slow sales september 2019

[fashionandform]

Our sales are very slow, the summer was slow ( actually slower) as usual but now? I wonder if they have put us on a poop list since we have not opted into managed payments. 

On the plus side, we are getting tons done around the house, stuff we've put off for years.

Would rather have the sales though. Anyone else?

[goldrushfinds]

Checked your listings out of curiosity (I always check everyone's listings in the hope of learning something). You are selling quite a bit, but man your profit margins are really tight. Can you search your area for any other odds and ends outside of clothing that might give an occasional big boost to your daily/monthly profits. I just know for myself, without a few bigger sales, profits are really slim. I am not trying to say that I am any kind of expert or know more than you, I just hate to hear when a person's finances are so tight. Oh, and I guess it is pretty obvious, I do not sell full time.

[myjunqueyourtreasure]

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@frodobagginskennedy wrote:

I am dreading the managed payments.

I sell on Etsy and they use the same managed payments system.  It works GREAT on Etsy.  However you can print and pay for your shipping label directly from your funds.  IDK why feebay is jerking around with the label payment.

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Possibly because right now there are many more sellers using ebay labels who are NOT in MP and still use PayPal to pay for them?

[myjunqueyourtreasure]

My sales are down in September but I expected that as I took a few days off for my first ever vacation from ebay.

[fashionandform]

why was this moved off the discussion board main page to a different page? just curious why some messages are moved and some are not.

[byrd69er]

eBay isn't slowing anyone's sales down because they don't participate in something. Nonsense.

I've seen absolutely no slowdown of my items going out the door. Actually, I'm doing better than I would expect at this time of the year. 

Product + price = sale

9/2/2019 $15.00

9/2/2019 $30.00

9/3/2019 $15.00

/3/2019 $85.00

9/4/2019 $18.00

9/4/2019 $30.00

9/5/2019 $6.00

9/5/2019 $6.00

9/6/2019 $40.00

9/6/2019 $110.00

9/6/2019 $215.00

9/6/2019 $35.00

9/7/2019 $20.00

9/8/2019 $8.00

9/9/2019 $15.00

9/10/2019 $10.00

9/11/2019 $45.00

9/11/2019 $18.00

9/12/2019 $6.00

9/12/2019 $15.00

9/13/2019 $32.00

9/13/2019 $60.00

9/14/2019 $65.00

9/14/2019 $16.00

9/15/2019 $48.00

[goldrushfinds]

Smugness = Irritating

[valuestore]

Might be of interest, 35 months of sales dating back to October 2016 one account..very erratic jumping all over the map....erratic.

sales

[army.90l0md9f]

I am in the same boat! Was my fulltime thing until eBay made changes and my business was cut in half... since then it steadily declined after each seller update! Seems they are trying to control algorithm, which affects some of us!!

sad.. anyway I went back to work part time with a stress free job!  It’s the only way to stay sane..  love eBay a few year back but now it’s a slog...  less support than we used to get! My sales last two weeks are at 0 with two stores, go figure😳😩 

[army.90l0md9f]

Happy for you but some of us are suffering! I know traffic get redirected when hurricanes are in our area! It’s very hard to get things going after that! Happened with Irma and again this year!

[uncseniorsportsfan]

Selling a consumable like electronic replacement parts is vastly different from selling collectibles or used items.

[hawkwind5454]

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@fashionandform wrote:

Our sales are very slow, the summer was slow ( actually slower) as usual but now? I wonder if they have put us on a poop list since we have not opted into managed payments. 

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....Or, PL.  I wondered same thing...However, I am still getting good views (should that gauge of activity be accurate)  So, though I do not sell ubiquitous, mass produced items, I'm either too pricey, or buyers are inordinately cheap...Or, a little of both...Which is a no-win combination.  I'm letting my listings sell/expire, and possibly doing a re-set.  I'm grabbing at straws.

[designappliance]

We were doing ok in August but September came to a screeching halt. No reason to point to as usual. We used promoted listings to play Ebays game but not even that is helping now. 

[laurabeardsley]

Ebay is on a slippery slope downhill !

[gracieandjake]

I have not sold a thing since August 28.  I have called Ebay twice and they keep refreshing my store.  I don't think the customer service has a clue what's going on.  I am disabled and count on Ebay to support through the month.  This is just a disaster.  I have a lot of stuff to list but wonder if it's a waste of time.  I see very little activity on my account, of course it's hard to follow numbers anymore since nothing goes back to zero.  I hate the thought of paying for my store this month when I haven't sold one item.  

[gracieandjake]

Hard to believe.