How many items should I have listed to start seeing one sale a day?

[bucaneros1973]

Hello all,

New part time seller here. Questions for you guys. I have been selling since the end of December 2023. Even though I have over 70 sells witch would average one per day I am not selling everyday. I have over 300 items listed mostly men's clothing. Just wondering how many items should I have listed to start seeing at least one sell per day?

Thank you all

[rosszonebricks]

It's not just sheer volume that will get you sales.  Higher demand items sell faster, lower demand items sell slower.

It seems you are selling mostly clothing, which unfortunately is a super-saturated market, so you are competing with millions of other sellers and billions of other items.

[bashort]

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@bucaneros1973 wrote:

Hello all,

New part time seller here. Questions for you guys. I have been selling since the end of December 2023. Even though I have over 70 sells witch would average one per day I am not selling everyday. I have over 300 items listed mostly men's clothing. Just wondering how many items should I have listed to start seeing at least one sell per day?

Thank you all

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ebay selling is a rollercoaster ride, has more to do with the demand for your items than how many items you have, here is what my last 31 day roller coaster looks like

[dhbookds]

Retail, anywhere, is up and down...........but the more items you have listed......the greater the chance of selling......

[kensgiftshop]

I don't think it matters how many you have listed, but what you have listed.

You could have a million listings and if no one is interested in the items, it isn't going to matter.

Don't know about other places, around here we can get all the used clothes we want for a couple bucks and don't have to pay shipping.

[bennotbill]

If your items are in demand they will sell rapidly no matter how many you have up.

Personally for what I sell it doesn't make any difference if I have 10 items or 70 items. I still seem to sell the same amount. So knowing that I just stick to what is a manageable amount for me.

[turtles-trading-post]

Menswear is super saturated category. I  was looking for a specific shirt and searched for “Columbia Omni-wick” and over 7000 listings were found. I sorted down by size, long sleeve and color and still had to wade through 100s of choices. Price wise the same shirt was $45 down to $10. I found the right one for $12 and it had “make offer” so I offered $10 and it was accepted. I did pay for shipping.  Good for the buyer but nobody made money!

[soh.maryl]

As well as competing with thrift stores etc.  Right now I could go to GW or other thrifts, buy something, pay for it, take it home, wear it.  As opposed to bid/buy on eBay, pay for item plus shipping and await its arrival for at least several days.  

[luckythewinner]

Just wondering how many items should I have listed to start seeing at least one sell per day?

Even within a category like clothing, the number of sales you get depends upon a whole host of factors - the most important of which IMHO is the level of demand for the item. at your price point. If demand is high enough, you can get one sale per day from a single listing. If demand is low enough, you might never get a sale.

IMHO it is the quality of your inventory, not the quantity, that attracts sales.

[vintage-camerastuff]

Just wondering how many items should I have listed to start seeing at least one sell per day?

723 I think!

[simba6]

Sales go as the crow flies.  Some days you sell others you don't.   Just have to sit tight and wait it out.

[redlinear]

One sale per day?  That all depends on what you are selling, and how much you are selling it for. (among a few other variables as well).
I saw a seller yesterday that has the same amount of listings that I do, 600ish.   It appears they average almost one per day. I average about 3 per day.  But, we sell completely different things.

I have another ID that was averaging 10 per day with 1,000 listings.   It's now around 5,000 listings and still, 10 per day average.

Another seller I see has 3.5 MILLION listings. And they average around 320 per day.  (do the math to see how many they would need to sell ONE item per day and it'll scare ya)

[12345jamesstamps]

Listing items every day might help.

Having a good 1000 listings.

And trying to get those "repeat buyers" does help during slow periods of the month.

And looking at competitors and lower your price from theirs...you can usually see them on your listed item for sale below your item for sale.

[redlinear]

I just now found one of, of not THE most impressive "setups" I have ever seen.
Seller on eBay with 12,000 items. 
Seems to average around 40 sales per day.
   That is from looking at sellers ebay listings and ebay sales.  However, I'm not sure if seller is ending ebay listings, due to sales on other venues.
Seller is cross listing to FB, their own website on Shopify, and maybe other places.
This is plain, straight up, to the point, clean, concise EVERYTHING.
Super Impressive!

[chapeau-noir]

I'm a clothing seller, too, smaller than most, but I seem to get along averaging one sale per day - if I average out over a month or so (i.e., some days nothing, other days 4 sales, etc.). So I wouldn't go by "one sale per day" - that will drive you crazy, because it doesn't work that way - footfall, etc., is really up and down in the entire retail sector and has always been that way, online and physical stores. Take a longer view.