No Sales , Why do we need to be paying store subscriptions?

[ony_chine]

I am feeling the  impact of eBay  allowing more free listing. Maybe, I might closed my store and just be  selling  based on free listing. Who else is having this challenge?  eBay takes subscription fee from me every month for no justifiable reason , clothing people  please reply. 

[ony_chine]

Lols, are shoes no longer part of clothing category? I am in clothing category. 

[ony_chine]

I invited everyone  in the community for a discussion but you saying I invited you for advice, is nothing but self aggrandizement.  You need to have a requisite business qualification  and experience to advise, so it is not proper to use the word "ADVICE".  We are generally here to learn from one another.

[chapeau-noir]

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@ony_chine wrote:

Your reply sounds great on paper, there's a limit for everything.  It is not always true that the more you list/display items, the more you sell/gain, there are many factors involved.  You got to remember the law of diminishing returns, if you over list  items , you will see a downward curve because there are too many of such item on display, who does that hurt? My answer is the seller, its not gonna hurt the platform providers at all because they got many subscribers. Also the more you sell based on the more you list, does not mean you are making gains.  If I'm listing 100 items every month and making $50/month, it is not the same as listing 1000 items and making $50/month. eBay should create a balance in her strategies such that as eBay is progressing, her sellers will be progressing too.

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Well, that all comes down to WHAT you are selling - it's up to you to use your knowledge and do some research.

[johnrj1226]

Yes they are in a sub category of Clothing,Shoes, Accessories - the sub categories add more specific definition of your item to make your stuff easier to find in a search  - like, shoes (aka footwear), athletic shoes, boots, western style , work, hiking boots,flats,  mens, womens, childern etc.

[fern*wood]

No one needs to pay for a store subscription if the math doesn't make sense. 

[katzrul15]

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@ony_chine wrote:

I am feeling the  impact of eBay  allowing more free listing. Maybe, I might closed my store and just be  selling  based on free listing. Who else is having this challenge?  eBay takes subscription fee from me every month for no justifiable reason , clothing people  please reply. 

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Maybe if we go back to the premise of a store, its' purpose and usefulness, why someone would choose to open one in the first place:

 eBay Stores overview | eBay

Drilling down a little farther past a generalized overview - e-Bay outlines for you how best to "manage" your store.  Now that is it open, are you getting everything from your Store, you thought you would?  Maximizing your ability to advertise and draw Buyers to your store?  Maybe peruse the options that e-Bay suggests?

Managing your eBay Store | eBay

Should all of this not prove helpful, AND/OR you do not wish to devote any time or effort to working on your store, enhancing your store, exploring marketing options, design options, etc......here is the link to CLOSE a store:

Close your Store | eBay

[nuclearomen]

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@ony_chine wrote:

I invited everyone  in the community for a discussion but you saying I invited you for advice, is nothing but self aggrandizement.  You need to have a requisite business qualification  and experience to advise, so it is not proper to use the word "ADVICE".  We are generally here to learn from one another.

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You need to have requisite business qualification and experience to refute advise, so it is not proper but self aggrandizement to not accept ADVICE. 

[farmalljr]

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@ony_chine wrote:

This is the most irritating post I have ever gotten on  this community and it shows  a lot of ignorance in terms business accruement and comportment. Who  begged @farmalljr to be replying to  my threads, why  cant you take your feeble fingers and unexposed mentality to somewhere else, instead of typing some irritable thrash on this thread. So if something is going wrong I should keep mum and now this coward @farmalljr is insinuating that I'm always  complaining, if you used to disrespecting sellers, you had met your waterloo today.  Do you feel my posts are to run down eBay or to help eBay grow? Its to help eBay grow, but ignorant people will not understand because of lack exposure in business. Please don't reply to my threads again if you don't understand courtesy.

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What is laughable, is the fact I have seen a half dozen threads by you over the last year. Every one is complaining about how ebay sucks, just like this one. You act as if you know much about retailing used clothing/shoes on this platform. You know next to nothing in reality, and your meager sales, prove as much. There are MANY clothing/shoe sellers here, that are crushing it. 

You flounder because of some made up myth, in your incapable mind. You sir, are not good at "business", period. Your sales prove it. You are preforming poorly, not eBay. And before you need to break out the tissue again to wipe up your tears, it's not "running" down a seller. It's pointing out a seller who seems pretty ignorant of how this all works, and seems to be pretty incapable of taking in what other experienced sellers are telling you. If you "know it all" then by all means, get back to work showing everyone how it's done. But that isn't the case, because you are here whining about the lack of sales your puny store is getting. 

Others have pointed out the lack of work on your end, your overpricing shoes, and other things. Keep not listening, and you are going to get more of the same from thread respondents. Keep sitting on this "inventory" you hint that you have stored away. 

One thing is guaranteed: If you don't list it, it will never sell. You are living that one out.  

[12345jamesstamps]

I am not watching TV but still have to pay my monthly subscription....

[ony_chine]

Thanks, my items are in their proper categories and are properly described

[ony_chine]

Thanks for  your reply, I advertise and do the much I can, I put in a lot of work

[ony_chine]

Loolxl!  People with your type of mentality are supposed to be selling candies on the streets, if not for eBay where would have been?  You are not qualified to be using a computer because the computer is  too much for you,  I will buy you pen and paper so that you can go back to your obsolete world. 

Stop consistently  changing subjects raised on a post

Stop typing what you cant back up

Stop going personal on  a post

Learn to be respectful when you type

There a lot you need to learn, I volunteer to teach you if you are ready to learn. Your fingers type on the  keyboard but its actually your IQ that 's typing. So its quite easy to identify a noise maker like you.

[ony_chine]

I am watching TV  but my service providers had  just given too many free subscription to new customers such that the signal of  the TV channels are quite weak and I am getting mangled up images. What is the justification for me  to continue with such subscription?  A great service provider will find means to boost the signal so  that their customers paying for subscription will get great images/value

[farmalljr]

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@ony_chine wrote:

I am watching TV  but my service providers had  just given too many free subscription to new customers such that the signal of  the TV channels are quite weak and I am getting mangled up images. What is the justification for me  to continue with such subscription?  A great service provider will find means to boost the signal so  that their customers paying for subscription will get great images/value

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I rent a 2500 square foot store in a mall.  I sell shoes. 100 other stores in the mall sell shoes too. Everyone else has a wide variety of offerings. Their stores are packed with inventory, offering many choices of shoes, in many  different sizes. Other stores are competitive with sales and such, offering shoes at good prices. Other stores are constantly adding new inventory and restocking what sells. 

I only have TWO pair of shoes in my store, and my prices are out of line with other stores selling the same shoes, as I want twice their prices.  I make little use of the space in my store but pay the same rent.  I never stock the shelves with any inventory and I don't run any sales. I can't figure out why I am not making any money. Paying for the rent seems a waste of money. I could just sell shoes in the parking lot. It must be the landlord's fault I am not making sales. If they were not renting space to other shoe sellers, I would be making more money. It's not my fault that I am not offering for sale, shoes that people want, at a price they want to pay. That darn landlord is screwing this all up!

[katzrul15]

You are confident e-Bay "owes" you something as your inventory is not moving.

You have stated you are working hard at this.

We ALL work hard.  We ALL invest a great deal of time and effort.  None of this equates to sales if the product carried is of zero interest to a Buyer.

You sell shoes. USED shoes.  And not high end Brands that would cause someone to consider a "used" version. You have used Ladies sketchers for more than I can buy them new.  Why would I buy a used pair, when for less, I can buy a new pair?

Used shoes, if Jimmy Choos or Birkenstocks, Uggs,  etc.....absolutely there is a market.  But generic brands - not so much. Odd sized shoes sell well, especially really large shoes.  That is not what your inventory reflects.

As others have shared, you need to look at your inventory, cull what is stale, adjust pricing, adjust shipping, etc. 

Consider running sales, promoted listings, etc.

The alternative is to do nothing.  Your choice.  Only 1 of those options will potentially yield different results.