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How to Read Etsy's Search Visibility Dashboard

Etsy's Search Visibility dashboard gives you real data on how your listings surface in search — but most sellers don't know what to do with it. Here's how to read it and act.

Impressions vs. visits vs. sales

Impressions = how often you appear in search. Visits = clicks. Sales = conversions. A drop in impressions is a discoverability (SEO) problem; high impressions but low visits is a thumbnail/title problem; high visits but low sales is a listing/price/shipping problem.

The impression-to-sale ratio tells you where to look

Trace the funnel: if you're getting impressions but no clicks, fix your main photo and title. If you get clicks but no sales, fix your description, price, or shipping.

What to change first

Start with the listings that have the most impressions but the worst conversion — small fixes there move the most revenue. A free audit pinpoints the exact issue per listing.

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