Why do people only blame eBay and nothing else? | Selling

quadcitypickers · 2025-02-04T18:32:52.862000Z

Whether or not eBay is guilty of "throttling" and other things people who post here often accuse eBay of isn't my concern, my concern is complete and utter lack of understanding of any outside factors. 1. The slowest months for eCommerce sales are January and February. During this time, some people are financially spent from the holidays, and awaiting for their tax refunds. 2. The launch of new eCommerce platform, like Temu, may temporarily or permanently reduce traffic and sales, depending on what these platforms sell and how much popularity they gain. eBay is not some eCommerce "monolith". 3. During times of economic uncertainty, there is a reduction of spending of "want" items. This does not mean "everyone is now poor", it means that if the amount of people with disposable income is reduced, sales volume would naturally reduce as well. So if 1,000 people are selling the same thing for roughly the same price, and there used to be 1,000 buyers, but now only 500, half of the sellers will not make sales. 4. It is important to research your item. Trends come and go, but luckily you can use eBay's free product research tool to see how many items sold, for what amount, the trends of those sales, and most importantly, the sell through rate. A low STR generally means the more time it will take to sell your particular item. There are no guarantees in business. Just because last month or the month before was great, doesn't mean every month is guaranteed to be great.

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