@danieh_6 wrote:
"I suspect eBay are also changing the algorythms in favor of new items as opposed to single, one off, used items in an attempt to move the platform more to the new, cheap Chinese carp, $2.00 shop model and away from the used and collectible items. ( unless its bogan sports cards or Nike trainers. )"
Completely disagree, matters on your performace, I've sold/selling everything on here. 2nd hand goods are only less because marketplace is more common now and easier and feeless
You are welcome to have an opposing opinion, makes the forums interesting. My views are not just based on opinion or personal experience though, they are based on ebays publicly available financial reports which show massive declines in active buyer numbers and gross merchandise volumes in the last 6 months as well as reports of other sellers which correspond closely with my experience.
On top of this I,m not basing my views on perceptions or personal opinions but on long running, factual statistics I keep over four selling id's of past and present sales as well as several other sellers I monitor as a benchmark to my eBay business. The four selling id's have been active on eBay for up to 15 years and have around 17,000 sales, over 10,000 feedbacks and close to $ 3/4 million in sales so there is a fair bit of accurate, reliable information to draw on.
While in the past I have also sold just about everything on ebay, there appears to have been a dramatic change in selling patterns around 3 - 4 months ago which corresponds with reported declines in sales of 40 - 60 % by many sellers. The reason for such a dramatic and sudden change and decline is most likely to be a change in search algorythm settings rather than a sudden change in buyer choices or demographics.
With eBay actively targeting the cheap, bogan market, ( see their advertising ) leaving the higher quality end to the big river, any ebay sellers who also service the cheap bogan market will not be as affected by eBay changes as sellers who are targeting the more mature, expensive online products, so individual sellers experiences will be different.
That said, Ebays own financial reports clearly show the company is in major strife with rapidly declining buyer numbers and huge falls in merchandise volumes, while at the same time, squeezing much higher overall fees from remaining sellers. .
I,m a big supporter of Ebay selling, ( its been very good to me ) but things are going to have to change very quickly if the company is to retain any form of relevance in the future.
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