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lanab4banana · ‎05-02-2021

I don’t sell much. But every Monday I was dropping off 4-8 boxes of eggs at the post office and two weeks ago my sales screeched to a dead stop. I had two sales this weekend and both canceled immediately as if running some kind of scam. Anyway, please return to PayPal because for some reason it matters.

inhawaii · ‎05-02-2021

No, it doesn't matter. Replacing paypal with managed payments has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH SALES (or cancellations for that matter)! Your customers don't even know which sellers still have paypal and which are on managed payments.

Blaming managed payment for low sales is like blaming managed payments for getting a flat tire of for bad weather.

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popblox · ‎05-02-2021

Correlation does not imply causation. Source new items to sell, list new items to sell, just press on and keep your head up.

reallynicestamps · ‎05-02-2021

Your buyers can't see that you are in Managed Payments.

They are paying (or not) through their credit cards or Paypal as usual. A few might be using ApplePay or GooglePay which are accepted by MP, but not by PP.

And a very few others might have noticed the GPay and APay logos on your Terms of Sale and realized you were in MP, but why that would have any effect on a customer is unknowable.

There are three false positives in your recent FB as a Seller. I wonder if those might make a difference. Ask those buyers if they will withdraw their FB since you seem to have made a valiant attempt to rectify their disappointment. The 500-word FB are not helping you much, nor do your Responses (too wordy, most of that should be in a Message to the buyer, not public.)

dryophelia · ‎05-02-2021

@lanab4banana

Managed Payments gives buyers more ways to pay, so it is not likely connected to your sales.

Retail is always unpredictable.

I’ve heard PayPal no longer wants to be the payment processor for eBay sales, therefore, there is no going back to PP.

katzrul15 · ‎05-02-2021

Every day on here, I learn something new/fun.

Our HOA does not allow poultry, but really cool. Saw your listings and really wanted to order the eggs and have some hatchlings, baby chix.

Kudos to you OP - I think my packing stress is high every once in a while - you must be a magician to get these there intact.

As others shared, you know you switched to MP, but your Buyers have no idea - they can still pay with Paypal, etc. Good luck! (maybe it means your success rate with your recent buyers was high and they do not need any new chix right now!)

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slippinjimmy · ‎05-02-2021

@dryophelia wrote:
@lanab4banana

Managed Payments gives buyers more ways to pay, so it is not likely connected to your sales.

Retail is always unpredictable.

I’ve heard PayPal no longer wants to be the payment processor for eBay sales, therefore, there is no going back to PP.

You have that backwards! It's eBay that doesn't want to use PayPal anymore, they want to keep it in-house and keep a big chunk (Billions annually) of the fees PayPal have been collecting.

PayPal did want to separate from eBay because being owned by eBay discouraged other companies from accepting PayPal especially other Marketplaces that are competitors of eBay. Being a separate company that eBay uses is not the same as being owned by eBay as was the case from 2002 - 2015.

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releasethekraken_1 · ‎05-02-2021

@reallynicestamps wrote:
Your buyers can't see that you are in Managed Payments.

It’s very easy to tell if a seller is in MP.

chapeau-noir · ‎05-02-2021

@slippinjimmy wrote:
@dryophelia wrote:
@lanab4banana

Managed Payments gives buyers more ways to pay, so it is not likely connected to your sales.

Retail is always unpredictable.

I’ve heard PayPal no longer wants to be the payment processor for eBay sales, therefore, there is no going back to PP.
You have that backwards! It's eBay that doesn't want to use PayPal anymore, they want to keep it in-house and keep a big chunk (Billions annually) of the fees PayPal have been collecting.

PayPal did want to separate from eBay because being owned by eBay discouraged other companies from accepting PayPal especially other Marketplaces that are competitors of eBay. Being a separate company that eBay uses is not the same as being owned by eBay as was the case from 2002 - 2015.

Paypal didn't want to carry eBay anymore, either. Paypal's CEO said they were looking forward to the July 2020 termination of the existing contract and renewed until 2023 on different terms. eBay fought the separation in 2015, I think in the end it was seen as a win/win by both companies (ebay keeps the processing money and Paypal gets to kick off the eBay shackles and grow).

@lanab4banana Just keep going - sales ebb and flow in retail. You have a great reputation, and for the one person who had trouble you left such a professional reply that anyone reading it is going to see that you care about what you do, and care about your customer and the eggs.

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shado-x · ‎05-02-2021

I don’t sell much. But every Monday I was dropping off 4-8 boxes of eggs at the post office and two weeks ago my sales screeched to a dead stop. I had two sales this weekend and both canceled immediately as if running some kind of scam. Anyway, please return to PayPal because for some reason it matters.

This has nothing to do with "PayPal transactions replaced by eBay". The Pandemic euphoria has come and gone. If it is a market trough for you, then buy the dip with in-demand items.

kensgiftshop · ‎05-02-2021

@releasethekraken_1 wrote:
@reallynicestamps wrote:
Your buyers can't see that you are in Managed Payments.
It’s very easy to tell if a seller is in MP.

Another seller can tell pretty quick if you're on Managed Payments, but your average buyer, all they see is another way to pay for their order.

Have a great day.

coolections · ‎05-02-2021

Buyers can still pay using paypal so that is not your reason for low sales.

submelar-super · ‎05-03-2021

it doesnt matter

submelar-super · ‎05-03-2021

thank you

veronicabooksandart · ‎05-03-2021

Any idea what might be causing the correlation?
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