Selling/Closing Store

[defeated247]

Sales have been terrible for months. Closing store at first of year. Anyone else leaving Ebay

[pauyo_43]

I'm so sorry to hear that. I can see by your feedback that your sales are down in the last six months. I've been on a roller coaster as well. I had one week of incredible sales in the last two months, then I dropped off another cliff. I thought something good might come of today,  but even with the 15% promo, not a whisper. 

I had one customer who wanted to buy three things and they disappeared. I wish I knew. Nobody could intelligently be doing this on purpose. It would make no sense.  Maybe things have become unfixable? I just don't know.

Good Luck. 

[beardedbovine]

I'm not leaving. I made a lot of changes to my store, listings, product, sourcing, customer service routines, and listing venues to keep up with the ever-changing world of ecommerce. It's a never ending job but if you keep at it you can get to the point where it's profitable again. The change that made the biggest difference was product choice.

Good luck with your next adventure!

[divwido]

closing a store-does that mean quitting or just scaling back?

I never scale back.  I"m back looking at plan B and maybe C.

[slippinjimmy]

Every year a million (just a guess) sellers leave......

Every year 1.2 million new sellers arrive......

Try walking down a main street or go to the mall, every year some stores close and every year new stores take their place.

The Small Business Administration states that 30% of all new businesses fail in the first 2 years, 50% close up in the first 5 years.

[pauyo_43]

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@beardedbovine wrote:

I'm not leaving. I made a lot of changes to my store, listings, product, sourcing, customer service routines, and listing venues to keep up with the ever-changing world of ecommerce. It's a never ending job but if you keep at it you can get to the point where it's profitable again. The change that made the biggest difference was product choice.

Good luck with your next adventure!

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You are right. I have been adding items every day.  Trying to keep the listings ahead of the game. It works sometimes, other's it doesn't. Crazy stuff.

[femmefan1946]

Keep in mind that while you can stop selling, eBay will not close your account for a few months.

This allows time for any problems (like Paypal refunds) to show up and be accounted for.

Best wishes in your new career.

[sakic92710 · Accepted solution]

I"m strongly considering the same come Jan. 1.  4 sales this week.   Last 5 days - 1 day had 2 sales.  Fed up!!!  No one wants to buy?  I'll go where no one buys AND I don't pay fees.  My current bill is around $115-120.  For what?  4 weeks of disappointing sales?  Makes for a depressing Christmas.  Might just try to sell more local.   Good luck to all.    🙂

[gramophone-georg]

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@pauyo_43 wrote:

I'm so sorry to hear that. I can see by your feedback that your sales are down in the last six months. I've been on a roller coaster as well. I had one week of incredible sales in the last two months, then I dropped off another cliff. I thought something good might come of today,  but even with the 15% promo, not a whisper. 

I had one customer who wanted to buy three things and they disappeared. I wish I knew. Nobody could intelligently be doing this on purpose. It would make no sense.  Maybe things have become unfixable? I just don't know.

Good Luck. 

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I'll say it again: Compared to everyplace else, this site is too cumbersome, slow, click heavy, and glitch prone. It's supposed to be EASY to find what you want, pay, and get out. It's not.

If this were 1998 this site would be the slickest thing out there, but it's 2018.

[pauyo_43]

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@gramophone-georg wrote:

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@pauyo_43 wrote:

I'm so sorry to hear that. I can see by your feedback that your sales are down in the last six months. I've been on a roller coaster as well. I had one week of incredible sales in the last two months, then I dropped off another cliff. I thought something good might come of today,  but even with the 15% promo, not a whisper. 

I had one customer who wanted to buy three things and they disappeared. I wish I knew. Nobody could intelligently be doing this on purpose. It would make no sense.  Maybe things have become unfixable? I just don't know.

Good Luck. 

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I'll say it again: Compared to everyplace else, this site is too cumbersome, slow, click heavy, and glitch prone. It's supposed to be EASY to find what you want, pay, and get out. It's not.

If this were 1998 this site would be the slickest thing out there, but it's 2018.

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You hit the nail on the head Georg

[distressedleather]

Something is wrong with ebay, its not what you sell. I added a starter store on this account (other account Ive had since 1999). As soon as I opened the starter store on this account sales dropped. I was selling things on this account till I opened the store then it went down hill really quick? haven't had this happen before during the holidays. The failing started the middle of Oct. I do 30 day returns, not doing promotional. I called ebay to ask what happened after the store opening and they said everything looks good? Hello amyone home???

[luckythewinner]

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@defeated247 wrote:

Sales have been terrible for months. Closing store at first of year. Anyone else leaving Ebay

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All you have to do is read this board for a while to realize that sellers leave all the time.

And that new sellers arrive all the time, too. 

[div_style]

My problem isn't lack of sales, it's finding enough time to get more items listed.  In my experience more listings = more sales.  But there is so much more than just eBay to do.

[membersinceaug2001]

Dump the store gimmick and just list for free.  You'll see tons of offers for more free listings in addition to the 50 per month per account.

[honeybeez-15]

Yes.  I have a yearly subscription, so I'm just waiting out my last few months.

I used to have a fairly decent store.  Now, my highlight is relisting unsold items that will sit for 30 days with few to none views.

EBay has made it clear...they don't want us small, one of a kind sellers.  Time to move on to greener pastures