topic Re: Sudden Drop in Sales in Selling

Sudden Drop in Sales

marine_specialists — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 05:17:38 GMT

Hey! Just wanted to see if anyone else is having/had a sudden drop in sales. Last quarter my sales were booming and was constantly doing 10 sales a day. but for the past month, I have struggled to even get 1 sale a week.....

I know the products I sell are popular as I have huge success through my own website, but strangely eBay sales have completely dropped off.

I would be interested to hear if this is happening to you or if this is just my issue 😉

Thanks

Re: Sudden Drop in Sales

k1ooo-slr-sales — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 05:37:51 GMT

how many sales have you had today?

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padi*0409 — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 05:44:46 GMT

I stopped counting at 20 SLR..................

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*sons_and_daughters* — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 08:22:13 GMT

Not sure I'd call 48 sales today 1 sale a week, but whatever.

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eol-products — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 10:15:01 GMT

I didn't see any sales today only listings ended by seller.

I find selling service and repair items is very much up and down. You can go months without selling a particular item then sell three in one week. Also its worth checking to see if any items you have have been sold lately by anyone else.

Re: Sudden Drop in Sales

marine_specialists — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 22:53:36 GMT

Hello,

I ended up ending all listings, re-listed all items and received 4 sales and getting more today...

I am just going to go with my listings were all quite old and just needed to be refreshed?

Re: Sudden Drop in Sales

marine_specialists — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 22:56:09 GMT

Hello,

I don't normally have an issues with selling and average the same amount of sales per week. This is why I asked the question as this scenario is not normal for me.

I ended all listings, re-listed and have had a few sales. Just going to go with the thought from other sellers that my listings just needed to be refreshed.

Re: Sudden Drop in Sales

marine_specialists — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 22:57:01 GMT

Thanks for your input.

I average the same amount of sales each week, hence the question as its not normal to go a few weeks with no sales at all.

Re: Sudden Drop in Sales

marine_specialists — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 22:57:20 GMT

Sorry, I have no idea what you mean by this comment?

Re: Sudden Drop in Sales

padi*0409 — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 01:56:20 GMT

@marine_specialists wrote:

Sorry, I have no idea what you mean by this comment?

I, and others, were looking at your completed listings which showed the amount of sales that you had on that day.

Re: Sudden Drop in Sales

eol-products — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 02:40:01 GMT

Is looking at the completed list accurate. I have noticed sometimes it does not show everything.

I used to use a program you subscribed to via ebay that would allow you to see what other sellers had sold in the last 12 months including the dollar amount. It also allowed you to look up 12 months sales history on any items as well.Very handy when selling collectable items.

Re: Sudden Drop in Sales

p9games — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 04:00:37 GMT

This has to be the most common question / rant / observation on this forum.

For me, January this year was up 14% year on year. February through April I was well down, about 25% year on year. Then we had an election, and the first interest rate lift and my sales were down even more. Macro economics I think played a role, as did a major new product release within my category which (I believe) caused people to defer spending. July and August have been record months, about 40% up year on year.

That's just my experience. One small seller so make of it what you will.

I do think interest rate rises and inflation sent a shockwave through the economy, causing people to tighten their belts. Then, when they realise the world didn't end, they start spending again. My sales match that hypothesis but I am sure every seller had a different story

Re: Sudden Drop in Sales

*sons_and_daughters* — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 12:16:04 GMT

@marine_specialists wrote:

I ended all listings, re-listed and have had a few sales. Just going to go with the thought from other sellers that my listings just needed to be refreshed.

You don't need to end and relist to refresh listings. Bulk tick them all on your active listing page, then do a bulk edit. You don't need to change anything in the listings, just tick them all in the bulk editor and submit. Voila, newly refreshed listings!

Re: Sudden Drop in Sales

lupercal — Sat, 20 Aug 2022 00:07:46 GMT

I'm always hesitant to call sudden fluctuations a trend, but at the moment I think sales will improve when iceberg lettuces fall below $5.

Re: Sudden Drop in Sales

eol-products — Sat, 20 Aug 2022 00:37:44 GMT

They are $2.50 at woolworths this morning

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imastawka — Sat, 20 Aug 2022 02:48:21 GMT

Not in my Woolies!

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domino-710 — Sat, 20 Aug 2022 03:03:22 GMT

$3.90 here yesterday.

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davewil1964 — Sat, 20 Aug 2022 09:20:59 GMT

$5.90 here yesterday, after not being available for a month

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lupercal — Sat, 20 Aug 2022 10:02:33 GMT

And my sales have picked up.

Re: Sudden Drop in Sales

bjlcr — Mon, 22 Aug 2022 05:19:10 GMT

My sales have gone down and viewings and watchers,

I had stopped listing for a few months and started up again recently.

I found then things had changed .