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.
| What it counts | The number of orders placed each day across the selected window, shown as a line. |
| Sample type | Backend API data from Depop, refreshed on the standard data refresh. |
| Why it matters | Daily order pace drives fulfilment capacity planning and reveals what your activity actually moves. Spikes warn of an incoming packing load; sustained dips are an early demand signal worth investigating before revenue reacts. |
| Reading the value | Read the shape, not a single day. Look for trend, weekly seasonality and outliers. Tie spikes back to listing activity and dips to stalled cadence. |
| Currency | count |
| Time window | 30D |
| Alert trigger | - |
| Sentiment key | dep_orders_per_day |
| Roles | owner, operations |
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.Sibling cards merchants should reference together
| Card | Why merchants reach for it |
|---|---|
dep_order_count | Volume sibling: the period total behind the daily line. |
dep_pending_ship | Fulfilment sibling: order spikes become packing backlogs. |
dep_on_time_ship_rate | Fulfilment sibling: capacity vs demand on the line. |
dep_revenue_trend | Trend sibling: orders and revenue read together. |
dep_orders_by_country | Geography sibling: where the daily orders come from. |
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:| Reason | Direction | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Time zone. Day boundaries depend on the reporting time zone. | Marginal | Confirm time zone alignment. |
| Cancelled orders. These may be excluded from the daily count. | Lower in Vortex IQ | Confirm order scope. |
| Refresh timing. Today’s count fills in across refreshes. | Marginal | Read completed days for a stable figure. |