Anyone else having a slow Sept. 2017?

[nowthatsjustducky]

No moreso than previous months the past year or so.  In fact, I think my sales are on a slow but steady rise, and I usually have at least one or two things sell per day.

I would say yesterday was the exception, but I did have 2 things sell then as well.  Amusingly, neither were on eBay, one was on Etsy (still amazed and pleased that someone would give me $10 for a dead 9 volt Eveready battery from the 80s, that I had pulled from some other electronic item that went up for sale), and the other was on eCrater, of all places.

Now I know the world is going to end soon if I now suddenly get a sale over on eBid as well.  😄

[klassic*kids]

Not me.  In fact sales picked up last week.  And I think that has to do with me listing a ton of new things on 9/1.  I find the more I list, the more I sell.  I am certain it puts all of my listings in a better spot in the que of search results.

Here's to a pick up in sales for you and list, list, list!

[lookng2015]

I've been listing but this month has been pretty dead (on all my IDs)

[leeebuy]

I had a slow July to Sept and is still going. Maybe hibernating sooner then later.

[nowthatsjustducky]

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@lookng2015 wrote:
I've been listing but this month has been pretty dead (on all my IDs)

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Have you tried shuffling inventory around between accounts to mix things up a little?

That can possibly help.

[lookng2015]

Yep = )

[c6starz]

I have not had one sale since Sept 4; really getting discouraged.

[lex-talon]

The last three months, most of my sales came near the end of each month. So far, I have 7 sales for September.  

Sometimes lowering your prices or offer free shipping helps

a bit. 

[nowthatsjustducky]

Looks like you are experiencing the eBay equivalent of the Potato Famine.  Restricting yourself to a single category makes you extremely vulnerable to random individual market slumps.

Diversifying the types of products you sell makes any such slumps survivable.

[victorjunkman55]

The more eBay tries to fix / Improve things, the worse things get. 2 sales all month. When you run 30 day BINS and not get a single view (not even a bot view) you know something stinks in Denmark. Good Luck to you.

[mr_lincoln]

@pageka-2007 

So far so good, not breaking any records but am trying to set one this month.  We'll see, I need an Auction or three to go viral ... Monday I pick up a lot of old (and I mean old) Christmas cards that I won on a local online estate auction ... looking forward to going through them in detail and getting them listed.

[luckythewinner]

Re: Anyone else having a slow Sept. 2017?

Based on the posts I have seen on this board, there are plent of selllers who have had

- a slow 09/2017 

- a slow 08/2017 

- a slow 07/2017 

- a slow 06/2017 

- a slow 05/2017 

- a slow 04/2017 

- a slow 03/2017 

- a slow 02/2017 

- a slow 01/2017 

- a slow 12/2016

- a slow 11/2016

- a slow 10/2016

- a slow 09/2016

- a slow 08/2016

- a slow 07/2016

- a slow 06/2016

- a slow 05/2016

- a slow 04/2016

- a slow 03/2016

- a slow 02/2016

- a slow 01/2016

....

[rolenboy01]

Sort of but it doesn't matter since the past two months were very good to me.

[rolenboy01]

I used to fall into these conspiracies and some I still believe, but I have blatently criticized eBay here and haven't saw a drop in sales over it so not everything is true.