eBay

timemachine777 · ‎06-19-2017

I'm now doubling and tripling the time span between sales on my accounts. This is major record territory for me. I have accounts that haven't produced sales in over a month or two. In the past month I've only had 1 sale on this account for less than 5.00 out of 10,000.00 in inventory.

That's completely crazy. All my accounts on eBay are doing the same...Nothing. It's not the economy or the stuff I'm selling because my accounts are mirrored on other venues, and my sales there, are normal an steady. If it were either of those issues, than my accounts would be dead on those sites also.

precision_ecu · ‎06-22-2017

I would check prices of your items and do a Google search. I'm a seller and buyer on eBay. When I'm buing something I look on eBay 1st and list the items by price. Then highlight the item title and do Google search. Many times I find the same exact item much cheaper on another site like Amazon or Bonanza or direct from seller internet store.

eBay carries some overhead as there is many fees and policy favoring buyers. That makes selling more expensive here.

If your sales are slowing down ---> check your prices.

Also.

If you selling 1 them items (like antiques) open internet store and sell cheaper. Shopify basic is only $29 per month unlimited items. Set up fast and easy.

Good 'ole eBay is getting rusty :-).

timemachine777 · ‎06-22-2017

@sugarnspice777 wrote:
If a buyer cannot click on "WATCH THIS ITEM" and it DOES NOT save, that is a HUGE issue. Lost sales.
Then when a buyer clicks on "SEE SELLERS OTHER ITEMS" and it shows 0 or "THIS STORE DOES NOT EXIST" that is ANOTHER huge issue.
More lost sales.
I am going to start listing on other sites. Can't take this problem filled site any longer. They don't fix, they change, and change and change...then more problems.

I just use my bookmark now. I got tired of the watch glitch. About a week ago I had the same problem almost everyday with not being able to pull up sellers inventories that I knew existed, or getting loads of missing listings, so I took some screen shots.

The totals were all over the place. Sometimes there were only about 100, and then upwards of 700 for this one seller that I know. The best part is that there are 1500 active listings, but it would only show me about half. Even your own inventory page hides your stuff from buyers.

timemachine777 · ‎06-22-2017

@coolections wrote:
@badwolf12 wrote:
With several people on the board viewing Time's listings everyday giving selling notes and tips I am surprised they are at only 1-2 views. Unless it's another account being referenced.
@badwolf12
He hides all the other supposedly other accounts. We will find too many reasons for his lack of sales and views and it would blow all his rants.

Where's your selling account?

timemachine777 · ‎06-22-2017

@rschissler wrote:
@sugarnspice777 wrote:
If a buyer cannot click on "WATCH THIS ITEM" and it DOES NOT save, that is a HUGE issue. Lost sales.
Then when a buyer clicks on "SEE SELLERS OTHER ITEMS" and it shows 0 or "THIS STORE DOES NOT EXIST" that is ANOTHER huge issue.
More lost sales.
I am going to start listing on other sites. Can't take this problem filled site any longer. They don't fix, they change, and change and change...then more problems.
Oh, come on! I search eBay all the time for stuff, and almost never have a problem. Some people want to make it seem like little glitches occur constantly, all day long. Excuses, I say.

I guess I'm just going to have to start posting screen shots of all the glitches and issues I experience on this site. It'll cut into my day, but I can handle it. Let's start with the screen shots that I just posted above of inventory not being shown to buyers.

timemachine777 · ‎06-22-2017

@keziak wrote:
@timemachine777 wrote:
@keziak wrote:
I am not sure I read that right. You have 10,000 items listed on ebay (I guess on other accounts)? That's hard for me to imagine and impossible to imagine that you aren't selling truckloads of stuff.
One digit too many. 1,000 items. Though I have way, way more than 10,000 items. I have over 16,000 silver age comics alone, and they take up very little space. I have more items than I can count. I would have liked to get more on eBay, but right now that's not where my stuff is selling, so I have to put what I can where the money's at.
To get back to the sales volume issue, I seem stuck around 700 most of the time. I'm a slow lister and I'm selling about the same number as I list. It's books and media so not expensive collectibles or furniture. But I would be very concerned if I did not get sales daily. I am presently running auctions to beef up my daily sales.

I have hoards of books, but I don't list them that much. I have one specific mall lease, that carries a lot of my books, because they do really well there. I gets loads at auctions. I'll buy 10, 20 or even more boxes at once in a big lot. Books are slow movers overall, so the tend to build up some.

d-k_treasures · ‎06-22-2017

@timemachine777 wrote:
@rschissler wrote:
@sugarnspice777 wrote:
If a buyer cannot click on "WATCH THIS ITEM" and it DOES NOT save, that is a HUGE issue. Lost sales.
Then when a buyer clicks on "SEE SELLERS OTHER ITEMS" and it shows 0 or "THIS STORE DOES NOT EXIST" that is ANOTHER huge issue.
More lost sales.
I am going to start listing on other sites. Can't take this problem filled site any longer. They don't fix, they change, and change and change...then more problems.
Oh, come on! I search eBay all the time for stuff, and almost never have a problem. Some people want to make it seem like little glitches occur constantly, all day long. Excuses, I say.
I guess I'm just going to have to start posting screen shots of all the glitches and issues I experience on this site. It'll cut into my day, but I can handle it. Let's start with the screen shots that I just posted above of inventory not being shown to buyers.

I would change the default sort to 'ending soonest' from 'BM', bookmark that search, and see what happens.

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timemachine777 · ‎06-22-2017

@d-k_treasures wrote:
@timemachine777 wrote:
@rschissler wrote:
@sugarnspice777 wrote:
If a buyer cannot click on "WATCH THIS ITEM" and it DOES NOT save, that is a HUGE issue. Lost sales.
Then when a buyer clicks on "SEE SELLERS OTHER ITEMS" and it shows 0 or "THIS STORE DOES NOT EXIST" that is ANOTHER huge issue.
More lost sales.
I am going to start listing on other sites. Can't take this problem filled site any longer. They don't fix, they change, and change and change...then more problems.
Oh, come on! I search eBay all the time for stuff, and almost never have a problem. Some people want to make it seem like little glitches occur constantly, all day long. Excuses, I say.
I guess I'm just going to have to start posting screen shots of all the glitches and issues I experience on this site. It'll cut into my day, but I can handle it. Let's start with the screen shots that I just posted above of inventory not being shown to buyers.

I would change the default sort to 'ending soonest' from 'BM', bookmark that search, and see what happens.

I didn't try that on that one, But I have on others and the results were similar. I usually toggle between highest and lowest price. I called eBay about it when it was happening, and the rep was getting similar results, So I checked it again last night and that account was working again so far.

pingpong517 · ‎06-22-2017

I wish iI could complain about printer issues...at least i would have had a sale.... think i've had two since sunday...and one hasn't paid...so not much happening here.

timemachine777 · ‎06-22-2017

@pingpong517 wrote:
I wish iI could complain about printer issues...at least i would have had a sale.... think i've had two since sunday...and one hasn't paid...so not much happening here.

I just got my eBay invoice, and I just got a sale for enough too cover it.

rschissler · ‎06-22-2017

I added that seller to my Sellers you follow list, so I'll watch them for awhile. Since they have items ending hourly and daily, their stock must vary from day to day, so that's probably what you are seeing. Right now, I see over 1,500 items listed.

timemachine777 · ‎06-22-2017

@rschissler wrote:
I added that seller to my Sellers you follow list, so I'll watch them for awhile. Since they have items ending hourly and daily, their stock must vary from day to day, so that's probably what you are seeing. Right now, I see over 1,500 items listed.

No, he keeps it at close to 1500 everyday. He normally sells 1 to 3 items per day unless he gets a buyer that does a multi purchase, then he might do 5 or 7 that day. From day to day his inventory doesn't move much, he just replaces what he sold. Also, he'll get a daily pop in numbers if he runs some auctions and they end with sales on a specific day.

keziak · ‎06-22-2017

@precision_ecu wrote:
I would check prices of your items and do a Google search. I'm a seller and buyer on eBay. When I'm buing something I look on eBay 1st and list the items by price. Then highlight the item title and do Google search. Many times I find the same exact item much cheaper on another site like Amazon or Bonanza or direct from seller internet store.

eBay carries some overhead as there is many fees and policy favoring buyers. That makes selling more expensive here.

If your sales are slowing down ---> check your prices.

Also.

If you selling 1 them items (like antiques) open internet store and sell cheaper. Shopify basic is only $29 per month unlimited items. Set up fast and easy.

Good 'ole eBay is getting rusty :-).

One has to be careful about comparing prices if condition is any consideration.

coolections · ‎06-22-2017

No proof, wasting your time with all the cut and paste and charts. You've allready proved you do not kow how to search and use Ebay.

wheredidiputthatremote · ‎06-22-2017

I think they're counting on peeps "taking advantage of" the promoted listings. Meanwhile my Bonanza sales are off the hook

timemachine777 · ‎06-22-2017

@wheredidiputthatremote wrote:
I think they're counting on peeps "taking advantage of" the promoted listings. Meanwhile my Bonanza sales are off the hook

I thought they were still pretty much dead.