eBay

mypostingid15 · ‎09-15-2018

I don't think ebay is helping me sell my items, I have over 1200 items listed and sold 2 last week, not even enough to cover the fees, why?
I sell in all categories, so it's not that
I have very competative pricing, so it's not that
I have 100% feed back, so ir's not that

I offer free shipping, free returns, free anything, so it's not that
I go out of my way to help and provide service to my customers, so it's not that

I use promotions and auctions, so it's not that

Last week, I listed over 150 auctions and only one sold for under $10

So, what is it?

lqdtechoutlet · ‎09-15-2018

A lot of us are going through the same thing. I haven't sold an item in almost 3 days and had just barely enough to cover feebays monthly charge. They took every dime that I owned.

Lowering the prices on my items has done nothing. A lot of my items are at the top of the list in Ebay's search engine.

Ridiculous!

luckythewinner · ‎09-15-2018

@mypostingid15 wrote:
I don't think ebay is helping me sell my items, I have over 1200 items listed and sold 2 last week, not even enough to cover the fees, why?
I sell in all categories, so it's not that
I have very competative pricing, so it's not that
I have 100% feed back, so ir's not that
I offer free shipping, free returns, free anything, so it's not that
I go out of my way to help and provide service to my customers, so it's not that
I use promotions and auctions, so it's not that
Last week, I listed over 150 auctions and only one sold for under $10
So, what is it?

Maybe the buyers who come to eBay just don't want the item you are selling?

Without seeing your listings, we can't really offer much help.

turquoisetulips · ‎09-15-2018

@lqdtechoutlet wrote:
A lot of us are going through the same thing. I haven't sold an item in almost 3 days and had just barely enough to cover feebays monthly charge. They took every dime that I owned.

Lowering the prices on my items has done nothing. A lot of my items are at the top of the list in Ebay's search engine.

Ridiculous!

They just took most of my money too plus my yearly renewal fee for my store . Its not so bad when you have sales ,, but this is awful . Tulips

orangehound · ‎09-15-2018

As luckythewinner pointed out, it is hard to give you any real suggestions without seeing your inventory and listings ... but here's a bunch of stuff that I'm just pulling out of the air for you

Maybe your listings are not mobile friendly
Maybe your account sells drop-shipped items, and eBay has now lumped you in with all the other drop-shippers they are trying to get rid of
Maybe you have multiple seller defects
Maybe your items are just not selling because they aren't in demand ... anywhere by any seller on any site
Maybe your items have a lot of views, but not sales, and eBay is demoting them in search
Maybe your photos are poor
Maybe your listings have a lot of "legal" terms in them that scare away buyers
Maybe your overall Sales Conversion Rate is very low (well below, say, 1%), and eBay is not boosting any of your inventory.
Maybe you call customer service too much, and eBay is penalizing you
Maybe you misrepresent the location of your items
Maybe you sell from a country with a high fraud rate
Maybe your seller ID is connected to another ID (e.g., same address) that has gotten poor ratings in the past.

parkersparrow · ‎09-15-2018

I myself am down about 30% from this time last year. I notice I have better sales when I focus on fewer categories and have less than 800 or so items. I feel like buyers start to lose interest when there is too many pages to look at.

books...forthememories · ‎09-15-2018

@mypostingid15 wrote:
I don't think ebay is helping me sell my items, I have over 1200 items listed and sold 2 last week, not even enough to cover the fees, why?
I sell in all categories, so it's not that
I have very competative pricing, so it's not that
I have 100% feed back, so ir's not that
I offer free shipping, free returns, free anything, so it's not that
I go out of my way to help and provide service to my customers, so it's not that
I use promotions and auctions, so it's not that
Last week, I listed over 150 auctions and only one sold for under $10
So, what is it?

ebay not showing our listings?...

mypostingid15 · ‎09-15-2018

@luckythewinner wrote:
@mypostingid15 wrote:
I don't think ebay is helping me sell my items, I have over 1200 items listed and sold 2 last week, not even enough to cover the fees, why?
I sell in all categories, so it's not that
I have very competative pricing, so it's not that
I have 100% feed back, so ir's not that
I offer free shipping, free returns, free anything, so it's not that
I go out of my way to help and provide service to my customers, so it's not that
I use promotions and auctions, so it's not that
Last week, I listed over 150 auctions and only one sold for under $10
So, what is it?
Maybe the buyers who come to eBay just don't want the item you are selling?

Without seeing your listings, we can't really offer much help.

I am not asking for your help.

directfashion · ‎09-15-2018

Year by year I see sales going down. It's just the fact that more and more sellers are coming. One that holds till many dies will be successful. 😛

kythrill · ‎09-15-2018

Hmmm... maybe it is your attitude...

mademelle · ‎09-18-2018

Boy, coming here for moral support and getting a bunch of jackals is pretty lame, isn't it? I feel for you. 😞

ed8108 · ‎09-18-2018

@directfashion wrote:
Year by year I see sales going down. It's just the fact that more and more sellers are coming. One that holds till many dies will be successful.

current dismal state of ebay today

ed8108 · ‎09-18-2018

Ebay needs to start spending some of that fee increase money on manny more tv spots to attract more buyers ASAP

thevintagesilvershop · ‎09-18-2018

@mypostingid15 wrote:
@luckythewinner wrote:
@mypostingid15 wrote:
I don't think ebay is helping me sell my items, I have over 1200 items listed and sold 2 last week, not even enough to cover the fees, why?
I sell in all categories, so it's not that
I have very competative pricing, so it's not that
I have 100% feed back, so ir's not that
I offer free shipping, free returns, free anything, so it's not that
I go out of my way to help and provide service to my customers, so it's not that
I use promotions and auctions, so it's not that
Last week, I listed over 150 auctions and only one sold for under $10
So, what is it?
Maybe the buyers who come to eBay just don't want the item you are selling?

Without seeing your listings, we can't really offer much help.
I am not asking for your help.

So, you are expecting EBAY to help you?

coolections · ‎09-18-2018

Ebay DOES NOT help you sell your items. You are on your own.You list at a reasonable cost. You list items buyers want. THAT is what will help you sell your items. If you sell clothes, jewelry or sports cards you are out of luck, too many already listed. For every item that sells in those categories you have a 1/1000 chance of being the lucky seller.