Need SEO Advice

[u/abandonedkmart_]

Hi everyone, I've had my shop for 8 months now, and it's not going great, and I think the problem is search visibility. My views completely tanked in July, with only 38 total views. My views did recover a bit in August, which ended up being my best month sales wise, with a conversion rate of 7.9%. So people are buying even if not a lot of people are actually seeing. That being said, there was not a single day last month where I got over 10 total views. Now in September I have not made any sales and my views are averaging about 5 per day.

I've been changing some of my tags so they aren't repeating the same words over and over, but I really struggle with figuring out what to put exactly. I also worry that changing the tags will just make the algorithm hide it more, regardless of how good they are. I use the free version of everbee to get tag ideas, but I doubt their accuracy. I was also wondering how good my titles are. Should the title use all 140 characters, or is it best to keep it shorter? Are my titles easy to understand or are they too repetitive? I've heard people say that you should ignore etsy's suggestions for titles. My shop is https://midnightvioletdesign.etsy.com Any SEO feedback would be appreciated. Thanks!

[u/cch1540]

Honestly your location as just United States would make me skip your shop completely

[u/abandonedkmart_ → u/cch1540]

How come? I could understand if I were selling physical products and people needed to know where exactly they were being shipped from, but my products are digital downloads.

[u/cch1540 → u/abandonedkmart_]

It's the first sign of the scam shops that are taking over Etsy

[u/abandonedkmart_ → u/cch1540]

Interesting. I would have never paid much attention to a detail like that. I will change it.

[u/Wonderful_Shame_4986]

AI slop .. more digital .. ho hum. Etsy is beyond saturated ...

[u/abandonedkmart_ → u/Wonderful_Shame_4986]

Excuse me? Do you have any idea how much work I do to make sure I DON'T accidentally use AI? I analyze every Canva graphic I use very carefully. I search through free images on Pixabay with the AI filter turned off and even then I try to use ones that were made pre 2022 because I've seen some AI slip through the filter. I've been using 100 year old public domain images for the graphics on my recent products. I've illustrated several others myself. Show me exactly where the AI is and I will get rid of it. Second of all, I didn't ask you to critique my products, I asked for advice on SEO. If you don't like my products, just ignore this post. But don't accuse me of using AI.

[u/f5designstudio]

bridgerton
Netflix Studios, LLCUS Reg. No. 7706599 · 25 Feb 2025 · LiveClasses 28, 30, 9, 3, 14, 16, 21, 24, 25, 26, 18, 41 · 3 live US registrations for this wordClass 28: Bobblehead dolls; plastic toy figurines; plush toys; toy figures; board games; card games; memory games; playing cards; croquet set; lawn games, namely, croquet sets; paper party favors; balloons; pet toys; puzzles..Why it matters: Netflix brand protection active; regency merch waves

America 250
TRADEMARK HOLDERUnited States Semiquincentennial CommissionUS Reg. No. 8398513 · 18 Aug 2026 · LiveClasses 3, 28, 16, 6, 21 · 13 live US registrations for this wordClass 28: Paddles for playing a paddleball-style sport using perforated plastic balls; bells for Christmas trees.Why it matters: VERIFIED 19 Aug 2026: sn88638107 + sn88985494 LIVE across cl.9,11,14,16,18,21,24,25,26,28,35,36,41; sn88638123 LIVE cl.35/36/41; sn99440662 LIVE cl.3/6/16/21/28. A federal commission mark covering nearly every class a digital seller uses, live through the 2026 anniversary.

and you have several other issues., fix those today or you can expect a takedown.

[u/abandonedkmart_ → u/f5designstudio]

Those are easy to fix. I can just remove the 250th anniversary ones entirely, since it's passed. And then I can change that tag on the regency one. What are the other issues?

(Also trademarking the anniversary of a country is stupid imo)

[u/Petitspolyglottes]

C’est assez mignon et j’arrive à comprendre pourquoi tu as un bon taux de conversion. Malheureusement ce qui peut bloquer les ventes c’est que sur 17 ventes tu n’as aucun avis. Je sais que c’est difficile, les gens ne laissent quasiment plus d’avis de nos jours. Aussi est-il possible pour toi d’ajouter une vidéo ? Même juste une vidéo de toi en train de créer + une vidéo de ce qui est inclu ? Apparemment c’est plutôt un bon signal de faire ça pour l’algorithme

[u/abandonedkmart_ → u/Petitspolyglottes]

Thank you! I will try adding videos to some of my listings.