NO sales in 20 days in TWO stores anyone having the same issue

[chantiquesandcollectibles]

We are trying to make sales and nothing is happening in our TWO stores for 20 days. Is there a glitch going on or bug. Is anyone having this issue and what can be done if anything. We only have a couple weeks to sell things and then must close our store. If anyone has a idea let us know its like our stores are shut off and closed. Please share any fixes thank you so much.

[dazzlecity]

Bonanza? Pulleze - Hades would freeze over before I could sell anything there. After 8 years there I totally gave up on them. Chinese have invaded them as well. Don't bother

[cadbury0007]

I noticed in the last week or so that the eBay search had been screwed up. I would search for an item that should have around a dozen matches, and the search brought up almost 2000 listings. From what I saw, almost none of the items on the list came close to what I was looking for. I wasn't willing to wade through the pages of non-relevant matches to find the few that did match, so I gave up, figuring I would wait a few days to try again. Ebay being eBay. Sometimes they tinker with things and then change it back when it doesn't work the way they thought it would.

[2nd-time-around-jewelry]

I am a seller from Canada. Have been reading the US posts here & can really sympathize with you.  Whatever has happened in the US with drop in sales, has been felt in Canada too. Dreading having the GTC forced on us soon. I have been buying & selling on eBay for about 17 years. Have never seen such a drought in sales as in the last 2 months. There have always been some dips in sales but they always picked up.  May have to consider downgrading or cancelling my store. I came to eBay to make a profit not to just end up paying for the fees only.

[moxiedrinker]

Hey, I am on a roll! Just got another bid on an item! I am on the way to being spoiled! 

[vinylrecon]

Same here-very few sales this month,worse than April. It's bizarre to say the least-seems like something very weird is going on? I am giving GTC a go just for the sake of trying something to get things rolling,but i will really be watching the ending dates

[chantiquesandcollectibles]

Thanks for the advice the trade shows might be interesting to try.  We had real stores before to sell in that was easy people in and out. however we moved in different states and decided to give the online a try rather than the real stores.  The online was a lot of work to learn what was expected and we  did our best to follow all the rules but  probably to a fault. Personally  I out  alone out of the  group thought  sales would increase  as we learned and became established online   but the opposite has been   true. Since sales are mainly up and down we held out for the ups but they have vanished into thin air with no explanation just theory.  Good luck in your endeavors and thanks again.

[chantiquesandcollectibles]

Thank you, yes people have wrote about the best match being one of the issues on the site. I just know that if I select one of items in a search outside of the  site it wont pull up our items like it used to. When you go on the ebay site yes there we are at the bottom of the heap last page we are invisible to most. Would be nice to sell some items in the next two weeks. Maybe they will remove the invisible cloak and allow us to be seen LOL

[chantiquesandcollectibles]

Its like someone turned the switch off on some of the sellers I have NEVER had this happen in the over 12 years we have sold on all stores. Wish they would investigate and find out the why and tech issues get them fixed. It was the best site WE told SO many people to sell here and now its like a grave yard. Something has happened wish we knew how to fix it. We are not greedy people but need to sell something for our time and make it worth while. The only good news is we downgraded from the 75.00 store so the fees are not as much when you don't sell anything. Take care hope you find your way.

[chantiquesandcollectibles]

I hope they figure it out soon for all the sellers and the buyers who are looking for items so they can find them.

Thanks for your responding.

[collectfest]

My best friend lives in Indiana and finds many shows to go to around there. Keep your eye out. Search the net for Indiana or antique or flea markets. You would be surprised what you'll find. 

[cfsayner]

I'm hot! I'm killing 'em. Why, just yesterday my first sale in three weeks was a German cookbook. I sold it for $3.95--with free shipping. I stand to realize a profit of about 29 cents.

When you're hot, you're hot...

[njrtsr]

Glancing at your store it appears that your prices are very high and that you're selling in categories that are overpopulated on ebay and just not collected as much as they used to be.

Looking at listing 283426159634 as an example. Your pictures are great, your description is detailed, and you seem to know what you're selling. But people aren't going to jump on it when it's over 100 including shipping. You're probably going to have to wait months or over a year to sell it at that price.

If I were in your shoes I would lower the prices greatly to be competitive and get things moving out the door. I would also explore related categories that are more popular with buyers.

[popeye3165]

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@chantiquesandcollectibles wrote:

We are trying to make sales and nothing is happening in our TWO stores for 20 days. Is there a glitch going on or bug. Is anyone having this issue and what can be done if anything. We only have a couple weeks to sell things and then must close our store. If anyone has a idea let us know its like our stores are shut off and closed. Please share any fixes thank you so much.

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Sorry to hear you are like so many other eBay sellers who are suffering from LACK OF SALES! All I can say is branch out try other venues if you are capable try having a yard sale or try selling at a flea market. Plus there is always CL & FB if your into that.

[computeraidllc]

I have two stores: one is the main store for computer stuff, the 2nd store is less than a year old selling baseball cards, as they were selling well on the computer store but using up space I needed for more profitable items. I resurrected an old account I used years ago to sell cards in and used eBay's new starter store. That store does okay but for $7.95 a month it was cheaper to pay for a second store than to move to a bigger store for my main account.

But the last 3 weeks sales have gotten to a point where I am lucky to sell an item a day when I would easily sell 25 - 40 items year around with spikes. I sold last week only 4 items which I haven't done a week like that in 3 or 4 years. The week before was only 8, before that was 10. Funny thing is that every item when I searched for it, shows up at or near the top of the search results and most items I have are listed now are iPhone cases for the latest model which should be flying off the shelf.

[clu3]

I have local vendor space in a flea market style venue, it's crazy busy every weekend.  Maybe people miss the thrill of the hunt and actual interaction with real people. Shipping expenses may be another factor.

I don't necessarily get high prices but all sales are final and the freedom from photographing, describing, shipping, worrying about SNAD's and temperamental buyers is worth it. (And the inventory is NOT in my house!)

It's interesting that buyers are definitely the 40 to 80 year old crowd.  This was eBay's buyer stronghold forever - until they decided to pursue the younger market with electronics and focus on new items, revamping the site appearance, algorithms, etc.

If you're really serious about having a closing sale for the next two weeks, you should probably cut prices drastically.  At least Ebay will email past viewers with your price changes.  Might help.