topic Re: Sales Decreased Recently in Selling

Sales Decreased Recently

goodies_draw — Thu, 13 Feb 2014 23:05:12 GMT

Just wonderful if others are experiencing a drop in sales recently, especially during this week.

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phorum_junkie* — Thu, 13 Feb 2014 23:07:19 GMT

I had one of my best weeks ever the week before last then I had one of the worst ever. Now it appears to have gone back to a sensible average so overall no change.

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extra-keen — Thu, 13 Feb 2014 23:13:48 GMT

Yes, but I took 2 days off (closed my store), however it does seem to be taking longer than usual for sales to return to "normal" whatever that is on ebay.

In any case, I'm enjoying a bit of a break from the pressure of packing, packing and more packing. LOL

Hope things improve for you soon.

There are lots of ups and downs in business and ebay selling is no different. Just stick at it, offer the best customer service you can and the sales will happen. Best not to stress too much.

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chameleon54 — Thu, 13 Feb 2014 23:16:48 GMT

I,m usually one of the optimists but got to admit, last week the BINS in stores where a shocker ( worst in 12 months ). It has picked up the last couple of days and starting to return to normal. The only saving grace was the 200 free listings on 3 id,s. Managed to get 360 auctions listed and they sold with mediocre success, keeping the bills paid for another week.

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goodies_draw — Thu, 13 Feb 2014 23:26:31 GMT

Thank you for your positive input! I seem to be listing more and more, but not selling... grrr!

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aunty_vera — Fri, 14 Feb 2014 02:34:11 GMT

Phew - I thought it was just me.

Has been a total ghost town here since the beginning of the year!!

Normally 10 to 20 parcels per day at the post office - for month of February so far I have been to the PO 4 times. WTH

Interestingly, 3/4 of my sales have been o/s - and to countries I don't normally get customers from....Greece, Israel, Sweden.

Ver, very strange *scratches head*

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goodies_draw — Fri, 14 Feb 2014 02:45:52 GMT

No not just you at all. I don't sell overseas, so rather limited. I hope the Ghost leave Town real soon!! 🙂

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pickapresent13 — Fri, 14 Feb 2014 03:02:57 GMT

In the same boat. The week before last was my best week in 6 months, sales increased from about 10 to 15 straight up to 60. This week, not even the average 10 to 15

Not sure why, got more listings up, but not selling

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chameleon54 — Fri, 14 Feb 2014 03:04:56 GMT

@aunty_vera wrote:
Phew - I thought it was just me.

Has been a total ghost town here since the beginning of the year!!
Normally 10 to 20 parcels per day at the post office - for month of February so far I have been to the PO 4 times. WTH

Interestingly, 3/4 of my sales have been o/s - and to countries I don't normally get customers from....Greece, Israel, Sweden.
Ver, very strange *scratches head*

I have found the same thing. overseas sales have held up very well. January was soft but put in extra time and effort and still ended up with slightly above average sales ( for a lot of extra work ) First ten days of Feb. same ghost town as others. I have spoken to a couple of B & M operators who report the same thing so not just on ebay. Had a few very good sales in the last couple of hours since last post so things seem to be coming back. ( last few days have been reasonable. )

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goodies_draw — Fri, 14 Feb 2014 03:11:15 GMT

Yes I am the same, I have more items listed then I have for a long time.

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aunty_vera — Fri, 14 Feb 2014 05:08:22 GMT

@chameleon54 wrote:

I have found the same thing. overseas sales have held up very well. January was soft but put in extra time and effort and still ended up with slightly above average sales ( for a lot of extra work ) First ten days of Feb. same ghost town as others. I have spoken to a couple of B & M operators who report the same thing so not just on ebay. Had a few very good sales in the last couple of hours since last post so things seem to be coming back. ( last few days have been reasonable. )

Good to know the B & M stores are feling it too - I was starting to wonder if it was a case of buyers not seeing our listings.

Maybe it's a Year of the Horse thing Hope not!!

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clarry100 — Fri, 14 Feb 2014 05:18:34 GMT

Our sales are on the increase.

This week has been quite a strong sales week.

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goodies_draw — Fri, 14 Feb 2014 06:04:39 GMT

That is awesome, wish I could say the same.

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mamabeardesignzau — Fri, 14 Feb 2014 09:30:36 GMT

From 19th - 24th Jan I put my shop on holiday mode. On 25th Jan I re-opened and got two sales that weekend, then over the following week asbolutely nothing!!! I discovered that none of my listings were coming up in search results and I contacted Ebay ...... they acknowledged there was a problem and said they would come back to me - I AM STILL WAITING EBAY!!!!

Whilst waiting I discovered that if clicked on revise and then save item it then appeared in search results. From then I have had sales but nothing like I had been having previously - my sales have been at least 50% down!

However, today has been a good day and I have had quite a few sales - so hopefully we are now back on track.

I have a feeling Ebay have been doing some sort of maintenance which has affected sales these last few weeks ........

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davewil1964 — Fri, 14 Feb 2014 09:37:51 GMT

Chugged along at twice normal from October. From about a week ago fell back to 70% of that average.

Swings and roundabouts. And the Government's scare campaign about sacking 10s of thousands of workers.

If I didn't know if I would have a job tomorrow, I know i wouldn't be prioritising discretionany spending

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digital*ghost — Fri, 14 Feb 2014 09:52:15 GMT

I almost always find things go a bit quiet when I haven't initiated any activity on my account for a while - and by any, I mean pretty much everything you can do as a seller, particularly with a store. eg As mentioned, if I get in a slow patch, it often seems revising listings, updating photos, adding new items, even paying my fees, seems to kickstart things a little, though it's all rather circumstantial and could just be a matter of finding things to occupy myself until I have something else to do.