns.com\/does-setting-your-etsy-shop-to-vacation-mode-negatively-impact-your-shop\/does-setting-your-etsy-shop-to-vacation-mode-negatively-impact-your-shop_-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.peonylanedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Does-Setting-Your-Etsy-Shop-to-Vacation-Mode-Negatively-Impact-Your-Shop_-1.png?fit=735%2C1102&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"735,1102\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Does Setting Your Etsy Shop to Vacation Mode Negatively Impact Your Shop_ (1)\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Does Setting Your Etsy Shop to Vacation Mode Negatively Impact Your Shop?&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Pin This!&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.peonylanedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Does-Setting-Your-Etsy-Shop-to-Vacation-Mode-Negatively-Impact-Your-Shop_-1.png?fit=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.peonylanedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Does-Setting-Your-Etsy-Shop-to-Vacation-Mode-Negatively-Impact-Your-Shop_-1.png?fit=640%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4666\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.peonylanedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Does-Setting-Your-Etsy-Shop-to-Vacation-Mode-Negatively-Impact-Your-Shop_-1-200x300.png?resize=200%2C300\" alt=\"Does Setting Your Etsy Shop to Vacation Mode Negatively Impact Your Shop?\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.peonylanedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Does-Setting-Your-Etsy-Shop-to-Vacation-Mode-Negatively-Impact-Your-Shop_-1.png?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.peonylanedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Does-Setting-Your-Etsy-Shop-to-Vacation-Mode-Negatively-Impact-Your-Shop_-1.png?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.peonylanedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Does-Setting-Your-Etsy-Shop-to-Vacation-Mode-Negatively-Impact-Your-Shop_-1.png?w=735&amp;ssl=1 735w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4666\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pin This!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>2020 started out with a bang as far as my Etsy sales went.<\/p>\n<p>This was after I had returned from setting my Etsy shop to vacation mode. I had put my shop on vacation about a week before my mom passed away and then brought it back up about a month later.\u00a0 I thought everything was fine until February dried up.<\/p>\n<p>A friend of my said she would never put a shop on vacation because it, &#8220;Puts your shop in a coma.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I was curious since in the past I have used vacation mode without feeling like there had been a penalty.\u00a0 February was a little different and March hasn&#8217;t been much better.\u00a0 So I went looking for answers.<\/p>\n<p>I want to be upfront with you. I reached out to Etsy twice to ask them to comment on this opinion by contacting their media department. They failed to responds to either requests beyond an auto-response email that said if I was looking for a media comment then I was in the right place and they would eagerly get back to me.\u00a0 The first email was at the end of February and the second mid-March (pre-Pandemic).<\/p>\n<p>There was plenty of chatter however on the <a href=\"https:\/\/community.etsy.com\/t5\/Managing-Your-Shop\/Vacation-Mode-or-Stay-Open\/td-p\/20282960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Etsy Community pages<\/a>. And it doesn&#8217;t make the situation any clearer.\u00a0 Some say absolutely they use it all the time and other say no just add extended shipping times to your orders. Clear as mud right.<\/p>\n<p>The more research I did really didn&#8217;t clarify the situation. Some articles I found said it penalizes you like you just started your shop. Yikes! That&#8217;s distressing. It&#8217;s also the reason I wish that Etsy had responded to this article.\u00a0 I would love to know their official position.<\/p>\n<p>Since that didn&#8217;t happen (wish in one hand and spit in the other) I have to look at the statistics. I know snoooore! ZZZZZZ but sometimes it&#8217;s necessary.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what my statistics look like for 2020 so far:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4663\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4663\" style=\"width: 2206px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.peonylanedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2A28FD7D-9C88-4E3F-A316-31A9AC110C09.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4663\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.peonylanedesigns.com\/does-setting-your-etsy-shop-to-vacation-mode-negatively-impact-your-shop\/2a28fd7d-9c88-4e3f-a316-31a9ac110c09\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.peonylanedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2A28FD7D-9C88-4E3F-A316-31A9AC110C09.jpeg?fit=2048%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"My Etsy Statistics\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;My Etsy Statistics&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;My 2020 Etsy Statistics&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.peonylanedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2A28FD7D-9C88-4E3F-A316-31A9AC110C09.jpeg?fit=300%2C141&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.peonylanedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2A28FD7D-9C88-4E3F-A316-31A9AC110C09.jpeg?fit=640%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4663\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.peonylanedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2A28FD7D-9C88-4E3F-A316-31A9AC110C09.jpeg?resize=640%2C300\" alt=\"My Etsy Statistics\" width=\"640\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.peonylanedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2A28FD7D-9C88-4E3F-A316-31A9AC110C09.jpeg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.peonylanedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2A28FD7D-9C88-4E3F-A316-31A9AC110C09.jpeg?resize=300%2C141&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.peonylanedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2A28FD7D-9C88-4E3F-A316-31A9AC110C09.jpeg?resize=1024%2C480&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.peonylanedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2A28FD7D-9C88-4E3F-A316-31A9AC110C09.jpeg?resize=768%2C360&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.peonylanedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2A28FD7D-9C88-4E3F-A316-31A9AC110C09.jpeg?resize=1536%2C720&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4663\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My 2020 Etsy Statistics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Okay so orders are up and revenue is up, but total views are down over 51% and total visits are down 44%.\u00a0 This is after running an add campaign in February, which is concerning for me.\u00a0 My revenue looks great because I had 2 great sales in January. In February and March I sold $86.00.<\/p>\n<p>I find these numbers concerning because there are so many legitimate reasons you might need to use this function. Like in my case the loss of a loved one.\u00a0 It&#8217;s difficult to have weigh the need to deal with family crisis&#8217; with the desire to not lose business.<\/p>\n<p>Before you jump in and remind me that there is a Pandemic, I&#8217;ve considered it.\u00a0 But I feel like that would increase views, not decrease them.\u00a0 More people at home with nothing to do but window show. Even if that doesn&#8217;t equate to sales. Right? I know my YouTube Views are up during this time.<\/p>\n<p>I will keep monitoring and keep posting to see if anything changes. At this point my opinion is that setting and Etsy shop to vacation mode penalizes you greatly.<\/p>\n<p>If you have another perspective, and you can share it in a respectful manner, I would be interested in what your experience has been. Also, if Etsy wants to respond I would be happy to share their official position.<\/p>\n<p>Many Blessings to you!<\/p>\n<p>~S<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2020 started out with a bang as far as my Etsy sales went. This was after I had returned from setting my Etsy shop to vacation mode. 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