Overall Sales Drop

perfect_pixels
Community Member

on ‎03-09-2019 04:34 PM

Hi everyone, ive had my ebay store for about 6 months so far and i know this is probably a very common complaint/question but this seems to be my worst month so far! i have over 160 listings up at the moment and the selling is far less than i expect with such quantity of items and i just cant figure out why that might be. I mainly sell electronics and games and would like to know if anyone has some solid answers for me, or can check out my store and see if everything seems prime for selling or not. Constructive feedback would be very helpful 🙂

 

Regards NickyD from NickyDgames

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perfect_pixels
Community Member

on ‎03-09-2019 04:53 PM

Also wanna say I’ve never done promoted listings or used the marketing tool for price drops etc, I’m currently unsure if they’re effective
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imastawka
Honored Contributor
In response to perfect_pixels

on ‎03-09-2019 05:10 PM

Is this a wind-up?

 

You sold approx 39 items during August for not small change IMO

 

Some would kill for a month like that.

davewil1964
Community Member
In response to imastawka

on ‎03-09-2019 05:20 PM

I'd be happy with a 25% sell-through.

perfect_pixels
Community Member

on ‎03-09-2019 05:26 PM

Oh wow so mine actually isn’t that bad? I guess in part i needed some perspective
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kopenhagen5
Community Member
In response to perfect_pixels

on ‎03-09-2019 07:15 PM

eBay is not what it used to be and you seem to be travelling along nicely.

All I can suggest is when sales dip then go in and use the markdowns i.e. 5% seeing as you have a store.

That is a good feature of the store and seems to boost sales from what I have seen and heard.

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perfect_pixels
Community Member

on ‎03-09-2019 07:33 PM

Mmm I actually just found out about that today and I agree that 5% is a good starter mark, I’ll list a bunch of new stuff and then run the discount...here’s hoping 🤞
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joztamps
Community Member
In response to perfect_pixels

on ‎03-09-2019 08:26 PM

I would expect that sales of some types of product may drop off due to the combo of The Ashes and the Footy Finals.

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purplemon18
Community Member

on ‎03-09-2019 08:41 PM

I often think that ebay artifically boosts sales for new sellers to get them hooked. If our sales growth had stayed the same as our 3rd month, we'd be driving Teslas now.

davewil1964
Community Member
In response to purplemon18

on ‎03-09-2019 09:59 PM

Roadster?

 

Or a boring one?