How about we hear an eBay success story?

[sakic92710]

By this, I mean, we hear from a seller who makes $500-600+ a week, steadily and, they do not have 3-4 employees plus 25,000 listings or a closet full of iPhones.  lol  A seller who works completely alone.  I have been on eBay since 2001.  I have had successful weeks, on occasion.  I've had a day where I sold over $2000.  Now??  Hard pressed to make $100 a week.  There is a local shop where I can pick up 5 tasty chicken fingers & a large coleslaw.  My sales this week could not cover the cost of buying this meal.  Please do not consider yourself a success if you had 14 sales in 3 weeks & 'earned' $700.  🙂    I'm talking about $2000+ a month; every month.  Good luck to us all.   PS - It is not the economy causing such a drastic drop in sales.  Low income people do not make that many purchases to affect eBay like this.  They can shove their PL blackmail.  I pay enough of a % out of my sales AND give away free money on a % of my shipping cost where eBay offers ZERO services for that %.

[yuzuha]

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@sakic92710 wrote:

Most of the ones I see listed are priced higher than mine.  11 to be exact.  

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And none of those have sold. The only ones that HAVE sold have been for much, much less.

[sakic92710]

That's fine.  I don't cater to the buyers who want something for nothing.

[yuzuha]

Which is your right, but then don't complain about not getting any sales. Those sellers who are offering the same item you are for much less are the ones who are going to be getting the sales.

[coolections]

Giving the OP proof of what you say or even suggestions on how to improve does no good. I have many times and get the same response you got.

[nilsenavi-93]

Thank you!!

[nilsenavi-93]

👍

[lasantino]

i see you sell luxury bags.  Can i ask, have you had any issues at all with the ebay handbag authentification process?

[lasantino]

she said 6 figure..  but that's a wide range of number.  60,000 a month is 720,000 a year.  gross. 

subtract out ebay fees and shipping  which will total anywhere from 15-20%,  

the bags look to be in super nice condition. so if she's netting over 100,000 a year. that's pretty good. 

[lasantino]

ha,,, i was pretty close.

[sakic92710]

Except you NEVER have.

[sakic92710]

You mentioned 1 item out of over 200.  I can & will complain about not getting sales.  Enjoy your weekend.   🙂

[yuzuha]

Oh I will, I already have three things to ship on Monday. 🙂

[weldtronics]

Thank you very much, it motivates me!

[forward-motion]

I am as successful as I want to be on eBay. The past two years have been record breaking years. I am by myself. Average over $2000.00 per month. The past couple months I have slacked off due to taking a new position at my real job and working more hours. I have found that listing and selling go hand in hand. If I'm not putting in the time it doesn't just happen on it's own. 

[ulfesharpe]

You work a lot and you move a lot of money around. Great. Problem is, fees keep between 13%- 20% of the money you move around, not of the money you actually make. Before taxes.