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Nothing is selling
I'm getting rather disappointed that nothing is selling. Things were going well the end of last year, now, nothing. What is wrong?
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inceptions
Mentor8 months agoHi @grayrdwoodworks
Since the holidays are over, sales are slowing down for most sellers. That's perfectly normal unless their seasonal selling curve peaks this time of year. You haven't been selling for a full year, so you would not know what your selling curve is without more history.
grayrdwoodworks
OP8 months agoI see. Just was concerned that eBay would keep lowering my seller's status.
Thank you for the input
inceptions
Mentor8 months ago@grayrdwoodworks
What do you mean by "keep lowering your seller status?" Have you received defects on your selling metrics that lowered your status to below standard? If so, that does impact where your items appear in search. If not, then your seller status hasn't been lowered.
https://www.ebay.com/help/policies/selling-policies/seller-standards-policy?id=4347&st=3&pos=1&query=Seller%20standards%20policy&intent=below%20standard&lucenceai=lucenceai&docId=HELP1272
grayrdwoodworks
OP8 months agoI was a "top seller", now I'm "above average". Does this change my promoted listings placement?
mr_lincoln
Mentor8 months ago@grayrdwoodworks
You have sold 19 items in the last 90 days ... so sales might be slow but with only 58 items for sale you have to realize that part of selling online is a numbers game. The more one has to sell the more chances are something might sell.
Your Top Rated Seller status is based on 100 US Domestic sales and $ 1,000.00 US Dometic sales dollars in the last 12 consecutive months.
eBay reviews accounts on the 20th of each month and if a Seller level change happens it goes in to effect on the 20th of the following month. You can keep track of that on your Seller dashboard at the top of the page: Seller Dashboard | eBay
So it is possible that you could become TRS (Top rated Seller) one month then not the following month until your sells get high enough that as older months drop off you retain the TRS level.
On a side note: Promoted listings may not be the cat's meow to increase sales, it increases the fees you owe on your sales. You might be better served starting out NOT using Promoted listings and just set your prices at the lowest you will accept to cover your Cost, eBay fees and most importantly, your target profit margin.
inceptions
Mentor8 months ago@grayrdwoodworks
You're very welcome.