10-18-2017 03:58 AM
I have a question regarding promoted listings. We see 40 results in a general search. If 10 are promoted listing. Does this mean 10 unpromoted items are not being seen. Is this the cause of our traffic decrease? We see traffic dropping from 6555 views in May - to 3195 in Sept. This also has resulted in a 50 percent decrease in sales. Same 2 months. Also, when did ebay start Promoted listings on all items including single qty listings?
Traffic = 6555 May - items sold = 83
Traffic = 4929 June - items sold = 62
Traffic = 4611 July - items sold = 64
Traffic = 4199 Aug. - items sold = 65
Traffic = 3195 Sept. - items sold = 46
We see over 50% less traffic which results in greater than 50% decrease in sales.
10-23-2017 07:55 AM - edited 10-23-2017 07:57 AM
I have been selling on eBay for about 10 years, first for myself, and now for someone else. I used to to turn myself into a pretzel trying to figure out what causes these downturns and spent hours and days making changes in my listings to try to reverse the trends. It never really helped, and sometimes I would end up changing everything back. I don't do this anymore. My sales dropped tremendously coinciding with just about the time frame that supposedly the reporting data for promoted listings was incorrect. I don't know if it was just a reporting issue or not. May just have been a coincidence. My point being, all any of us can do is follow the updated guidelines we are given when eBay makes changes to this marketplace, just like any other marketplace, and do the best we can.
10-23-2017 08:03 AM
My point was, you should see a decline EVERY year from disaster areas. You may personally sell more to the ones that were hit this year but, thet would not contribute to everyone's downturn. Think beyond your own box.
10-23-2017 08:09 AM
To be honest, unless you sell items specificly for those areas, it still makes little sense that it would give even just you that much of a decline from last year. We had a couple major hurricanes last year (I live in an area that was hit) and major fires. This nothing new. I understand that your sales are lower in those areas, but you should have had a similar downturn last year.
I think you need to look at your numbers from last year and re-evaluate.
10-23-2017 10:50 AM
Ebay regulates sales now for sellers. I can have 5000 items for sale or as high as 50,000 and my stores do the same money every month
Ebay is a lost cause for sellers
10-23-2017 10:51 AM
I used to do big numbers on ebay, things reallyt changed in 2011? Whatever it was I have never had good sales again.
10-24-2017 12:32 PM
Something is severely wrong. There have been major changes that we are unaware about. My sales were through the roof and now im getting less than 10 views on my listings in a month when the average was over 200+. My printer was going off like crazy everyday all day and now it shuts off automatically after 5 hours and stays off until i eventually get a sale. The clerks at the post office are commenting where all of my pachages are!! I have made no changes to my store or prices, only added promotions to hopefully increase sales. That did not help at all. I have actually dropped my prices but never made a difference because they are not getting views. Views mean everything! If something cant be seen, it cant be sold!If i list something for 2 dollars but gets no views, it cant be sold! So What is going on here??? Is there a resolution to this issue. Stores are barely surviving when they were once making a fortune.......??????
10-24-2017 12:38 PM
Something it seem not right I was doing pretty Good and it been a couple of days
so slow not sales at all
10-24-2017 12:47 PM
I wish we could get some answers from ebay on this matter.Any explanation would be nice at this point.Too many sellers doing poorly without a good reason.And during this time of poor sales, no promotions either.Have not had a listing promotion in a year now.
10-24-2017 05:33 PM
BIG FAT 0 SALES in the last two days! This is awful! 😞
10-24-2017 05:38 PM
People buy on here in spurts. It's been like that forever. It's a lull before all the holiday spending starts.
10-25-2017 07:00 AM
i dont know if you have gotten your items listed using the HTTPS? I did see if items contain http they will be blocked from viewing. I have went through mine did the HTTPS update.
So you need to go into item description HTML tab click find and replace. Type in the find area HTTP and in the replace area type HTTPS.
You can do this in the bulk editor too. Hope this helps
10-25-2017 07:36 AM
@oldedale wrote:I have a question regarding promoted listings. We see 40 results in a general search. If 10 are promoted listing. Does this mean 10 unpromoted items are not being seen. Is this the cause of our traffic decrease? We see traffic dropping from 6555 views in May - to 3195 in Sept. This also has resulted in a 50 percent decrease in sales. Same 2 months. Also, when did ebay start Promoted listings on all items including single qty listings?
Traffic = 6555 May - items sold = 83
Traffic = 4929 June - items sold = 62
Traffic = 4611 July - items sold = 64
Traffic = 4199 Aug. - items sold = 65
Traffic = 3195 Sept. - items sold = 46
We see over 50% less traffic which results in greater than 50% decrease in sales.
I can't see why it wouldn't affect traffic. eBay puts big emphasis on promoted listings. It's a larger revenue stream for eBay. I even have a live person from eBay call me on the phone to offer me and encourage me to sign up for promoted listings! When that happens, I can't help but to wonder why eBay would put so much effort to convience sellers to use promoted listings and the "reprecussions" for not using promoted listings.
I had been contacted a few times by live eBay representative (not initiated by me) to convience me to purchase an eBay store. At that time, I was getting extra monthly free listings plus I was making sales... So I decided against opening up an eBay store. Then after a couple of month, I stopped receiving additional free promotional listings. Maybe it's a coincident, maybe not... you decide.
10-25-2017 12:56 PM
10-25-2017 01:02 PM
I am assuming by your comments that you are in the USA as you mention Hurricanes and wildfires
I am on the seller Hub in the UK and do not know why your comments are appearing on ebay UK never the less Sales on ebay UK have fallen since mid september acording to alot of comments that I have read on the sellers board here in short October is terrible and after talking to customer service here they tell me everything is fine......I have a difference of opinion sales do not drop off suddenly as if someone turned off a light switch
10-25-2017 01:03 PM
I have also seen a decline in sales, and have been selling for six years. Sometimes, I even wonder if I'm actually connected. Recently had 3 sales with no payments.
I think there is competition out there with neighborhood groups, Etsy, etc. It's been sloooow. One complaint I have is that many of my "Buy it Now or Best Offer" listings don't have the best offers listed. I am constantly going back to check, finding so many blanks where best offers should be. Has this happened to you?