Sales Keep Tanking and Tanking - It’s Getting Scary

[vintagequeennyc]

Man, oh man. I’m really starting to worry about the future of selling on eBay as a small to mid-level seller. This site is beginning to feel like a graveyard. 

My sales have been in a very steep and fast decline since January 2019. My 60 day sales total is thousands of dollars below what it was 3-4 months ago and dropping by the day. 

I have kept increasing my number of listings but sales are almost non-existent. I’ve been selling new and used clothing here for 13 years and this is currently my full-time job. Yes, I know clothing is saturated but it always has been. That’s never held back my sales. 2 years ago I was making twice as much money with half the number of listings. I’m currently partly disabled recovering from an accident and unable to work an outside job. So for me, this massive slump of sales is becoming incredibly frightening. 

Not to mention my impressions dashboard metrics are all up substantially since the GTC change a month ago but my sell-through rate is down 50%!!! I KNOW it’s not my inventory or prices. I’ve been at this game a long time and keep a careful watch on those things and know I am offering amazing deals on desirable items.

It’s starting to get VERY scary for me here. I used to know that if I listed good stuff at great prices, I could make money fast and reliably. Now the only reliable thing is the lack of sales. 

Is ebay truly dying?? Have buyers abandoned this site en masse? Is it the algorithm and blackouts? Are we seeing the beginning stages of an economic recession? I sit here and look through my listings and think, “How the HECK hasn’t that sold?? Or that? Or this?!” 

I’m truly at a loss as to what is going on. I’ve NEVER seen such a fast and drastic sales slowdown in all my years selling here. It really feels like an apocalypse. 

[cs497kcpope]

That's called stress!!!

[jojitsusensei]

Wait until the rest of the states start seeing sales tax added to their purchases.

Then you'll see a real decline.

[p**l19]

Poshmark is hurting eBay when it comes to selling clothes on the internet. Just my opinion on the matter.

[the_neighborhood_market]

I agree with everything you said--This started for me last summer--Like you , I've been doing this for almost 10 years and have relied on it for a partial income--It has been so erratic, I find myself digging into savings more than I ever did--The seller hub was supposed to increase sales if you follow all their suggestions--It's done just the opposite for me, with more cost for promotions--Now the payment change--I used to talk about how good ebay was doing for me--Now, I'm sorry to say , I've pretty much lost faith--It seems like all these changes are interfering with daily operation of the site--What is really depressing is after 10 years of selling, I've done the worse this year--It shows me listings I should improve--The listing they compare it to, cost more than my listing--I'd like to ask them, if I have the lowest price, then I must not have exposure, which would explain the poor sales

[the_neighborhood_market]

You deserve to vent, as I feel the same way--I too am retired and unable to work for long hours because of back issues--Ebay was my supplement income for 10 years--With the same product line for years, my sales went down over 40% in 1 year--All the promotions and push to use them, seem to make no difference, and frankly are aggravating--When ebay wants to change payment from paypal to ebay after the promotions causing losses in sales, I don't feel I can trust them to do a good job--Promoted listing seems to just put another small percentage of my profit in Ebays pocket--I have never seen a difference in sales from promoted listings--The way money is collected from you, makes it almost impossible to follow what your sales actually cost you--I am trying to find an alternative, and am disappointed that Ebay sales have brought me to this place