Selling on EBay is a hard dollar.
Our brick and mortar store was not a business in any way that could compare to ebay. We could write a book about the differences. But, let's say there was a lot more return for time invested. (Like 1,000 times) and advantages as fixed hours and human contact. Also, the ability to leave work at the store.
There are people on ebay who make money.
But, many sellers manage to squeeze out just a little.
The percentage of sellers who try and quit every year is unknown. Ebay does not share that information. We would love to know, guessing it is the vast majority.
All one has to do us get on an old thread, and go to a posters items for sale, and you can see how many sellers are gone.
There are many who sell because they are home bound for a number of reasons.(poor health, transportation issues, caring for children, or sick family are a few)
There were glory days on ebay apparently, where if you worked, you sold. Things sold quickly. We weren't selling a lot then. We found it very hard and our B&M store much more lucrative.
There is a whole desperate group of people who are making a few dollars an hour selling their possessions. This drives prices down.
You must just be getting a start on eBay, it's very complicated, a long learning process, and things to sell are getting harder to find. Then there's finding things you think will sell that dont.
And some customers are difficult to please. Thankfully there are good buyers out there as well. But ebay's policies are very heavily weighted towards buyers,
Best of luck to you.
Regards,
