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Wow, my mind boggles ! One really has to wonder is that in fact having a very real and big effect on sales - it actually sounds very conceivable. I noticed a little while back, searching words like 'motorbike' and 'motor bike' returned different results also, which I thought was a change from previous results.
Makes it very hard to know what to include in the title for best results, but also highlights the fact it's forever changing 
I have to say it is the same in my store, I am trying everything to get the sales up, changing some from “free post” to showing postage, (this seem to help with some items). Clearing items in bulk lots, I am over it, so much work put in to build up my business, then ebay seem to do everything it can to sabotage it, but I just keep ploughing on, as it is “MY BUSINESS” and I enjoyed the fact it allowed me to work part time.
Now ever time I try to find my items in the search engine, I get pages of Asian items that are $5 to $10 “free post” for an item that I can’t sell under $10 then the customer has to pay up to $8 to postage.
With all the fees ebay charge and postage always going up, I do really have to asses what direction to take it in.
I have tried my own website, but the work that has to go into it to get it seen, phew
feeling a bit down with the way things are going.
I also agree, my sales are down, especially during the last two months, but had a record high on Tuesday and Wednesday, turning over about $420 each day. And yep, Chinese sellers are killing it for me, but I've found that there is always a healthy number of customers who will happily pay extra to have the products arrive in days, as against weeks from Chinese sellers.
On a slightly different subject, if you are selling bulky items thicker than 20mm, you don't stand much of a chance competing with them. (Chinese). I've slowly phased out most my bulky items, and am sticking to items that are "large letter" rates, $1.40 & $2.10
Was Wednesday an unusually better day for most of you?
On a slightly different subject, if you are selling bulky items thicker than 20mm, you don't stand much of a chance competing with them. (Chinese). I've slowly phased out most my bulky items, and am sticking to items that are "large letter" rates, $1.40 & $2.10
Was Wednesday an unusually better day for most of you?
@elegant--u wrote:
Now ever time I try to find my items in the search engine, I get pages of Asian items that are $5 to $10 “free post” for an item that I can’t sell under $10 then the customer has to pay up to $8 to postage.
With all the fees ebay charge and postage always going up, I do really have to asses what direction to take it in.
And there is the problem that eBay created alllll by itself.
They pandered to the Chinese who list cheap products at half price or less and free postage,(which means
less fees for them in the long run).
No wonder they are going backwards and Aussie sellers are losing out,
@aussie.grazing.boards wrote:
I've found that there is always a healthy number of customers who will happily pay extra to have the products arrive in days, as against weeks from Chinese sellers
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Was Wednesday an unusually better day for most of you?
Lol, yes I had a sale 
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Sorry, don't mean to sound sarcastic, but that's the honest truth. Sales have been woeful - gone from several per day to NONE most days, even on weekends which have always been busier days. Perhaps some small consolation is my PO staff tell me I am not the only eBay seller who is suffering terribly - I used to post every day, now I'm lucky to have anything to post 2 or 3 times a week.
I do agree, (thank goodness) there are still customers who will happily pay extra to have the products arrive in days, as against weeks from Chinese sellers and it goes without saying, there are always those who just wish to buy one offs rather than bulk.
Hopefully now it's October, buyers will start Christmas shopping, although according to my figures, Christmas buying started in September for me the last two years
Best of luck everyone & I do hope we all see a big improvement SOON 
