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kathieskorner · 01-02-2023

2022 - my 22nd year on ebay has the distinction of being the worst for sales. After my two week pre-Christmas break I listed 720 items during the last week of December which historically has been a good week for sales. But 2022 resulted in only one s...

kathieskorner · 10-27-2022

The I am Human security measure verification is bad enough, but it is taking several tries to even login after that this week. It either takes forever to load when I can access my account or I get an error message to try again later or I am kicked of...

kathieskorner · 10-06-2022

No longer listed under Ebay Friends. Is this another unannounced eBay "improvment"??

kathieskorner · 01-30-2022

I have been selling on ebay for over 20 years, and could count on one hand all the buyer "ordered by mistake" cancellations prior to 2022. This month I have had 5. Is this an ebay glitch or just buyer indecision?

kathieskorner · 12-14-2020

If things aren't tough enough for shippers - and therefore sellers and buyers - a powerful snowstorm is headed to the northeast - a foot or more could fall over the next 3-4 days. And with so much of UPS and FedEx resources being used to deliver the ...

kathieskorner · 03-07-2023

I keep weekly stats - not enough sales to look at a daily chart even though I continually have around 950 listings spread over four accounts. What I have noticed for the past 18 months - I rarely have to go to the post office on Mondays - for me week...

kathieskorner · 03-05-2023

Unfortunately, your expectations may be too high. 124 listings and 66 items sold within the past 90 days is better than a lot of ebay sellers.

kathieskorner · 03-03-2023

My eBay profit margin has been roughly 30% for the past four years - down from 40-60% for my first 18 years. There are several reasons for that. Like the OP I now sell primarily items in the $10-$20 range plus shipping - selling higher priced items h...

kathieskorner · 03-03-2023

Maybe someone should pin this on ebay's IT bulletin board. I list a lot of books in categories other than Books and Magazines (sports and crafts to name a couple which have books sub-categories), and while I can list shipping via media mail and the b...

kathieskorner · 03-02-2023

And if one researches the competition before listing an item - ebay will continually show you anything that you have previously researched as they think you want to buy the items.

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From a sad ending to a bad beginning.....

What is Going on with eBay this week?

What happened to the Soapbox??

What's with all the Ordered by Mistake Cancellations...................

Sellers Worries May Get Worse....

Re: So who else has been seeing a pattern of alternating good/bad days since mid Feb?

Re: Why Is My Stuff Not Selling?

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Re: The ominous eBay "Algorithm". Fact or Fiction?