topic Re: Most Dismal - May Sales in Selling

Most Dismal - May Sales

rachelle011273 — Fri, 29 May 2015 00:00:40 GMT

well the month of May has seen the most dismal sales transactions I have ever experienced on ebay

sales for me started declining from September last year and May has confirmed for me that it will soon be time to close up shop

I do not believe the economy is solely responsible for this downturn, ebay for me has become akin to QS in respects to traffic and selling

just a vent lol

Re: Most Dismal - May Sales

sueken4812 — Fri, 29 May 2015 01:02:14 GMT

I believe everyone is in the same boat, including US and UK sellers .... all saying the same thing.

I'm wondering if the ebay/paypal split and the changes they'll have to do to the sites behind the scenes, are causing longer black-outs then usual?

Just a thought.

Anyway hang in there, you're not the only one .

Re: Most Dismal - May Sales

rachelle011273 — Fri, 29 May 2015 01:49:57 GMT

yes, I had also thought that ebay is currently working behind the scenes which usually results in these dormant periods which could be a contributing factor

I agree having read many of the comments left by sellers on these boards that quite a few are struggling and I also glanced the usa boards to note the same thing

my only concern and I am sure many others concern is whether ebays future will provide for the continuance of operating a business on this site, I list on other sites and am currently looking into estabishing my own website so I do not put all my eggs in one basket so to speak, although having said that prior to September last year I had no need for alternatives as ebay was returning for me a fairly good profit margin

hopefully things will begin to pick up again soon

Re: Most Dismal - May Sales

clarry100 — Fri, 29 May 2015 02:03:09 GMT

Rachelle,

Ditto for us. May sales are worst ever for us on ebay.

We have recently established our own web site and started selling on other venues.

Like you we did not see the need to do this until the past couple of months. But now we have to as this is our sole source of income.

So we are just tinkering with SEO on our web site now and are considering closing down one of our two ebay stores due to slow performance.

I have heard a few others with web sites saying that the slow-down has not happened on their sites, only on ebay.

What I cannot understand is why would ebay wish to throttle sales. As by doing this they cut down their own income. Makes no sense.

So it has to be a lack of buyer traffic IMHO. Especially as web sites don't appear to be following the trend.

Re: Most Dismal - May Sales

rachelle011273 — Fri, 29 May 2015 02:20:48 GMT

yes, I am also looking into a website, I think it is time, thinking also twitter more so than facebook, have not yet looked fully into it but google has tool which could prove helpful driving traffic called google product search

my ebay store is also my main source of income and so I am sure you can also fully understand the angst, frustration and uncertainty in relation to the current climes on ebay and how it impacts business and income generation

good luck and I hope your site reaps well for you

Re: Most Dismal - May Sales

saarzi — Fri, 29 May 2015 02:57:36 GMT

Mine too.. worst on record by a huge 30% !

I have nothing to lose, so Im not leaving.

You would think since Googles update that made Ebay lose masses of traffic, that they would have fixed that by now (other websites have), but apparently they are still struggling (source: NASDAQ reports).

Its really hard not to think Ebay is doing something very unethical behind the scenes, in line with their apparent new business plan thats moving toward big name businesses.

If they would only realise if they help us, we can help them.

Re: Most Dismal - May Sales

helenm777 — Fri, 29 May 2015 06:58:54 GMT

Same with me.

Worst Month is Sales for over 2 years.

Sales are down more than 50%

Sales seem to come in blocks over 1 day only..then nothing for days

Very worrying

Re: Most Dismal - May Sales

abmorgan_09 — Fri, 29 May 2015 07:33:09 GMT

My sales are more than 50% down. Ebay is just not worth the effort now. Clossing at the end of June

Re: Most Dismal - May Sales

comcol — Fri, 29 May 2015 07:37:41 GMT

Maybe you should take your own advice and stop posting the same complaints over and over about Ebay hey.

Re: Most Dismal - May Sales

5kazam — Fri, 29 May 2015 08:05:36 GMT

Well that comment would have to be a classic of the 'pot calling the kettle black'.

TBH I don't know (or really care) what your beef is, but it's a bit rich having a go at others when you regularly post your issues with eBay.

Re: Most Dismal - May Sales

saarzi — Fri, 29 May 2015 08:11:30 GMT

That wasn't my advice. I never said stop complaining altogether (in fact, i said "I assume this is the same issue youve been vented about repeatedly. Not that theres anything wrong with that of course..."). My advice was a call to action - actually do something about it instead of complaining all the time.

You are posting about one particular greivance that is specific to you, over and over, that may not even be particularly valid, while ignoring the advice given to enable you to fix the situation. You have a solution, you choose not to take it.

I am posting about an issue that is Ebay wide, across multiple countries and thousands of sellers and stock holders, that cannot be fixed by myself alone.

My post is about creating awareness for both sides.

Yours is about waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Re: Most Dismal - May Sales

robinsonmarineparts — Fri, 29 May 2015 08:28:21 GMT

Ebay are being penalised by GOOGLE.

Ebay is hanging themselves by favouring large retailers, most folk i talk to that want to but from a large retailer go direct to there www site and by pass ebay.

Ebay is falling for the old story about eggs, basket or something.

Re: Most Dismal - May Sales

robinsonmarineparts — Fri, 29 May 2015 08:41:45 GMT

http://recode.net/2014/05/23/yes-google-punished-ebay-for-bad-seo-practices-but-it-wasnt-part-of-panda-update/

interesting.

Re: Most Dismal - May Sales

ourphonecase — Fri, 29 May 2015 15:30:44 GMT

@gtx305 wrote:
You would think since Googles update that made Ebay lose masses of traffic, that they would have fixed that by now (other websites have), but apparently they are still struggling (source: NASDAQ reports).

eBay's website has always been all over the place. Theres like settings in so many different parts of the website. You can't see of all them on a page (or a simplified matter).

For example if I want to view traffic reports, I would have to log into eBay, then go to my store then log into that go to the store manager and then find the traffic reports, then sign in again just to see it.

Why is the process so difficult to get to?

Why can't it just be "Log into eBay and click on stats report"?

And I've already logged into eBay, I need to LOG AGAIN via forums just to see the powerseller thread?

Why oh why is the process so cumbersome?

Probably why it lost its google search ranks, it never tried to update .. rather add on extra features constantly and never tried to base their rankings via the new google update (thus being punished for it).

Just reminds me when Sega tried to add extra feature to their megasystem (or was it a megadrive), in the end it looked like it was on life support.

Suggestion for eBay: REVAMP the whole website and start again from scratch.

Re: Most Dismal - May Sales

saarzi — Sat, 30 May 2015 00:14:32 GMT

Cassini (their new search system) was a complete overhaul from scratch as far as Im aware. I doubt theyll be doing that again any time soon.

The fluidity of the website is a different thing though. It does suck but I doubt it had much to do with the Google penalties. You can read about the Google upgrade (Panda 4.0) and why /how it affected Ebay online.