I always take ups and downs as part of the selling “numbers game”. Especially since I only tend to have 30-50 items up at any given time.
Assuming good pictures, effective titles, desirable merchandise, etc., it really matters what kind of a presence or footprint one has on the site.
How many total items on EBay? In that category? Your same or similar item?
Think of it this way: if you owned one single solitary candy bar at the store, how long before someone wandered down the aisle and bought it?
Now what if you owned all of that same bar? Would your odds be better?
What if you owned all the candy bars, no matter what type? What if you owned all the candy, period? And the cakes, pies, cookies and crackers too?
It’s important to remember that many of us are selling under the first scenario.
This is why it’s important to diversify also, although I rarely manage. It’s so much easier to stay in a niche.
But now let’s go back to that store....
How likely would an item of yours be to be purchased, if you owned a few things an every aisle vs. 10 items in a single section of one aisle?
20 or so items used to be a solid presence 15 years ago, and a store flew with 100 items. But total listings on the platform were a mere fraction of total listings today.
20 - 100 listings now is like spitting in the ocean and expecting the tide to rise.
