topic No sales? in Selling

No sales?

love_of_cars — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 01:21:59 GMT

No one has started a "my sales are dead" post for a few days so I thought I'd keep the tradition going.

Anyone else suffering from a run of "lights out" at the moment? My website shop is also similarly dead. Maybe it's the time of year or maybe it's just me. How are you going?

Re: No sales?

the4masters2013 — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 03:45:36 GMT

I am paddling along slowly, not swimming quickly!

Sales are happening but it is still a slow process.

Many watchers on items but they don't seem to turn into sales!

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kopenhagen5 — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 04:30:03 GMT

Sandra, do you know you can send offers to watchers ?

Then you can even see if it's the same members that might have been sending questions to you.

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daydreams_12 — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 04:59:23 GMT

Please do not take this the wrong way as it is not meant to be rude. The economy in this country is in a pretty poor position at the moment. I have a friend involved in what can be described as an emergency service industry and they are doing it hard, people want work done but admit they cant pay.

I dont think people dont want to buy but the extra $$$ re not there to allow for many purchases

Re: No sales?

collect247 — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 05:08:24 GMT

I disagree to some what because it depends on what you're selling.

If you're not selling what I want then I won't buy.

OPs items are an example of what I wouldn't buy,no offense to OP.

Re: No sales?

the4masters2013 — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 05:44:52 GMT

I have noticed that I can send offers, but I don't even get the questions!!

I might give it a go over the next few days.

Thanks for the info!

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11dustyattic — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 05:56:38 GMT

Who cares what you would buy? Well Naomi, to create a level playing field here, why don't you repost that comment with your selling account. Yes your comment was offensive. Seriously, why get so personal?

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11dustyattic — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 06:05:07 GMT

February is the worst sales month of the year, always has been. Every year I hate February and actually I hate afl football because the season (practically all year now) kills other sales because the family budget is blown on football games and merchandise and alcohol lol Unless you sell football stuff, patchwork fabric, s**t from China etc the type of stuff people buy week in week out, the next 6 months are usually pretty depressing. Do I care? Will I reduce prices? Nope not usually, I just sell it elsewhere. Never put all your eggs in this basket

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collect247 — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 06:37:14 GMT

@11dustyattic wrote:
Who cares what you would buy? Well Naomi, to create a level playing field here, why don't you repost that comment with your selling account. Yes your comment was offensive. Seriously, why get so personal?

I love newbie's who think they know it all.

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shoppingbag* — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 08:05:00 GMT

@daydreams_12 wrote:
Please do not take this the wrong way as it is not meant to be rude. The economy in this country is in a pretty poor position at the moment. I have a friend involved in what can be described as an emergency service industry and they are doing it hard, people want work done but admit they cant pay.

I dont think people dont want to buy but the extra $$$ re not there to allow for many purchases

daydreams you are 100% correct. People are doing it tough. Many are losing their jobs and businesses are closing. I have heard reports that the general trend at the moment is to pay off debts rather than buy anything that is not absolutlely neccessary.

Re: No sales?

shoppingbag* — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 08:15:53 GMT

@collect247 wrote:

I love newbie's who think they know it all.

We usually have pleasant discussions on here and help each other. What I hate are people who post here with the intent of starting trouble.

Re: No sales?

hobby_cds — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 08:41:51 GMT

We have see about a 30% drop off in our two accounts this month...Which is ironic as our items listed has probably gone up 30% compared to last year.

Does anyone else see the numbers dropped on a montly basis around the time your fees are due to be paid for about 48-72 hours?

Re: No sales?

davewil1964 — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 08:55:05 GMT

@hobby_cds wrote:
We have see about a 30% drop off in our two accounts this month...Which is ironic as our items listed has probably gone up 30% compared to last year.

Does anyone else see the numbers dropped on a montly basis around the time your fees are due to be paid for about 48-72 hours?

Have you considered that many millions of dollars of discretionary income (which would be the bulk of eBay sales) have been donated to bushfire appeals? Or that this time of the year is traditionally slow due to people paying off Christmas purchases and school costs rather than spending of fripperies?

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attie1981 — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 11:46:53 GMT

Geez Dave you should step outside your house a little bit more often. PLENTY of money exchanging hands in retail stores in Sydney daily. Bushfire appeal? Seriously? Christmas hangovers? You certainly have no idea about anything related to making money...Kudos to that!

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lyndal1838 — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 12:01:28 GMT

@attie1981 wrote:
Geez Dave you should step outside your house a little bit more often. PLENTY of money exchanging hands in retail stores in Sydney daily. Bushfire appeal? Seriously? Christmas hangovers? You certainly have no idea about anything related to making money...Kudos to that!

If you knew Dave as I do you would realise how stupid your remarks are. You certainly picked the wrong poster to address those remark to.

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padi*0409 — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 12:10:35 GMT

The responses to feedback left are revealing.......................

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davewil1964 — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 13:40:39 GMT

@attie1981 wrote:
Geez Dave you should step outside your house a little bit more often. PLENTY of money exchanging hands in retail stores in Sydney daily. Bushfire appeal? Seriously? Christmas hangovers? You certainly have no idea about anything related to making money...Kudos to that!

I don't live in Sydney, nor do 83% of the population.

Are they exchanging money for fripperies, or necessities?

I have a rough idea about how to make money online. I've even had more than one transaction on this ID in the last year.

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brerrabbit585 — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 13:58:39 GMT

There are always people losing jobs and there are always businesses closing and there are always people doing it tough. There are also a lot of people who will always continue to spend money they don't have, others who will continue to spend money they do have.

January is usually my best month but it was down by about 20% this year - no surprise when we came close to having WW3, as well as all the other stuff happening.

Feb is usually a good month as well but it's down this year. It could be that people are spending less or it could be that ebay isn't giving me as much visibility - take your pick.

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heihachi_73 — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 17:30:43 GMT

One sale on the 10th, last one was on the 3rd.

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south.coffee — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 23:32:32 GMT

January was dead which is usual with folks away and holiday pay exhausted. Christmas credit card bills landing and consumer discretionary funds steered to bush fire appeals, not to mention the folks fighting fires and the ones who lost houses and possessions in south east Australia...

The up side of the fires will bring triple 'R' down the track. Rebuilding - Replacement - Renewal courtesy of Government spending and insurance company payouts.

Come February though with return to work and first pay packets and our sales are back to normal.