50 To Dos When Your Etsy Shop Is Slow

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It happens to every Etsy Seller – you have those amazing busy months, when your life consists of completing orders and shipping them out, and don’t have time for anything else. All suddenly the rush of the busy month starts to dwell down and you wake up to crickets.

If your business is seasonal, it’s important to learn how to maximize your profits during busy times. How do you maximize your profits? You do this by taking advantage of the slow months and work on any opportunities for improvements for your Etsy shop.

A slow period is just another opportunity to set your shop for successful when the next busy peak times come around again. Let’s take a look at 50 to-dos when your Etsy shop is slow.

Things you should do in your slow months on Etsy

1. Reconnect with existing and previous customers
2. Take your process offline
3. Work with bloggers
4. Market your business
5. Ask for help
6. Take some necessary downtime
7. Add a shop update
8. Offer seasonal discounts
9. Work on your SEO on your lowest listings
10. Create new products
11. Create a new shop banner
12. Update to Etsy Plus
13. Work on your Pinterest account
14. Run a contest
15. Get your workspace organized
16. Learn something new
17. Take a business course
18. Make a new email line-up
19. Do some bookkeeping
20. Start a website
21. Work on your current website
22. Update you’re about me section
23. Update your shipping policies
24. Update your listing descriptions and add SEO tags to optimize each listing
25. Contact other shops for wholesale pricing
26. Work on your social media presence
27. Develop a skill
28. Survey existing customers
29. Survey employees
30. Strengthen important relationships
31. Get a new logo
32. Work on your online reputation
33. Work on building a brand
34. Polish up your site
35. Work on product photography
36. Plan your marketing calendar for the rest of the year
37. Create an email autoresponder
38. Start your mailing list
39. Start a coupon campaign
40. Start advertising your business on Google
41. Conduct a SWOT analysis
42. Update your profile photo
43. Start a YouTube channel
44. Find a new podcast for business
45. Clean up your email
46. Organize your work station
47. Organize your shipping station
48. Read a business book
49. Develop a renewal strategy
50. Create a robust line around a popular product you sale

I hope this massive list of things to do when your Etsy Shop is slow came in handy. Let me know what you do in the slow months in the comment area below. I would love to hear from you!

Hi, I’m Nancy, nice to meet you! I work with Etsy Sellers like yourself that want to build a thriving Etsy business and embrace the entrepreneurial adventure. Learn everything about Etsy at my #blog NancyBadillo.com!