QESTION: To experienced Sellers...

This is my first year selling, I was wondering if those experienced Sellers could tell me, do you find that sales improve when peoples tax refunds start to come in? I am considering saving some of my luxury items to list around the end 2nd week of July as I am still restricted with the number of luxury brand names I can list in each month.


Your input is greatly appreciated.


Thank you in advance.:-)

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oops that should read  QUESTION....arrggg typos!

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What tax refunds? A lot of us owe the the tax man,and no there is no specific time of the year when sales are better.But is has been very slow selling the past few months but good luck in your quest to sell.

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If there is one thing on ebay that is totally predictable it is that you simply cannot predict when sales will go up or down. 😉

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Thanks Zelly, however I am assuming that most  employed aussies are on PAYG as far as their tax goes so was just considering perhaps around tax refund time things may pick up re sales on ebay. 

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when I was on PAYG I never received a refund by the 2nd week of July, if in fact I ever did get much of a refund.


I think yr clutching at straws if you are waiting for 'tax refund' buyers

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Thanks putney, I am not too concerned really, certainly not clutching at straws lol just was wondering if tax refund time made a difference is all. I guess not.:-)

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In my opinion i think it does make a difference, i think things usually tend to pick back up late July. It's not necessarily overly busy, but i do think the couple of months leading up to the end of financial year tend to be some of the slowest periods in retail.


 


I guess it all depends what category of products you are selling though. Some areas do really well around this time, like office expenses etc will tend to go up in sales so people with businesses can then deduct these expenses off their income. For luxury items though i think this time of the year is usually quite dead.


 


I also work part time in an electronics store as my other job, and the last few months in both my business and my part time job have been ridiculously slow and the only sales that seem to keep the company i work for afloat at this time of the year are the types of products that i think would be claimable in most businesses. (Printers, phones, modems etc) whereas any items that really only provide entertainment, sales have dropped considerably, but usually pick up in the new financial year.


 


 


 

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If there is one thing on ebay that is totally predictable it is that you simply cannot predict when sales will go up or down. 😉



 


It is strange though isn't it....


 

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My sales tend to go down just before the end of financial year & they go up around September..then I'm usually pretty busy till about about a week before Xmas. Just after Xmas it starts to get busy again. That's how it goes for me anyway 😉

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