2019: a year for resignation

[keziak]

Not as in resigning from Ebay though I certainly ponder that a lot.  More a matter of stopping the constant angst and anxiety about how sales have gone so far down compared to previous years. I'm doing what I can and it's either not enough or the vast majority of books will not sell, so there. 

When I get my 1099 from Amazon I am going to crunch some numbers. I hope that my increased sales there have kept me steady compared to other years, ie making up for the loss in ebay income.  

[myjunqueyourtreasure]

Kind of feeling some of the same, but I have this HUGE "stockpile" to get rid of first.

[divwido]

Me too.  And no way to sell it.

What do you do?  Pack it up and hope the economy improves before you die?  That's just ugly.

[go-bad-chicken]

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@myjunqueyourtreasure wrote:
Just remember that AbeBooks is now owned by AMZ.

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At the very least, both of those locations have a functioning book catalog and search.

Unlike someone elses poopy book catalog. I mean seriously how many New York Times Fiction Best Sellers are there currently located here in either Textbooks and or Cookbooks. I embarassed to tell people that I still sell books on eBay, for the fact that when and if they do look at one of my eBay listings they think that I am just some jackaze book seller who dose not even know enough about his own proffession to acurately categorize his own books that he is actualy trying to sell.

I really do wish that eBay would make amending and repairing the book catalog a priority in 2019.

[keziak]

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@tunicaslot wrote:

It's never bad to look around and see what's out there. In just a couple of months I've had 11 Etsy sales with limited listings. Most of my items aren't vintage so the majority are listed here - but when you need so much to pay the bills - you can't help but be anxious!

Good luck kez! 

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I"ve had advice, perhaps even from you, about exploring etsy for craft books. Though compared to the past when I listed a ton of craft and needlework books (something I always looked for at book sales) now it's a much smaller part of the business. 

I also got advice to explore specialized groups on FB but I haven't learned how to do that. Even asked the smart-aleck college kid who informed me with eyee rolling that she never uses FB. 

[thepantsfairy]

No, it is definitely time to form a solid exit strategy and resign from Ebay entirely. 

Their reps have gotten to the point of frustration with the constant calls from sellers that they will straight up tell you that your sales problems are 100% Ebay driven. 

Your listings are hidden completely from many, if not most, potential buyers. Fees keep going up. Sales keep going down. 

Many of us have lost 80 to 90% of our sales since the first of 2019, with no rhyme or reason to it, other than Ebay not making our listings available to potential buyers. 

Ebay is focused on their ad revenue and ONLY provide any sort or real support to their partner sellers. 

Get out now and save yourself a ton of money long term. The platform, if not dead completely for the small to mid sized seller, is a fast dying one for anything but the junk the "happy sellers" are selling. 

Also, the vast majority of these happy selling Ebay apologists are just Ebay employees with bogus accounts and sales. 

[escuintla]

I have a secret.

I buy whatever moves and can be sold. I mean anything! But, I am stuck at home dropping and picking up my kids, and attending some financial classes. That keeps me busy so I don't rely on just one source of income. 

By the time you realize years of your youth went by sitting here, complaining, moaning, whatever about your life and why Ebay is such yada, yada, yada...…..you could easily have graduated from your close college or university or, spent your time building an MLM business. 

right now I am working with a group on the first App that will revolutionize the payment industry based on that famous crypto currency. So, opportunities are out there, you just have to open your mind like a parachute.