Sales Have Totally Bottomed Out. Because Of Covid-19 Are People Afraid To Purchase Items On E-Bay?

[buick666]

Sales are down to nothing. I offer a large variety of items and yet no bids or offers of any kind. Not even any questions. Are people scared they will catch the virus off items shipped?

[membersinceaug2001]

Totally dead.  Only sold one item in April across several accounts.

[chapeau-noir]

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@m60driver wrote:

My sales have been robust the past few weeks since the stay-at-home orders were issued but sales have begun to slow down a bit now.  I am rather surprised that people are still purchasing non-essential items and being totally oblivious to the what is about to happen economically on a global scale.  As for myself, I am selling anything I can find at fire sale prices to accumulate cash.

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I"m not sure why - there will always be people who purchase non-essentials, and 'non-essentials' is a pretty broad category, anyway.  A lot of people are still working - I've had sales of office-appropriate clothing pieces lately.  I'm just happy they're purchasing my items.

[slippinjimmy]

I just had a look at my latest eBay invoice (15th billing date), it's the biggest monthly billing I've had in several years and I'm just listing the same stuff as always.

[atikovi]

Looks like you sell mostly records. Most people have switched to CDs and digital formats. Just not much demand for that stuff.

[chapeau-noir]

There's a resurgence of vinyl, including renewed interest in the 7" format that the OP has - even new music is starting to be recorded on the 7" vinyl format (small pressings) - the warmth of vinyl just can't be replicated in digital formats.  Thing is, which vinyl sells and which doesn't.  Definitely a much smaller market, though.

[inhawaii]

My sales are through the roof.  I'm having a hard time keeping up. 

[luckythewinner]

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@buick666 wrote:

Sales are down to nothing. I offer a large variety of items and yet no bids or offers of any kind. Not even any questions. Are people scared they will catch the virus off items shipped?

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I've been selling here for almost 20 years. My sales right now are a bit higher than normal. 

[atikovi]

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@chapeau-noir wrote:

There's a resurgence of vinyl, including renewed interest in the 7" format that the OP has - even new music is starting to be recorded on the 7" vinyl format (small pressings) - the warmth of vinyl just can't be replicated in digital formats.  Thing is, which vinyl sells and which doesn't.  Definitely a much smaller market, though.

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Records are like clothes. Each time you wear it, it's a little bit more worn out. Eventually it becomes unwearable. 

[slippinjimmy]

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@chapeau-noir wrote:

There's a resurgence of vinyl, including renewed interest in the 7" format that the OP has - even new music is starting to be recorded on the 7" vinyl format (small pressings) - the warmth of vinyl just can't be replicated in digital formats.  Thing is, which vinyl sells and which doesn't.  Definitely a much smaller market, though.

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Interesting Animated chart of recorded music sales by format share, 1973 to 2019 here:

https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/animated-chart-of-the-day-recorded-music-sales-by-format-share-1973-t...

In 2019 Vinyl outsold CD for the first time since 1986 in the USA! Physical formats are now down to about 10% of the total market, the rest is streaming with a bit of downloading.

The aftermarket (used/vintage) is no doubt different but not well documented but I'm sure that vinyl rules that roost.

[goldenmeowie]

Yes, I'm buying a lot more online because of covid shelter in place.  But you don't have anything that interests me nor anyone else.  Beer bottle caps, old stuffed animals that you can find new for less anywhere else online, old 70's games that lots of people especially the latest generations wouldn't know about and could care less.  Then i go to electronics and it's the same - reel to reel old tape recorder.  Can anyone say DO NOT NEED and NOT VERY POPULAR????

[chapeau-noir]

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@slippinjimmy wrote:

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@chapeau-noir wrote:

There's a resurgence of vinyl, including renewed interest in the 7" format that the OP has - even new music is starting to be recorded on the 7" vinyl format (small pressings) - the warmth of vinyl just can't be replicated in digital formats.  Thing is, which vinyl sells and which doesn't.  Definitely a much smaller market, though.

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Interesting Animated chart of recorded music sales by format share, 1973 to 2019 here:

https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/animated-chart-of-the-day-recorded-music-sales-by-format-share-1973-t...

In 2019 Vinyl outsold CD for the first time since 1986 in the USA! Physical formats are now down to about 10% of the total market, the rest is streaming with a bit of downloading.

The aftermarket (used/vintage) is no doubt different but not well documented but I'm sure that vinyl rules that roost.

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I'm pretty sure it does - I'd read about those statistics a bit earlier and was agreeably surprised!  As for vinyl wear, there are a lot of pressings that in point of fact haven't been played a great deal, but wear really is an issue. Plus so much depends on the quality of the vinyl that the recording company used.  Deutsche Grammophon has some of the highest quality and we have recordings back to the 60s which are in beautiful condition, but I wore out some of the RCA (they had a range), Polydor wobbled, a couple of labels had hiss, etc. etc., Chess was OK. That's just what I remembered.  I was a big vinylhead when I was a kid.  I actually started talking in alterations in high school so I could afford my vinyl habit.

I used to sell a lot of CDs but spoken word does better for me than music.  Most of the music I did better with was a little obscure like Sun Ra but TBH, it'd kinda not worth hassling with.

[chapeau-noir]

Gawd - being cooped up is making me run off at the mouth.  Sorry lol.

[moondogblues]

"Records are like clothes. Each time you wear it, it's a little bit more worn out. Eventually it becomes unwearable. "

I have records that are 70 years old and older and they play just fine.

[moondogblues]

Don't worry about being verbose...we all need an outlet.

[per50nl_5]

Dude, there's like 17 million unemployed right now. I'm sure shopping for eBay ware isn't too high on the to-do list.