Getting no views, sales way down, what to do?

[buyingtimenc]

I sell a variety of motorcycle and auto parts, mostly 70s/80s parts as a part of my restoration hobby. NOTHING is moving.  Very few looks at my BINs and auctions. I assume ebay wants us to pay for more exposure with the popups they place after every listing/relisting.  

I've been an ebay seller since virtually the beginning of ebay, with always a very high rating. I'm  very particular with my listing descriptions, etc, by no means sloppy verbiage, pics.  Always strong searchable titles. Not sure what to do other than to move to FB Marketplace for selling?? 

[handsonthewatch]

yeah, welcome to the new ebay lol. seller from 2001 here. Sales are dead. And they always blame the market. Ebay used to show us how our market was doing compared to last month and last year. So when I'd call in, and they blame the market for why MY sales are down 30% from last month and 40% from last year, I show them their little graph that shows the market is up 20%. And what did they do? DId they fix the issue? No. They got rid of the graph. 

[anch-4943]

Not sure how was your sales before, but I only saw 8 items from your listing. If you only want to sell 70s/80s motorcycle parts, I am not sure what to tell you. However, if you can sell video game or sport equipment, I am sure your views and sales will improve. Sorry for my two cents. 

[gamersbaystore]

I sell video games, and my sales are totally dead here. I have close to 300 games for sale here right now, nothing is moving. I list the same games on ebay's competitors sites and do far better than I do here.

To be honest, video games are not money makers in my opinion. In fact, I stopped buying up new stock of them over 2 years ago, they aren't very profitable and with the rise of digital gaming the physical media doesn't sell.

The majority of older games are all emulated too, which decreases the value of those games on the open market. Causal gamers, which make up the majority of buyers, aren't going to pay for something that's already free. Only the collectors buy now.

I sell like 10 DVDs/Blu-Rays for every single 1 game on average. Movies sell, games not so much.

[gamersbaystore]

Traffic on ebay is totally dead, but I don't know what type of sales you were expecting when you have nothing for sale. You have just 8 listings total.

I have close to 1,600 listings and I'm lucky if I get 1 sale a day, with no sales here today so far. Its slow!!!

My recommendation is to list more, and not put all your eggs in one basket, relying solely on ebay for sales.

I stopped listing on ebay this past week and started listing on competitor sites, and I'm actually getting sales again.

[handsonthewatch]

You gotta remember, that people have more than one selling account. My main account sells 100x what this account sells. But I'm not going to be showing anyone my main account, because I know some of the type of people that are on this site. 

[meme6253]

Welcome To The New & Improved!!

[lawnmowerpartsstore2]

Welcome to Ebay

[kelekt]

Yay...The "NEW" Ebay is just like Bonanza now (DEAD!).... good times (not!)

[stainlessenginecovers]

You have 8 things listed

1.) that is just not enough to even put a molecule in the needle in the haystack.

2.) just the 1st item I looked at: a 1980-81 Suzuki Turn Signal

1.) you stating 'it may fit other years' is not helpful, for buyers or yourself. Investigate that item- look at it on other websites and find out what years it REALLY fits. n

2.) you stating that 'something is broken" is also not helping you. 

For just those 2 reasons alone, I would be moving on to buy that item from 

a.) someone that knows what it fits

b.) one that does not have a 'part' that is broken

Fix those issues and you may help yourself a little better. 

[kelekt]

wow, the more I think about it I realize Ebay tried to be like Amazon but ended up more like Bonanza. sad & kinda funny but mostly sad.

[aqeeqsouq]

God Bless Ebay..

[patmos-8]

I sell used clothing, which everyone knows is notoriously over-saturated.  My sales, impressions, and views are all up over the last 90 days.  Maybe I'm just lucky?

[fashunu4eeuh]

You have long-tail items in a very specialized niche. As such, it is a waiting game for the seller. 

To make the long-tail strategy work better, ideally you’d want to list more of those specialized items. 

[joseh1445]

End every thing, and relist as sell similar.  Good luck on your selling journey.