As usual, my sales are up and down like a looping roller coaster ride. This has been the case ever since the full rollout of the exceptionally complicated search algorithm that came out a few years ago.
Previous to that, I had finally learned what labels sold best and that I was able to source at a reasonable cost and my sales were consistently rising with each year/month.
Now, I know that prospective buyers are no longer able to see every item I have available that meets a generic search criteria most buyers would use. I know this because ebay acknowledges that they do not show all items that used to show up in generic searches (when I say generic search I mean if I put RED KATE SPADE DRESS into search then every single red Kate Spade dress that was available would have come up in the search results), and because as a seller who also is a buyer I have a VERY frustrating time finding the same variety of items I used to be able to find when running generic searches for my favorite labels. With MORE sellers and MORE items available, in total, within the clothing category, there is no way there should be LESS items for me to choose from and yet there are. Not to mention that all sorts of items pop up into the search that are NOT what I am looking for and certainly not what I searched for.
Still making a profit, but ebay is not making it easy and some days it feels like it is all just the luck of the draw as to whether I will have a good day for sales or a bad day with zero sales. I definitely prefer the days when it felt like my knowledge of consistently good selling labels, my presentation of said items, my ability to source at reasonable prices and my customer service were the primary measure by which I could expect to find ever increasing success here on ebay.
