selling for many years - no sales 7 days

[quiltsandcrystals]

Hi to you all - I have been selling on ebay for some years and these last couple of months have been my lowest sales in years.

In January I had a couple of sales and have not had a sale in 7 days.

I do sell fabric - so not a must have item - but since the end of last year these have been my lowest ever.

Is ebay only promoting the big businesses? Is there some restriction on my shop, which I do not know about? My feedback does not indicate my customers are unhappy. 

I have actually stopped listing unsold - what is the point - there are no sales. I really do not know what to do. My prices are competetive with everyone else. Is ebay wanting to shut down small shops?  Seven days without a sale ? never happened before.

iwould appreciate advice as to what to do - close shop? where else would  I go to sell fabric?  I would really like to hear from someone else as this is very stressful. Thank you

[digital*ghost]

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@*tippy*toes* wrote:

HUH? Upgrading to a feature store isn't going to change anything? What makes you think it would? 

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Probably seeing this, every time they end a listing:

ETA: I actually think that may have been applicable several years ago, perhaps even from back when store listings were not shown in normal search results, but I don't think it's remotely applicable now. 

[*bellee*]

Featured store is a deceptive name. It's featured absolutely nowhere.

[heihachi_73]

My eBay bill is just in. They get to make six dollars off me from the whopping three sales I made in the past thirty days. If someone didn't buy something out of the blue yesterday the bill would have been about $2 instead, with $15 made (not counting postage) from 20/1 to 18/2.

[*tippy*toes*]

They made $2.49 from one of my accounts.

[davewil1964]

My normal bill is around $200. The more eBay labels I generate, the less sales I make. As the parcel postage is part of the bill

So far, this billing month hasn't had any eBay postage, so I'm looking for a reasonable result.

However, if I do sell a more than average amount of parcel posts, I have more room in my tiny flat.

Win - no loss.

[queenslander-one]

Last Month on 5 accounts all ebay fees Combined came to $6.00 so Ebay did not gain from my lack of sale however nor did I.

[davewil1964]

Maybe I sell things that people want at prices they are prepared to pay.

[chameleon54]

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@davewil1964 wrote:

Maybe I sell things that people want at prices they are prepared to pay.

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I,ve highlighted this because I think this little nugget from dave is probably the key to success on ebay. There is a lot of items on ebay that no-one simply wants. They are either out of fashion or available from China for a third of the price.

I still get stung with this from time to time. I purchased a bulk lot of items for $500 recently. They related to a particular hobby. Four years ago this hobby was going gang busters and we made A LOT of money catering to it. Now, I,m battling to move the items at any price and still havnt even covered my initial outlay yet. Some of the items I purchased I may have to throw in the bin.

If something is not selling, there is no point wasting time and effort on just listing more of the same, at a cheap price and hoping some-one will buy it for a few dollars. Find something that people want and that does actually sell and concentrate efforts in that field.

[goodthingsforsalerobert]

Sales for January ,long periods of time no sales,over a week then a spert of sales over the next week,same in Feb so far, no consistancy at all,doing homework for other platforms to sell from,ajust or die

[transport-posters]

Good point, Cham and Dave.

Well, I have had some weird opposite thing going on here the last week.  My items on another account finished up after another 30 Days listing and after they finished I had a bunch of enquiries from people wanting me to relist them so they could buy them.