Something has changed here

[tweetystwades]

I'm trying very hard to find out what it is. My sales have dropped to almost nothing. Could it be all the changes ebay is making? Everyone says clothing is a saturated market, but it's not more saturated now than it was a few months ago. Something else is wrong. Offering free returns, 3 day guarantee deliver and free shipping does not make any difference.  Things weren't that bad until a few months ago, now no sales. I'm wondering if it has something to do with the UPC codes. I've called ebay a few times, and they don't even know how anything is suppose to work, how are we suppose to figure it out? I guess I'll sell this inventory and move on.      

[castlemagicmemories]

And while the cost of living is far more in a lot of other countries, so are salaries so it kind of evens everything out.

So then it would make sense, as fashunu4eeuh suggested, to open sales to Australia if the OP wanted to, because they may be able to buy clothing here, and still save money, even with international shipping costs.

[yuzuha]

I shipped a $7 phone stylus to New Zealand just a couple of weeks ago.  The buyer paid $15 shipping for it.  Obviously it was a good deal for them if they were willing to pay that much just to have it shipped there!

[ed8108]

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@sicario_soldado wrote:

Tweety, while some folks here have some good ideas, nothing will bring your sales back to what they were. This is what happens in retail to a bad location. Some fail, most shrink and stay that way, and a very. very few actually make the required changes and show real growth again. Because of all the various problems combined eBay has become a bad location. Good luck to you and everyone else that is still trying.

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Unfortunately in retail, once you lose a customer, it then becomes unlikely you can motivate them to return.

[membersinceaug2001]

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@sicario_soldado wrote:

Tweety, while some folks here have some good ideas, nothing will bring your sales back to what they were. This is what happens in retail to a bad location. Some fail, most shrink and stay that way, and a very. very few actually make the required changes and show real growth again. Because of all the various problems combined eBay has become a bad location. Good luck to you and everyone else that is still trying.

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So True!  Even the mis-managed toy monopoly didn't make it any more!

[summerlands_art]

You are correct , something has changed since around 6-8th October.{not for the better}

We are supposed to gues and work out what it is by mind reading.

[wheredidiputthatremote]

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@summerlands_art wrote:

You are correct , something has changed since around 6-8th October.{not for the better}

We are supposed to gues and work out what it is by mind reading.

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Agreed. It's been dead for me since the 6th. 4Q is here and I'm hopeful. Stock market dropping yesterday makes me nervous about 4q sales though. 

[turquoisetulips]

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@fashunu4eeuh wrote:

Hi, @turquoisetulips, always enjoy reading your posts. 

I just had a quick thought—eBayers who sell internationally know that countries in the southern hemisphere are now experiencing spring, followed quickly by summer in December.

If the OP is open to foreign markets, warm-weather items might still be pertinent.

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Very good point . I didn't think about international  buyers . Probably because I do so little business with them myself . I'm open to it  too  ,, but mostly  its just buyers from Canada  that will drop by once in awhile . 😞   tulips

[turquoisetulips]

And if all that fails I have a very Italian last name. Emerald  

So do I , its very long and most people have trouble pronouncing it . It belonged to my late husband Michael , a wise guy from New York . He died of kidney cancer in 2002 .  Tulips 

[sharingtheland]

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@summerlands_art wrote:

You are correct , something has changed since around 6-8th October.{not for the better}

We are supposed to gues and work out what it is by mind reading.

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I think the most reliable way to figure it out is by using a ouija board.    I've found the Magic 8 balls to be somewhat vague and lacking in details.

[myoasisjewels]

for me it has been longer than since 6-8th october... since the end of september. tried everything i could think of. no results, no change, no sales;-((

[hyperrush]

Sales stop here in august. what a disapointement.

[summerlands_art]

is there anybody there oh powerful ouija spirit?

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[tweetystwades]

Tell me I'm crazy now. I sold 3 things this week and none of them had UPC codes. Coincidence...I think not. 

[ekmadonna]

Sept 24 my sales died, I have almost 1200 active listings and have ONLY 8 sales for $112.00 this month. I average and have averaged $500-$600 a week for over 6 years, my dollar value average per day has been steadliy dropping for a couple of years from 120 a day to 80 a day to 65 a day to 40, down to 25 and now I am averaging 10 bucks a day! SOMETHING is VERY WRONG, I will pack it in or downgrade my store level ONCE AGAIN when my Premium store contract is up in May if this continues. I used to have a Anchor store untill the the price nearly doubled.

[emerald40]

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@castlemagicmemories wrote:

And while the cost of living is far more in a lot of other countries, so are salaries so it kind of evens everything out.

So then it would make sense, as fashunu4eeuh suggested, to open sales to Australia if the OP wanted to, because they may be able to buy clothing here, and still save money, even with international shipping costs.

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Actually just the opposite.  Because you are earning a larger salary then you have the money to pay higher prices in your home country.

JMO, but most people buy Internationally for wants - items they cannot find in their own country.  Not for needs.  Not worth the hassle when you can source them locally.  And especially with clothes - where you may not even be familiar with US sizes. 

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