Sales

[swanlakeballerina]

is anyone experiencing horrible and no sales? My business just died several months ago. 

[kensgiftshop]

Yep, there 1 or 2 post a day about slow sales.

[12345jamesstamps]

You got cool items for sure.

But there are so many sellers selling.

Some sellers have like a store of 50,000+ items for sale.

These sellers can promote big...very big.

Thus, your items can get less exposure with even a little promoting.

My sales are up and down also.

As my business plan I decided it has to be 'repeat buyers' to make sales every week.

And selling same items in the same category helps in obtaining 'repeat buyers' that help one keep going.

Reducing your prices in my opinion doesn't help unless you have watchers or repeat buyers.

So return the price without the discount price...like you have 30 % discount of items off.

And promote using part of that 30% off instead.

Good luck.

I would return your prices back to normal and not as a discount and use that percentage sale as a promoted rate to get more exposure.

[johnrj1226]

Vintage collectable are a  dime  a dozen.  Younger generations have little interest in them our son (39) , daughter (61) grand son (37), grand daughter (25)   could careless about them.

Heck we  are 44 and 45 year models - we don't need them either..

Collectables are every where you look and prices  of yesterdays are starting to fall (even groceries) or the  discounts are on more items.  But eBay only  has this many items in the  collectable category - -- they are every where,just like the character in that hit  '74  Ray Stevens song goes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtzoUu7w-YM.

110,000,000+ results for collectables

Summer time school and college vacation started late in August and college will start up soon enough plus folks are on vacation 9seems to soak up a lot of money beside  the necessities of  life.  Car dealers are still trying to sell of 2024 models cars/trucks offering "big" discounts on  "some" models or Sonic  folded ther tent  after 29 years and the opulation of our county is now 131K -- 30 years ago 54K-- go figure.  Guess those 1800/month 1  bedroom apartmets takes a lot out of some folks paychecks.

[lakefor94]

You have pricey collectables. I would not know one person shopping in that market. There are fewer buyers for those type items every year. 

Most are like you, trying to sell them.

[bonjourami]

Collectibles have been taking a beating on Ebay for quite a while now,along with clothing.

[chapeau-noir]

This has been a recurring complaint for you on a regular basis for over a year now - you have nice things and I see you're having mark-downs, but your prices are still too high for market demand. 

[tobaccocardyahoo]

IMO you have too few items listed to see any predictable level of sales.

My process of deciding what to list includes asking myself the following questions.

Is this item of merit?

Is it scarce enough so there is little enough competition to allow me to meet my profit goals when I sell it?

Does anyone care about the item?

Often, the last question is yes but the amount of time to find someone who cares is measured in months or years.

[chapeau-noir]

I personally don't think it's number of items, it's the items themselves and prices. It's just an increasingly low-demand market.

[lb23cavaliersmvp]

If you are asking why I'd suggest trying to look objectively at what you are selling and the asking price. One example, the Lenox 12 piece ornament set. I understand it is NIB but that said in today's market I can't imagine anyone offering you $20 let alone ~ $160. We all occasionally fall in love with items we are trying to sell; after a period of no sales it's time to re-evaluate and either lower prices or look for more diverse merchandise.

[jdbelt1960]

You have some very nice things. I also am selling collectibles and it is difficult.

[stuff4divas]

@swanlakeballerina 

u have been posting the same complaint for over 2 years now, yet u r still here, so it must not be so bad

[tobaccocardyahoo]

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@chapeau-noir wrote:

I personally don't think it's number of items, it's the items themselves and prices. It's just an increasingly low-demand market.

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Low demand is not no demand. If you can afford more inventory, have the place to store it, and can manage your cashflow, low demand products can make more than high volume/high demand products with abysmal profit margins.

Obviously, there is risk of buying some items with no demand, but there are buying strategies which minimize the costs of your mistakes. And there are the surprises, items you gave up for dead which some external event or publicity creates more demand for.

[kandf_vintage_finds]

Sales are still happening, although a bit slow for me.

I am spending my time focusing on 4th quarter.

IMO your prices seem a little high.

[janet9988]

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