Why are my e-commerce sales suddenly dropping despite steady traffic?
Established online businesses are seeing dramatic drops in sales of nearly 40% even though visitor views and traffic remain almost the same. Unlike normal seasonal fluctuations, this persistent slump leaves store owners struggling with low conversions that show little sign of recovery after weeks or months.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Continuously optimizing website performance, technical SEO, structured data, and user experience
- 2Investing in original blog content, customer photography, and paid social ads
- 3Trying AI and LLM visibility optimizations and trust signals
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
r/ecommerce1 person · September 2026
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