We have over 1400 listings and have noticed a huge drop in sales and activity the last month. This is with promoted listings at 11%, running 15-20% discounts, listing daily and regularly updating old listings with new photos/details etc. There was even 3 Saturdays in a row where we had zero sales... however my fees seem to total to a suspiciously similar number each month regardless 🤔

I can see a lot of cheap (<$10) items with $8.55 postage slapped on them when they could go as a large letter for $2 (such as those loose GB/DS games).

As for game sales though, yes, it has been dead for me for ages (as my feedback shows), I've had more luck shifting 5c coins lately!

Do you think I would do better if I swapped it around? $2 for postage and genuine price for the game? Hahaha I’m going to have a look at your store now

I agree with Purple_mom's post about eBay possibly boosting new sellers to get them hooked. I have seen patterns of behaviour from their 'ai' or algorithms that simply do not suggest any form of consistency or reliability. How a business can survive on a platform that does this, is going to show very pointedly during times of general retail sales decline and a loss of confidence in the world's economic structures (which is happening now, especially due to US-China trade war). But if they are acting in a predatory way towards anyone, especially new sellers, they they can fact massive fines and actions in the courts.

What I have witnessed personally, this time last year, before the introduction of new software prior to last Christmas, my sales were increasing. The first half of this year showed a marked decline. At the moment I'm down overall by 60.7% compared to same period last year. This past week, I'm up over 160%. How can anyone trying to run a business on eBay cope with this type of volatility and instability? I warned eBay that their new software was wrong and not the right time, economically climate-wise, to fiddle with things but they put their own self-interest first with regards to promotional listings. That factor alone has failed and I believe has been the cause of volatility and instability. You will never have a valid selling platform if you fail the reliability test. Over the last 12 months, eBay has failed the reliability test, to the point that their failures are impacting on shop owner's very business survival.

Hi we are in the same situation and can NOT get Ebay contact number that works as Ebay seem to do NOTHING to HELP!