@annies_fancy_dress wrote:
Xmas shopping shouldn't start until after Halloween (31st Oct)
Just like they shouldn't put easter decorations out so early.
The last few years Easter eggs and hot cross buns have been available here from Boxing Day onwards. It's ridiculous. You can't even get over one event before the next one is shoved in your face. Some people do like to start very early for Christmas. There are houses all over the place here that have had their Christmas lights on since mid September. Some of those places have big front windows and the Christmas tree is right in the middle of the window, complete with wrapped presents stacked high under it. There are other places that do all the Christmas light thing and they start decorating from early September, but they don't actually turn them on until Dec 1. It takes them that long to get everything set up and ready.
My sales have been up and down. I had a couple of weeks where it was quite wishy washy and the last 2 weeks has picked up again. Still nothing to rave about, but enough to keep me going. I don't depend on this income though, eBay is just money to cover the bills so that more of my regular job earnings can stay in my pocket. I always seem to do better after the 100 free listing promotions. I also always seem to do better if I have over 100 active listings. Once it drops below 100 things die off. I have no idea why that is, but it's always been that way for me. I run auctions that also have a BIN option, so not even like I depend on best match rankings. People looking for auctions generally search by time ending soonest.
