eBay

jpcustomsonline · ‎11-04-2017

my sales average $300 a day. Just been like this for years. I've had an occasional one day with no sales. But 3 days straight? I've lost almost $1000 in sales, with no explanation whatsover. I can't survive at this pace, especially after how many bills I had to pay 1st of the month. This is absolutly the worse time for this to be happening. Is this isolated to me, or is anyone else experiencing this?

emerald40 · ‎11-04-2017

@highway58_sales wrote:
Yes, a lot of people still wear watches. lol

According to my search, that is debatable.

usedgoodsforsale2021 · ‎11-04-2017

okay, you're right, no one wears them anymore.

pickerdeals · ‎11-05-2017

eBay is a dead horse .
They do nothing to attract buyers

calntom · ‎11-05-2017

@highway58_sales wrote:
Looking at anothers completeds and solds could give you the wrong information. My solds have been a hot mess since summer, rarely accurate in number or items. Yesterday I saw one sold listing in mine that is from 2016 and also it was showing more than the past 60 days worth- since mid-August. It has only been showing a history of 60 days or less for months.

Drawing metrics from a sellers "sold listings" is one of the poorest metrics ebay provides as far as accuracy goes.

emerald40 · ‎11-05-2017

@highway58_sales wrote:
okay, you're right, no one wears them anymore.

Not what I was getting at. It is not absolute.

But more people are wearing those fit bits and Apple watches.

And from what I am observing in public more people are checking the time on their phones. It is practically glued to some peoples hands anyway.

Also at a lot of companies you no longer have to dress up anymore. So imo less people are wearing the traditional watch.

nawlinsron2 · ‎11-05-2017

I fall back on a quote from the immortal Yogi Berra...it sort of applies to ebay:
"Nobody goes there anymore...it's too crowded."

frock_my_world · ‎11-05-2017

I decided to try using the Promoted Listing (or whatever it is called, where you will pay more IF the item sells), for all of my items and this has been one of the worst couple of weeks ever in sales....since I began fooling around with trying promoted listings.....meh. Ready to cancel that and just go back to regular Markdown Manager which usually seems to help with increasing my bottom line consistently.

nawlinsron2 · ‎11-05-2017

In a not too crowded category, I can't rationalize using PL...especially when buyers sort by PRICE.
If you're promoted and LeRoy ain't...but he's $5 less and on the same page...who gets the buy 75% of the time?

frock_my_world · ‎11-05-2017

Well, I thought in a crowded of a category as Clothing, I could use the help and wanted to at least give it a shot. I never thought sales would go down rather than up.

nawlinsron2 · ‎11-05-2017

There's a number of threads (no pun intended) on here about PL making little or no diff.

castlemagicmemories · ‎11-05-2017

@emerald40 wrote:
@castlemagicmemories wrote:
Op, Emerald has a very good point that puts this into perspective for you.

Sales are not guaranteed.

Very sorry you had this dry spell in sales, but hopefully that will turn around very soon. Everyone has dry spells.
I just checked what the OP was selling.

Do people even wear watches today. I use my phone when I want to check the time.

I would think people still wear watches.

Fashion accessory.

Nice gift item.

More convenient than a phone.

Just my thoughts.

valuestore · ‎11-05-2017

Just go down to local costco and list everthing in the store at cost, collect the 2% rebate every year...problem solved.

castlemagicmemories · ‎11-05-2017

@nawlinsron2 wrote:
There's a number of threads (no pun intended) on here about PL making little or no diff.

That's true, I haven't seen anyone raving about the results they got using it.

turquoisetulips · ‎11-05-2017

I would think people still wear watches.

Fashion accessory.

Nice gift item.

More convenient than a phone.

Just my thoughts. Castlemagic --

Watches can also fall under the collectors catagory , Mickey mouse, Frozen , The nightmare before Christmas ,Clint Eastwood, John Wayne and even I love Lucy ,, just to name a few .

odditiesandantiquities1 · ‎11-05-2017

@turquoisetulips wrote:
I would think people still wear watches.

Fashion accessory.

Nice gift item.

More convenient than a phone.

Just my thoughts. Castlemagic --

Watches can also fall under the collectors catagory , Mickey mouse, Frozen , The nightmare before Christmas ,Clint Eastwood, John Wayne and even I love Lucy ,, just to name a few .

For me I am allergic to all metals except gold over 14K. I never wore a watch. I couldn't afford one. Now I do have a lovely gold watch, but I can't wear it very often, because I'm not used to wearing one. How silly is that?