@mistwomandancing wrote:
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.
I’ve been in retail since my first part time job at 13.
I’ve rolled with the ups and downs here until I decided to try other roller coaster rides in other amusement parks.
My sales on other venues are more consistent and are better than here.
Shake your prom poms all you want but it doesn’t negate that there’s something wrong with EBay right now.
The OP knows it, I know it, and obviously the “cheerleaders” know it as they rush to ebays defense on every.single.thread complaining about low sales.
Same old tired rhetoric.
baantiques wrote:I just checked, my sales for the second half of September were up 151% over the first half of September.
This stuff I'm doing is working. Let's hope it continues to work.
Go get 'em, Tiger! 
Woot!
It seems like we used to be able to find some stuff that sold well, and we learned how to "do it" ...and then, it worked! And so all we had to do was just keep at it. For quite a few years, we just listed our stuff, made our sales, and pocketed our profits. Everyone loved eBay!
Then every other Tom, Dick, and The World got into the game here, AND EVERYWHERE. Nearly every other business got their own online sites to sell on, and suddenly it wasn't as easy. Couldn't just sit back and keep doing what we'd always done and expect... much of anything. 
We still have folks pop in to say they aren't doing anything different than they ever have, haven't changed a single thing, and yet they aren't getting many sales anymore, and they can't seem to zero in on the fact that in order to stay -not just competitive, but ahead of the game- we really have to change our whole focus here.
Sounds like you've found a way to give yourself a BOOST! Continued good luck with that, and with all the new methods you will find that work for you and the inventory you sell here!
