topic Re: WHY HAVE EBAY SALES CRASHED in Selling

WHY HAVE EBAY SALES CRASHED

pinnacle-agencies — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 00:27:17 GMT

With nothing having changed on my end, I don't understand why my ebay sales have crashed ... down to about 15% of what they were before ... profit on my sales now barely cover my monthly ebay anchor store costs ... I'm now earning LESS than $1 per hour !

HELP! HELP! HELP!

Re: WHY HAVE EBAY SALES CRASHED

heihachi_73 — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 00:54:32 GMT

I have sold four items since the 1/7/15. It seems to be a pattern which occurs every month, known to the selling community as throttling: sellers get decent sales for a while, then absolutely nothing for a week or two.

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pinnacle-agencies — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 00:58:35 GMT

Thank you for joining in ... even without my huge "ON SALE" discounts that I only offer on ebay, my sales outside ebay are going gang-busters ... my ebay sales have been heading downhill for about 3 months now.

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collect247 — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 01:00:36 GMT

Hey all you buyers out there can you please help out my friend pinnacle and buy something.

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collect247 — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 01:02:21 GMT

Even I can not predict the future and don't know what I would have sold since 1/7/15??

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pinnacle-agencies — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 01:03:34 GMT

Hey, that is so nice of you ... I was just expecting other sellers to tell me where I might be going wrong!

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clarry100 — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 01:14:13 GMT

Like you and many other sellers on these boards over the past couple of months our ebay sales are also down by about 85% or so.

We are trying to build our off-ebay sales now but its early days for us.

If your off-ebay sales are going gangbusters then you at least have that to fall back on. That is our plan now for the future. Good onya for forward planning and not putting all your eggs in one basket as we have erroneously done up until now.

If we can get our off-ebay sales to go gangbusters like yours we will likely drop ebay selling altogether. Its just far too stressful for the meagre returns.

My personal theory is that buyers are deserting ebay as a place to buy in droves. The site is full of glitches and is very difficult for a buyer to navigate. We have lots of buyers making errors when trying to buy especially the newbies. We are often asked for advice on how to do this or that when buying.

So why would they persist when they can often find the same items on other web sites with far less buying hassles. And as often as not cheaper too.

Google is your friend for product searches not Cassini these days.

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pinnacle-agencies — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 01:41:11 GMT

What a pity if ebay were to go down!

I enjoy the interaction with ebayers who are, in the main, great to deal with.

The problem seems to be that ebay no longer has a point of difference and they just down have the "traffic" to support sellers who are in business to sell product, not just a "garage sale" event. I have seen shopping malls suffer the same fate as they age.

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collect247 — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 01:54:02 GMT

The traffic is there but alot of sellers are complaining about the throttling that's happening and not too mention the fees,placement,this and that and so on and so on arh time for a cuppa lol

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pinnacle-agencies — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 01:56:15 GMT

I must agree that the ebay systems have become too complicated and even the ebay help desk staff aften dont have a clue.

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collect247 — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 02:06:48 GMT

Gosh I make a good cuppa haha.

Ok I have more than 1 selling account,this ID is for auction sales which a buyer will and always gets a bargain and selling isn't a problem.

But my other account is a buy it now selling account where I would like to get what the item is actually worth and in the last 12 months I have had only 2 sales on it darn that sux,the asking prices are not way over the top but what the items are worth,but not a nibble.

So over time I've come to realize that my customers are after the cheapest price they can pay for the items,so some you lose and some you win,just enough to keep afloat in my situation.

But best wishes and sales to all sellers out there.

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ourphonecase — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 02:49:18 GMT

Ahh yeah the good old days where you are allowed to have 1 picture free and everything else you had to pay for..

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harley_babes_hoard — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 03:37:05 GMT

get rid of your anchor store for starters. consolidate your listings, reduce your amount of stock

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harley_babes_hoard — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 03:46:35 GMT

you have a number of folders for example with a separate listing for each colour. Those 5 folder colours can be put into one variation listing. the same goes for all the same brand and style of pens roll them into one variation listing. Same with all the ticket books

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ourphonecase — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 03:50:40 GMT

I'm thinking that the OP has gone below standard performance and thus his sales have been effected greatly. If thats the case, then I would suggest improving it so eBay doesn't suspend the account.

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harley_babes_hoard — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 04:32:00 GMT

I didn't look at feedback, that would certainly impact on sales

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curraone — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 04:49:38 GMT

the OP has had some terrible buyers tho, giving totally unjustified negatives and neutrals:

NEG	A1
NEG	Great stuff thank you 🙂
NEG	bank details left not correct
NEG	Tried twice to contact them but no reply
NEG	This item not wanted.. I ordered twice by mistake.
NEG	Most expensive raffle ticket Book
NEU	The item arrived ok. The seller was a little unhelpful when I asked about a link (FOR A $1.50 ITEM!)
NEU	I won't be able to buy it
NEU	Excellent
NEU	Thanks, but I thought the 80/tw meant 80 x twin pocket

Just shows that some buyers have no idea how much bad feedback affects sellers

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pinnacle-agencies — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 05:32:23 GMT

As my ID indicates, I have agencies and in those circumstances a 98.7% Feedback is about as good as I can get it ... the problem for me is that some buyers (mainly those with purchases under $5) want to have heavy duty communication about something I cant control ... I dont manufacture the stuff. Surely, buyers cant expect that level of customer service when I am selling significantly below the retail price!!! Pay me an extra 30% and I can do the comms buyers expect and earn $10 an hour for my time!

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lurehouse — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 06:18:34 GMT

I had someone purchase some lures this afternoon and insist that they arrive by the 18th, they will not leave until monday the 15th because of the weekend so I have to hold my breathe and hope they arrive becuase he will not tale the express option which is $11.00.

If I cancel the order I will receive a deficit so this is the new ebay for you and I am sick of the stress of it all ,ebay customers in my opinion are becoming more demanding and rude and this is all because of ebays policies. As for throttling I can bet you the big name stores dont have this problem, I too have a website and will be out of here asap I dont need this B.S. in my life................

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misterforgetfulsbooks — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 07:36:57 GMT

some sellers will buy one of your items just to give you a negative so as to push your throttle down.

If enough do it, then you're suspended.