I have a shop with 140 products.
before Chrismas sale peaked like every year with 30+ items sold everyday. I went to a 11 days holiday after the final despatch on the 27th. I had not had any holiday after 16 months since the store opened.
I put up a banner (top of every listing)showing store closure for holiday, but buyers still purchased my items. When i came back I sent out all items in one day with free gifts and note to remind the delay is caused by store holiday.
Since the 7th of January I only have less than 10 orders each day and my best sellers are not selling at all.. it's pathetic. in the past year I never had a day with single digit order figure. I can't pay all the bills with this volume..
some causes I can think of
1. I lost my TRS on the 22nd of DEC (but still 100% positive)
2. People tend to save money after the holidays ?
3. My search position dropped because less purchases were made to those items during my holiday.
I am quite depressed honesly. The holiday was wonderful and rewarding I learnt a lot from it. But the reality made me thinking I really need someone to help the shop in order to maintain a constant good performance, because that's what eBay wants - fast selling, timely delivery and no downtime.
the problem is, I can't afford to hire anyone, the margin is quite low with all the competition, fees and tax. I am really just paying my own labour for listing, answering question and packing.
Any of you are experiencing the same decline in sale or it's just me?
