An Abrupt and Complete Stop in Sales: Why? What's Going On?

[getitright1234]

An Abrupt and Complete Stop in Sales: Why? What's Going On?

The baby needs formula!

The light bill needs to be paid!

The mortgage needs to be paid!

The cupboards are getting bear!

..........................................................I do not have time for these abrupt and complete stop in sales.   Sheesh!

PS:  I am not referring to this acct. 

[beautifulbeauty2012]

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@ifyouloveit wrote:
^^^ Spot on @gamersbaystore^^^

This morning I had a promotional offer of opening a free store for 2 months. Haven't looked into what nonsense this promotion is yet. Anyone else get this promotion?

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Yup, went straight to Delete. Like we don`t pay enough fees already. Even if you have a store, eBay wants to get an extra cut from Promoted % just to show your inventory. 

[beautifulbeauty2012]

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@turquoisetulips wrote:

That many watchers and zero buyers = bad economy, and that's only part of the problem. djdaniel 

It's not the economy ,, this is a specific  e bay issue . 

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Exactly! Buyers have more cash than ever and they spend it elsewhere! Try to postpone an online purchase on Nordstrom, Macy`s, etc - you`ll regret you didn`t buy right away - most of the time it is gone and your`d bite your elbows. But eBay doesn`t appeal anymore to both buyers (only pandering to scammers) and sellers due to its changes.

[turquoisetulips]

Our minimum wage is a laughable $8.60 an hour, and many employers find ways to skirt around those wages; such as the job I had last year that paid me $3.93 an hour  djdaniel 

That's terrible . However I'm afraid if they ever succeed in raising the minimum wage  to 15 to 20 dollars an hour  then more employees will be totally let go  and the ones allowed to stay will be doing twice the work.  Tulips 

[618unicorns]

I do have some listings that still have watchers but I have noticed some watchers gone on an item that has had a watcher for 2 weeks and I sent offers to every one.  Nothing.  Not one sale has been generated from any watcher in the last week.  Very very odd.  It's almost like the watchers are not receiving my offers?  Usually 70% of the time I would get a sale from my offer or counteroffer.  Nothing for a week??  Something is wrong because by all the comments from others, they have the same issue.  

[mam98031]

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@618unicorns wrote:

I do have some listings that still have watchers but I have noticed some watchers gone on an item that has had a watcher for 2 weeks and I sent offers to every one.  Nothing.  Not one sale has been generated from any watcher in the last week.  Very very odd.  It's almost like the watchers are not receiving my offers?  Usually 70% of the time I would get a sale from my offer or counteroffer.  Nothing for a week??  Something is wrong because by all the comments from others, they have the same issue.  

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Buyers can set up their accounts NOT to receive offers.  So you may be right, your potential buyers may not have seen your offer.  

[dogofwar777]

As a buyer some things I really want are way more than I am willing to pay. I usually just wait and what I want will pop up cheaper and I will buy it. I've been eyeballing an item for months and another seller listed the same item far cheaper than the one I have been watching and I snagged it. 

I've been on ebay a long time and usually this time of year, Aug - Sept, is the best time to buy because people will offer stuff cheaper because they need money for school stuff for their kids or trying to build up quick cash for the upcoming holidays. Prices will start jumping again from Oct to January because of the holidays, but drop back down after New Years until about May. 

[myjunqueyourtreasure]

If every one of my watched items suddenly had one of the watchers hit the buy button, I'd be in a world of hurt trying to get all those orders pulled, packed and shipped in 2 days.

Likely to happen? Not hardly LOL

[ifyouloveit]

Same here Tulips. I end listings here several times a day now.

But eBay isn't messed up right now 'they' say. It sure as heck is messed up! I've never seen it this screwed up, it's as if they threw every single weirdness they could think up with here all at once.

I can't even find what I want in searches anymore. I decided I am ending my buying here, I have a few auction bids out there still, but search is wasting my time and I would rather use that time to LIST somewhere else where I MAKE SOME MONEY.

eBay used to be easy and fun as a seller AND a buyer. Now it is a cluster &%$# of glitches, tricks, and manipulation. As a buyer I have lost interests trying to find things, search is a nightmare right now, for me.

[ifyouloveit]

Agreed. It's only bad for me selling here on eBay. My other stores on other platforms are doing very well. I miss eBay, but I really don't believe they want small sellers with collectibles and one of's here anymore.

eBay WANTS to be new merchandise that sells fast, there is only so much server room and long tail items don't fit in with their 'be another Amazon' plan.

Thankfully, smaller sites are out there to pick us up and we carry on. However, one of them is already getting so full of eBay sellers who are also venturing out of eBay, I fear it will soon lose its momentum. I like being a big fish in a smaller pond 🙂

[yem_crystals]

Ebay is more interested in sucking sellers dry...I am outa here!

From ECommerce.com

But while less traffic due to reduced marketing and poorer rankings in Google is devastating news from a seller's point of view, it's not so bad from an investor standpoint - May noted that eBay increased its take-rate "and enabled revenue to grow faster than GMV" (sales).

In today's report, May didn't mention revenue eBay generates from sellers running Promoted Listing ads, which is an obvious byproduct of slower sales growth as sellers battle each other for eyeballs. In fact, in April, when eBay reported a 6% decline in GMV in the US, eBay CEO Devin Wenig told analysts that its own 4% revenue *growth* was partly driven by Promoted Listings - he said sellers were "flocking" to Promoted Listings.

[uncseniorsportsfan]

My guess is that there was another change in the search algorithms in early July as there was in March.   eBay is desparate to increase revenue so promoted listings have become even more important to their bottom line.  Since Wall Street has not punished the stock for the decline in GMV - sales are less important than maximizing the fees attached to those sales.  

The unfortunate thing is that sellers desparate for sales have bought into paying an extra FVF for promoted listings which shows eBay they are on the right track and encourages them to look for more revenue grabs.   

[gwens*4saleitems*]

Really !?!? How is he to know which listings eBay is hiding if the listings are hidden ?

[beautifulbeauty2012]

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@uncseniorsportsfan wrote:

My guess is that there was another change in the search algorithms in early July as there was in March.   eBay is desparate to increase revenue so promoted listings have become even more important to their bottom line.  Since Wall Street has not punished the stock for the decline in GMV - sales are less important than maximizing the fees attached to those sales.  

The unfortunate thing is that sellers desparate for sales have bought into paying an extra FVF for promoted listings which shows eBay they are on the right track and encourages them to look for more revenue grabs.   

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Makes a lot of sense about what eBay is up to. Very bad strategy, which eventually will wreck the company.

[kataggr-44]

I do not understand promoted listings.  As a buyer if I scroll past it the first time why am I going to give it any more credence when I see it a second time?

[double2trouble]

A reduction in sales volume made up for by increased fees is a poor short lived market strategy. Having to constantly change my listings to try and appease some AI"s unknown criteria is not something I want to waste my time doing. It is hard enough to find things people actually want to buy. Paying even more to have my items shown is not something I want to engage in either. It's already around 20% when all is said and done. 

You don"t gain any market share or customer loyalty here. Every month is like starting your business from day one. I too think eBay probably gives priority to fast selling repeatable items from large sellers. There is just not enough server space for everyone else. I think they will dump the flea market **bleep** completely soon enough. The managed shipping, and "soon all items sold on eBay will be shipped by fufilment" is the writing on the the wall.