Inconsistent traffic and sales on ebay

[bamkapow]

Hi,

Just wondering if it is only me or do others find that the amount of traffic they recieve and the amount of items they sell varies wildly from month to month or even week to week.

For example last month I had a pretty good month, sold a decent amount of items, i was trending up slowly. Then this month, nothing sold until only last week. Traffic is down to only a few looks a day! It is crazy, I feel a little helpless when trying to operate here. 

My product is good, well priced, I ship fast and have 100% feedback. It is perplexing.

Does anyone else have the same issues as I describe, if so how did you get around them? 

Cheers,

Ken.

[dylan11235813]

that actually seems a bit stange

[ms_aussie]

My sales are terribly inconsistent. It drives me crazy. I'll sell hardly anything for a few days and then I'll sell a number of items in a row. I also suspect eBay may be responsible for this although I have not noticed any change in sales when I open an Unpaid Item dispute.

[ms_aussie]

In what way Dylan?

[dylan11235813]

Sending an email saying : I can see the parcel has been delivered and hope they enjoy their new purchase.

I dont know how to define it but it seems a bit wiered. lol

[phorum_junkie*]

Sorry to say but if you sent me that message or indeed any message that is not ebay generated and I can't turn off you would lose a communication star. I use ebay to buy and sell, if I wanted a penpal I would look elsewhere and hate my inbox being cluttered up with unwanted and unnecessary emails.

[dylan11235813]

were is the brome

[inde23au]

I experience the exact same thing! It's so frustrating. I have found though, that sales start to dry up around the same time that ebay issue their monthly invoices. Thanks to ebay's extreme bills, people's paypal balances take a huge a hit, so they have to tighten their purse strings in order to be able afford to continue to sell on ebay. I think ebay should lower their fees for their own good, because large invoices mean less buying, which leads to less sale fees for ebay in the end. They are not doing anyone, even themselves any favours by their whopper invoices at the end of the month. I know I can't afford to buy for a couple of weeks because my bill is over $450 ridiculous dollars. Insanity.

[henrymillonplus]

Yes e-bay punishes sellers who complain .My sales are down from last month to a silly level.They have changed the system so much that listings do not appear ,except for the first page .the only explanation I have is they are trying to frustate small seller to close shop as they only want huge turnover.sellers .this has been goiung on now for 12 month i can only say do not give them any feed back that is TRUE and ACCURATE you will be punished.

[rosiegrinsel]

THAT IS AN EXCELLENT IDEA !!

My compliments on being an astute business person, with customer service and self preservation savvy !! 

[col*e*jean]

I have never sold an item in the NT.