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Recent downturn in sales

hightown_collectables — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 05:22:42 GMT

I have been a top rated seller for many years and this last couple of weeks have been very bad, my sales have dwindled to almost nothing, is anyone else experiencing this?

Re: Recent downturn in sales

sugar249 — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 05:29:10 GMT

no .........

Re: Recent downturn in sales

repentatleisure1952 — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 06:16:01 GMT

@sugar249 wrote:
no .........

I would be surprised if there were no others.

Re: Recent downturn in sales

domino-710 — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 06:23:50 GMT

People are probably scratching to put food on them there plates. 🙄

Re: Recent downturn in sales

imastawka — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 06:51:32 GMT

OP's items are certainly 'luxury' items in the current economic situation many find themselves in.

Re: Recent downturn in sales

repentatleisure1952 — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 07:26:17 GMT

@domino-710 wrote:
People are probably scratching to put food on them there plates. 🙄

I'm sure there are... and I imagine many would be sellers.

However that's not the question OP asked.

Re: Recent downturn in sales

repentatleisure1952 — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 07:27:53 GMT

I agree with you.

Re: Recent downturn in sales

sugar249 — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 07:42:23 GMT

@repentatleisure1952 wrote:
@sugar249 wrote:
no .........

I would be surprised if there were no others.

I answered OP's question on my behalf, not sure how you expect me to know of others.

Re: Recent downturn in sales

davewil1964 — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 07:49:37 GMT

No. Mine are up, year on year.

Re: Recent downturn in sales

love_of_cars — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 05:57:42 GMT

Yes, have been experiencing very significant drops in sales since before last Xmas, and I'm aware my items are from from essential. To the point I started running discount sales which I've never had to do in the past 12 years. Even during the discounting it has been hard to get people to spend, so I'm not going to bother with that much longer. People seem happier paying full price!

I manage a range of clients who have small businesses and it has been exactly the same for them. They're all asking for ideas on how to get people to spend money on their things.

Re: Recent downturn in sales

shoaltech — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 23:29:40 GMT

Have definitely noticed a drop in sales recently. Not just sales, but inquires from potential buyers have gone down significantly.

Re: Recent downturn in sales

love_of_cars — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 05:37:17 GMT

Last week I posted about things were not so good but over the weekend and the past two days things have really picked up very quickly. Hope it's the same for you! And that it's not just a blip... though I expect it to be.

Re: Recent downturn in sales

p9games — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 09:11:10 GMT

Ditto. Up 25% year on year

Re: Recent downturn in sales

davewil1964 — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 09:19:49 GMT

Half your luck. Mine are only up 15%.

But we work on year on year, not the last fortnight.

Re: Recent downturn in sales

brickworksmarket — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 10:02:35 GMT

My sales are up but then so are some of the prices of what I sell and I have increased my listings. But I am not expecting things to get better anytime soon.

Re: Recent downturn in sales

brickworksmarket — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 21:10:09 GMT

Here is the figures to show that although sold quantity is down sales are still up as I had increased my listings by around 10% .

Re: Recent downturn in sales

petelc02 — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 08:59:15 GMT

Hi, yes consistent and growing sales over past 4 years, hit middle august 2024 and it’s down to nearly nothing. Totally understand everyone is struggling. It’s only that my traffic to my website and other avenues are still consistent just sales on eBay have stalled.

Re: Recent downturn in sales

hightown_collectables — Sun, 22 Sep 2024 07:22:19 GMT

I have always loved my business and poured my heart and soul into it, I do not feel EBay is doing enough for their sellers, they just seem to take and not give back. I hope your sales improve soon

regards

Bev

Re: Recent downturn in sales

hightown_collectables — Sun, 22 Sep 2024 07:23:18 GMT

A few large sales have kept me afloat

thanks

Bev

Re: Recent downturn in sales

hightown_collectables — Sun, 22 Sep 2024 07:25:26 GMT

Soul destroying for all small business owners

thanks for the message

Bev