Your Etsy quota, live

Etsy limits how many requests an app can make to it each day — it’s a shared, per-day allowance that resets on a rolling basis. SKUvio shows you how much of that allowance it has used, right on your dashboard, so there are never any surprises about how close you are to the limit.

The live meter

Your dashboard carries a live Etsy quota meter showing today’s usage. It updates as SKUvio works, and a colour-coded dot makes the state obvious at a glance:

• Green — plenty of headroom; SKUvio is working well within the day’s allowance.
• Amber — you’ve passed 60% of the day’s allowance. Still fine, just worth noticing.
• Red — you’ve passed 90%; SKUvio is close to the daily limit and the auto-pause guard is watching closely.

What uses quota

Every conversation SKUvio has with Etsy counts against the allowance — exporting a listing, pushing a price or inventory change, importing an order, refreshing listing state. Normal syncing spends this steadily and comfortably. Large one-off actions, like a bulk export of many products at once, use more in a short burst, which is exactly when you might see the meter climb into amber.

Why it matters

Most sellers never come near the limit — the meter is simply there for peace of mind, so you can see SKUvio is working within Etsy’s rules rather than pushing against them. It’s a window into the app’s health, not a dial you have to manage.

And if usage ever does climb toward the ceiling, you don’t have to do anything: SKUvio protects you automatically rather than letting Etsy rate-limit your shop. See The auto-pause guard for exactly how it steps back and resumes on its own.