Our sales have dropped since 1 May - however April was a very "nice" month!.

Am not slashing my wrists just yet (although its played havoc with our cash flow!!!). This happens every time eBay makes changes and - as the previous poster points out - they have made a lot lately. They can take a while to work through. I don't recall eBay making too many changes last May ...

May is also traditionally a slow  month in retail (which actually makes it a good time for eBay to make changes!!!)

I just looked back at our data from the first two weeks of May last year - our actual number of eBay transactions for the last two weeks is actually about 20% up on the same two weeks last year (although April 2013 was 40% up on April 2012 so that is still a bit of slowdown!). I haven't checked the $ values. I also know we had a few exceptional direct sales (ie non eBay) sales in May 2012 - that hasn't happened this year (at least not yet).

Yes I'm concerned but I am reserving judgement - although I do think some real cracks are appearing on eBay at the moment.

Oh yes - I'm also working on our website, redesigning our auction listings and working on some new product ideas while its "quiet".