No Sales...What is happening?

[hexenkat11]

I have sold on Ebay for a few years now & this week has been the worst.  Has everybody gone to Mars? 

Not a single sale in 3 days...  I have never seen anything like it.

Anyone else experiencing the same situation?

[heihachi_73]

Unbelievably, my light has seemingly come on, I've sold half a dozen games in as many days, instead of them sitting there for months on end with the odd 1-2 sales a week as per usual.

[trustykeiley23]

my saleswere less than last year, but moving , the past 4 days completely dead,

[banknotes_1]

Low or no sales are not ebay's fault. Consumers have no confidence with XXI century politics and manufacturing outsourcing. Consumer Revolt or Revolution is happening in fight against Planned Obsolescence. The next hot line of goods will be hand-powered, human-powered, solar, wind and water powered tools ands machines. I would gladly buy those, but I can't find them on the market, not for a reasonable price, or at all, so I wait and don't spend much until such goods are available. Consumers are loaded with money, but they just don't want to spend as many of them are saving heavily to buy their own homes, cars etc. for cash. Soon cash will be the king all over again.

[curraone]

stop .... old  thread ..... plenty of new posts about this topic

[chameleon54]

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@banknotes_1 wrote:

Low or no sales are not ebay's fault. Consumers have no confidence with XXI century politics and manufacturing outsourcing. Consumer Revolt or Revolution is happening in fight against Planned Obsolescence.

My non store, 40 freebies per month account is currently sitting on 62 sales for the last 30 days. Probably the highest its been for many months, so not everyone believes the world is going to end tommorow.     Perhaps they are just spending up on ebay because they think there is no tommorow........

The next hot line of goods will be hand-powered, human-powered, solar, wind and water powered tools ands machines. I would gladly buy those, but I can't find them on the market, not for a reasonable price, or at all, so I wait and don't spend much until such goods are available.

Have you tried markets and antique shops ???   I have a farm and still use hand tools out in the padocks, because it is often quicker than loading the portable generator and rounding up the power tools. Things such as old brace and bits ( hand drills ) and vintage axes are a dime a dozen, often high quality, British or U.S made and easily found. I have half a dozen beautiful old brace and bits lying around that all cost under $10.00.  I leave the best one in the ute tool box and use it regularly for assembling strainer posts for fences. Even my tech mad 17 year old son thinks it is easier and quicker to use than rounding up the power tools............I have to admit, I love using high quality vintage hand tools with Patina. My fencing wire strainers are ancient old worn vintage things that originally came from a station. They are that worn that everthing just slots together easily, the handles are shiny from use ( my use )  and they are a better design than modern ones. Everyone that see,s them admires how easily they work. My sledge hammer is around 130 years old and stamped with the Kow Plains station logo in the head. Kow plains shut down in around 1910.

Consumers are loaded with money, but they just don't want to spend as many of them are saving heavily to buy their own homes, cars etc. for cash. Soon cash will be the king all over again.

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[scottishcelticweelass]

All my items are at a fair price lots of watchers NO BUYERS I do not understand !!!

[k1ooo-slr-sales]

@scottish

you do have nice stuff listed but, for many members, things are tight.

Wages growth is little or non-existent, confidence in the economy is low and despite record low interest rates many people have a sizeable mortgage to service. Add to this the pre-Christmas spend and Boxing Day sales and people just don't have a lot money to spend. 

That, and the rise of other online buying opportunities creates a perfect storm for eBay sellers.

While I agree that your items are fairly priced, they are just out of range. Members may have your items on their watch list for a variety of reasons:

- they like they item

- they might like to buy when/if they can afford it

- they have a similar item and want to see if yours sells

- the are a competitor and they are monitoring the market

- your items remind them of someone like a long passed grandparent

[chameleon54]

Your items are targeted at the discretionary spend of mature aged woman. It is always best to target a market you know well and understand, but unfortunately when things are tight in the economy, mature aged woman are the probably the first to tighten their belts and reduce purchases of discretionary items. Its a demographic thing. 

Sales for many sellers also take a dive during the Christmas / January holidays period as many people are concentrating on other things and are often away from home at this time of year. 

My sales are still ticking along with consistent sales, but my items are targeted at mature aged men who spend their time tinkering in sheds. These guys are usually financially secure, happy to spend regardless of the economy and tend not to travel as much as other demographics, making them a more consistent, reliable client base to sell to.

Understanding your customer base and social demographics can help in managing the ebbs and flows of online sales.

[lm-entertainment]

also, just to add to what has already been said - you may wish to add some further descriptive words to the item / listing title as this is what helps people find your items when searching. 

for instance - this item https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/274124976278 simply says "LOT 102" as the item / listing title which means it's unlikely to appear in search results unless people go searching manually through the thousands of items in those categories.

also, using descriptive words such as "lovely" or "beautiful" in item / listing titles is counter-productive as usually people will never search for those words. it'd be more advantageous to use the title to fully describe the item (ie what metal / stone / colour etc it is).

i'd even go as far as saying having "LOT x" in the item title isn't helpful at all and if you use it to identify the item being sold, it may be best to include this in the listing description or as an item specific. 

those are just a couple of things i noticed while having a quick glance at your listing titles :] 

[digital*ghost]

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@scottishcelticweelass wrote:

All my items are at a fair price lots of watchers NO BUYERS I do not understand !!!

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I sell jewellery as well, though I do note you sell all sorts of things in categories I'm not familiar with so can't offer much for those kinds of items, but I would be happy to provide you with some constructive criticism that may be able to help improve your listings and sales, if that is something you'd be interested in receiving.

Just as an aside, it looks like you might have entered a comma when doing the postage cost for the dish (made in Japan), as it's showing $14,000 postage while most other similar items are showing $14.00.