ETSY - THE DIAGNOSIS + THE TEST CONTRACT (Chapter 3) A shop is a chain; work its weakest link first. Read your panel top-down, name ONE working constraint, then sign the contract BEFORE you touch a listing - so the verdict cannot be re-spun to flatter you. THE DIAGNOSIS - one working constraint, read top-down Unit I'm diagnosing (one listing / a family): _______________ Weakest = the earliest gate with CLEAR adverse evidence, judged vs my shop median AND its own prior ~30 days: [ ] Gate 1 impressions (a bare trickle = act now) [ ] Gate 2 clicks [ ] Gate 3 conversion [ ] Economics (gates ok, low take-home) The evidence (my own numbers vs my own yardsticks): ______________________________________________ So the ONE thing I work on first is: ___________________ THE TEST CONTRACT - sign BEFORE touching the listing Constraint (gate): ___________________ The ONE change (a prediction "if X then M rises"): __________ Metric M + baseline (prior ____ days): ______ = ______ SUPPORTS (keep it): M reaches ______ CONTRADICTS (revert): M at/below ______ INCONCLUSIVE: too little data, OR the whole shop moved the same way this window (season, not my change) Window: ____ days | don't judge the rate under: ____ visits/impr Signed: __________________ Date: __________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From Etsy - Intermediate. The full method is in the book; the free worksheets and the lane shelf: eports.global/resources ePORTS — your ecom source. eports.global.