topic Re: IS JANUARY ALWAYS QUIET? in Selling

IS JANUARY ALWAYS QUIET?

sophiacz01 — Sat, 17 Jan 2015 14:23:26 GMT

Is January always as quiet as this year? 2015

Frank

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helenm777 — Sat, 17 Jan 2015 14:25:33 GMT

Always quiet in January, but I have found December January the least sales I have had in over a year. Hope it picks up soon

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davewil1964 — Sat, 17 Jan 2015 14:56:20 GMT

Define quiet.

Compared to January last year? No

Compared to December? Yes, but that is normal.

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mbselections00 — Sat, 17 Jan 2015 15:05:13 GMT

Last year my January sales were down about 20% on December, this year they are down 80% (so far)

Possibly also depends on what you sell

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glenbankloel — Sat, 17 Jan 2015 20:51:18 GMT

School Hols and buying back to school stuff probably draining the purses and wallets atm.

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davidc4430 — Sat, 17 Jan 2015 21:55:05 GMT

i know i'm not buying as much as i was a year ago. i think its because ebay is just annoying the **bleep** out of me with all its new rules and regulations. i'm fully expecting another raft of fees, the search fee, the watch fee, the ask a question fee, the quit ebay fee. ect ect

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4green2000 — Sat, 17 Jan 2015 22:32:24 GMT

@davidc4430 wrote:
i know i'm not buying as much as i was a year ago. i think its because ebay is just annoying the **bleep** out of me with all its new rules and regulations. i'm fully expecting another raft of fees, the search fee, the watch fee, the ask a question fee, the quit ebay fee. ect ect
and a buying fee/ transaction fee etc....

greedy greedbay........

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i-love-my-sheep — Sat, 17 Jan 2015 22:33:00 GMT

I seem to be running along OK. I can't compare to last January as I wasn't selling then. I seem to be going off to the post office most days with 2 or 3 things.

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2106greencat — Sat, 17 Jan 2015 23:55:38 GMT

Most people are still in shock at how much they put on their CC's over Xmas and are desperately trying to pay them off LOL

That's my reason anyhoo !

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pennyforum14 — Sun, 18 Jan 2015 00:02:54 GMT

I'm not complaining, I've surpassed my average for the last three months already, with nearly two weeks of January left, So the buyers are definitely out there.

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phorum_junkie* — Sun, 18 Jan 2015 01:05:36 GMT

I've always had things slow down a lot after the first 10 days in January on all selling ids, this year is so far worse for the week just ended than last year but then I don't have as many things listed in my store. For December and the first 10 days of Jan I did better than last year.

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yeoldecoinco — Sun, 18 Jan 2015 04:32:29 GMT

Always dead from 15th January onwards for six weeks or so.

Been that way for me for the last 15 years.

Break from eBay selling tomorrow for 4-6 weeks, really need it...

20th December to about 15th January, always busy and worth selling on eBay, after that, forget it.

Christmas bills, back to school bills, holiday bills, warm weather, all means that the buyers disappear.

This is also a time I sometimes BUY on eBay, rather than SELL.

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kidzbay — Sun, 18 Jan 2015 10:19:22 GMT

For some reason I have had a fantastic start to the month, 74 sales so far. I don't think i even sold 74 items for the month of December. I sell kids' toys too, so quite unexpected, but welcomed.

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i-love-my-sheep — Sun, 18 Jan 2015 13:01:57 GMT

@kidzbay wrote:
For some reason I have had a fantastic start to the month, 74 sales so far. I don't think i even sold 74 items for the month of December. I sell kids' toys too, so quite unexpected, but welcomed.

Maybe kids spending their Christmas money?

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Anonymous — Sun, 18 Jan 2015 13:09:21 GMT

Frank, I am not sure where you are from but from what I am experiencing here in Australia it has been a bumper month. Ok I am relatively new to this game but my sales in December was reasonable but January has been very good. I think it may be because people are still away from work or they still have the holiday season mode and have time now to buy/browse for things they have been holding back on prior to Christmas.

Now I sell Remote Control Hobby parts so that may also be a reason why I have a bumper January as oppose to other seller that may sell items needed for daily work, who knows.

Jeff