So I sell almost exclusively clothing here on ebay but starting around mid-November I began listing an item I knew had been discontinued and people would be scrambling to get their hands on for wrapping Christmas presents. As it turns out, the response, sales-wise, was much greater than I anticipated and I spent a lot more time trying to source more of the item and getting far more shipments out at a shorter handling time than I usually offer and as a result I simply took a short break from listing any new clothing items for several weeks. I figured my clothing sales would slow as a result and they did but that was okay as the other seasonal items were so profitable.
Now I'm finished with that other stuff and back to getting up new clothing listings but finding my sales just have almost completely stalled out. Barely selling one clothing item a day since beginning of January when I usually sell 5 times that many.
Do you guys think I sort of jacked my metrics up by doing what i did for those three weeks? Anyone else ever experience this? And if so, did things eventually pick up in for you in the category you have normally had success selling in?
