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Sales down a lot this Christmas from previous years

goodies_draw — Sat, 19 Dec 2015 22:55:28 GMT

Just wondering if anyone else is experiencing the same huge down full in sales this Christmas from previous Christmas's? I am feeling that it is all due to the Big Retailer's over discounts?

Re: Sales down a lot this Christmas from previous years

4green2000 — Sat, 19 Dec 2015 23:15:22 GMT

Sister was saying last night she's down approx 50% compared to last year. She sells baby clothes,and just general baby stuff all new.

Re: Sales down a lot this Christmas from previous years

the4masters2013 — Sat, 19 Dec 2015 23:44:18 GMT

I certainly did better this time last year...didn't set the world on fire but at least the sales were consistent.

This year, it seems everyone is holding onto their money!!!

Re: Sales down a lot this Christmas from previous years

sut6556 — Sat, 19 Dec 2015 23:48:06 GMT

My sales this month up to 3 days ago were strong and steady...then nothing!!

maybe Ebay has put the throttle on the small sellers as of a couple of days ago so the big sellers get more exposure

Re: Sales down a lot this Christmas from previous years

phorum_junkie* — Sat, 19 Dec 2015 23:51:29 GMT

Been pretty dead for nearly a week.

Re: Sales down a lot this Christmas from previous years

*stuff*books* — Sun, 20 Dec 2015 00:02:34 GMT

Mine were pretty dead for the last few weeks and then I sold 8 items in 5 days.

Hopefully I can list a few items that may get a bit of interest to boost the PP account so that I can buy a few things.

Re: Sales down a lot this Christmas from previous years

rachelle011273 — Sun, 20 Dec 2015 01:37:57 GMT

my lights have been turned out for some time now

one sale a day if I am lucky

not a very favourable scenario

Re: Sales down a lot this Christmas from previous years

rocket2retro — Sun, 20 Dec 2015 02:07:16 GMT

My sales are way down. Not just for Xmas but the whole year. I won't be able to keep selliing for much longer if sales keep decreasing.

Re: Sales down a lot this Christmas from previous years

mbselections00 — Sun, 20 Dec 2015 02:27:29 GMT

@rocket2retro wrote:
My sales are way down. Not just for Xmas but the whole year. ~~I won't be able to keep selliing for much longer if sales keep decreasing.~~

Yep, sadly, same here. Down over 50% on same time last year and I just got the dreaded Selling Tips email, so not looking good for the next few days

Re: Sales down a lot this Christmas from previous years

harley_babes_hoard — Sun, 20 Dec 2015 02:30:13 GMT

Yep same here sales are down on last year.

Re: Sales down a lot this Christmas from previous years

rachelle011273 — Sun, 20 Dec 2015 03:06:12 GMT

I too am in the same boat

very stressing as this is my main source of income

oh well looks like the new year will see me getting a real job lol

looking forward to it has to be less stress

Re: Sales down a lot this Christmas from previous years

clarry100 — Sun, 20 Dec 2015 04:36:51 GMT

Yes we sell baby headbands and wearable accessories. I'd say we are about 30% down compared to Oct-Dec last year.
This is despite having almost double the listings.
We had been hoping that adding in Etsy and our own website during the year would have plugged the gap, but not so.
For almost half way thru the tax year it looks like we are overall down around 25% down compared to last year.

Re: Sales down a lot this Christmas from previous years

2*much*cute*stuff — Sun, 20 Dec 2015 07:06:12 GMT

Yep, here too. Easily down 50% on last year. Very depressing. Been like that for at least the last two months.

Re: Sales down a lot this Christmas from previous years

mbselections00 — Sun, 20 Dec 2015 07:17:47 GMT

@clarry100 wrote:
Yes we sell baby headbands and wearable accessories. I'd say we are about 30% down compared to Oct-Dec last year.
This is despite having almost double the listings.
We had been hoping that adding in Etsy and our own website during the year would have plugged the gap, but not so.
For almost half waythru the tax year it looks like we are overall down around 25% down compared to last year.

Well, I guess that is an indication it is not only eBay, but also as you have added both during the year, I guess it takes a little while to become established and 'known' and build a reputation also. That said, hopefully 2016 will see steady increases in sales for you on the other platforms

Re: Sales down a lot this Christmas from previous years

saarzi — Sun, 20 Dec 2015 07:20:06 GMT

Yep, down about 25% on last xmas.

Re: Sales down a lot this Christmas from previous years

elmar_bay — Sun, 20 Dec 2015 07:28:57 GMT

Ebay has been slow but I have had some very good sales on gumtree this month it's more work as I have to relist manually 100+ items a month but I have a good sytem so each relisting only takes a couple of minutes and with no commision on gumtree it's worth while

Re: Sales down a lot this Christmas from previous years

clarry100 — Sun, 20 Dec 2015 07:38:42 GMT

@mbselections00 wrote:
That said, hopefully 2016 will see steady increases in sales for you on the other platforms

Yeah we are certainly hoping that too.

We are trying stuff now to get the presence of both of them up some.

Re: Sales down a lot this Christmas from previous years

mbselections00 — Sun, 20 Dec 2015 07:53:27 GMT

Good luck, I hope you are very successful as you have put in a lot of effort and deserve to reap the rewards.

I think I need to make a couple of New Year's resolutions

This was initially meant to be a supplementary income, which I was hoping to build to become more full time, but it isn't even supplementing much at the moment.

I think I must set aside the time to do what you have done but I do find this place alone can be very time consuming and worry I'll end up getting myself in a complete mess.

Am part way through the application process for a real job (as my hubby would call it, even though he thinks I'm mad even applying at my age, & he's probably right !). I'm through the first round, but next stage isn't until February so will have to be patient on that front.

Re: Sales down a lot this Christmas from previous years

rachelle011273 — Sun, 20 Dec 2015 13:57:42 GMT

I had 4 sales for the total weekend

I think I was only visible in some parts of Victoria

one on Friday to VIC postcode 3934

one on Saturday to VIC postcode 3988

two on Sunday to VIC postcode 3980 and 3803

Re: Sales down a lot this Christmas from previous years

clarry100 — Sun, 20 Dec 2015 17:38:06 GMT

We had 9 sales over the weekend where our average is around 25.