I'm a small seller. For the past five years I've been putting up items for sale every quarter. I've sold 8 items since Jan 15, so that's OK, not bad. Jan and Feb are harder months, people received a lot of stuff at the holidays.
Because I am not on ebay all the time, the differences/changes when I come back are obvious. Last year, when they changed the view count, that was humbling. They removed the bots and only provide the last 30 days, so no more massive view counts to distort our perspective. And I wasn't getting views!!
So, to get views, I found that I needed to agree to 2 business day shipping and 30 day return period. I schedule items to list a new one every day and I do a little more research on the price points, have to be a lot more careful and revise price after listing if necessary. Can't just list and leave it. Something in all of that fixed the problem, not sure which one.
But yeah, it's not the same as what it was. I'm thinking of trying one or two other sites to see if it's better. the one thing about ebay that works for me is that it spreads a wide net across the entire country and makes the interface with the buyer and shipping easier. So for unique used items, it is the best audience. If you are selling stuff the everyone else sells, very hard to stand out.
