Selling Has Just Stopped

[mshahbaz74]

Hi,

Selling has been slow on my store for last 3-4 months and is declining continuously. Compared to same period last year, the selling rate has been 100% less. 

 Here are the strategies, I am currently using 

1) Promoting products through Ads

2) Markdown Sale event 

I am looking for suggestions. Thanks

[simba6]

You might want to get a more diverse line of goods to list.  Also, people age just getting out on vacations after Covid-19 went viral.   But, your items are too limited I suspect.

[martsaku]

I am also.

[katzrul15]

All you sell are knives?

Were you selling internationally before?  Knives under MP are pretty restricted as to where they can be sold.

 You have interesting wares - I do not hunt, fish, etc....Where are yours priced compared to other sellers?

[certifiedcitynet]

Consider paying extra for Promoted Listings, whose fee will only be charged for actual sales. But if an order is cancelled or returned, the Promoted Listing fee will not be refunded to you.

List numerous loss leaders to attract interest to your other items. Everyone loves a bargain. 

Guarantee to beat any other Ebayer's price for the identical item (at the time of purchases only). 

Improve your customer service in order to receive Top Rated Seller status and its accompanying improved listings positioning in searches. 

List your company's credentials in your listings, such as the date established and memberships in trade associations. 

Offer free shipping.

Include free gifts with every order. 

[dirk12955]

My sales are down 40% from a month ago.     International sales are good.   USA  bupkis.    

I don't believe there's anything a seller can do to drum up business.    MY views and watchers have flat lined on all 3 accounts.

I people aren't interested,   The so be it.

Summer has always been my slow period.    This month is just worse than normal.    I believe the customers will come back when they don't have better things to do.

How many people are taking vacations this summer that didn't go anywhere last year?    Long weekends.    Amusement parks,   camping out,   The beach,   Family reunions,    Cookouts.

The buyers will come back when they get Covid / cabin fever out of their systems.    

[tev4all]

My suggestion would be, re-evaluate your risk/reward approach.  

[katzrul15]

@dirk12955 

Our sales are strong for a few days, then nothing, then back....like a yo-yo.

Summer is usually slow for us also.

Selling just 1 thing like the OP has to be harder as our diversity often is what nets us sales.

Good luck to everyone experiencing slower sales than usual.  The B&M stores are packed!  (and with the Delta variant warnings, folks are stocking up again)

[reallyhardtofind]

Why would you do promoted listing if you don't get refunded. What a turn off.

[reallyhardtofind]

We're moving our items to other platforms.  We are down too. Got a feeling the sellers that left were buyers and the boycott is real.

[trale-7342]

look here is the bottom line theirs people on here looking for mistakes in listings like in sports cards will buy your card at what ever price and then say its not as described low ballers like you woulnt believei was selling a decent amount for weeks then nothing your statement about the promotions isnt true at all ebay gets a saleing fee and a promotion fee on top of it i think ive made enough transactions to know ebay is get clos to 20 percent depending on your promotion fee its like some one flipped the switch on my account im not ok with it ive had no bad feed back just what ever this new system is has done some thing to my account do not promote your listings on ebay it is a rip off i had so many i listed and promoted and got zero promotional views or any views  on so many listings and it was completly filled decriptions year the whole 9 yards nothing no promotions i made them refund me for all the promotion fees 88 dollars so yall can believe this person on promoting if you want thats exactly what they want you to do i have proof of everysingle word ive  said if your smart you will remove all your items and close your ebay account its gotten out of hand cant talk to a person its all a big run around looking for a new platform ebay isnt what it use to be

[trale-7342]

i called once about this when the number was still usefull and this lady somehow guided me and we went in and  she refressed all my listings and i was selling left and right then ebay had  to repay me 88 dollars for listings ive promoted that got no promotional views and havent had a sale since playing with peoples money not going to do it with mine much longer found a better platform ebay is useless cant talk to no one just completly rediculas

[trale-7342]

absolutly shut ebay down im doing the same 

[femmefan1946]

Are you near a chitchat forwarding office? They will take your items across the border and ship using the lower USPS rates, rather than Canada Post.

Even domestically, they pass their own lower Canada Post rate on to their customers.

Canada Post recently dropped the cost of Tracked and Expedited shipping for eBay customers. I shipped a package on Friday at a 36% discount from the counter rate.

And are you sure it would cost $35 to ship that pen to me in BC?

https://www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/cpc/en/tools/find-a-rate.page

(Aaaagh- they've changed the layout! )

Buyers are very sensitive to shipping costs.

Do some buying -socks,pens, anything that ships cheaply- from a seller who leave feedback on shipment or on payment.  That single neg  is really hurting you with future customers. Get your overall numbers up by buying to pull the rating up to 98% at least.

[femmefan1946]

ZOMBIE THREAD FROM 2021.

The problem with zombie threads is that the advice may no longer be valid.

For example, the drop in Canada Post rates was only a month or so ago-years after the thread died. And the seller is still actively selling having taken some of the advice he was offered two years ago.