Ebay must invent something quickly. The sales are going down and down and we will crash everybody

[priorityservice]

This month I have until now 0 sales the last month only one. This is a disaster !!.

What is going to do Ebay in order to stop a collective crash and in consequence the similar destiny for the Company in general?. WITHOUT SELLERS EBAY WILL BE OUT !!

[stuff_from_dylan]

For some reason, I cannot edit this reply, but I'd like to add on none of my listings don't accept returns. I also don't have the best photos. Of all my sales, I've only got 2 return requests. One because USPS somehow damaged the item and another because the buyer thought it was a different size than was listed.

[jeffcomowerparts]

EVERY ONE IS COMPLAINING WORST IVE EVER SEEN EBAY, THEY NEED TO DO SOMETHING SOON OR THEY GOIGN TO LOOSE ALL AMERICAN SELLERS IT SOUNDS LIKE TO ME. WE WNT FROM 5000 PER DAY DOWN TO 100 OR SO ITS HORRIBLE HOW ARE PEOPLE SUPPOSED TO PAY THE FEES FOR THE STORES SUBSCRIPTIONS? I DONT KNOW BUT TOO MANY CHANGES TOO FAST IS NOT GOOD AND I THINK THATS THE PROBLEM THE RYTHEMS ARE OUT OF WACK...

[calistas_closet33]

what bug? I was trying to buy an item..to get back to the item I had to dig thru the site showing me sponsored listings, more expensive pricing, and even when searchung by closest to me, the seller is 40 mi from my house, still did not show. Earth to ebay..fiddle around with results that do not meet buyer’s needs, frustrate them enough..and well, I found the item elsewhere and bought. It was a pet bed. I had exact name, highest priced items shown first. This is not a bug. It is self destruction.

[calistas_closet33]

This has been going on since May/June of last year...then nose dive in October.

[calistas_closet33]

yes, it is very bad.

[calistas_closet33]

I would gather it is not a glitch.

[calistas_closet33]

same here.. need to diversify, ebay is not going to have a change of business plan and revert..it just gets worse each month.

[honeybeez-15]

My sells have fallen through the floor and down past the basement.  If this keeps up, I really don't see justification for maintaining a store.

Ebay, get it together.  We sellers are not going to continue paying for lack of service.

[calistas_closet33]

I do.. find where your customers have gone. I did. And definitely do not rely on this platform if it is not working for you...I have not seen any improvements, the improvements squashed my sales..not a coincidence.

[calistas_closet33]

I see from posts they are telling a lot if people the same..I do not call much anymore. I do not think it is a bug..I think it is a decision. And unfortunately many sellers are leaving, downgrading, etc..because it is not worth it to sell here. I committed to monthly basic store, so no commitment, and height I sold 18k..now less than 2k a month. For me, it is not worth it past dumping inventory, but doing more on FB than here..less risk, other sites too, but really focusing on FB because it is easy and costs nothing locally, 2.9% on countrywide BST groups.

[dirk12955]

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@calistas_closet33 wrote:
This has been going on since May/June of last year...then nose dive in October.

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I find this to be a very interesting comment.

My June 2018 sales were UP 55% over June 2017    The first 6 months of 2018 I averaged an increase of 62% per month over the first 6 months of 2017

MY sales for July 2018 were down 16% from July 2017

                          August 2018 down 6%

                          September 2018 down 23%

                          October 2018 down 15%

                          November 2018 down 20%

I've been selling on EBAY for 19 years.       The only changes made June-July were made by EBAY and not me,

To see steady growth month in and month out and then to see a sudden reversal?    There is a cause,  somewhere.

[dirk12955]

I should mention. I did make one substantial change in my EBAY selling.

In June, I went from 400 listings to 700

[zellajake_farm_and_garden]

Our Feebay stats:

2017 gross sales: 200k

2018 gross sales: 170k with more expenses and less prfit margin

2019 projected: 140K (account=throttled)

Our purchases on Feebay:

2017: 25K

2018: 22K

2019: $0 (we no longer purchase anything from Ebay...ever)

They want to play games, we downsized, reduced subscription, reduced items for sale, moved elsewhere, started our own site, all other selling areas doing great ebay sales....down, down, down, worse, more fees, more restrictions, less customer care, more lies on the phone with reps. On and on....move on, Ebay is done.

[laurabeardsley]

What I wish is that ebay would give the sellers some HONEST answers as to what the real problem here is and what they are doing to remedy it if anything. Too may sellers including myself are hoping for changes and hanging in there thinking things will reverse. If they would be honest and say we will continue to go in the same direction and you cannot expect things to get better unless you are either Chinese or are selling new things in bulk then there would probably be a mass exit. Just some explanations would be nice.

[michaeyeage2]

My sells also went down but they normally do for about 3 months.  When Baseball picks back up in Feb, sales will pick up quickly.  I am beginning to see a lot of movement again already.  That looks promising.