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bizylizy2 · ‎04-12-2023

Hello. I have just noticed something in my sales the passed few months.
We are located in NJ.

Recently, my daily sales seem to be going to one area in the US, A few days ago, all items went to California except for one in TX. Then the following day, all went to NJ plus one in PA.

Today I only had 2 shipments and both went to Florida. Does anyone else see this pattern in shipping?

micpa_6334 · ‎04-12-2023

I have also noticed this pattern quite often.

southern*sweet*tea · ‎04-12-2023

Those are all the most highly populated states in the US. It only makes sense that you would have more sales - even in clusters like you are experiencing - going to those states than to others than you would lower populated states.

California has like 40 million people. I sell a bunch of stuff to CA. My state has 2.9 million people. I've sold a grand total of SEVEN items to people in my state over the past 20 years. That's just how it works.

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a_c_green · ‎04-12-2023

@bizylizy2 wrote:
Recently, my daily sales seem to be going to one area in the US, A few days ago, all items went to California except for one in TX. Then the following day, all went to NJ plus one in PA.
Today I only had 2 shipments and both went to Florida. Does anyone else see this pattern in shipping?

I am no longer surprised when I see that in my sales; it happens to me all the time. I sell a lot of vintage parts and restored items, and I think some of my buyers mention my items to their friends, and then one or two of their friends will make similar purchases from me. Thus I'll have small groups of sales all going to the same part of the country over the same short period of time, just as you describe.

b86fiero · ‎04-12-2023

Been selling here for over 20 years and yes, that pattern of shipping has been going on as long as I can recall.

High population states have more buyers than low population states. Hence more items being shipped to those states.

Rumors / conspiracy theories of the past floated the idea that sellers were blocked from selling to nearby states. And that eBay manipulated sales so they only went to far away states so eBay could collect more in fees due to higher shipping costs. And that sellers were rotated from server to server from those focused on high population states then to low population states so sales volumes went up and down.

I seem to be stuck in a conspiracy theory test group where we get only 2 or 3 sales per day - way down from the 12 - 30 daily sales of eBay's glorious past.

A sale is a sale!

whorunbartertown · ‎04-12-2023

You and I are practically neighbors. I've experienced the same thing. I'll get a cluster of sales from PA, NJ, FL, then Colorado and California. There are a few exceptions but I've noticed a pattern.

bizylizy2 · ‎04-13-2023

Thank you for sharing.

coolections · ‎04-13-2023

Expect California, Texas, and Florida to always have the most sales. It has been that way for me for the last 23 years. Nothing strange at all and just ship your items. get paid and be happy.