eBay

jennur_10 · ‎03-19-2023

inhawaii · ‎03-19-2023

Yes. People come here every day to report a "drop in sales" yesterday, last week, last month.

Some even give a specific date when their sales have dropped.

This has been going on for 20 years.

Drops in sales are quite common.

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shag182 · ‎03-19-2023

Has anyone else had a huge drop in sales over the last week?

YEP! Get in line. There's tons of sellers ahead of you with the same concerns. Not normal drops, decreases in sales, but like someone turning off the faucet to drip drip. Likely due to ALL the mind numbing "what were you thinking" negative changes impacting BOTH Buyers and Sellers. Example: What's with the 50/50 chance of getting the HIDE and SEEK of the DESCRIPTION of the listing??? Plus a slew of other changes making it more difficult for buyers and sellers to navigate.

hartungcards · ‎03-19-2023

From what I've seen and read on here, eBay has been hiding listings, throttling sales and simply removing listings from search so that nothing sells. I'm sure this is all true and any or all of the above may be happening to you.

ckimodog · ‎03-19-2023

@jennur_10

It appears to be a very common topic here on the forum. Lets hope it doesn't last.

erikstuff · ‎03-20-2023

Yep. Haven't had even ONE sale in 8 days... with over 400 listings. Headed for probably my worst month ever.

meme6253 · ‎03-20-2023

Yes, I Have Been Getting Sales But Few & Sometimes Far Between, But mainly a Down Turn!

toysaver · ‎03-20-2023

I was dry Thursday, Friday and Saturday but had activity on Sunday. Praise the Lord. I can't remember ever going 3 days without a sale. To compensate I try to stay home and not spend money if there was no activity the previous day. Such are the times we live in. I think it's a combination of related issues including post pandemic, the economy and a changing population.

I don't think it is a deliberative action by eBay. They depend on the fees generated by sales.

mr.emk · ‎03-20-2023

Sales have been down since after the holidays. I'd guess it's due to the continued inflation, raise in interest rates and general uncertainty of the economic future.

I've managed to still get some sales by lowering opening bids on items. Not sure if that will work for you.

Best of luck in future sales.

lotzofuniquegoodies · ‎03-20-2023

@mr.emk wrote:
Sales have been down since after the holidays. I'd guess it's due to the continued inflation, raise in interest rates and general uncertainty of the economic future.
I've managed to still get some sales by lowering opening bids on items. Not sure if that will work for you.
Best of luck in future sales.

@mr.emk

I blame it on how search NOW works (sung over a chorus of Blame it the Rain. Only because random drops of sales could be considered as annoying as that song. Apologies to all the mega fans of Milli Vanilli!!

Back to your un lip sync'd programming.

-Lotz

chapeau-noir · ‎03-20-2023

@lotzofuniquegoodies wrote:
@mr.emk wrote:
Sales have been down since after the holidays. I'd guess it's due to the continued inflation, raise in interest rates and general uncertainty of the economic future.
I've managed to still get some sales by lowering opening bids on items. Not sure if that will work for you.
Best of luck in future sales.
@mr.emk
I blame it on how search NOW works (sung over a chorus of Blame it the Rain. Only because random drops of sales could be considered as annoying as that song. Apologies to all the mega fans of Milli Vanilli!!

Back to your un lip sync'd programming.

-Lotz

Search has actually been pretty borked up in the last week with auto-correct problems, replicate search returns, etc.

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laststopgeneralstore · ‎03-20-2023

Nope, havn't had any unusual drop in sales other than what normally happens with selling goods/services. In fact the only times I've had really bad drops in sales was because I was either changing things around in my store, getting rid of old inventory that wasn't selling for going on vacation. Worry about your quarterly and monthly averages not the day to day or week to week. I look at mine on a 4 month basis or 3 times per year. If your selling good items that people want that also have a 70%+ sell thru rate, have a good listing, return policy, price, shipping cost etc... then you will most likely not see any drop in sales other than the usual up's and down's.

Good Luck.