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[carbideliquidator]

 My sales are down 93.1% in the last 31 Days.....something is seriously wrong with Ebay

[onefootflipper1]

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@carbideliquidator wrote:

What I've been saying is Ebay is not a light switch......your sales can bleed off due to many reasons (I understand all that)...but your sales don't all of a sudden turn off for 31 days, like the light switch....it's impossible !.....what I do get from these message boards, is it's always the sellers fault.....Ebay is and always will be blameless !

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Oh, you can absolutely get the shadow ban.  If people aren't clicking on your items and not buying them when they do then ebay will show your items less and less often.

But don't dismiss the possibility that your entire drop could be traced back to the actions of one competitor reverbing through your specialty.  A few years ago I bought two vanloads of merchandise for the "Flames of War" wargame series and I single handedly dominated that game's category for almost a year.  I am sure there were sellers who specialized in that whose sales just turned off, just from me.

[carbideliquidator]

I'd go along with your 2nd sentence...but isn't that on Ebay ?......it gets back to what I've been saying "something is wrong with Ebay, something has changed".....as a seller on Ebay, how do I correct or identify what Ebay has done ?

[carbideliquidator]

I hope what you're saying is true, and it's my competitors causing the problems (I don't believe it).....because I can slowly keep offering higher discounts to all my products for sale....time will tell, but I still believe Ebay has problems....and laying off 9% of their workforce could be indications !

[slippinjimmy]

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@carbideliquidator wrote:

 My sales are down 93.1% in the last 31 Days.....something is seriously wrong with Ebay

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Have you compared this year to the same time period in previous years?

I had a nice (but short) run up prior to Christmas and up until just before New Years. Since then sales have tailed off until this week. Looking back at 2020, 2021 & 2022 I see a very similar pattern. From memory (not going into the archives) this has been the pattern for as long as I can remember even back in my B&M days before eBay.

[carbideliquidator]

If I was selling consumer retail, you would have a viable question...but I'm not...My sales a specific to manufacturing...it can fall off during the holiday period, but the holidays don't effect purchases for an entire month....and if it did, it would be hit and miss.....something is up with Ebay, and the best they can say is "we're laying off 9% of our workforce"......just coincidence ?...I don't think so 

[chapeau-noir]

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@carbideliquidator wrote:

If I was selling consumer retail, you would have a viable question...but I'm not...My sales a specific to manufacturing...it can fall off during the holiday period, but the holidays don't effect purchases for an entire month....and if it did, it would be hit and miss.....something is up with Ebay, and the best they can say is "we're laying off 9% of our workforce"......just coincidence ?...I don't think so 

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I would still look at what onefootflipper says and not just dismiss it. An abrupt cut off isn't because somehow people aren't buying after Christmas, or it's snowing, or taxes or due or there's a football game - these are not really 'reasons' so much as possible contributors. Also I doubt layoffs are doing anything, either - that's not going to abruptly change search and availability at the end-stage. I'd still look at what your market and competitors are doing. I'm in a volatile market and I've seen what competitors can do. It's really better not to keep hanging on to "well, this hasn't happened before" and start looking at WHY.

[carbideliquidator]

You're  back to "it's always the sellers fault".....and as far as "start looking why".......I can't get into Ebay's  internal business workings....I can only control what I do, and that has worked for over 20 years, Top Rated Seller, Power Seller, 100% Feedback......No, I didn't turn the light switch off.......Ebay did !

[yuzuha]

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@carbideliquidator wrote:

I can only control what I do, and that has worked for over 20 years, Top Rated Seller, Power Seller, 100% Feedback......No, I didn't turn the light switch off.......Ebay did !

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There's your problem right there. Markets change. New competitors come in. Market prices drop. Etc, etc.

Doing exactly the same thing for 20 years and believing that nothing will ever change is, quite frankly, short-sighted. I don't sell the same things I sold even three years ago. Why? Because the market has changed and those things don't sell anymore.

[carbideliquidator]

Don't you think I know that after 20 years of selling on Ebay ?......and who said I was doing the same exact thing for 20 years ? ......but what you don't understand is the difference between bleeding off sales (by not changing ways to meet with times).....to everything is fine as of all last year.....to Nothing, No Sales in Last 31 Days.........it's the light switch affect....."OFF"

[farmalljr]

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@carbideliquidator wrote:

You're  back to "it's always the sellers fault".....and as far as "start looking why".......I can't get into Ebay's  internal business workings....I can only control what I do, and that has worked for over 20 years, Top Rated Seller, Power Seller, 100% Feedback......No, I didn't turn the light switch off.......Ebay did !

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If you are not willing to take any responsibility, then keep on crying about no sales. You are obviously content to sit around complaining about eBay and not tackle the problem. I told you before you are NOT Grainger or McMaster Carr. You are not a normal supplier here, you rely on google or buyers coming here to search for your products.

You apparently do not understand how buyers will likely search for your goods. Most of the will go to Google first, looking for specifics. Google then shows them places they can buy what they searched for. Since you no longer get advertising with Google UNLESS you PAY for it, well, you are getting NO Google traffic. That would easily explain why your sales dropped off a cliff. Your traffic all came from Google before. Now you have NONE. 

eBay said they were no longer going to advertise with Google, and if you want to, you will need to pay. So, either you need to pay, or you can keep responding to this thread crying about a "light switch". You need to do something other than whine here. I don't care how many years you have been selling. Kmart was in business longer than you and they too have no sales. Big surprise. 

Attacking the people here that are trying to help you is not real smart. No one is obligated to help you or reply to your questions/comments. I honestly have no worries if you sell or you tank. It's your business, not mine. You can either listen to the advice, or you can continue blaming everyone but yourself. I don't really care. 

[carbideliquidator]

and one other thing, I don't sell what you do......I'm an expert in the field that I'm selling in, what I sell is needed today, was needed yesterday, was needed 20 years ago, and will be needed in the future....unless all manufacturing in the USA closes...so no, I'm not going to start selling beanie babies on Ebay to diversify 

[carbideliquidator]

Why reply to me ?

[mr_lincoln]

@carbideliquidator 

Have you ever run any Promoted listing campaigns?

[carbideliquidator]

I have, back when you paid for the percentage of promotion you would like....it did nothing for me in my field 

[stainlessenginecovers]

31 days would be back to December 26, although not a lot, you've had 3 sales- 12/26, 1/1, 1/9- so it's NOT a light switch; but close. 

What is the 'views' from 'outside' show compared to last month, month before etc. 

My BIL has been making those type items for 40 years, went in own business 20 years ago and the past 5 have been terrible with the last year about putting them out of business. 

WAY too much competition, 'cheap' stuff from 'elsewhere' (and not honestly showing that's where it is coming from and or coming from Southern Cal-warehouses FULL of Chinese stuff being sold as 'In US' but many don't realize where it's REALLY coming from).