Hey everybody - just curious if anybody has even thought to check this that sells regularly/run an actual full scale ebay business. So I checked my international sales because of all the stuff going on in the world and since March 1st, I sold a $60 item on the 3rd, going to europe, then another on the 13th, and another on the 14th. All to France and the UK, both for less than $10 each.
Comparatively for March - for us being a vintage clothing store, spring/early spring is a rebound from the lull of the winter, and March is a month we typically pick up. When things are going good, it's $500-$600 a day or so and about 1/6 of that is international sales that typically account for 2-3 daily sales worth around $75 to $100 PER DAY. As you can see above, we're on March 17th, and we've had a total of 3 international sales for the entire stretch. So obviously you see what I'm saying - our international sales have just totally fallen off a cliff, vanished. Normally by the 17th of March we'd have around $1,500-$2,000 type range of international gross sales, down to less than $100.
For those of you looking for a reason as to why ebay is down this and that, it's true they're always a mess, but please take a minute and check your own sales if you sell regularly/run a business on here. There isn't an easy way to filter international isolated out, but you can use your app to manually go through your sales and international sales show up with a little blue mark next to it. I'm just curious to see if this truly is international customers abandoning buying from US sellers like it seems, and I want more info to see if this bumps with others.
