Keep Listing, Keep Listing, Keep Stockpiling!!

[meme6253]

All you ever here is keep listing,keep listing, But with sales as slow as they are, I keep stockpiling,I mean come on already, say you list 20 item's & 2 sell,You see what I mean!

[heckofagame]

If you have items to list and things are slow, then take advantage of that down time and list more. You don't necessarily have to acquire more inventory, but you should definitely list what you have. 

[simba6]

You never know what will sell or when.  Can't sell if it's not listed.

[cyberontix]

Eh, no one has any money. Consumers are broke, with continued greed-based inflation and a completely pointless interest rate hike. Peeps are using their Amex cards to buy groceries now. I'm amazed anyone's selling anything at all. There needs to be a price freeze and we need to get rid of the Federal Reserve.

[tobaccocardyahoo]

If you sell to collectors rather than consumers demand is less predictable, promotion and advertising are not very effective and your sell through rate will be between bad and abominable.

Your pricing should reflect the costs of carrying inventory for relatively long periods of time. Economic hard times hit items collected by lower income people disproportionately hard.

[m60driver]

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@meme6253 wrote:

All you ever here is keep listing,keep listing, But with sales as slow as they are, I keep stockpiling,I mean come on already, say you list 20 item's & 2 sell,You see what I mean!

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I have no idea what you mean but when sales are slow one needs to focus on cash flow and that might mean swallowing one's pride and lowering prices.  The last thing one wants to do is spend more than your cash flow is generating unless it is one screaming deal.  The one thing many of us small sellers on Ebay have as a backstop is that we can normally sell our stale goods at cost at an occasional garage sale to generate cash for future purchases.   My primary issue is that my particular business model, buying at local estate sales,  is that finding good inventory for purchase is becoming more scarce.  Other business models may vary.

[selsa84]

I agree. The amount of people I see at estate and yard sales is insane. Alot of is the YT videos saying what they are buying and selling and what they are getting for it. I see prices at my local goodwill that are so inflated few people are even going now. 

[hartungcards]

If I listed 20 items and two sold, that would make my day.

[nilis13]

Ive been listing constantly.  No sales. Been a seller since 2005. Last month was the worst. Now continuing into a new month no sales. Seriously considering getting rid of my store. I sold more yesterday on another site than i have 2 weeks on here. Listing new items apparently means nothing.

[cardsforauction]

If you need sales, you may need to make the tough decision and sell at a loss, break even, or  settle for a very small profit on some items.   Maybe there are some items  you're willing to part with at a bargain price for your customers.   

[mementomoria]

I have stopped sourcing and pretty much am focusing on all of my death piles. Saving lots of money and time by only listing what I have. 

[toomuchstuffagain35]

It's called 'inventory creep'. What happens when there's more coming in than going out.

Know it all too well.

[meme6253]

The whole point is running out of room,& keep listing only makes more work when ebay drops their bombs on us, Like item specifics!

[toomuchstuffagain35]

And hopefully those "bargain" deals will bring in customers willing to spend more for current stock, not expect you to lower those items as well.

[lonz55]

I have stopped sourcing also unless I find something that I can't turn down. I have plenty of inventory that I have not had time to get to over the years and getting paid for items with a devalued dollar I am not going to reduce the price of my items.