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I am very frustrated with Ebay. They dropped my sales by 70% in March. They have been pushing for me to sell internationally even if I don’t have items that would qualify per their policies. The ad matching is very poor and can’t get any good buyers. My prices are comparable to what they were before except that everything no wcost me more soI am at bigger loss. i spent more on new inventory this month than what I made.
I went over to different platform and transferred my listing and feedback there. What got me surprised is thta feedback transferred from. Her to there is 825 while Ebay displays about 100 less. Why?
23 comments
uchose1
·3 years agoEXACTLY AND THEY DENY YOUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT FREEDOM OF SPEECH TO SAY MEMBER IS DISHONEST WHEN THE FACTUAL EVIDENCE IS THERE. ALSO INFRINGEMENT OF SECURITY BREACHES ARE OF RECORD. TRUST BUSTING.
d.amber
·3 years agoIt looks like you are comparing this year to last year figures. Many different economic conditions this year compared to last year. Also don't worry too much about feedback. Out of 20 sales I might get 3 or 4 of them to actually leave feedback. Best of luck to you.
buyselljack2016
·3 years agoWho knows what you were up to a year ago in March.
How does it compare to March of 2019 (pre-covid)
And it's nice that Bonanza shows "padded" feedback rather than true "seller" feedback.
partfinds
OP3 years ago@buyselljack2016 “
Who knows what you were up to a year ago in March.
How does it compare to March of 2019 (pre-covid)
And it's nice that Bonanza shows "padded" feedback rather than true "seller" feedback.â€
I am comparing previous year as many of you were saying it was inflation and recession (when people including me were saying sales are dooooowwwnnnn! When Biden claimed Economy is greaaaatttt!
i think it is fair comparison and I have to tell you that this month March 2022 is worse than any other December I had before (which was always ghost town due to the nature of product I carry). So if I say I wasn’t able to pay my rent from what Ebay allowed me this months you shouldn’t question.
As for Bonanza… well I think it is very probable that Ebay is hiding feedback maybe due to glitches and technical issues. I don’t believe that other platform has any incentive to pad the feedback- no reason for that. So if Ebay lost my feedback they should restore it or at least look into the issue. I have sold way more than 850 on here. I have been selling same items for several years and i had sales of about 600/a year.
If they wanted to pad me then why not giving me an extra 1kâ€
buyselljack2016
·3 years agoSorry that your sales are down for March "2023" , but as others post. Many factors involved. Presently you are comparing "one month". Hope things improve for you.
I understand that many do not leave feedback, so the rating is no where near reflective of our actual sales. Mine just as yours is woefully short.
My point is that eBay does not show a true "seller" feedback received. It is "padded with buying feedback.
Well actually they do show it (397) if one scrolls down enough, but the # seen up high when viewing the listing is overall feedback (764) not "seller feedback".
uchose1
·3 years agoYOU ARE CORRECT THEY ARE MANIPULATING YOUR FEEDBACK; EXACTLY WHAT THEY DO NOT ALLOW IN POLICY. OUTRAGEOUS.
dbfolks166mt
·3 years agoSales go up and down all the time, who knows they may increase next month or they may not. Bottom line is eBay has little control over your reduced sales. Would you be posting here if your sales were up 70%? As for international selling that is your decision and the EIS program appears to offer some good seller protections but it has a LOT of restrictions on what you can sell and there are a LOT of problems that are starting to crop up with the program and those that have been, or not been, able to use it.
rugerskick
·3 years agoPeople post here to discuss problems, primarily, and get others advice and take on things.
People usually don't need other peoples' help when things are going well for them.
Given many peoples attitudes, if someone posted about how great they were doing it would not be taken well, it could easily be regarded as gloating or as an in-your-face post.
gemarakop_trading
·3 years agoBonanza is the ultimate pay to play from what I remember when I tried it.
chapeau-noir
·3 years agoIt is, and it's really egregious. The new CEO says he's going to change a lot of things, including increasing advert engagement so "even more" people know about it. "Even" is a marketing weasel word - I don't know *anyone* in the non-selling world who knows about it, period.
Still, I'm always up for more success on another platform without having to buy 'turbo packs'. 🙄 I was on it once for two years, and another time for about six months. Ghost town.
partfinds
OP3 years ago“Bonanza is the ultimate pay to play from what I remember when I tried it.â€
and Ebay is not? All my listings are advertised at all times since I started selling.
chapeau-noir
·3 years ago@partfinds Bonanza started with their Turbo-Pack Pay-to-Play thing long before eBay did, with various levels up to, I think, Platinum (haven't been there lately), and it wasn't cheap. It was also basically worthless. They had an infusion of capital some time ago and it was supposed to go into advertisement but it apparently never did. People I know who sold on there around 2010, etc., said they used to do pretty well, but had to heavily advertise.
pjcdn2005
·3 years agoMy guess is that Bonanza is counting every single feedback. eBay counts multiple sales to the same buyer within one week as just 1 feedback.
partfinds
OP3 years agoI don’t combine shipping ( items either fragile or big) so that is not the reason
itscalledapostingid
·3 years agoIf a buyer buys 2 items in one week and leaves feedback for both the feedback number only increases by 1.
pburn
·3 years agoYou know how eBay calculates feedback numbers, right?
pjcdn2005
·3 years agoAs others said, combined shipping has nothing to do with the number of feedback you received. If a buyer purchases 10 items and they are mailed in 10 packages and they give you 10 feedback, ebay still counts that as 1 feedback.
partfinds
OP3 years ago@@pjcdn2005. I didn’t have buyers with multi orders
lawnmowerpartsstore2
·3 years agoBonanza is a Great place to park your items but sales a very sparse over there. Been there done that. I still have a free store there for years and make about a 1,000 a year in sales. Its just part of my basket.
partfinds
OP3 years agoWhy would i get 825 feedback transferred from Ebay? Ebay is not showing all feedback? 🤔
slippinjimmy
·3 years agoBonanza imports the feedback from eBay so that disgruntled eBay sellers who move there don't have to look at single digit feedback (sometimes zero) for months and months until they get their first sale (if feedback is left).
It would also be embarrassing for Bonanza if virtually all sellers on the site had almost no feedback, it wouldn't mesh well with the concept that you can actually sell stuff on their site.
inhawaii
·3 years agoEbay dropped your sales 70% in March?
How rude of them.
Why would they do that?
partfinds
OP3 years ago@inhawaii „Ebay dropped your sales 70% in March?
How rude of them.
Why would they do that?„
right? In the end I didn’t earn social credit. Too much criticism…? I deserve gulag