Slow Sales?

[movieman630]

Anyone else notice a slow sales week this week or am I just being ghosted?

[lvart26]

It's dead, people are broke, gas and food alone are killing people's budgets.

[jetwingbroad]

Same here mate!

[femmefan1946]

EBay opened for business in September 1995.

The first post about a dropoff in sales was on October 1st, 1995.

But seriously.

Have you compared your March 2022 sales to March 2019? To March 2018?

Because of the pandemic surge in online shopping in 2020 and to a lesser extent in 2021, we probably should consider those outliers, but use those for comparisons if you wish.

The point is that there are ups and downs in retail. You can't sell Christmas trees in January. You can't sell BBQs or bathing suits in August (or not profitably). Backpacks do sell well in August.

You've been here since 2004. Compare your records.

But apples to apples. Oranges are also fruit, but they are not bananas.

[miyasamaco]

It's not just you. My sales have certainly not been anything near the genuine, good old days of eBay, but they were rather steady until a week ago. 

It's already bad enough with the with the "search engine" and algorithms. Who knows what else they're messing around with now.

[bignat716]

And don’t forget shipping costs.