Shelling out $15USD for a Carousel Ad for 4 days makes me feel... all businesswomen-y. So here are the parameters of Craftcult Ad Experiment 1.0: The item listed had an initial view count of 10 with no hearts, the ad started on Monday 4th May 2009. I spotted the ad at around 10am (New York time), with a view count of 16. Will be posting more data at regular intervals, so keep a look out!
8.50pm (New York time)
View Count: 27
New Hearts: 0
7.00am (New York time)
View Count: 33
New Hearts: 0
My featured item has changed, so it's a little hard to track the change in views since I last checked my shop, urgh...
7.00am (New York time)
View Count: 186
New Hearts: ??
2nd featured item: Coral Rose Necklace
9.00pm (New York time)
View Count: 231
New Hearts: 2
New Hearts: 2
Made a sale! It's not the featured item though.
My third item is up!
7.00am (New York time)
View Count: 120
New Hearts: ??
8.00pm (New York time)
View Count: 135
New Hearts: 0
View Count: 135
New Hearts: 0
6.00am (New York time)
View Count: 152
New Hearts: 0
View Count: 152
New Hearts: 0
4 item just posted:
View Count: 268 (original)
New Hearts: 0
View Count: 268 (original)
New Hearts: 0
12.00am (New York time)
View Count: 283
New Hearts: 1
View Count: 283
New Hearts: 1
My last item is taken off!
View Count: 291
New Hearts: 1
View Count: 291
New Hearts: 1
Total New Views:
1st item: 6
2nd item: 45
3rd item: 32
4th item: 23
106 views
3 new hearts
Hmm...106 views seems like a lot, but then with US$15 will let me renew 75 times, even if I get only 5 hearts each time, I'll still get a total of 375 views. Of course this data is not totally accurate, but another advantage of renewing is getting back on top of the pile, which means a higher chance of getting noticed and featured in treasuries/ front page/ gift guides.
I guess I'll stick to adding new items to my shop for now, plus renewing.
It'll be a while before I advertise again.