As another poster said, people have been coming in here for the last 5 years and ask about the sudden drop in sales. I finally realized that , during a single month there will be ebbs and flows. Some dead periods 2-4 days, but then i'll have a great week. It always seems to by the end of the month kinda sorta work..
however.. this past two weeks.. since aug 23.. my sales have tanked.. for the last two weeks i'm down 75% from the two weeks before that. I know that ebay supposedly had some new search engine that was going to be rolled out. And of course, every time ebay rolls out one of it's "updates" it penalizes all sellers who have finally figured out how to create listings that ebays search engine can find. It's almost like a bad joke.. as soon as we learn all the new rules for titles, and update all of the new item specifics that ebay places in categories(without telling anyone) .. without fail,, ebay will "update" or roll out a "new improved" shopping experience. It's ridiculous.
I guarantee you, the same way sellers learn how to work within ebay's system and make listings that appeal to ebays search engine. Regular Buyers learn how to navigate ebay's search and eventually learn how to find what they are looking for . Every single time ebay changes the search specifics and options available, more and more long time buyers throw up their hands and head over to amazon. For items not available on amazon. Buyer resort to searching craigslist, offerup, poshmark, and facebook.
