Since I'd hit my limit of 250 BIN's, I decided this week to put up a few auctions. Holy smokes....they're just as grim. Doubt I'll get one sale out of them.
cad777864 wrote:..........If you try and plant the idea to some that it's just you and what your selling, or the economy, then some actually believe this and go away. Problem is now, there is far to many of us, and not enough cheerleaders to make us go away.
Why would a *cheerleader* try to make others Go Away, if they are saying they aren't getting the sales, which means... they wouldn't be much competition anyway? I don't get it. The ones who AREN'T taking away the sales wouldn't be the ones who are hurting anything. There ARE sellers who are the ones getting the sales, but those are the ones who likely aren't going to be going away anytime soon. 
And if you look into the sales record in the category/products you deal in and you aren't seeing those sales... what does that tell you about the area you've chosen to sell in here? If you aren't finding the sales happening, why would you pursue efforts in those areas?
And I guess I'm a cheerleader then, but I and so many family/friends who list AND SELL here face the ups and downs, just like everyone else does. As you, have been here for years. Have seen the Hot Items come and go. Have seen the decorating trends come and go. Have experienced the results of trying this and trying that until experience sort of fine tunes your techniques for sourcing inventory, for saying yay or nay to inventory choices for the moment we're currently experiencing, teaching you what tweaks help and what don't make a darned bit of difference.
Maybe those who have been in retail sales all their lives... for many, many years before eBay ever came along, sort of roll with the ups and downs a bit more easily. But yes, there are folks selling here and doing just fine, thank you.
baantiques wrote:One last update in the short term, because I'm sure you're sick of hearing about it.
I've had the best sales day I've had since the first week of August. More than 50% of my sales for the month have come in the last week.
Apparently, all the stuff I've been doing for the last couple of weeks is paying off. Let's see if I can keep it up or if I hit one of Ebays "velocity limits"
There is nothing like SALES to help your standing in search in Cassini's *mind*... Your strategy has leap-frogged you up over a ton of your competitors for some time into the future, just because you MADE your sales come in by the strategy you used. You were going to pitch this stuff or flea market it, but instead you've made it vault you into a better search position for future sales, and that will help you keep sales coming in, which will help keep you in better position, etc. Success breeds success, as it were, and you made it happen for you!
Half of the trick is knowing how to make Cassini love you. 
And Cassini LOVES sales coming in, the more, the better Cassini loves on ya'.
