Slow Store

[bold-outfitters]

Any Tips on how i can increase my sales and creating a better mailing list?

i would truly appreciate if anyone would be kind enough  to help.

[stuff4divas]

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@bold-outfitters wrote:

Any Tips on how i can increase my sales and creating a better mailing list?

i would truly appreciate if anyone would be kind enough  to help.

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practically all ebay sellers want to know this,

there are several posts you can look up thru the search bar to see suggestions such as:

list every day, promote, send coupons, click as many item specifics as possible that pertain to your item, blah blah blah

here is one of ebay's links to read>

https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/listings/listing-tips-overview?id=4104&st=12&pos=7&query=Listing%2...

[maxine*j]

It's tough.  The clothing market on eBay is not just saturated, it's over-saturated. 

I noted four things that concerned me:  You are using stock photos.  You are not giving precise measurements.  Your descriptions are minimal.  You are selling somewhat pricey stuff at a time when a lot of people must pinch every penny. 

Think about all those things, and think about what you could do differently, in both your choice of inventory and in your presentations.

Good luck, and I hope things pick up for you.

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[inhawaii]

Sell more high-demand items.

[gamersbaystore]

I feel your pain! I have 1,600 listings, all promoted, have practically zero traffic (just 30 to 40 views a day, if nothing at all), haven't had a sale since the 13th, its now the 18th. This platform is dead. Can't get sales when no one sees what I even have for sale.

I get the economy is the pits, the summer slowdown was expected, but this platform is a ghost town. ebay now gives 99.9% of all traffic to mega sellers, the rest of us get the sloppy seconds.

I'm done watching and waiting. I started listing on other platforms last night, and will have my own e-commerce site soon.

The new platform I'm selling on has a 3 day return process, not 30 days as with ebay. Verification of my ID, bank account, etc, took a whole 3 minutes total. ID verification is done with AI, took less than a minute! Making a listing takes a whopping 10 seconds, not 10 minutes as with ebay. Listing and advertising is free with the new platform, including listings in Google shopping, while on ebay you have to pay for even an inch of visibility.

I caved to ebay's demands of promoting everything for a fee, yet they still can't seem to provide a single eyeball to view my listings. All 1,600 of my listings are now promoted, 99 out of 100 have zero views!

I have tons of new inventory, all of which wont be listed for sale here.

[dnasilver]

and there are a lot of people with plenty of money. Who do you think drove up the prices? 

[maxine*j]

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@dnasilver wrote:

and there are a lot of people with plenty of money. Who do you think drove up the prices? 

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Most people with plenty of money are still not shopping for their clothes on eBay, though, no matter how hard eBay tries to be upmarket.

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[aqeeqsouq]

Watch "The Wolf of Wall Street" movie, Starring by Leonardo DiCaprio.

This movie will help you.

@bold-outfitters 

[ckimodog]

I'm not really sure if Ebay is the venue for clothing any more.  It's very over saturated.  (kind of like jewelry lol) There are a few community members here that sell clothing.  Their stores are top notch in my opinion.  

You may want to explore other e-commerce clothing sites and see if it works for you.  There are several out there.  

What ever you decide....best of luck.  

[lawnmowerpartsstore2]

Im really happy for you that you are spreading your wings to include another website 🙂

[bold-outfitters]

it’s more challenging, but I’ll more freedom to make mistakes and improve along the way. 

[bold-outfitters]

How so?

[kensgiftshop]

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@dnasilver wrote:

and there are a lot of people with plenty of money. Who do you think drove up the prices? 

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Ya, but those people are not letting go of much of it, that's why they have a lot of money. 😀

[bold-outfitters]

I recently launched my website.

what other platform are you referring to? 

[chapeau-noir]

@bold-outfitters  Launching your own website is a good idea. 

There's plenty of money around - I'm just wondering if eBay is the best or only market for what you offer.  I've had to move some stuff to another platform just because the market (younger) has moved, but other items do best here.  Also, do you advert on social media?