Sells slowed

[pennywiser]

Hello eBay sellers,

I’ve started my store a few years ago but never sold much. About 5 or 6 months ago my dad decided he doesn’t want to do his flee market business any more after 10 years. I told him we could post some of his things in my store to see how we do and may just keep it going if we do well. He used to pay my brother 40% of what they sold each week for helping him sell out there and set up and break down. Now that I’ve been asked to sell the items I only charge my dad 30% to help cover the fees from eBay. This has worked out great for the past 5 months we’ve been selling like crazy. Made it to top rated and everything. Then all of a sudden I could really tell the deference that something was wrong. I’ve searched the forums and been reading others comments that I’d need to beat their algorithm. Pull items and relisting them. I’ve tried this but it didn’t seem to really work. Is there a time limit to keep them down before you should relist them? How many should you pull if you have a 100+ items listed?? 
I Also should mention that once my brother seen how eBay was actually making us sells he ask my dad for items he could list and open his own eBay store. He lives within eye sight of me and uses the same bank I do. At about the same time he started his store is when I started noticing a little bit of a slow down. He’s still on new seller probation. Should I get ahold of eBay and let them know we’re two different people getting paid separately for what we sell? I kind of hoping they know this because we had to provide social security numbers. And is there anything they really can do if their algorithm is in control? Any help and comments is much appreciated.

[nuclearomen]

has nothing to do with your brother selling same or similar items. Has nothing to do with you using the same bank. Your two different entities with two different accounts and personal info addresses etc... 

Right now you will see drop in sales, it happens after every seller update and you can literally bet on it anymore. Doesn't matter how long you been here, how many items you have, how many followers or repeat buyers, everyone sees the same "lights out" treatment. 

[vintage-camerastuff]

With only 97 items listed, it looks like you sold a bunch the last 30 days.   Keep adding more items.  I am sure it will pick-up again.   Your brother selling has nothing to do with it.   

[soh.maryl]

eBay knows you are two different people with two different eBay IDs, two different bank accounts, two different SS numbers. 

[powell-memorabilia]

See this all the time with new sellers that put out a lot of listings in a short amount of time, sell a lot, then expect that things continue.  Truth is that better items sell quickly - then you see a slowdown.  No one is hiding your listings.

[theteamsetguy]

@powell-memorabilia,

Very true