topic Re: Sales have stopped in Selling

Sales have stopped

powersports57 — Wed, 06 Nov 2019 08:12:47 GMT

Wow, is anyone experiencing a major downturn in sales? I tried "sell similar"instead of relisting items in the hope that it may create some interest but zilch. Even questions regarding combined postate or general item details are down to zero which is very, very unusual. Cheers, Dave

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umpteenbooks — Wed, 06 Nov 2019 10:33:52 GMT

Like hitting a brick wall 9 days ago! Never had no sales whatsoever for this long! 😞

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powersports57 — Wed, 06 Nov 2019 11:44:45 GMT

It is concerning thats for sure

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11dustyattic — Wed, 06 Nov 2019 13:35:44 GMT

Tumbleweed. Like a scene from an old Western. Gumtree and facebook marketplace are where it's at now. Locals in particular, bypass here

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spyrokru — Wed, 06 Nov 2019 15:46:56 GMT

Hiya

Keep listing or even just tweaking will lift items up a bit. It seems to boost everything not just your current items. I am not selling loads maybe three or four per day but ticking over.

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powersports57 — Wed, 06 Nov 2019 21:04:14 GMT

Thanks Spyrokru, I will give it a try. Cheers

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powersports57 — Wed, 06 Nov 2019 22:24:48 GMT

Hi Umpteenbooks, I hear you, it is like my ebay listings have entered a black hole. The thing that I find concerning is that there are not even offers or questions coming in, not just no sales, but no activity across the board.

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padraicpaul91 — Thu, 07 Nov 2019 02:58:55 GMT

I've been using every strategy available to sellers, just to keep turnover happening since April : discounted promotions, offers to watchers, regular relisting etc.

Much of the time they seem to help eg I sent offers to watchers this morning on about 80 items and have had 3 acceptances thus far.

It is a constant grind but I feel the need to entice buyers in these times. I fear this month will be even more difficult with the likes of Click Frenzy, Black Friday and Cyber Monday coming up (or have they happened?). These events seem to suck up so much money they effect even niche sellers.

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brerrabbit585 — Thu, 07 Nov 2019 04:59:20 GMT

@padraicpaul91 wrote:
I've been using every strategy available to sellers, just to keep turnover happening since April : discounted promotions, offers to watchers, regular relisting etc.
Much of the time they seem to help eg I sent offers to watchers this morning on about 80 items and have had 3 acceptances thus far.

It is a constant grind but I feel the need to entice buyers in these times. I fear this month will be even more difficult with the likes of Click Frenzy, Black Friday and Cyber Monday coming up (or have they happened?). These events seem to suck up so much money they effect even niche sellers.

You didn't mention putting your prices UP, only down. I'm convinced ebay shows the listings that make them the most money. I've seen countless sellers complaining that their sales are slow or dead, despite them being cheaper than their opposition who are getting the sales.

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eol-products — Thu, 07 Nov 2019 07:14:45 GMT

I don't think ebay gives priority to dearer items otherwise chinese sellers would suffer.

But I think a competitive price is important just does not have to always be the cheapest. When I purchase I always look at sellers with the lower pirces but not the lowest as I would rather pay extra for what I believe will be better service.

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chameleon54 — Thu, 07 Nov 2019 11:02:41 GMT

@spyrokru wrote:
Hiya

Keep listing or even just tweaking will lift items up a bit. It seems to boost everything not just your current items. I am not selling loads maybe three or four per day but ticking over.

I listed around a dozen, 3 day auctions on Sunday. Monday & Tuesday where VERY quiet as far as regular sales, but on Wednesday a few of the auctions sold with a couple receiving animated ( around a dozen ) bids from multiple buyers. . This account activity seemed to kickstart things again with very good sales since, including a number of high priced items selling today.

I,m convinced ebay are heavily weighting search results in favour of sellers with high levels of account activity and reducing visibility for slow accounts. The time frames for these dynamics seems to have been shortened recently to a matter of days instead of perhaps two week time frames as in the past. This appears to be resulting in even more dramatic visibility and sales issues for sellers who are not actively managing their accounts and listings on a daily basis.

I,m convinced the best thing a seller can do to improve sales is to keep regularly listing quality items that have a good sell through rate.

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11dustyattic — Thu, 07 Nov 2019 11:31:03 GMT

I seem to remember having a sale back in....hmm let's see.....2012? 😉

Haha one last week, I was so excited 🎇🎆 🍻 I had to take myself off to the emergency ward

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umpteenbooks — Thu, 07 Nov 2019 21:00:56 GMT

I actually had a terrific run up until the brick wall......it was almost like being punished for doing well 😞 I revised, used sell similar, added new listings, put prices up, put prices down...nada..... Then today I have my first sale in 10 days, woo woo....I think eBay has its own agenda and just enjoys watching everyone try and figure out what that is!!!!!

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padraicpaul91 — Thu, 07 Nov 2019 23:36:57 GMT

There is little value in heralding price increases, which do happen.

I am constantly revising my prices, with some items going up as they become rarer or more sought after.

With others, I work on the principle that if it can be replaced, I'm willing to sometimes slice the margin for a sale.

Re: Sales have stopped

powersports57 — Fri, 08 Nov 2019 00:47:59 GMT

Appreciate all the comments, advice and feedback. I may try listing a few auctions on my other sales page and see how that goes. The Store is just flatlining. Cheers