Ebay have switched off my lights again!

[beauty-savvy]

Well it's happened again....

We have gone from the normal 5 to 10 sales a day, 5 to 10 ebay questions a day, to zero sales, zero questions, and no views!!

This happened less than a month ago and lasted 5 full days.

Then as if someone hits a switch we are back on and selling again.

I have just created a 7% off sale on some items, trying to see if I can trigger some sales and have the lights turned back on.

Anyone have any suggestions? Really don't want 5 days of zero sales, particularly coming into the weekend.

[licoricebabyandfabmama]

I find the same thing.   Ill go weeks no sale,  but then all of a sudden ill have 2 or 3,   sometimes from the same state.   Im in the process of getting some more stock,   but if even the bigger sellers are having this problem  sometimes i wonder if trying to build an ebay business is even worth it anymore.

[2106greencat]

pj - OMG - do you have any of those tickets you've got on yourself left? :^O

[Anonymous]

PJ needs tickets because stickers keep falling off the hessian.

Who needs to buy expensive materials like silk when you can get hessian for free at the local fruit shop.

Sorry most darling of girls. I couldn't resist.

I must admit though that no one looks as good in hessian as you do.

ON TOPIC.

Switches are definitely being flicked or ebay is reflecting the real world just now. B & M's are also giving stuff away to generate cash flow.

[Anonymous]

ebay ...

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the lights are on

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But no one is home

[shipahoys_antique_and_collectable_centre]

Hi Term, yes we nearly gave the B&M away about five years ago, and were going to just go online.  Thank the Good lord above, we remained open, never thinking for a moment, that it would revert back the other way.  For us, it has been the case of not putting all our eggs in the one basket. So now, we have a Website, ebay and the B&M.  Although our website has only been in place for about three months, it is well in front of Ebay sales already. Each one experiences its ups and downs, but can you guess which one is the most fluctuating;-)

[Anonymous]

Great that you kept your B & M.

Despite the technophiles' predictions, small B & M's will survive

and flourish.

I didn't have any choice in closing mine. It just wasn't viable.

Would love to jump in again at some point.

All the very best with yours.

[licoricebabyandfabmama]

hmmm just read an interesting article on ecommercebytes: ebay reports show strange traffic patterns,    

sorry didnt know if i was allowed to post the link.

[beauty-savvy]

Thanks licoricebabyandfabmama, just read the article you mentioned...............very interesting and I agree with the comments in the article.  eBay know this is happening, it is intentional and will probably occur more and more.:-(

At least I'm not alone - it appears to happening very often and to every store.

[mccrae2007]

Hi licoricebaby & beauty-savvy,

I have just read that report on ecommercebytes & it was very interesting and so were some of the comments & replies to it.

It propably deserves a topic of its own as it does explain some of the unusually trends in selling.

Very interesting thankyou. 

[bsal6160]

The trend of drop in sales can be directly related to your asking price. Sell it cheaper. Why do sellers not understand this? People are on ebay looking for bargains NOT looking for overpriced stuff that the buyer can usually get at a similar price in a BM store.