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Metrics type: Supporting MetricsCategory: Fulfilment

At a glance

Orders / Day is your daily Depop order count plotted over time. It is the pulse of the shop: the line shows the rhythm of sales, the spikes from a viral listing or a relist push, and the dips from a quiet stretch. For a solo seller, it is also the workload forecast, because every order on the line becomes a parcel to pack and a dispatch deadline to hit.

Calculation

The card counts orders per calendar day across the window and plots them as a time series. Vortex IQ reads order timestamps from the Depop integration and aggregates them by day in the merchant reporting time zone.

Worked example

A representative reading of Orders / Day for a typical reseller on Depop. The line normally hovered around 6 to 9 orders a day with a weekend lift. On 17 Jun 26 it spiked to 23 after one listing was shared widely. Vortex Mind tied the spike to that single item and forecast a packing backlog, which the pending-shipment card confirmed. The seller blocked out extra packing time and kept on-time shipping intact. A week later a three-day dip lined up with a pause in relisting, a reminder that cadence drives the floor. To examine the pattern, ask Ask Viq for orders per day this month with weekday averages.

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Reconciling against Depop

Where to look in Depop’s own dashboard: Your order history in the Depop app lists every order with its date. Reconcile by counting orders for a sample day and comparing to the point on the Vortex IQ line. Why the Vortex IQ value may legitimately differ: Cross-connector reconciliation: read the daily line with pending shipment and the revenue trend to plan capacity and spot demand shifts. For divergence investigations, use Vortex Mind.

Known limitations / merchant FAQs

Q: How often does Orders / Day update? The card refreshes on the standard data refresh (typically every 30-60 minutes for live integrations). Today’s bar continues to fill through the day. Q: Today looks low. Is something wrong? The current day is incomplete until it closes. Compare completed days for a fair read, and check the revenue trend before reading a single low day as a problem. Q: How do I tell a real dip from noise? Look for several days below your weekday baseline, not one. Tie sustained dips to listing cadence and seasonality before assuming demand has changed. Q: Can I customise this card? There is no alert threshold by default, but the reporting period and time zone are configurable per profile.

Tracked live in Vortex IQ Nerve Centre

Orders / Day is one of hundreds of KPI pulses Vortex IQ tracks across Depop and 70+ other ecommerce connectors. Nerve Centre runs the detection layer; Vortex Mind investigates the cause when something moves; Ask Viq lets you interrogate any number in plain English. Start for free or book a demo to see this metric running on your own data.